Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-25
CHAPTER Iv-Continued


Accompanying young Hampton
were Major" Langworthy, little,
short, fat, bald gentleman, who, so
far as the knowledge of his club mem
bers went, had never been connected
with any part of the army or navy.
unless one counted his congenial bri-
gades of cocktail drinkers Mrs. Lang
worthy, his supercilious, uninteresting
wife; Marcia, his languidly graceful
daughter, in whom Hampton gave
certain signs of being considerably in
terested; Marshall Rogers, the Oak
land lawyer, and Frank Farris, the
artist. Also Marcias maid, and
Hampton's Japanese valet, Fujioki In
due course of time this representative
of the flowery kingdom grew to be
great friends with Jose, the two
forthwith suspected by Mrs. Simpson
of all sorts of dark plots and Of
racial sympathy which must be
watched lest it produce something
terrible"
Pollock Hampton, holding a third Of
the shares of the big venture, with his
legitimate claim upon a third Of the
Income. was Of course a factor
which must be taken into account
Judith asked frankly how long he
planned to stay.
I'm here for good" he answered
cheerfully. His explanation followed
with grin, quite as though he
were telling her of some rare good
news: Moneys all gone, creditors
are nuisances, there's no prospect
with you here of having you send me
anything. What Is left for me but to
stay?"
Judith suggested monthly allow
ance Hampton laughed good-humor-
eddy.
'Pay me to keep me out of the
RAY? There's nothing stirring, judi
18th. Absolutely. I'm here to give
hand
Judith had hopes, even yet, that a
couple Of weeks or month at the
most, of life as it runs forty miles
from a railroad would dampen and
finally extinguish his bright enthus-
aasm But swiftly those hopes died.
This was his first visit to the noun
Il -
social round, every inch of the ranch,
river and cliffs and rolling hills had
its compelling interest. Perhaps the
thing which Judith overlooked was
the blood of his fathers. For before
Pollock Hampton, ST., had made his
money, he and his wife had been. like
Luke Sanford, pioneers Now some
thing in the mountains here called
vaguely to the soul of young Hamp-
ton and made him restless and stirred
his heart. AS he stood looking on
while Bud Lee rode a bucking bronco,
his eyes were bright and eager.
It soon became obvious that long
ago Hampton had given freely Of his
admiration to Bayne Trevors.
"a great mann cried Hampton
warmly. "The only man I know big
enough to swing job like this"
To himself he said that the chief
good he could do at the outset was to
work to get Trevors back With this
in his mind and having had no full
account Of Judiths manner of eiecting
the general manager, he went straight
to her.
''Trevors is a friend Of NINE" he
said lightly. I'm going to ask him
over to meet my guests. No objection
Is there?"
She looked at him keenly
do as you please" was the cool
answer. 81 imagine he won't care to
come"
Launched upon his first business
venture, Hampton went to the tele-
phone. That evening at the table he
surprised Judith not little when he
said casually that Trevors had said
he'd run over in a day or so, as soon
as he could find time
Mrs. Langworthy had no liking to
bestow upon such as Judith. The girl,
she confided every night to the major,
was unladylike, unwomanly outre,
horsy, unthinkable, an insult to any
woman into whose presence she came.
The major agreed monosyllabicaIly or
with silent mods for the sake of peace.
Personally he was rather inclined to
fancy Judith's uncorseted figure. to adj
mire her red-blooded beauty, and he
always touched up the ends IF his
mustaches in her presence.
Judith, having early taken Mrs.
Langworthy's measure, found an imp
Ish joy In numbering the prophecies for
her especial benefit. She said "D--n'
upor occasions when Mrs. Lang
wsrthy was there to hear; at table
she talked Of prize bears and sick
calves and other kindred vulgar
matters.
But the major admired her; Marcia,
as days went by, proved to be a sweet
tempered, somewhat timid but highly
good-natured, affectionate creature
generously offering her goodwill and
Rogers, the lawyer, and Farris the
artist. both of the sophisticated. self