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Show Corytlght, iSi, b- 1 3, Llffincoll Co 1 Mrs. lAullow listened cajferlv viliilo IierlitiNlinntl rrcountedtliemenifer facts of Klntrlinuul's Midden Infntunilon, llio color oomlnp and ffolnpr in lirr (IiccKr and her rje.i apnrkllnpwllti tliu keenest appreciation. Wlicn lir lind l.nlnlird, kIio c)ascd her linndnoirrhlR l.nen mid looked up nt him in nipt eestnsy. "Oli.Toml isn't that perfectly perfect-ly uplcmlld? Just to think of II ' ami after l'ro been nhut up In tills dead llt-tln llt-tln villao without a lircath of incitement incite-ment for four j earn. Of course, there'll bo difllcultlcs; they're just as diffcicnt as they enn bei and what uould they do without someone to pl.in lor them?" Helen l.tnllow had been tiio prettj rfhl of lior act, nnd hIio had till nun nun j tliu eliniu'cs of iiintrliiHinl.il preferment pre-ferment which come lintuinll.v to pi clt ;lrls for tho wiko of llio atru;'t;llii,' jotinrr ni'iiiliijr eiiRlneer, wiios ilrnt opening hnd condemned tho oiinpr louplo to social exile. There Mas n touch of pathos In her enthusiasm, and I.udlow answered It with an nlTcctinnnto smile. "You uro it born inntch-mnkcr, Helen; it's a pity joii couldn't haio n wider Held. Hut If I woio j on, I shouldn't interfere too mueh in tho picscut case; they are not ihlldrun, and the difflenltliH jou iipprehcnd will not be tin" common mlHundcrstaudlnf; of u pair of foolish joiiiijj lotcm." "What will they be, Tom?" "'lliej'll li! much more seriuux, I Imagine. You know Hcstci, peihnps better than t do; she is the incarnation of the Kouthcrn Idcnl Impetiimui, aelf-wlllcd, aelf-wlllcd, hlf1i-iiti tint; and Impulsive, with u temperament that will bonntn.-'onls-tlu nt many lwliitB to the more thni.e;lit-t thni.e;lit-t ii I turn of mind of our stinj-vritcr. And riH for Uliiglnaml, ho inn t Le (really ehani d from the man I u -d to know nt tlioiinUcrsily if he can't make him&clf belleie that Hester tat liner I'inbodien hii ideal." Tho wlfe'n lnuli had a ripple "f de-lislon de-lislon In It. "That Miowh how r.dieii-Ions r.dieii-Ions you men can Le when jou i pply jour ponderous methods of loj to tlilngn joii don't understand," nil nld. "The t cry lliincs on call obstncl ante the best rrni,ons In thewoihlwhy there idiould be notlifTleidUcH. Don't yui see thej aru perfect op osllea?" 'TerliiipayounrcriKht; butltdjesn't look icasonable. And then, In tide?, theio 1h the feud." "I don'L ice how a foolish quart 1 1 be-twcc.n be-twcc.n lho,colontl and hlo nelgliT5or tan 'haie nnylhlnp lo'doVIth I'tifli nnd Heater," - "I do. If ltliiRhrnml mnrries into tho family, he'll linto to should' r his share of the fllit; nnd, as icin.nkcd a moment n'o, lie'll ham to boeh: .ifted icry nuit'h from th man I used to) non If ho rnnwntii (j ir-uumc any siu'.i le-sponslbllltlcs." le-sponslbllltlcs." - Jlia. I.lldlow Inuijhid rpilu. 'Viiu'li we," iho said, "he'll do unj thlnjj tliutV ncccsfcary." '-i.rf II. "" A Lovrn ok uoRsrnAcrt. It Is curious JoobseiTcluw. easily the strands of u-iotitloii liceomo t Incd Into thoRtronjjiuni of habit, unrt tiow, almost of Ha own volition, the I' read thus twisted urates itself Into Hi- fiib-rle fiib-rle of human life. When Mis. I.utUuv. Introduced !Iiirh Itlngbrnnil at "'Hie Uurefc," Jl'Bll'r tatlmer's llrul impressions im-pressions of thn jouiiff author weie rather unpleasant thanollierlfco, Blic Mild to herseir, after Mro. Ludlow li.nl dcpartid with her (juest, that be was too htllV and eoinentlonal; tin I he secpjei ill at case; that he was too well-bred to bopouirenlal. Tlioiiplmhe did not In tho luist pup.vt It, the houreo of Iter dlsi-ntlsfaelon lay in Hit fact that she hnd been pri'puieil to lion le him bccatiLo ho was un nulho .and It was a t rllle disappointing to be forced tn the conclusion t lint ho wiik, ufti mil, only n man, like other men. UUTcrlnp from other gentliniei of )icr ncipmlntnnce In no ie maikubla jli'frrce, Pu wimiIik iioiiu of the lnslijiilani.il repalla of tt" Ancient wud JJmioiuLlo (liiild of rimj Tellers, When ke tKilcd Mis. t.u Hot, tho fil"o luff dny, wunc jiculol i"' t Ills disappointment emno out In the con-wisntlon, con-wisntlon, nnd the self-elected umbai.-hnilrt umbai.-hnilrt IniiKlieil joyously nt tho tenia Hvo BiigRcslloii of the if Irl. "Wliy.myilcnrlleslpr.dldjoiiestpect to And iilm wearinir n iipifonu, ivlthn vout of niniM and n pen tienchuiit for n crest?" bIip Inquired. ", no, not rtuctly that, of fouwo-but fouwo-but I did expect to Hud him tlilTet liitjr somehow Horn other (fentlemeii." "Jiiulitit way?" "Oil, Jll lots of wnys. I hate a little tollectiou of Idols like mostotlu i people, peo-ple, I hiipposu nnd gnu of them has a hcparuto niche nnd I labeled 'mi mi thoi ' HelinMhiriiiBhulthatonobejond the hope of ie nlr," "Wlintoridieuloimiden! I'oorHii(sh he'd be broken hearted If ho knw linw hinll ho had fulled to renllo jour hhn'l." "Tlicro 1 1 Is nr;nln, you Rce. An niillior my Mithor oiiht lo bo so far nboie rmiiiiiuit thing that lie wouldn't emu In Hut least what n foolish gill thought nv . said nbout Iilm." , Airs. I.udlow Hiiillrd. "If y"i knew Iilm iih welj ns I do- If you eouhl Iium-seen Iium-seen him when hu was Htruinrliiifr fo1' recognition, ilth eterjlhlujf u:ulnt 1 him nnd "" eneouiiifreinent outs'ile of ' his on eoiitletloii thct Ihr (fift of uu-llioralilp uu-llioralilp wits In him; vh.Mietery fresh disappointment only nmdiihliniiioro de-termlned de-termlned to snooted If you eouhl bate luum n Iilm In thoo days, you wouldn't havn thought him eoininoiijiUe', And eten now , if ) ou'll gle liim n hint of llio . f Toorlluihl Ila'd b hoatt brokan If ha knaw." n pleasant cterj-dny nctpinlntancc." "Then I'll not do It, I urnnilso you; pleiiuint ueiunlntnnces are not so plen-liful plen-liful liiTiee;arthen thntoiiQcan ntTord to eNperlmeiit with thctu, not even for the rukc of restoring n cherished Idol." Hating obtained n foothold lit "Tho taut-els," ltlngbrnnd niotla good uso of bin oppoitiinlties; and an Hester came to know libn bettershe began to forglto liini for breaking tho Idol. As I.lldlow had foretold, there was no limit to the lolonel's hospllnllty; nnd from strolling stroll-ing up to the plateau at Irregular Inter-nlrt Inter-nlrt nfdr supper, ltlugbinud soon fell into the habit of spendliig the greater number of his nlternooiis nt the homo of the 'timers, and Hester soon found hei looking forward to his tlnltns to tonii thing without which tho day would te incomplete. One afternoon, when he had been In tiled to come nt a certain hour, In found Hester In rldlng-hnblt nnd lint, and the colonel's boy lending two sad died horses up and down before the ternndii steps. "I'm going to enrry you horseback- I tiding, Mr. lilngbrnnd," she snld, running run-ning dow n the ctcps to inert lilpi, He looked nsl.nnro nt tho two thoroughbreds, thor-oughbreds, nnd tried to summon the toiirr.ge to soy that he knew less than nothing nbout horhcmanshlp. "I'm nfiaid you'll find me n sorry catnllcr. Misn Hester," ho innonst rated, "Oil, l'liitn Is gentle; anybody enn I Ida him," she rejoined, gathering her nkirt and standing beside her horse. "Will jou gite me n hand please?" Hating, in his stories, hnd frequent occasion to dcscrlbo tho dexterous manlier man-lier in which rt gentleman nsalats a lady "to mount, lilngbrnnd knew precisely what was required of him; but, tinfor-tunnlrly, tinfor-tunnlrly, the ability to portray dcxtcr-Itj'liMiiilolhigllshihiesuQtlii'cessqrlly dcxtcr-Itj'liMiiilolhigllshihiesuQtlii'cessqrlly Imply Ita jKissesslon by tho artist, He too't Ida plaeo rntliernwkwnrdly bpsldo Hester mid made a step of his hand, holding It ro high that shn hesitated. "Just n lltllo bit lower, If j'ou please," she said, demurely, and his Inst shrod of Hclf-iiosHessiou took illi'ht ns ho com plied, Blnco Miss tatliper wp anything any-thing but ethereal, the first attempt brol o his hold and eotcrcd him with con fusion ; putting his ntrcngth Into tho net, ho lifted eo tlgorously that nothing but Hcstcr'a ready nglllty saved her f mm falling out qf Hie s;dile prj tho opponlto side, It wus oo niiicli'far her equanimity, ami ho burst into n ringing ring-ing laugh. " ' '' Klugbiniid straightened up and wiped tho iieisplrntinu from his face. "1 beg jour pnijlon Indeed I do; I told j'ou 1 wan but an Indifferent horseman," he apologized. "Please don't mention It," she said, us soon ns she could spenk. "It's awfully aw-fully mean In mo to laugh, but I couldn't help it. I shall haio an immense respect for ) our Htiength after llS," lilngbrnnd took l'lnto's brido from the gi inning hoy nnd tried to mount, forgetting, in his embarrassment, that well-trained Middlchnraesnro prone to objeet to upproiichcs from the w roller i.ide. He did not renllo bis mistake tin-til tin-til lie had one foot in the stirrup nnd wiw hopping nbout brenlliicKslj' lit a i'esiei all ejident or tmunkerinto stand Hull 'bgti oiin'luo enable him to uprliig into the saddle; but with the know! I'djy enme u sudden neeess of obst Inncj and he determined to succeed If it took the icmiilutW Of tl!?n'tTPWt Hestei was contuUrd wltli hiughter, and It was Mtnit uioir.cutti before she could Hnd breath to suggest that I'luto win-unneeustmiied win-unneeustmiied to receltlng his rldei fitim the oirsliie, "I I now- It Isn't custom nrjV gnsped lllngbriiiid, pinking tiolent efforts ef-forts to keep ueiir the plungliigiililinal "but- l-nsunllj-do It this way," Just then hl foot slipped put of the t It t up, nnd Pinto's ent hlishintie nnd re pioaehful piotests ceased. The dhcom tiled ent idler mopK'd hlsateumiugfuci npnln, and beckoned to tho boy. Muai hold liljn a sejond, will jouV" ho said, nnd, bucking itwuy for it shoit inn, he tnulted into tho tnddle before tho astonished charger knew whnt was happening. "llinuit lirafol" cm laiiueil Hester, elnp'ilng her hands In di lighted nppm tnl "Tlint was certainly oilginnl Wlirie did you liarn to ault,.Mr. King-lirtat.rt?" King-lirtat.rt?" "I usod tn do n little of It nt tho mil-tmsltj"," mil-tmsltj"," ho replied, modestly forbearing forbear-ing to add Hint he had luld the leeord for the i mining high jump in Ids class. "Do-do gentlemen usually mount that way In New York?" she luquiied, luna.'ciitly. "I eau'l ray they do not nlwnjs,"hc l-cspouiled, us they niubled down the loni- nveniio and liirueil Into the inouii-l inouii-l ,ni I'uul. "Vow that jou spinkuf II, I m ii 'l ture that lover saw mijoiioilo Kin u t that wnj" ut least not outsldu , f , . " . . , i, i i . .. i ii.. sSBsWssssB tHfw J u She laughed ngaln.a sweet bubbling over of liurestalueil merriment that mado him think of happy children and singing birds. "Didn't you know, sure enough, tlint you wcro on tho wrong sldo?" sho asked, finitely. "Honestly, I didn't nt flrst," he confessed, con-fessed, "but I begnh to suspect some such dreadful thing before you spoke. Then It occurred to me that l'lnto was unreasonably particular nbout such n smnll thing, nnd I thought It might bo Well to convince him of tho fact." "I think you'to succeeded; but I'm nfrnld you hate hurt his sense of tho proprieties beyond rccovcrj-. He Is almost al-most ns conventional ns 1 used to think you were." "I hopo you don't think It nny more, nfter seeing my Interpretation of 'boots nnd snddles,' " ho protested. "And wlillo we're on tho subject of horseback riding, rid-ing, lot mo mnko nn open confession; I know less than nothing nlmut It, ex-nerlmcntnlly, ex-nerlmcntnlly, and 1 shall be deeply Indebted In-debted to jou If you'll teach mu how o betmva In n becoming manner." 8ho leaned over nnd dlncngnped her Bklrt from Its entanglement In Ids stirrup. stir-rup. "May I?" sho nskrd. 'i shall bo very grateful." "Well, then, I 1 liellcto It Is customary custom-ary for n gentleman to rldoon the other side," she began. ltlngbrnnd linil quito recovered his M-'If-posscsslon by this time, and he pulled I'luto around to her right. "Of course I should think that would suggest sug-gest Itself naturtrriy to anyone but n book worm like mjtclf; I assure jou I shouldn't hato mado my hero In ft story guilty of such nwkwnrdncss. Now, how nbout theBO Hllrrups7 they n-cm to mo to lie too short, or too long, or something." Sho looked nt-them critically: '! think they are n little too short. Shall I hold I'luto while you dismount to let them down?" ".N'o, thniikj'ou; I think I enn manage It from tho deck," ho replied, slipping his feet from the stirrup Irons nml adjusting ad-justing the straps to ninoro comfortable comforta-ble length. "There, how Is that?" "That looks better. Now, shall wo try n little gallop?" "If j ou please. I'll do anj thing j on tell mo to." They swept nlong the level road ntnn easy canter, and ningbrand profiled bj Hester's suggestions ns wellashectiuld In the short Intervals which his fuiHvc admiration of her graceful (urringcniid radiant beauty spared him from a consideration of his own shotlorn-lngs. shotlorn-lngs. The road led them flnall.v to the western brow (rf the mountain, moun-tain, and they pulled up nt the edgu of tho cliff to enjoy tho tiew spread out before them. "Your surroundings lire n perpetual Inspiration, Miss Hester," K.iid lllng-brnnd, lllng-brnnd, feasting his eyes with the keen appreciation of un artist iioii themag-nilleciit themag-nilleciit panorama of the mountains lind tnllej sand forests stretching away to tho westward. "I nm glad you liko Tennessee," replied re-plied the girl, with n toich of pathos In tier tolco. "Ho many people especially especial-ly northerners seem to think Hnn un-profitable un-profitable wildcrncBS." "Who could be Eouuapprcc!atltcas"io say tlint?" "Miss llradfcrii, for one. She Is from Boston, nndsl0 vll(ei fflendflu Dunbar Dun-bar last summer. Slip was contlniinlW pining far New I'nglaiul In general nnd Jloston lu particular, I'm sum 1 in n't understand how sho will bo able to live hero." Vis she coming hero to Use?" "Yes; ns tho wife of our rector In Tregnrthen. X tell hint bo's setting a bad ?nmp'e by gqlng so far from home," "1 len T presume ho s. n southerner?" "Ilolsj ho'snUeorglAPI biitlbcllcve ho was educated In tho north." "Am I to understand that you think ono ought not to marry out of hU section?" sec-tion?" he nsked, making tho rector's ease n possible opportunity for nscer-talking nscer-talking lila on n standing, "Ohl I wouldn't soy anything so radical as that," sho replied, stsiking her heme's mane; "only, It seems to me, tlicro aro ninny reasons ngalnst It. You don't undei stand j'ou can't tm-dcrn,piK.iqvv tm-dcrn,piK.iqvv much eoj)ipial feeling therp Is In the south,!)' "I knpw there used to be, but 1 thought It was a thing of tho )nst, since the war." "It Is, In some senses, I suppose, nnd in others I think It Is ns strong as ever, My father fought for a south; nnd. If you could know how strongly my sj m-pathlcs m-pathlcs n ro enlisted upon tliu side of tome of tho things wlilcll you think me dead Issues, tlicro would Is only outward out-ward In your tocnbuhiry that would Hi me nn ugly llttlo wopl of flo letters." "I hppu am broai pnough not to up ply It, MUh tatiiner, I think I inn put myself In jour place suftlclciitly to understand un-derstand that tlicro may bo uuiiiy and honest differences of opinion," ' "It's right klud of you to say t ltnt -especially us j our side has the bet ter of tho argument; though I'm not so sure abqijl tbat, either, H'b ftnp thing to bturve pcoplu Into subnilssiou nnd quite nnotler to subjugntu (hem." "Ibcjlevo lean appreciate tlint, loo." Neither of them Bpoko again for a few pinmeiils, opd tori Htfiti'r rnllnl his attention lo a jiit(lngeiaif project lug far out from tho ciill-lino nt their feet. "Do j oil see that point over yumlei to the right?" she asked. "les; ana I was going to ask you If it hasii name." "It hus It Is called ''Jam's Jump' It's not a terj poetic panic, niid Itconlil hardly bo called a 'tavei's U-ap,' nl though the stprj UtlrrntlfiiU'iiniigli " "Tell mo aliotit It " , . "It's short and quite prosaic. There used tn bo a moonshiner's still (.oute-where (.oute-where in this neighborhood, and nnoof the men w nNoiinprTom Cri'iflM, Hi " ot tlioitiountiilnecrwlKioniu'd iheatrtl One day the revenuo men w rro trying to arrest thap.irly,and theyehaned joii'ig Traglu out Into this road. Ho ran down (lint way, and (vp iijnro pffwr iiiiii) out Into tho tout) ahead of iln Wlieil he saw hn was surrounded, l.i climbed nut to llio point of (hat rod. and Hung himself down." , Itlngbrandlookcdsurprlsed. "JUIdn't Jipqw the penalties were severe enough tq warrant n man in doing; that," ho said. .a'.- ' "I'm not sure thatlhey nro.Vjeplled the girl, "though u long term lu tho penitentiary Is hard enough nflrr tho froo life pf tho mountain, UutlnCrn-gln's UutlnCrn-gln's ease I think there vera other things; there was a long story of bloodshed blood-shed nnd violence leading tip to tliu tragedy, and perhaps he had icason to fear something worse than it prison. Voudon'tJ"noiyqnYthliig about the sav- -, Ji.1.1. ... - -a.nl Um.V,f!Xmvf jy 7 i 11 1,1 iii., ,M. I.li . . k . ' l,i, turnliu 'or 'oin . "Jrnrly erv ii tn i miltrof is nr hn. Iti ' tu 0, silful lloiftilt i I s noi ere? pet'." SV llll ' ' Tilll'l-FSl'Min- 11et in i 'iiV tit The ta'iri' 1 ! in, 1 iii'ul f, H tliHtlliet- ld. 1lii r i i' I i M.T iiImiuI. which i l.i i uM i t nsk questlnns. Wlmt she lind -nii lmwi vtr, made htm Uiought-fu! Uiought-fu! mil he resohed to itsli I.udluw If Ii ; 1.1, a l'i 'o'V. VI i l.n , n.ieliiil the houso Hester n u I. i mil to stay to ton, nnd Jiftu i I thr sat togolliM'oii tin trr'iwle v li I tlic tolnnrl mttl Ids son mil i . 'i ii thro. Hince they were wt'i , I i'ii ,irr wlof ncrtinlntanco-' ncrtinlntanco-' i 't voting lovers tnWc each oil s i nn , n.d talk upon nlsMrusc Mil i ' il. nve ronton drifted aim-bs-'v , id i ii fiom one toplo tonn-nib tonn-nib i i itil it linnlly emtio Isiek to the riitir .mil lux approaching marriage. I.tjuli i r.Kkeot itngnlniii terms of tils-npiiruvnl. tils-npiiruvnl. "It seems to me liken case of Infatuation on his JJnrt," sho said, "though I suppose Hit prejudiced. I Si Zlaatcr auks ' lt.nabrml to atay to tea. en n't nu bow thej are ever going to he nble to ui ike jicaee lietwceu tho sec-t sec-t ions " "1 M' 1 1 'mil fi rn so very pronounced in I r it. ' ' iuUi il Itingbrnud. " I t tut 'i i , .mil I frnr alio Is much the vtr i r t'u two." "Ii I i mistortline?" "1' i ' ln I it seems so to me. Hit il ' n tuler on Hie part of the hu i i ! il. it's n pitiable thing to rtttil. i no linn' I should wij that sin li ii ! r might tie verj noble iiiitl. i i i en instances." ' f t i i'i n i, nit the circumstances. V)i .iii Hi ii i que ,iion drew him rather dee, ir i 't rim subject than he had nicrt'ii i i I, ut h Hid hold of his com.., tut tjaiUe the thought tl.tt wan in I i ' t ni.-nn when n mini has liern ) i it i noiigU to Hnd throne worn ,!i i i.i wnrhl with whom he can sbnio ml i'hiiil" llo Billil It qulutly, trying to )..- ,i the vibrant note of pas-i.lon pas-i.lon out or 1 .voice. She d.d not icylj nt onee, and when she did tin ir was no sign tiiiitshe had tnk ii Ins .1 ,wr in any fcinsr titbit-than titbit-than a. nn nli Irnct statement of fncl, "Hvrn then I think jolinre vvigpg,"shc MI. "It iloc n't stem possible to mo that i ii v wui'i. n could nceopl such n suen'i-i mid ritnin her reaped for the in in i ho i ukIi li, does it to v oil?" dm 1 1 mrtl nest week |