The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-08

this valley. Wild oardper pulled al
tho edge Of his broken hat as he
stepped down the narrow road TO
meet her
Morning. Mis- Davidson.- said
he
Good morning. Mr.. Gar,rr.dner."
doomed out tho great voice of Mrs.
Davidson. 1T Ia apparently promls-
ms us fair weather. airr.r."
Mr-. Davidson spoke with a GER.
tain singular rotund oractnesa. and
hence waA held much In awe Ia all
these parts.
"Yea, mA'am." said Wild. '.it looks
Ike II would rain. but IL won't"
your hay In that case would no,
flourish NO WELL Mr.. Gar.r-r-dnery'
said sho.
without rain. not worth damn.
uia'am. 40 20 speak But I'll get by
II any one can. This II one Of the
best locations In the valley. Me and
sim Gage: and Sim. he sayn---
''Sim GagcF' Tho lady anorted
her contempt Of the very mama
THAT mani Altogether impossiblor'
He shore II. lie certainly is" as
Arnted wid Gardner. ''He seems to
be getting impoa-ible.er almost every
year. now. don't her
MIR. Gar.r,r-dner," said the lady
positively. II doubt II he has made
t-d or washed n dish In 20 yoaIa
His place In worse than an Indian
camp. have taught school among
tho sayhEca myself. In government
service. and therefore I may speak
with authority"
We'll. now. ma'nrn. I reckon that's
all true But you sec. II more WON.
en- come out In here. now. thingn'd
be different. I been thinking Of Sim
Gage. ma'am. wanted YOU 20 do
something fer mo. or him. ma'am. ="
''IndecdT" demanded abe and
what may that bog''
II don't mean nothing In the
world that amt perfectly Nil right. I"
began Wild heritatingiy. II only
wanted you to write something fer
me. I'm this Kind OF a man. that
when he wants anything TO he fired
up. he wants Il 10 be fixed up right
I kind OF got out % practice writing.
! want you 10 write al fer mo"
"a WHAT she demanded. "oh. I
sec-you have something 20 --ilr-'
mo. a'am. I amt rot nothing
to a.lb--no; uniensan--wcIi. III tell
you. ] want 10 advertise fer a won.
an-fcr a wtse--thnt Is 10 SAY. really
fer him. sim Gare---a feiler's 70, TO
have romcthlnT 10 sort Of occupy bis
mind. hain't her
Mrs Davidson WINS tho much a.
tonlAhct 70 speak. and he hundred
on
Folks has done such ,hinxs. .
Hald he.
You offer me a somewhat am.
cui, problem" r-joln.d the other.
since ! do no, In the least under
stand what you desire 70 do"
We'll. us this away. na'sm
There's papers that prints shrse ads
-- sometimes big daIlie. does. they
tell rue--~hero folks ADVERTISE for
an1uainianess Just fer to get &C.
auain,od you know - Acquainted
with = view 10 nairimony' In IN.
way they usually say i,--and that
may bc tip fer you'll mean about
this here al l want you TO write.
why. folir has rot married that
way. plenty OF 'ern-fu bet there
ain, NORM half the horn~sfeaasrr
in this state out herr. lsantwayn In
tho sagebrush country. that didn't
Got married just that way-lt'a the
onlie~' way they can get married.
ma'am. half the time.
once. up IN Hcileny. years ago.
right after tho old Alder Cuich pac.
er mining dayu. there va- II mil.
bonAire-. each Of EN- married 70 a
iniun woman. and not one OF them
women could set on n chair without
falling off. Now. thcro wasn't no
papers thcn like this one here. OF
them miliIonaivs might Of done
better"
She gnsped. unable 90 speak, he,
lips ro,und and purscd. and he wen,
on with more assertivencnH.
They turn out Jus, an good a.
any marriages there Ia" -nIi he
| I've knowed plenty ~ 'ern. There,
three in this valiey--aitho they DON,
say much about II now l know how
they got acquainted. all right
And you desire me 10 aid you In
your endcavor To cntr.r.r.ap aons
foolish woman
They don't have 70 answer. They
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