Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

girls uepenn on tneif voices Tor theIr
we will call Heathcote, in a state we
Will not name, just after the turn Ct
the century. Hiram DlnWiddie. in his
middle tWCntieS, was doing very well
in the practice of law Henry Andrews
WIS also practicing law. He was a
fey years younger than Hiram and
not as striking in appearance and not
nearly aS sure of success. He was d
long. gangllng young man in whom
you,h persisted to make him look
younger than his years and to set
HIM wasting time in playing practical
jokes and dabbling in local politics.
He was the sort that young girls might
,ndu-e but would never miss.
Those were horse buggy days,
though the nGw-fangled telephones
were already threatening the privacy
OF the home and the horsaleSs car
rIageS, newly invented. were soaring
horses to death and threatening to
an hour. if somebody could ever fig
ure out way TO keep them from
breaking down. There was no douh
, about it, Hiram DinWiddie was the
town catch. His oft-eXpressod belief
that life was real. was earnest and his
uncanny knacl; of winning difficult
cases i'll court had drawn the atten-
viding husbands for their daughters
and Of the big corporations that need
ed smart lawyers to figure out ways
of getting around legislation that had
been designed TO hamString them.
Hiram's person and personality made
, Its own appeal TO the young girls.
His handsome. leOnine head, his thick
brown hair. his piercing gray ey,s and
his powerful boy all ST. the light of
speculation glowing in the eyes OF
many maiden His. even then, old
fashioned courtesy and his melOdiouS
voice famed the light to a blaze. AL
Hiram bad to do was to remain a
bachelor and he could have had his
pick OF any unmarried woman in the
town, in the state. His future in his
profession was already assured. You
would think that he would keep him
self free for long time to enjoy the
receptivity of the women, but as often
happens with this type of man, ne
married early and, as the saying goes
never again looked at woman other
than his wife.
The Dinwiddies had been married
three years when Kathleen Winters
daughter OF John Winters, Heathcote's
biggest banker, returned from Miss
Hewitt'S exclusive finishing school in
New York and grand European tour.
She had been away five years. She
was a sensation: People meeting this
found it hard to believe that she
was the freckle-faced, long-legged little
girl with the fiery temper who had
gone away. She was small and shapely
with a heart-shaped face crowned by
brown hair. Her blue eyes were soft
and sympathetic. She had charm. She
liked people and had 4 genuine in
terest in others and people responded.
! Henry Andrews responded more en-
Enthusiastically than any other young
man in town and Kathleen, at first
lukewarm, began to respond 10 him.
Henry was that kind of a person. He
had come quite ways in those three
| years. He had toned down his pyac-
iIcal jokes and had begun to pay more
attention to his appearance. He went
in little for extremes.
He was known as a swell dresser"
People liked him. He controlled the
republican vote Of Heathcote which
was tantamount to controlling the
town. He was reaching out for control
Of the county and he already had
he had Hiram Dinwiddie appointed a
county judge.
Hiram he told William Corken,
the state boss, with his tongue in his
cheek, was a born judge. His dignityS
| worth a million dollars as a party
! front" But Henry really liked Hiram
and secretly admired him. He Was
everything that Henry would like 10
have been.
So it was natural that when he
began to pay marked attention to
Kathleen that they should receive all
! invitation to Sunday dinner al
Judge Dinwiddie's home. Kathleen had
known Mrs. Dinwiddie, who had been
Mary Provost, all her life. The judge
had not quite finished dressing when
Henry and Kathleen arrived and Mrs.
| DinWiddie received them.
Oh Mary" Kathleen said, wrink-
ling her nose after Mary had kissed
her, you stole away my ideal man
when you married Hiram Dmwiddle.
| You can't imagine how l used to-
dream Of him when I was little girl
YES I cam" Mary smiled, because
| I dream about him too. He has been
wonderful to me-"
| Hiram came downstairs then, his
hand outstretched, his gray eyes shin
sLittle Kathleen Winters" he ex-
claimed and it was as if an organ
was playing muted chords, grown to
be a beautiful womanl" He took her
hand and imprisoned it in both OF
his and bowed over 1t.
honestly awed. III I could do THAI,
I'd be president of the United States
in 10 years! Look how she's eating
it up"
Kathleen's eyes indeed were shin
ing and pink colored her cheeks. Hi
ram dropped her hand and shot a
sharp, anxious glance, quickly yelled.
at Mrs. Dinwiddie.
How dc you feel. dear?" he asked.