The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-12-28
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~ "uiNAAaas N0NNuys ENir W "
tbe Circle ranch house one day 10 SO
Old Colooel Meecham about some lOs'
cattle. and ten minutes later he had
lost his heart 60 Miss Rose. the colo
ne's daughter. who was then a giri q
nineteen AMI her fathers h9usek eeper
Circle ranch had berh n great ranch
On Its day. hut the colonel had met
with all soFts Of bad luck aud coulln't
pay bis debts. tie had a few cattle
aud one cowboy left. while a cOlOgcl
woman assisted Rose about the house
work.
Rose MeeCham had no, been esincat.
81 In the east She hid been born In
the ranch house aud sent 60 a school
not q hundred miles away. and her en-
virOnmcuts had beea 90 the plalnest.
~ the adorin= father said u her more
than oBce after his wife died:
Rosie II g1rSl looking and honest
hearted ani win make some man q
god wife. There's ROihihg 20 the GO
quette or dirt about her. Sic doesn't
know what a tirtatioR means. She's
Just n plain girl. with her heart ST on
doing all shr can for her old daddy"
That was the cOloneI's way Of put
tins n. aud II simply shows how little
the average father knows Of the aver.
age daughter. Miss Rose was gOOsl
booking AMI honest hearted. bot sl,e
would nlrt with q crass eyed cowboy
Amy other giri In her situation would
have done the same thing There
wasn't ano'hrr g'rI Tor fifteen miles
around. while tlteFe wcrs. shout nifty
cowboys within that distance. and. he
sides there was the fort 0nly I've miles
away and snslieFs passing On the rOad
every day.
Zoe Whitman may have b~eR above
the AVERAGE cowboy la looks aud ID
ucatiOa. MS Rose had dc,lded with.
In ave minutes that she liked him.
Within another eve she was smiling
- s0eetly and talking ~ Rlcrly that
she had ice SiamBering out his words.
That was tle heEIHnIhg oG things.
Ele had driven home q bunch Of the
colOaeTs catile that he had cut out 81
bis herd. and though h. wanted ts
IlnGcr at the ranch and talk aiout t'ie
prtre % beef on tire toof. the drop Ia
hldeS and the dry summer. he wasn't
eIual Co the Orrasi1n and WAS almost
bucked OF his Toay In taking his leave
Joe raIlle,l wien Re got hack 60 hls
cattle aud began O. lay plans. AMI from
nat day on u was = coli q y when ~
dld not bring In some Of tSe c1lOasI's
stray seock.
20 was q puEEie 10 the OIL grntlemaB
Why hts cattle should wander slx 90
seven miles after pasture when they
hid better ~ home. hut % waS m my~
tery % Miss RO~e. Every time a bunch
~ the missing cattle came hack Joe
had 20 stop 10 explain ami o. caIi foF .
drink % water aud % hang around faE
q good half b0ur aud that Girl. who
didn't know what . airtatloa meant
laughed % herself after he had D.
parted
Jim TaytoT. the lone cowboy In ths
cOtsners eniploy. was past fortv. had
o wife somewhere In the EAST and was
cut % the running. bat he was no
woesien head when those last cattle |
were driven up be would 90 % the
ealonel and de-larc that somebody was
driving them OF that he right have
the psivIlerr a. driving them hack
AGAIN. and that " Miss Roe were his
daughter ~ would put his foot down
Then the cOionrI would Iook up IN IN
Ihnarent way aud excinim:
"ISrd love "a. but you don't thiuk
Rosa drives OF our cattle and then
arrives them hark sEalnF-
NO. dnn'I co.SneL but. den't o.
STRIFE you that Toe Whitman b con-
ing here mighty ofteaY-
Us heS We'll he has % hiring haeh
tse strays y0u know. and u n very
kind % him indeed ! dont always
SO him. but . hope that Rosa teturus
my thanks In n proper way"
Joe was working the cattle business
for an n was worth and talllng ne tbei
Circie rsnrh hetWeeH times with %.
angss and boxes Of candy zenf % him
from Denver. when O rival su1dsnly
Suffered the hsld
Sergeant Sulth. iron ne fort. cane
along one DAY win . squad % men and
atepped "a the horse % make some IN
quirissl TIE sergeant was q sood iook-
Ing man. ne had q tskiaR way with
him. A aiFtatioa Was started almost
No once aud when he teek % his tins
u mareh agaln ~ promisea himself ne
pleasure q /hn0ther caIl
Three days later ~ rotle cut % ths
ANA and began 90 make love n en-
~ ne had served Uscis sam Ger
'Welve pears saved - e3oa and wa
soking Or . wife. while Ne continued
b BE- q ssldier ne coald have q placs
y one 20 the lsunAsVsaes h Cen
,nny O.
Before the aergsant 90 away ice
Ihitman cane Fialng %. m two
asn izstinetivsiy recaEnised each Oh
, o. rivals and giarsd and muitsrsd
NJ fhaEs was No bloolshsd
when ~ 80 - Mari hsa eonA /
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