The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-27

Quarters I'M STOOD measuring the
distance Tor d stroke noting the while
the SLOW gliding of the reptile toward
the girl. al he made To launch d
blow at III u bullet from behind clipped
the snakes head neatly Of, then d
set, drawing voice said evenly:
Reckon the next time ron go black
BERN. Miss Jincy, you WON'T be 50 up
pity about lettin' me 10 too
Indeed, indeed I won't, PHIL Miss
Jincy answered. her color coming
back tn d flood. 'sYeu are certainly
the right man Id the right place just
now. But--you see. I wasn't In such
dreadful danger. This gentleman
smiling at Keith. wouldn't have let
him bite me ven If he had had to
spoil his NICE stick
IF he had II reckon somebody would
a-spoiled him. Phil said tr-uculently.
Then changing mood and tone Instant
&ly: rs your name Keith? Thought so.
I've got d letter here from sam Jay
son tellin' me TO look ont you don't
get snake-bits nor carried away by var
mints. Heaps and heaps OF varmints,
you know-wildcats, 'coons, ,possums
and foxes, not name the willapus-wal-
,1apus. Ever hear about 1T It's new
to most folks--theyt say It got loose
from a circus somewhars up North
and stopped e here on It's way back
to the gulf" ~ ~ 35#
"shame on you, Phli You know
there's not any-such--thing," Miss
Jincy said reprovingly. Instead Of
trying to brighten a stranger you might
introduce him. As you w~on't--I'm
Jincy Leavall, Mr.. Keith. And I live:
over yonder," nodding toward a red
roof barely showing above the hedge
rows. phil there-he is Phil Dancy-
keeps bach on beyond. You can stay
all night with him, but / invite you
both to, supper at our house. You
look hungry-and Phil lis never any
other way this time of the day"
you said something's" Phil flung
back airily. Keith, I'm glad to see
you. I want to find out how to run
away from girls and have good times
all by myself"
'"Find another teacher, please"
Keith flung back: II only thought I
knew how-the last half hour has
shown me better"
"You two don't need to pick a quar-
rel over me-" Miss Jincy said tranquil
ly. sally Ford and Ruthy Davis are
coming to stay all night. Billy Davis
brings them-you know ne never lets
his sister go anywhere by herself"
ESPECIALLY not to your house,"
Phil interjected: wish / had a sis
ter-nobody's brother would have any
thing on me-" Z
A big, clean, airy, f~1ower-scented
house, a glorious supper, much music
and laughter ~interspersed with games
afterward, made Keith's head fairly
whirl. He had never thought country
life could be like this-the Leavalls
and their manager were equal to any
he knew In the home suburbs. And
the gay company lost nothing by o
trast with the jazz-crowds OF the set
entertainment he was used to. Idly
he wondered how people had gained
ideas Of roughnecks and hayseeds-so
unlike the real thing. But speculation
did not make him blind to the keen
watch Phil kept upon him nor the ex-
ceeding discomfort Of Billy Davis &C
sight of him. ,
Evidently these two we're prime
rivals Of Miss Jincy's favor-each
feared the other nightly, but was
ready to make common cause with him
against an outlander. Miss Jincy her.
self bore on the impression-she in
sisted that the whole party should es-
cort Phil and his guest home-at the
witching hour when cocks were crow