Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-10-10

the word. And why not, pritheef
Must we repeat that her will was not
accustomed to be gone against7 Are
your public appearances 80 few that
you have not encountered these
princesses taking their toll OF the
worlds courtesies; passing the police
man across the traffic, with ravish-
Ing smile; slipping In at the head OF
the YEARLY waiting queue, with 70
gracious bend Of the head; usurpanE
the club tennis court on mems day
with so charming an ignorance or
ignoring OF rules; taking az the divine
right of sex when young and we'll
dressed7 Surely! And getting away
with it And perhaps you are ona
person In ten thousand and philos-
opher, so that you are sorry for these
poor little ornamental, charming prin-
cesses; seeing what mankind Is do
Ing to them toward making them wom-
en- first and human beings afterward.
instead OF the reverse.
Such 4 philosopher would have seen
In the figure Of Burton Grimstead,
sulking on a stump, a sacrifice to
mems Ideas Of caste and sex and all
the rest OF 1t. OF the remainder Of
the ten thousand, the younger half
would have sympathized heartily with
Burton, by gadl dragged OF into the
sticks right In the middle Of the Del
Monte tournament: and the other half
-us-would have muttered things
about spoiled brats-frst thing an In
dulgent father had ever asked her to
do-can't give MP single one Of her
selfish pleasures, etc., etc.-and would
have regretted that she was too old
to be spanked.
And none OF this would have at
fected Miss Burton In the least. When
her father insisted, In face OF her first
careless refusal, that she Join him on
this trip into the .backwoods, she was
vastly surprised, but not greatly put
out Burton was fundamentally
sweet natured person. Only she
couldn't make it out. He was always
going OF on these trips into the back
OF beyond; and he generally asked II
she didn't want to go along. But she
was by nature civilized creature.
Small country hotels did not appeal
to her. After one experience she In
variably declined, and the refusal was
accepted. But this time Grim tead
said he particularly wanted her t. go
indeed, he was going to ask her to 60.
There was not much to be said after
that! not to the Pirate Chiefl And
then when at the last minute she
found that this Gardiner person was
to be In the party. she saw-and re-
sented-it all. The Pirate Chiefs
diplomacy was Teutonic In its subtlety.
Burton had met Gardiner before. She
did not like him; and she did not care
whether he was the Second In Com
mnnd OF the piratlcal craft, part keep
er OF the loot, principal devlser of
stratagem, or not. From the moment
Gardiner hove In sight, she resented
the >wnole transparent AFFAIR bitterly.
So you see there Is something to be
said for her, after all.
OF course that depends good deal
on how we'll you like the Second In
Command There would seem to he
no reason why you should not like
him. He is tall. slender, very dark,
with regular movie-queen dark eye
lashes, IL sleepy well-bred supercilious
expression on his thin long face. All
his movements are languidly graceful.
He is exceedingly we'll dressed. His
ability Is enormous. He knows all
about electricity, and water power,
and oil wells and Diesel engines. and
railroads. both theoretically and prac-
tlcally, for these things are come Of