Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1922-01-05
CHAPTER XVII.

~ the stone-and.clay chin
n. cabins of the Littlefords OF
4, ode Of the river the bowling
..tebed sprays of blue wood
ne Morelands had gone te
nm around Gainesville In the
a. each Of which q fair.sized
,,ueat had been made. the Dor
npital was to remain borrowed
~ year. The Morelands were
losing their outlandishness
rtyine Into universal respect
IbfeIand's dream was at last
Raised. ~
psIs frowned heavily. II only
q Do u much for Babes PEG
II be couldn't. The men Of the
m, still worked the coal mine.
nxyed almost twice the custom
Nh bat even that wouldn't buy
inns and educate their children.
r BIZ eyes lay two unanswered
frpm bis parents. He found
pleasure IN answering their let
IL hswas still somewhat bitter
4 them-toward his father be-
4 ~ .fAther's Ill treatment Of
Nofeland and David Moreland's
b; toward his mother because she
h him 20 hungry for mother-love
iaby, % Q child, as q boy. and IS
b; toward them both because he
een reared do-nothing.
} door opened suddenly. and By
eans stamping In with q gust Of
alr 1t his back. He carried in
md the mail satchel In the other
ID eves-present rifle. After throw
\ ntchel to the floor at Dale's
b turned to the glowing wood
dang nigh frIz. BILL" he chat
Ny gosh. 1 couldn't be no cold
What I EN- eff I'd ha' clim' the
pole neck.ed. Say. Bill. why'n't
m coal Std O. wood1 Igod, It's
al Is worth money. Wood isn't"
; ran through the mail hastily.
new aside a letter from the Alex
(Gayheld Coal corporation, which
|the entire output of the mine at
(raordinary figure, and picked up
p which bore the postmark Of his
dp.
ms from Babe Littleford. Since
ID 20 little attention to the letters
parents. they had requested her
fte to him-they wanted him to
home for Christmas dinner.
Int he Gomez
arose and paced the ONCE floor
70 or three minutes. then he sat
At bis desk and dashed of q let
At contained only two sentences.
Heck sat beside the stove and
ed his god with thoughtful eyes,
oerstood, he believed. How any
? on earth could turn down a
re Bill Dale was utterly beyond
~ Heck was q great deal like q
latured dog.
Ill would only laugh, It would BE-
Of him. 1t had been 50. long since
J heard Bill laugh. BY Heck de-
that he would make Bill Dale
boyi" !. r..
III"
70 want me to tell 70 a funny
drawled Heck. He barely heard
swer:
ness I don't mind. By" -
70 sympathy piade him zutli.' !
swallowed tia lump that came
rs throat and begin bravely:
time the was q fe,ier named
Odd name. Bill. ain'e 1T 'Hoss-
nth. they called hiyn, cause It.
I'D ut he could easy shoot a
/. of1en a hoss's ear .and never
hide on the animile. He wa. q |
too. One time Hossfiy, he was
to git app'inted the chairman
sort o politics doin's, and on
me day he was a-drinkln' sort
,ole heavy. They agreed to
I'm the temprary chairman. but
) he didn't want that. So he
sht up In the middle o. the meet
he hollers ont and says:
Ter citizens he says, 4 want
ne permanent chairman! I ain't
10 act in the capacity Of a
temporary chairman; I abso-
tely ain'tr
o,d inemy, Eb Wright, he yells
nd says smart-llke: Set down
ossfly,' says Eb-'you're drunk.
' DON'T know the difference n
.emp'rary and permanent
|, they knowed Eb had It e.
70 him right then, and they lis
D 1t. Hossfiy. he addresses the
and this here IL what
says:
Ter citizens.' says he, .Eb
thar lows I don't know the diff
4, atween Temporary and perma-
II prove to you that I do know |
erence. Eb Wright says I'm
l am. That's Temporary. Eb |
is q poke-nosed idjit. That's
ent p"
finished with q lazy laugh:
raw, hawl Hee-haw, hee-haww
story" Dale said wearily, |
en- told on dozens Of politicians. |
'ecome . part Of the history Of |