La Junta tribune., 1912-11-09

Ui J'-ta- aoo ohufuku
.pad. 10 AS. nj. h- An. yer, Thought
ini while b~ ~~ui UPSTAIRS 10 ni> rs..,n
aud removed ib~ .Iul. asd~n snirt aud
put on o gray nann~, vn~. ~hr b Aftri
81 was much nior~ is..,oGi.uy 10 MIN
than the glossy white an-.
ON his WAY oui b- >,opp.d In the
kitchen herr. wab sun. ~a. franti
cally washing dishes
You mar.eu wan sung he asked
sharply
The Chinamap Jum,-.d n-rvously ut
th.. question and >iipns ~, head IN
such rapid negatives that us eu- ash
ed back aud forth ike the TAI. VI an
uugry cat
Nailed; Ne; On. no no. no. no,
Me TO ike gni>-nie uol uia.ii-d Oh
no.
You GOT Siri,'
"Oh, no. no. no.
WHY not You think boss no, ike
you have siri;-
"Oh-b. not iis~ Chinese cni VI. no
have ga til nae go ba,. tu ,auipn
some day
dout think he'd care II YOU wan,
ed to lei married Wsh Sun. There's
. nice little nous. dpwu IA the pasture.
Hud you c"u.J come ur aud r,-'s every
day Why don you t-ii the bus,:
Ne no liz. gai> me ~ want get
malllel.- pcrsi>'ci Wah sung
As h. rode over the well worn iraiI
that icl TO the Widow Clancy rau-n.
Harry Barry WIS trmly cnDvin -i that
the Chiunman had hr-n lying 10 him
Il was n bright moonlight night. and
be resolved 10 8~k Mrs CLANCY TO nd.
with him ~ Ssirp"ter creek ana IN
ve>tisat. what iay beyond Tn. ro-
manle Involved nliEht lure h-r into the
evening rid.
II did She was warmly interested
10 the story nf the d.simiring China
man. and tiic ~u~f-~.i,-i iuvc aGair that
might b- ~ to. bottom nf his erraiic
actions
How long hHs he acted that way.
Harr! r she a>sed. a. they rode side
boy I'D. up the trail n-r hand III tia,
gf her sw"ei hearts
About three months Ever since he
cam. back from months leave Of
absence lie went To san Fran isoo.
aud hes aci-d ike . crazy nca ever
sine aud Ia. told her th,. story Of the
bean soup. and ih- conversation that
followed
"rOor fellow sighed 'irs Clancy.
and Harry Barry leaned over aud Kiss.
.I b-r ilp-
When they reached the springs they
could see that the trail entered a Thick.
ct OF ,hornS. but Harry Investigated
aud found that the Way had t-.~n cun.
uingiy cleared OF tborus. ~ that n I-r-
sou might p,>S through. They left
their h"r>'.- ~ the springs. aud Harry.
tssdlsx The way. the, pushed through
the ihirkri ." s.a,rrec ON the OF her side
Into an ol--n sand, sIa-r dropping
down the hill~ii. That formed one
boundary v Lone Run ranch
\ faint icir prickiDg through the
gicom Of nnp'ber ihick-t on tn. nil.
side lurs-i ib.'in down until they stopd
b..for. small cahin thaiched with
braneh.s aud almost concealed from
the view % the casual l'asserby
.s'rhef- J. window You lnok dear
said Harry barry and ~ his sweet
heart ht-iilt.d h- added You know
it, to help -m along II IL necessary >"
Then Mrs cianc, looked through
corner Of the pnn- from whirb the cal
leo Inner curtain had swung back re-
veaiiug the inf-riur OF the one room-d
cabin She looked aud Looked anally
reaching out and drawing Harry to
ward her until their faces touched.
They LOOKED uron ,iitl. home u
might have been picked up out ~ an,
rity In China aud dropped there on this
lonely Montana hillside What marvel.
gu. fore had enabled the small China.
man to >r'rrtly bring from great di-
tancs- all the little bpn-ehold gods that
meant home tu HIM Lave. of course
The walls were hung with gnyiy
printed cor'on-. and In one corner
~hcr- small altar had b-cu -r,~'t~d
for hi. anr->ir,i tablets there was q
squa~ of rirb -iik enbroiI-r, Little
brvn,~ ,~--s'i- -tu-i op the altar. and
On bracket there wa- AN Image OF .
favosi,r h,u-chold god with an offer.
ing of inccn-. smoking before u a
rull of quit. wa- ON the built 10 isd
~ bunk Ia "n~ corner, mating covered
thr rOagh rosw. couple Of Chtue~e
chalr~ N~rv therv sud . IoW table
Then. sa- ro~ Of quaint orteutai
pOesslain d.sh~> ~ . shelf sud odd
csu,kins utensils Of -ort~r aud brand
opw Am~0~sD cV"k stove oe To- snail
- 11Oen.r.as
Toot Wr> not ail There 10 oue of
~ cbairs Ait the dnlnsi~ss nstis Cut.
oepe wOm-n y'W ever nv 10 h~s
srnss ~ k~,i n ysilo~ nOr~e. Of bshs.
beoa Who ga stsrioa up ~ wab
esag With besdy tMrk slsstins syss
go 0ockins IT. thw0b coetssiedlv.
IAA ~ all ther~ sas wsh Sung aes