Show E BRANDING IRON ay y katharine kot liari ine newlin burl burt C pha b N brt ourt CHAPTER 11 II 14 jin mo ifor that night there a bort sort sur atin skillfully conducted acted by coper f all I 1 betty against tile ferocity isri n it 11 was we a persecution propos ibl to imagine ln in any other sett lol 1 a the he social 1 simplicity P of lazy Y kind aund itaf trefle smutted for jan J the jewish fleure figure would tails 1 of aaker for jane lane from ule the ary rr I 1 kitchen would help her ln in veil 1 to th the P bo vegetable table garden aden and to straighten vt be recalcitrant to love ve pipe PIPS hetty rould ru put I 1 on an apron a mile too arge to wah dishes and shell peas le h would id sit lt on the tile kitchen table ft her lone long legs and S hatter ly aarper talked too tb va 0 talked delightfully ty bout and doche dogg he had A kift gift of humorous humo roua observe blon jon bollt about hu ming and til 9 ame ab ling bout trappe trapping bout about bravel and at laet last about plas un jane listened sometimes bhe h laughed once ln in a 1 while she jcu latel muil musically cally well occa lousily lonal lyie she cuore one ne afternoon he met her reding ae tron from an errand to neighboring inch and nd turning his hi horse rode her in worn korn corduroy skirt flan iel ea shirt and eray gray sombrero eom brero she be booked illie like a R handsome haggard boy ind n that afternoon there wa was a it tin unusual wistfulness in her eyes md ad her mouth had relaxed a little in its it bitterness bitter nesa perhaps it waa wits ht hi beauty of A clear keen eummer summer bay 1 I without doubt also the she w wae aa touched by the courteous pleasure of f ft Is reding greeting and by hia his giving up his hi flut ide in order to accompany her she ten unbent from her silence and for be firt first time really talked to bim him and kad the she poke too in a new manner using ber her beautiful voice 1 with beaucl ul carefulness it was like a master clan who after a long illness lies es op up his beloved instrument and tentatively tests his shaken powers japer bad had much ado to kep keep his our irise rise to himself for the rough ranch girl rl could speak pure enough h english if the lou log and your tour wife are leaving eoon the she asked him and when be y j nodded the pat a sigh ill be miss lai lag you tou bhe she said throwing iway away ber her like a rag with which she he was done dout youve been company for nit youve mae made use of lots of 0 ballence pal lence and courage but I 1 feare lix re teal ly liked it not got the th ways of being sociable and I 1 dont taw know that 1 I rant want ever to get then them I 1 am not for friends luere there an of alther per on the ranch that would dare talk te to me as yoa you and nal nfl mrs mm 11 me nu hare bare tailed talked they dont knew know anything about me we here bere and I 1 dont wean that they know she paused then gave way to an impulse of confidence one of the boys asked me to fairry alm he came and about ed td it through the window and I 1 um with a pan of water waters she ithee 1 I dont know rightly if he tt it fer for a joke or not but the be luo on an ri jasper bin laughter then aw tbt dry humor humer of ber her eyes ees and 48 P and let out it Ms mirth wey lr eald wd jane bould be P at the of a men 1 it U seems that log oat for or pure IT finess they want f t narry her bt lett wants ahm about the day came tramping tram lato isto this valley I 1 for food at the ranch of an id bachelor bachelot down fonder at the ford j lid w he invited me to b be his wife while was a drinking drio klag a clau cities of water from Is well lie ile told we how dintsch money 1 its bad d end and eald said 14 tied d stad art my ato elwe or ne me winter mornings therea theres a it hubA 1141 and he was sure k kind 0 3 deeven at w when I 1 told bin him to no I 1 hat me evening that the boy fron from J Y rode in and claimed roe we for or a ook lok ur mr camall is a man 10 took me and aek ask any ques n 1 I told him I 1 was jane and I 1 wasa jaent t planning lne to let wm bw nore more he asked me an ther tuest valon lon since iles he it gentle 1 la II figure 14 and bea bes kind of quiet about luot what he was w before be he ail a to this country hes a man of fly 4 and be he has lots back of him wy 1108 taken a st fresh stara art she gaiel w ra uke like you and betty seem open hearted if living tn in suppose where abow no every one every 0 one ne else so well 14 this is picture of the can 11 of new social absorbed jaspe attention for time tl loul er dat yon you like to live in a city L laughed ber her short boyish 41 1 it lent what I 1 would like forena a the she said aa wily y ri id like ke bat it the world I 1 would like ke to 1 be baud fellow w who was condemned to ladof 1 Z all oter over the OIL earth and never lie e was adew gy too flushed bed people were not in it of making direct his reference ake and being abeln an who w it with had d early cut himself dislike 1118 from bis his own people yoto im voted the society of ww Irit idelt hOut a 1 country he was ve hJ hjelt the you wandering jew ewt te yea where ever bear of hemr ftc 4 his wj story she answered ab a act no awful avav long one bot but in As ag auk bout about lol of pf people by eu ar lips fell apart and he be 1 4 4 rv I un wittingly W SM US ag b aj wf apt thinking of him that pha h was far away staring biond her hones horses head into the tile broad sunset brightened went there ere you ledr he asked tier he ile had brought her back and tier face stiffened she gae gale him a startled almost angry look due dug her tier heels into her tier horse and broke into a could lie win froni from tier an other word A hw daya days before he left he took yarnall into hit his conf confidence idene at first the racher would do to nothing but laugh jan jane on the boards I 1 a notion I 1 followed by explosion don after explosion of mirth the jew waited patient pliant smiling and then enumerated tile reasons lie talked to yarnall for an hour at the end of 0 which time yarnall hia his ees still twinkling tinkling sent for jane the two tuo men pat in a log walled room known knon ai as the tile office farnalls lar ar nalla nalls big desk crowded a stove there aas no other furniture except liehe and a box tent sent beneath a window jai ja per ant on the end of the tile dek desk swinging ids slim well ellbo booted oled leg barnall Tar nall stocky tray gray shabby weather eather beaten leaned back in his wicker chair the tile door which jasper faced was directly behind yarnall IN hen lien jane opened it he turned the eirl girl looked grim and a little pale she was evidently frightened thie this summons from 1 small suggested dismissal or reproof she came around to face him and stood there looking fierce and graceful her head loa lowered ered staring gloomily at him from under her brows to jasper she gave not so much as a glance well jane I 1 fancy I 1 shall have to let 10 you go I 1 said I 1 arnall he ile was not above tormenting the wildcat female 01 fowl the girl ctrl looked grim 8 nd a little rile ferocity always excites the teasing boy ta in a nan man you re getting too for us yon you see once these rich new ne tale take you up youre you re no ne more mote use te to Tas ranchman ebman like me what are you at tr asked jane ane do let jet me m explain it to tier tor maur call jasper bis elastic fingers color had ris rite ex to his face and be b looked annoyed mise miss jane jam wont you sit down lowar r jane t arned her deep nt eyes upon him are rou and your wife ife the rih new yorkers be ears are takla me cpr a DO ue he s joking this Is a teri sed oos one bus businell IneAL its of fital lital important Import arx to me and it ought to be of fital wital ins a to you please do eit sit down dower r jane took long step buck back and eat sat down on the he settle under the long horizontal window ahe folded her hands on her knee and looked up at corena she bad transferred her al a completely to him 1 watched witched them he ile was wits an am english man of much experience and this picture of the skillful cultivated hand ome some jew angling jingling deftly for the gaunt young savage ravage diverted him bugely he ile screwed up bis his eyes to get a picture of it 1 I am a producer po ducer and manager or of plays said jasper which means that I 1 take a play written by a more gifted man and arrange it for the stage have you ever seen a play no air but you have some idea what they aber are yea yes I 1 have read them shakespeare wrote quite a lot of that kind of talking piece her jasper was less surprised than tar ball dill at oat present I 1 have a play on ny my bands hands which la Is a very brilliant and promising ng piece of work but which I 1 have been unable to produce for lack of a heroine there an actress my list that can take the part art and do it justice now miss fane jane I 1 I 1 believe that with some train ing ng you could take it to perfection uy wife and I 1 would I 1 kc ke to take yoo you to 0 o new york paying nil fill your eit benses ense of course and vu put you into raining training at once oum it would take a rear bard hard work to get you fitted for he the part then next rail fall we could iring bring out the ply play and nd I 1 think I 1 ran promise you and fame and wealth ta in no to small measure I 1 dont biow now yon YOU very w well ell I 1 don dont t know whether or wt dot JW ap etious but I 1 do klinor ann that evry every amat catisi love 1 beauty end and ease n and knowledge and nd experience for what alg le he billed did lve ive at the th apple all these you on ran hire have if you will let lett vs vis take OU u pilot of course if I 1 find you JOU cannot inke hie thin part I 1 will hold myself for yon I 1 will not dot let 1013 lie i a ir in any ny way by the experiment till pur your bea beauty ty yarnall fell bark in his chair U and gaped from the excite il to the silent allent alener Il and our ry try voice and our magnetism you must be ei dally AMA for a career of some kind I 1 promise to find bud you your career ivery drop of blood I 1 lad ad fallen froia jane janes face ona tho ali rough hand hands on her knee mere ere locked together abitt lint part die she aed asked in a quick low voice la is this that you think t could learn to do dot jasper chanced his position lie came nearer and poke spoke more rapidly it la to the tile tory story of a girl a savage same girl whom a man takes taken up and trains he ile trains i tier ai as a professional might train a lioness hone it Is I 1 a daisson with him film to brink spirits and hope them theta to chiq hl III he lie train trains her with ith coaling in and lathing not actual al lathing lashing though I 1 ballme in one place he lie does come near to beating he her r and arld he geta gets her tier broken ao so that she he ties lies at hie his feet and eat eats out of his hand all till you understand while he a an exile from his hl own world then in the second act that li Is the second part of the play he lie takes hie his tamed lioness back to civilization they go to london and there the woman doe does his training infinite credit she Is extraordinarily dina rily beautiful he she Is civilized sue suc cebul courted her tier eccentricities only add to her charm so it goes on very prettily for a while then he make makes a mistake he ile blunders blun dera very badly he ile gives lla his lioness cause for jealousy Jea louty andio corr to the point she hies flies at his phrot t you eee see be he hadn haan t really tamed her she was under the ekin skin a lioness a beast at heart jasper had been absorbed abr orbed in the plot and had not noticed jane june but yarnall for sewal minutes had been leaning forward hia his hands lightened tig on the arms of bis his chair the instant caiper stopped he held dp up his hand quiet jane he said in softly ottily as a 0 man might speak to v pi horse steady dyl 1 jane got to her feet she was very white she put up her bar hand band and pressed the babir of tt it against her fore liend and rom this hand she looked at the he two lien nten with eyes of such astonished patt and beauty as frey ey could ever never target yes she said aid presently that something hing t could do at once jasper hastened to rethew his error oh im iyo sorry ive been timm ti mm clumsy do forgive me do let ane explain I 1 didn dian t mean that you were a wild she let the hand fall and held it up to step his speech tin im not taking offense 1 moena morena she said you say you ar arrange plays and that you have been seeking for some one to play that aliel that leonesa who rightly tamed though the man had flone done his hi to break bert bet jasper nodded with a pied emilous air wor all his skir and cub sull clety he could not interpret her tone and you think im I 1 m my dear child I 1 know you are eald said he you try to disguise it IL and 1 7 know that in many other waya ways you disguise yourself I 1 think you make i a great mistake tour work Is its hard and d rough fine smiled im not complaining of my work the he said ite rough and so am I 1 oh yea pes im real true rough I 1 was borato born to roughness and raised to tt I 1 m not mt anything I 1 dont seem mr morena ive had rough travel 1 all my days kobily only sat down again twisting her bande painfully in her apron and bending ber her face down from the JW eight sight of the two men the line d her tier long bent neck was a beautiful thing to see she spoke low and rapidly holding 4 own her emotion the b baum net control all tile it e of d her voice there n K only or one part ef my travel att I 1 rant ant to forget nd nd the one bit aai and k a hateful to me and youve uve been reaming 1 a me of it I 1 adust tell you BW slow that id I 1 d rather be he burnt by it white bo here ahl gava him A wide aad 1 bord fled look like a child who peaks speaks of some dreadful remembered punishment than do that thing youve asked of me I 1 bate hate everything youve been telling me about aboul I 1 dont want to be beautiful I 1 dont want any one to be telling me auch such things I 1 dont doni want to be any ally different from what I 1 am now this ie Is my real self it Is I 1 hate beauty i I 1 bate hate it it rin not good enough to jove it it beauty and learn ing ling and and music her bead head bad had been bending lower and lower her yoke voice rocking under its weight of restrained anguish on be the word music musie she dropped her head kead to her knees and was silent 1 I can it talk no more more she the said after a moment and sod ahe the stood up and ran out of the room ni 1 be d dr swore yarnall but japper stood bis his face pale smiting one band into the other 1 I 1 feel that L I 1 at least deserre deserve to be be be said sak TO cro BB BE CONTINUED |