The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-25

ssz:1 At all events, it began
With the coming Of the Flint twins to
Discord, Arizona, where we two and
others had alreadyforegathered.
1 Discord isn't poetic, even to look
back upon. It was close to the Mexi-
/ can bordsr where I've always noted
human morals TO sicken Then there
wasn't enough women about to keep
VS. bright; in a word too much nose
| paint, too little hair-dyc. Discord
was sort Of Potter's field for human
hopes.
The Flints came to town in a
| modest sort Of hand-in-hand fasllion.
Twas just few days after Mary Give
settled down to make buns, pies,
ginger bread and coffce-cake. She
/ was Young, dclectablc as her cookies,
and Piscord treasured her from the
1 start. She could have made a living
il, mud pies. The Flints were
I medium sized men, quick, small
footed. slope shouldcred and low
voiced They seemed conditioned
and sophisticated, but my good friend,
Didsey Leeds, remarked.
!. Il We always been dead-set against
splittin human packages into trims.
The ANIMALS of mankind prove that
there ain t more than enough virtues
shelled out per nativity. Look at
Abe. Lincoln row There's my style
Of man in all respects. but suppose
he'd had to divvy the csistnin' facilita-
tions with an Ikel'
Now you take them trims, Steve
and Martin" !" Didsey went on, roll
EN- together and bile EN- down to a
lightweight figure, ard you'd havcoae
p-ettygood gent. not world-whipper,
bat a good average male mammal"
Bit what's the. matter with 'em
nou Didsey'" | inquired. They're
de1zsat SO far, graceful with their
l zer and carry sa.He gcnial-as be-
comes strangcrs'
There you are-that's just itl" Didsev
exclaimed with victorious spirit
/ sr.laata'
"You don't Soy nc You don't say
This hcre Mart Or This here Steve stacks
up iatea pr,tty good gent, but 'they'!"
Didsey has a convincing way. Not
ior a inoath or 50 were any Of US able to tell
the twins apart, and they didn't help great
dealintas mattcroi Distinguishing garments.
| They weren alike inside, however lpres-
entity began to develop the case this way: il
either Of the Flints said anything with point
aiG delicacy, il was Steve; il either tarried
/ long at Biltong bar during working hours,
i was Steve; if only one was working the
lain at any time, il wasn't Steve; il either
coaatenance lit up like dance-hall-it
wasn't Martins. Close familiarity with a
pair Of true-hatched honey-bees will finally
enable you 70 tell them apart; 50 il was with
the brothers Say, four months, and every
body hcsctticmentu understoolth that Steve
was the lusury and Martin TIE substance
or the latters love for hi weaker flasher
half lf-wcIl, opinion is sill divided in lis
cord, some holding il godly and some irsanc
Martin carry showed town-sr'.it. pre-
serving comehncss aboat'his cabin and rn
unobtrtsiyc but seemingly sincere intc;esi
n the luck Of all men. As natural famhy
man as ever knew, he was even habits, a
/ hard worker, 4 man who loved the cabin
doorway and approach clean and towering
--iust The quiet t,pc Of human value tllal
would rejoice the heart Of fine woman for
b-.i century
Ahusy night at Biltong' :, six months after
the twins set up in Diseord, Steve had
been packing biltsng hell-seepagc in two
oince jplts, since the staring day broke over
the eastern fringe Moreover, he had been
gaming momentum in this sort . thing for
seyerslilsys. while AIartin worked the claim;
50 ts,at nov he carried burden like house
boat 81 4 burro His laugh naturally
tipping and fluent had lost its melody. 1t
would have made the reputation Of villain
III Tie boards hard as parrot s tone, that
sugh II made me think Of disks Of metal
humping down steel stairs. There
v':ls look IN his eye, Too, Of a man whose
soul has been iumcd oui for the nonce, and
whose body docsn'tcaf Steve had shown
quite formidable cass Rt treatments al Bill
,ngs, but nothing !c this, heretofore.
aaftla entered in mid-evening, stepped up
his brother and talked low, rather sug-
eHstiag than pleading
4 fhtansvcr silenfed the bar-room pen
t'-ating poison In words. II burned and
irnt1 III men minds. without destroying
Y - I1<oA mind what hr savs nnw fellers y