| Show I 1 she was gr a hero by AD SCHUSTER T HAVE no objection object ton to bour be 1 ins athletic and independent carolines mother spoke slowly but it strike you alint yon are tn tolerant of those who hp tastes maybe so the girl answered nut this I 1 know I 1 nm grolni cst to the mountains I 1 nm to see big strong men who feir noth ing end who are of a different breed lhnn those I 1 have known I 1 m enn to from the alica n I 1 alie and when I 1 come anck I 1 well maybe I 1 will have entirely reformed caroline in the mountain cabin waited for the hero of the open spaces and the farst man she saw other than old abe potter who with his wife owned the retreat was leroy boone boone was tall and slen der he wore nose glasses and emoke in a low voice except tor his wood man s clot lies he looked like a collee man caroline was disappointed and yet leroy was the only man within sight I 1 have been waiting to meet a man of the west she said giving him one of her best smiles 1 I want to learn all afflit the customs and people it Is probable you will find ui much like the men of any other place lie was amused at her en you dont understand I 1 come from a little town in the east I 1 am vigorous and independent in a place where girls are quiet and ladylike and men are studious and timid I 1 wish to forget books and science and live with the trees and the hills when I 1 meet a man I 1 want him tc be a miner hunter or even a stage robber cant yon see the man of the west removed his spectacles drew out a handkerchief and cleaned the lenses with deliberation they dont rob stages out here adv more he said and most of the cowboys have gone in the movies after a moment of deliberation he added mavec by hunting long enough I 1 could scare you up a man whose father had been a cattle rustler 1 I see caroline was offended you do not understand but if life Is so unexciting here why are you in the mountains 1 I might be a tourist uke yourself but I 1 m not you see I 1 work for the biological survey mercy that s a queer thing to have in the hills I 1 it means college aduca alon and books that you anre a stu dent and not a real wild westerner after all I 1 think she caughr herself before confessing she did not think his appearance was promising and continued 1 I think it would be so difficult to meet the kind of men ive read about when leroy coone came by again he brought her rare flower he li id found on the trail and again be smiled oddia when he saw she was not pleased lour western man he said the one you have pictured would not have picked a flower and carried it so care fulla no I 1 think he would have been shooting the lights out of a sa loon or rescuing a leather skirted girl from the hands of the villainous foreman of a rival ranch its too bad there isn t a motion picture house up here lie went his way walking leisurely as a man with plenty of time lies angry because I 1 thank him for his flower caroline decided well as soon as he understands I 1 do not wish biological bringing me posies I 1 will be better satisfied I 1 can see plenty of men like bin at borne and when he returned to the cabin she aalde nothing to the potters of the man who had no place in her picture or scheme several times more the girl met him and at last she admitted to herself there was something la his quiet almost tolerant manner that her even while it exasperated but ehe would not surrender eur render she bad taken the superior attitude and until he proved himself n hero worthy of hi environment she would continue disdainful by the time ehe came to leave they were a well acquainted as the peculiarly situation would allow 1 I am sorry you are going he said sorry because I 1 will miss you and because you should stay long enough to get the real values of our west was the man going to propose and what would she say caroline felt suddenly her values had changed and that she was going to miss him then came that tantalizing smile and the banter which enraged her if I 1 were the sort yon t ave been looking tor I 1 would kidnap you throw you over a horse and take you to the parson but as it Is I 1 can only say good by finished caroline and she hastened to the cabin vowing bhe would be glad to forget this man who had no right to pretend to be of her west As abe potter drove her over to the station he mentioned boone works for the biological survey he eald drawing the words out importantly they hires him to hunt mountain lions last feefe ho got five in one dayl for five caroline was client then timidly she said mr potter turn around and drive me bach going to stay another week |
