The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-01
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Celebrate? OF course we can't cele-
brate in this town. We can't do moth
Ing until we get together" Postmas-
ter Haston threw away his cigar i'm
patiently and turned to the group of
villagers.
Maybe that's so, but it ought not
to be. Just because the cattlemen live
in the north end and the land owners
in the south they ought not to quar-
rel" replied Harry Morse, son of
Banker Morse. and just home from col
lege.
Well get up our own then" sug-
gested somebody. "and let's meet to-
morrow night. Fourth of July will be
here in week"
Harry on his wheel met Led Norton,
the son of the owner of Hat Six ranch,
on horseback a day later and the two
young men rode side by side across
the level plain for a time. Harry told
his companion of the arrangement.
That's all right" was the reply.
''The north end is goin' to perform,
too. These old fogies may fight.if they
want to, but we won't be so foolish.
We can't help 1t, of course, but let's go
in for some fun out of it anyhow"
I'm with you. We are to have a
goddess of liberty in flag dress and a
golden crown. You can't guess who 1t
is to be-"
THAT homely Miss Lyons, of course.
She always forces herself to the 'front.'
"Wrong-Miss Dorine Vandele."
why, her father is worth half a
million"
well, she will do anything for me-"
with a satisfied air.
ooh, no, that's it, is it," and the cat
tie king-to-be rode away. In his heart
was little bitterness, for Dorine was
to him something better than the rest
of the girls of the town, north or
south, and he did not like at all the
tone of his companions expression.
So North Mayville prepared for its
parade and speeches. and South May
vile did the same. Harry and Led met
often and exchanged notes as to the
progress of the work. 1t was to be a
very bitter rivalry.
For days the two sections of the
town were excited. The tales of the
doings of "the other side" were related
with great exaggeration. Dorine heard
them and wondered If her party was
to be so very much outshone.
They tell me that they are getting
up c;ricature of me-" she said to
Harry
They would not dare" was the
eager response. IF they did | would
punish the author myself"
WHO is in charge of the other
side?"
LED Norton, of course
Dorine's color heightened, but Harry
did not notice it, He was at last re.
warded by securing her promise that
she would act the principal part In
the parade He went away wondering
how he could arrange it so that he
might be near her on the glorious
occasion.
On the eve Of the important day
there was a gathering in the back
room of the Cattlemen's Club Around
the table sat six of the largest owners
of stock on the range. They talked
of the morrow.
81 am In favor of knocking them
out once for ALL" Colonel Norton was
saying. THAT side of the town has
got to be wiped out eventually or our
property will be worthless. Let's scare
their old parade out of sight and let
them see that we are running the
town."
Some objection was raised, but in
the end the worthless were all satisfied
with plan that promised dire trouble
for the neighboring burg. But only
the six cattle barons knew of it when
the morning dawned. The rivalry of
Western towns does not permit of
much confidence or exchange of cour-
tesies.
There was another conference that
night, but the cattlemen did not know
of 1t. Only two were In it-Harry and
Led. When they parted 1t was with a
laugh and merry call from the for
mer: 1T will be fun for all of EN-"
independence Day dawned with the
beauty of the prairie skies shining
over the town. 1t was a day for the
young to rejoice in and for the old to
be thankful for. Mayville was astir
early and there was not a resident
who did not feel that he was interest
ed in the celebration, both for the pur-
pose of making for his side the best
showing possible and to Guido the op-
position. The rival parades started at
10 o'clock.
The two young men were the re.
spective marshals of the day and each
guided his troops as best he could
through the crowds that filled the
streets. The south enders were gor-
geous in their finery from the stores.
The Goddess of Liberty rode on float
all by herself and the horses were gay
ly fitted out for the occasion with rib
bons and bunting. The north end had
2 more sedate, but more expensive ag-