The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-19
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| whose records man could prove his
rooster boast And why, oh why.
did life give her 30 many excellent
reasons for hating tho female, Bar
bara Brown?
Every candle was extinguished.
In the gloom OF the car faces
cleaned with a ghostly radiance,
as Of lard by moonlight.
Preparatory to making the full;
I stop at Cartersville, the train be-
gan to lose speed. Five minutes
since. Bravo had ordered them to
douse the glims. It was decided to
disembark in the railway siding
which mushroomed from the main
line outside this small Southern
town. rather than risk an entrance
into Pine Springs through. the we'll
policed freight yard Of the larger
town.
Barbara was directly in front OF
the side-door Of the freight when It.
was opened. She shrank back with
cry and, throwing up her arm,
shielded the abnormally enlarged
pupils OF her eyes from the blind
ing spectacle of sun and earth
green glory which stood revealed.
| They left the freight one BY one.
In her turn Barbara stood in tho
doorway and prepared to leap.
Come on. yellow-belly. jump OF
or Va get kicked off," Milkshake, in.
sulting by way Of being emphatic
"a masculine trick to which Bar
bara was now fairly we'll calloused),
was behind her, and merciless.
She hitched mp her pants, closed
her eyes and leaped. She took her
inevitable bruising without q within.
per. Pain was small change In the
hobo's life. She assured herself
that Alley was unhurt and limped
down the path that Mr.. Booth, Hell
singfors, Solly, The Dean and the
half dozen other trampe who had
preceded her had taken. II led to
clump Of thinned woods.
Within it the boes 1T once strip
ped to the waist and soon were
spluttering over . dish-pan of wa
ter. In the foreground stood q
hairy monster Of man. Barbara.
with Mortified eyes, watched him a.
he dashed cupped handfuls Of wa.
ter against his chest. The water
disappeared into the matted shirt
of black hair with which nature, in
one Of her intense moods, had pro-
vided him.
One could. thought Barbara, car
~ the business Of being he-man
too far.
She kept a respectful distance
between her squeamish self and
this overdone male. She started for
the other end Of the shed. Here,
too, she was repealed.
No use talking. she'd have to be.
come a man among men by easy
stages.
From the long top pole OF the
shed hung One.half of the moist
pink carcass Of a pig. A large and
joyial negro stood by. Punctuating
his discourse with resounding slaps.
dealt on the defenseless departed's
smooth tanks with the palm Of his
hand. he recited the Odyssey Of its
capture.
"They's a wagon goin' down the
pike like fab injin. All hops 1t
an ali gets ha'f-Nelson or NAH
lady fren'. an OF we rolls into the
mud like Zbyszko an tn Stranger
goin' to tn mat. On NAH way heal.
ah Washes NAH lady fren' on in
the creek. An then ali brings this
bacon right on home.
Sweet lady polk chops!"
He finished his tale on the note
Of ecstasy.
He flung his arms about the lady
fren" and planted six square inches
OF gummy kisses on her cleaning
ribs.
With Barbara q Lazarus at their
banquet. the men went simply and
grossly to their object Of turning
the raw pork into food. A rasor
was produced by the negro. Each
hacked himself 4 chunk, spitted 1t
on a green lance cut from under
brush and roasted hts dinner to his
taste over bonfire in the center Of
the clearing.
Victim Of city.bred stomach.
Barbara loitered on the edge Of the
circle. Here Bravo came upon hes,
sitting with her cat between her
feet, her chin resting upon her
knees. He contemplated her be-
fore he spoke. and for the first
time had swift impression Of the
romance concealed and silent in
the heart OF this strangely beauti.
full boy he had initiated into hobo
dom. He took quick note Of the
slender white neck under the rim
OF Barbara's~eap and Of the slim,
unknuckled fingers which lay along
her cheeks.
Game kid" he privately com
mcnted. But he'll never stand the
gaf-without lot Of help"
When he addressed the stripping
he was uncomfortably silenced b5
the outrageous beauty OF the eyes
which were suddenly turned up.
ward to his from under the peak OF
his cap. He had to look away be-
fore he could coherently order his
sentence.
They're FOOLS" He gestured to.
ward the pig.addicts at the barbe- i
cue. mr.. Armour'll have every
cop In the county out hunting for
his precious pig. You and are
going to head the hell out OF here
before It's too late" He paused.
Are you with met"
A lump in her throat choked her
reply. .4
The world Is full Of little gods.
Tramc cops, ferryboat captains.
aoorwalkers, hotel clerks. And
Bravo. soft.spoken and insolent het.
man OF the diMcult ayocation to
which Barbara had surrendered an
unanchored heart. Wis clearly 10.
hoYah Ia her f1raf car1naA ~ hm,ms