Sequoyah County Democrat (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
Cowboys of the Flying Heart ranch are
'heartbroken over the loss of their much-
prized phonograph by the defeat of their
champion in a foot-race with the cook of
vthe Centipede ranch A house parby is
Mt at the Flying Heart J Wallingford
Bpeed cheer leader at Yale and Culver
Zovington inter-collegiate champion run-
ner are expected
—
CHAPTER I—Continued
'Nonsense! Robert Keap is Only
twenty-three Why she hardly knew
ter husband even! It was one of
those sudden impulsive affairs that
would overwhelm any girl who hadn't
seen a man for ' four years And
- then he enlisted in the Spanish War
and was killed"
"Considerate chap!" -
"Roberta you know is my best
friend after Helen Do be nice to
her Jack" Miss Chapin sighed "It
Is too bad the others couldn't come"
- "Yes a small house-party has its
disadvantages By-the-way what's
that gold thing on your frock?"
"It's a medal' Culver sent it to
me"
"Another?"
"Yes 49W011 the -intercollegiate
championship again" Miss Chapin
proudly extended the emblem on its
ribbon -
"I wish to goodness Covington had
- been here to take Humpy Joe's place"
said the young cattle-man as be
turned it over "The boys are Just
- broken-hearted over losing that pho-
nograph" "I'll get him to run and win it back'
'Jean offered easily
Her brother laughed "Take my ad
vice SW and don't let Culver mix up
In this game! The stakes are too
high I think that Centipede cook Is
a professional runner myself and it
our boys were beaten again—well you
' 0 and mother and I would have to move
' out of New Mexico that's all No
we'd better let the memory of that
'defeat die out as quickly as possibli3
You warn Fresno not to Joke about it
any more and I'll take Mrs Keep off
your bands She may be a widow she
may even be the chaperon but I'll
do it I will do it" promlied Jack—
"for my sister's sake"
CHAPTER II '
—
1 ELEN BLAKE was undent-
f I ably bored The sultry aft-
i ernoon was very long—long-
- I :: er even than Berkeley Fres-
?
4' autobiography - and
quite as dry It was too hot
-14!: :' ' and dusty to ride so she
- --r took refuge in the latest
"best seller" - and sought
out a hammock on the vine
shaded gallery where Jean Chapin
'was writing letters while the discon-
eolate Fresno banished wandered at
large vaguely injured at her lack of
appreciation - 1 - ''
Absent-mindedly the girls dipped
Into the box of bonbons between them:
Jean finished her correspondence and
essayed conversation but her compan-
ion'a blond head was bowed over the
book in her lap and the effort met
with no response Lulled by the siom
niferous droning of insects and lazy
echoes from afar Miss Chapin was
on the verge of slumber when she
saw her guest rapidly turn the 7 last
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pages of her novel then with a choco-
late between her teeth 'read -wide-eyed
to the finish Miss Blake closed
the book reluctantly uncurled slowly
then stared out through the dancing
heat-waves her blue eyes shadowed
with romance
"Did she marry him?" queried Jean
"No'nol" Helen Blake sighed bliss-
fully' "It was infinitely finer She
killed herself"
"I like to see them get 'married"
"Naturally You are at that stage
But I think suicide is more glorious
in many cases"
Miss Chapin yawned openly "Speak-
ing of suicides isn't this ranch the
deadest place?"
"Oh I don't think so at all"
"Oh yes you do and you needn't be
polite just because you're a guest"
"Well then to be as truthful as a
boarder it is a little dull Not for
our chaperon though The time
doesnt' seem to drag' on her hands
Jack certainly is making it pleasant
for her" -
"If you call taking her out to watch
a lot of bellowing calves get branded
entertainment" Miss Chapin sighed
s Ailisfi Blake leaned forward anti read
the inscription on her companion's
medal '"Oh isn't it heavy!" feeling
it reverently
"Pure gold like himself! You
should have seen him when he won it
Why at the finish of that race all The
men but Culver were making the
most horrible faces They were sim-
ply dead" -
Miss Blake's hands were clasped in
her lap "They all make faces" said
she "Have you told Roberta about
your engagement?" -
"No she doesn't dream of it and I
don't want her to know I'm so afraid
she'll think now that mother has
gone that I asked her here just as
a chaperon Perhaps I'll tell her when
Culver comes"
"I have heard Culver speak of him
but never as an athlete Have you
and Mr Speed settled things between
you Helen? I mean has he—said any-
thing?" Miss -Blake flushed -
"Not exactly" She adjusted a
cushion to cover her confusion then
leaned back complacently "But he
has stuttered dangerously ' several
times"
A musical tinkle of silver ' spurs
sounded in the distance and around
the corner of the cook-house opposite
came Carara the Mexican his wide
spatigied sombrero tipped rakishly
over one ear a corn-husk cigarette
drooping from his lips
"It's that romantic Spaniard!" whis-
pered Helen "What does he want?"
"It's his afternoon call on Marie-
detta the maid" said Jeall "They
meet there twice a day morning and
afternoon" 0
"A lovers' tryst!" breathed Miss
Blake eagerly "Isn't he graceful and
picturesque! Can we watch them?"
" 'Sh-hl There she comes!"
Froth the opposite direction ap-
peared a slim swarthy Mexican girl
an Indian water-jug balanced ulion her
ehoulders She was clad In the
straight-hanging native garment belt-
ed in with a sash her feet were in
sandals and she moved as silently as
a shadow
During the four days since Miss
Blake's arrival at the Flying Mind
Ranch she had seen Mariedetta Olt-
ting noiselessly here and there but
had never heard her speak The pret-
ty expressionless face beneath the
straight black hair had ever retained
its wooden stolidity the velvety eyes
had not laughed nor ' frowned nor
sparkled She seemed to be merely
a part of thfs far southwestern pic-
ture: a bit pf inanimate yet breath
lag local color Now however' the
girl dropped her jug and with a low
cry glided -to her lover who -tossed I
aside his cigarette and took her in his
arms From this distance their words
were indistinguishable
' "How perfectly romantic" said the
Eastern girl breathlessly "I had no
Idea Mariedetta could love anybody?'
"She is a volcano" Jean answered
"Why it's like a play!" '
"And it goes on all the time"
"How gentle and sweet he isl I
think he is charming He is not at all
like the other cowboys is he?" -
' While the two witnesses of the
: scene were eagerly discussing it Joy
i the Chinese cook emerged from the
kitchen bearing a bucket of water his
presence hidden from the lovers by
the corner of the building Carara
languidly released his inamorata from
his embrace and lounged outof sight
around the building pausing at the
farther corner to waft a graceful kiss
from the ends of his fingers as with
a farewell flash of his white teeth he
I
disappeared Mariedetta recovered
her water-jug and glided onward into
3 the court in front of the cook-house
- 'Joy spying the girl grinned at her I
She tossed her head coquettishly and
9 her step slackened whereupon the
cook with a sly glance around' tapped
1 her gently on the arm and said:
r "Nice 1111 gaily"
9 "The idea!" indignantly exclaimed
I Miss Blake from her hammock
t But Mariedetta was not offended
Instead she smiled over her shoulder
11 as she had smiled at her lover an In-
I stant before - t
"Me like you -fine' You like pie?"
d Joy nodded toward the door of the
s culinary department as if to make
g free of his hospitality at the instant
that Carara who had circled the build-
3 ing came into view from the opposite
t side a fresh cigarette between his
e lips His languor vanished at the
e first glimpse of the scene and he
I strode toward the white-clad celestial
who dove through the open door like
n a prairie dog into his hole Carara
d followed at his heels ' -
t It serves him right!" cried Miss
Blake rising "I hope Mr Carare--"
I A din of falling pots and pans is-
d sued from the cook-house mingled
e with shrill cries and soft Spanishim-
s precations then with one long-drawn
a wall the pandemonium ceased as sud-
denly as it had commenced and Ca-
t rara issued forth black with anger
a '"Ha!" said he scowling at Marie-
a detta who had retreated her hand
r
upon her bosom He exhaled a lung-
ful of cigasette smoke through his
nostrils fiercely "You play wit' me
a eh?"
n
"No no!" Mariedetta ran to him
e
1 and seizing his arm cooed amorously
In Spanieh ! '
s "Bab! Vamos!" Carara flung her
I from him- and stalked away
e "Well of all the outrageous things!"
said Miss Blake "Why she was actu
r
ally flirting with that Chinaman"
e "Mariedetta flirts with every man
she can find" said Jean calmly "but
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she doesn't mean any harm She'll
marry Carara some time—if he doesn't
kill her"
V "Kill her!" Miss Blake's eyes were
d round "He wouldn't do that!"
- "Indeed yes He Is a Mexican and
8 he has a terrible temper"
ci Miss Blake sank backinto the ham
mock "How perfectly dreadful! And
yet—it must be heavenly to love ' a
) man who would kill you" ' '
L Mies Chapin lost:herself in medita
tion for an instant "gulver is almost
8 like that when he is angry Hello
t here comes our foreman!"
a Stover a tall gangling cattle-man
a with drooping grizzled mustache
came shambling up to the steps Re
dusted his boots with hie sombbrera
and cleared his throat
" 'Evening Miss Jean la Ui Chap
pin aroundr A
"I think you'll find him down by the
spring-house Can I do anythinig for
your
"Nopel" Stever sighed heavily and
got bin frame gradually into motion -
again
"You're not looking well Stover
Are you ill?" inquired Miss Chapin
"Not physical" said the fóreman
checking the movement which bad not
yet comunicated itself the entire
length of his frame reckon my
sperret's broke that's all"
"Haven't you recovered from-that
' foot-race?"
-H1 have not and I never will so long
as that ornery Centipede 'outfit Ina
g-alrali710' '
"Nonsense Stover!" -
"What have they - done?" inquired
Miss Blake curiously "I haven't
heard about any foot-race 2
"You tell her" said the man with
another sigh and a hopeless getture
that told the depth of his feelings
"Why Stover hired a fellow a couple
of months ago as a horse-wrangler
The man said he was hungry and
made a good impression so WO :put
him on"
Here Stover slowly raised one boot-
ed foot and kicked his other calf
"The boys nicknamed him Humpy
Joe—" ' -
"Why poor thing! Was he hump
backed?" inquired Helen
"No" answered Still Bill ' -"Humpback
is lucky We called him Humpy
Joe because when it came to running
he could sure hump himself"
"Soon after Joseph went to work"
Jean continued "the Centipede outfit
hired a new cook ' You know the
Centipede Ranch—the one you' Bea
over yonder by the foot-hills"
"It was'nt 'soon- after' it was al
multaneous" said Stover darkly
"We're beginnin' to see plain at last"
-
"This Grubslinger Thinks He Can
Run"
He went on as if to air the injury
that was gnawing him "One day we
hear that this grub-slinger over yon-
der thinks be can run which same is
as welcome to us as the smell of flow-
ers on a spring breeze for Humpy
Joe had amused us in his idle hours
by running jack-rabbits to earth—"
"Not really?" said Miss Blake
"Well no but from what we see
we judge he'd ought to limp a bun-
dred yards in about' nothing and
three-fifths seconds so- we frame a
race between him and the Centipede
Cook With tumulchous joy we bet
our wages and all the loose gear we
have and in a burst of childish en
thusiasm we put up—the talking-ma
chine"
"A phonograph?"
"Yes An Echo Phonograph" said
Miss Chapin
"Of New York and Paris" said St
vet
"Our boys won it from this very '-
Centipede outfit at a bronco-busting
tournament in Cheyenne"
"Wyoming" Stover made the IOC
Uon definite
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Moore, R. H. Sequoyah County Democrat (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913, newspaper, July 4, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1783886/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.