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ed Saunders
By
HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS
COPYRIGHT 1002 BY McCLUR E PHILLIPS t COMPANY
CINTINUKD FKOM LAST WEEK
All got out of the way but a
forgotten in the excitement
Upon this small lad fallen Hat in the
road bore the powerful man and
horse Then there were frantic cries
of warning Fifty feet between the
youngster and those mangling hoofs
twenty five The crowd gasped They
were blotted together Not so A
mighty hand had snatched the boy
away in that instant of time He was
safe and very indignant in a howling
huddled heap in the ditch by the road
side but alas for horse and rider
The buckskin was not used to such
feats nnd when Reds weight was
thrown to the side for the reach he
missed his stride struck his feet to
gether and down they went while the
foot deep dust sprang into the air like
an explosion
Miss Mattie rushed to the scene of
the accident followed by everybody
Young Lettis equally frightened was
close beside her
Oh Will are you killed she cried
And then a voice devoid of any signs
Run away and
let me cuss shrieked Red Miss
Mattie collapsed into the arms of Let
tis
The dust settled enough so that the
anxious villagers could see horse and
man the former resting easily as if
he had had enough athletics for one
day and the latter sitting in the road
Neither showed any intention of ris
ing
Whats the matter Mr Saunders
are you hurt Inquired the fussy post
mistress
Flease go way maam said Hed
waving his arm
Im sure youre hurt Im perfectly
sure youre hurt she persisted hold
ing her ground Now do tell ns
what can possibly be the matter with
you
Very well returned the exas
perated cowpuncher I will My
pants maam have suffered in this
turn up and theyre now In a con
dition to make my appearance in po
lite society difficult if not impossible
now please go way and somebody
fetch me a horse blanket
It is regrettable that the discom
fiture of the postmistress was received
with undisguised hilarity The blan
ket was produced and Red stalked off
in Indian dignity marred by a limp
in his left leg for he had come upon
Mother Earth with a force which made
itself felt through all that foot of
soft dust
Bring that durn fool horse along
he called over his shoulder Buckskin
rose and followed his owner There
was no light in his eye now he looked
thoughtful He too limped and
there was a trickle of blood down his
nose verily it nan been a nam
fought field
As both men were anxious to see the
lay of the laud as soon as possible
Red took his place in the wagon
that day after the damages were re
paired content to wait until his leg
was less sore for horseback riding
There followed a busy two weeks
for them Mr Demllt had some money
he wished to put into the enterprise
but his most valuable assistance was
of course his thorough knowledge of
the resources of the country
They found an admirable site for the
mill in an old stone barn which had
stood the ravages of desolation almost
unimpaired Reds mining experience
told him that the creek could easily
be flumed to the barn and as that was
the only objection of the others to
this location they wrote the owner of
the property for a price They were
astonished when they received the fig
ures It had come by inheritance to
a man to whom it was a white ele
phant of the most exasperating sort
and he was glad to get rid of it for
almcsE a song They were a jubilant
three at the news It saved the cost
of building a mill and including that
the price was as low per acre as any
land they could have obtained Red
closed the bargain instantly
Lettis part of the business was
chiefly to arrange for the disposal of
their product and when he explained
to his partners what he could reason
ably hope to do in that line the affair
lost its last tint of unreality and be
came a good proposition for Lettis
had an excellent business acquaint
ance who would be glad to deal with
the straightforward young fellow
The night after the signing of the
deeds Red said to Miss Mattie We
ought to have a stockholders dinner
tomorrow night Mattie If you could
hire that scow built girl who wears
her hair scrambled to come in and
give you a lift would you feel equal
to it
You always put it that Im doing
you a great favor in such things Will
but you know perfectly well theres
nothing Id rather do replied Miss
Mattie with a dimpling smile How
ever it adds to the pleasure of it o
have it put in that way so I wont
complain Ill just have my supper
first and then you men can talk over
Tmir busiuessundisturbed
Tou win not youll eat wltn tne
rest of us
t
Yes but you stockholders The
word had an import to Miss Mattie a
something If not regal at least a kin
ship to the king Under her democra
cy lay a respect for the founded insti
tution impersonal an integral part of
the law of the state in fact a minor
sovereignty within an empire
j Stockholder yourself retorted Red
I Dont you call me names
What do you mean Will asked
Miss Mattie with wide opened eyes
I mean youre a stockholder as good
as anybody Youve got half my stock
Now hold on Just listen This is a
queer run Mattie from the regulation
point of view this company of ours
I know enough about fillin and back
in to know that You ought to have
seen the pryln and pokln and nosin
around them Boston men did before
they took holt of the Chanta Seechee
and made it a stock company One
feller was the ablest durn fooljj ever
come acrosst I used to let on I didnt
savvy anything about it Now ex-
of weakness but loaded to the break- Plain to nie says l to You say
in Ian- have so many sares of them
ing point with wrath told such -V
guage as had never been heard in stock waving my hand to a bunch or
Fairfield that the owner was still critters in the distance What prat
much alive
Run away Mattie
do you take I mean whats your
share of each animal and does the
last man got the hoofs nnd the tail
Oh you dont understand says he
Ill explain it to you So he starts
in to tell me that stock didnt neces
sarily mean beef critters and a lot
more things whilst old man Fergusou
who was putting the deal through
stood listening and chewing his teeth
thinking I was going to give our friend
the frolicsome hee hee at the wind
up But I stood solemn and never
even drew a smile for fear of queer
ing Ferguson Well thats the proper
way to start a company make it as
dreary and long winded as possible
We aint done that and perhaps well
go broke for breaking the rules and
then your stock wont be worth a cuss
So dont you get excited about it I
wanted the Saunders family to be rep
resented Pretty soon the old lad with
the nose will be around aud youll
have a chance to read about the par
ties of the first part and second parts
of the party and aforesaids and be
hlndsaids and the rest of the yappl
them lawyers swing so that honest
men wont know what the devil theyre
up to
Oh Will How can I ever thank
you cried Miss Mattie her eyes fill
in xt seemed a great and responsible
position to the gentle lady to be a
stockholder in the corporation It
wasnt the monetary value of the
thing it was the pride of place
If you dont know how dont try
returned Red You give the other
three stockholders a good feed
vE
Slxject stralrihtin the air
row and the thanks -will be up to you
Hello Theres the old lad now as
a trumpet blast rang out from the
front porch It must take some prac
tice to blow your nose like that Ive
heard jackasses that could not bray
in the same class with that little old
gent come in Come in You neednt
sound the rally again
Thus adjured the lawyer made his
entrance and Miss Mattie became in
duo and Involved course of law a
stockholder in the Fairfield Straw
board Manufacturing company
Fairfield rose to activity like a very
small Kiant refreshed Teams and
their heavy loads kept the respect
able dust in constant commotion A
grist mill svas added to the intended
plant thuo offering an inducement to
the farmer to raise grain and incident
ally straw So we can ketch em on
both ends too as Red put it
The time seemed like enchantment to
Miss Mattie As a bringer of the tid
ings and a stockholder in the company
she had risen to be a person of impor
tance with the result that she was
even more modestly shy than before
although in her heart she liked it
but more delightful yet was the spirit
of holiday activity which inspired and
pervaded the place
Red had insisted on operating on
inclines -that-are laid- down -with rail-
ron HpiKes m tne western communi
ties to patronize home industries as
much us possible Therefore the ma-
S- ERffEKEE I
lrcs maam but ice dont want that
pnlnt
chiuery orders went through Mr Far
rel the blacksmith initiating that
worthy man into the mysteries of
making money without doing anything
for it which seemed little less than a
miracle to him Everything that could
be bought through local people was ob
tained in that way It cost a trifle
more but it brought more money into
the place aud enabled the villagers to
partake of the enlivenment without
the feeling that It was a Barmecide
feast The postmistress furnished the
paint and it is painful to add that
she tried to furnish a No 3 paint for
a No 1 price arguing that she was a
poor lone woman struggling through
an uncharitable world and that the
increased profit would do her consid
erable good a view which Red did not
share He would willingly have made
her a present of the difference but he
did not in the least Intend to be
choused out of It by man or woman
They had a very funny debate in pri
vate wherein the feminine tried to
dominate the masculine principle by
sheer volubility and found to its dis
gust that the method didnt work Red
listened most respectfully and always
replied Yes maam but we dont i
want that paint
paint bully old paint
it This stuff is like whitewash only
feebler Were going to put on a
swell front un at the mill and
CHAPTER Till
HE work on the mill was push-
latter part of September The official
opening was set for the 27th Miss
Matties birthday and the village of
Fairfield was invited to a picnic to
be held at the mill In honor of the oc
casion It is needless to say that the
Fairfield Strawboard Manufacturing
company did the thing up in shape
Wagons loaded with straw and drawn
by four horse teams went the rounds
of the village collecting the guests It
is doubtful if Fairfield was ever more
surprised than at the realization of
how much there was of her using the
pronoun out of respect to the majority
when she was bunched as Red said
You would not have believed that
struggling lonesome looking place held
so many people As Red could discov
er no means in the towns resources to
provide a meal for 300 people it was
necessarily a basket party which
struck Mr Saunders as being grievous
ly like a Swede treat He made up
for it in a measure by having barrels
of lemonade and cider on tap at the
grounds stronger beverages being bar
red and by hiring a quartet of strings
clear from town
At half past 2 on a resplendent but
hot September afternoon the caravan
started for the mill grounds the wom
en dressed in the most unpicnicky cos
tumes imaginable and the men osten
tatiously at ease in their store clothes
Every one was in the best of spirits
keen for the excitement and pleasure
that was sure to mark the occasion
Red rode old Buckskin who had
succumbed to the inevitable and only
jumped around a little as Red put
it on being mounted It was pretty
lively jumping around but perhaps
Mr Saunders found some satisfaction
in sitting perfectly at his ease smok
in his cigarette while Buck jumped
and Fairfield admired And at any
rate Buck had legs of iron and the
wind of a locomotive carrying Red all
day and willing to kick at anything
which bothered him when night came
He was a splendid beast through and
through from forelock to tail tip but
lie had learned who was his master
and obeyed him accordingly
It was a five mile ride mostly under
the shade of fine old trees The road
wound around the hills here and there
a break in the arboreal border showed
views of rolling country well shaped
and pleasing winding up grassy slopes
in groves of verdure Of course most
of the freshness of leaf was past yet
the modest gray green gave a silvery
sheen to the landscape that brought it
into unity
One member of the party felt that
his heart was very full as he looked at
It That was Lettis Blast the old
office he keDt saying to himself
Blast us six dingy windows and the
clock at the end Doesnt this look
good and doesnt It smell good dust
and all and then hed howl at the
horses in sheer exuberance of good
feeling making the mild old brutes
put a better foot of It to the front
Red cantered up beside his wagon
Well Lettis he said here we go
for the opening overture with the full
strength of the company were great
people this day aint we And the
big man smiled like a pleased big boy
Oh what a bully old fellow you
are thought Lettis as he looked at
him Lettis was thinking of other
qualities than flesh but the physical
Red Saunders on horseback was de
serving of a glance from anybody the
massive figure so well poised the clear
cut proud profile the shapely head
with its crown of red gold hair the
easy grace of him by virtue of his
strength It would be a remarkable
crowd in which Chanta Seechee Red
couldnt pass for a man He was ev
ery inch of that from the ground up
Lettis had come to bow down to hlm
in adoration with all an affectionate
boys worship To those eyes Red
was just right In every particular
likewise to Miss Mattie who even
now was filling her eyes with him
from behind the vantage of a broad
brimmed straw hat
At last the whole party disembarked
at the flat before the mill and made
ready for the official starting of the
machinery The big doors were thrown
open so that the company could see
within while resting outside In the
shade and under the cooling influence
of what breeze there was The mill
was officially started Red climbed
the bank to the flume and raised the
gate The crowd cheered as the Im
prisoned waters leaped to freedom
with a hollow roar raising in pitch as
the penstoc filled and the wheels be- I
gan to go round Speech was called j
for and the vigorously protesting Red
was forced to the front by his former
friends Demilt and Lettis Thus be
trayed by those he trusted Red made
the best of it
Ladies and gentlemen fellow citi
zens said he the mill is now open
to all comers We hope to make this
thing a success We hope to see every
horny handed hump backed farmer In
the country rosin the soles of his moc
casins and shove his plow through
twice as much ground as he ever did
before and if he comes here with his
plunder well give him a square shake
Well pay him as much as we dast
and not let him in on the ground lloor
so he can crawl out through the coal
hole as is sometimes done Now ev
erybody run away and have a gooJ
I Limt iui x nuil l uivi iu uiiu tuis
Get us some good
more lliaa Hke to hear it
with stickuin
in Kola geus By by
CONCLUDED NKST WEEK I
got to have the right thing And at Secretary Wilson of the department
last the postmistress said that she jof agriculture says that the unbounded
would her respect for the ex cow prosperity of the agriuulturi a not due
puncher having risen noticeably In the to chance but is the result of intelii
meantime gent scientific business methods A
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