The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
CHAPTER V.
Hoover Bows to Hymen.

EtoettE nDNb ~ DymtHs ST
II NkNoWN to Bud Lane and Buck
N Mckee, who were rioting in :
Florence, Jack Payson had hur-
ried up the wedding. Colonel Jim had
Josephine into consenting that
1t SHOULD take place two months ahead
of the time that had been fixed April
is the month fer showers, Josie, ans.
we'll let you weep all you plea Sc" ~
Two weeks notice, however. gave
scant time for preparation for the im-
portant ceremony that Mrs. Allen
necessary During this Period
the busiest spot in Arizona was the
kitchen of Allen hacienda. An i'm
mense cake, big as a cheese, was the
crowning effort of Josephine, who wept
copiously at the thought OF losing hetnq
daughter as she measured ard mixed
the ingredients. A layer of f~rosting nm
inch in thickness encrusted It's mas~n
terpiece of the art of pastry making
Topping the creation were manikins OF
a bride and bridegroom.
This climax of the bridal-cake had
been brought up by wagon from Tucson
with more caution than II II were M
months cleanup of a paying inine.y
Mrs. Allen permitted no one to go near
the artistic achievement. Others might $
look at 1t from afar, but at the slightest
movement to get close to It, she woulda
push the observer back, with the warns
ing: Keep yer dirty fingers offn It. :
'Tain't common icin'; that's CONNECTIONS
cry"
Enough chickens to feed a darby
camp-meeting were killed for the feast.
Fried, roasted. cold or minced e.
tamales, the dishes filled ovens and
tables, and overlooked into he spring..
house. Favorite recipes carried across
the plains by the wives OF the Argon-
auts met in rivalry with the dishes OF
the cooks of old Mexico.
Colonel Allen wandered aimlessly
about the ranch, while the preparations.
for the feast were In progress. The
women folk drove him from one favor<f
lite loalng place to another. His advice
was scorned and his wishes made q
subject for iests.
4 Defantly he had taken full charge of
the liquid refreshments. A friendly &
barkeeper in Tucson, acting under his
orders. had shipped to him cases or
champagne, a barrel of beer. and q
siphon of settler. Why the ~seltzer heg
never could explain. Later the UNI
lucky bottle marred the supper and
nearly caused a tragedy. 4 guest
| picked it up and peered into the Faetnl
tube to see ''how the burned thing
worked
AS the gazed and pondered. shalS-
ing the bottle in his effort to
handle. The stream struck him
fairly between the eyes. Shocked
surprised and half blinded. he pulled
his gun and declared immediate war
on the "sheep-herder who had put up
the job on him. Aliens other supplies
were of the kind taken straight IN tho
| Southwest, and downed with a hasty
gulp.
Driven from the house on the day Of
the wedding, he took refuge OF the
piazza. From behind the haeie-da
doateG drearnlly on the sun-drenciled
air the music of guitars and mandolins
played by Mexicans. practising for the
dance which woul follow the cere-S
mony. II
Tile colonel dozed and dreamed.
Suddenly the neace of the az er7oonSa
was shattered by The wild "yip-yirs Of
. band of cowboys. riding up tie tr1H.
Revolver shots punctuated their shriH
cries.
Alien bounded from his chair. shekS
ing himself like a terrier. This riotnus
sc"-d was the music he longcd 10 hesra
When the staccato beats Of the
ronies' hoofs ceased, nc s''o'Iteds
Come on. bows, make this voa~ lior9e'
Everything goes. and tho Swec water
on,nt le always WELCOME"
The foreman was the fret 70 rHN I'M
in front Of the house. "Iullo, U1c'e
Jim" he cried
"Fetlo. Sagebrush" arswerel 30
colonel a broad smile illuminate rs
race. Holding his pipe in one he~' he
licked his lire ut the thought of hNc'z-
erine M without tha inventie- Or IN
excuse for his wife. THEN he io'sn' Il
q hearty laileh with Tire men about tie
corral as he heard the grants A~f
sfamring Of = plunging musts1~1
cow-ronv had entered irto the T''~'t
Of tho occasion ard was trying 70 toss
his rider over his head.
Fresno was the victim of the horsA's
deviltrv.
his rredica mer+ aroused viii s''1-'ts
Of rnirth and sallies of the wit Of TIE
ccrral.
"Hunt leather. Fresno. or he'i' N''c'5
YOU clean over the WALL shouted Sayr
hr.-eh.
"crah his tail" yelled Show Tow.
With = Whom.
AN over" was the CHORUS. rs F-
','t'1 . virio's lob Of his sr',rs -
fork % tho hesd. brought the rninel
irto subiection.
"comc right IN. bovs,' called s''sey
'r . tbe r~Posers tato the hose
with shriil shouts. whoors ard rf'c
.'auehter the guests crowded about the
ranchman.
GRO BE eoutfSnss rererre-s