Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1912 — The Chalice of Courage. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Chalice of Courage.

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By Cyrus Townsend Brady.

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BYNOPSIB.

Enid Maitland, a frank, free and unspoiled young Phalladelphla girl. Is taken to the Colorado mountains by her uncle, Robert Maitland. James Armstrong, Maitland’s protege, falls in love with her. His persistent wooing thrills the girl. "I «d>e hesitates, and Armstrong on business without a definite answe • Enid hears the story of a mining eng neer, Newbold, whose wife fell oft a cliff and was so seriously hurt that w compelled to shoot her to prevent her lag eaten by wolves while he went help. Klrkby, the old guide who tells the atory, gives Enid a package of letters which he says were found on the woman’s body. She reads the letteisana at Klrkby’s request keeps them, wnue bathing in mountain stream Enid is tacked hy a bear, which Is mysteriously ■hot A storm adds to the girlis te<™£ A sudden deluge transforms brook into raging torrent, which sweeps Enid into gorge, where she Is rescued bya® tain hermit after a thrilling „ V .I Campers In great confusion upon disco lag Enid's absence when the s breaks. Maitland and Old g that search of the girl. Enid discovers that her ankle Is sprained and that she Is un able to walk. Her mysterious rescuer carries her to his camp. Enidgoea sleep in the strange man’s bunk. Miner cooks breakfastfor Enid, after whicn they go on tour of inspection. , T b e mt mlt tells Enid of his unsuccessful attempt to find the Maitland campers. Heaamug that he Is also from Philadelphia. Ine hermit falls in love with Enid. The man comes to a realization of his lov . e • but naturally in that strange soUtude the relations of the girl and her rescuer be come unnatural and strained. The strang er tells of a wife he had who *8 dead, and says he has sworn to ever cheris her memory by living In solitude. He and Enid, however, confess their lov ® for each other. She learns that he Is .the man who killed his wife in the mountain. Enid discovers the writer of the letters to Newbold’s wife to have been James Armstrong. Newbold decides to start to the settlement for help. The man Is racked by the belief that he is unfaithful to his wife’s memory, and Enid is tempted to tell him of the letters in her possession. Armstrong, accompanied by Klrkby and Robert MaltlandL find a Jsete that Newbold had left In the deserted cabin, and know that the girl is In his keeping. Fate brings all the actors together. Newbold returns from bunting &pame and sees a man near the , u * i to James Armstrong, who has at last located the missing girl, and he enters the cabin. Armstrong pleads his love for Enid, but she reminds him of his atiection for Newbold’s wife. He grows insulting and Enid orders him from presence. Newbold returns opportunely.