Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-02
TIMES REPUBLICAN,. MARsHALLTOwN. IOWA, JULY 1919
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"Yoa earned ok Thousand do,larv.
q goodness knows what peril. lsl
you still imagine that you were poor."
I'VE got plenty wealth, Kate. wsaltA
enough fof-for David"
Il wanted you, lease. just 700.
wanted poverty because you were
poor. have BEEN content, and now
you've won the capital to free ne
ranch, to buy thoroughbred stallion.
b stock the place."
That's 90" -,
. "Jssse. under my dear fathse's will.l
! have seven thousand nve hundred
dollars year"
"A whatl"
Tim a.rich woman, dear. I've beea
saving my income. and there's ten
thousand dollars for you at the bank"
90 gave him my check. which he
receipted promptly with . kiss. He
u 10 rough, too.
Then We discussed ,lmpsovements.
A bunch Of East Oregon horses. tA5ee
cowboys to handle our stock, Q man
to run the Skyline contract IN iSsf
gated corn Ae.d. and vtntar ted two
Chinese servants, % many must
haves' that We waved quito despond
emit over ways and means. Jesse muSs
60 to Vancouver on business. and thus
after much preamble came q last
to the point.
sTake Billy With you~
But II 90. he's got to look aftse
the ranch"
"You preach at Billy." I said. you
pray at him. Remember he's Wild ~
these woods, son Of . dangerous felon.
His mother goads him on. and there's
danger. jesse"
knew while I spoke the folly Of
appealing to his sense Of fear. He
chuckled softly.
why. Billy daresn't say good morn
ing to my pinto colt. He Was buck
ing plentiful today, and me splitting
blood before got him conquered.
Now just you leave me to tame colts
and cowboys"
"Take him away. Jesse. dear"
He bin making love to you. Kate3"
My heart stood still, and to my
Jealous husband silence means con.
sent. Then the hypocrite IN me
sighed. and Jesse. Ainging away his
cigar stub, said with an oath that Billy
should be on his way TO vAncouveS
by daybreak.
Yes, Jesse is hard TO manage. but
presently he remembered about the
check, which made him for the first
time in his life feel rich. He's too
rough when I let Him love me. In.
deed I had to do up my hair In the
dark, though the nredies offered the
dearest little lamps. Bssides . little
jealousy il good for Jesse. I should not
like to see his love 30 hungry.
Last night Jesse came homo from
Vancouver. and It being Sunday eve.
ming. he read and expounded the
Scriptures to the amasomsut Of the
three new ranch hands.
Afterward. the night being cold.
Jesse had his cigar beside the stove.
while I sat ON the low stool 20 that
the fumes might EiDo above my IN
worthy head.
"The widow believes" I said. that
her boy will got rich In the city"
II got Billy . Job
: Jesse's face hooked very grave.
"At q grocery" be added.
sighed for the romantic lad. con-
demnsd TO aisproa bshtad ehs eoun,
ter.
"And the young hawk dew or"
I'm glad!"
"Ye see It's this way. Kate. He's
shying heaps at Ashcroft. the arst
town he ever seen, where there's
bit Of sidewalk, electric lights. and
Mattresses. I had TO kiss the fluffy
one to show him they don't bite.
"He's willing to start to work % .
millionaire, but don't feel no holy 70
cation for groceries,. So IN the end be
runs away, out Of that frying pan into
the-wall. the rest amt clearly known.
although the police has . clue. II
seems my volt cub leads some limo
cent yearling astray down BY tho har-
Dor, said victim being tho crimp from
. sailors boarding house. To prove
he's fierce, Billy has skinful Of mixed
drinks, and this stranger 10 kind
enough to take him to see . beautiful
English bark which 10 turning loose
for Cape Horn. Seems the ship takes
. notion to Billy. and the captain po-
litely axes him to work. He's been
shanghaied."
''Qh. it's awful"