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Young Lady From Philadelphia
mu Enid Maatlaed was a highly
lfzed product Of the Dr east. 1
far, viewing Colorado as a point
departure, not as identifying 'her
Oa the orient. Tile classic shades
df Bryn Mawr had been the "Groves
at Academus when with old Plato
s had walked." lacident.Uy during
bet completion of the %zbausUve cur-
riculum of that jusUy famous Mstitu-
tlnn she had acquired at least a bow-
nd acquaintance with other masters
of the wind.
tior had the physical in her Maca-
ws been sacrificed to the ment&L In
jar at least the mens sane and the
inorpore sano were alike in evidence.
libe had ridden to hounds many times
ea the anise -scented trail of the West
Chester Hunt! Exciting tennis and
leisurely golf had engaged bet atten-
tion on the courts and greens of the
Marion Cricket club. She bad buffeted
'Old Ocean's gray and melancholy
waste on the beach at Cape May and
at Atlantic City.
T1IE SUN AL : uODER Iell, ON'FAR1
so greatly.' b. had quickly added.
loathe to offend.
But hs mistook the Ugbt tt his
brother's eyes; it was a twinkle, not aIntl.
SRobert Maitland 'suabed,
lamed with what his brother con
salved oo be indecorous bolstering*
asses. noWo
How little you kw of the re,
sad sinew of this country, Steve.', IIs'
exclaimed presently. Robert ll•Itand;
could not comprehend bow It lrrttata1
his stately brother to be called'
St
"eve." Nobody ever spoke of bile
but as Stephen Maitland. "But l
I don't blame you," continued the
westerner. "Any man whose vision Is,
jarred by a foothill couldn't be ex-
pected to know much of the twain
range and what's beyond."
"There isn't any danger of my fall-,
lag in love with anybody." said Enid
beyond tee Allegheny except seener7- at last, with all the coafidence of two
-what you need, Enid, is a ride triumphant social seasons. "1 think 1
&crow the plains. a sight of real mown- must be immune even to duk a," she
1.11ns, beside wblcb tbese little foot- "id Poly'
back hills in Pennsylvania that people b"I referred to iwnrth7 young Amer -
here make so much of wouldn't be louts of— began ber father wbo, to
noticed. You want to get some of the do him justice, was so satisfied with
spirited, glorious freedom ul tbe west his own position that no foreign tlUe
Into your censer cati%e straight-laced dazzled him in the least degree.
little body " "Rittenhouse Square," cut 1111 Rob-
"In
ob"in my day, Robert," reprovingly re- art Maitland with amused sarcasm
marked his brother. Enid's father, "Well, Enid, you seem to have run
-freedom was the last thing a youi.g Uwe -
lady
gamut of the east pretty or -
lady gently' born and delicately oughl7; come out and spend the sum -
n urtured would hew• coveted" soar with me 1n Colorado. My Deaver
"Your dal 1s passed, Steve," re- house is open to you; we have a ranch"
turned the younger Maitland with amid the foothills, or if you are game
shocking carelessness. "Freedom Is we can break away from civilization
what every woman desires now, es;•t- entirely and and some unexplored, un-
cially when she is married- You are known canon In the heart of the moon -
n et In love with anybody, are yon, tatns and camp there. We'll get ba.%
Deihl?" to nature, which seems to be impc:a-
"Wlth not a soul," frankly replied able 1n Philadelphia. and You 'FAB lee
the girl, greatly amused at the col- things and learn things that you w1:1
loquy between the two men, who, never see or learn anywhere elseIt
though mothered by the same woman. do you goodhes
-.were
too; from what I he-.
were as dlestmilar as—what shall 1 lou have been going the pace and
yours nay, the east is from the west' Let those cheeks of are a little to,
it go at that. pale for so splendid a girl; you look
'That's alt right." said her unc'c. too tired under the eyes for youth and
Spiritually she was a devoted mem- relieved apparently. "I will take yeti "a"y•
her of the Episcopal church, of the out west and Introduce you to scr.:e ' "1 believe.1 am not very fit,' said
nnely that abhors the word "Proses- real men and—" the girl, "and if father will permit—
sat" in connection therewith. alto- •-if i thought It possible." iniorpor. ! "Of course, of course:' said Stephen
gether she reflected great credit upon Mr. Stephen Maitland in his mo•• Maitland. "you are your own mistress
her pastors and masters spiritual and austere and dignilled manner. -ir:.- anyway, and having no mother—"
temporal and her up -bringing 1n the my daughter,' with a perceptible em- Kid's mother had died in ber in-
t h d c - fancy—'1 suppose that I could not in -
three departments of life lett UtUe to
e desired.
1'pon ber graduation she bad been
at once received and acclaimed by the
"Assembly Set" of Philadelphia, to
which Indeed she belonged unques-
tioned by right of birth and position—
and there was no other power under
Maslen by which she could have ef-
fected entrance the! eon, at least
that Is what the outs thought
pbasta on toe tny, as 1 e ♦n
the daughter were the principal beim; terfere or object if I wished to, but
under conaideratlot,, "should ever r:: no marrying or giving to marriage.
far forge' -.. r.at bclorgs to her rtatiot: Remember that."
in life and her family as to allow her ' "Nonsense, father," answered the
affections to become engaged by nn::- young woman lightly. -'I am not anx-
one who. from his birth and upbrtrg bus to assume the Ionia of wed-
ing in the er—cit:—uaiieenerd afire.- lock-'
Well, that settles it," said Robert
pbere of the westernerrantrywott:d
be persona urn graTa to digiiflel to- Maitland. "H'e'll give you a royal
cod timei must run up to New
Hely of ttis ant-iett city and— Boston for a few days, but
of that most exclusive circle. The "Nonsense,"York and
interrupted the yours, -shall bback in a week and i can
old home of the Maltlaads over er bio:! �'
rr uttiv1 . "You have live chen"
looking Rittenhouse Square had
been the scene of her debut. In
all the refined and deeoroua amities of
Philadelphia's ultra -fastidious society
she had participated. She had even
look'. upon money standardized New
York In its delirium of extravagance.
at least in so far as a sedate and well-
born Philadelphia family could tout
Philadelphia a---er—what w -aa ?o..rd?"
Ibere wrapped up in yourselves :.r,,1 P -
"hat is the house in Denver; is it
mental asphyxiation your dinky a town is threatening long that' Wer—may i ask, provided with all mod -
Tom" ern conveniences and—" began the
"1 w111 thank you, Robert,' said his alder Maitland nervously.
brother with something approachirg Robert Maitland laughed.
the manner 1n which he woild ht What do you take uta for, Steve;
repelled a blasphemy. " e.
not to ret- t- do you ever read the western news-
. paters''
tenanee such golden madness. During most a raordltury word?"
r
leas spealy made aware of an
drain. if sea bibd Mrrx into Me drew-hlefaile
an
aotea�dlwti. Ow,
was
stark sbu were Et
bib-aalled glees
float bleed up her bees, she had !dad • bright blue sweater. • ad of a
o
cap known as a taaashanter was
planed above her glorious id
half. wen
was closely braided and woad.
around her heed. She worea silt
handkerchief loosely tied around her
neck, a knife and re Iver bust( tat
her belt, a little watt was strapped
to one wrist, a hand ly braided
quirt dangled from the other, a pair
of spurs adorned her keels and most
dtseomposing tact of all, by ber side
rode a handsome and daableg cava-
lier.
How Mr. James Armstrong =lilt
have appeared In the conveatloaal
black and white of evening doilieswas not quite clear to ler. for she
kad as yet never beheld him 1a that
bit
obliteraUng raiment, but in the ha
of the west. riding trousers, heavy
boots that laced to the knees, blue
skirt. W bead covered by a noble
"Stemoe," mounted on the my restive
broncho which he rode to perfection.
"I confess that 1 have not given
the year she had ranged like a con- "'Dinky,:. if my recollection serves.' much thought to the west eine. 1
querer—pardon the masculine appella- ' "Ah. precisely. I tm not sure : studied geography and—the Philadel-
Uon—between Palm Beach in the to the I. t> Ming of the tertn, tut ; phis papers have been thought BUS -
south and I3ar Harbor in the north. conceive It to bt. something opprobri- I tient for the family since—"
Philadelphia was "Good Lord." exclaimed Maitland.
p proud of her, and cue. Tel can >:::•: what you like ago -t ',The house cost half s million dol-
ake was not unknown to those ID- me and mine. but of Phfladelrhia, no.' 1 'i'b if our must know !t, and o there
fortunate parte of the United States "Oh, the fowl's sight enough," re- larsis anything that science can
which lay without turned his brot. er, not at all im- contribute to modernt and luxury that
In all this she had remained a frank. pressed. "I'm talking about I.eople' �.t , I comfort
luxury
it i t
free. unspoiled young woman. Life now. There are lust as fine men and I Shall It t, the don't knowe 'Laver, or
vas full of Best for her. and she en- women 1n the weft as in New York or ,
I the ranch, or a real camp in the
jo7ed It with the most u'-PennsJlvo Pblladelphfa" elide. Enid "
Ilan enthusiasm. "I am sure you don't mean to be.
The second summer after her corn- offensive. Robert, but really the asso-
„First the house in Denver," said
Enid, "and then the ranch and then
tag out found her in Colorado. Robert ; •
Maitland was one of the big men of
the west. Ile had departed,from Phil-
adelphia at an early age and had set-
tled In Colorado while 1t was still in
the formative period. There he had
grown up with the state. The Phil-
adelphia Maftlands could never under-
stand it or explain it. Bob Maitland
must have been, they argued, 1t rever-
sion to an ancient type, a throwback
to some robber baron long antecedent
to William Penn. Aad the speculation
vas true. The blood of some lawless
adventurer of the put, discreetly for-
got by the conservative section of the
family, bubbled in his veins unchecked
by the repressive atmosphere of his
home and immediate environment.
Ile had thoroughly identified him-
self with his new surroundings and
kad plunged into all the activities of
tbe west. During one period 01 his
- life he had actually served as sheriff
of one of the border counties, and it
was a rapid "bad man" indeed, who
,-t
the mountains."
•
IRight -O; that shall be the pro-
gram."
' Will my daughter's life be perfect-
ly safe from the cowboys, Indians and
desperadoes?"
"Quite safe,' answered Robert., with
deep gravity- 'The cowboys no longer
t•sboot up the city and it has been years
since the Indians have held up even
a trolley car. The only real desperado
in my acquaintance Is the mildest gen-
Os old stage driver in the west."
"Do you keep up an acquaintance
with men of that class still?" asked
his brother in great surprise.
"You know I was sheriff in a bor-
der county for a number of years
and --
"But you must surely have with-
drawn from all such society now "
"Out west," said Robert Maitland,
. -when we know a man and like him,
when we have slept by him on the
lslabia, ridden with him through the
..--1" -
Mr. James Armstrong Was Desperate
ly In Love With Enid Maitland.
'he was ideal. Alan for the vanity of
human proposition! Mr. James Arm-
strong. friend and protege these many
ears of Mr. Robert Maitland, mine
owner and cattle man on a much
smaller scale than his older friend,
was desperately in love with Enid
'Maitland, and Enid, swept off ber leet
'by a wooing which began with pre-
cipitant ardor so soon as he laid eyes
On her, was more profoundly moved
'by his suit. or pursuit, than she could
bavc Imagined.
1 Omne ignotum pre magnifico!
She had been wooed in the conven-
tional fashion many times and oft on
!Ake sands of Palm Beacb, along the
cliffs of Newport, in the romantic glens
;d Mount Desert, id the old-fashioned
arawfng-room overlooking Rittenhouse
Square. She had been propoa$d to to
motor cars, on the decks of yachts
and once even while riding to hounds,
but there bad been a touch of same -
;mess about 1t all. Never had she been
,made love to with the headlong gal-
lantry, with the dashing precipitation
of the west. It had swept her from
Iter moorings. She found almost be-
1tkxe she was aware of it that her past
,experience now stood her in little
'stead. She awoke to a sudden realiza-
ttion of tie fact that she was pracUcal-
�y pledged to James Armstrong after
an acquaintance of three weeks in
'Denver and on the ranch.
Bushmen of the most important
and critical nature demanded Arm-
,stroag's presence east at this juncture,
d will -be -non -he there was no way
e could put off his departure longer.
e had to leave the girl with an un-
,esy conscience that, though be had
'her half -way promise, he had her but
half way won. He had snatched the
!timate day from his business de -
to ride with her on the first
of her journey to the mtrantallim
i
Before as/ rearmed what es yam
be about be swerved b. horse toward
air, lis arm west around her so*
deify. Take ouopletely off Nr guard 1
aloe cosh make no resistance, lades/ i
I. slob adorably knew what to expect un
'la be crushed her to him and kismet*
trim almost roughly, full on the Hps.
"How dare you." cried (he girl, her
Torn &dame, freeing herself et last,
pill swinging her ova worse aluiost to
AM edge of the road which here rao
Ina aa exavatloa some tatty teeLabove
the river.
"How dare 1!" laughed the auda-
cious man• apparently no whit
abashed by her ladfgnatlon. "When 1,
think of my opportunity 1 am amazed
at my moderaUoa."
Your opportunity, your modern;
Hoar
'yes, when I had you helpless t
took but one kiss; I might have hell
Jou longer and taken a hundred."
"And by what rlgbt did you takes
that one'" haughtily demanded tlsol
outraged young woruaa, looking &4
him beneath level brows while the
color slowly receded from her face.
She had never been kissed by a man
otber titan a blood relation in her
We—remember, suspicious reader,
that she was from Philadatlphla.—aad
she resented this sudden and unau-
thorized caress eitb every atom and
lasttnct of her still somewhat conven-
tional being.
"But aren't you half way engaged to
me" he pleaded to justification, see-
ing the unwonted seriousness with
which she had received his Impudent
advance. Didn't you agree to give
me • chance?"
"1 did say that I liked,, you very
much." she admitted, "no man better,
and that 1 thought that you might—"
"Well. Mtn-- he began.
But she would not be Interrupted.
"I did not r.ean that you should en-
joy all the l.r,vlleges of a conquest be-
tcre you b: d won Ile 1 will thaak
ycu cc: :( do that again, sir."
enjoyed any advantage'Your Ds Has Pastad, Steve,* Re mountains, fought with him against
over him when y some border terror, some Aad man
It came to drawing lob "tun:' His Wrv+ed the Younger Mattiand. I thirsting to kill, we don't forget him,
lion sad haying bad bean or W. don't cut his acquaintance, and It
tinned. We had bead. a name for him- turned
of Ideas to your mention of us doesn't make any difference whether
*elf which still abides, especially in , wttb that common and vulgar New do n't ora they otheri a us la rich er
the mountains when tlfasa yet re -York la er un—Dlessan4" fairly thud- i hove friends who can't frame
malned almost as primitive as they Aired the elder Maitland. have sentence. who 't gra al -
bad been from the "l'm only urging you to recognize S eat
with al se knives, het who are fame bad been mpanied by the quality of the western people. 1 1 eattvy devoted k to me and I to
o !key are of a finer type than
fortune, too; the atUs aeon a thoo. dan sal
sand hllla were his. ens treasures of the averals mere"
mines of fabulous tidiness were at "Ihem 7o4.1. •tandpolnt, no doubt,"
hia command. He lived la cleaver in I °Deafened kis brother severely and
one of the greatest of the wawa somewhat wearily as if the matter
Palaces on the blah of that ear. res. ( were mot worth all this argument. "All
fronting the sae*eappet ttsotratale that I west of Lace N tact that say
Tullio. For the fit he was Etocb In to the west wkere they belong bad not
all sorts of ooeharatld5s, was a d1- I strive to mlasto with floe eest; More
rector ti numeroeg moors, ass so it a barrier between as sad tbem
ee—the reader can `rwppfy the mew wblsb 1t 1111 !et wia to cress. Te per-
catalogue,
ercatalogue, they art elf alike. He Ise I tsta fay rsaetdtbarus of erg --race
married late In life and wee lbs Saber !r`-'" eat Moro •re wan..of two tittle ens and • bey. the Ori " M• P•011.0
est sixteen and t:'+ yeeaigest'tes. fie" Mt... -pled bis bretber war
Going east wbieb M ttM bet free.
nn an Ing erg trim ba
had ronewed etteembiteetie s1I
h'+ brother aad Vie One ewe bomb at
+• hrMWetrs Seek, Weak, tbN MOW
:.ntloMAL Me lied bets ttfrblEt. „ham 1st very e.aversetlea
• -vet-rhos,of was, l tha eiugeeeataasat 1l. vast out that there Y between
. c .t In t of the Ctrl as/ a .1 . s� tees? Ak►ow** ewe bed e'er- y
• •bath to disabuse bus Wad et tae ,fee r w Milit birth elm
•,bleat list Not More was eetblet .d.awtw
glee
-"elk aim woo • AN aselldS1 ltd . tt r4 MIS11 • law* ekassad
i. -' r. "1 wts•ce ewtealg'Mfpt r•
pragparg )tall mitre to C1r*sas es
tinm it hobos. ar —71
'Oast Yoe sae." coal Mr . Oboist
111110114. elebberIMY wine elide
•Irn •r'eestie as/ I...$eeewt see-
�,-.--.-.,..-._.-�.r�...a .rte .W*
time. The man 1s the taint out
there." He smiled and turned to
Maid. "Always excepting the su-
premacy of weafan." be added.
"How fasctuating," exclaimed the
Sfri, 1 wast to go there right away."
had this was the train of events
which wrought tbe Ohmage. Behold
the young lady alit l3 el • borse for
the fret time 1l bar ilba iia a divided
skirt. that finites premised Msewbere
net Wavle. boas nos ted by the best
equestriennes d PbMbdelpbla. fab
was riding *bead ot • liembertng noun
Wm wagon sumsmallel bY other rid-
ers, WWII was Medea with bonnie.
draws by tour sturdy beendes aad fol.
dewed b a easter of obetis ate little
WPM alt preach tadle*mbered wita
pandas whit* bode le geed wb.e tt:ev
got fsrtber tray-elvtllfatlo* and the
way was se MOM prartle.We for any
Wes • adonis
Mtn itid Maitland was clad In a
pa* Mat we*Id Lave mood bar father !lam arab raga 1 owl -Np or sows
M Omit- r • + ►,*e r- ;-P4 i_w
au 110 t;oNTuct•ao.)
\ice sachet perfumes at Hick's.
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CHAPTER 1I.
1's/ Gane Played In the usual Way.
• The road on which they advanced
tato the mountains was well made
aad well kept up. The canon through
e foothills was not very deep—for
Colorado—and the ascent was gentle.
'Naturally 1t wound in every direction,
following the devious mune of the
Fiver, which it frequently crossed from
lone side to the other on rude log
bridges. A brisk gallop of half a mile
or so on a convenient stretch of com-
paratively level going put the two in
Use lead far ahead of the lumbering
'nava and out of sight of those others
,of the party who bad elects/ to go a
horseback. There was perhaps a tech
agreement among the latter not to
yreak In bpon this growing friendship.
be, mote frankly, not to interfere ib a
developing love affair.
The canon broadened bore and
here at long intervals and roach
emotes were found fa every clearing.
ut thee* were few as/ far between
nd for the most part Anastroog and
Enid Maitland nods prsciltwlfy alone
glee, tor the paselpof as occasional
lumber wagon.
"Toa can't talnk," began the man,
}ta they drew rota atter a apNMl•1
� op and the soaerees
ewbet tired b
ily subsided fie a wad& 'w 1
` M
lista to go backIsdve Yea."
"AN you can't how how loath 1 am
}a rr'S Yoe rotate" tae gib Sallied
SSt IMO with a Weiss( giblito free
' *fat Mee ayes bad a wfeberg
tie Meet her scarlet lips.
, "rim Maitland" said the ban. i
"yon sae. 1 just wertrbbp Yon. I d ,
hare to sweep Yoe east et raw saddle, '
roe to tbe mew rids are sad r
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