Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-05-11

A4utlld Hd5 right. Iou ihay ASN
her | said so," he remarked affably
.Cynthia's always right"
you don't tell me, Miss Jumping
Jillln
She laughed joyously. jumping
Jill! That's a lovely name. I'll tell Gym
thia. Now watch me jump the steps /
The rope flashed In quick arc, the
chlld's slippers rose and fell. GeofT. to
be out OF her way. went up the eight
steps which led to the porch and stood
waiting for her there. Near the door
| stood table, and he had an oppor-
| tunity for quick survey of what 1t
held. A bit of dainty sewing, the
needle quilted carefully into the filmy
| stuff; book on amateur photography,
| Its pages held open by half-eaten
| apple; sample budget book issued
by national firm, line drawn
through the printed figures and PEN
| cIled ones substituted roller skate
with Its strap broken; pair OF tor
toise-rImmed spectacles; fountain
| pen with its cap off; and handker-
| chief on which someone recently and
very copiously had had nose-bleed.
| 1.-THE spectacles belong to Captain
| Cary" Geoff unused. 1.-THE skate and
the handkerchief--cause and effect T.
are the child's. The sewing done by
| pretty girl--and the book indicates
camera complex on young Cary's
! part. The budget book and the ap-
| pie"
Miss Jumping Jill interrupted this
exercise. Of his dednrtlva powara She
/ flung herself upon him again, gasping
but triumphant.
u did 1T | didn't miss single
j one!''
Good for you'll" Geoff took out his
| handkerchief and mopped her hot face.
what d'you say we call 1t day on
this jumping buslness7 Run-no, walk,
won't you FIN and tell Mrs. Ayles-
bury that #Geof Ensloe's come to call
That's funny name, she said I'M
| personally. Mines Tenny"
''Tenny?'
"Tenny Montague"
He held out his hand and she slipped
her own small one In 1t. Mighty glad
to know you Tennyi''
.'So'm +. mean I'm glad to know
you. I'll go and tell Miss Mona now
You better wait here
She flashed Into the house. Geoff
could hear her slippered feet crossing
I the parquet floor inside, then dying
away into silence
Geoff, waiting for Tenny to return,
lost himself In admiration OF the glori-
GUS view. 1t was his first visit to
Colorado and he found its heady air,
its dreamlihe' vlstas, Its sharp con-
trasts interesting. So enthralled was
he with what he saw that 1t was
with start he realized that nearly
ten minutes had elapsed since the
child disappeared.
he rang the bell and though he
could hear It's tinkle far In the back
OF the house, no one appeared to an
swer It. At last he walked boldly
around the porch to where the veranda
ceased with two shallow steps down
to the grass.
AT little distance group OF peo-
pie were clustered beneath an apple
tree. The tall, sweet-faced. gray
haired woman must be Mona Ayles-
bury, his mothers friend, Geofr
thought. The old man with the beau
tlfully brushed white hair and the mus
tache and imperial was Captain Cary.
Tenny was there; also negro woman.
They were all bending over something
that lay on the ground. Geoff's foot
falls were inaudible on the grass and
he cleared his throat to make his pres
ence known.
Everybody turned In his direction
and Tenny ran forward remorsefully.
Il forgotl I went to find Miss Mona
and she was out here"
Geofr interrupted her. I'm Geoft
Ensloe, Mrs. Aylesbury. My mother
He saw that there were tears In her
eyes She brushed them away quiet
unaffectedly, and smiled at him.
"Eunice Hampton's sonl My dear
boy, welcomed" Both her hands were
held out to him and when Geoff took
them she held up her face very sim
DIV for his kiss. AS he stopped his
tall head, little glow warmed bis
heart Here was welcome indeed
"Father, this is Eunice Hampton's
boy. You remember Eunice?"
Captain Cary was equally cordial
"Glad to see you, boy Remember
your mother7 I should think | do re
member her. Loved her almost al
much as did my own daughter here
What good fortune brings you to Den
ver7"
Before he could explain, Mrs. Ayles
bury touched his arm, her eyes agalr
filling with tears.
4Geofr, see Do you think you
] could do anything for him
On the ground and partly hidden b,
the STOPPING colored woman lay cocker
spaniel. The dogs throat was badl,
torn and Geoff's experienced eyes toll
him that the little animal was neal
, Its end. He knelt and made qulcI
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