The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-11-25

les. lie coming 10 meet u.s.
Piunging through the cracking
greascwood at the side OF the road the
Yuma colt leaped toward the car. In
broad sombrero. blue SILK neckerchief.
blue flannel shirt aud silver studded
leather CHAPS. was strangely familiar
figure. The great silver spurs rang
unsteady as the pony reared The
figure gave easily 10 the wild plunging
or the horse. yet was ms firm as iron
I'm the saddle
Anne drew deep breath II was
not the grotesquc. frockcoated Over
land OF recent visit. ncr was II the
ragged. unkempt vision Louise had
conjured up for her In relating the
Old Meadow story. In fact. II was
not Overland Red at all. but Jack sum
mers, the range rider OF the old red
Abilene days lie was clean shaved.
vigorous. splcndidly strong and conf
dent In the saddle, bcdecked IN his
snowy trappings surrounded by his
friends. Jack summers had found hls
youth again, and the past was as a
closed book for the nOnee.
I'm the boss envy extraordinary"
said Overland by way OF greeting.
walt said something else, too. about
bein' potentiary, but reckon that
was joke"
Good morningl Don't get down!
Glad TO see you again
But Overland was In the road, hat In
hand and Yuma's bride reins over one
arm.
"Mornin', Bllly. Mornin', doctor!
You run right mp to the house. left
the gate open"
Then Overland rode back, following
them. Later he reappeared, minus
spurs and chaps, but still clad In the
garb Of the range rider. He was as
proud and happy as boy. He seemed
TO have dropped ten years from his
shoulders, and he was strangely un-
like his old boisterous self withal
The noon sun crept through the
moon vine. 0ut on tho wide vcrunda
was the long table. They we're hap.
~ group AZ luncheon there Even the
tnciturn Brand Williams had been per
suaded to come. His native pictur-
esqneness was rather efraced by a
black, characterless suit OF store
clothes"
Walter Stone at the conclusion OF the
luncheon asked Overland TO make
speech. Nothing daunted. Overland
rose oriskly.
III expect you're lookin' for me 10
fall OF the roof OF the cannery into
the tomato vat and make q large red
splash. Not me. i got somethin' to
say. Now, the difference In droppin'
egg on the Kitchen floor and breakin'
II calmlike I'm q saucer amt only the
Just recent / come nigh TO losin' my
whole basket. You all know who saved
'em. Not namln' any names, the same
person. by jest bein' herself and kind
TO everybody, put me wise 10 the fact
that money and clothes amt all that
goes 20 make man. And, mt the same
time speakin' kind OF orthodoxical.
money and clothes has whole lot TO
DO with maxim man. | just got hep
TO that idea recent
"Speakin' OF clothes leads me to re-
mark that ! got a new outfit up nc the
bunk house It's a automobilln outfit
Billy says IT'S the correc' thing. lie
helped me pick IL out, which leads Bill
~ into this here thing too. He said
to break the news gentle and not scare
anybody 90 death aud not get 'em 10
thinlin' that somebody was hurt or
anything like that, so I'm brcakin II
90 you easy. Me an Billy Is goin'
away. We're goin' IN the Guzzuh-
God save the mush,' as the pote says
We are the Overland Red Towerist
and Observation company, unlimited.
We are goin
Round the world and back again;
Heel and toe In sun ana rain
as another p0te says. Only we ride
l amt got nothin' TO say about gettin'
married or happy days or any OF that
ordinary kind OF stuff. | want TO drink
the health OF my friends. | got SO
many and such good ones that ! das-
sent 10 incriminate any particular one.
so | say. lookin' Mt your faces like
roses and lilies and faces, | say
Here's TO California. the darling OF the
west.
A blessing on those living here
And God help all the rest"
Overland sat down amid applause.
lie located his tobacco and papers.
rolled a cigarette with one hand and
gazed across the hills. CHANGING up,
he saw Louise looking at him. He
smiled. II was settin' on crazy
bronze holdln' his head up so he couldn't
go 10 buckin' outside little old adobe
down I'm Yuma, Ariz.. then. Did you
ever drift away like that just from
some little old trick To make you
dreamg
At nod from Aunt Eleanor they all
rose.
Louise stepped from her end OF the
table 10 where Overland stood gazing
out across the hills. She touched him