South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-10

and the waters came down from
LOdOrc.
Why a young man Who knew every
thing and could do everything was
content 20 serve in such an obscure
capacity I never could under stand
although he let out a hint once that
it was 90 a personal favor to the
president and stockholders Of the
S. p Railway CO.
One more line Of description.
and I turn Jacks over TO you. He
wore bright blue clothes. yellow
shoes. and a bow tie made Of the
same cloth as his shirt
NY rival 40. . was Bud Cunning
/ nam, whose services had been en-
gagged by a ranch near Paloma 70
assist I'm compelling refractory cattle
20 keep within the bounds Of de-
/ corum and order. Bud was the only
cowboy off the stage that l ever saw
who looked like one on it, He wore
the sombrero. the chaps, and the
handkerchief tied at the back Of his
neck.
Twice a week Bud rode in from
the Val Verde ranch 10 sup at :he
Partisan restaurant He rode a
many-hiEh- handed Kentucky horse
at a tremendously fast lope. which
animal he would rein up so sudden
ly under the big mesquite at the cor
ner Of the brush shelter that his
hoofs would plough canals yards
long in the loan.
Jacks and I were regular board
ers at the restaurant, of course.
The front room Of the lIink,e
House was as neat a little parlor as
there was in the black -waxy coun-
try II was all willow rocking
| chairs, and home-knit tides. and al
buns and conch shells in a row.
And little upright piano in one
I corner.
/ Here Jacks and Bud and I-or
f sometimes one or two Of us, accord
ing TO our good luck-used 10 sit Of
/ evenings when the tide OF trade was
over. and visit" Miss Hinkle
lleen was a girl Of ideas. She was
/ destined for higher things of there
can be anything higher) than TAX
ing I'm dollars all day through a
! barbed- wire wicket. She had read
/ and listened and thought. Her
/ looks would have formed a career
+ for a less ambitious girl: but. rising
4 superior 70 mere beauty. she must
establish something in the nature cf
a salon-the only one in Paloma-
Don't YOU think that Shake
. speare was a great writer2" she
would ask, with such a pretty little
2 knit Of her arched brows that the
. late ICnatius Donnelly, himself, had
/ ne seen it. could scarcely have saved
. his Bacon.
Ueen was OF the opinion. also
. that Boston is more cultured than
. Chicago: that Rosa Bonheur was
one Of the greatest of women paint
ers: that Westerners are more spon-
taueous and open hearted than east
CrnerS. that London must be n very
foery city. and that California must
bc quite lovely in the springtime
And of many other opinions ind
eating a keeping up with the world.
best thought.
These. however. were but CLEAN
cd from hearsay and evidence.
. IIeen had theories of her own. One
in particular, she disseminated tC
us untiring1y. Flattery she detest-
cd. Frankness and honesty OF
speech and action she declared
were the chief mental ornaments Of
man and woman. II ever she could
like any one, IL would be for those
qualities
"Im awfully weary she said. one
evening. when we three musketeerS
Of the mesquite were in the little
parlor "of having compliments o.
my looks paid TO me. 1 know I'Ir
not beautiful"
tBud Cunningham told me after.
ward that il was all he could do &c
keep from calling her a liar wher
she said that
I'm only a little middle westerr
-i-I " went ON Ileen. who just wants
10 be simple and neat. and tries &c
help her father make a humble Inv
.ng."
cold Man Hinkle was shipping a
thousand silver dollars a month
clear profit. To a bank in san An
tonioD
Bud twisted around in his chair
and bent the rim OF his hat. from
which he could never be persuade
. 90 separate. He did not know whe,h.
or she wanted what she said she
wanted or what she knew she de.
served Many a wiser man has hest
tated NJ deciding. Bud decided.
"Why-ah. Miss Teen. beauty. as
YOU might say. amt everything Nor
sayin' that YOU haven't your share
OF good looks. always admired
more than anything else about YOU
I the nice. kind way YOU treat voul
ma and pa. ANY one what's good Q,
/ their parents and is a kind Of home
body don't specially need 10 be toe
/ pretty"
Ileen gave him one OF her sweet.
est smiles Thank YOU. Mr.. Gun.
/ nineham." she sasd -I conslde,
that one Of the finest compliments
I've had I'm long time. I'd Sc
/ much rather hear YOU say that thar
+ % hear YOU talk ahour my eyes and
hair I'm glad YOU believe me wher
7 say / don't like fattery"
our cue was there for us. Bud
had made a good guess. You