The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-27


of there"
"Albuquerque?' qucricd Louise.
"Uhuh. Later. comm acrost the Mo-
jave, we got thrun off freight by
mistake for couple of SEWN ma
chimes that We was ridin' with to Bar
stow. SO the tickets on the crates
said. That was near Daggett, by
water tank. 1t was hotter than settin
on a stove in Death valley at l. O'Clock
Sunday noon. We beat it for the next
town atOOt. Collie commenced to give
out. He was pretty tender and not
strong. lugged him some, and he
walked some. He was talkn' Of green
grass and cucumbers in the iceboX and
I ice cream and home and the Maumee
| river and whole lot Of things you
| can't find in the desert. Well, l got
him to his feet next mOrnin'. We had
some trouble and was detained Il spell
in Barstow after that. They couldn't
| prove nothin, so they let us so. Then
! Collie got to takin' again about a Cal
I ifOrnia road that wiggled up Il hill and
through ii canyon and had one of these
/ here ole mission bells where it lit off
for the sky ranch Funny, for he was
never in California then. Mebby it
was the old postcard he got at Albu-
qnerque You see. his pa bought it
! for him cause he wanted it, He was
only Il kid then. Collie. he says It's
the only thing his pa ever did buy for
him. and so he kept 1t till it was abouy
| wore out from lookin' at 1t. But con
siderin' how his pa acted. guess tina:
was about all Collie needed to remen'
ber him by. Anyhow. he dreamed OF
that road and told me so much abOlt
it that | got to lookin' for it too.
the bells. so we kept our eye peeled
| for that particular dream road. kind
Of for fun. We found her yesterday"
What. this? The road to our
| ranch:"
"Uhuh. Collie, he said so the minute
we got in that canyon. MoonstOne
canyon, you said. We're restin' up and
enjoyin' the scenery. We need the
rest. for only last week we resigned
from doin' stunt in a movin' picture
outfit. They wanted somebody to do
native sons. We said We didn't have
them kind OF clothes, but the foreman
of the outfit says we'd do fine jes as
we was. 1t was tierce-and. believe
me. lady. been through some. been
through some.
"They was two others in checker
clothes and dip lid caps. and they
wasn't native SONS. They acted like
sons of-Id hate to tell you what. Miss
- to the chief dolle in the show
They stole her beau and tied him to
the $. II. trarks-kind Of loose, though.
She didn't seem to care. She Jest
stood around chewin' gum and rol-
lin her lamps at the head guy. Then
u retired switch engine hooked on to
Swede observation car. backs down
on AdOlphus. and we was to rush up
like pretty fast, and save his life.
"She was sassy little chicken with
blond feathers and a thrce-quarler rig
skirt. She bad regular straw berry
ice cream soda complexion. and her
eyes looked like couple of glass al
leys with electric lights in 'rn. | Won
dered II she took 'cm out at night to
go to sleep or only switched off the
current. Anyhow. up she rides in a
big reddish kind of automobile and
twists her hands around her wrists
track and sees us and says: oh, wich
way has he went? W'ich way did
Disgustus AdOlphus beat it to- And
chewin' gum right on top of that too
1t was tough on us. miss, but we need
ed the money
Bout eighteenth time she comes
coughin up in that old one lung ma
chine-to get her expression right. Sc
the boss kept holerin gets
sick and tired II there's anything do
In why. I'm game, but such monkey
In! There was that picture machine
idiot wOrkin' the crank as if he was
shellin' thicket full of Injuns with a
Gatling and his fool cap turned round
with the lid down the back of his neck
and me and Collie, the only sensible
actin ones of the lot, because we was
actin natural. jest restin'. l got Slch
anu tlIcu. i nc IleAt tllllt tp 'ouSAf
that crippled up automobile with the
mumps on its front tire. and she says
Where. oh. where has he went:
ups and says. Crazy, miss, and car
you blame him.?
"Shc didn't see no joke in that, SO the
boss he fired Us. He wasn't Goin tt
pay US ut that, but picks up the little
picture machine box and swings he'
up over the track kind Of suggestive
like. 'Oner said l. DO we get ou
money!
drop that machine" says be, rush
in up to me.
"'I'm a-goin' to- says I. good ant
hard. Think again while l count. D'
we get our money!
"'You get pinched" says he.
1.-TWO! says l, and swings the DO!
up by the legs.
! 0sIYo1o m ,yo11o ho hOas 'P0Y IN