The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-05-22

ann y1iiiurcu accompanied MIN.
"Not dat Gredda ISIS afraid. She iss
so goot a man as on der ranch ven
am gone" he explained. But for dem
1t ISIS n change. Und l bring by der
town a vaigonloat Off bobadoes. By
Gosh, dem bobadoes iss sell high"
1t flashed Into Hazel's mind that
here was a heaven-sent opportunity to
reach the cabin without facing that
hundred miles In the company of
chance-hired strangers. But she did
not breach the subject at once. In
stend she asked eagerly of Bill. Lauer
told her that Bill had tarried n few
days at the cabin. and then struck out
alone for the mines. And he had not
said when he would be back.
Mrs. Lauer. unchanged from "A year
earlier. welcomed her with pleased
friendliness. And Jake left the two
Of them and the chubby Riddles In the
Kings office while he betook himself
about his business. Hazel hailed his
wife and the children to her room MS
soon as one was assigned to her. And
there. almost before she knew II. she
was murmuring brokenly her story In
to an ear that listened with sympathy
and understanding. Only woman
can grasp some of woman's needs.
Gretta Lauer patted Hazers shoulder
with a motherly hand, and babe her
cheer up.
Homes the place for you. dear"
she said. smillngly. "You just come
f,ls
cone quick enough when he gets
word. And wen take good care of you
In the meantime. La, I'm all excited
over It. It's the finest thing could hap
pen for you both. Take 1t from me.
dearie. l know. We've had our trou-
bles. Jake and L And. seeing I'm only
six months short of being n graduate
nurse. you needn't fear. Well, well -
an need to have food hauled In"
Hazel reflected. "And some things
brought with me. / wish Bill were
here. I'm afraid I'll be a lot of both
err. Won't you be heavily loaded. as 1t
ISL"
She recalled swiftly the odd. make
shift team that Lauer depended on
the mule, lop-earsd and solemn, "und
Gretchen, der cow" She had cash
and drafts for over three thousand dol.
lars on her person. She wondered II
1t would offend the sturdy independ-
ence OF these simple, kindly neighbors,
team and wagon for their mutual use7
But she had been forestailed there. she
learned In the next breath.
"Oh. bother nothing" Mrs. Lauer de-
clared. why. we'd be ashamed II we
couldn't help a little. And fairs the
load goes. you ought to see the four
beautiful horses your husband let
Jake have. You don't know how much
Jake appreciates 1t. nor what a fine
man he thinks your husband II. We
needed horses SO bad. and didn't have
the money to buy. SO Mr.. Wagstafr
didn't say a thing but got the team for
US. and Jake's paying for them In
clearing and blowing and making i'm
provements on your land. Honest.
they could pull twice the load wen
have. There's q good wagon road
most of the way. now. Quite lot of
settlers. too. as much as fifty or sixty
miles out. And we've got the finest
garden you ever saw. Vegetables
enough to feed four families all win
ter. Oh. your old citiesl never want
to live In one again. Never day have
the Riddles been sick. Suppose 1t is a
bit out of the world? You're all the
more pleased when somebody does
happen along. Folks is so different In
u new country like this. There's plen'
ty for everybody-and everybody
helps, like neighbors ought to-"
Lauer came up after a time. and
Hazel found herself unequlvocally In
their hands. With the matter of trans
porting herself and supplies thus