Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-04-20
CaIahad Drops Off at Hot Eye By Rupert H-gAe.

he's about the only man around here
that can ride q horse. It's kind Of
sweet and old fashioned 70 see q west
erner on q horse. Reminds you Of the
movies. Only trouble Is, when Mingie
10 Soused he cries like q baby. But the
others are Worse. Fact Is, I'm pretty
well fed up on these he-men from out
where the west begins
He broke IN hastily. You'd be hap
pieSt with Mango A3inge, then7"
Happy as anybody ever is In the
worlds back yard like this. In N'Yark,
o'course, anybody could be happy with
anybody"
Oglesby was afraid to have her think
too well OF New York. He tried to per-
suade her that Broadway and 5th ave-
nue. are paved with broken hearts. She
seemed unconvinced. Suddenly the
road whirled round q shapeless. mis-
colored and quite impossible butte
From here he had q bird~eye's view Of
a one street town lying along the rail-
road track like a wind-row Of tumble
weeds blown against a barbed wired
fence last year. Towering about the
pine shacks and abode sheds was q
two story building, comparative sky
scraper for the town.
C~AS ~AA "a ~ ~~-o AAAA~N ~ a. St4SA
POPS PANTATORIUM
Hattie said: Pardon my pointin' but
that's where I live"
Quite So" said Oglesby with a sense
Of alarm, not diminished when she
pointed out q fat and greasy citizen.
That's Joe Garcia He's justice of the
peace. Does all the margin for the
Indians and Mex and mestizos. There's
right smart OF marryin' amongst them
and m0ren half the children you see
belong to married folks"
She gave him a hungry glance that
made him feel like lost lamb being
looked over BY q famished she wolf
His soul fairly bleated with terror. Her
eyes we're called back to the road by
the yelps Of q flock Of international
children whom she avoided only by
clicking tenders with a small car driv-
en- by a very tall man who grinned at
Hattie but glared at Oglesby.
That was Ruffin," said Hattie, as
she almost ran over two huge men
chattering in the middle Of the high
way. She shrieked. Look out. Coch-
rant Heyl Gorrelll They jumped
backward TO give her gangway as she
laughed, "and here comes Mingiel"
In the near distance OgleSby saw
while the rider famed its ears with
big hat and yipped as he bounced. Hat
tie explained:
He amt been the same since he seen
the movie of the last rodeo."
Mingie rode straight at Hatties
headlights and pulled In his pinto so
abruptly that It slid forward to the
collision bar, followed by a cloud Of
dust. Prom the enveloping depth |
Oglesby heard:
HHi-ya, HAITI What's that you picked
up IN the desert2"
Its Harold, Walt, Harold SnoWden.
He's come for me-"
Oglesby had q feeling that his insldes |
were falling out OF him like the spare |
parts Of an old flivver. The car drew
up at the front door Of the Pantator-
ium and Hattie LED Oglesby In to where |
q deaf and detected old man slept /
standing up, leaning on the counter.
Hattie playfulIy woke him by push
ing his elbows off the counter as she
cried at the top Of her lungs:
POP. HERE'S HAROLDF"
'.Haow? Who7"
HAROLD SNOWDENl"
"So2 How'do Harold2"
He held out a limp old hand ana
showed an inclination to lean on OgleS-
5y and go back to sleep. Hattie scream
ed:
tsHAROID wants I should marry him
and so back EAST to LIVE"
Instead Of breaking down With grief
at the loss Of his darling daughter, he
.hewed this thought right In with his
tobacco and spat out coutented:
TIE screen door squealed. Heavy
footsteps trampled the sill. Four large