Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-06
CHAPTER XII


while tie sun dropped low over the
mountains and the sound Of horses
munching contentedly came up from
the stables, Grant for the twentieth
time turned over in his mind the events
Of a day that was to stand out as an
epochal one ir his career. The meeting
with the little boy and the quick friend
ship and confidence which had been
formed between them; the mishap and
the trip to the house by the river
these were logical and easily followed
But why, Of all the houses in the world,
should It have been Zen Transley's
house? Why, Of all the little boys In
the world. should this have been the
son of his rival and the only girl he had
ever-the girl be had loved most in all
his llfe2 Surely events are ordered to
some purpose; surely everything Is not
mere haphazard chance The fatalism
OF the trenches forbade any other CON
clusIUn and if this was 80, why had he
been thrown into the orbit Of Zen
Trausley? lie had not sought her; he
had not dreamed Of her once In all that
morning while her child was winding
innocent tendrils Of affection about his
heart And yet-how the boy had
gripped him. Could 1t be that In some
way he was a small incarnation OF the
Zen Of the YD,, with all her camorous
passion expressed now in childish love
and hero-worship7 Had some intelli-
gence above his own guided him into
this environment, deliberately inviting
him TO defy conventions and blaze
path OF broader freedom for himself
and for her? These were questions he
wrested with as the shadows crept
down the mountain slopes and along
the valley at his feet.
For neither Zen nor himself had
connived az the situation which had
made them, Of an the people IN the
world, near nelghbors ia this silent
valley Her surprise on meeting him
at the door bad been as genuine as
his. When she had made sure that the
boy was not seriously hurt she had
turned to him and instnctiyely he
had known that there are some things
which on the weight Of passing years
can never crush entirely dead lie
loved to rehearse her words, her GEES
lures, the quick play Of sympathetic
emotions, as one by ore he reviewed
ttnm
leu! l am surprised had not
known" She had become confused
in her greeting, aud color that she
would have given worlds to suppress
rrept slowly through her cheeks
Il am surprised, too-and delight
ed. he had returned. "The little boy
came to me in the field, boasting of his
braces" Then they had both laughed,
and she had asked him to come in and
tell about himself
The liyinE-room. as ne recalled H.
was marked by the simplicity appro-
pirate to the summer home. with just
a dash Of elegance in the furnishings
30 suggest that simplicity was a mat
ter oG choice ana not OF necessity.
After soothing Wilson's sobs, which
had broken out afresh In his mothers
arms, she had turned him over TO a
maid and drawn a chair convenient 10
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