The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-12-02

Ism n~~iy ta1ea to heaith: and Lev.
snrtce fell asae<p
He took lis uexr--Do-uinr's walk
slo1C TIE s9aying 1iSaes. fru1 cosch
% cosch- He ahsnoooed csutioa- And
felt again a senSe q ueii-heinE- The
hreakfass co-es hsd beer god Tie
train szs loa- s1d fast he uked 10
stretch hss legs HIS spirit roSe
while awaiting bis turn in the hsr-
he-ss eAlAir. he saw q familiar Hgure
szfnr into the smoking compartment
Con fest the x-tsconscfouSness jerk st
hts nerves Tie nan was sl-p-1 and
sfocky- with 4 very large cigar dis
6-urinE his nouth. ta . hroun-caeck-
81 suit q clothes that gave youth 10
his appearance despite the gray o-is-
ties that zere Sruqq,es above his ears.
beneath the rim q a brown derby
-Iee. II Il siu-t Con LeTiuEron =
Sald the nzshy persoa. thriving out .
stubby but newly uzuicured night
hard
How are ron Stuby
Never finer. Son- It's great 10 see
you Where you been keePin' your
seiff They tell ne you are hlttin' the
strait and narrow: bow stou, itg-
who told yoa thst.- returned Lew
ingtOn. with a laugh
Don't we all know ify- exclaimed
StuSby Tsgyart- -Aint saw -yOu at
the club since Christmas
WAS down Cincinnati way said
Con. aware Of another backward rub
on his nerves. I'm no good a cold
weather.
But you sure do eat Up them
nights In spring-aln't saw you do u.
/ Connie when the weather Is wooly
and soft. and the winter linin' goes
OF your faster. and you feel a dr5neht
comm on that1l last you till snow
fes again.
Stubby cackied with head thrown
back until the derby was in danger.
The other men in the compartment
found IL difficult TO be as bored as they
wished to appear.
I guess they had a spell Of hot
weather down in Cincinnati. didn't
theyf' and Stub set himself Of In
another at of laughter. Lexington
nodded. grinnIng, Then Taggart
lowered his voice dIScreetiy and
whispered in his young friends ear:
"On the level. now. how the - did
you keep from gettin' q ride in the
blue buggy1 They tell me you had
everything your cwn way. with gat
IN both mits-
Il don't remember the Details ans
wened Con as he shifted the converse
ton. what have you been doing
Stubbys You look prosperous Don't
tell me you've gone 10 work
A hurt expression covered the red,
puffy face. but smile was In H.
Work; Work? Amt ! always BEEN
I the little hummin' bee for work."
I thought perhaps you had tree
full by this time
Not at the present price O liquor.
And say. were roin' through a dry
state In a few minutes. I'm in ons
already. You don't hsppen to have q
drink anywheres ON your
So they ciiatted. and the past was
trrLAlll- urlofe the AtlIE Ilal. iuTlI
and restless as a lava lake by night
They talked Of the club nlembers-Oi
Spike Taylor and Jim and Posy Mason
those high-strung. wayward children
who keep Mother Law awake oi
nights. and perhaps never come home
TO her at ALL
At Vancouver he found there was
not sailing that day At four the
following afternoon Lexington veui
down &c his ship. nhe Ensurta Queen
not Of regular line 10 the orient
He remained In the cabin while she
cleared.
; At dinner the next day there wa.
! animated conversation. hut Con wa.
not listening. He was watching th'
J steward choose a chair sor Cecil Wed
: gers Chinese cook. chee Ming.
The wrinkled Celestial looked blank
" around the dihing-rcom. allowed HI,
: narrow eyes to rest on Lexington q
: moment. looked at him and Arougt
D him and then on 10 fnish the survey
without the least flicker Of recosni
2 ton.