New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-29
CHAPTER III.
LIE AND HER DAUGHTER.

CHAPTER III.
LIE AND HER DAUGHTER.
"HEY parted on the little porch
of the hotel, and her eyes fol-
lowed his upright figure till be
4 entered one Of the shops. He
had precisely the look and bearing of
young lieutenant in the regular
army. She returned to her own room
strangely heartened by her talk with
the ranger.
She was still bordering when her
mother came In.
"How'd you sleep last night?"
Lee Virginia could not bring herself
to lie. mot very WELL" she. admitted.
"Neither did I. Fact Of the matter Is
your coming fairly upset me. I've been
kind of used UP for three months. !
don't know what ails me. I'd ought to
20 up to Sulphur to see doctor, but
there don't seem to be any free time.
pear to have lost my grip. Food
don't give me any strength. saw you
talking with Ross Cavanagh. There's
man. And Reddy-Reddy is what you
| call a fancy rancher; goes In for al
fatty and fruit and all that. He isn't
| N the forest service for the pay or for
| graft. He's got regular palace up
there above Sulphur-hot and cold
water all through the house. furnace
in the cellar and two bathrooms, so
they tell me: never was in the place.
You better keep out of the caffy. 1t
amt a fit place for you. Fact Is, !
wasn't expecting anything SO fine as
you are. I laid awake till 3 O'Clock last
night figuring on what to do. reckon,
you'd better 60 back and give this out
fit up as bad job. used to tell Ed
you didn't belong to neither Of US. and
4 you don't. can't see where you did
come from-anyhow, don't want the
responsibility Of having you here. Why.
you'll have half the men in the county
hitching to my corral. You're too good
for any Of them. You just plan to pack
up and pull out tomorrow"
She went out with a dragging step
that softened the girls heart. Lies
daughter came nearer to loving her at
this moment than at any time since
her fifth year.
In truth, Lie had risen that morn
ing intending ''to whirl in and clean
up the house.: being suddenly con-
scious to some degree of the dirt and
disorder around her. but she found
Ii, r.eIf physically unequal to the task.
! Ter brain seemed misted. and her FOOD
had been a source Of keen pain to her.
Sh" gave sharp answers to all the
n,tl who came up 10 ask after her
d;,:"','er. and to one who remarked on
,Ii.. girls good looks aud demanded an
:,.f" ;|u,.ti,,a she said: Get along!
vo;. iylp-s want to understand I'll kill
,hs wan t,::lt sets out to fool with my
girl. tel! yc;u that
While yr! T.ee Virginia was wonder
in" how to begin the days work some
one knn.kc.l On her door. and IN an
swer to her i.;ritation woman stepped
ina thin b!oiil bag with a weak
smile and watcry blue eyes. us this
little Lee Virginny:" she asked.
The girl rose. Yes"
swell, howdy?" She extended hel
hand, and Lee took it.. my names
Jackson-Mrs. Orlando Jackson.
knew yore pa and you before the
war; Are ye back fer to stay:"
mo, I don't think go. viii you SIT
DOWN." f..
Mrs. Jackson took a seat. "Come
back to see how yore ma was, reck
on? Found her pretty porely. didnt
ye?" She lowered her voice. Il think
she's got cancer of the stummick-
now that's my guess"
Virginia started. what makes yo'
think so?'
"Well, I knew woman who wen
| Just that way. Had that same fabby
funny look-and that same distress
after eatin'. told her this mornin
she'd better go up to Sulphur and SCI
that new doctor"
"What did you mean by the war?
asked Virginia. .r...r
"Why, you remember the rustic
war? We date everything out her
, from that year. You was here, for
, saw ye."
"Ohv' exclaimed Virginia. II under
, stand now. Yes, l was here. I saw m.
, father at the head Of the cowboys
"They weren't cowboys. They wer
t hired killers from Texas. That's wha
} let yore pa out O. the state. He wer
2 on the wrong side and if it hadn't 9
been for the regular soldiers he'd .
l been wiped out right hyer. AS 1t wa
? he had to skip the range and hahn
e never been back. 1 don't s'pose folk
D will lay It up agin you-bein' girl
e but they couldn't no son of Ed Wetl
erford come back here and settle. nc
for minute. Why, we're ma has ma
to bluff the whole county a'most-nt
that lay anything up agin her. l tie
folks she was that bewitched with E
= she couldn't see things any way b1
his way. He fought to save be RANG