South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-19

a tres-Ie burned down ou the In
ternatiuual railroad THE .1u-h-
bound from SAN Antonio vas cue or
Tor thc next f- hours. Ds taat train
was Ioula We.rers Easter aat
Eaplr.rlHH- Ilr Mexican. elo had
been sent go miles l1 ul.. board
from tle E.l.uasl ranch to fetch IT,
returned wish "a aEls-lln- shoulder
buC hands .uHrE except for Gig
sret AT the small station. %opal.
Le had learned nt rGe delayed train
ana, having l9 commands tI wait.
turned lass ponies toward The ranch
again.
Vow, II one s.pplses that Easter.
tho Goddess of spring cares any
more LoI the afteI-cllrch parade Ou
lIIth as. than she does for hel loyal
Cullt Of sub ec,s that assem- bile It tle
meeting house at Cactus Tex. "a mis-
take has been made The wives and
ctueA-ers OF the rauehmen of the
RIO country put forth raster bios
SONS az news hats and gowns ass faith
fully as is done anywhere. ald the
soutlWte- is. for one day. "a Miu-ll u
Cf pr.rk.E pear. Paris. and paradise
and now 10 was Good Friday. and
Ionia Wc4gers Easter mat D.U=ued
A.aAHF GU AlA .II.. ..ff. IlI OH
potent express car. beyond the burn
I'd trescle. on Saturday noon he
Rogers girls. from the Shoestrils
ranch, and Ella Reeves from tive
AnchOr-O, and Mrs. Bennett and Ida
from Green Valley. would convene C.
the EspluOsd and p.ch up Iou-t.
With their Easter hats ami froeE-
carefully wrapped ANA bundled
against the dust the fair aggregation
would .Hsu merrily jog thc 10 miles
20 Cactus where On the morrow tuCy
would array themselves slbiIgate
man. 90 homa-e 20 Easter. and cause
Jealous agitation among the lilies of
the field.
Tonia sat on the steps Of the Espi-
uosa ranch house Ticking gIOOWily
with Quirt AT tuft of curly
mesquite. she displayed a frOwn
and ContumeliOus lip and enc
deavored 90 rad.8te am aura of dis
ag-eeaFlcuess and tragedy.
II hate railroads. she announced
positively. and men, Meu pre-
tend to- run them. Can you give any
excuse why "a trestle should burn 2
Ida BENEFITS hat is Co be trimmed
with Eiolets. / shall not 20 one step
toward Cactus without n new hat. IL
] were a man I would get one
Two men listened uuc3sily 90 this
disparagemeut OF their kind one
was Wells Pearson. foreman of the
MuchO talor cattle ranch. The other
was Thompson Burrows the prosper
Gus sheepmau from the QuIntana
Valley. Both thought Touia Weaver
adorable especially when she rallied
az railroads and manaced men.
Either would have given mp his
epidermis to make for her am Ea--
ter hat more cheerfUlIy than the
ostrich gives mp his tip or the aig-
retrc lays down its life. Neither
possessed The ingenuity 90 conceive
against the coming Sabbath. Pear
sons deep brown face and sunburn-
ed light hair gave him the appear
ance OF a school boy seized by one
OF youths profound and insOlyable
mean, hollis. Tomas plight griFed
him through and through. ThOmp-
son Burrows was the more skilled
and uIiabIe. Tie hailed from some
where iu the east originally. and he
wore nCckues and shoes. and was
not made dumb by woman's pres
ence
THE big water hole on Sandy
Creek said Pearson, scarcely hop
ing 20 make hit ''was filed up by
that last rain"
con. Was it2" said Touia sharp
ly. Thank YOU for the informa-
tiOn. 1 suppose a new hat is moth
ing 20 you Mr.. iPcarson. 1 suppose
YOU think "a woman ought to wear
an old SretsOu five years without a
change. ass you do. If your old wa
ter hole could have pu8 out the fire
on that trestc YOU might have some
reason TO talk about it,"
Il am deeply sorry" said Bur
rows. warned by Pearsou's fate.
shat you failed 20 receive your hat.
Miss Weaver-deeply sorry. indeed.
IL there was anything ] could do"
Don't bother interrupted Tonia,
with sweet sarcasm. IF there was
anything YOU could do. you'd be do
ing it. of course. There isn't"
Tonil paused. A sudden sparkle
OF hope had come into her eve Her
frOwu smoOthed away. She had an
inspiration.
There's a store over at Lone Elm
Crossing on the Nueces' she said.
that keeps hats Eva Rogers got
hers there she said If was the latest
style They might have some left
But it's % miles 10 Lone Elm"
The spurs of two men who hastily
arose jingIed. and Touia almost
smiled The Knights then were not
all turned TO dust; nor were their
rOwels rust.
"Of course" said Tonia. lockinz
thouEhUully at a white gulf cloud
sailing across the cerulcan dome
nobody could ride TO Lone Elm and
back by the time the girls cali bv
for me tomorrow. So ] reckon IIl
nave 90 stay at home this Easter
Sunday"
And then she smiled
We'll. Miss Tonia," said Pearson.
Teachins for his hat, as guileful as