The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-09-14

half hidden between them. Nobody
dreamed that I was anyone else but
the swede-my head was tipped for
ward. 50 they couldn't see ny fea-
lures. We drove outside town and
stopped. Then We said go0dby. and !
put On an Old dress that had brought
with me and sueaked back home. No
body knew the difference"
-But Iarsen-f~
"Y0u know as much as 7 do. S0n.-
you never saw Larsen agains-
Il never saw any Of them. That
was the end"
But ROiaIue-T
Hes sm here YouU hear from
hIm-plrnty soon. could see that.
the minute BI'nIeys Foreman and
Taylor EI began taking your meas
1re You noticed they left the table
before the meal was over? Il was 70
tell RDdains.7
Then he'll fght me. toof-
Mother Howard Iaughed-and her
voice was harsh.
"R0dsine's a raftlesnake. His sons
rattlesIake His wife's crazy-OId
Crazy laura. He drove her that way.
She lives by herself. 10 an old house
on the GeOrzeyiIle road And she'd
I Kill Tor bin, even II be does beat her
I when she goes 70 his house and bezs
him 10 take her back. That's the kind
| 0f a crowd Il ls. Just 10 put good
finish on IL an. the young IN moves
In the best society In town and spends
most % his time trying 70 argue the
! former district judge's daughter into
| marrying him. So there you are.
That's all Mother Howard knows.
Son"
She turned 20 the door and then.
turning. patted FaIrchud on the shOul-
der.
BOY" came quietly. you've got a
broad back and a good head. Rndaine
beat your father-don't let him beat
I you. And always remember one
/ thing: Old Mother HowarIs PLAYED
the game before. and she'll play Il
with yOu-dark streets aren't exactly
the place FOR you"
Robert Falrchlld obeyed the in
structions, a victim OF many coniec-
/ ture, many an attempt at reasoning
| as he sought sleep that was far away.
/ Again and again there rose before
/ him the vision OF two men In an Open
buggy, with a person between them
I whom Ohadi believed % be an effeml-
nate-yoiced Swede; in reality, only a
/ woman. And why had they adopted
| the eEpedient7 Why had not Larsen
/ been with them In realityf II was
| hours before FaIrchIId found slrep,
and even then II was a thing Of
| troubled visions
Streaming sun awakened him. and
| he hurried 10 the dlnlhg room 10 find
! himself the last lpiger az .he tables.
| He ate a rather hasty meal. made
more so by an impatient waitress.
then with the necessary papers In his
. pocket, FairchIld started toward the
courthouse and the legal procedure
which must be undergone before he
made his first trip TO the mine.
A block or two. and then Falrchild
suddenly halted. Crossing the street
at an angle Just before him was a
/ young woman whose features. whose
mannerisms he recognized. The whip
cord riding habit had given place now
to a tailored suit which deprived her
Of the boyishness that had been 50
apparent on their first meeting. The
cap had disappeared before a close
/ Htting. yariColored turban. But the
! straying brown hair stIIl was there,
the brown eyes, the plquant little nose
and the prettlly formed lips Fair.
. ch.ld's heart thgmped-nor did hc stop
20 consider why. A quickenins Of bis
f. pace, and be met her Just as she
I stepped 10 the CUrbing.
Tin so glad ~ this opportunity" )"
he exclaimed happily, u want 20 re
turn that money 20 you. II was 50
/. fusted yesterday ! didn't realize"
Aren't you MISTAKEN" She looked
at him with a slight smile Falrchlld
| dih not catch the infection.
"Oh. no. I'm the man. you know
who helped you change that tire on
the Denver road yesterday"
Pardon me-" This time one brown
eye had wavered ever so slightly. in
dIcating someone behind Falrchild
but wasn't on the Denver r0at
yesterday, and II youll excuse me fol
saying so, don't remember ever hav
ing seen you before"
There was n little light In her eve,
which took away the sting OF the de
NAL. light which seemed to urge eau
zion, and AZ the same time to tell Fair
child that she trusted him 10 do hIi
part as gentleman In a thing sh,
wished forgotten More fused thar
ever he drew back and bent low II
apology, while she passed on. Half ,
block away, a young man rounded 1
corner and. seeing her. hastened e
Join her. She extended her hand
they chatted moment. then strolle,
up the street together. Falrchil,
watched blankly then turned at
chuckle just behind him emanatinl
from the bearded lips OF an old miner
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