Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-01-02

you worry abour me?
We'll YOU were expecting to go
back TO the. ranch. weren't you?"
That's nothing ! told them !
might not be back the same night"
Il know" said Sally y But it's
the second day, after tha, And you
haven't got me 70 the train yet. And
then you've got to find your way
back to the runch--and don't be,
leve YOU ever can
He flung himself into twoarmed
gesture OF protest
Anywhere I've been once can
go again" he said Il could drive
from here TO Pittshurg with my eyes
shut. Don't worry about me"
But Dad AMI Ma will think you're
lost,
Then let Dad and Ma do the
worrying
Wen have to get you a road map,
| If there is such thing, before you
start back said Sally. because
youll have terrible time II YOU try
to cut across country again"
',Oh. I'll take bearing from Slack
y,
He grinned and Sally smiled. She
was glad that he seemed to be in a
better humor
She was not concerned very much
about her own predicament 1t mat
tered very little that she failed to get,
the train on particular day. It was
just an annoyance. 1t would Got be
an overwhelming catastrophe If SHE
had to go back TO the Bar M Evely
thing could be explained as soon as
the present trouble blew over What
gave her real worry was the Wreck
himself
The Wreck was headed for the
door when she called him to a halt
Where are you going?" she asked
suspiciousiy
Just for took about the place.
You're not going 10 hunt up
Charley McSween?"
I'm not going to dodge him f
We'll. you're not going to fight
with him" she said firmly
MOI If he leaves me alone
1T doesn't make any difference
whether he leaves you alone Or not
You re not going TO fight, not today
anyhow We can't afford it :
I'm no dooi mat" he grumbied
Certainly not Nobody thinks YOU
are But Henry. you are not go,
ing 10 fight
II was mol he fact of her quiet
emphasis that most impressed him.
IT was being called Henry" Back
~,
Williams" and Wreck. and Mis-
ter and Henry Williams and
other things II had never occurred
to nuvl'od> to admit him TO the com
radcship ut Henry Coming at
last II made a rather favora bic i'm
preston on him Ii was the firs,
time anybody had called Him .Ee
rv' since he lef, Pittshnre He d
nor reel quite so far from nome.
oh all right. maw.' he drawled
as he went through the door II
amt goin' to fight =
Sally sat in d chair and screamed
She busted herself\for while in
the Kitchen confident that he would
Keep his promise.
When the Kitchen Satisfied her. she
started on an exploration of the rest
of the lower floor There was a
pantry. with more china in it, which
caused her eyes to widen.
Beyond the dining room was an
enormous living room it occupied
AT least half of the area of the ranch
house, She liked II at once not only
for ii.N spacious dimensions. but fol-
the comfort. even luxury. With which
ii was furnished
as Alice roamed in Wonderland: not
at anything she saw. hui
that it should all be there
in The middle of the range. country.
where most living rooms run to plain.
ness and simplicity. and too often to
drab barrcnness.
Finally she picked up a book thu
she did not believe would be dis.
dragged one of the big
chairs close to a window and curled
herself into knot of luxurious com.
fort. She followed the story for
chapter or two, forgetting the
Wreck and the hivvcr and the train
going east. But after a while her
mind became pleasantly dull and
hazy, and a gentle weight on her eye.
lids closed them. She was aware only
of the fact that she was going to
take Il nap and she found JOY in it,