The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-31

eye. same craning Of skin-bedecked
neck. and same general air Of curl
oslty. When Soeorro was young there
were but four inhabitants to witness
the incoming of the Overland; Bill, be-
ing a visitor, went along, and that 5
why he happened to see her FIRST.
Acting as a guide, he carried her
baggage to the Williams abode. where
he "reckoned she might put up. And
in these incidents we're the momentous
beginnings Of Socorro.
Her name was Mary Brown. Why
she came no one knew; what she was
there for no one knew But that
wasn't a secret very long She was
taking orders for a hair-restorer that
was guaranteed to grow fuzz on any
thing, from Turkey Bill to a Mexican
dog. All that was necessary was to
buy and apply enough.
To one on the inside, business
wouldn't have looked very fiattering
when Mary came. AS a matter Of his
torical fact, Turkey Bill was the only
bald.headed man within 100 miles. and
he didn't belong to Socorro. He was a
cattleman from 80 miles away and
hitherto had never particularly be-
moaned the loss of nor hankered for
more hair. Badness had been a
blessing because 1t saved combing
Mary was retiring sort Of girl, but
she didn't have to work overtime to
Impress Turkey, because he was at the
old tin-can age where his affections
we're easily dented
Turkey ordered a couple Of cases,
and when he rode back to the valley
that night wept unrestrained tears
over the big family of orphans that
must starve unless all the range
bought freely Of the remedy.
In addition to her hair-oil business,
Mary opened up a manicure shop. and
at night she rented It for dances and
such. But the manicure enterprise was
the most successful thing ever opened
in Socorro, because apparently all
cowpunchers on the range had been In
great distress for manicurlng before
she came.
There was one modest thing particu
larly noticeable about Mary Brown
She never Dragged OF all the cities back
east she must have seen, nor interpo
lated into conversation when | was
in Wichita, Kan.," or said You ought
to see the swell stores In Omaha
They're just grand" There was moth
ing boastful about her in this regard
But, although she never even men
toned where she came from. men fell
this superiority.
Turkey Bill resolved to travel ant
get liberal education thereby HI
got a chance, after much effort, to q
through to Kansas City with stock
train.
But Bill didn't have a very goot
time. He saw all the big buildlngi
in Kansas City, and rode on stree
cars for a half day, then bought
monograph and a pair Of gilt operi
glasses for Mary. and got ready to g
home. Travelling wasn't what it wa
cracked up TO be- He finally found th'
freight office, where he was to get
return stock pass, and by this tim
was SO nervous that when the MAJ
who apparently bossed the railroa
barked at him through a grating h
was glad 1t was there BIZ wa
afraid the man would bite. When h
tried to find his contract, he tumble
so much that he dropped all the paper
and cigars and other things from hi
pocket on the floor.
That was the place where Turke
met the real Kind man He showed hi
kindness by helping Bill pick up tn
scattered documents, and, among othe
things, a photograph Of Mary Brow
he had taken along.
"Likely-looking girl" duoth the re;
kind man. IS he handed the plctuT
back That warmed the cookies {
Turkey Bills heart. If it had any.
The man seemed to be pretty we
posted about the town He toe
Turkey to a place where they sol
things to drink. and then they got
be real good friends,
Jones said he had consumption, bl
didn't have mobey enough to get
a warmer climate, although some Of b
best friends had recommended him
20 there. He wanted Bill's advice
to what a man in such delicate sta
OF health and pocketbook ought to q
AS Turkey Bill was entitled to tai
another man back on his stock pas
and. having formed a real love f
Jones. he offered to take him along.
They had a nice trip west, al
Jones cough kept getting better; b
that hasn't anything to do with Il
story. Most OF the boys were glad
see Turkey back, or pretended tn
we're. They took Jones in because
seemed a pretty good sort Of fello
and, in spite of bis being such des
tute sort Of chap, he certainly was
liberal spender.
Looking back over those early dal
II seems odd how every man, as so
as he landed ln town. wanted son