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THE BEAVERTON REVIEW
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Ho v Many Words \
T Do You Know ?
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Youth Rides West
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I all other women lliau Mra Iva ite
I though. Indeed, women o f the c la n
which any reepecfcible ttoardlug house
| would receive applied hut rarelv
Ow their wa y to the nsw Cot-
So all Ibreads o f cvuiveraallon at
ton wood gold «It« « I n « « in I'olo*
r t d o in i h » 6«rl>
!•»*»-
j the table ran together, knotted them-
• rt illiion. • * s t » r n « r . and
! selves. In the person o f Mra IWane.
l>«rtn»r Much IU>vWn a vataran
She had the gift o f drawing cuttfl
mtnar. wltnaaa (ha hold-up of a
deuce*; her very reserve, hacked aa
■ tag# coach, from which tha • « -
praaa b o « la alolan bafora tha
it was by a sense o f vivid sympathy,
bandita ara acar«*<t off
Among
! seemed to spur the confesaor on.
tha h old -up victims ara Mra ('on-
j When I think o f her as she was In
a t a m a Daana. and Mr» llarnaby.
who Inlands to open a rsataurant
! that rosy dawn o f a stormy morning.
In Out ton wood
U tla oa
mssta
| 1 aee her always as ahe sat at the
Marcua Hanvfc} adtlor. on hi« n a y
head o f Mra Burnaby'» table, the
to atari tha
woo d t'ourlar
lamplight drawing flecks of gold from
A r r iv in g In ton n. Gtlaon and
Haydan togathar purvhaas a m i n
! the curl o f golden brown Imlr which
ing claim A thr<paiant'd i> netting
j tumbled arroaa her shoulder, throwing
1» a v art ad by tha brav ary of
| from her brows shadows that could
i'hrta Me« J ruth, town marahitl
j not veil the blue glint o f her eves,
tlllaon bacomaa dlagu*t#d with
gold dlagtng. what with ita un-
j blurring tn mystery tlie quick, wliliu
ending la bo r and «ma il reward*,
steal expressions o f her mouth
I
and ao tha auddt-n appvaratu-a of
hear her laughter running Ra gamut
Shorty f'roly, old (tins partner of
like a flute; the delicious pause and
Much, la not alt -gather discon
certing to hVm
titleon taka'* a
j drip o f her voice when she hesitated
Job on tha Courier and a r r a n g e «
between syllables And tlieu over that
to «a ll hi« share in tha claim to
| vision rises always the vulgar. In
Shorty.
Hla
acquaintanceship
| vldloua glitter o f Saiu Barton.
with M r » t>a»nr ripen«
Aa tha
sport. Its specific vocabulary was soon
C ourier g r o w s tn p o w e r a civic
My dawning Jealousy could.find In
spirt*, la a w ake n* .!
F ol lo w in g a
forgotten. Alchemy and superstition
the conduct o f the real no flaw to
c r im e wave. whi. h tha marahal
had a host o f friend», hut with the
criticise
Never had queen more re-
saattta to overtook. Handy. In hta
advance o f our culture their lingo has
•peel, never saint more reverence,
n ew s pa p er demands a clean-up.
been driven out o f existence
than ahe from thla tiny court o f tiers
“ Every well read person o f educa
—all except Barton He gllateued. did
tion and fair ability Is able to define
Sam B arton -h la diamond studs and
CHAPTER VII—Continued
or understand, as used nearly or per
rings, hla heavy watch charm, even
haps. more than 50,188) words.
The
I read: and T reallied that Marcus hla too perfect teeth Most o f hla pro
same i*erw>n In conversation and w r it
had outdone himself
Ilia literary fession and kind took meals at Jim
ing will command not fewer than 15.-
faults and merits alike were, aa a lln ffak er'a where passed all the gos
888 to 'jo.ot»). while a person who can
usual thing. th<*ae o f the old time min- sip o f the camp. In his presence at
not read but who has a gees) degree
lug-camp editor. He overloaded hi* Mrs, Bartmhy'g 1 read a sinister mean
o f native mental ability will command thought with words and figures of Ing. When he looked at Mra I>eaue.
5.188) terms.
Ids expression, aa I defined It to my
speech; tie wrote In vock phrase*
"But let It he clearly understood that Rut thla editorial w«> »Imp;*. explicit, self. Iiecama sinister, oily. Insinuating
If a new war breaks out tomorrow, aa forceful and as straight to the point D f course. I exaggerated
Still, re
whether It be between capital and la aa a pistol shot. It recited, with the viewing Sam Barton after the Inter
bor, or between races o f different Curtis affair aa a text, the presenr vening years. | cannot say that It was
hue. or between the upper world and state o f Cottonwood camp— holdups, all Imagluatl m. lie alone piled Mrs
l>eana with .»pen compliment; he
the lower world, the editor's voenbu
robberies. brace faro guinea anil all
lary will keep pace with the events as "W here are our schools?" It Inquired. alone Scsiettme* Introduced ideas con
they develop.
“ Where Is nor fire protection? I>oes sldered In that lime wholly tnapproprt
Which
“ Every social upheaval, even ns any sensible umn doubt that a single ate to the hearing of a lady
every social reform, brings with It fire In the heart o f town would sweep alwaya caused a moment o f embar
the means with which to describe Its Cottonwood off the map? Where Is rassed chill about Mrs. Bamahy'a din
various phases, and our speech is like our provision for puhih- health? The uer ta b le ; a alienee broken only When
Mrs. Iieatie adroitly turned the sub
the tide—ever at ebb and flow.
back alley o f Main street smells as
“ What Is the longest word In the loud
aa
our
niunkipal
morals. Ject.
"T h e re '» going to he an assembly
English language? Who kuows? Here Where, above everything, la our pro
are, however, a few that have posed tectlon against crim e? Do the pres- bull." I announced one evening aa.
for the time being as the longest ent authorities really want to suppress bating got tbe floor, I retailed camp
uew*.
words In the language.
our epidemic o f holdups and highway
"Gm-sa I'll have to put in; j 1 S<au
"T h e word moat frequently cited Is robberies? Have we here the great
houoriflcabllltudinity.' which Is to be est ramp In the Rocky mountain»— " collar and lake Mra. I>eane! There,
boy*, got my hid In firs t!“ said pop
found In Shakespeare's 'Love’s l.nl~>r The editorial trailed off Into the glo
Kldrldge hastily.
Lost.’ set 5. scene 1. line 44. T o the ries and possibilities o f Cottonwood,
“ Aw. no fair— I f you tried to dance
Puritan divine Byfleld we owe Inclr- and ended with a demand for a mu
at your age. you'd look plumb unseem
cdHbrriptlblenMB.' Doctor Benson Is nlcipal government— “ to replace the
l y p u t In Selden
credited with 'antldlsestabllshmentar- existing regime o f weak. Inefficient
“ Gups* I will need an assistant.”
ians.' T o William E. Gladstone we bluff.”
said Pop Kldrldge. "In case Mra Deane
I looked up from my reading, anil
owe 'dlsestabllshmentarianlsm.'
give* me the contract.
Hoya, why
“ An examination o f any treatise on my eyes must have told Marcus what don't we all lake her?"
I
thought.
chemistry will reveal several like
The one rxclainatlve "N o re !” ex
“ it's the Rubicon, I guess.” said
t h e s e : paraoxy met amet hoxy al I y then -
plnded tike a hunch o f firecrackers
xene. and tetrahydroparamethyloxy- Marcus; "may get me killed In the round the table
next twenty four honra.” And here,
qulnollne.
"It"» »elfish o f me.“ said Mrs. Denne,
"Am ong modern German words o f as though the weight bad begun to lift "but you gentlemen have templed me
from
hi*
spirits,
he
became
Ills
nor
cumbersome formation Is Schutxen-
beyond my strength.
I »c r e p t; It's
grsbenvemlchuangautomohlle, which maJ, dramatic self.
understood, though, that Mr Kldrldge
“
Don't
give
■
d—n
If
I
<Jo
die.”
he
contain* thlrtj-flve letters to express
la head escort. So I'll go with you all
what the English Indicate by the word chuckled. "B y G—,d. the savoner they — you. Mr. Mlchelson. and you, Mr
kill me. the sotier w e ll clean np Cot Selden -and you. Mr Gilson--*’ Here
'tank' In Its military sense
“T here Is also the Turkish A **», tonwood !”
she paused
I no longer concealed from myself
elation o f t onstantlnopolltan Bagpipe
“ I ’m afraid I'll have to forego the
that
I
loved
Constance
Deane,
loved
Makers, which Is designated In Ger
pleasure," I said, trying to keep out of
her
with
every
kind
o
f
warm
emotion
my voire the sulkiness I felt. "Rut
man by f'onstanrlnopolltanlscherdudel- I
that a man cun bold toward a worn
I must drop In to rejMirt It," I added,
ssrkspfelfenniachergesellschaft.
ati. but mostly so young was I — os u exerting my self control, "and If l
“ A word commonly attributed to
devotee loves Ids saint.
Like one may have the pleasure o f one Ix a ci
"
Bismarck I* said to have lieen the re
who «Inks hy Imperceptible degrees
But 011 the night o f the ball, baling
sult o f hi* hatred o f everything for
eign. particularly everything French. under a isrcotlc, I passed gradually seen Mr*. Imane at dinner a llli her
Into this torturing yet agreeable mad
hair newly curled for llie event, hal
For this reason, he offered us s sub
ness. And. like n bad patient, I fought ing Hied through a scattering lire of
stitute for the French word 'npotht-
the ether
According to the ethics |>er*lf1age which turned me alek of
calre. the term 'Gesundbeltswlederlier-
ti|s>n which I bad been reared, to soul. I sulked again I told myself, a#
stellungsmlttelrusaniinenmischungsver
love a married woman was a thing I walked furiously hack tn tha t'ourlar,
haltnlaakundlger,' which he preferred
no genteel person so much as con
that the ball could go bang; all the
to 'apotheker.'
templated. Wliea It hap(>eiied--I had while knowing |>erfprtly that I was
"lead in g them all. however. Is a
heard rumors o f coaea one whla
lying to myself.
And at about ten
Greek word denoting a dish consisting
pered the news to hla Intimate* In o'clock o f an especially busy evening.
o f all kinds o f dainties, fish, flesh,
the shocked tone with which one men I dropped n murder story half written
fowl, and sauces. Take u deep breath tions hideous vices. For all our re
and took the trail to Odd Fellows' hall.
and try to pronounce: lepadotemach- pressed exterior», we were a roman
I'ouple* were waltxlng furiously
oselachogaleokranlolelpsaiDnlrltnup ot- tic lot In the circles o f my origin,
through the inlet raised by their feet
rim matosllphlnkariihonielltnkarakerh
resolutely shutting our minds to such j from a dusty, aoft-plne floor. T w o re
umennklrhlepIkoiMuiihophatlnpertstrer
fart* o f life and lessons o f ex|M-rlence | flector lamp* Illuminated a background
a le k t ruonoptokephallloklnklopelelola
as did not fit the picture we found In o f pathetically sparse evergreen dec-
goosl ra lobaphet rag» nopt erugon.
our sugary fiction
Somewhere there oratlnna tied up with tluy and sleazy
“ Which, In the vernacular, la Just waited for you the on e Being Destiny American flags; In the corner, an or
plain 'hash .'
would bring her down a flowery path chestra o f guitars and violins twsnged
“ The Flemish word for motor car Is to you. O f course, she would he un dreamily. Out o f the crowd rmerged
Sn<'lpsardehs>szonders|MMirweg|>e t rol- married; It was always arranged that • oust s lic e Denne, waltzing
She waa
r ijtu lg ' ”
way.
There were soft passages at In blue brocade, a dre** simple for
Now. aren't you glad. Indeed, that j which the sickly Imagination o f youth those day*. The throat opened In a
you don't have to speak German, or grew sweetly faint. Then you were I nee edged square to »how a bosom
Greek, or Flemish? Think how much married
And afterw ard—hut Imag
full, yet virginal. . . .
I caught tny
hungrier a man would get while ask- ] Inatlou halted there. M arriage did not breath. Then I waa aware that Bar
lug for hash In a Greek restaurant!
come within the scheme o f romance.
ton held her In hla arms, held her all
I first looked at the facta o f thla too dose for current Idea* on dancing,
sentimental entanglement— shyly, sa lie was looking down on her with
Mona Flscellua and borders o f I'lre- round the edge o f a door— when I had
what I described to myself a* hla rul
nnm south to the Anlo and Fldenae on been for less than a week a hoarder gar. Insinuating smile.
A surge of
the Tiber. They were of L’ mhro-Sabel- at Mrs. Hsmiiby'a.
blood atruek with the forre o f a tidal
llan stock, allied to the Osrans, and
The presence o f Mrs, Deane at that wave the base o f tny skull. 1 could
the Sarnnltes were tlietr descendants, hoard I ad worked according to the have killed Barton. I hated him he
Iteate (H le tl) was their chief town. shrewd Jim llnffaker'a prophecy. Her c a u s e -I loved t'onstance Deane.
It
T h e "ra p e o f the Salilne women" In the self unconscious, she was bait to Mrs. was ridiculous, unprecedented, even
legendary history of Home I* famous
Harnstiy's fl«Mng.
Within two days disgraceful, lint 1 loved f'onatanre
The Sablnl wpre finally subjugated after she consi nted to receive me, Mr». Deane. I loved. . , .
by the HomHiis under M. t'lrlus Denia
Ilarnahy took no more transients. At
Now half a dozen men arrayed In
fus (eir 21») B. C .) They received the twelve dollars a week— ruinous rates every description o f evening dress,
Homan franchise In 268. and after the for those days— she filled her table swallow tails tn blue reefer Jackets,
Social war o f 18) became amalgamated with |>ermanent guests
Even could surrounded her. Impulsively, I started
with the Uomans.
she boast that she shared with Jim toward the group to claim my dance;
Htiffaker "the heat patronage In aa Impulsively, I turned, left the hall,
camp." As Jim drew the kind o f man walked hack to the Courier. I could
Holy Roman empire was Inappropriate
who In settled communities goes In not hear In that moment tn aee anyone
for three reasons— In the first place It
for clubs, ao w# gathered up thoae else so much a* rest a hand upon her
was not holy, In the second place It
with Inhibited desire» for the com
arm. I was Jealous o f Barton. Jealous
waa not Itoman, and In the third place
fort and society o f decent women. o f the whole world, Jealous beyond all
It was not an empire. Th e fact Is the
Hutchins, a dapper clerk at the hank, things of that wedding ring
emperors o f the Holy Homan empire
Mlchelaon. Iilef owner In one of the
never had much power aa such and
But lying awake that night with the
moat promising galena claims. Hidden,
the different nations forming the em
the assay »r, Barton, the mining broker, whoops, the rsttle, the music o f Cot
pire considered themselves as almost
old Pop Kldrldge, agent for the stage tonwood flowing In discordant waves
Independent nations under their own
company— these,
probably
because through the chinks o f our cabin, I
rulers.
they gave me most ressou for Incipient spawned a rosy hope which became, aa
jealousy, remain most vivid In my my stimulated Imagination played
l-arge radium deposits have
memory
Mrs. Rarnahy, It appeared, upon It. a reality. Widows also wore
located In Russian Turkestan.
sternly erased from her waiting Hat wedding ring*. I had even read In
T H I S T O R Y SO
A V & IA G S TZAJr-9.0O C U4WZVS
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By PR O EH L H A L L E R JAK LO N
Drawing
by Ray Waltere.
On
’ OW many w ord» do you
C H T L D .3
know?
- t z a r s aw
Shakespeare used about
6 0 0 -(OOO
28.000 words. A six-year- j
WXXKDS
old child knows nearly a i
thousand
An uneducated
f l
person knows 8.000 to 5.000
words. The 'a v e ra g e " per- |
1'nder each
son knows 8.000 to 10.(88) an abrlilRPd dictionary.
A college graduate know, letter o f the alphabet s , « g * or more
I
1 o f words was selected at random and
mora than 20.000 Lawyers,
doctor,, and ministers know upwards
That is
o f 25.000 words. An editor knows 40,- tire and derivative words
000. Woodrow Wilson used more than among the former was put 'm eas
u re "; among the latter “ measurable."
80.000 In three o f his books.
"measureableness." "measured." "meas
Do words Interest you? H «v e you
urer.” and "unmeasured." Compound
any idea o f the number o f them In
__
.
.
.
_
. . . i w ord, whose meanings were clearly
American speech or In the English ,
. .
. ,
'
lu n a r ’
Indicated by their component were
_
* * ',
.
om itted;
as “ clock-work.”
“ draft-
Come along, then, and have a chat ; h o r w -
-
with a word expert. I>r Frank H.
“ Counting this way. he found an
Vlaetelly, managing editor of Funk
average o f 20 prim itive words and
ft Wagnails “ N ew Standard Diction
85 derivative words on each page.
ary.” Doctor Vlretelly. who Is re
This would make, there being 814
sponsible for the ligures In the fore
pages o f vocabulary in .'his dictionary,
going paragraph, has had brought to
a total o f 18210 o f t i e former and
hU attention In the last fifteen years 28.400 o f the latter, or 15,000 In all.
more than 515.000 words. Ha does
“ Next he took a page In each letter,
not claim, o f course, to remember the
and on it he counted the words which
meaning o f all o f them, but It Is
It seemed any person o f average in
probable that he has a fairly good
telligence would Is* able to use and
working vocabulary
understand.
On 24 pages there
"T h e range o f a man's vocabulary were 268 prim itive words and 221
depends on his occupation.
Doctor derivative, or nearly 9.000 in all
4 izetelly says :
“ A churchman, fa- 0t the former, and more than 7,000 o f
m iliar with the Bible, w ill know the , die latter.
And. lastly, he made a
meaning o f 8.674 different Hebrew j count o f very* common words, such
words In the Old Testament, and o f as even a poorly educated person
5 624 Greek words In the New Testa- could hardly escape knowing, and
ment, or 144196 wprds In all. with they were found to number 5.700
wo me duplicates, o f course. This Is prim itive and 3458) derivative.
an exceptional case.
"T h e department o f psychology of
“ The physician or surgeon knows one o f our learned bodies recently In
more than this number
Take a vestigated the matter o f vocabulary
rough summary o f the matters with acquisition, and disclosed the fact
which he must be familiar.
There that the average child o f from four
are In the body o f man 707 arteries. to five years o f age makes use o f 1,700
71 bones, 79 convolutions. 438 muscles, words
230 nerves. 85 plexuses
and 103
.In it„ flrat year the rh||(, ai^ utr^ )
veins— total, 1.708.
a vocabulary o f from 10 to 20
"In addition to this there are 1300 words. During lta second Tear thla
bacteria, 224 eponymlc diseases, 500 ] totBl wa8 increased tr 300 or 400
pigments. 290 poisons. 88 eponymlc words, depending entirely upon en
signs and symptoms of diseases. 744 i vtronment.
Before the close of the
tests, and 109 tumors, or a total o f third year, the larger o f these totals
4.968 matters relating to his profes- was more than doubled, so that the
slon alone.
vocabulary at command aggregated
“ Then there are the names o f about from 400 to '1,0(W words.
10.000 chemicals and drugs o f which
"Shakespeare's vocabulary ha* been
he must have more than a passing pot at 24,(88), 21.006 or 15,000 words,
knowledge— total, 14.968 In all. and and the apologist for a limited vo
we have not referred to the science cabulary exclaims, "W hat did lie not
o f hygiene or to allied professions, as achieve with th em !”
dentistry, etc., or to his home life, his
“ Had Shakespeare lived in our time
motor car, or airplane, and the world be would have advanced with our
at large, of which he Is so Important progreas. and the strength o f his vo
a figure
These can barely be cov cabulary would have been double the
ered by 10.000 more— approximately number o f words he used, but please
25.000 words.
remember that many o f **l>ake*[ieare's
"T h e lawyer also Is an exception. words are now archaic.
The most popular law dictionaries list
"Many words fell Into disuse when
approximately 13.000 terms peculiar archery gave way to the gun, and
to the legal profession, and compre things which were very useful when
hensive as the law Itself may he. It knighthood was in flower, eventually
does not In general embrace the vo were discarded. The passing o f the
cabulary o f the home, for which add tournament and Jousts witnessed the
10.000 words, or 28,000 in all.
burial o f a large collection o f me
“ How many words does a newspa dieval terms, even as the passing of
per editor know? One estimated the armor did the same.
extent o f bis vocabulary by the aid o f
"W hen falconry became a dead
Biggest Printing Job
T h « printing o f the New York tele
phone directory la the biggest single
publishing Job In the world. It now
takes between five and six weeks to
simply distribute the hooks to the (88).-
<»») regular subscribers. As soon ss
one Issue Is finished work I* started
on the succeeding edition. Dtstribu-
tlon requires a forre o f more than 500
wagons and even pushcarts. Despite
the fact that the paper used Is, from
D og Firet Hum an P et
There has been considerable debate
as to just where the domesticated dog
came from, and some naturalists deny
he was directly brought down from
the wolf, but they all seem to agree
that he was the first Wild animal
brought to a satisfactory state o f do
mestication. Certain It seems the dog
was the most responsive to domesti
cation efforts o f all tha animals that
were sought for human pets In early
da/a.
time to time. Improved to save weight
and hulk, the last issue consisted of
two volumes, weighing nearly five
pound*. It has 1,920 pages with 830.-
188) listings. In many Instances sub
I scribers get several copies, so that the
j total edition consists o f 3 , 000.000 direc
j tories, requiring 500 carloads o f paper.
I
I
Sabinet O nce P ow erfu l
The Sabines were ancient and Im
( portant pouple wbo 11%-d In the moun
j tains northeast of Home, from the
Holy
Roman Empire
Replying to an Inquiry, the Path
finder Magazine says that In the year
818) Charlemagne, king o f the Franks,
waa crowned emperor o f the West at
Borne. In 962 the title went to Otto
I and his empire, which consisted o f
Germany. Austria and northern Italy,
became known aa the Holy Itoman em
pire.
Thla empire waa continuous
until 1808. Voltaire said ibe name
far
the flap door ot her tciit now. and
atnrlea o f maidens going to far. peril
the q neat Ion I had come to ask tier
oua place*, who assumed for protei
had been partied
I could not face
tlon tha title and symbol of marriage
That waa || ; that must be It ; I could ihe next twenty four hour* without
float away now on the encheuled river some aatlafnctlon o f my Inflamed
curiosity.
o f my dreams.
“ Did you say you might be going
It did not serin so plausible when I
woke early for me next morning, away aoouY' I asked.
‘Terhapa."
with the brilliant mountain light
1 hen I blundered boldly toward tha
streaming through tny window
I
must know
All hour ahead o f the heart o f the subject.
“ When Mr I >eaue come* for youY'
dinner time which waa tuy breakfast,
Hhe was laying her hand on the tent
I went over to Mra. Ilarnahy'* and to
llap
It ebqipetl. fruaeu. anil ahe ehol
that tent where M ra Deane lodged
Hhe came at uiy call through the out ime quick glauce before she an
sw eretl:
flap, faceti me with no halt or etn
"fu ll It that If you wleh “
haeraaament of mauuer. not even the
Already convicted In her eyea o f Im
touch t«f an emotion like fear
And I
pertinence aud curiosity. I might aa
realised It was not going to lie *0 easy
“ I saw you at the hall last night.“ well be hanged for an old sheep as a
she began. “ It was moat Interesting ’ latuh. Ho I pursued Ihe subject
'T h e re la a Mr. Deaae. then - a liv
Though I must admit I'm tired this
ing Mr. I>»ane?"
morning You wild W esternerà are ell
“ Yea. I8> I »eem like a widow?"
ergetlr dan.-era Mr GtlaiHi !”
“ Why
ahe asked rather sharply, and waa
didn't you claim your dance?"
1 forteti a laugh
gone Instils the tent.
“ I noticed you dancing with Barton
Yet wlieu ten minute* later site en
You seemed to tie enjoying yourself,” tered the illutug room and took her
I said: and my HI naturati in o .* ) must accustomed eeat. her manner toward
have shown through these simple me had neither warmed nor chilled
wortls
For Mra lieane's head came It was a crumb o f comfort to perralve
up straight, and her eyes I nh aine for that I f she had chauged toward any
a moment serious
Then they twin
one. It waa llartou
Homeltow, aha
broke that day bla monopoly o f run
kled
"Barton at least has enterprise!” veraallon; the more readily as Barton
she said
showed leas than hla usual disposi
"Y ou mean If I'd had Ihe enter
tion to t-miveree
lie hoarded out hla
prise -” I began. But her luugli rut week with Mra Barnab), and was
seen among ue uo more
I suspected
me off.
"Y ou are In Ite punished by not un theu what ■ dramatic revelation after
ileratandlng what I m eant" she salit ward ixiufirtued that lie had taken loo
“ I think If 1 gave you the chance, much for grauted the night before No
you'd I n * very naughty !"
exit Barton from the hoard; only •
The I harm o f her was creeping over pawn lu Ihe game fate was playing
me again like a spell
“ It s an hour with me. hut a pawn whose »Ingle
mote had served- and wee tu aerva
yet before my breakfast aud your din
uer,“ I suit!
‘‘ W ill you aua|H-nd arti
again.
teure long enough to go with me for a
She a as married fiaiatattr* I leans
walk ? That Is- If you bava nothing waa married. I tried, ae I walked
belter to do.”
downlowu, to resu lt» that I would
Mrs I Vino- hesitated Just a m » move from Mra Burnaby's and never
ment. “ I never have anything really see her again, and. even while making
urgent to ito Jual now," site replied
thla resolution, knew that I waa de
“ Walt until 1 get Into my things, won't cellin g myself.
you?" There were suggestive feminine
rustling* within the tent before ahe
CHAPTER VIII
emerged, a little Itonnel crowulng with
Mue Rowers the glory o f her hair, her
I liatked up through the hazy hut
fingers fluttering like a flock o f love-
brilliant light thrown by the edge of
bird* over the business of putting on
the mountain altadow for It was late
her gloves.
afternoon and already sunae* In that
t'p from the hill where IYtttonwnod
gulch
T lie trail, aa It wound Ita
was building Ita residence district ran
sinuous t nurse upward toward Forty-
a shallow gulch w herein no miner |
Bud. curved round a castle like shoul
der o f striated rock amt crossed a hill
side
A moment visible as a black
patch against Ihe electric blue sky, tn
a moment bidden by a little hoglHtck
o f Intervening rock, appeared a horae
at a alow walk.
lie bore a aide
saddle ; Ihe rider waa a woman. Juat
aa she disappeared, she leaned for
ward. laid her hand on tbe horses
neck aa though steadying hera«4f for
tlie descent or arranging aomelhlng at
the pommel. It) a world o f women. I
could nev.sr mistake that motion. It
was Mra. I Wane
Hhe waa coming
down the t r a il; I should encounter
her, ride with h e r ! Tbe mere fire
story which a «a taking uie to Forty-
Itial might go hang. I kept my own
h o r s e at a walk prolonging Ibe de
licious anticipation.
Her horse's head rmerged about the
gray harrier of rock She had dropped
the relua on hla neck; as be walked,
he waa cropping at the hushes l>y tlie
roadside
Hhe still leaned forward,
her hainls rearing on the pommel
Reeling nay, clutching
W e were ao
near now that my horae slopped be
cau*e here we* blocking the trail. Ami
looking straight at me. through me.
waa the face o f a Constance Deane
Out of Iho Crowd Emorgod Ccnataneo
which I had never seen before. Those
Doans, Waltzing.
blue eyes were art and hard, y el ab
had na yet found sign o f ore, no lum sent. It waa aa though she « e r e sleep
berman a tree large enough to tie a Hiking toward aume challenging, re-
worth cutting
Even the little brook pulsi VP vision. T b e tinea o f her fare
which had gouged It ont from Ihe hills • ere all fallen, the corner o f her ex
ran uni>ollutrd, heavenly-clean, over pressive mouth drawn
downward.
entanglement» o f fem and walrr- Misery or hate or anger - whatever
cres* Toward llila. aa hy common Im this emotion waa— It held her with
poise o f youth aud holiday, we turned devastating, overt towering force. All
She was walking at my right hand; thla I saw 1 1 a wink o f an eye before
the single greuf, rolled curl tu which my rather Independent llltle roan
her hair waa dresaed that morning felt plunged forward and nipped at the
over her left shoulder. It gave out Intruiler In hla path At that awaken
a faint iwrfume. which scut my blood ing nmtltsi. ahe gave a hysterical start,
healing; so that I could not Iruat my »0 violent that ahe bent backward over
voice
A little ahelf o f rock guarded the cantle o f her saddle; ahe stared at
ihe approachea to tlie trail up the me with round, terrified eyea and
guleli. A* I helped her acroas It, I mouth
Then, hefure I could utter a
felt that my own hand, at the warmth word o f reassurance, ahe dismounted
radiating through her glove, at the In tine swift motion, atmol In the road
soft, yet nrm grasp of her fingers, wss way — gripping a horn o f her side
trend.ling She too must hare per
saddle with I mi II i hand*. And the ter
cel veil ih u l; for suddenly she with ror waa atilt u|*m her face.
drew her hand mid slipped lightly
1 dismounted In tu rn ; stood facing
down Into the trail. The very embar her there In the road.
rassment o f this pulled me together.
“ What I* the m atter—ara you III?"
I coni rolled my voice and clutched at I asked
the flrat commonplace which imppeil
Homrthlnf o f the normal Constance
Into my mind.
Deane began to come hark Into her
"Mrs. T aylor was asking about you fare. It lightened now : hut yet I felt
last night. She waa very enthusiastic that her etnlle was forced
—called you a radiant creature nr
“ No— you frightened me coming
something like that. I think Mrs. T a y upon me an suddenly,'' ahe said. Then
lor la preparing to call. You'll become the smite went, driven away hy a
at once a member o f the elite, asso tense expression.
Hhe stared at me
ciating with the wives o f the mining a moment before alia asked with a
engineer».”
catch In her voice:
"A dazzling prospect, certainly 1" e x
“ Why did you - are you—following
claimed Mr*. Denne. Then suddenly meY'
Ihe laughter died from her eyes "l)ld
“ Why Should I follow you?
You
Mrs. T aylor tell you slie was going to said I might not ride with you." I re
c allY ' she asked, her voice a trlfie plied. for a moment piqued : yet taking
mulfied.
at once the defensive, as a man a l
"till, n o ' That was merely my In waya will with the woman he Invea.
ference. Only I ran see that you’re
“ Yea," breathed Conatanre Deane,
elected. Mr». Taylor la the outward And whnt ahe meant by that simple
and visible sign like an accolade or monos)liable I could not tell, except
a royal proclamation."
Hint It expreaaed pain. Hhe straight
"1/ ahe says anything about that to ened up. took hold o f the saddle as
you. discourage It.” Mrs Denna had though to mount.
Instinctively, I
slackened her pace. “ I'm not sure I stepped forward to help her.
Hhe
wish to belong tn the camp arlatocracy turned, laid her hand on my ogt-
— there are ao many oilier Interesting stretched arm. trying
weakly, It
things here, after all—and I may lad seemed, tn fend ine away. And It WSS
stay long enough to make It werth aa though that light touch pul'etl a
w h ile "
trigger which had been restraining an
'T h en you're going aonn" ' I ex
explosion o f psselnn. 1 did the thing
claim ed; and my voire. In eplte o f which, one minute before, I a mil.I
my will, waa sharp.
have thought Impoaslhle.
'T h a t depends on many things. Oh,
"Constance!" I said. "Conatanre!"
I must have some of thoae daisies!"
I had never called her hy that name
replied Mrs. Iteane. I knew perfectly
before. And I took her Into my arms.
that ahe waa changing the euhject de
Hhe did not struggle against me. Hhe
liberately, and that t waa rebuked
lay fo r a moment Inert In my em
Hhe had dropped on one knee at a bed
brace. Then her hands dropped from
where mountain asters, pink and blue,
the saddle, went round my ahonldera.
fringed the stream.
I knelt beside
And I kissed her—long, long, In
h e r; we picked two double handfuls,
ecstasy.
fringed them with fern from the
stream bed, tied their sterna— tight,
bunchy bouquets being then the fash
la Qllaon getting Into deep
Ion In flower»— with wlthea o f dande
water? What will happen when
lion stalk.
Mr. D*ana puta In hla appear,
When our bouquet waa done, ahe
anea?
asked for the time, fmtfri that It
lacked but ten minutes o f tha dinner
hour at Mr*. Uarnaby'a. We »load hy
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