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Highland Park Press, 10 Mar 1927, p. 18

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:9" in: inch-nun!" "Nat get, air. I in union; to - the train." M at. him from the Ad- in- m He "htty mud his u m. a. alum, and M. ”A m. “M! rem. 0.”. Adina offered I thick hand “by". and" the cllloum. ”OI-d to and you, than," he W. "Breohfastedt" “shat; hind: with Cap'n “mm Mam. Frank. He'n the boss of the hub.” it-r- man, of 'a/aaa/iii',,". except chin. sat upon I "gon-ton‘ue winding a nick. '-Worrrar'. Here you um,” he aid. "Yme (etched all your outfit?" “Whlt you Bee," I confesed. "They stripped me elem." "Wall, all you need is I blanket. You can pay for it out of your - or turn it in at the and ot the trip." Re conducted me on, along the group- and fires, and bedding out-id. up wagon circle. Ind mm wheel I marked women and children. The whole prospect-they, the breakfast mote. the grazing animls, the stout _ a line of washed elothimr- wn homey. Jab himself - out WESTWARD HO! ' My new boots were burning, my thigh WIS chafed raw from the swiss- iug Colt, and my face and throat were parched with the dust, thn I arrived at the encnmpment of Jenks' train. Some dozen white-topped wagons! were standing grouped in a circle madi fttrrrres were busily moving among them, and the thin blue smoke of their fires was a welcoming signal. Cobras Jenks on train about City. Edna Montoya. a companion of a gambler, is believed by Frank to have cajoled him purposely into the game. Broke, diseonsolate over his discov- ‘ery that "the lady of the blue eycs" as he calls her, is what she is, and finally humiliated over his glaring "greenness." Frank repulses Edna when she begs him to go away with her, sobbingiy telling him that she had made a big mistake in letting him lose his money. He Woes to take; a jot? with 'iii'j, s' tt tt (,lls?,i:liiiiil.i,-i-,-, q Jiiiii,i', ma (", n E-st, _ ”/7? i 'lit, m“ I",' I (sri.:, 9%» ii.Cif fida J. ihiifi _ ' igjji) ' - A! By f?c':1, srCtl l; / F 1 _ c. M. Payne ", . C7ztar / quk Baum, from Albany, N.Y.. reaches Benton, Wyoming, thens- 186tr--western terminus of the Paeifie railroad. He had been ordered by physicians to seek n climate “high and dry." Re is robbed of most of his money in his hotel and loses his last twenty dollars at monte in "The Big Tent," a dance hall Ind gambling‘ resort, in the "roaring" tom, of Ben- 'fc'ae,trg"gxtgtd.ii .1- u-un hub-d lam-haunt,“ Next CHAPTER Vii ', a teamster in a wag- to leave for Salt Lake l ”‘ \Q ttl a; . tl 7/ .rlf, (a 1REY $1.510 wg (5l':,'iiisi'ij' At this juncture, I all double. Jointed youth of about my Me, cu- rying u: " mud in his hind. unwed to an n if attraeted by the In!- . rung-n2. ' In”. for no pay. - Thenuthhadthcnipolavhe, Ind seemed to enjoy emphasising it while cunnlnkly mining my Nee. "Howdy." be M. Pf,,",,','."','.'.?,':,',':.:'.".'?.'.,':,:::,' Ind u I passed W. I (hated melt up. Iemihturrarith" a an]. "tets. "(be K an my my. "VIII. the. In "irr Ion Dlnid." the am!- intme ducal. "This urn-m tank tar lion with as, Daniel." "You are from the East, stranger?" I he inquired. T "Yes, sir. I arrived in Benton only ( yesterday." ' i "A Sodium: be mwled harshly. '"A tented ttepuleher. And -it will no}? I ish. t tell Sven, you do well to leave 1 it, you do welt to yoke yourself with the appointed of this earth, rather than my in that sin-pit of the eters ally damned." N agree with you, sir," said I. “I did not find Benton to be n pleas nnt place. But I had Bot known when‘ I started from Omaha." road we must have. Against the lur- pier, the gamblers and all the Game vanitin we will stand upon our own fart by the help of Almkhty God!” _ “Possibly not," Adams assented. "The devil is attentive; he is pm- ent in the stations, and he will ride in those gilded pal-aces even to the Tor. dos, but he mu not cm. In the name of the Lord we shall Nee him. What good there shall come, than abide; but the evil shell wither. Not," he added, "that we Md against the railroad. It is needed. and we have petitioned without being head. We are strong, but isolated. we have goods to sell. and the word of Brice ham Young has gone forth and mit-i f I Thanked her but was not pre- rmum-d. To thecwuin's "That will ido, Rachel," she turned dutifully I away; not so soon. however, but that ( I had seen a fresh young face within the bonnet eonfiner--a round, rosy [face according well with the buxom ', curves of her as she again bent over Per, wash bond. ' "Our tare is that of the tents of JAbraham. stranger," spoke the Cap- I min. "Such as it is, you are welcome ,' to. We are a plain people who walk 'in the way of the Lord, for that is l commanded." The pork and beans and the black unsweetened cofreg evidently were what I needed, for I began to mend wondrrNny ere I was half through the course. . "I ask nothing better, sir."l an swered. The other promptly baled food the wrong my or go to dickuin' from . kettle to ' putter, poured n I with 'em they're closer'n the hide on tin cupful of eoffee from the pot and n cold mule. You didn't make sheep's bore them to me; her eyes down, eyes at any of the women?" shyly handed them. - F l "However. I could not Mr. hot m s," In“ n-u. ' . mac-m. Inland-nick lam-ur- cf About tr o’clock with whip. "m MI 'Ablu - en ht the U (M pink 'l'I'ld,'llt m tt Id). “a “In: David'- Iui. w a“ mm 'T an. Ire my. mm a. can». Ht me, with a. mmgk; tuthtamtr-UtoruddiG 'thnyorum. “Been: I'm the dosedent best shot with I Colt’l in “It 'e min. Any 'u'erettttrvaiitts.rmrriii' " let no knot." And with this, he ly, "kin n my} " ' "V" I?" " presume I could if I ha to, “ll you're I ample. you're welcome to live there," I mm. "1 think I'd prefer none place else." “Hum?” he blamed. "Thar ain’t no pure In good. All the real of the world has so“ Raelf to the devil." We mined in nilence for 3 mo- ment while he waited. proroentive. _ "Sny. litter." he blurted sudden- "We don't think much o' Gentiles, yonder. We don't want 'mn, no- hmw. They'd allbetter get tout. The Saints settled that country at" ith 7 "I'll hnve to take my chances that, too?" "ant have to irinCirhat the rest dr8yhr suppose.” "I 'uowae Injuns are like to get us. They're powerful bad in that thar desert. Ain't “an! o' lnjum, b. “If: foar hundred mile, an' twwty mile " I stretch. without water. Moat the water't piun, too; from hyar to the mountings.” - "t "tttoir-ytrtt Ttirit-Tis [If “than with this train to Salt We, do you?” “That's the amusement I've made with Mr. Jenks." - - I Later in the day as I 59; resting' in. upon a Convenient wagon tongue, Dark" 'd', iel hulked up to me. w, " "You know me?" he asked. ld "Your name is Daniel, isn't it?" l ., "No, Quint. It's Bonnie Bravo "N7G the trail." . , I: "All right, sir," mid I. "Whichever, LII you prefer." I u "That when)? No. he aint mar- ried, yet. But he will be. soon as he takes his pick 'eordiu' to law and ROB- pel among them people. You bet; hr'll be married plenty.” Thisrtook me allvlback. V Hewu twice hinge, ,pparentlr ried ?" t'However, I could not help but see thnt the Captain's daughter is plans-f ing to look um.” _ ( "How? His daughter?" l "Miss Rachel." I "Whoa, man! She's his wife. arid) not for Gentiles. They're both his wives; whether he his more in Utah I dotdt imow, But you'd best let her alone. She's been j'ined to him." h ""mtssottrraarrr-arrcasarraak, "And DGa,Gis soc-is he mar- "rim, Loom-r: ' ET VA» -A warm; "Gettes "ratco titd YJ.ilHofr MB mm "Ncom, n.” Curt-in A“ thunder-1L ”And than”. m" “hm Hahn-hm “Him-hum thutmhttit---triaiiTi ’ She “In“ My; uh did ghttt dance“ "edireetaeaht,butur- - think: unfolded use. The lute form of Capt“: Adult cane “riding. mu m. P' he demanded Brub- ly. "An III-cod]! woman? Gut yam 'ma. Delilah!” ' " All "in. sir." .tte '1le "t "hnothinefrsrtrouoeihe.e-" mun-en" - . “Titan’- the two nho'l mar. Paw; Jeni: In' that Nit." Daniel hurl- f “Ah!*_m.wr um. i “WI-en's Pedro? Whack Ion. i toro.'" and huh. Her eyes ' _ "Het That nuke?" I that him!" “What! Yopl Killed him?" Ex. 1:!de link: from the by- l I'F'e linear: no pm for . woman, mu'umJ’Jénh deb and" _ _ _ ' "There are other men in the 1, train," Edna igtaisted. Pf, ttthe-, 17' - “.10. . m "on glam Fun at. Land _ht.Pietoyrrtehraeee-rt Idf. Wasn'tthatriaU, [nth-nu?" “Right or m, he'll " after ,rtit,mtttthet" mmw-wam " " only-3mm he,“ dym"treanei'Tfrlartat of "Paw! Paw! Bey, you-an! That’- 3 Woman yonder in twitches att' the _ how's to come on. She's looking for I Mister Janka." T "Dimn if I 'sin't," he mumbled, 7Grerine at me. "la Mr. leaks there?" she hailed clearly. " Via"- to cum m to Suit lake," she said. h w“ My lady - formerly Mr Lady - dud in embroidered than Spanish jacket. tightinh velvit panh- lovns. booted to the knees. pulled awn upon her yell“ hair's black nott hat. Sh; Gau. small and alone, view-E ing as. her eyes yery blue. her ral very white. i, volver trifle. and Inning frmn tliaGaira') belt Ironrgd her slender waist, a re- In a storm of rude raillerr--"it's a has: on FOG, George.'" "Didn't know you owned one o' then critters, George," "Does she went the brink, George?" and so forth - my friend Jenks “one. peering. white the MIL tary titrnre. having our aura, tune on to the fires. First it accosted the hulk Dmiel. l saw him lean from his saddle; then he. Tein, tttwritw like a calf: At sundown, having eaten our sup. rjers, we were sitting by our tires. smoking and hiking, when, u . con- struction train at box cam clinked by on the railroad I chanced to note a figure spring out ”pr-ail. alitrht with a whitrle of sand. and staggering up hasten for us. "No, Trudging mnnfully at the left for: wheel behind Mr. Jenh' four up“: of mules I played the tanner - although sooth to say there was little of play in the job, on that fond, at that time of day. Ire' In mon oxen: therefore not strictly I "bull" train. but by we designated as such. "We “led almighty!" Mr. Janka deliv- , diap't have tot But when :;=_= " 'tNet; s-" Q; .-__= . w, it? (il, iif a; Bi . E-T))" ltB% - ws",3R 's' - t “y (illfr,::, 'uoa- gag, p9...u|_ttpt. I m m was; W563:- "UErnscA “SM-E- ' '6agtrmaargqt - hv-o - II-i You will have absolute wi- vncy in our beauty ad hi- nd“!!! Mar and our work will‘more than - you. _ weather set- in. Now is the right I”. 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