Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-07
HANK PETERS
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There had not been q breath OF
air for an hour. when suddenly there
came q sigh from far away In the
starlit dimness. and q strong pun OF
wind blew the smoke from the IRE
fairly into the Old Mans face as he
lay luxuriously upon the ground. his
head upon q saddle. He sat up.
coughing. and wiped the tears from
his eyes.
(which I'm free to maintain" he
presently remarked, rs that there
amt but one thing In this world more
unexpected than fire.'
faint women" Charlie said,
pausing in his occupation OF produc-
Ing doleful airs from q mouth organ.
"You shore can count on them. Amt
no doubt bout what they'll do an the
answer 10 YOU"
(which ! was remarkin' when this
here saddle.galled Charlie busts into
the arena. is." the Old Man contin'
ued. ''that there's Jest one thing
more uncertain than Q IRE. Which
10 Q woman"
Charles scornful reply was sud.
denly cut short by some one sitting
upon him, and he subsidized with .
grunt.
There was Q little bit Of q gal
comes TO the Rainwater country
once" the Old Man drawled. his pipe
hanging loosely between his teeth.
AN you shore would athought you
could calculate which way she would
probably jump II q RATHER buzzed, but
shucks! She was a woman.
This little gal was the daughter
Of o eastern sky pilot that had come
out for his health. and was kinder
putin In his time pintin' us poor
Rainwater folks at the great shinin'
target, a. he put II. She came out
TO see him durin' her college vaca-
ton. an right away gospil stock
jumped clean over the top Of the
blackboard. This little girl had Q
way OF takin' hold Of your hand an
lookin' wistfully out Of her big blue
eyes, an sayin': Surely I'll see you
at services Sunday?' that just plumb
convinced you that church was the
very thing you had been arpinin' for
ever since Christmas.
We'll, this here little gal-Virginia
Dayton was her name-shorely did run
that Rainwater country to suit her.
self! An somehow It wasn't half as
bad a. you would calculate twould
o been. For all her big blue eyes
an blow.away hair she was q shore
'nough sport, an would ride anything
that had four legs.
There was two of the boys. Ned
Carter. from the Two Stars. an Hank
Peters. from the Double Cross, that
was just plumb locoed over this here
gal, an she seemed to like both OF
them Q right smart-that ID. week
days. Sundays she give them the
frozen glance. Which same was be-
cause they wouldn't neither Of EN-
come to her dads services.
well, these two was runnin' bout
neck an neck, an Ned was gettin'
wild, didn't seem to have no con-
troll of hisself no how. Bet he
bought Is silk scarfs, an held up o
greaser with his gun an made him
sell him his big silver spurs. He had
plumb gone to the end Of his rope
when he thought he saw chance to
make O hit, an he jumped In with
both feet.
"virginia's dad was hldin' q re-
vival, an Ned figgers to himself that
II he was to get converted It would
boost up his stock whole lot. SO
he sails In. Which same would have
been all right II It had been any
body but Ned, but he never could do
anything moderate. All that shoutin'
an singin' kinder goes to his head.
an he's got two different brands OF
loco In his system at the same time.
This here move Of Ned's sure
stumps Hank for awhile. but he
braces up, an lows he'll amble
round some evenin' an see what
kind Of q cold deck proposition this
here 10, anyhow. Which same he
does.
When he gets to the door It's
early, 10 he kinder hangs round to
see what brand of mavericks Ia fire.
quentin this range. anyhow. He's a
scoutin' around therefore when he
sees Virginia comm along the trail
hangin' onto Ned Carter's arm. an
a-lookin' up from time to time into
his face. ! ambled along bout that
time, myself, an never did see any
body look more an half ~ foolish an
happy e. Ned did. They goes on into
the Doxology works. an then Hank
aides In an takes back seat UMPIRE
tlentous like. Hank never was no
hand to jump into q game without
first waikin' around the room.
well. presently they commenced
to get up steam, an they shorely jerked
her wide openi OF ell the excite
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