Putnam patriot., 1911-02-24
LOve and a Laundry Check The Way Two Levers Became
 Reunited. By MABEL D. CALHOUN CopyrIa4 by American Press Ass0-
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lafore DlxIe.s dancing ho0fs Like q WIil-o- -tbe=visp of the daytime Sud aepig be dug his knees Into Dixie,s shoulders. and as she spraug forward thrls leaned over and caught the fly ing paper with a praetieed hand. Then he scanned lt closely and uttered Ene afaWu whistle
 Plainly fl vas Chinese laundry cheek and represented to its own er necessary article of wearing ap- parel that probably lay unclaimed la fife wash house of some moon faced Celestial
 laundry eheck found on the side valk ln taUa is a commoa occurrence. 4 laundry q heck discovered In an ob- seure canyon ip the desert regions of Arizona becomes a matter for eonsld- erable interest. especially fl one has inst convinced himself that this par fIrular cduYcu has never been tred By fhe foot of civilized man
 eThere iaH.t ChIHk Iaaadry within affv miles. ar I'm a sinner And N9as f=5rc I'd struck a new tH8iI and after rasalng eHt guiley aad all 10 ind this,
 Hours aaerward When be rolled destIy ap t5 tbe bunk house and turn. el Dixie offr to the friendly preferred ferYices of Duuby Fink there was some comment on hIs extended qb- tcuce.
 aWhefa ihe crueHs9 asked Ten dersou. making room f=f his eemfade nf the tahHe and passing Webb.s emp f. be filled
 eDead.e replied Christopher his strong w64e teeth biting deep into hunk of corn bread T followed the trail clean of the range into tbe sand and cactus aHa then mlssed if. All. CT awhile 1 saw a huzz1rd hifb ih the qlr. and 1 guessed what had hap pened 10 l followed and found the eritter under a twisted cottonwood
 "Deadf9 questioned Peters.
 Almost. Of course couldn't leave her that way with that devilish bug. gard hanging around. so'-he paused for another draft of coffee.
 50 you shot her, Chrisf'
 ''Yep, and then I shot the buzzard
 They laughed indulgently. You al ways was soft hearted. Chris" com mented Peters. filling his pipe Who'd stop to bore a strayed critter after chasing her twenty milesF
 q would said Chris in voice that indicated he was weary of the topic. Any you chaps got baceyT'
 He deftly rolled q cigarette in his lean brown fingers and drew light from Henderson's smoke. Which one of you fellows k wearing piled shirtsf be asked lazily.
 s'Not guilty" they cried in chorus. md Peters continued. "They ain't chap had nerve enough to sport piled shirt on the Three Forks outht-not since Pinky Fleming was took for ghost and il greaser shot him dead right through the billed shirtH
 Since then piled shirts has been looked on like sudden death" put In Henderson pravely No, sir. there ain't nobody on Little Forks wearing blled shirts Why you ask. ChrisT'
 Anybody know where there's a Chnk laundry 7" demanded Chris pa tiently
 'I expect there's one in Tucson, suggested Peters Seems Ike dream -I remember shooting up a Chink laundry there That was s long time ago he added hastily.
 Then there aln't Chlnk laundry nearer than Tucson J' said Chris.
 How about Cactus BranchT' sug- sested Redwood from his quiet corner. Seems I reeollect once when l was passing tho Lone Horu-l was going 10 the roundup at the Branch. you know some of the wlmmen folks ask ed me would l leave q bundle at the laundry there and e., a check for tt Reing of an ebi'ging nature. l Jest nat. ualy sald ! would and I'm blamed f they Gt3H.s fete out big. squashy bundle. an We expecting couple of collars or aaAae A3e4 sAlrt Ms Traymwe Faa kuow 5m 1uymore's rpnnlng fae Lone Horn nov-Nrs Fmyu are -zs4 Gat }u i7se f. hceaase ifs a pra 'aga llIuc' ls's nothing but 8 fanc} Wfa Grtss her sister was ex- pect'ur fo wear to the scholIbonse dance. aal fhe girl Aal set her heart f should he dam up .-ht and nobody but a ChIaG mast do it
 As [ vas rpe1 in for the lob lows most polite and says Will leave the chcek ee my way back Wel1s- he paused and eyed hia companions du hlously Fea an recoAect the roundup at Cactus Branch
 Being as E only happened last week. we have strong rccolleeaaas." confess sd Chris. rHhllng his head thoughtful- Y "Wc specially reeolleet all about You. Redwood md you sure didn't fake lhe tran by the Lone Horn when you came back. and yol ain't been on shis outfit since
 That's right" admitted Redwood Eloomi'y
 What happcuedf'
 'I left the sQuashy bundle an right. rnd the Chink said it would be b,ss. and he gave me e piece of paper coF. cred with turkey tracks. and now I don't know where the hlamed paper K unless He frightened suddenly and snapped hts knee "Now, I reckon meb he made cigarette out Of It was short of paper about that time"
 Henderson laughed loudly. You'd have knowed lt f you'd smoked that Redwood Mebbe We can help you out because 1T that girl don't g.t to ths dance. why. l don't know what Il, chaps will do. I've seen her"
 ''Is lt that hady" asked Peters sym pathe;ieaily.
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