The Forrest City times., 1904-10-14
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Oh. now don't be so stern and scowl. Ing, Roger. You are the only person hnoW who takes me literally and seri- ousiy Perhaps that is the way you take everything, and perhaps it's as well some one takes me that way. NoN papa would have known intuitiveIv what meant Mamma isn really sick. you know She just thinks she is. and TT. Kenneth would order her to any place she might suggest. I meant that as long as she thinks she Is sick and has to do what she would if she were sick and be exiled from home it would he easier to fall in with the spirit of the excursion if she were sick. Now do you eomprehend?" 2"
 Il can't say that I do" he replied shortly
 on. Roger Maybe the greatest eli mate on earth will wipe the cobwebs from your brain. but one thing plain Y comprehend is that there is no parole Tn sight for me. thought being side tracked al that funny place last night ana the difference ln everything might bring about retrograde movement on mamma.s s part but she just informed me that she felt better the moment she struck New Mexico and that there was nothing like climate, 1 am crushed /"
 You don't look it. he replied skep- tically
 I'll tell you what sustalns me. My presence jars on mamma's nerves. an9 Marie, the long suffering. will be kep. m constant attendance and Will be left unrestricted to your chaperonage Mamma thinks you a paragon of good sense and propriety She little knows ho" l can lead you astray wish. though, you would drop that little air of cold displeasure
 Everyone treats you as if you were a child. alone try to treat you as ] would woman-but you won't let me"
 And try to treat you as if you were jolly. good fellow. and you must be one, she retorted
 In the days that followed in the land where the sun shone every day in the year. Rene Teveled in an outdoor life of freedom With Roger. she rode horse back and took little trips into the noun talns and out to the surroundings ranches, and was serenely happy. So was Roger, until Rene had her first sight of cowboys at a Wild West entertain ment at the park
 Aren't they grandt" she cried.
 Tn a litflp i,I d n ,a,,< loot, suppose they are, but to us old settlers they are quite commonplace
 AS long as her alteration was confined to the eowpunehers collectively. Grant had no forebodings, but one day sAe sighted at distance the king of the cow boys
 Lovely" she cried. Buffalo Bill i. no longer my ideal of manly beauty
 Thereafter she made life miserable for Grant She besought him to make an op- portunity for her to meet the handsome cowboy, and she ransacked all tSe stores to see if his picture was not on sale
 Grant let her give full rein to her ray ines and quietly bided his time
 Where to now" asked Rene blitheiy as he drove up to the house one morn iLf.
 T have a corral full of cattle out at my ranch. I am going to sell 50 of them and the buyer is to 'ate his pick"
 "Dontyou hope he won't fnow enough to pick the best? 9"
 He will. though He's going to bring your cow-puncher With him to select the cattle"
 eWhat2 Really Roger you are jok- ing?"
 No; We viii help him drive the cat tie back 10 town "
 The pace wasn't fast enough then for Rene and they fairly flew over the road
 ''I see him. Sweet thne!" cried Rene. eestatieally as they approached the ranch
 They halted and watched the COW boy separate the cattle he had chosen from the rest
 Rene was more entranced than before
 He sits in bis saddle as if he grew there,a she declared
 He certainly does. assented Grant
 When the cattle was finally selected and the buyer was closing the deal with Grants manaeer the cowboy was about 10 ride into the desert.
 Grant called io him;
 Come here. Frank"
 Frank, Oh. what a tame name," murmnled Rene Is disappointed tones
 The cowboy wheeled about and rode mp to them Roger presented him 10 his young companion and she lifted glow ing eyes Alas for the maid! Her hero ha1 decidedly game eye. that looked a. though some one had put a knife in t and turned 1t around few times
 She acknowledged the introduction in faint voice and when the ideal of manly beauty had ridden on. she pro- posed 10 Roger that they return to te"u without waiting to help dTise tte cat tle
 Grant chferfuly aeqaeseed
 How did he hurt his eyeea she asked abruptly
 'Wha Frank haven't known | ft,l