Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
CHAPTER l

had seemed a real paradise to Emmanuel Mason.
and Jim Stanley. his partner during those years
a kind of angel The ranch was masculine para
disc; two thousand of rich meadows and oiach
looking boldly forth between two barren mis- upon
the open sea- planned toed for worked, cultivated m
habited and owned by men, The trade-"inds olo~ins
up valley had given occasion TO melhoe-
gentler to snatch with one mana al her PEI
coats and the other at her hat The lamps Oh .ie
long white had never looked upon the esfe
dance discovered pair OF lovers
seated hand upon the long veranda me lamps
had never looked upon anything gayer than poker
game nor the upon anything more exCltns IMAM
,nen who smoked and talked. came and went.
But as vet had found her way INTO the fara
disc Ranch and had she would have been politely
shown the way out
But a change was coming fact which the telegram
that Mason held open in his hand oetrayea
telegram that had brought fifteen miles over the
bills from the railroad at the gallop.
Stanley had been east anent VIII IN wnich ne la.
figured at great profit. and the telegram was from
him: .s
over a to meet u.s.
That was the whole matter. sudden violent blow
between the eyes which the recipient had been IN no
uay nrenared The marriage must have been very SUD
dep-as all marriages are-but the courtshp must nave
been like chain lightning; shorter perhaps as Aasoh
thought the flicker Of SMILE than the ceremony.
The however, did not matter 10 MIN III
the least it Paradise was to be invaded
as Of old by and the next conner, OIL course
serpent-a serpent of old HABITS ialo asoe'
old times discontinued moved to new POSITIONS
tobacco frowned (perhaps) liquor releSated 10 the
nearest saloon fifteen miles away; wholesome meals
turned nical and last ana worst the a@y
Sunday shave changed into matutinal or Vespefuhe
regularity
Emmanuel Mason mourned for lost friends. he must
jim" the sweet-tempered, the os-ooneo' que
gueless gentle with another. When he had WORKED
day tired and dirty and lazy-he "ouio
have to wash and When the heap PAIN as saey
called It. pierce him from temple to temple ne
could longer the veranda till dawn 'ns nano
on his shoulder, and When the "heap pam
walked night he could no longer thrust open
Jin's door and upon the comforter to come with
him ont under the stars and talk to him should
no cnei n
more It knocked And the spacious, pias-
tered airy room beyond looking southwestward upon
+, the ). 7sssa to n s the Of
paradise M ssD as IN
s ay soad on s ad
suen ,sqs to ye Maso Ssus any
sm sy only o much hqae
to that Which stitch in the side Mason
ns haa doctors its cause and nature
ss. sss Dss BE- Rs %
ss' "a sS
ss All ss e:
he the set bs res as
Sss and and ssn ess to
che heap PAIN and sent wrhins to his bed he
ss adua lie mo- no &c
phemsd And four Of the afternoon the pain be-
eismI Of ss9s ~Rss f s
Chinese iaborers dwes He -mote with his foot upon
the Sam 81 he said in thick got any
no smoke" said the righteous Sam All
All boys alice samee" said Sam All. Him no
@s:s xS : sss he said don't
Az said e a ss sy then you go to
u. elss a sss raise ns sh heii sA.0 ' W "
Thss.,w willy one e., smiled pleasantly
IN. And nssp se ma aa the
pipe spirit ss With s has
.s.ds to oPis Of thin metal
sA'&'f don't e1 s0 knows owe R how,
ss% - ssb ,sdsassa q S'
end ss aas saSs -
s ana ss sGs
sS: d spa the
, AZ sRd the shsRs s0 ana
nss sss s9s So sns
ts the smoke
ing y ' fasf he @P som@andeS m EN- m
burning PHI gptered Suffered. and roared like minia
lnasd r. gass ed anna sna
Ms head iin sao. n with pains ain,
lrsa5a the second sgi
% e s s s the
ood men sss ssD s said sam All and
ssn TIE Mason no the outer air he
s sz 81 Ms sp % na
beautiful than a hedge hour later
slight in his throat and slight
headache, old torture, in the old place
A little later still 70 felt perfectly normal
hen wheels gravel, hating OF
On s' aaSs
OF welcome and outstretched hands.
Staney's wife tall and gcrliSh-!ooking. Sho
s sss Ss mSs'a ss 81
both her hands in his and made her welcome
In JYns and his own.
You've not changed much.'' she said.
But / never expected would you"
There all the unnecessary clipped talk cues
s~o a t.isnd. ."a 'As
do 20 and put something your hands lie would
drive she 10 wouldn't wear
gloves, they already chapped and what
the done TO them.
Indeed, StaEleys hands study cracked
red. IL nothing Mason however for he
had often them bad
tell cold them" said the
bride. There's nothing like 1t for chapped hands
.'Vaseliae Is better said the an eager
gentle voice that doesn't do any good e''
CHAPTER III
p" HE men. of course, altered radically in their
habits life; shaving daily. disposing Of yes
III :erdays mud, and dressing for dinner But
alterations from q natural desire
TO please rather than the bounding woman's
tongue, for IL the Ranch had been at time