Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-10

the land. The house was only one
story in height. The rooms and out
building spra wled over wide expanse
Of ground, The walls were of native
stone and adobe clay. Over them clam
bered grapevines. In front of the
home Mrs. Allen had planted a gar
den. A 'dobe wall cut off the house
from the corral and the bunk house
A heavy girder spanned the dis
lance from the low roof to the top
of the barrier Latticework support
ing grapevine formed. with a girder,
a gateway through which one could
catch from the piazza a view Of a
second cultivated plot. Palms and
Towering cactuses added color and life
to the near prospect. Through the
arbor glimpse of the Tortilla noun
tains. forty miles away, held the eye.
The Sweetwater. its path across the
plains outlined by the trees fringing
its banks, flowed past the ranch. Yuc-
ca palms and sahuaros threw scanty
shade over the garden.
Shortly after the arrival of the Al
lens in Arizona they were blessed
with a daughter. the first white child
born in that region. They waited for
a Protestant clergyman to come along
before christening her. and as such
visits were few and far between the
child was beginning to talk before she
received q name. From q ''cunning'
habit she had of repeating the last
words of questions put to her her
father Professionally dubbed her Echo
which name. when the preacher came
he Insisted upon her retaining.
As Echo grew older, in order that
she might have a companion. Colonel
Allen went to Kentucky and brought
back with him little orphan girl who
was a distant relative of his wife.
Polly Hope her name was, and Polly
Hope she insisted on remaining, al
though the Aliens would gladly have
adopted her.
Colonel Allen trained the girls in all
the craft of the plains just as if they
were boys. He taught them to ride
astrde. TO shoot, to rope cattle. They
accompanied him everywhere he went,
cantering on bronchos by the side of
his Kentucky thoroughbred. Merry,
dark eyed, black haired Echo always
rode upon the off side and saucy Polly,
tilted nose, upon the near. The eX-
Confederate soldier dubbed them in
military style his right and left
wings" AS the three would make a
raid upon Florence. the county town,
| the inhabitants did not need to look
| out of doors to ascertain who were
| coming, for the merriment of the little
| girls gave sufficient Indication. Here
| comes Jim Allen ridin' like the de-
stroyih' angel" said young Sheriff
Hoover on one of these occasions. 81
know him by the rustlin' of his
| WINGS"
| The household was again increased
a few years later by the generous re-
| Spouse of the Aliens to an appeal from
a childrens aid society in an eastern
| city to give a home to two orphaned
brothers. Richard and Henry Lane.
Dick and Buddy shortened in time to
BUD, as they were called, being taken
young, quickly adapted themselves to
their new environment and by the
time they arrived at manhood had
proved themselves the equals of any
cowboy on the range in horsemanship
and kindred accomplishments Dick,
the elder brother. was a steady. reli-
able fellow, modest as he was brave
and remarkably quick witted and re-
sourceful in emergencies. He gave his
confidence over readily to his fellows,
but IL ever he found himself deceived
withdrew it absolutely. 1t was prob
ably this last characteristic that at
tracted to him Echo Aliens especial
| regard. for it was also her distinguish.
ing trait. "1ou have got to act square
with Echo" her father was wont to
say. "for II you don't you'll never
make it square with her afterward"
Bud was generous hearted, impetu-
BUS boy, who responded warmly to at
| lection. He repaid his elder brothers
protecting care with 4 loyalty that
knew no bounds. The colonel, who
was a strict disciplinarian, frequently
punished him in his boyhood for way
ward acts, and the little fellow made
no resistance-only sobbed in deep pen
/ itence, Once. however, when Uncle
jim, as the bo.rs and Polly called him.
felt compelled to apply the rod to
Dick-uniustly, as it afterward appear
ed-Bud burst into a tempest of pas
sionate tears and. leaping upon the
tolonel's back, chung there clawing and
striking like wildcat, until Allen was
forced to let Dick go It is shrewdly
/ Indicative Of the colonels character
that not only did he refrain from pun
ishing Bud on that OCCASION. but when
foggings were subsequently due the
little fellow laid on the rod less heav-
| lily out of regard for the loyalty to his
brother he had then displayed
This attack also won the admiration
Of Polly Hope, who was something of
a spitfire herself. A little jealous Of
Dick for the chief place he held in
Buds affection, she openly claimed
Al,