Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-12-22

lndede sad woman. there wassent
much about her to remIne me of the
time when she called me q savaje
person. she said am deiited you came
elizabeth and cride y little couldent
help 1t when / jest half to cry Jest
half to cry and nothing else don't help
Bit Because she kissed me bill.
well bill yOre father he wired the
Authorities in cartersville and found out
that Gale M0reland had. confessed TO
the shooting Of black adam and you
was free and 1t has set his mind at
rest. but it diddent set my mind ut rest
for because no the mountain hart.
know Gale Moreland Is Jest takeing
yore place In jail until the day OF the
trial for that is the way Of the More
lands. pore Gale is q good boy. aIn
doing fine hear bill but often wish
could have old Doe River hear to sing
me TO sleep like 1t used to. yore moth
er IL teaching the how TO read and rite
and spell like pat did and am learn;
ing fast. you can see by this letter
can rite an spell fine cant l.
well bill kind friend jimmy fayne
has jes sent yore in0Ihers made up
hear to ask II, lie eau see me and
will half to go down stares and req
what he wants. Z,
yores respectively.
II Babe.
Bill Dale folded the bulky letter
and put 1t slowly back into the envel-
ope. Then his gaze wandered through
window and to where a golden
winged high-holer was hammering In
dustriously Mt the top branch Of
dead tree. He smiled to himself. BY
Heck and nearly all of the rest Of
the world for the moment forgotten,
and muttered aloud:
"'Yores respectively, Babe"
"Haw. haw, haw!" laughed the keen
cured and watchful hillman In the
straight-back chair behind him.
"'Yores respectively, Babel Haw.
haw, hawl Well. Bill, dadslIng 1t. 1t
shorely to goodness amt nothin' to
turn all that red aboutI When the
nights gone the day comes. don't lit
Bill. old boy, it's the same thingl"
"You get out of here. By!" Dale
stormed In mock severity. go and
help, the commissary clerk with the
new goods: chr
Heck laughed another horselaugh,
rose and went out.
When he had gone. Dale began to
think-of the ultra-spoiled, charming
after-a-fnshion. wealthy. young. high
night devotee, Jimmy Fayne. And he
wondered, and wondered. what would
come OF Fayne's quick liking for Babe
Littleford.
After he had viewed the matter from
above and below and all sides around.
he frowned like Q berserker.
Here Is what came Of Jimmy Fayne'a
quick liking for Babe Littleford-
The days had passed swiftly. and au.
tumn was far advanced. Save for q
few chrysanthemums and asters that
grew in places sheltered from the
frosts. the flowers were all gone; the
naples were shedding their leaves Of
brown. crimson and gold.
Ben Littleford's daughter had
changed much In many ways. She had
tried IS hard as ever mortal tried to
learn the correct use of words; and
Mrs. Dale had been patient. painstak'
ing and efficient in her teachings. MOI
that Elizabeth was educated. In any
real sense Of, the word, Far from It
But her Improvement was, in all truth
quite remarkable, She wore more Of
lass costly .foTns now. and 4 few
[ Jewels, thanks to ldfs. Dale. and
wherever she went She attracted I'd
mIrinE glanees. ...',. ~
Jimmy FaShs hid been coming 4
sec her when Mftks Dale would per
hit 1t, whichrAas not very often. jim,
III fayne, an .Pstticias MeLaurin hat
Snce been moved totsax was a, far
teeins .yonnS. man fqy gil his weak
nesses; hethAd. known. in, advance tina!
the Laurel ;bloop would Change to
rose. and then. TO-, a white hyacintf,
Perhaps he even considered the fac
that she: would make better wife To-
him. and q better mother for his chill
dren. than some fragile and over-cul
luEtu Vi q PatAsNiAA hOboS tAsu
had about run out. At any rate. Jim
my Fayne. the ultra-spoiled. had de
cided that he would marry her.
During those weeks that had beef
made happy by an occasional hour a
the home Of the Dales, Fayne had no
once mentioned marriage. He figured
and wisely enough, that to be to-
quick with his proposs) wcr!6 be L
lose everything.
But now he meant to D1>jpJhe, for h
l:new that Miss Littleford intended &c
ing home for . visit-and he knew tina
when she went home she would Ne
Carlyle Dale. The truth was, o
course, that Miss Littleford was &c
Ing to Tennessee to attend the o.
tober term of court at Cartersville.
1t was a little after the middle Of
bright afternoon. He found her SIT
ting on an iron settee in q seclude
corner of the lawn, where cape jessa
mines and lilac bushes grew In order