Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-11-09

Miss Majesty, sure I'm sad de-
moralzed old cattleman," he said
presently. An I'm in need of Il heap
of help"
VERY well; unburden Yourself
wal, the cowboys have gone plumb
batty, jest plain crazy over this heah
game of gol-of"
merry peal of mirth greeted Still
wells solemn assertion.
"Oh, Stllwell. you are in fun" re-
/ Piled Madeline.
Il hope to die If I'm not in daid
earnest" declared the cattleman. ITS
an amazin' strange fact. Ask Flo.
She'll tell You. She knows cowboys,
( an how if they ever start on somethin'
they ride it as they ride hoss.'
Florence being appealed to. and evil
IDENTIFY feeling all eyes upon her, mod
estly replied that Stillwell had scarce
ly misstated the situation.
Cowboys play like they work or
fight she added. They give their
whole souls to it. They are great big
simple boys"
/ liiutSh tHeN are, Sulu MuItllll'.
"Oh, I'm glad if they Ike the game of
golf. They have so little play
wal, somethins got to he did if
were to go on raisin' cattle at Her
Majesty's Rancho replied Stillwell.
lie appeared both deliberate and re-
signed
Madeline remembered that despite
Stillwell'S simplicity he was as deep
MS any of his cowboys, and there was
absolutely no gaging him where possi-
hilities of fun were concerned. Made
line fanclec that his exaggerated talk
about the cowboys sudden craze for
golf was in line with certain other re-
markahle tales that had lately emanut-
ed from him Some very strange things
had occurred of late, and ii was i'm
possible to tell whether or not they
We're accidents, mere coinCideutS. or
deep-lald, skillfully worked-out designs
Of the fun-loving cowboys Certainly
there had been great fun, and at the
expense Of her guests, particularly
Castleton. SO Madeline was at loss
to know what tC think about Stillwell'S
latest elaboration. From mere force
Of habit she sympathized with Kim and
found difficulty IL doubling his appar-
ent sincerity
ITO go back ways" went or Still
Well as Madeline looked on expect
antly you recollect what pride the
boys took in fixin' I'D that gol-l1f
ha th
worked on the job. an though never
seen any other course, I'll gamble
yours can't be beat. The boys was
sure curious about that game. Iol
recollect also how they all wanted to
see you an your brother play, an be
caddies for you? Wal, whenever you'd
quit they'd go to work tryin' to play
the game, Monty Price, he was the
leadln' spirit. Old as l am, Miss Maj
esty, an used as l am to cowboy ex-
centrlkitles. / nearly dropped daId
when ! heerd that little hobble-footed
burned-ul, Montana cowpuncher say
there wasn't any game too swell for
him, an gol-lof was just his speed
Serious as preacher. mind you. he
was. An he was always practicin.
When Stewart gave him charge of the
course an the clubhouse an all them
funny sticks, why, Monty was tickled
to death. You see, Monty is sensitive
that he amt much good any more for
cowboy work. He was glad to have q
job that he didn't feel he was hangin
to by kindness, Wal, he practired the
game an he read the books in the
clubhouse, an he got the boys to doin'
the same. That wasn't very hard, |
reckon. They played early an late an
in the moonlight. For II while Monty
was coach, an the boys stood 1t. But
pretty soon frankie Slade got pulled