Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-09-08

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the consummate craft of my own
people"
"Where the devil do you suppose
got my education, If not along the lilo
Grande?" Ken Hobart retorted. lie
Lit a cigar and looked out over the
pleasant garden. Gosh. you've got
a nice place here. Jimmy. | wish I'd
been as discriminating In the selec-
ton of my ancestors as you were
Don Jaime laughed lightly. only
little while mo was rejecting that
/ have not had opportunity to prac-
tice the discrimination evnced by my
ancestors In the picking of wives,
Friend Hobart he replied. IF you
would be lord of rancho marry a
lady who has one and doesn't know
what to do with 1t. Fortunately, /
possess thees-I mean this-rancho,
SO I do not need the lady"
'If you did. Jimmy. where the devil
would you find herr
you have the delightful habit OF
placing your finger on the weak spot,
my friend Where. indeed. would |
find a suitable wife? | am too busy
with thees-I mean this-raneh. and
when, once or twice year | wander
to the fleshpots 1t Is to be filled with
amazement and fear of what would
happen to me Ii | marry modern
girl"
aYou have all Of Castilian's hor-
ror of woman who believes she can
take as good care Of herself as any
man can. suppose you want a girl
who will consent to dwell behind bars,
take no exercise and stand for fat
old duenna tagging around behind
her. not to see that she avoids ro-
nance but to make certain she doesn't
act natural and seek it.
You are wrong. my friend. | am
quite modern but q bit old-fashioned,
too. I have been In love many times
but only In love with love | must
think long and carefully before ask
Ing any woman TO share this life with
me. Here, she would be lonely. She
would look from this hacienda to the
horizon and see-cattle. She would
look back and SCENE. One grows
weary OF scenery. She Would come to
regard me as jailer not husband.
So / must be careful
well, when you meet the girl you
truly fall desperately In love with.
and she recinrocates your passion"
"She." quoth Don jaime Miguel
Higuenes solemnly. shall be the
mother of my children"
"Where7 Here?'
"Where she will. my friend" Don
Jaime replied with simple sincerity.
Then, Jimmy said Ken Hobart.
II hope, for purely selfish reasons,
you'll meet your fate before long and
that she'll refuse to marry you until
you sell this ranch and move to Hous-
ton or Dallas or San Antoine or"
1.-THE Higuenes men do not take or.
ders from women" Don Jaime In
terrupted. And this rancho win
never be sold. Four generations OF
my family have owned it and fought
for 1t. love It."
well, If she asks 1t, you'll buy her
town house and live there with her
part of the year, will you not?'
asking Iss not ordering or deliv
erlng ultimatums-"
"Ultimata. Jimmy" the ranger cor
rected him. mischievonsly.
AT any rate" Don Jaime resumed
declining the argument. 1T would b.
delight to be led hut HI to b,
driven"
well. when some girl starts lead
Ing you, your need a good manage
for this ranch. Jimmy I'm growing
weary OF the reckless modestly pail
life OF ranger at least coult
be depended on to keep this rang,
free OF sheep
There are also bandits from belov
the border who raid my cattle. TIL
cemetery OF the Rancho Vale verd
has grown fast Of late years"
Border fighting Is right up m,
alley. James, old son.
"As a ranger you fight with tn
law behind you. You start with
moral victory. But as manager 0
this ranch, which God placed too clos
to the Rio Grande for comfort, 70
would have to be very careful. 1t |
better to be the head OF a nous
than the tail of a lion. However
Friend Ken, If the time should com
for me to tie myself to girls apron
strings I shall send for you"
Don Jaime lifted from the floor b
side his chair copy Of pretentior
magazine devoted to country life
America. Here Is a photograph Of
GIRL" he said. turning the pages Il
dolently, "whose face and figure won
cast halo over Texas. Now. Ii 81
were as good and sweet and woman
as she Is eautiful-Miss Robert
Antrim" he interrupted himself
read from the caption. zone of Il
enthusiastic members Of the Yves
chester County hunt. mounted on b
crack hunter Croppy Boy Must
IN Irish hunter" Don Jaime opln
Look at that, Ken, and see II J
can work up cheer or two"