The Coolidge examiner., 1931-10-30

SItHi
They Chewed Tobacco and spat.
women. | despise you. SO does
| every one in the town-in the ter
ritory"
"A prophet is not without honor
save in his own country and in his
own home" A trifle sonOrously.
She never really knew whether
he had done this thing with the
very purpose of making his COVER
norship impossible. 1t was like
him.
CuriOusy enough, the editorial,
while it maddened the white popu-
lation of the territory, gained the
paper many readers. The Wigwam
prospered. Usage blossomed. II
was no longer a camp; it was a
town. II began to build schools.
churches, halls.
SOL Levys Store-the Levy Mer-
camille cOmpany-had two waxen
ladies in the window, their features
only slightly affected by the burn
ing southwest sun. Yancey doomed
Levy for mayor of Usage but he
never had a chance. 1t was re-
markabIe how the Oklahoma Wig
wan persisted, though its position
in most public questions was viO-
lently unpopular. Perhaps it. like
Yancey, had vitality and charm
that no one could withstand.
Although Sol Levy was still the
town Jew. respected. prosperous,
the town had never quite absorbed
this oriental. A citizen of years
standing, he still was a stranger.
He mingled little with his fellow
tOwnSmen outside business hours.
He was shy of the town women
though the women of the town
found him kindly. passionate, and
generous. The business men liked
him. They put him on com.
mittees. Occasionally Sabra or
some other woman who knew him
well enough would say, half play
fully, half seriously, "Why don't
you get married, Sol? nice fell
low like you. You'd make some
girl happy"
Sometimes he thought vaguely of
going TO Wichita or Kansas City or
even Chicago to meet some nice
Jewish girl there, but he never did.
1t never entered his head to marry
gentle.
Between him and Yancey there
existed deep sympathy and un-
derstanding. Yancey campaigned
for Sol Levy In the mayoralty race
if a thing so one-sided could be
called a race. The Wigwam ex-
| toled him.
"Why, the very idea" /" snOrted
the redOubtable virago, Mrs. Tracy
Wyatt, whose husband was the Op-
posing candidate. "A Jew for
mayor of Osagel They'll be hav
ing an Indian mayor next. Mr..
Wyatt's folks are real Americans
They helped settle Arkansas. And
as for me. why, can trace my an
cestry right back TO William
Whipple, who was one of the sign
ers of the Declaration of Independ-
| ence."
Sol Levy never had a chance for
public honor. He, in fact, did prac-
tically nothing TO further his own
possible election. He seemed to re-
gard the whole matter with a re-
moteness slightly tinged with ironic
humOr. Yancey dropped into SOl's
store to bring him this latest pro-
! nouncement of the briStling Mrs.
/ Wyatt
Declaration of independence! !'
Sol exclaimed thOughtfully. "Ten
her one of my ancestors wrote the,
Ten Commandments. Fella name
of Moses"
Yancey, roaring with laughter,
used this in the Wigwam, and it
naturally helped as much as any
thing to defeat the already defeat
ed candidate.
The town went by-lndians, cow
boys up from Texas. plainsmen,
| ranchers. They still squatted at
the curb, as in the early days. They
chewed tobacco and spat. The big
sOmbrero persisted, and even the
! boots and spurs.
There was talk of paving Paw
huska avenue, but this did not
come for years. The town actu-
ally bOasted a waterwOrks. The
WigWam office still stood on Paw
huska, but it now occupied the en-
tire house. Two years after Yam
cey'S return they had decided to
build a home on Kihekah street.
where there actually were trees
now almost ten years old.
ITO BE CONTINT1EDN