The Ralston Tribune (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 8, 1920 Page: 2 of 7
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THE RALSTON TRIBUNE. RALSTON, OKLAHOMA
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'The Cow Puncher
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Robert I. C. Stead
Author of
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CHAPTER XII.—Continued.
"lib'll anon bo w«ll, don't you think,
blister? llo Mold ho would In* well
whon tho holiday*—"
Hut Pnvs'o expression stopped tho
hoy, whooo own fact wont audrienly
wild with four, MHo In woll now,
OhMrllo," ho Mold, on steadily on ho
oould. "It lo oil holldnyo now for
him."
Tho match bod burnod nut nud tho
room won In uttor darkness. l>ovo
honril tho rhlld drawing hla foot
orruoN tho door, thon ouddonly whim*
paring llko a thing thnt hod boon mor-
tolly hurt, llo grnpod tnword hint,
ond ot longth hlo Angara found IiIn
ohock of hnlr. llo xlrow tho hoy
olowly Into hla rrnto; thon very, vory
light. . . . Aflor oil, thoy woro or-
phono togothor.
"You will rumo with me," ho oold
ot longth. "I will see thot you oro
provided for. Tho doctor will soon
ho horo, nr wo will moot him on tho
woy, ond ho will ntoko tho arrange-
luontR for—tho arrangements thot
hovo to Ito luttdo, you know.”
Thoy retraced tholr otopo tnword
tho town, mooting tho doctor ot tho
hrokon bridge. Dovo exchanged o
fow wordo with him In low tones, nnd
thoy passed on. Boon thoy wore
■winging ogoln through tho city
streets, Kvon with tho dovolopmonta
of tho ovonlng pressing heavily up«m
hlo mind Dara could not roolat tho
tomptntlon to otop and Union for a
moment to bullotlno holug rood
through a mogaphono.
"Tho kalaor haa stripped off hla
Rrltloh regalia," aald tho announcer.
"Ito aaya ho will never agnlu wear
o Itrttlah uniform.”
A chuckle of derlalve laughter ran
through tho mob; then oomeone at ruck
up a well-known refrain—"What the
h— do wo caroY* Up ond down the
otroot voice* caught up the chorua.
. . , Within a year tho honca of
many In that thoughtlcaa crowd,
bleaching on the Aolda of Flanders,
•bowed how much tluey cared.
Dave drove direct to the Hardy home.
After oomo delay Irene met him at
the dour, and lhtvo explained the alt-
uatton In a few word*, "We must
toko care of him. Weenie " he aald. "I
fed a peraonal responsibility."
"Of course we will take him." ahe
answered. "He util live here until
we have a- -aooto place of our own."
Her face wwa bright with something
which must be Iwulmm "Bring
him upstairs. Wo a III allot him a
room and Introduce him first to -the
bathroom, And tomorrow we shall
have aa excursion downtown, and gel
some new clothe* for Charlie Kl
den."
Aa they moved up the stairs Oort-
»»nt oho bad I'cen In another nwm
In conversation oiih Mr*. Hardy. tal
ntlll; tho clgarctto drop from hla
nerveless llpa.
"You nre n brnve nmn. Con word,"
ho auld, und thcro wiin tho, ruap of
luite nnd contempt III hla voice, “You
lire n vory bruve nmn."
AJra. Hnrdy, sensing aomethlng
wrong, came out from her sitting
room. With a little cry ahe awooned
uwny.
('onward tried to apeak, hut worda
■tuck In Ida throat. With a dry
tongue he licked Ida drier Ups.
"Do you believe In hell, ('onward?"
Dovo continued. "I’ve always had
aotne doubt myaelf, hut lu thirty aec-
oodar—you'll know,”
Irene appeared on the at airway.
For a moment hue. eyes refused in
grasp the ecene before them: Coo-
ward cowering terror-stricken; Dave
floret, ateely, Implacable, with hla re-
volver lined on Conward’a brain.
Through oomo atrnngo whim of her
mind her thought In that Instant flew
hack to the bottles on the |hmU or
the Klden ranch, nnd Dave breaking
live out of six on the gallop. Then
suddenly ahe became aware of one
thing only. A tragedy was being en-
acted before her eye*.
"Oh, don't, DhvoI Don’t, don't
shoot hliu I" she cried, flying down
III* remaining steps. Before Dave
could grasp her purpose she was upon
him. had clutched hla revolver, had
wrapped her arms about his. "Don’t,
don’t. Dave I" she pleaded. "For u»y
sake don’t do—thnt I"
Her worda were tragically unfortu-
nate. For a moment Dave atom! as
one paralyaed; then hla heart dried
up within him.
"So thnt’a the way of It!" he aald.
aa he broke her grip, ami the horror
In bln own eyes would not let him
rvwd the sodden horror tn her*. "All
mind—all erging hire back Into the
old groove; ull saying: ‘‘The routine
la the thing. Be a spoke In the wheel;
go round with the rest of uo."
“No," he reminded himself. "No, I
can’t do that. I have business on
hand. First—to kill the wolf.”
He remembered that he hud given
his revolver to Irene. And suddenly
she sat with him again at the tea
table. . . . Where was he? Yes,
he had given his revolver to Irene.
Well, there was another In his rooms.
In the hallway of the block In
which he had his bachelor apartments
Duve almost collided with n woman.
He drew hack, nnd the light fell on
his face, but hers was In the shadow.
And then he licnrd her voice.
“Oh, Dave, I’m so glad— Why,
what has happened?” The last words
ran Into n little treble of pain as she
noted Ids huggnrd face.
“You—Edith?" he managed to say.
"Whatever—"
She came toward him and placed
her hands on his. “I’ve been here a
hundred times—ever since morning—
ever since Bert Morrison cnlled up to
say you had dlsap|»enred—that there
was some mystery. There Isn’t, is
there, Dave) You’re all right, Dave,
uren’t you. Dave?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
LOW IN CIVILIZATION’S SCALE
Negritos Generally Regarded as tho
True Aborigines of the Philippines,
Have Not Advanced Far.
He Took a Fierce Oeligot la Tortur-
ing the Mon Who Hod Wrecked Hlo
Life.
lowed them unseen. The evening had j right; take it." and he placed the re-
been interminable he Oaowwrd. For volver In her band. "You should
three hour* he had swatted weed that knew what tn do with It." And he-
ht* victim had been trapped, and for fore she could step hire he had walked
three hour* no wwrd ha,I ,\w If nut of the house.
hta plans had miscarried. If Uwve havl She rushed in the gale, but al-
iltavnwvl the phvt, well - Amt here ready the mar nf hla mntor wa* Inal
at lengih was Itovw. engrossed in a lo the hum of the eUy'a traffic,
very dlffOtrvnt matter t\vnwnrvl fot ! -
length. "I got It—where I didn’t ex-
pect It—hut I guess that’s the way
with everyone." He tried lo philoso-
phize; to get a fresh grip on him-
self. "Where are we, anyway?" he
continued. “This country looks famil-
iar." He got up nguiu and walked
about, finding hlo way buck to the
road. He went along it a little way.
Vugue Impressions suggested that he
■hould know the spot, and yet he
could not Identify It. Then, with a
sudden shock, It come to him. It was
tho billable on which Doctor Hardy
had come to grief; the hillside on
which he hod first seen her bright
face, her wonderful eyes. ... A
poignancy of grief engulfed him,
sweeping away hla cheap philosophies.
Here she stood, young and clean and
entrancing, thrust before him In an
Instant out of the wonderful days of
(he (Mist. And would she always fol-
low Mm thus? With nn unutterable
sinking he knew Hint was so—thnt
the world waa not big enough lo hide The Negritos nre generally conrid
him from Irene Hardy. There was uo ered the true aborigines of the Philip-
way out. plues, nnd nre rnclnlly sharply distinct
He started hla motor, nnd even In from other numerous tribes of the la-
bia despair felt a thrill of pride ns the Innds, says a National Geographic fo-
fnltliful gears engaged nnd the cht defy bulletin, based on a communion-
climbed buck to Its place on the trail, tion by Dean C. Worcester. They are
Waa all faithfulness, then. In things of of low stature, sometimes even dwarf-
steel ami Iron. n_vl none In flesh nnd l*h with very dark brown or black skins,
blood? He followed the trail. Why Their bends nre covered with closely
stop now? The long-forgotten ranch curling hnlr and many of them have
buildings lay across the stream nnd abundant woolly beards. Their noses
behind the tongue of spruce frees, un- are broad nnd flat, their lips thick,
less some wandering foothill lire had their arms disproportionately long,
destroyed them. He forded the stream They do not tattoo their bodies, hut
without difficulty. That was where he ornament them with acars produced hy
had carried her out ... He felt cutting through the skin with a
Ids woy slowly along the old fence, sharp piece of bamboo and rubbing
Tbnt was where she had set up bottles dirt Into the wounds to infect them and
for his marksmanship. ... He make Mg scars.
stopped where the straggling gate Many of the Negritos point thetr
should he and walked carefully into front teeth, hut not by filing them,
the yard. Thnt was where she had A chip of wood Is held behind the
first called him Dave. . . . Then tooth; the point of a bolo Is placed
he found the doorstep nnd sat down In such a position ns to slant across
lo wait. the corner of the tooth, and a sharp
When the sun was well up he arose blow on the bolo chips s piece from
sml walked about. Ills lips were the tooth. The opposite corner Is
lutrrlied; he found himself nibbling similarly operated on and an artistic
them with his teeth, so he went to the pMtit Is produced.
| stream. He sms thirsty, but he drank 1 The music and dancing of the Ne»
i only a mouthful; the water was flat grltos are specially Interesting. Many
and Insipid. . . . The old cabin was know how to make and play the
) la better repair than he would have bamboo nose flute, and a Jewsharp
| thought. He sprang the door opeu. made from bamboo. The bronze
It wa* musty and strung with cob- tom-tom. or "ganrjv." Is In universal
vvetvs. He did not go In but sat down use. some playing It with a drumstick
| and tried to think. and others with their bands.
Later he walked up the canyon. He - --—
must have walked swiftly, for the sun Gastronomic Animals,
was not yet at the meridian when he One occasionally hears the question:
found himself at the Mule nook In the -is „ Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbitr
rock where he and Irene had sat that i, Welsh rabbit. “lUrebit" is only
afternoon when thev had first laid their an Stored form of tbe "raht it."
hearts open to each other. Suddenly afterthought intended to siiuu'ate an !
«M>e remark atood up tn hla memory. at>*urd derivation from "rare" and
-The day Is coming * ahe had said. „ the Century dictionary char-
"wtven our country will want men who *<-tcrUe* It. "Welsh rabbit" Itself U
^ had said, -pee,nine slang” and te'onpi to the
ra-lt can call on iue." j elass of native* of jocular origin. Tfcer*
untry did want men Are many others; an Essex lion is n i
ind ride. and he had » pieldlane duck is a baked
oethtlls to nurse ■ *4K»,-p's head; Glasgow magistrates or
V *
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DIDN'T 8HE KNOW?
Always Interested In children, Miss
Helen Gould recently contributed gen-
erously toward the maintenance of a
summer school.
After It was established she paid
the school a visit and veutured to
question one of the kindergarten
classes.
“Now, children,” she said, “tell me
what sort of clothes the puppy wears."
No reply.
“Come, now," she repeated, deter-
mined to extract the right answer by
naming everything that a dog didn’t
wear, "does he wear feathers?”
A pained expression crossed the face
of n little hoy In the front row.
“Please, ma’am,” he said, p’tylngly,
“ain’t you never seen a dog?”
A KICK.
Mr. Bird—You never have any-
thing but cold worms for dinner.
Why don’t you have some nice hot
fire flies?
Drawing the Line.
This life's a game of give and lal«,
A statement often heard:
But I'll rise up and hit the Jake
Who addresses me as "bird."
Plenty of IL "
*T know jti roan who always ge h
more game than he wants vrtven be
goes hunting."
"How Is that?”
“He is generally hunting trouble.*'
Suiting the Word to tho Action.
“Willie, didn’t yon bear me tell yog
to stop your noiseT*
“Yes. mother, but I'm a horse an
you should have said. ’Who*.’ ”—
Browning's Magazine.
lowed them wp the stair*.
Irene amt Itove chatted w'th the
bey for a hew moment*, then Irene
turned to some arrangement* for hla
mmfort ami Itove started downstair*.
In the passage he ww* over by Onn
word.
"WWat are yen doing hecer* Itove
demanded a* he felt hi* head begin-
ning te> *wUn in anger.
vVnwwrd leered only the mere of
fenMvety and walked dew* the stair*
hemde him At the Pool he coolly tit
another ctgnretle. He he+d (he match
before him and ralquty watched It
hnra an. then he extended It tv ward
IVsiW.
"Von remember enr wager, KJkVw
I present you with* banned out
snatch
"Von rvarf* erred Itoxw "Yon tn
fhwsow* Bar?*
"As* hoe," ttowmwrd refdVd -She
vrill deny IL of oaocs*. AH women
do"
BlW ?V?: V .I Unov 't# i tgliten non
knew that ha a n emend he «vnkl rrar
Via victim re y.ve.-e*. A* his eienehed
h*fl onaae te the sadr of tot* body
struck svneciVmg hard. It r* re
vy*tver 1 He had foegottem; hr ww*
non tn the hntoa of carry*** IL In no
kscMant hr bed v'Vmwwrd or dered
Itove did *m r*vn* she 'in«gef at
once Ike rrad. a fence ActtM «n ror*
t wring the mas who had wrecked hr*
kite esew while hr red to«M«seif he
e/nsd nod borrow vts ixmso. Xew a»
w-*Nktod Os -a r fade (Tom i vnr-
CNAPTtR XIII.
can s
"XVel
Amt
who
lh*W tl
brokv
can I
could
there
Set
grvvv
to tlv
he k
grass
Hia Specialty.
"Does your s*»o show any particular
athlethic tendency at college?"
“Oh. yes; he’s running tbroogh my
oiotu-y."
When IVive sprang Into hi* car he
gave tbe a mil bend and drove
Ibrvwvgh tbe city street* in a fWry of
TWklesMoa His miiwt ww* numbed.
II was in.wpnble of asmvnlng thoughts
afel placing them In prv>)ver relathvn-
sdlp to «voe amwher He ww* aeon ont
.vf the oily, roaring through the Mill
autumn wight with unduwln.sheJ Irene
sfreed p
Over bvnwon* country mod* across know
swddew >cj.lgo* along sfiippery hilt- tkd;
«*dew through N«<i Nsf* of *m> cowM
land—in awe strange way he tried rang*
to drown the npjver tn hta son! In the ww* I
fTemay of the seoH that quivered be- only
newth totaa vfe and ,w twto the algYt Am
Brvght Mars gleamed ,-verhoad; a noft
Meeee prossed *g*inM hi* fhce. it psoAged their faith,
ww* sareh a night na he had driven a Aga’n Ms head we
yewr agvv with Ben M.weises* Was light hashed tn hta
* * hearts Norfolk capons are revl herrings; Irish
a* whole one*. He ap^^cts or Munster plctas are po-
Y*L At any rate tat.xes; and (•rwveweod sweetmeats are
*'ut- shrimps, to native over a few examples ■
it him through the taken from English usage. At tbe nw-
mi*Jr back pwoi the only American aampies that
re. In aa open since, osn be offered are the Albany beef
kicking In the dry (sturgeon) and Capg Cod turkey (nd-
hla toe disturbed a
few Mooched boccs. and he stood and __
bwvked with unseeing eye* far across
the shimmering valley. |
"Brownie." he said at length. ___J__- - - - — I I
"Browwle." The whole acme came mhil# n u ^
back «pw V'-nn (he mmvnllgh:. ard rtv^rwge tottery attached te tbe back
^ of his belt, and Is rvwvneeied by a cord
Tboar Girt*.
"Maud reminds me of a public of-
fice."
"Why sor
"She's continually seeking the man."
Not Quite That.
"Don't you think the baby favor*
his father?"
"H'm! Well, be ffvoks like him. but
I wouldn't call li a favor."
Electric Lamp Best for Mi
Nowadays the up-to-date aviuer car- |
nes a package of eiectrkUy *L.-bi with
It
Cwurage.
•I hear Hopps Is going te ronteM
his wife'* w III."
“I surpone hr went hr afraid to da
It now that she's dead."
> ad the Utile t
‘ W saM te saw v m ump fastened to the freest of
. r*****. his cap. The lamp, provvded with n
w (Tln,r ,ktl Hkitvr. threw* a fewd of tight ta
the ooe :hot get ^ miner. Bdi in'dwf od-
vaatago H sbsalne solely. In oldeo
days miners (w ha nxu. of ccmrse. have
light! carried about with there cgwm-
ftane iamp* Those caused tr.rame-
nd he had *nM that
tie had snid It «x»
the white
that eovty a year ago? And what had j thing
haiqwwev.? Where had toe been? tkv atornd
,e *.?-< ?•«>'—v.'hwrxsw, the hoy. j he ho
WVra was vhat? lehr the ewim Dai
hrawn b.s nsMsd wus already atieonge Dave
mg he oMwbitsh a wqwfKw. n> sa k» drvM
entraged heme again In erdm am tn
BssAAchty the car sAVMtod oa a afflp- mwn
pet? hmssAn tweed Ibn the rend a tewn
poewyd threugh g dump of sreob cvhkc
rwcecbr<rted apranss a Aar* cfesfrarthm hUrmtu
fvitswd a NMimxii .<• (we she* ram went-
ed atvumA as*d si.ipped The mold
1«n,ik‘M lh*e he ks mnsn He snr tboitg
on the rmtMxt hoard and snared fee He
a to** wham Mar the dnrtamaa. m too
"Bis an bring * d ■ d for*, way- flem
able disastrvwn. accidents through Vg-
■ * * nttvm of «al <3b« or gc*e* Sir kinm-
M *P ar><1 Tbe ehd phiy Davy's invent ten of a mfTty Ung
•Y**- “The *tm tame ww* pswteeied hy a wire
nunter of
*dny. bat
iktuy vs hen or auf
tho weJf" hr said
Snor pent shav (hit
o—my coMkUy "
kgwia faiien before
enr threw fl tig the
*«• fermtsto with
cment ed wwr. He
to the garage; an
ip (urkody—.it «**
i*a» that ihte lurd
wed—toot w word*
lie snood tee a na
•eySL obnevntng hts
erainc his resolves
i re bud iiui oven
-tor <*U moctoed «
so hn»—hand* «d
whose ffai
gaure raved a
Wven. It la la
ttoe ednctrac Mat
axer cenvemiewt.
Durte* WtW VTeDa.
IThcAe fotesew m*y be seen enr ted
wrt> sflibUy tnfesaanor* em the Jtx*
tranan conn menu. These ot»mmiwrH.a*
ate vinpposedl *e from the Oeenm-
posi'Tlnn vf stbeli 1Wh which. Tramsyeen-
«d Tv tie wind*, aoe dnyisKbevd hi <ttos
form i4 hunt cm tree** and T'trut*.
Mm.
THE STTTATIOX.
"Hew are rsr sruVtng on
your eh&riken farming""
"H hod A hard scm.rci.jaig*
Our srse-nl k* v-»*v uunerr tto trna.
lull nut encAt art ),, i iwt
r.e *iis:ar>ne. v* ten out nut* s» Cum
Tie lewc i( u* arw A max, A
Vory Trow
n may he **d<
wan Ow«h
"Se. yem s um « jowri«i lene os m
Hunrs'iiTi'te? Wiict ewytrmmnr toara
pra lindr
tow o wiX Tnmstto*-«ikd nag
1 flat tats mww aiega « ntorOe r»lfM
TtiTnupi. wki,wy g axi Vnr% *
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