Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-06-02

| milk pan, which isn't drink in man.
ner o. speakin'. 1 can't rightly recllect
| that ever seen missus leanin' over
| either side Of bar ia this country, but
| I've strayed some from the home fence
an you may be surprised, Mis- Wayne,
to know thet they's lands where no one
amt never heerd tell on barman an
where barmaids is some commoner'n
| the milkin' brand"
"YesY' said Mrs. J. Y. encourag-
ingly.
''Sho' thing" replied Kemp; II seen
'em. | WON'T forget the fust time be-
cause | was consid able embarrassed.
| / missed steamer In Moo Yawk an
the firm was in hurry, so they sent
me acrost to southampton. an while |
was waitin' for the Brazil boat Teller
I'd picked up on boa'd showed me
around some. Well, 1t want long be
| fore he corralled me, quite willin'. In
"a bar. l pulled off my hat and he
says, why dyou take off yo' hat? and
says, why don't you take off yourn?
Don't you see they's lady heap Then
| he bust out laughin and everybody
that was nea enough to hea' bust out
| laughin' an the missus behind the bar
| laughed, too, though somehow it didn't
| sound as if sha laughed because she
couldn't hep it."
Kemp paused to blush over the mem
DRY. He did not notice that the Judge
Il
and that the rest of the group of
| grown-ups were intent ON his words.
| ''They's times" he continued, when
| it's fittin' that man should be without
! shootin% irons an that was one of 'em.
! l can't rightly say what would have
happened but guessin's easy. When
| he was through laughin' the Teller that
was shown me around slapped me on
the back and seq. That amt no lady;
| it's a barmaid.' An then they all
| laughed some mo- and the missus Just
kind o. laughed an / mought "a been
dreamin', but | thought l seen look
in her eyes tibet says she wasn't laugh
in inside at ALL Ever sence then I've
| been of opinion that a missus has no
call to handle drinks an l ce'tainly
hope I'll never see one a'doin' of 1t
under the home fence"
Kemp stayed at Maple House for a
week Before he left he was known
throughout the countryside. His lanky
| figure, dropping mustaches, domed hat
and the way he held out the reins in
front OF him when he rode marked him
| from the start, and when the youth
of the surrounding farms learned that
| he was genuine cowboy that had
ridden everything with four legs, they
worshiped from afar and gloried in
casual approaches.
Just before he went away Kemp
took it upon himself to call on Alix.
Alan led him to where she sat on the
lawn among the trees at The Firs and
left him. Alix looked up in wonder at
his tall, lank form. Kemp held his hat
in his hand and twisted it nervously.
mis- lansing" he said, 81 want
you should let me say a few words to
| We. | seen Mister Lansing bout five
weeks ago"
Alix sprang to her feet, her pale
| cheeks afiame. "Yes?" she said
"When-when Is he coming?" She
sank down again and buried her face
in her hands. The shame of putting
that question to a stranger over.
whelmed her.
Kemp sat down near her. "Sho, Mis-
Lansing" he said, don you take it
hard that you're gettin' word of Mr.
Lansing through me. Him an me an
Lieber's ben most pardners."
Tenderness had crept into Kemp's |
drawl. Alix looked up. please" she |
said, ''tell me all about him-all about |
these years"
Kemp hesitated before he spoke. 81 |
amt got the words ner the right to |
tell you all about them three years, |
Mis- Lansing, an | can't tell you all |
about Mr.. Lansing, cause the biggest
part O. some men don't meet the eye
it's inside on 'em. Thet's the way II
is with Mr.. Lansing. en- tell you.
though, tibet Mr.. Lansing is we'll an
strong-strong enough to swing a steer
by the tail.
That's what l know. Now I'll tell
We some o. my thoughts. Mr.. Lansing
want born to be a maverick. Right
now, I'm willin' to wager, he's headed
for home and the corral, but he amt
comm on the run--he's browsin' and
chewin' his cud
when l seer him five weeks ago l
thought on hog-tyin' him an bringin'
him along, cause Mr.. Wayne had tor
me about you an the two-year-olu. But
it come to me that woman of sperit-
one of ourn-wouldn't want her man
should be brought in. She'd sooner
he'd hog-tie hisseff"
Alix' head hung in thought. Her
hands were clasped in her lap. AS
kemp's last words sank in the first
smile of many days came to her lips
Kemp rose and said good-by. With
his hat pulled well over his brows and
his hands in his pockets. he slouched
toward the gate.
Alix jumped up and followed him.
She laid her thin, light hand on his
arm. THANK you she said, a little
L. Ali