White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-03-14

"Too much scrap left in him yet"
Wallie replied, unmoved.
Candy shrieked at last: "I'll pay!
Let me up!"
you mean that?"
Good God-YES!"
Pinkey led the horse back and in
no gentle fashion Candy was pulled
over the edge for the second time,
where he lay limp. When his breath
and strength returned he struggled to
his. feet
IF you go in again you won't come
up" Wallie's voice was metallic and,
searching his face, Candy saw that he
meant exactly what he said.
His hand was shaking as he filed
out the check, using the saddle for a
deck.
Wallie looked at it and handed it
back.
you forgot the horses-six hun
dred is what they cost"
Candy started to protest, then, with
a crafty look which, fleeting as it was,
Wallie caught, he made out new
check for ffty-six hundred.
Turning to Pinkey, Candy said:
"I'll give you hundred and fifty for
your horse"
Pinkey hesitated. 1t was hun
dred more than it was worth.
Il guess not" Wallie's voice was
curt. 'I'm clairvoyant, Candy, and
I've read your thought. You can't
stop payment by telephone, because
Pink is going to close-herd you right
here until ride to Prouty and get
this cashed."
Never had Mr.. Cone put in such a
summer! The lines in his forehead
looked as If they had been made with
a harrow and there were times when
his eyes had the expression of hunt
ed animal. acifying disgruntled
guests was now as much part Of the
daily routine as making out the
menus. In the halycon days when a
guest had complaint, he made it
aside, delicately, as suggestion. Now
he made point Of dressing Mr.. Cone
down publicly. In truth, batting the
landlord seemed to be in the nature of
recreation with the guests at The
Colonial.
Such were conditions at The Colo
NAL when the folders arrived announc-
ing the opening Of the Lolabams.
Ranch to tourists-the name meaning
Happy Wigwam. Messrs. Macpherson
and Fripp, 1t stated, were booking
guests for the remainder Of the sea-
son and urged those who had taste
for the Great Outdoors to consider
what they had to offer. The folders
created sensation. They came in
the morning after night of excessive
heat and humidity. The guests found
them in their mail when, fishy-eyed
and irritable, they went in to break.
fast.
A new elevator boy who had Just
Jared them by the violence Of his
stops had not improved their tempers
therefore few Of them failed to com.
ment to Mr.. Cone upon the increasing
wretchedness of the service.
While they famed themselves and
prophesied a day that was going to
be "scorcher" they read Of coun
try where the night were so cool that
blankets were necessary, where the
air was so invigorating that langoul
was unheard Of, with such a variety
Of scenery that the eye never wearied
There were salt baths that made the
old young again, big game in the
mountains for the adventurous, fish
ing with bait in untold quantities
saddle horses for equestrians, innum
cradle walks for pedestrians, an ex
cellent table provided with the bes
the market offered, and, finally, {
tour of the Yellowstone Park unde
the guidance Of the hosts of TIT
Lolabama in stage coach. drawn b.
four horses, by motor, or on horse
back, as suited their pleasure.
Small wonder that life on The Co
lonial veranda looked tame after read
ing the folder and studying the pic
lures! Their discomfort took the form
of an increasing desire to nag Mr.
Cone. Vaguely they held him respon
sible for the heat, the humidity, tn
monotony Of the ocean, and their los
Of appetite due to lack Of exercise.
ITO be Continued)