The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-23
CUPID AND THE STORM
 KING.
,,x, x,,,,1 DrMING HoRNADAY.

(Copyright, 1905, by Daiiy otofs
 fishing Company.)
 If WAS bad enough when John Greg. orv nut in ar irrigation plant on ms horne section near the little town way out on the Southwestern prairie, pus hIs neiwhbors all said that he pleyeu the limit of tenderfoot foolishness Syhen he built a cyclone cellar a few wards distant from his bachelors shack. Gregory had been working Tor sewers, days digging the hole in the grouna beforA any of his neighbors discovered It's real purpose. A xran> sas, where they use dugouts because It gets so cold in winter they could not five a-top ground" the foreman Of the Cross l cow outfit said when he heard of it. "Eut he will .nnd 1t sd bot down here in Texas that he VIII want to live above ground the whole year through, and as high above old terra firma as he can get, at that. ...
 Az a matter of fact, Mir. Gregory was from Kansas, and he had lived Ions enough in the cyclone belt of that state to make him know and fear the terri bfe wind -twisters that swoopeq through that region with distressine 2 freduency. The good d-natured jeers and jibes which he received from the rough cowboys who had contempt TOT any thing that savored of tilling the SOIL had no effect upon him. A cyclone or tornado had never visited that part of Texas so far as the memory Of the old est tnhabitant recorded. MT. Gregory determined, however, to take no chances on that score. He would builo
 cyclone hole ard be prepared if the unexpected should happen. The seasons came and went, and still that cyclone cellar was never called up. - xUhtrI it was built There was week after week | in summer when not so much as a speck of a cloud could be seen in the broad canopy Of blue which scIntillated with the burning heat of the ever present sun. In such times as these a Jew drops of Iain, even had they been accompanied by one of the old time twisters, would have relieved the monotony. A cloud of any kind would have been a cheering sight. thought MT. Gregory.
 His fl irrigated farm and cyclone cell lar was a joke to all of his nelghbors except to old Grad Johnson, the wealthy owner of the Double D ranch Johnson | detested 1t He was noted for his pe- culiarities and prejudices In the first place, he had a contempt for tender | foot, and he really detested anyone who | got a living out of the soil. To his I west were made for only one kind of business, and that was cattle raising He had never paid much attention to Gregory anu his irrigation scheme, nor l to his cyclone cellar, until the fact l came to his knowledge that his daugh- ter Katie was smitten with the good looking young fellow and that the two
 had been seeing a good deal of each other in the little town where Katie | fA Uicif llhV friends. Johnson fairly worshipped his daughter 10 his credit let 1t be said
 thas he placed her above any of the
 hiEh-b bred c, WIS on the place. He loved
 her with a deep, rough affection that
 would brook no interference with his
 plans for her future. To his mind she
 was fit to become the queen of some man of wealth tnd high position. Had
 he not spent much money in educating her in the best schools the great East afforded? She was now back on the ranch to spend the summer. prepar-
 atory to their taking up their residence in the city when winter came on. The ola ranchman could hardly believe the | truth of the reports that came to him of Katie and that farmer Gregory"
 ss hA called him contemptuously, hav- ing been seen together on numerous l occasio1 IS at social events in town. With his usual dlrectness of purpose, ha asked Katie about it straight of.
 why. yes: I know MT. Gregory. and
 T think A great deal of him." she told bar father, when taken to task about +be renorts of their ac7uaintanceship.
 .aIJa ia an educated, intelligent and ann hitious young man. and am proud that he is my friend" she continued
 stou-ly. ...-.o..
 ,arn1er that's what he is," old Johnson
 renIied. and I am not goin' to have
 ,,o,, throw yourself away on no such yjnd of cattle Why. look at what he done, Built q cyclone hole over there
 at bts shack. when everyone kndws
 snob a thing as a wind storm was
 navsr known out here. He's a crank.
 nJI forbid you seeing him any more" ]"
 Katie tossed her head with that
 .irt+ of Independence that had come
 2. her as a natural inheritance and
 io,+ +ha nresence of her father. It was
 ,oolr that Mir Johnson had learned 70
 a.oUt .o the import of long ago and he
 IaasoIvad to take steps that would eff teet',siiv prevent continuance of
 sSsta,,er friendship that might have
 S,r,,,,e m between the two young peo- spa 9a would send Katie to San An
 .an,o u,ithout delay there to remain untiI he, could join her. Katie was not oF q rsbellious spirit. although she had
 an Abundance of stauneh Independence,