The Arvada enterprise., 1921-03-31

door. He hat expected Q we.co0s
and this strange laek a interest %
ths part q the citfseas q Poaea had
already considerably cAilIs1 his -
thusiaam. Ones Inside. ~ stepped.
staring about h even despef pespaex-
ity. Ths big saloon was alb aUts,y
empty q patroos-the tables wese On.
0ee1pied: ~ ooe was liaed Up ID ffoat
Of the long bar. and 10 sound Of voleos
o. Of pskef eAips cane down frea tAs
roe0 above. The place seemed like
q hinge grave. and. foe Q brssf ~
Ment, he even fAiled b perceive IN
only oecupant-a red.0ustachsd bar
tender In front Of the mirror. indus
trtously rubbing the Immaculate giass.
Thoroughly angered By this tins. sAsl.
~ advanced. his footsteps nuiDsd b.
The saWduse % .ths door.
what The ~ y tie natter VITA
this dunpr' be demanded savassly. ID
Ase tAumpang the bar. ~OA. - III
30, y Il Aoraaf Wsll ere yea an
that.s left In Pooear
The red-mustacAsd ons turned h.
diRerently. yst managed b sxteod .
rather limp hand In fratesaal greeting.
that's 'bout the siss Of II. Tom,
he admitted graveiy. "whess yer bssn
the last six monthsr'
~Over on the Cottonwood. ranchlag.
Fay. amt seen nothin' but dogs
since ! struck this valley. WHAT'S
upf Po0ca gone on the bumf'
mo: she's all right mostly. Be all
right tomorrow. I reckon. fes HlteA-
cocks outfits comm 10 With Q bunch
q steers. what1i yer drinkr
REST yeFvs got. o course. That
looks q bit like old times. an tastes
like Il. Take q snort with me. Moran.
Where's Mac. an all the boys. any.
howr
-Out ter the funeral: that's what's
the matter with this town. The whole
KIT an caboodls gone acroas the
creek to help plant old Dad Caikins.
You remember Old Dadr
'No. can't say I do: what was he,
Q gambler?''
"Kind Of . tin.horn; s0used most o
the time but still everybody liked him
pretended ter he q blacksmith when
he nrst come. an put up shack down
there next the hotel. Never worked
morn three days to my knowledge
slnce-just naturally bummed 'roand,
but ne was . HI Of Q good story.tell.
er. an the boys cottoned to him. Sure.
yer must have knowed him."
Shelby shook his head. -what did
he die from
"Shot himself. ! reckon. He was
picked up over hack o the dance hail.
with 4 bullet In his nut an . gun Ia
his hand. The girl was huntin' foV
him. 'cause he didn't come home. an
50 Dan he went along with her. The
two Of en- found him out there"
"what Eirif'
daughter. Z a'po~e. Shes bseu
yere kinder keepin' house ever sincl
I nrst knew the cuaa."
How old II she1"
II amt no jedgs O. females agsa
n yer ask me. but maybe sixteen Of
seventeen. Quite . wisp Of Q gur
Ara, I saw her. but she don't make
up with nobody: sorter suilsu.llte. an
just stays ter home all the time"
"Where'd you ~ oil this rumpul
was Eoln' orr
cover cross the creek. bsyes1 tAat
bunch O. willows, You know WAeel
the graveyard 10. Coin tss - eo0l
obsequies. you Bet. Dan hs wsat e,sai
70 bu6alo Gap Tor tse ct 4 pesaeAss
ter do Tie thing up swell. WHAT'S ~
matter With yss COTE ovse there In
a. takin' the ahew ~ Daa1l b
b mighty pleased tse ~ ~ hesu ~
Shelby hsspsd himself b a0eehel
driak md SaSsd disconsoiotsly aboe'
~ W. ooooaate1 roeo. 4 sOeese
ri turn H. beeoeD tate Davis eossAl
an thsa aDbss aieaG." - sald leviy
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