Show bills Sun sunbonnet bonnel dy by belle mandates Man Alan lates tates copyright 1909 by associated literary presa press it waa was morning in idaho and the sun was beaming pleasantly upon barry vail as he rode alongside the big arri gating canal that he had been sent to inspect many setlers on the reservation jim he asked the forc foreman inan they are coming now that tha t they see the canal la is a go the nearest one la Is judge rand his ills shacks up yonder hes iles in luck we go right through hia his ranch judge rand randl vail wondered if it it could be the same man he had known long ago he tie concluded it waa was not possible which way do I 1 take to bla his ranc ranch h T he asked hee iles generally clearing sage brush this time of day follow the canal and you 11 likely arvn on him vail rode on tilting bis his sombrero back and humming a love tune he ile was in a contemplative mood this morning and the word hand rand carried him back to the east where he had been born barn and h bred cd but whose dust he had shaken from his foot f ct five years before at that time ho he bad had been in love with kate rand an imperious self willed girl one fateful day she bad had announced her intention of go ng to a masquerade in the character and dross dress of a page his ills enung conservative scruples were horrified he lie objected and when nhe persisted in carrying out her intention bis his dictatorial attitude moved him to break the engagement ga immediately afterward he secured an appointment as civil en gincer in the west lately his love affair viewed at long range appeared a very boyish affair when he came upon the solitary fig ure digging doggedly at a resisting root be he recognized the man who had come BO so near being bis his father tather inlaw in law there were mutual recognitions of at pleasure and then the judge explained that be he bad had been caught in the finan caal coll call of wall street and bad had lost all his worldly possessions just enough left he said to make a payment on acres here which I 1 vail rodo rode on tilting his sombrero back vack and humming a love tune shall put to potatoes the spirit of the A west est has caught me dairy barry I 1 go back into wall street purgatory for any consideration 11 after vail had related his own ex per lences fences and inquired after the fortunes of mutual friends ho he asked al most sheepishly did kate come out here with you the judge was silent tor for a moment then be he said with a sigh can you picture kate in the primi ml tivo life she had an opportune inyl to accompany some relatives on a trip and you live out here alone ex claimed vail pityingly no I 1 have my helper dill bill we W are very comfortable a litt little I 1 e a sha ha c cl k for a living room and dining room corn earn bained two sleeping tents and an ou out t of door oven a place for these parts darts dut but vail was not listening his ills attention was concentrated on a slender figure that waa was approaching in the distance the figure was clad in khaki trousers blue shirt a red kerchief and V sunbonnet who in the world la Is blat he asked the judge turned hastily and looked confused oh dill I 1 1 I want him to go to tho the next ranch on an errand for me excuse me lie a mome moment tit I 1 will be back he lie hastened toward the sunbonnet ed d figure and after a moments conversation verea tion the figure turned and went the way from which it had come your bill look equal to much m uch hard work observed vail dryly bills Dl lle all right ht at farm work or house work axa assured tired the judge il e wiry willing enduring en durin and best ot of ILI all intensely interested in tt taj byj IT ment of the ranch you see a 4 good many queer que er r a at ij in idaho remarked vail bot but i swear I 1 never saw a man or jadv lad 1 ing a sunbonnet nelt 1 bill lost his oni ono and or y sort in a reckless ride last week he 1 to the nearest ranch to buy uy or lor bo one but the only super superfluous bous head headri they bad had was this sunbonnet toh he Is quite attached as he la Is a fc fearful of si dpn brokes okes well I 1 must return to the el interi to be neighborly judge of coursel course I 1 let lot me see come a tomorrow to morrow to dinner vail chuckled softly uha ube aa 0 away 1 I wonder if it the judge thou though th could string me that way i bay 10 very firm conviction that dill bill la 13 g and remembering my boyish horr borror 1 male attire the judge beaded headed bel heri I 1 suppose be thought be he bad had dece me with hie his evasive statement I 1 tic her trip abroad and invited me morrow when he will arke palm pain have bill alias kate absent I 1 fc of no reason why we should not B r in friendly fashion I 1 know I 1 ad aid her a thousand times more than I 1 in did for coming out hero here and we any kind ol 01 clothes tor for working y poses ill just go over tot to cl whether I 1 am welcome or noti nok stay to supper fancy the syb byu yb kate coo kingl late in the afternoon he rode up the shack and as he expected E ES cla cind nd in feminine attire waa was la doorway she was a different girl girch the handsome languorous cania ed kate he had enoi there were the same regular feat the highbred high bredl figure air and pose the eyes were full of life and theme them curved in almost gentle lines E pale face wig win tinted with ruddy he ile wondered what his recep would be remembering the angry p ing 1 I am very glad to see you 1 vail she eald said courteously with tended band hand as he came up to bei her he instantly took the cue U addre her as miss hand rand and avoided a all 11 i slon and reference to the past he i glad it was to be this way he ile wan war to begin acquaintance anew with t womanly kate you must stay to supper t tb what they call the meal meat out here bere shall prepare it myself tonight to night dont you generally prepare help asking no she said casually bill help cooka cooks but he ie to away vail decided to accept the little tion regarding bill and when judge came home and was into lafon by bis his daughter that bill bad had called away for two weeks which just the length of time vail wai was to t in the vicinity be he never changed charged pres slon ruth said the judge in reply ruth ruthl I 1 interrupted vail in i prise she smiled father calls me by my n name since we came out here its it my mothers name and he thinks I 1 growing to be like her after supper when the judge vail had smoked and visited a c bor came to talk planting to judge barry proposed to ruth as be he i liked to think of her that they down the course of the canal ani and readily accepted he ile remembered well she used to ride and how her boyish slimness looked in tin the die but never in city parks could have bad had this glorious canter ore wind swept way on the open P ab they came back in the glory ft elf 11 6 ern moonlight when near the it barry drew rein fi liall we 11 he asked earnesty ear neaty gin all rill over again yes replied in a low that was what I 1 wanted to at ask to do for lor tho the next two weeks ever ment be he could snatch from bis his v barry spent at the shack Feel fril he was depriving the ju judge dge e of 13 help ne no put in tn some eff effective active w I 1 the ranch in his bla rides wall talks with kate ruth he felt a I 1 i of intimacy he had never known I 1 with the kate of olden dad darling he said Impetuous ll night after a long silence cat cas forget the past and ray my boyish arity can you learn to love n me WO 0 kate dont she cried breathless lf am not ati katel he ile looked at her in bewilder vil I 1 am katea katos younger sister away at school when you kne knell but I 1 used to lovo love to bear about from father I 1 know at tb th that you mistook me for her ward well I 1 was afraid you not care for me but you can cant it hert berl shoe enga engaged gedl 1 dar he said gently r 1 I 1 d want kate I 1 want you whether are kate ruth or bill bill abo she 1 faintly 1 I knew he lau laughed glied bill bonnet gave him away |