The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-06
HANK WAS CONVERTED
BY EMMETT c. HALL.

"H'NNf NHN 2AA hAdE uA A4WAIHt LIS HAUO
hanging loosely between his teeth.
"This little gal was the daughter
of a eastern sky pilot that had come
out for his iieaith, and was kinder
putin In his time pintin' us poor
Rainwsier folks at the great shinin'
target, as ne put It. She came out
70 see him durin' her college vaca-
tlon an right away gospi stock
Jumped clean over the top OF the
blackboard This little girl had a way
Of takin' hold Of your hand an look
In wistfully out Of her big blue eyes,
an sayin'; Surely I'll see you at
services Sunday that Just plumb
convinced you that church was the
very thing you had been a-pinin' for
ever since Christmas
There was two Of the boys, Ned
Carter, from the Two Stars an Hank
Peters, from the Double Cross, that
was just plumb locoed over this here
gal
Well, these two was runnln bout
neck an neck, an Ned was gettin'
wild, didn't seem 10 have no con-
troll Of hisself, no how Bet he bought
rs elk scarfs, an held up a greaser
with his gun an made him sell him
bis big silver spurs He had plumb
gone to the end of his rope when he
thought he saw q chance to make
bit, an he jumped In with both feet.
"Virginia's dad was holdln' re-
vival, AM Ned flgeera to himself that
II he was to get converted IL would
boost up his stock whole lot. so
he sails IN Which same would have
been all right il II had been anybody
but Ned, but he never could do any
thing moderate. All that shoutin an
singln kinder goes to his head, an
he's got two different brands Of loco
In his system at the same time.
This here move Of Ned's sure
stumps Hank for awhile. but he
braces up. an lows hen amble
round some evenln' an see what
kind Of a cold deck proposition this
here IS, anyhow. Which same he
1oes
when he gets to the door it's
early. so he kinder hacks round to
see what brand Of mavericks is fire.
quentin this range. anyhow. He's a
scoutin' onto Ned Carter's arm. an
a.lookin' up from time to time into
his face. They goes on into the Dox-
ology works. an then Hank slides in
an takes a back seat unpretentious
like Hank never was no hand to
Jump into a game without first walk
In around the room.
well. presently they commenced to
get up steam. an they shorely ierked
her vide openl or all the excite
ment ever did see, outs, Of In
dian pain-klller dance, that meetin'
had Il beat a mile. Every once in
awhile some mavarick would let out
ye.l an 90 a-plungin' up TO the
mourners' bench an that would start
EN- all over again Presently some
Of the most earnest ones comes
a-plowin back to drag up others that
amt yet seen the light 'Mong these
here was Ned He seed Hank a-set-
TIM there with a kinder dlsdainful
air. an he makes bee.line for him
Come on an git washed Of your
sins. 20 poor benlghted heathenl"
he yells at Hank.
Fer what2' Hank says, a whole
lot dsdainful
ITO save you from hell, for which
same you're on the express with no
return ticket" Ned says. whole lot
earnest.
'Hen? Hnhi Hain't monet" says
Hank contemptuously
"Aintg7 says Ned, peelln' his coat.
Looks like you're one Of them that
has 10 be showed" he continued. an
then they tangled.
9Is thnr any he'll now I frequent.
II heard Ned say an Hank let out q
yell
Thar shore isl' he pants. an soon
as Ned rolls on him he makes e
charge for that mourners bench like
he was In front Of stampede.
"Ycu certainly believe in the
church mllltery. Mr. Carter Virginia
says, wipin' the tears out Of her eyes
That was the best scrimmage ever
saw. wish Jack could have seen
It-he's the lightweight champion o.
the east. you know We are COINS
to be married next Eonth, on ths
quiet and II you ever come east, yct
want 10 look us up.
which the funny part Of it was,
the Old Man concluded, Ned goes bf
? prompt on rampage and shoots "a
Redblanket and the sheriff. an Hanl
stuck to the gospel outfit like WOO
to cactug an now is kind 0
deputy sky pilot hisseif"
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