The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-25

| coma, a party of easterners, father and
witness cattle round up. The Girl leaves
the car and is attacked by wild steer.
| masterpiece OF riding on the part Of
bne of the cowboys saves her life.
| CHAPTER I.-Clay Lindsay, range-rider
| ON an Arizona ranch, announces his inten-
ton to visit the big town." New York,
| CHAPTER lion the train Lindsay
| becomes Interested in a young woman,
| Kitty Mason, on her way to New York
| 10 become a motion-picture actress. she
s marked as fair prey by feilSw tray IA
ex-prize fighter. Perceiving his intention,
Lindsay provokes a quarrel and throws
Durand from the train.
! CHAPTER III--on his first day in New
| York Lindsay Is splashed with water by
| jantor. That Individual the range
| rider Furnishes summarily and leaves tied
| to fire hydrant. young woman VINO
sees the occurrence invites Clay into her
house and hides him from the police.
CHAPTER IV.-Clay's "rescuer'' intro
| duces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind
say meets her father, Colin Whitford, and
is invited to visit them again. He meets
| Kitty Mason by accident. She has been
disappointed in her stage aspirations, and
| to support herself is selling cigarettes In
a cabaret Clay visits her there
CHAPTER v.-Kitty is insulted by
| customer Clay Furnishes the annoyer.
| After lively miXup Lindsay escapes.
| Outside he Is attacked by Jerry purand
and companion and beaten insensible.
CHAPTER VI.-Lndsay's acquaintance
with Beatrice Whitford r.pens, Through
her he is introduced into society his
side partner" on the Arizona ranch,
Johnnie Green, comes to the Dig town.
The man beside the girl kept his
smile working and concealedNthe little
stab of jealousy that dlrked him.
Colin Whitford had contided to Lind
say that his daughter was practically
engaged to Clarendon Bromfield and
that he did not like the man. The
range-rider did not like him either, but
he tried Loyalty to kill his distrust of
the clubman. If Beatrice loved him
there must be good In the fellow. Clay
meant to be good loser anyhow.
There had been moments when the
range-riders heart had quickened with
a wild, insurgent hope. One Of these
had been on morning when they were
riding in the park, knee to knee, In
the dawn Of a new clean world. 1t had
come to him with sudden clamor OF
the blood that in the eternal rightness
Of things such mornings ought to be
theirs till the youth In them was
quenched in sober age. He had looked
into the eyes of this slim young Diana,
and he had throbbed to the certainty
that she too in that moment Of
. tangled glances knew a sweet confu-
sion Of the blood. In her cheeks there
had been a quick flame Of flying color
Their talk had fallen from them, and
they had ridden in a shy, exquisite 81
lence from which she had escaped by
putting her horse to canter.
But In the sober sense of sanity Clay
knew that this wonderful thing was
not going to happen to him. He was
not going to be given her happiness to
/, hold in the hollow of his hand. Bee
Whitford was a modern young woman,
predetermined, with proper sense
of the values that the world esteems.
Clarendon Bromfeld was a catch even
in New York. He was rich, of good
family, assured social position, good
looking, and manifestly in love with
her Like gravitates to like the land
over.
Bromfield, too, had no doubt that
Bee meant to marry him. He was in
love with her as far as he could be
with anybody except himself. He
wanted her-the YOUTH, the buoyant
life, the gay, glad comradeship of her
and he had always been lucky In
getting what he desired. That was
the use of having been born with a
silver spoon in his mouth.
But though Clarendon Bromfield
had no doubt of the issue of his suit,
the friendship of Beatrice for this fell
low from Arizona stabbed his vanity.
1t hurt lis class pride and his personal
self-esteem that she should take pleas
ure in the mans society. Bee never
had been well-broken to harness. He
set his thin lips tight and resolved
that he would stand no nonsense of
4 this sort after they were married. If
she wanted to flirt it would have to be
with some one In their own set.
II Beatrice could not understand her.
self. she knew that she was behav-
ing rather indlscreetly, though she did
not fathom the cause Of the restless
ness that drove her to Clay Lindsay.
The truth is that she was longing for
an escape from the empty life she was
leading, had been seeking one for years
without knowing it. Surely this round
of social frivolities, the chatter of
these silly women ana SNUG tailor
made men, could not be all there was
to life. She must have been made
for something better than that.
Hi And when she was with Clay she
knew she had been. He gave her a
vision of life through eyes that had
known open, wide spaces clean, whole
some, and sun-kissed. He stood on his
own feet and did his own thinking.
Simply, with both hands, he took hold
Of problems and examined them
stripped Of all trimmings. The man
j was elemental. but he was keen and