Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
By Gertrude 3.
Copyrighted 1911 By Harper . Bros !;

Little Of caforny amt none so good yet but
cracker box. Better make up yore mind to stay
here fey years an paste IT, gospel into yore fsle?.
split redwood rail an palm up an down this State
that was planted bfore the United States fell foul
Of it, and road ns eneei 3y tn sJn s on
adv'tisement-if paint preachn's yore long suit.
take it tho yu amt above talkin' b'tween whes;"
an avcrted face. Once she shot him swift glance
at his half-esng exploitation of the field "Take
goin to destruction" He grinned to himself for
the V. l.. C., v L. l.. c., the Valley Land and
Lumber Company, was the strctest corporation for
which he had worked; the Gordon around its
soil absolute and the man with a whisky thirst
must ride, as he was riding for its relief IF yu're
headed up tn canon fur over Sunday" he suggested,
"I1l warrant tn super gives w hearty greetin.
And he chuckled wckedly within at what the boys
would do to him if they could hear his vicarous in
vtation
Keep him this side of tn Sicrras; don't let him
go rapsn' off into tn dry lands" was his final
ready to start, when there was no longer excuse
Il can't, He's just set And. OH I'm afraid of
the desert!" she mutered between dry lips. Jerry
says the Lord will look out for His own; but He
never meant for people not to use their common
mapped nep his road 50 k IN the first place "
"Why don't yu up an quit hm?' asked the man
Then meeting her aghted he o amt MT got no
of paints and brushes, finding his argument at last
under his guests irreverent urging, while admitting
his present destination be Jake's official strong
hold had vigorously enlarged upon his call and in
tention to complete his Chcago-projected circuit.
Your poor horse is growing uneasy" parted his
hostess, quvcring away from him. and, choking
back compunctious curse. the rider piled the spur.
His mind, however. chung to his adventure. A pretty
aney and he as
taken with that haunting likeness of express ion
which he had noticed from the first, had given him
natural and satisfactory solution of the van-trav-
elers relationship that fleeing glimpse of two
curtained hunks placed sleeping-car fashion against
the converted waffe-kitchens forward bulkhead had
gone far to reinforce.
oh damn" he growled in bitter sef-dsgust.
"Wmmen always are for stckin to their men folks.
piece o parchment to go draggin tender slip like
that acrost country, afreezn an burnin alternate
an maybe staryn; He amt no human man to do it,
by thunder! He snuthin' but picayune dried up
paint preacher! And reminiscent ebullitions of pro-
family continued to disgrace his quick passage as
each succeeding green curve offered freshly wrought
Biblical warnings, interspersed with tte sugge tons
TO TRY Napolio' and use Buckens Arnica Salvee,'
also new but done in a.. modest black and white
Scripture,
Sam Watson. store and tavern keeper at "Wat-
sons" received his infrequent customer with cor
diality, and cut at once into the current of his
thong hts run acrost anything startling on your
way down, Jake? The darndest outfit I ever sec
headed through here up the canon this morning
You might "a knocked ME down with a feather wher
glimpsed what the main guy was at" And upor
:hc lumbermans admitting guardedly tina: he also
had received a shock, the Bonifaee proceeded to ex
palate in evident. bitterness of spirit
couldn't help humping him somewheres along The
line-com,e in here to stock up on small groceries
and struck to trade out the bill in kind Nothing
fore. But he sure is freak! SHED like half brok,
mule at whisky, adj for the Midtown boys-1owee
he was some kind Of missionary and his bushes
ton or some such rot. Paid in hard cold cash
and hoped my money'd perish with me, an went on
an painted Wine is mocker strong drink is raging
that spiel when I up an. found it," glancing male
violently at pile Of red-spotched BINDINGS behn'
f To- sona " hold say eble a a h check
sawmills tomorrow: just wish had time to rid
over I'd show his black holiness what it means t
in the right place would raise such a rumpus at hi
speaking he couldn't hear himself think"
The az mst X w s h dew so s bn a'
I'm going back tonight: And | owe him sass o
my own account. Yu might rent me for subs
me Ike hoa GT F A nS 0 sas s seG
up an took it without murmur." Instinct sur
pressed ali mention of the girl to this publican BIT
of M nfp BS the e
had stimulated his fervor with second section
liquid fire. both her or evances and his own had as
kind of rough-l,ouse the innkeeper might approve.
That worhy's affronted vsage was growing'a sal
donic grin. go 80, -, .w -.
rated as the propositions full value struck him, 81
you'll get together raft and give the OF goat
regular ~ na Eey had H amo s' drink G1
II was by no means Polhemus's intention to "G
up this time In line i"T aTshor raid mmse ne +
. secuted an open patcrnalism. And, having rcplc,
ishcd his private stock. he got return start promp