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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-06

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years and y has aIxays sisea nr,mss
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-06

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-06

4 gold modal had been awarded to .
French inventor OF shock absorber
for wheelbarrows.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

bert tnwcrt, Marion Rnd olive Han.
son. Mamie Cooley. Nrrgrrot Wllhln.
v"lmn Hullum. F'ggy Rchlrnd. l"ss'g
NrFir. Mnrlnn Senpl" Dorothy Jpncr
Dorothy Nusrr'l, Hor'nn. yields sion.
ger irwin. Gnlyh Wilkins md Hoanrd
Colo
R~r
Mls, Regina Mayer of CON 'getc Okln
"ho has been soHt II Nr@ g. Y
S'mpls fnr u fofN, ght win rolurn to
her homo Thursday
Friends Of Edwin Vale N lutNro VII,
learn With Joy ~ tho rau'd improve
n"Dt In his condition within the iHst
ten days Mf, Mcintyre. whose ne hhs
been dcspnirod NJ following nls suhdor
attack o. paralysis early IN the fan
hrs reg in"f cn,lf" cnnsclnuanoss rrd
II improving m bodily h'alth daiy ~
'rt fe recovery phv lolhnH think wi
bu only ~ nnttor ~ rest and ,Btc
NE Mcintyre win 20 10 Gu'hnc rrsi
week 20 direct the nuHic for the N
! ilFh Rte NhsonH In their teuulnu A
rrnll of M McIn,yte's. NrH Gordon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER r. 1919

Hca brough. vcta May Buchanan, Eu.
nice Lewis, Lorraine Turner. uyi
Uswsvsr, Mesrfn, Noel Fycd",ira i',Hi
tcoune, Earl Matthews j. md Henry
Davis.
" n
Mrs Dudley H. Tucker 20 West
Thirteenth sihIt. Wlll entertain with
m afternoon bridge pnriy Friday. com.
tlimontry 10 hcr sister n.lnw. Nrr
'ioofge irwin ~ Goi,bu, who II spend
ing the w"cA with NfH Tucker
" v
Mrs c Y Senplc. 1874 West Tenth
street entertained with n children =
pnrty Tue Hdty afternoon. CELEBRATING
tho ttnth birthday N her dnugh'rr.
virginia PINK md whlio wac ~"
color note In the decorations The
usual gomez were enjoyed and n BIS
bifihdly r'kc with lighted clrdcH sn-
cui Mr. S"mplr was Hflstod BY MiT.
j. ~ wheeler rnd Mls. Regina Mlyrr
n tonlReic Little gucris were IOhnns
Mclv.n Wbcclor. Eilecn Twyford. Mary
md Nifr,d Armstrong. sfetn and Al.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12
"A Leather Purse Special That You Sho1
Read About

II have bought leather goods Of re twelve
months you must be Of the kyhgh price OF leather II
have had occasion lately that hor
ushy good looking made Of quality skin very costly
'ee But cloud dark to be wthoy Il, silver lining Aaa y
spite OF high wholesale secured fine lot Of putao to1e on
Morocco pneaI COBRA and panther styles - shspes
conform precisely with the htsst modes Of eonE.sAd ~
boush, them under price Having bough, ,hcm ul Sce
going sell them according time -honorsA eo the yf
So or Thursday offer the choice Of hss s purses o
$5.oo
NAM MOOR
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12
Rtnc ksnicrrirg Lessons
Dp. WM. G. KOGONY
The Gaze OF the Cuiicle

NUu have undoubtedly noticed unsirhtly.
oNtrharTlg ~ CuticIe growing around Tho
uHlls and hH,e wondered hoW this could
b. removed without injury The cuiic,o
protects IN. base Of the nall ar3 the
old fashioned and Injurious msthod OF
cutting md s,raplnr removes bon he
dead Hnd hcrlths cuticls leaving the del
irate hHN urproteoioi This very. Jftcn
,auJes soreness or even infectun. besides.
cutting tho Suticie mrkcs n very Gasrd
ard Cn linuH bye"growinu. ragged ou',ri~
should bc ,ernOysd. and this IL easily dnno
by applyu simpler ~ iclo Remove.
This instRntiv s0flcus N rn trAt the desd,
DystGruWins skin may hn easily rmoNed
with your manicure stick.
Being n physician and chemist ] have
mai. exhaustive rcrenrch tor prspsra-
/, ton that reAtnp's no tcid and Ia pcrfsetfy
Ia rniess to remove dead cutlclc safely
aud quickly. The result VI nv work 10
| thu renowned Slmp,rx rutlci- Remover. l
hrys h'ao perfected other simpley Mani
curing Preparations tot home use Simpl.H
tsil Whitenor for whitening and hl's"h.
ing IN. nail tlps. HlmpleH Nail Polish In
rnlie, paste or powder form, for Givins the
rnlis n quick md lrh'ng luster. nr'pev
Nianicufirg Preparations sre inexpensive
Ari arc sold A. all fiat -cisa toilet ro'.ls
counters You ran also purchase corr.
| icte nunicurinR ou,fit Of these prephra-
tirns
y Ny ps,t lesson ~iii appear In an early 10.
Tt'G Of this pap.r u YOU are confronted
with Any particular obstacle regarding
your nails write me and 7 shall <'sdly
advise you Dr VIM, q kofony, ios Vest
Mrir stico,. Louisville. ny. tAdv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

V Priest and " e. U'rrolsdn and
Ni'' lOy Reuter- wtfr additional ru,Hu
fUV.fa wct' w@~ b. Mrs Dawson and
'u = T. Barker Mrh " " T,rT
ill1 NWf'h Nh1ttcl nvcnue, VIII "u'cr-
tIu the ,luh November "
"
NIsHrH Nivirn ard EllInhih Nichols
entertained High Jinks club Tus day
's'rirR ~ q short busiu's ression.
Hn'u p'ruH were iuhdD fOf the Than's
ri'inr d'b'1p' ~ be given the evening
n Nup,mbcr ~ In th' llucpins ho,ol
The club viii mrot nguin next TuesdAJ
y
hH F"fry T. Williams wrs hostesr
Tue dry afternoon ~ Oh homi Hrldg"
'Iub with hrs Charles T. Knight md
Nis. J T. nay ~ prrri gu'Str. N,-
j " foufi' won top score favor She
WI 'u'"rt'iu The clJb With u guest day
Vow mb"r ~ ~ her home 1898 W.St
Tht'y'fourth street The evening meet .
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

Morrison. win preside NJ the orgnn
iiis wotx has always been cntri'd on
by Mr Mclniyfo, md ,his viii he IN"
ffl' time IN y,HrH he has been absent
Mttbtoh IirNY@ club met Tu"Hd'N
rfi'fnoon With Nis Ward samples 22i1
west ircnih street Nmes llutiet md
cunningham Vef" 'ytra gu'sis TOT
icof" we Won ~ Mrs Roy sample
rnd second by The hostess Thr r'uI
WIN b. entertained Noyeinb'r 20 by
"
Mrs Il y Loud"rbach. 1905 North
N'rirrr dy,nuo, mas ~ h'r guest Mrs
Allr'1 " CfOrbio ~ Tulsa
Tuesday o'C'ock R'idg~ Luncheon
rlub Wns entertained yesterday by Mrs
n II Ford no Wet Thirty scwnth
f'ro"t Mines Raymond Dawson. "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12
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rt7 7RS y. W Colllns iias West
AM TN y.Histh street. win .n,
NMI tort,iu ,n,.fo,ln,,,,, spU
VNI gurnts vlti, a,t,rnn,, brliy.
OVG En utdny M IN, ,,ur ,na
hotel. honoring u,a, uyrt,g
Pierce of Chi,uuo.
Miss Pierce. NLn Ius b.,n IA mas, a,
Mrs Lon Malcolm. IlIo W,S, 'rnIr,V.
forrih Htrd. viii un I, Nrs rnlina
tosny 10 Spend the w.,L end sho v,li
rtun homo Sundp, -
Al 20,
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@ @"no NV niI'rh"'h hiidEo pnriy rlJov
"o"m hs ne rhln" visitor ~ tho ir ne
rWnu,u'r his \. iNe'ps 5s!
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DAY Hftrruuon nj thr nm, -, uh. a..
par'mont Chairman Nr, a uov
ta'Ier. iia3 Mos, Tbtr,v .f,Yru, a., AZ
with Yrs C.l IS igpdr,,Ls.n a, 4
Mrs Josoth NsfubIc NJ ,.s,atin, ho.,
sss.s. "0
~ ltHfN were received law gffiT.fs ~
The d.un,t,,,u, 49,, q W.
dr cAson. UlchnrJ IT,. q E ru,r
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Mrs & IA ghibrr
The home NuE n huV,r nf Ant r,,
floaurp ana yellow and vrlt, ,u,,Rtu-
thuuiuinH, n, ,invo,,hlnp TN, ,,tn, a., r,.
A,m.succ day lr.h u pnirlut,r notp 10
,hr program ,,ni,h opru,d In en-.
temblo slur.rp ot 'Amnri,r Win
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mns ON. nnr,I,,l,' INN, Il ,'s
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encore. Nh Ais, ~, I,,yt,'. =.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

lny viii h0 November 80 win Mr aud
ME- JACK Puss1l. ~, Wrr ThlFy.
fourth street
-
corgr'ss lr1gr ,lub .u re- yluf' bu J..
n'sh meeting Tu,. ily ai 'iH homo pl
'lrt nn riH D.M lJip T. E.u E.yorii.
It'I. elected 40 rfcSid,r' NJ. Ron.
"ti 4 Hrr'r rul srof"i'ft ues tufor
M Bert lus""H Mr Hnrp,t Won
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

top score favor Deco, atoms and isoch.
ION appointments sussestcd tho Vk(e ts-
swing reason N.x, meeting No ~
Tuesday with Mrr. Russell. 1887 Wsbt
Park plnce.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

hpT, vorc ulrasnn'ly surprised Tues
ioy evening when Mrs Myra Matthews
rrt"n ned Jn their h0u'" Wl.h cards
and dan inE In tholr hoGe
Rl'ict luncheon wrs served Guests
were Mines r Il. Lewis, T.. L. Dew
t,or. l.. u. McNasters. M'ssas Mario
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-12

Mss Courtney Let's ono Of Wash.
ugton's mos, popalar buds las, win
ter j. TO marry 'Fcllslcy Hill Still
Nali ~ Chicago in the near future.
Miss Lc,> Is a Chicago glrl, the
daughter OF Frank { Let's She
mad, her 4 hut in WASHINGTON while
her iathcr va aiding the Red Gro"
there
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
sTRANGEST OF SHIP FREAKS
British inventor Must at Least Be
Credited With the Possession OF
Much Imagination.

Since that memorable day long ago
when our rude forefathers first ven
tured afloat In their dugout canoes
many very curious ships have been
built. Perhaps the most extraordinary
Of an these freaks was the steamer
Copnector, which vas launched in
British waters in 1868.
The Connect0r was built in three
sections, each Of which was, so 10
sneak. ship Of itself. The bow or
forward section, which was fitted up in
the usual way. was jointed TO the mid
shin section by means of a huge bolt
in such manner that, as tie ship
mitchell. It could rise or fall quite in
dapcndently Of the other two sections.
Thus, as the ship met the waves a
kind Of wriggle ran along the hull.
First the bow section use, then the
nidshlp section followed suit. and
finally the stern section wriggled up
ward
The craft passed safely through
some very severe trials. and even ven
nred out IN heavy weather. The idea
was 20 build up ships in sections Ike
trains, so that any particular section
could be dropped at the various ports
Of call.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
HOW FEBRUARY WAS NAMED
Month Known to the Romans as a Pc
riod Of Religious ENpiation and
Publication.

February was one Of the two months
(January being the other) introduced
into the Roman calendar by Numa
Pompilius, when he extended the
year into ~ of these periods. It's
name arose from the practice Of re-
ligious expiation and publication
which took place among the Romans
at the beginning Of this month. and
comes from febrUare, to expiate or to
purify. Among our Saxon ancestors
the month got the name of Sproutkale
on account If the sprouting of cabbage
at tbs ungenial season. The name
Of Sol-monatt WIS afterward conferred
on II in consequence of the return OF
the sun from the low course In the
heavens. which II had been running,
starting on the first day Of the month.
Tho following day, or February 2.
has from date unknown In the Chris
tian history been held as festival OF
the publication Of the Virgin. carrying
ont the pagan Idea Of cleansing, &C.
cordlng 20 some writer's, but the idea
Is at least open TO doubt, as its pop
ular name. even in the early church. is
Candlemas. from the practice OF carry
ing lighted candles In procession in
memory Of Simeon's words at the pres
entatlon of the infant Jesus, ITO be
light TO tighten the Gentiles." The
Christmas decorations are taken down
on this day In the churches.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30

her heart. OF course ii was the venge
full Maldonado-he would kill her
IF I am intruding," 1t was the
voice of Hardin.
Come right in," xvelcomed Richard.
sect along, sonora The Maldonado
slipped out into the night, her hand
still against her heart.
Hardin. a roll of maps under his
arm, entered with a rough sneer on
his face A dramatic scene that. he
had Interrupted And Ilickard. who
did not like to have women in camp.
White womenl
Richard. still sleepy, asked him to
sit down.
Il wanted to speak to you about
those concrete aprons. They tell me
you've given an order not to have
them"
Richard resigned himself to a long
argument. 1t was three o'clock when
Hardin let him turn in.
When he was getting ready for bed
he remembered the melodramatiC
scene Hardin had entered upon. He
stared comprehendingly at the screen
door-seeing Nth understanding Har-
din's coarse sneer-the Maldonado,
breathing fast, her hand over her
heart. ''Of course he'll think-good
lord. these people will make me into
an old woman! l don't care what the
whole caboodle of them think -
Five minutes after blowing out his
candle he was deeply sleeping.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30

rectly. But always II met her, rose up
to smlte her. wherever she was. Was
ii not egotism. personal pride, that was
making her cover her eyes, like any
simple ostrich? Her FREDERICKSBURG
MIN anybody else's brother The
dredge fiasco-the wild night at the
levee--no isolated accidents those.
Hardin's luck
A flush of miserable shame came 10
her. How they had all been trying to
spare her-Eduardo, these kindly Mar
shalls-M acLean She was turning.
impulsively, to ask Tod Marshall If he
thought, could he think it probable
that they would fail, when a step that
sent the blood to her face took the
cars stairs ut two leaps. Now, in
deed, the dinner was spoiled.
THAT'S Richard. | forgot to tell you
that asked him to dinner. lie couldn't
get away. He said he'd run In for cof-
fee. Hello, Richard. Thought you'd
forgotten us"
She hadn't thought of that contin-
gencyl She found herself shaking
hands with him. Could he not hear her
mind. ticking away at the Maldonado
episode?
or course he would insist on seeing
her TO her tent. Punctilious, alwSys
Well. she Just wouldn't. Perhaps she
could slip out some way. She would
watch her chance.
"Can talk shop for a while2" asked
Richard.
They Withdrew TO a cushioned win
dow seat. Innes had found her chance.
She asked to be shown over the car.
lines confided her plan. She wanted
to slip out "She would not interrupt
their evening; Mr. Marshall had bust
ness to discuss"
Mrs. Marshall would not hear of IT..
She said that Mr. Marshall would
never forgive her If she let Miss liar
| din 20 home alone. Her opposition
was softly implacable.
lines went back to the sitting room
of the car angrily cOerced. Rickard
was stll closeted, conversationally,
with his superior.
At last, desperately. she rose to go.
OF course, he must insist upon going
with her. or counsel
II was going back early, anyway.
I'm TO be up at dawn tomorrow"
The good-bys were said. She found
herself walking rebeliously by his
side. "No, thank you'll" to the offer of
his arm
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
CHAPTER XVI.
Time the Umpire.


The river was low; its yellow wa
tiers bore the look of oriental duplicity.
Each day was now showing its prog
ress. The two ends of the trestle were
creeping across the stream from their
brush aprons. A few weeks of work.
at the present rate, and the gap would
be closed, Hardin's big gate in It; the
bypass ready; the trap set for the
Colorado. The tensity of last squirt
was in the air.
1t was inspiring activity, this pitting
of mans cumulative skill against an
elemental force. No Caucasian mind
which did not tingle, feel the privl-
legged thrill of 1t. To the stolld native
this day of well-paid toll was his mill
lennium, the fufillment of the
prophecy. His gods had so spoken.
Food for his stomach. liquor Cor MS
stupefaction the white mans money
laid In a brown hand each Sunday
morning was what the great gods fore
spoke. The completion of the work.
the white mans victory, would be an
end of the fat time. Hasten? Why
should they, and shorten their day of
opportunity?
Between the two camps osclllated
Coronel, silently squatting near the
whites, jabbering his primitive Es-
peranto to the tribes. His friendship
with the white chiefs, his age and nat
ural leadership gave him unique po-
sition in both camps. Assiduously,
Richard cultivated the old Indian who
crouched days through by the bank of
the river.
The engineers felt the whip of ex-
element. Never a man left the camp
in the morning who did not look to-
ward that span crawling across the
treacherous stream. measure that
widened bypass. Would the gate
stand? The Hardin men halloed for
the gate, but looked each morning to
see If II were still there. The Reclama-
ton Service men and the engineers of
the railroad were openly skeptical ;
Sisyphus outdone Mt his own game
Estrada and Richard looked furtively
at the gate, with doubt at each other.
Hardin, himself was repressed, an
eager live wire. His days he spent on
the river; his nights, long hours of
them, open-eyed. on his back. watching
the slow-wheeling, star-pricked dome
of desert sky. His was the suspense
of the man on trial; this was his
trial; Gerty, Richard, the valley, his
Judge and jury. The gate grew to be
symbol with him Of restored honor
an obsession of desire. 1t must be all
right
Richard was all over the place
watching every piece of rock that's
dumped In the river" complained
Wooster Believe he marks them at
nlghtI'
They were preparing for the final
rush. In week or two, the work
would be continuous, night shifts to
begin when the rock-pouring com
menced. Large lamps were being sus-
pended across the channel, acetyIene
whose candelpOwer was that Of an arc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
By
EDNAH
AIKEN

with Richard, with life that lets such
things be. She jumped up. "0h, stop
It'll" She rushed out of the tent, fol-
lowed by a strange bitter smile that
brought age to the face of Gerty Har-
din.
In her own tent, Innes found excuse
for her lack of self-control. She did
not like the color of scandal; she
hated smudge. Gerty had said the
whole camp knew it; knew why the
Mexican woman was in campl She
did not trust Gerty In anything else /;
why should she trust her in that? She
would forget Gerty's gossip.
But she remembered II wildly that
week as she washed her own khakis /;
as she bent over the ironing board in
Gerty's sweltering "kitchenette" She
thought of 1t as she returned Rick
ards bow In the mess tent the next
morning; each tins they met she
thought of it. And II was in her mind
when she met Sonora Maldonado by
the river one day, and made sudden
wide curve TO avoid having to speak
to her.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30

her guest, 1t was a tragic presence. OF
brooding solicitude.
Late hours, excitement, might
abridge the life she so passionately
policed; but she would not demand
the sacrifice of his cigar.
MarshalPs cigar followed the coffee.
Tony. the white-capped Italian cook Of
the Palmyra, was removing the cups.
Innes was carrying her double inter
est, listening to Tod Marshalls broad
sweep, getting a new viewpoint as he
minimized the local scheme-feeling
that silent presence at the head of the
table.
Then something drove Claudia from
her mind. What Mr.. Marshall had said
swept a disturbing calcium on Tom.
What if. truly, the river fiaseo could
be traced to that OverzealOus hand? To
Tom, this undertaking bl0tted out the
rest of related big endeavor; but that
was not the way her host was looking
at it, He was too courteous to give
her discomfort; he had not said it di-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
CHAPTER XIV.
Rickard Makes a New Enemy and a
New Friend.

HIckard Makes New Enemy and a
New Friend.
The coming of the Indians gave the
impetus the work had lacked. Under
jerks of the railroad company large
force was put on the river; these. the
weavers of the brush mattresses that
were to line the river bed. On the
banks were the brush cutters; tons of
willows were to be cut to weave into
the forty miles of woven wire cable
waiting for the cross strands. Day
by day the piles of willow branches
grew higher. the brush cutters work
ing ahead of the mattress workers in
the stream. In the dense underground
the stolid Indians, Pimas and Marico-
pas and Papagoes, struggled with the
fierce thorn of the mesquit and the
overpowering smell of the arrow
weed. AS tough as the hickory handles
they welded, they fought a clearing
through dense thickets in the intense
tropic heat.
Down stream the Brobdingnagian
arm of the dredge fell into the mud of
the bypass, dropping its Shiny burden
Ull tic AdA DONH TIE iOIiE
stretch of levee the "skinners" drove
their mules and scrapers; two pile
drivers were setting in the treacher-
Gus stream the piles which were to
anchor the steel-cabled mattresses to
the river bed. 1t was well-organized.
active scene. Richard, in his office,
debating letters and kilograms to Mac
Lean. Jr, felt his first satisfaction.
Things were beginning to show the re-
suit of months of planning. Cars were
rushing in from north and east: every
quarry between Los Angeles and Tue
sol requisitioned for their undertake
ing.
A shadow fell Oh the pine desk.
Ling, in blue tickiEg shirt and white
butcher apron, weired for the 'boss"
to look up. He STOOD wiping the per
spiratio1 from hIs head, hairless ex-
tcept for the long sllk-tapered queue
"Well, LingT
81 90 tamale." His voice was soft
as silk. 81 no stSy."
II was a thunssrclap. There was
no one to replace Ling, who was
drawing down the salary Of private
secretary. Lose I&agf It would be
rsere demoralizinS 20 the camp than
to lcsg an enEiaesz.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-04-30
CHAPTER xxIlI-continued.

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The veil of fear was torn from her
eyes. The trembling woman was gone.
a yengeful wildcat in her place. Left
me, Maldonado? Left his home,
where he traps the Indian with one
coin in his pockets? No. senior. He
brought her to our home, there; Lupe,
the wife of Felipe. the Deguino. l
told him not to fool with Felipe; the
Indian was dangerous; he had hot
blood. Maldonado struck me-he
kicked me-he said ] was Jealous
and hit me again.
"Maldonado told me TO get a big
meal. / told him that 1t was for Fee
Iipe When I said l would not cook
for that treachery he cursed me, he
kicked me again." She threw off the
reboso, dragging her dress loose.
Don't" frowned Richard. He had
seen a welt across her shoulder
screaming line of pain.
She wound the reboso around the
dishcnored shoulder. Il cooked his
dinnerl There was a lot of liquor
Felipe was drunk; the tequila made
him mad, quite mad. He seemed to
know something was wrong; he fought
as Maldonado dragged him to the cell,
the senior remembers the cell? The
next day Maldonado sent for two ru-
rales. They started the next day for
Ensenada, taking Felipe: that day
Maldonado brought Lupe home. l
said she could not stay and he
laughed in my face, senior. He put
me outside the walls. l beat that
gate until my fingers bled. 1 remem-
bered the kind face of the senior, and
then 1 came here. You win help me,
senor?"
Richard shook his head. 81 shall
have to look into this thing. If this