Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-03

greatly disturbed about her lovers in
explicable absence. Had she been free
from the duties of hospitality she
would have leaped on her horse and
| gone il search of him.
| Echo's wedding attire would seem as
/ homogeneous as Jacks to the eyes Of an
fastener, yet ii was entirely suited to
the circumstances, for the couple in
! tended as soon as they were married
to ride to a little hunting cabin of
| Jacks in the Tortilla mountains, where
| they would spend their honeymoon.
| She was dressed in an olive green
riding habit which she had brought
from the east The skirt was divided
| and reached just below the knees. Her
blouse, of light material and brown in
color, was loose, allowing free play for
her arms and shoulders. High riding
| boots were laced to the knees. A SOM
brero and riding gloves lay on the
/ table ready to complete her costume.
Bud coldly acknowledged Echo's af-
fectionate and happy greeting and
CURLY Informed her that Jack had ar
| rived.
She rushed out of doors, with a cry
Of joy.
Running across the courtyard toward
her lover, who awaited her with out
| stretched arms, she began:
"Well, this is nice time, you out
rageous''- Then Polly stopped her
with a mock serious look "Wait a
minute-wait minute the girl
draWled as if refining in a too eager
horse. Don't commence callin' love
names before you get the hitch. Time
enough after. He has been actin up
| sOmethin' scandalous with me-"
, Jack threw up his hands in protest,
hastily denying any probable charge
that the tease might make. "Why, |
haven't been saying world" he cried.
Polly laughed as she ran to the door.
mo, you haven't" she answered
mockingly, as one agrees with a child
whose feelings have been hurt. He's
only been tellin' me he loved
Pausing an instant, she pointed at
Echo, ending her sentence with a
shouted you"
With her hand on Jacks shoulder
Echo said: ''Polly, you are a firt.
You've too many strings to your bow"
"YOu mean I've too mony beaus to
my stringsv laughingly answered the
girl.
you'll have Slim Hoover and Bud
Lane shooting each other up all on
your account" chided Echo.
'NOthin' of the kind,' pouted Polly
"Can't a girl have friends? But l
know what you two are waitin' for
What" asked Jack.
! ''You want me to vamose. I'm hep
J III vam." And Polly ran into the
!. kitchen to tell the men that the bride
groom had arrived, but couldn't be
seen until the bride was through with
an important interview with him. Sc
/ she hustled them all into the living
room, where the girls We're.
This room was a long and low apart
, ment, roughly plastered. The heavy
ceiling beams, hewn with axes, were
, uncovered, giving an old English eff
feet, although this was not striven for
but made under the stress of neces
, sity. The broad windows were trel
Used with vines, through which filtered
bl eeze stirred the leaves lazily The
, chairs were broad and comfortable
T the workmanship of the monks of the
pneighbOring mission. In the corner:
, stood squat earthen water jars o.
Mexican mOlding. On the adobe wall:
were hung trophies of the hunt, wal
/ bOnnets and the crudely made adorn
ments Of the Apaches. Navajo blan
+ kets covered the window seats an(
, were used as screens for sets of
, shelves built into the spaces between
the windows.
Polly carried in on a tray n large
bowl of punch surrounded by glasse:
and gOurdS. This was received will
riotous demonstrations She placed i
2 planks laid on trestleS and, assisted
2 by the other girls, served the men lib
$ orally from the bowl.
The guests showed the effects O
4 outdoor life and training. Their ges
. lures were full and free. The tone
j Of their voices were high pitched, bu
they spoke more slowly than thei
< eastern cousins, as if feeling the neces
sity even when confined, of malzin
: every word carry. No one lolled il
e his seat, but sat upright, as if stil
8 having the feel of the saddle unde
him.
: Toward women in all social gathei
y ings the cowboys act with exaggerate
2 chivalry: but, as Sagebrush would dt
}, scribe it, they "herd by their lone
S some" There is none Of the con
+ mingling Of sexes seen in the cas-
At dance the girls sit at one end c
3 the room, while the men group then
t selves about the doorway until til
music strikes up. Then each wi
d seize his partner after the boldest Ia
r made the first move. When the dane
l. measure ends, the cowboy will rarel
n oroorf hiS mariner tO her sent Iut wi