Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-30

al MN in friendly fashion and queried /:
What's your nameY'
Bryce's hand hesitated. bryce
| Cardigan" he answered gruffIy.
I'm Shirley Sumner" she yentured.
LET'S be friends"
When did you come to live In
Sequoa?' he demanded.
Il don't live here. I'm Just visiting
here with my aunt and ,ncIe. We're
staying at the hotel. and there's no
body TO play with. My uncle's name
Is Pennington. Sos my aunts. He's
Out here buying timber. and we live
in Michigan"
Her gaze wandered past Bryce to
where his Indian pony stood with her
head out of the window of her box
stall contemplating her master.
'Oh. what dear little horse Z"
Shirley Sumner exclaimed. "whose
| is he?"
"'Tain't he. It's a she. And
she belongs TO me-
DO you ride her?"
mot very often now. I'm getting
too heavy for her. so Dads bought me
horse that weighs nine hundred
pounds. Midget Only weighs five
hundred" He considered her mo-
ment while she gazed in awe upon
this man with two horses. "Can you
ride a pony?" he asked, for no reason
that he was aware of.
She sighed. shaking her head re-
signedly, I'VE haven't any ro0h to
keep pony at our house in Detroit"
she explained, and added hopefully:
"But I'd love to ride Midget. / sup
pose | could learn to ride if somebody
taught me how"
He looked at her again. At that
period of his life he was inclined to
regard girls as a necessary evil. For
some immutable reason they existed,
and perforce must be borne with. and
| it was his hope that he would get
through life and see as little as posi-
BILE of the exasperating sex. Never
theless. as Bryce surveyed this win
some miss through the palings. he was
sensible Of a sneaking desire to find
favor in her eyes-aISo equally sensi-
| BILE of the fact that the path TO that
desirable end lay between himself and
Midget.
''Well, | suppose If you want a ride
I'll have TO give it to you" he grum-
bled. although I'm pretty busy this
morning."
ooh. / think you're so NICE" she de
clared.
A thrill shot througA him that was
akin to pain; with difficulty did he
restrain an impulse to dash wildly
into the stable and saddle Midget in
furious haste. Instead he walked to
the barn slowly and with extreme
dignity. When he reappeared he was
leading Midget, little silverpoint.
runt of a Klamath Indian POM. and
Moses. a sturdy pinto cay%se from the
cattle ranges over IA Trinity county.
an have 10 .1de with you" he an
noun"o1 cant let tenderfoot lils9
Sou go out alone on Midget"
All afiutter with delightful antici-
patton, the young lady climbed up on
the gate and scrambled into the saddle
when Bryce swung the pony broadside
TO the gate. Two hours of his vaiua-
able time did he give that morning
before the call of duty brought him
back to the house and his neglected
crop of carrots. When he suggested
tactfully, however, that it was now
necessary that his guest and Midget
separate, a difficulty arose. Shirley
Sumner refused point blank to leave
the premises. She liked Bryce for his
hair and because he had been so kind
TO her; she was a stranger In Sequoia,
and now that she had found an agree
able companion. It was far from her
intention to desert him.
SO Miss Sumner stayed and helped
Bryce weed his carrots, and since as
a voluntary laborer she was at least
worth her board, at noon Bryce
brought her In TO Mrs. Tully with a
request for luncheon. When he went
to the mill to carry in the kindling
for the cook, the young lady returned
rather sorrOwfully to the Hotel
Sequoia. with a fervent promise TO see
him the next day. She did, and Bryce
took her for long ride up into the
Valley OF the Giants and showed her
his mothers grave. They put some
flowers on the grave, and when theg
returned TO town and Bryce was I'M
saddling the ponies, Shirley drew
Midgets nose down to her and kissed
IT. Then she commenced to weep
rather violently.
"what are you crying aboutF"
Bryce demanded. Girls were so hard
to understand.
"Pm go-going h.h h-home tomorrow
she howled.
He was stricken with dismay and
babe her desist from her vain repin-
ings. But her heart was broken, and
somehow-Bryce appeared to act auto
maticaIly-he had his arm around
her. Don't cry. Shirley" he pleaded
go. la,f-- me haarf IN see Won LFV