The Marshall republican., 1911-03-24
BY HAMLN GARLAND
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~ W e.f's Wv y tsf' "
sppiy II before"
g.'Hcre's your opportunity RedHeld
ssmred ,hcr. MY respect for the
science OF domestlcs Is growing. I
marvel TO think what another week
will bring forth. Il think I'll have 10
come down again Just to observe the
Improvement 10 the place @3e
at cant. last" Lie lnterjected.
shell catch the western habits.
She'll sag. snnie. as we all do" 81,
mo. she won't" declared Ross. with
intent TO encourage her. III you give
her n free hand | predict she'll make
your place the wonder and boast Of
the countryside"
"whcn do you go back TO the noun.
tainsf" Lee Virginia asked a little
later.
Immediately after ms luncheon" he
replied.
She experienced a pang OF regret
aud could not help showing Il a little.
"Your talk helped me- she said. "I've
decided TO stay aud DO OF use to my
mother"
Red6eld overheard this and turned
toward her.
III want Mrs. Redneld to know you.
I'm sure her advice will be helpful. l
4 hope you'll come up and see US II you
! decide to settle In sulphur or II you
don't"
Il should like TO do so.' she said.
touched by the tone as we'll as by the
words Of his invitation.
"Redneld's house Is one OF the few
completely civilized homes In the
state put In Cayanagh. when ! get
80 weary OF cuss words and poaching
and graft that I can't live without
killing some one ! 20 down TO Elk
Lodge and smoke aud read the super.
\ o my tone"
Redneld smiled. when I get weak.
kneed or careless In the service mud
feel my self respect slipping away !
20 M to Ross cabin and talk with n
man who represents the impersonal.
evcn handed justice of the federal
law"
Cavanagh laughed. There. Hay-
ing handed each other reciprocal bou-
auets. We can now tell Miss Wethcr-
ford the truth. Each Of US thinks very
well of himself. and we're both be-
levers In the nov west"
"what d. you mean by the new
west?" asked the girl.
well. the work you've been doing
here tubs morning IL part OF IT," an
swered Redleld. Its n kind OF house
cleaning. The old west was plctur'
esque and In n way manly and fine
certain phases OF It were heroic-and
1 hate to see It all pass, but some OF
US began TO realize that'it was not all
poetry. The plain truth Is my com
panions for over twenty years were
iawiess rufians. and the cattle bust
hess as we practiced II In those days
was founded on selhshness and dc
| Tended mt the mouth Of the pistol. W.
were all pensioners on Uncle Sam ant
lighting to keep the other fellow OF
from having a share of his bounty. u
was all wastcful. half savage. w
didn't want settlement; we didn't wan
law: we didn't a a state. We want
I'd free range. We were n line OF ~
rates from beginning to end. and WEIR
not wholly reformed yet"
Some one M the table accused Red
field Of being more OF n town sit
boomer than n cattleman.
" He was quite unmOved by this charge
''The town site boomer at least believe
In progress. lie does not go so far a
20 shut out settlement. don't car
10 have my children live the life I'v'
lived. Besides. what right have we Z
stand In the way OF a community
growth? Suppose the new life IL les
picturesque than the old. We don
like To leave behind us the pleasure
and snorts ~ boyhood. hut we grcy
n M nevertheless. I'm far more ioya
10 the state as forest supervisor thrl
l was when | was riding with the cat
tlemen to scare up the hester
At this moment Sam Gregg en,ere'
the room. followed by u young man v
an English riding suit, Seeing iha
.'the star boarder table offered D COT
pie OF seats. they pointed that way
Sam was plainly In u warlike frame y
mind and slammed his sombrero ON II
nall with the action OF a man beutin
an adversary,
'That Is Ham Gregg and his son Jo'
Used to be ranch cuttleman. now ON
OF our biggest s~hceprnen." CavanaH
explained. Hes hucklng the cattl
men now"
Leo Virginia studied young GREG
with interest. for his dress WINS TINT {
. man to whom money came easy. an