The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-20
CHAPTER VIII.


There are some people In this world
vtih whom It seens impossible to quar-
rel notably the parents OF attractive
daughters.
Perhaps. II Gsacia Aragon had not
been watching him from the. window
Philip De Lsncey would not have been
quite 30. cordial with her father-at
isast. that was What Hooker thought,
and he was 30 badly peeved at tho
way things had gone that he said It,
too.
Then. OF course, they Qparreled, and,
one thing leading to another, Phil told
Bud he bnd yery low way OF speak
ing. Bud replied that. whatever his
deficiencies Of speech might be, he
was not fool enough to he drawn In
by skirt, and Phil rebuked him again.
Then. with o eeornfql grunt, Bud
, Hooker rode on In silence and they
said no moro about 1t;
It was q gay Ito that they iod at
night for the Fortuna hotN, was fiiled
with men Of their Kfpa. since an the
staid married inch, had either moved
across the line !gith their families or
we're. under crdsra to come straight
home.
In the daytime the hotel was nearly
deserted. for every man In town was
working for the company; but IN the
evening. whaR they gathered around
the massive stove, It was merry com.
pany indeed.
There were college men, full of good
stories and stories NOT 30 good. world
wanderers and adventures with such
tales Of tn Ii, East ana West as never
have been written In books. But NOT p
college boy could match. ,etorieB with
Phil De Lancey, and few wanderers
there were, who could tell him any
thing new about Hexieo. Also. when
It came to popular songs, he knew
both the lwbras. and the tune. So ho
vas much tri demand; and Don Jaan
parsed many drinks atroso the Ear be-
cause OF hifa. si.,sS,2J ..i,i H..
/ ia All ouch fesay,iIes the two hard.
neIs stayea laEsthSF. Bud, With a
broad. iaanisaht Eiif, hsfentng to tia
end. and Phit.- hIs. pyeS alight With
liquor and good cheer. talking and
laughing far into the might.
Outside tho winter winds were still
cold and the Mexieans ,Hant wrapped
to the eyebrows; but within the merry
company was slow. to- quit, and Phil
making up for, tina, ioa slY, months
when he had entirely Liked an audi
ence. sat long in the Heat OF honor and
was always the last togo. t..
But on the evening after their spat
Bud sat OF to one gltA. aud even P6tis
sprightiy ana yentritSduistic oonyersa.
tion with the1ittie.Etfibsh shina tho door
called forth only Heating smile. !.
!. Bud was thinking. and when en-.
gagged in that arduous oeeppatioh even
the, Rauey little Girl behind the door
could rot bexhils him, :.
But, after he had studied h all out
ana come fo.,a dednttA cpnelusipn. he
did nRt dellFee. an nltlmStum. Tha did,
eo9ainatured smile simply came. hack
TO- his rugged face: he. rolled cigar
etfe; aud then, for. the pest OF the ev..
nang ha; .isy back and enjoyed the
show. Only in the mornihE, when
they went put 70 the carrai tc, set their
horses. He carried hlS Wsf.bas with
him and, after thrawins thA. saddle on
tp CoRlar. 4 ,H0ttoH, be did the same Tor
theiF HSare mqyRt. ,s.,,n .,.<
;.:sEszthat sra Hsh, asoirg, tp,psek e,ls.
Bud e.. !, ,inanttef PHIL and Bga saappsd
hla .catyxH pserea bed TOR Al Answer.
Then. Yttb & heaSe, .hS Snkhad at, ,osls
or the f4ipehsroons where Il had bsesan
satasEesd Snh sluhs Il dsftly acifoass tie
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