Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-31

and placed in the deIigbtss !. Das
palm a crisp and cracking Az. lays ~
note. aoiiar
SO Sun Dog and Pretty p-Iov.-
toyfully home ito the rp,.-.. .ss
while Lew Kelsey wheeler ~ 's s'e,
about and returned to the Trs. 1 y
ranch He reached there fus, = s'1
for supper. and when the rns !, ,.'s
been hurried through he joInss "a !.
companions in making an elsh1.i IS
toilet. for they were all going n s..''s
the dance at the sehoolhouss - 5
Spider that evening. M
All was merriment I'm IN.
house The desks and seats had -
piled outside, and on the nIs.t'sa
were three fiddlers and a eracsss !.
ano. But the music was Of the - y
lar order, and amusements wera e.
and far between in Red snsas-
that the dancers were not oys-r.-..N
ular so long as the fddlers -.
tune with the piano and their -.
could beat time on the hard a.s..
floor.
Anita Rooney was there. the ,s-..
of a laughing, joking crowd Of
and girls. Lew Kelsey stood asa,r..
the wall and felt brief pane :, -
gaze included Anita's crisp red -.
and a glimpse of her laughing f,os
Then he steadied himself and looE.s
about for the girl who was 10 ers..
Pretty Flowers love cure.
He knew most of the girls ur...r.
but there were one or two who Wa,
strangers to him. One Of them. a n,..
ty, dark eyed, black haired-girl. dressss
In white, with a pale blue girdIe sho,,
her slim waist, seemed mora a,
stranger than the others. sb. -,
with DR.. Blake's wife, and ale
Kelsey was an intimate friend a. n.
Blakes he felt no hesitation in A.,
preaching the doctors wife and IN q. /
tanning an introduction to her euss L
from the east. Esther Gray.
Miss Esther Gray proved 10 h
most delightful acquaintance. She w, h
as sweet and charming as she va
pretty, and Lew felt that there wuzsdrt
be the least difficulty in losing Il,
heart to Esther. Only the trouble vas II
he might want her TO keep II. Il tsz.I
case, where was the good Of Prety 4
Flowers love cure?
At any rate, he would be out Of lore /
with the scornful Anital
As the evening wore on Lew fo--aE
quite forgetting Miss Rooasr
and her rudy charms. On the oehss II
hand, Anita sensed that she was los.
ing an admirer. 1t was all very vel 4
to laugh at Lew Kelsey's pretensic1s 4
to her hand and heart; still she hsi n
been proud of the attentions Of Il.
handsome young cowpuncher. only
Anita Rooney was ami Il
ious, and she had set her heart O.
well. No mere cowpunehsr
would do. 1t must be the ranch oWres
himself for Pat Rooney's daughter. Il
vas one thing TO refuse Lew KslssT
md still have him dangling at hE
Ieels disconsolate lover. 1t ys
Iuite another matter TO have hin a. 4
forgetting all about her nd
aging devoted attention to that hlssk [
yed witch from the east
So Anita sent for Lew and tod In
that she had saved tire
ances for him, 'as usual" and ttai
e had not come to claim them. AE
.ew, who recognized Anita's wis
rinned good naturally and asked aef
, dance. Even while his strong am
uided her through the mazes Of r,s
-altz, which is still popular In BED
pider district. Anita resentfully fei
lat his thoughts as well as his eTs
ere following the graceful figure
sther Gray.
At the end Of another week PreU
lowers love cure was working. Lev
ad almost forgotten his love for Al
Rooney, while his growing love
IT Esther Gray was an ever pressh'
v.
One morning while he was nerdas
title on the western ranges ns
ought of the projected love cui'
note his memory.
''Ah, 1 couldn't-I couldn't keep ny
IL from loving herr he said, WIZ
nder smile. II
''I'll ask her TO ride out to sunsa
int with me-" he decided inei'
| ask her, and if she'll have
by. I'll buy that little ranch Oh su
sons. and well-we'n call 1t fan
Sc. for il can't be anything else VIE
ther there"
It was Just at sunset when Es'ne
nv and Lew Kelsey rode slowly "
2 slope and rested their horses
E summit of the point. Far 70
st the fiery clouds fiekereo az
med along the peaks OF the disu
-
,ilhouetted against the western
, dark forms OF the riders toM
nv TO Pretty Flower and ner
nd. who were gathering nefOs
, hillside. IN
he horses were standing close
her. and Lewis arm was a~
theirs slender waist. and ne'
Id was on his shoulder. 81
'retty Flower looked at sun
! smiled ..
1t was the love cure she wn'sF
softly. .nE
un Dog grunted approval anu
her hand in hand. the two IT,, -.
Ie away. for they, too, had
ING and had known romance.
o. A c,erIc10