The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-12

S9R was young there were
w hut four inhabitants to
witness the incoming of
(. nverIand; Bill, being a visitor,
ant along, and that's why he happen
a 10 see her first.
when man gets in the habit Of fix
~ bia gaze on nothing more than
.s0d and plenty OF it, the sight OF a
sonset Young Thing" is apt to stun
IL, for a moment. When she a.ight-
y turkey was stunned into stolidi-
n comparison with which canned
s.,dine would have seemed highly &C
,ive That kind of an immoblllty
shsrein the lower jaw droops and ex-
no.os the back filling of teeth, II
tbere are any. He watched the Sweet
young Thing" and she having small
sood for his inspection or threatened
paralysis, watched the train pull out.
aHere YOU" she said. where's the
Sotal?" That awoke him. He removed
bis hat, inspected the sWeat-band,
made four distinct attempts at speech,
then fell to scratching his bald scalp
n lien of hair, that ornamental but
ussless covering having disappeared
\ partnership with the fleeting years.
He was divided between an insane de-
dre to expectorate and a wish to
strajghten the knotted handkerchief
around his neck, and then bolted into
words.
"Aint no hotel nowhere here" he
replied. "Ain4 nothin' much, nohow.
Praps you might git put up over at
Hank Williams cabin. He's got a
woman that sometimes hands out a
snack for the boys"
Acting as a guide, he carried her
baggage to the Williams abode. And
in these incidents were the mo-
mentous beginnings of Socorro.
Her name was Mary Brown. A very
uncommon name, too, and one that
did credit to the direct simplicity of
Arizona Why she came no one
knew; what she was there for no one
knew. But that wasn't a secret very
long She was taking orders for a
hair.restorer that was guaranteed to
grow fuzz on anything, from Turkey
Bill to a Mexican dog. All that was
necessary was to buy and apply
enough.
To one on the inside, business
wouldn't have looked very flattering
when Mary came. AS a matter of his
toricsl fact, Turkey Bill was the only
bald.headed man within 100 miles
and he didn't belong to Socorro. He
vas a cattleman from thirty miles
away and hitherto had never particu-
arly bemoaned the loss of nor banker
Cd Tor more hair. Badness had been
blessing, because it saved combing
Mary was retiring sort of girl, but
she didn't have to work overtime to
impress Turkey, because he was at
me old tin-can age where his affec-
IONS were easily denied. He was
ouched by the gentle confidence with
"Alch she told him that she was an
orphan and the only support of large
family OF brothers and sisters away
Oaek east. Of course, as she admitted,
Sae wasn't very good business wom-
a. out she had been told that all
around Socorro were men who were
crying for hair-restorer.
turkey ordered a couple of cases,
sna when he rode back to the valley
la' night wept unrestrained tears
Wef the big family of orphans that
Iust staFVe unless all the range
UOught freely of the remedy.
Il shed been an agent for tick
~ ne said to himself, she might
- nae good; or even dope for sheep.
WI hairTestorer? Humph!"
N ta'her hating way he explained
" situation to his men when he ar
.'ea nome. and if his reputation for
A'eplns his word and being a gentle |
IAN o. surprising good aim had not |
s'sieo, 1t is probable the Star
- 80 outnt would have had funerals |
~. a.'enu the next day. AS it was. the |
g .uS were all of the furtive sort.
.uen curiosity got. the better of the |
n ana from that time on the trail |
wear. u sho" signs OF
,, IS heart,breaker, Mary Brown
nay s" retiring, and coy. would have
sue aus Cleopatra seem a mere black.
a A.. her fame spread for many a
m,ns 'iae' and it was astonishing how
rso wen there were on the range
ksir. "e 81. IN direful apprehension of
uos, 'aeir sunburnt locks. although
Sins. =" ,,,, Them could have sported
sus; Hair to Let"
bOosS; car, came in cavalcades. and
d han s... hair-oil by the gross. After
ana a's >, shipment the whole range be-
Hg,s % Saoriferous, and there wasn't a
Wsr,. = .ne country who hadn't drank
@vmsn u IT. donated by oversize ed
ogs u had it contained alcohol it
even n u"'e been no more popular.
Ns,rSasS country where cologne was
s,r, Ma - as fair beverage.
1 csbiD liked s the country, so she built
hrbar'o ~. vi great dimensions, not a
n sSiUn ming of adobe, but with Inn.
ad ). hundred dollars, Turkey said,
Z l, ought to know 49,. -