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T'l'Jr.SDAY, JUNE 11, 133 THE FRANKLIN PRESS pace nvn (Continued from last Week) I 'or the ' first lime in their mar-rii-.l life she dnnhte'd his word ab solutely. He strode along towards ihe tent. Siie .lmrriedTit his side. Cim trotted to keeji up with her, his hand in hers. ' What did you mean when you said there were people who would set fire to the house: I never heard of such . . . Did you really mean that some one ; . . or was it an excuse to :iend Isaiah back be cause of the way he looked?" 'That was it." . J'ur the second lime she doubted him. "I don't believe you. Thcres something- y,"i'iK on something yon haven't told me. Yancey, tell ; me." "1 haven't lime now. Don't be foolish. I just don't. like the com plexion of I just thought - that maybe this meeting was 'the idea of somebody who isn't altoKethe. inspired by a desire for a closer communion with (iod Just- occur red to me. I don't know wliy. Good joke on me, if it's true." "I'm not- goiiiK t the meeting. I'm going back to the house." She was desperate. Her house was Lurnin;-; up, Isaiah was being mur dered. ' ' ' "You're coming wiih me." He rarely used this tone toward her. "Yancey! Yancey, I'm afraid to have you stand up there, before all those people. I'm afraid. Let's j.;u back. Tell them voti're sick. ' Tell them-" They had reached the lent. The flap was open. A roar of talk came to them from within. The entrance was packed with lean figures smoking and spitting. "Hi, Yancey! How's the preacher? Where's your Bible, Yancey?" -4 "kighl here, boys." And Yancey reached into the capacious skirt of his Prince Albert to produce in 'triumph the Word : of (iod. "Come in or stay out, boys. No loafing in the doorway." With Sabra on , his arm he " marched through the close packed tnt "They've : ived two seats for you and Cim down front or should have. Yes, there they arc." Sabra fell faint. She had seen the foxlike face of Lon Yountis in the doorway. "That man," she whispered to Yancey. "He was .there. He looked at you as you passed by he looked at you so" "That's, fine, honey. Better than hoped for. Nothing 1 like better than to have members of my flock right under mv eye." G CHAPTER V Ranged along the rear of the tent were the Indians. Osages, Poncas, Cherokees, Creeks. They viev.'cd the " proceedings impassively, their faces bronze masks in which only the eyes moved. Later, on Ihei" reservations, with no . white man to see and hear, they would gossip like fishwives; they would shake with laughter; they would tetail this or that absurdity which, with their own eves, they had seen the white man perform. Theyl wot'i I slap their knees and rock with mirth. "Great jokers, the Indians," Yan cey had once said, offhand, to Sa bra. She had felt sure that he was 'mistaken. They were sullen, taciturn, grave. They ' did not speak; they grunted. -They never laugl'ed. i ' . Il.ilding Cim's hand lightly in her own, SabiaV. escorted by Yan cey, found that two chairs had been placed for them. Sabra gjanc ed slnly about her. Men hun dreds of nun.' They were strange fly alike, all those faces; young-old, weal mi i beaten, .deeply seamed, and, for the must part, beardless. The Plains , had taken them early, had scotched them with her sun,1 parch ed litem with her drought, buffeted t hern with her wind, stung them . with h( r dust. Sabra had grown accustomed In iliese fareS during .the -p. ist . two wet ks. Put the women -she was not prepared for the women. Calico and . sunbon tiets there were in plenty, but the wives of Osage's citizenry had tak en this first .opportunity to show what they 'had' in the way of .fin ery. Near Sabra, and occupy iiui one of the seats evidently reserved for persons of distinction, was a woman who must be, Sabra thought, abut her own age ; perhaps twenty Pgr . v: Illustrations bi; or twenty-one,, fair," blue eyed, al most chijdlike in her girlish slim ness and purity of contour. She was very well dressed in a wine color silk-wrap Henrietta, bustled, very tightly basqued, and elaborate with fluting on sleeves and collar. Dress and bonnet were city made and very modish. From Denver, Sabra thought, or Kansas City, or even Chicago. Sabra further de cided that the man beside her, who looked old enough to be her lather, must be, after all, her husband. It was in the way he sptke to; her, gazed at her, touched her. Yancey had pointed him out one. day. She remembered his name because it had amused her at the time; Waltz, Evergreen Waltz. He was a no torious Southwest gambler, earned his living by the cards. The girl looked unhappy ; and beneath that, rebellious. Still, the sight of this lovely face, and of the other . feminine . faces looking out' from at least fairly modish and decent straw bonnets and toques, gave Sabra a glow of reassurance. Immediately this was quenched by the late, showy, and dramatic entrance, just before Yan cey took his pace, of a group of women of whom Sabra had actually been unaware. As a matter of fact, th leader of this spectacular group had. arrived in Osage only the day before, accompanied by a bevy of six young ladies. Osage, since that first mad day of its beginning, had had its quota of shady ladies, but these had been raddled creatures, driftwood from this or that deserted mining camp or abandoned town site, middle aged, unsavory, and doubtless slightly subnormal mentally. These were different. The leader, a handsome bhtck-haired woman of not more than twenty-two or three, had taken for herself and her companions such rooms as they could get in the town; Within an hour it was known that the woman claimed the name of Dixie Lee. That she was a descendant ef de cayed southern aristocracy. That her blooming companions boasted such fancy nomenclature as Cher ry de'St. Maurice, Carmen Brown, Belle Mansero, and the like; That the woman, shrewd as a man and sharp as a knife, had driven a bargain whereby she was to come into possession, at a stiff price, of the building known as the Klite Rooming House and Cafe, situated at the far end of Paw hu ska ave nue, near' the gambling tent; and that she contemplated building a house of her own, planned for her own peculiar needs, if business war ranted. Thus harlotry, heretofore sordid enough in a wrapper and curling pins, came to Osage in silks and plumes, with a brain be hind it. and a promise of pros perity in its gaudy train. Diie Lee, shrewd saleswoman had been quick to learn of Suii: day's meeting, and quicker still to see the advantage of this oppor Get Rid of Those Insect Pests FOR BEAN BEETLE CONTROL Magnesium Arsenate Calcium Arsenate FOR TOBACCO AND, POTATO BUGS "Paris Green Lead Arsenate PERRY'S Drug Store I tunity for a public advertisement of her business. So now', at Osage's first church meeting, in marched the si. wi'li I i:.ic J.ee at ;heir ad in il.ui;; .. seventh. Tl cy rust h d in : ilv.s. Th : air of the tlose-t acked I in beanie as Mil't'ocaliii;.'. with s tin ;iv a Persian garden at sunset. '1 lie hard-working worthy wives of Osage, in their cheviots and their laded Iminiii; and cotton gloves, uddenlv - i.i cd sallow, 'scraw iv, and almost sperta ulai jv unalliu'iiig. All this -Sabra beheld in a single glance, as did the entire congrega tion. Yancey, having lifted 'Cim into the chair next his mother, looked up at the entrance of litis splendid procession, n "God Almighty!" he said., liis tone was. as irrevercni as jhc weds were sacred. A diill Jhish suffused his fare, a thing. iare in him as to startle Sabra moic than the words he had Uttered or the lone on which he had said them. "What is it, Yancey! What's Wrong?" ' "That's the girl." "What girl?" "That exie Dixie Lee she's the git in the . black tights and the skull-cap ... in the Run ... em the thoroughbred . . . ." he was whispering. "Oil, no!" cried Sabra, aloud. It was wrung from her. Those near by stared. So this was the church meeting toward which she -had looked with such hojie, such happy assurance. Harlots, Indians, heat, glare, her house probably blazing at this mo ment, Isaiah weltering in his own gore, Lon Yountis' sinister face sneering in the lent entrance. And now this woman, unscrupulous, evil, who had stolen Yancey's quarter section from him by a trick. Yancey made Ids way. through the close-packed crowd, leaped to the top of the roulette table which was to be his platform and, lifting the great lolling head, swept the expectant congregation with his hysterious, his magnetic eyes. Probably never in the hi .'.evy of the Christian religion had the Word of God been preached by so ro mantic and dashing a figure. His long black locks curled on his shoulders; the fine eyes glowed; the Prince Albert swayed with his graceful movements; his six-shooters, one fui each side, bulged re assuringly in their, holsters.5 His thrilling voice sounded through the tent. Stilling its buzz and movement. - "Friends and fellow citiens, I have been called tin to conduct this opening meeting of the Osage First Methodist, Kpiscopal, Luth eran, Presbyterian, Congregational, Iiapli:t, Catholic, Unitarian church. In the course of my career as a lawyer and an editor I have been requited to speak on varied oc casions and on many subjects, 1 nave spoken in (telense ot my country and in criticism of it; I have been called on to defend and to convict horse thieves, .harlots, murderers, samaplcs of which pro fessions could doubtless be found in any large gathering in the: In dian territroy today. I name mi names, f point no finger. Whether- for good or for evil, the fact remains that any man or woman, for whatever purpose, found in this great Oklahoma country tenlay is WORTH HATS tyORTH Mats cany " that touch of dis tinction nd individual ity which is found only in articles of real merit.' They look well and wear well Lrciiuiie tlipy are m'ule well. We have just recrived a ehipment c the latest styles. Coine in and make your selection.. Cunningham "The Little Store of Big Values" FRANKLIN, N. C. i Pl umwriTT l 'H ITWI I .1 Wi Swillllnri.ll1 Will jnj mii in.il wmuUMM here because in his or her veins, actuated by motives lofty or base, there is the spirit of adventure'. Thoii'di 1 know the Bible from com lo (o-.ir, ;ui v.liile many o. its ps'sap's and picvl'ls are grav en i n ii. heai i and in my nit nn n s . this, l How citizens of Oy.it e, is (he first time I oil I have been requir ed to speak the Word of (iod in His tiinple." He glanced around the gaudy, glaring 'lent. , "For any shelter,- houevir sordid, however humble no offense, ( iral becomes, while his word is. 'spoken within it, his letnple. Suppose, then, that we unite in in spirit by uniting in song. We have, you will notice, no hymn books. We wil therefore open this auspicious occasion in the brief bul inevitably glorious hisp.iv of (he city of Osage by singing uh -what -do-you all know buys, anyway ?" There was. a moment's slightly' embarrassing pause. Yancey raised an arm in cncourgciiieut. "Conic' on, boys! Name it! Any sug gestions, ladies and gentlemen?" "How about 'Who Were You at Home?,' just for a starter," called out a voice belonging- to a man with a shining dome-shaped bald head and a flowing silky beard, reddish in color. It was Shanghai Wiley, up from Texas; owner of more than one hundred thousand onghorn cattle and of the Kancho Palacios, on Ties Palacios creek. He was the' most famous cattle .'linger in the whole Southwest, be sides being one of its richest cat tle and land owners. Possessed of a remarkably high sweet tenor voice , that just escaped being a clear soprano, he had been known to quiet a whole herd of restless cattle on the verge of a mad stam pede. It was an art he had learn ed when ;i cowboy on the range. Yancey acknowledged this sug gestion with a grateful wave of the hand. ' COMING! DR. N. D. WELLS RtgUtercd Optometrist Eye-Strain Specialist At FRANKLIN, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 12 and 13 Arriving at 11:00 A. M. Friday, leaving 3:00 P. M. Saturday OLU SPF.CIALTIF.S: Positive relief of eye strain and all con sequent headaches. F.yes examined scientifically without the aid of drugs or loss of time from work. Glasses that arc Be coming as Well as Comfortable. ABSOLUTIv SATISFACTION GUAUANTKKD BY 24 YF.ARS SUCCKSSFUL F.XPEkl KNCF. BRING US ALL YOUR EYE TROUBLES $1 It) "That's right, Shanghai. Thanks for speaking up. A good song, though a little secular for the oc casion, perhaps. But am way, you all ki'ow it, and that's the m.ii thing,. Kitidh favor us with the pitch, will you, Shanghai? Will the ladies kindly join in with their sweet soprano voices? Now, then, all together!"' It was a well known song in tin territory where, in coming to thij new and , wild ctmntry; s0 many settlers wilh a checkerednot t" say plaid past had found ii con venient to change their names. The congregation took it up feelingly,- almost solemnly. Somebody in the rear suddenly produced an accordion, ami from the crowd perched on the saloon bar came the sound of jew's harp. The chorus now swelled with all the fervor of song's ecstacy. They might have been singing "Onward Christian --Soldiers." Through it all, high and clear, sounded Shang hai Wiley's piercing tenor, like brasses in a baud, and sustaining it from the roulette table platform the 'cello of Yancey Cravat's pow erful, rich bariteuie. Sabra had joined in the singing, not a first, but later, timidly. It had seemed, somehow, to relieve her. This, she thought, was better. Perhaps, after all, this new com munity was about to make a prop crMiegiiming, She began to feel prim and Rood and settled at last. "Now, then," said Yancey, all aglow, "the next thing in order is to take up collection before the sermon." "What' for?" yelled Pete De Vargas. .-. - Yancey fixed him with a pitying gray eye. "Because, you Spanish infidel, part of a church service is taking up a collection. Southwest Davis, I appoint .yon to work this side of the house. Ike Bixler, you take that side. The collection, fel- Ford cars are now equipped with safety glass in all doors and windows at a small extra charge for Ihe Coupe, De Luxe Coupe, Sport Coupe or Convertible Cabriolet THE Triplex safely glass windshield lias always been an outstanding feature of the Model A Ford. By reducing the dangers of flying glass, it Ihih saved many lives and prevented countless injuries in automobile collisions. Now conies a further assurance of safety to every Ford owner . . . polithed plate tafely glass in ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS at h'fc'i additional cost. The charge for this extra protection is unusually low because -of - large production and the development of new methods of manufacture. Simply tell the dealer when you buy the Ford that you want "safety plate glass in all doors and windows" and the car will be factory-equipped for you in that manner. 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