Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-01


so sleepy" She kissed her mother
and added: Il didn't tell Mark good
night"
Mark Already. mr. DEAR
lie was outside with papa said
Gloria slipping into bed. --WIIl ron
fell him good night for meg-
Hes gone" retnrted her mother.
with n certain relish.
Gonet" Gloria sat urt. "A rerr pretty
picture of CONSERVATION -Whereg
Back Into the weeds. Where be
came from. of course
Gloria was silent and thoughtful
Then. -Good night. mamma she Of
fered again. her cheek xruggfef
against her pillow. And put out The
light AS ron 20. please
Mrs. Gaynor. accepting her dismissal
though reluctantly. sighed and went
out. As the door closed Gloria tossed
back the covers and sprang out Of bed.
going again TO her window Through
her mind swept a dozen vivid pic
lures. all OF King, mosf OF them OF him
out there. alone with the night and
the mountains But she saw him also
as she had e him today. riding
before her. breaking the aIders aside.
ALL day she had thrilled TO him Now.
more than ever. she thrilled She
wondered ii he would come up with
Sven Hrodie. most of NIL she won
dered when she would see him AGAIN
Next morning Gloria was mildly snr-
prised that Grafton did mot appear in
the least to resent her day of sdven-
turing with King He was interested
but his interest seemed to he chiefly
In that quaint little relic of past. rnr-
bulent DAYS. coIoma-- He had her
tell him all about it. of the deserted
houses everything Hence his curl
osity In Honereutt and Tsro~iIe- and
Just what happened between King and
them did not stand ont alone and
made no impression ON GIoria-
BY the end OF the week the guests
began taking their leaves Mr.. Graf
ton, having fingered longest af NIL.
went back to his city affairs proHnES-
Ing TO run un again when he could
Zen, leaving his oldest and most de-
pendable timber-iack look ont for the
womenfalk, FASTENED back to the luEn-
Der camp. where he returned like q
fish to water to his old pipe and old
clothes and roomy boots. And Gloria
Was plunged deep into loneliness
she made- a hundred romantic con-
illusions 10 the story. just begun. br
Mark King going I'm the night info the
mountains. Her mind was rife wfrh
speculation, having ample food far
thought In all the information she had
extracted from her father.
she grew wildly homesick for fown-
A theafer, dance, a ride through the
park. Activity And people 1t was
fur her mother that she consented to
remain here another week. Mrs Cav
nor declared that she must have n few
more days of rest. she was worn out
from a year of going eternaily, enfer-
tanning " being entertained Gloria
succeeded I'm getting her mother TO
drive with her frequently 10 Tahoe. to
call on those OF their friends there who
had come TO the mountains so early I'm
the season.
III was after one OF these absences
that Jim Spalding. the old timber Jack
told Mrs Gaynor In his abashed stam-
that Mark King had showed up
whsie they e gone He had mp
peared late yesterday afternoon. coming
out of the woods Looked like he'd
been roughin' ii an goin' 1t hard. M
that Had told Jim he wanted to fele-
phone. Had stuck around for 4 while
gettin' his call through, had eaten sup
per with Jim . had gone hack into the
woods just about dark That was ALI
Jim knowed about it
Rather, that WINS all that he sup
posed he knew until Miss Gloria was
done with him She dragged other
bits OF information to the surface
King had phoned her father . they had
talked ten minutes Mr.. 61ynor Vas to
telephone to the log house again to
morrow or next day There would be
a message for King mos likely from
C0i0ma- King wanted to know some
thing Ben Eas to find out King
would turn up within d few days for
the message.
Twenty-four hours later, the feae-
phone rang, and Gloria heard the op-
orator saying -C0Iomx calling Ben
Gaynor's residence
-Coloma r. thought Gloria with =
heartbeat Then ii wouldn't
be her father. after ali. 1t would he
Mark King
But her father II was. and she was
disappointed The message. however.
was for King.
Mark will show M In a day or So
he said TELL him that l did N he
that old Honeycuff boasts thai
what he has hidden nobody La going
- nnd. I think n he ever talks To
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