The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-01-11


Tie most pepslar man IN ~
he would probably have s
with vanity bad there - =
LETT vacant tor 1t In h
He was especially, n
women, but was nj
company OF those ~.
sied Il was his fate
girls Of the region VII, Isl
whom by turns he W.
up to marry each some
wocef.
"Dangnation take IT,
say. II don't git up enon L ,'
cut a heifer out O. the herd until SOM
body else has roped her an slappe
his brand on to her Talk about to
many irons In the fire! Why. I've onl.
got one. an it's het up red all til,
time waitin' fer the right chanel t..
use it. but somehow never git 1t out
o. the Goals. What's the use. anyhow
Nobody loves fat man.
Slim was inordinately pulled up by
Polly's preference for him. which she
showed by all sorts Of feminine tyran'
MES, and he was forced continually
to slap his huge paunch to remind him.
self of what he considered his dis
abling deformity. Miss Polly" he
would apostrophize the absent lady.
you don't know what volcano OF
yeethin' fiery love this here mountain
Of flesh Is that you're walkin'. over.
Some day I'll erupt an jest eternally
calcify sou If you don't look outr'
The sheriff took no stock in Buck
McKee's professed reformation and
was greatly worried over the influence
be had. acquired; over Bud Lane. whe
had before this been Sims protege.
Accordingly he readily conspired with
her to break OF the relations between
the former outlaw and the young
horse wrangler but thus far had met
with no success.
Payson, feeling himself absotved by
the death Of Dick Lane from all obliga.
lions to his friend. began openly to
WOO Echo Allen. but without presum-
Ing upon the revelation Of her love for
him which she had made at bis propo-
sition to 60 into the desert to LINES
rescue. She responded to his courteous
advances az frankly aud naturally; n
q bud opens to the gentle wooiAg Of
the April sun. Softened by her grief
for Dick as for 4 departed brother AZ
the flower IL by the morning dew, the
petals Of her affection opened and laid
bare her heart Of purest gold. The
gentle. diffident girl expanded into .
glorious woman, conscious Uf her pow
ers aud proud and happy that she was
fulfilling the highest function Of wo.
manhood-that Ut loving and aiding
with her love noble man.
Jack PaysOn. however. failed to get
the proper credit Tor this sudden dow
efing Of Ech0's beauty aud charm
These were ascribed to her years
In the east, and her proud
mother was offended by the way In
which she accepted the young ranch
mans advances. You held yourself
too cheap" she said lit is at least
due to the memory Of poor Dick Lane"
whom. now that be was safely dead,
she. localized into u type Vt perfect
manhood. that you make Jack wait as
long rs you did him" When Payson
objected to- this delay by
pointing out that he was fully able TO
support q wife. as Lane had not been,
and proposed. with Echo's assent. six
rs the Limit Of waiting, Mrs
Allen resorted to her old expedient-
tears.
"Boohoo, You are going to take
away my only daughter
The colonel. however, though he had
loved Dick Lane as If he were his
own son, was delighted to the bottom
Of his hospitable soul that 1t was a
man not already In the family circle
who was to marry Echo. especially
when he was royal fellow like Jack
Payson. So he arranged a compro-
mise between the time proposed by
Mrs. Allen and that desired by the
lovers, and the date of the wedding
was fixed nine months ahead
1T will fall in June" said the old
fellow. who knew exactly how to han
die his fractions wife. "the month
when swell folks back in the east do
all their hitchin' up. Why. come to
think of 1t, it was the very month /
ran of with you in. though 1 didn't
know then that we was elopin' so
strictly accordin' to the book Of eti-
kwvt"