Mexico Missouri message., 1917-05-10

woulanf he Young 'as3zs enough left
to mix the 2JWS"
]3annrr, what Is ths. sport about Tire
CtlthaSas hHrus burning"
"Thc aa SuTnhtr one harm is gone
Z and some as the old Stages. We didn't
Ease any horses. and the other harms
orc al right. Some hs nur Calnhasas
~ cap friends, Trohab,y. NJ matter,
wen 60; thoin oil rounded ~ after &
while Nan. Then. some fine day
were going % 60; married"
b he Snniu rndr this; nigh; N Caln-
huSns "a JOOi into ths srbry Of the FIRE
. McAlnH swGthn6 IN Dandages, made
no bones HhnUi accusing the common
nnnmy. NJ Witnesses cnul1 he found
20 throw any more lIcn; on the inquiry
T thur ,hr harm hnss himself And DE
/ Spnln mndU only & prnTnDss If formal
/ Investigation II hc had had any
dOIlhts ahnug the origin ~ the fire they
would have been resolved by III unnnv-
mons Sc~iw.. som through the mail
nrumiSing more II hr didn't GET nuJ o.
yhr country.
Bur instend o. getting nut Of the
country. TT Snalu continued as mut-
tar ~ energetic nnlicy 10 get intD IL.
Flr rode the deserts stripped SO 10 RGy,
fur action and walked the streets Of
Sleepy Cat welcoming every chance 70
meet men from Music mountain ~ the
sini;s Il wRs Oh Nan than the rem
hardshlns Of the situation fell, anu
Nan who had 70 hear them alone nnd
almost mnideG.
Duke came home & day " TWO later
without wurU for Nan concerning his
encounter with he Spain lie waE
shorter IN the grain than over, crustier
10 everyone than SHE hau ever known
him-anu toward Nan herself fierceiy
reSentfu, SasSaOu was IL his COm-
pauy great dea. ana Nan knew Of
old that SassOnu was hau symptom
Gale. too. came often anu the three
were much together IL some way
Nan felt that she herself WAS IL part
the subject N their talks, M no intGr-
nation concerning them could sine ever
get
One morning she sat Oh tine porch
sewing when Gale rode nup. BE asked
for her uncle. Bonita told MIN DUKE
mad gone to ,Calabasas. Gale AZ
nouuced ne was hound tor CalabasaE
himself, and dismoUnted near Nan
professedlv to cinch mis- saddle. H'
fused with the straps for q minute
trying to engage Nan IL the interval
without success. IN conversation, "LGoi
j here Nan he said at length, srIdtoHs
B ~ amiahlc "dou't YOU think yours
pretty hard Oh me, latelyg'
mo, ] don't" she answered. 81
t Uncle Duke didn't make me. I'd neve
look a YOU, or speak to yoIs-oy livi
il the same mountains with YOU"
81 don't think when q fellow care
for YOU a. much as j do, and gets on
Of patience once in q while, Just be
cause he loves . girl tine way Q red
d blonded man can't help loving her, sh
d ought to hold fl against him forever
0 Think she ought to, Nan?" ne demand
cd after q pause. She was sewing an
d kent silence.
i a think" she responded, shown
her aversion III every syllable, 'hefor
q man begins to talk red-blOod rot, n
[. ought 70 ind ont whether the girl care
Pc for him, CT Just loathes the sight c
him"
o He regarded her fxediy Paying n
a- attention to him, but bending IL til
F. sunshine over hers sewing, her hand q!
ing with the needle, her masses {
g. brown hair sweeping hack around ht
n pink ears and curling IN stray rtnglei
that the wind danced with while sh
he worked, she Unnamed her brawny con
Vi TINS ardor afresh. ''You- used to -eaI
e. for me Nan. You can't deny that
Is Her silence was irritating. "Can you
lie he demanded. "Come, put -up yuI
a work and talk 1t out, / didn't use I
3 have TO coax You for word and
smile. What's come over yOn7"
e Nothing has come over me, Eaale.
a did use to Ike yOlf-=When first can
~ back from school You seemed so b
IL and fine then, and were so nice to IN
/ did like you"
~ '''NYhy didn.tyou keep ON Hiking me
Nan made no answer. Her lcous
ID persisted "Y0u used to talk abG
h thinking the world Of me" she said
last then Esaw you one Frontier da
ridiBg around Sleepy Cnt with Il CO
at fFiage full Of women"
II Gale hurst into a huge laugh. Mar
st face flushed. She bent over her woI
I'D "0h, that's what's the matter win 20
I'd IS 1T" he demanded jocularly. az
re never mentioned that before"