Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-05-03

NoAhC W the lOul VI the steps.
I'm going-to-jump up them
s It's easy!" She essayed the first
one, missed the rope. and stumbled.
r Geoff caught her in his arms. She
! laughed and rested against him con.
tentedly. Cynthia said not to try
: them when | was tired. She said
= to wait and take 'em when | was
: fresh"
Cynthia was right. You may
tell her said So" he remarked af-
fably.
"Cynthia's always right"
"You don't tell me, Miss Jumping
Jiilw
She laughed joyously. jumping
Jill That's a lovely name. I'll tell
Cynthia. Now watch me jump the
stepsi"
The rope flashed In a quick arc,
the child's slippers rose and fell.
Geoff. 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 a table,
and he had an opportunity for a
quick survey Of what it held. A
bit of dainty sewing, the needle
quilted carefully into the flmy
stuff; a book on amateur photog-
raphy, its pages held open by a
h%alf-eaten apple; a sample budget
book issued by a national firm, a
line drawn through the printed fig
ures and penciled ones substituted;
a roller skate with its strap broken;
a pair of tortoise-rimmed specta-
Giles; a fountain pen with its cap
off; and a handkerchief on which
someone recently and very copiously
had had nose-bleed.
THE spectacles belong to Captain
Cary" Geof unused. 1.-THE skate and
the handkerchief-cause and eff
feet ARE the child's. The sewing
done by a pretty girl-and the book
indicates a camera complex on
young Cary's part. The budget book
and the apple"
Miss Jumping Jill interrupted this
exercise of his deductive powers.
She flung herself upon him again,
gasping but triumphant
II did it, didn't miss a single
onet"
Good for your Geof took out
his handkerchief and mopped her
hot face. "What d'you say we call
1t a day on this jumping business7
Run-no. walk, won't you?-in and
tell Mrs. Aylesbury that Geoff
Ensloe's come to call"
That's a funny name" she said
impersonally. Mines Tenny."
"Tenny?'
"Tenny Montague"
He held out his hand and she
slipped her own small one in 1t.
mighty glad to know you, Tennyl"
"So'm l.. I 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 cross
ing the parquet floor inside, then
dying away into silence.
Geoff, waiting for Tenny to re
turn, lost himself In admiration of
the glorious view. 1t was his first
visit to Colorado and he found its
heady air, its dreamlike vistas, its
sharp contrasts interesting. SO en-
thralled was he with what be saw
that 1t was with a start he realized
that nearly ten minutes had elapsed
since the child disappeared.
He rang the bell and though he
could hear its tinkle far In the back
Of the house, no n appeared to an /
1t. At last he walked boldly |
around the porch to where the We 7
randa ceased with two shallowSteps {
down to the grass. ~ {
At a little distance a group of
people were clustered beneath an
apple tree. The tall, sweet-faced, {
gray-haired woman must be Mona
..ylesbury, his mothers friend, |
thought. The old man with
the beautifully brushed white hair
and the mustache and imperial was
Captain Cary. Tenny was there; 9
also a negro woman. They were all 4
bending over something that lay on
ground. Geoff's footballs were S
Inaudible on the grass and he b
cleared his throat to make his pres 4
ence known. c
Everybody turned in his direction =
and Tenny ran forward remorse- q
|
8" forgotl l went to find Miss '
and she was out here"
Geoff interrupted her. I'm Geof y
Mrs. Aylesbury. My moth L
err" y
He saw that there were tears In
Ter eyes. She brushed them away U
luiet unaffectedly, and smiled at y
him. r
"Eunice H%ampton's sonl My dear
10Y, welcomed" Both her hands
we're held out to him and when Il
ieoff took them she held I'D her :.
ace very simply for his kiss. AS he u
his tall head, a little glow E
warmed his heart. Here was a well u
ONE indeedl Father, this Is Eunice
iampton's boy. You remember L