The Coolidge examiner., 1932-12-30


"You have never been marriedT
the nurse asked.
Never"
Aren't you going to be7"
81 fear not. The loneliness here
the coyote chorus on the butteS-
all initiate against it, Mrs. Candy"
"The right girl" said Mrs. Ganby,
wouldn't mind 1t in the least. Go
! forth and search for her, Don
jaime"
impossible" the master of Vale
Verde replied lazily. II have sheep
on my hands"
IF | can credit the gossip | heard
in Los Algodones, you killed the
owner of those sheep trying to get
rid of them"
Don Jaime nodded.
We'll. why don't you get rid of
, them, then?'
THE foreman. Bill Dingle, is still
living and in charge of those sheep
He's bad man and a better shot
than old Antrim. Besides, If get
those sheep off my range. now.
where will they 20? Why, to some
body else's range. of course, and
then there'd be trouble and We
might lose BID Dingle."
$50 you're putting up with those
sheep on your range merely be-
cause this Antrim girl Is her uncle's
heir"
That's the proposition"
why, Is she friend of yours?"
mo, i've never met her. But then
no Higuenes has ever quarreled
with lady"
Il fail to see how you are go
Ing to escape a quarrel with ner
Don Jaime. You killed her uncle
Don Jaime WINGED. Perhaps she
will believe that | had no alterna.
tive: that. not until after had
killed him. did | know he was her
uncle. In fact. ! didn't know | had
killed anybody until Ken rode down
the draw and informed me of my
luck"
well, the fact that you are being
so excessively nice to her since may
mitigate the affair. although one can
never predict the attitude a woman
will take. A woman is usually guild.
ed by her. beart, not. her head. Don
Jaime"
Don Jaime appraised the old
nurse with kindly interest 81 take
IL, Mrs. Candy. that you are old
enough to be guided by your head.
You told me you are widow. Have
you any children?"
"One-a boy OF fifteen. He has
been quite crippled since his twelfth
birthday. Tnfantile paralysis"
Don Jaime considered this. Sup
pose you had a comfortable home
where you could he with your hoy
always-not necessary 70 hustle
hither and yon nursing people? !
should have a hostess here. For
some time ] have felt that Flavio's
wife is tOo-well. elemental. for the
job This hacienda should know
q gentlewoman's manaGement-af
nurses wages. There are always
some puppies around here. and your
boy could play with them. sup
pose you could carry on with his
schooling-you know. II does get
lonesome here sometimes"
"Oh, Don JaimeI You mean Ii T.
He nodded. I'D like to be able
to invite nice people to visit me
Mrs. Ganby. | should like to have
my friends from the surrounding
country come 10 dinner oftener, but
I'm never satisfied with the appear
ance of my board. the menu or the
service. have no time TO train
maids and hOusekeepers-and If
did ] wouldn't know how"
"Yes. a man Is very helpless. |
should be glad TO come. Don Jaime
"You are very kind. Ken. you run
up to Ell Paso and get the boy Mrs
Ganby will arrange that detail with
you. Now clear out and let me
Sleep"
Mrs. Ganby. with tears of happi-
ness in her middle-aged eyes. fol
lowed the assistant general manager
into the ranch office.
How long have you known Don
Jaime" she asked Hobart.
"A long time. Went to the state
university with him. My father and
! had a COW outfit down in the Big
Bend country but we went broke
during the postwar defation pc
riod. Jaime and | enlisted for the
| World war-and spent two years
guarding the border At that we
lodged more lead than some OF
those who went to France After
the bank closed in on the Hobarts
| joined the rangers; now I've left
them TO work for Don Jaime"
"He is congenitally magnificent
Ken Hobart laughed always re
members he's muy caballero. Mrs
Candy He does things with flour
ish. 1t isn't pose. His people have
| ALWAYS done IL. His father dieO