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"It seems ro have had a very
ostial effect upon you than it
woes me." replied the man coolly
'loved you before. but now. aia
Ibave biased you. I worship you "
"It hasn't affected me that way.
torted the girl promptly, her face
J:towntng and Indignant. 'Not at
"Portly. me, Enid," pleaded
other. 'I last couldn't help It.
were so beautiful 1 bad to. 1 took
chane. You are r ..t accustomed
Our ways."
'L this your habtt is your love
fairer asked the rirl swiftly and
without a spice of retxiinine malice
"1 never bad , love affair
fore," he replied + ,th a ready mase
line mendacity, "r least none we
mentioning But ou see this 1.
vest; we have ga'aed what we b
by demanding eve y tach that nat
offers, and then latmfng the
That's the way we play the game
here and that's the way we win."
"But 1 have not yet learned to
the 'game' as you call it, by any a
exiles," returned the young woman
termtnedly, "and it 1s not the way
win me if 1 am the stake."
"What 1s the way?" asked the m
,anxiously. "Show me and I'll take
mo matter what its difficulty."
"Ah, for me to point out the w
would be to play traitor to mysel
she answered, relenting and relaxt
a little before his devoted woo
"'You must find it without asststan
I can only tell you ono thing
"And what is that!"
"You do not advance toward
goal by such actions as those of
moment since." _
"Look here." said the other sudde
b• "i are not ashamed of what I d
and I'm not going to pretend that
am, either."
"You ought to be," severely.
"Well, maybe so, but I'm not;
'eomldn't help it any more than'I cote
b p lovIng.you the minute I ea* y
Pitt yourself In my place."
"Bat I am not la your place, and
�a't put myself tbere. I do not wi
(gyp If It be true, as you say, that y
have grown to --care ao much for m
and so quickly—"
"If It be true"" came the sharp
'terrUpUon aa the man bent tow
her, fairly devouring her with his bol
tsirdent gaze.
"Well, educe It is true," the
rad ander the compulsion of Ina
test 'That tact is the only paeaib
4xcnse for your action."
"Yon find some justification for
Rhea T
'No, only a possibility, but wbethe
M be true or not, I do not feel
why—yet."
There was a saving grace in tha
Mat word, which gave him a little
heart. He would have spoken, At
ache suffered no Interruption, saying:
"1 have been wooed before, but --
"True, unless the human race has
become suddenly blind," he Bald softly
tender hit breath.
"But never in such ungentle ways:
i Suppose you have never run inp
against a real red-blooded man irks
Mae before."
"If red-blooded be evidenced mainly
W lacking of self control. perhaps I
)save not. Yet there are men that I
have met that would not need to apol-
,cgise for their qualities even to you,
hlrr. James Armstrong"
"Don't say that. Evidently i make
bit poor progresa in my wooing.
Never have I met with a woman quite
like yon"—and In that indeed lay
teams of her charm. and she might
have replied in exactly the same lan-
geage and with exactly the same
Meaning to him—"I am no longer a
boy. 1 ton,: he fifteen years older
Chan you aro•, for 1 am thirty -Ave.'.
The difference between their years
as not quite so great as he declared.
t womanlike the girl let the state
nt pass unchallenged.
'And I wouldn't Insult your Intel
!!genre by saying you are the only
an that I have ever made love tee
dtf- ro; eau:, w them wou:.1 lava :oat
dor flair b.•..d ., bet t'nid 'Maitland was
•l as ogee edietey cool )(ping person, or
ee ahs was sot vitt. ,%apt off .her :,•et,
ail did root ralte los.- her halsntr.
' re. "I like t, beer you say things lite
mai that." ::hp ••r,'vered. "Nobody grblte
• 11, like vo•t hex ever made love to n.e,
gnu ce. tainty not ,a pelt: way. - ant
the that's the reason I have g:v«r. ' •, a
You half way promise t, think about it.
the .1 was 9.u•ry that -inn -creed not be
to with us on this adventure, but now 1
am rather glad, especially it the ecu
at- i temper of m') way 1, to bet latorrnpb,d
net by anything like the outburst c: a Yew
minutes since. -
he. "I am glad. too:' admitted the nip l
u "For i declare I co:,ldn't b'lp 1'. V t
rth have to be •with you either you tt:.'
the dot to he mine or el-.. you would hate
ave to decide that It could never be, and
ore there I'd go off and tight It out"
Leave me to myself," said the VI
earnestly "for a little while: it's be.:•t
so; 1 world not take the finest, noble ;t
play . man on earth—"
uch I "And I am not thi'."
de- "unless I loved Niru. There is some -
to thine very attractive about your per-
sonality; I don't know in my hear;
an whether it 1e that, or—"
It 'Good," said the man, as she hesi-
tated. "That's enough." He gathered
ay up the reins and whir:ed' his horse
.. suddenly in the road. "I am goer e
back. I'll watt for your return to
Denver, and then—"
"That's best," answered the girl,
She stretched out her hand to him,
leaning backward. If he had been a
different kind of a man be would bare
kissed 1t; as it was he took it in his
Own hand and almost crushed it with
a fierce grip.
"We'll shake on that, little girl," he
said, and then without a backwar(i
glance he put spurs to his horse ante
galloped furiously down the road.
No, she decided then and there, rhe
did not love him, hot yet. Whet h.-4
she, ever would she could not tell. .1t:
yet she was half bound to him. Th..
recollection of hie kiss was not sI -
together a pleasant memory: he hat:
not done himself !ny good by th:.-
bold assault upon her modesty, that
reckless attempt to rifle the treasure
of her lips. No man had ever really
touched her heart. althm:gh many had
engaged her interest. If.•r etperlence
therefore was no, detinieve or con-
clusive. If she had truly loved Jiimes
Armstrong. in spite o' all that silt
might have said, she a -m ild het
thrilled to the remembrance of that
Wild carves The chalices. therefore,
were somewhat heavily against hit.:
that morning as he rode down tie.,
trail alone
His experiences in love affairs were
much greater than hers. She was b;
i Il rt itl,.-1•.a:an. um laaass-tgee
I$ eawsgb r tall awry conversation )
IJ~ Way
I Mr Robert MattW►d. as Armstrong
Las raid bad known him hods a boy.
There were Wags 1a Ms career OR
wheel Haltlaad did not and could DOt
appmee. but (toe/ were of the past. k*
'reflected and Armstrong was after
all a prrt•, good sort Yr Maltlaod's
standard, were not at all those of kis
Philadell,hls brother• but they were
very high ills experiences of mea
'had been different. h. thought Mat
Armstrong. having certainly by this
1 Ume rrached years of discretion. could
1 he safely entrusted with the precious
:treasure of tee 'young girl wbo had
been committed to bit care. and for
whom his affection grew aa his knowl-
edge of and acquaintanceship with Der
increased
i As for Mrs Maitland and the two
,girls and the youngster. they were
Armstrong's devoted friends Tbal
'knew nothing about hie past, Mimed
there were things le It of which Malt -
.land himself was ignorant, and welch
had they been known to Lm might
'have caused him to withhold even his
'tentative acquiescence to the po.sibtll-
1 ties.
You of these things were knows
to old Kirkby, who with masterly
:skill. amusing nonchalance and amts
tag profanity, albeit most of tt under I
�w breath lest he stock the ladles. '
Oolet along the four nervosa, exolted'
lkwchos that drew the big supply ,
wagon. Kirkby was Maitland's oldest '
aad most valued friend. He had bees 1
ttbe !attar's deputy sheriff, be had ,
,been • cowboy and a lumberman, a
nighty bunter and a successful miner, of the hills. Anxious to De Of service,
'and now, although. he Dad acquired a she had burned her bands and smoked
reasonable competence. and hada nice her hair and scorched her face by
,..little wife and a pleasant home In the usurping the functions of the young
mountain village at the entrance to ranchman who had been brought along
the canon, he drove stage for pleas- as cook, and had actually fried the
ure rather than for profit He had ' bacon herself' Imagine a goddess
given over his dally twentydive mile will a trying pan! The black thick
jaunt from Morrison to. Troutdale to coffee and the condensed milk. drunk
other hands for a short ,pace that he from the granite ware cup. had a more
might spend a little Ume with Ms old delicious aroma and a more delight -
friend and the family who were Le , tul taste than the finest Mocha and
greatly attached to hint on this outing Java to the dalntlest porcelain of
Enid Maitland, a girl of a kind that' Fiance. Optimum condlmentum. TDe
'Kirkby had never seen before, had i girl was frankly ravenously hungry,
won the old man's heart during the 1 he air, the altitude, the exertion, the
weeka spent on the Maitland ranee. ! excitement made her able to eat any -
He had grown foad of her. and he did thing and enjoy it.
'not think that Mr. James Armstrong She was gloriously beautiful. too;
alat.e4d that which be evfdenUy so .even ber brief experience in the west
',Overwhelmingly desired. Kirkby was had brought back the missing roses
wee along In years, but he was quite .to her cheek. and had banished the
eapatte of playing a man's game for :blstre Circles from beneath ber eyes.
lall that, and he intended to play It in Robert Maitland, lazily reclining
Ws Instance. I propped ap against a boulder. his feet
Nobody scanned Enid Yaltlead's to the fire, smoking an old pipe that'
more closely than he, sitting would have given his brotber the hot -
ped u on th rota. hooked with a
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but there is a vast difference between
making love to a woman and loving
one i have lust (mind that out for the
drat time 1 inert el at the past and
i am ashamed M it, but 1 tbank God
that I have been saved for this op -
pert rnity. i want to win you, and 1
tt". going to do 1t, to... in many
thin>ts i don't match up with the Peo-
ple t.•itb whom you train. 1 was bora
• t kern, and I've made myself. There
are thinrs that base happened in the
Ir.ast.'g hat 1 am not enjw'eielll proud
of, and 1 am not at all satisfied with
tt. t .tela - e«+,e.rlally erre 1 have
met you TI,e better 1 know you the
1,--. please', 1 am with Jim Arm.
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P e front seat of the pprovtng com-
wagon, onesfoot on the bigb break, hispcy
,bead sunk almost to the level of his lofted that
spore her, ripUoconfident and sat- k
lkaee, his long wblp to his hand, his fededhat Norhis pws he theh was work -
leen and somewhat fierce brown eyes well. was De only one
Marion
Loma, his two daughter, wor►
'bet little that Dame before him that ms elpi le
Ptd Kirkby did not see. Of e r and they sat one on either ween
of her on the great log lying between
the tent,, and the fire. Even Hob
CHAPTER Ile Junior condescended to give her ap-
- The Story and the Lettere provtag glances. The whole camp
Imagine, if was at her feet. Mrs. Maitland ,had
primeval; you please, the forest *peen greatly taken by her young
yes, the murmuring pines Acca. Kirkby made no secret of h'a
and the hemlocks of the poem as weU, 'devotion, Arthur Bradshaw and Henry
by the side of a rapidly rushing moun- ,Phlilps, each a "tenderfoot" of the ex -
Lain torrent fed by the eternal snows 'tr.miet character, friends of business
of the lofty peaks of the great range. oonned:Ions in the east, who were
(A level stretch of grassy land where "pendia( :h.etr vacate
1n every detail of what was go and ed at her that way.
Marl
i old about him- ledeed there was pipes their badso Philadelphia
a mountain brook joined the creek on with Mait-
land. shared in the general devotion;
,was dotted with clumps of pines and to say nothing of George the cook and
great boulders rolled down from the ,Pete, the packer and horse wrangler.
!everlasting hills --ball an acre of epee Philips, who was an old acquaint-
,11sleering. Oa the opposite side of the ance of Enid's, had tiled his luck with
brook for
canoe wall rose almost ber back east and had sense enough
eer perhaps five hundred feet, to accept as final his failure. Brad -
ding in Jagged, needle -edged pin- 'shaw was a solemn young man with -
es of rock, sharp, pictureagtse and. 'out that keen essae of humor which
atitul. A thousand feet above ran was characteristic of the west The
timber Itne, and four thossand others were suitably dressed for 'ad)
above that the crest of the great- venture for Itradel aw's Mea of aa_ap
peak in the main range. I proDr1•te costume was ltstinguls�d
'The white tents of the little encamp- cblefly by long green felt puttees
ret which had gleamed so brightly which swathed his huge calves and`"
the clear air and radiant sunshine excited curious Inquiry and ribald
Colorado, now stood dim and gbost- loontment from the surprised denizens
e in the red reflection of a huge of each mountain hamlet throng*
campfire it was the evening of th0 which they bad passed, to all of which
day in the wilderness. Bradshaw remained serenely oblivious.
Tor two days shoe leaving the The young man, who does enter espe-
the Yakland party with its i clally into this tale, was a vestryman
train of burros heavily packed, of the church in his home In tie
horsemen and the steady plodders suburb,' of Philadelphia. His piety
foot, had advanced Into unexplored had been put to a severe strain in the
aimcst inadmissible retreats of mountains.
mountains tato the primitive tar That day everybody had to work
eh
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No Crushed Nor to Niru and Kissed
Nor.
a0 Means the first woman be had
kissed—remember. suspletoua reader.
the' be was not from Pbliadelpbla—
here were not the first ears Into
which be had poured passloeate
prOteetauone 14, was neither bet-
ter nor worse than most mon. perhaps
be fairly enough represented the aver
age; but .ersly lata had something
better la store for such s 'superb enm-
g1G. A girt eI sack attaleme•nta and
Ash Whitt* poselblittiee ale must
weft higher than with the average
Perhaps Mere was a subcoaademmess
-
of this in her mind as 'be
ti1�y waited to be overtaken by the
mast el the party
Mbar* were curious glances and
etra� spec alattoss 1s that 11tt1.
flmt _y es they saw her sitting be,-
�y adobe A few moments befor•
strong, but tbere are possibilities 1a gum Armstrong bad
-ether hef eve, God with you for passed bawd .. �Y
g \t • SMOp, be bad waved his hasd a, '
inet.rratlatt• 4;041".-4110 Slap Aun nuaaKler
hiswith • fit gestur0 of deed by and had smiled of then..
tenet- eine Tidy py that
awssnar ma.
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NORTH SiDE OF SQUARtS, GODERICH.
1 L tale ds on 1---
Ilgltlul spot they bed this trail—everybody wanted to for
Mob' tents sod the pima- 'that matter. The hardest labor con -
Camp bad been merle. Wood' Misted 1n the driving of the Durres.
abundant, the water at hand was Uatortunateiy there was no good and
°aid as los, as clear as crystal eat trained leader among them through
soft as milk- There was pas- au unavoidable mistake, and the camp.
for the horses tad bursts: old ere had groat difficulty In keeping the,
other side el the asowtat brook_ burros on the trail. To Arthur Brad -
ebbe place was a Hake angii- slaw lad been allotted the most ob-
whieh humanity oeaupied per Minato. nos.-grelaed and determined
the stat time deo* drsdtlpa !
of the ateruly band, mid old Kirkby
Dapeaking tie berme. esepeg tlp !! tad George paid particular attention
blow mama( the Damp aafl� to IaatrucUng him In the gentle art
3r'e, had nesd rep the ism rued. of manipulating him over the rocky
mountain trail.
"Wall." .aid Kirkby with I1M Bot s
what languid, drawling, nasal vela.,
"that there burro's like a ship with,
I often seed 'em Wen I was a "Manna
east afore 1 come out to God's Dona..
try. Nature has pervtded 'est with a
kind of a helium. I remember r yes
of the meek. it mot 'salt' d ' wanted the boot sty go to the
4.9tb fez benettl. Taxis you shoved the Whim over t o
awe. was,. foaerrowtate
pbv alter felt. Ata'btrad an' port was try terms
as i recollects 'est. it's jest she swam
with burros, you takers 'en by tate
,tiller, that's by the tail, gtt a 9004
tight twist on It ea' et yea west h1
t0 head to the raft. dew Ye s1
sheets around to the lett ea' you gree
to be tearful yea duet g• as Meg
back w'ich en It Mode ea yes Is worms
of the day which was theirs west
kited arrived. Opportunity womb"
tomorrow is explore tie Boom:
to climb the nage. b try ter,
that tumbled down a ender•
of waterfalls to the TISK d the
and roared and rusled a y1 '
its feet maul, swelled lay that
Tie @realeg meal tree over. (did
teat help disk writ what
and eentemat her Yher wreaks
regarded the mem bow hta sorsa
baso uses--be1O, tee, ter Olt
(—had it bees parsed beamed
ed tie old eWsW stabogasy of
eget wo d M9Mdpbr. Set
!dere fa (bo wits ebb had eaten
worse beady titre wttb t11e abasl
ser• et Ube .set .•••mads reams
Wm • certain
the
he *tathis confidence was *cera•
aid urge dow't as ural y salam *. bet •
ars a Ib. you tad 1 cam beet th0 tbrd by the feet*
world -
Igssado, was not m oweeoN. e r air
Thr• wcemet thrlEad to his gauntSad resinewlet yew and ams.'
Pootn3 Art riga* would moo 4smorutamr leenbies Present atgdeK sae
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