Pocahontas star herald., 1914-10-02

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and ma.- um. D.. -.a. a.. uu
. She, muIy. wrn mg mrHrs aue
dark ewes and black mr done up ar.
cordln' To the latest wrlnaIr, 80 Shorty
mkcs heart. aud him brIu active as
cat thataway, she's no sooner got HIM
on his head than he skins the eat ana
comes up on his feet, so 90 speak. anu
after supper he's talkin and actin IKE
a town boy to the best Of his knowl
edge.
Ruth don't come out on the porch
that night, so he's got the good locker
an TO hlssclf lie told me when he
comes by my place the next day,
Pete, I've had women stare me
down. but I'm blamed II ever was
got away with before because one
wouldn't look nt me"
But I've noticed them women Wild
long eye wlnkers often, aud It's lookin'
down that's their strongest card.
You may hold high, jack, but It's low
and the game they're playin fer, aud
they most generally git It.
Jessie got 10 sayin that n she didn I
have sweetheart back where she
comes from she'd just lov" shorty 10
death
Sometimes she'd intimate that she
wasn't Hyiu' ont land and didn't have
60 stay the three years out like her
folks did
asked her one day II she hadn't
took shorty away from them other two
girls
That's Just the trouble" she says
with a sigh. IL l could only look at
It ms you do here ! wouldn't mind. but
back where ! came from they call II
taliu' the leavin's. suppose" she
says. Its due to you havin' more boys
than girls here, aud It's just the other
way back there"
She said she just wished Shorty
hadn't ever had no girl but her.
You can catch most any kind OF
fsh n you use the right bait. and them
lukIIns Of lover OF Jcssie's shore
done the work Tor shorty.
{ wouldn't never have told him about
il n he had been unpopular with the
women. but Il was too good to keep.
for Ggrrrs don't lie. and there was no
way Tor him 90 git around the number
Of girls he'd had before Jessie ever
came
So he took to goln' TO Hcadwuter or
Square Deal when he had 10 go 20
town 10 lay suspicion about the Sweet
Springs girl. and he nearly starved his
self 10 death 10 keep from goIn 10 the
house because Jessie complained about
Kit Atchis0n
And poor little Kit lost all her cute.
merit ways and went around with hcr
bend not cumhpI pretty near all day
Then. womanlikc. quick as shes
caught about the slickest fish In the
tank. Jessie gifts plumb scorntul OF
him.
She don't keer 90 ride with him any
more. sayin's the sun is too hard on
her skin. and Ruth, who is freclled ms
a turkey egg already. takes 10 Soin
out in her place.
Pretty soon she knows more about
this country than Jessie would pick up
In hundred years and can read
Shortys brands and IS lcarnin the COW
business like rancher's daughter
She's sweet gentle girl and has
plenty Of good horse sense, 50 shorty
gifts so he wants 10 talk 10 her and
Just take Il out In lookin at Jessie.
These nestcr shacks, c0nsistin' Of
two rooms and l,an.tO kitchen. don't
give much room for dividln' up into
groups. 50 when shorty comes 10 see
Jessie and they was setting In the
parlor Of eyeuIn' Ruth couldn't stroll
OF into the library or the drawin'
room or her bedroom. as thcy DO In
novels
All them beiu' one and the same
with said plrIor her only place to
stroll was into the room where the old
folks was 10 bed or the kitchen. which
was only big enough 10 cook and eat
Iu aud partitions that you could throw
q Jack rabbit through
So OH fne cvcniu's she would git out
or rua gallery in the moonlight, and
shorty. bciu polite thataway. would
rru. .r tD Jessie that they g1 out and
--n. Ruth company
Er .r.r Jessie % go and stay until
.r-. -.Id go 90 bed Then she got
.. .... stay little while nn. ,a.E.u
.--. .-. then make SOM. aEnu-a .E"
..- ..nr a...a. and retire herself But
.... uu. Ue.r when shorty suggest.
... r.. -..... Jessie was Iast cut with
... ... ..... tr -un Ruth" She says
...... ..n.l m1rc mc out of TO- u
r.. .... rn -.u un just leave her ont
.r .r Shes mnoHn' herself where
Ha.- ru. wanted anyhow" she com.
planned aud tgmg TO work ON every
b0dgs sympathy with her bad health
and goD1v good ways She's % hypo
critic" she says ruisin' her voice. and
ou tHn OF # 400 sic tries TO snoop
around and take my beau
Shorty tryIn' To- stop her an the
time. KNOWN she can be- heard from