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Red Saunders
By
HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS
COPYRIGHT 1D02 BY McCLURE PHILLIPS COMPANY
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11 was a very successful picnic
They spent the afternoon in wander
ing around in the usual picnic fashion
developing appetites until it occurred
to Rod in liven flir norfnrtit iiiio liv
at Citizens Bank For Dates
agCall sllowls them the Jirt of roping as
practiced upon an old cow found in
the woods As a spectacle it was a
failure The combined efforts of all
the hooting small boys could not make
that cow run She even stretched her
neck toward lied as though saying
Hurry up with your foolishness I
have a cud to chew and cant stand
here Idle all day So Red golloped
by and threw the noose over her head
as an exhibition of how the thing was
tie as ones first picnic in many years
should be She enjoyed the crisp green
sod the great trees standing around
parklike with the sunlight falling be
tween their shade like brilliant tat
ters of cloth of gold while from the
near distance came the tiny shouting
of cool waters They had a camp fire
at night making the moonlight still
more mysterious and remote by con
trast The quartet of strings played
for the ears of those who cared to
listen and for the legs of those who
chose to take chances on tripping their
light fantastic toes over tree roots in
the grass
Red loved music and he loved the
night The poetic side of his memo
ries of watching the Dipper swing
around Polaris while he sung the cows
to sleep came back to him In his
mind he saw the vast prairie roll on to
Infinity saw th mountains stand out
a world of i e peaks rising from a
sea of darkness Again he heard the
plaintive shrilling of an Indian whistle
or the song of the lad down creek
made tuneful by the charm of dis
tance
Ilaving a good time Mattie he
asked with a smile
The best I ever had Will she an
swered smiling back unsteadily
Poor lady The size of an occasion Is
so many stiioidards whether the stand
ard be inches or feet or miles Miss
Afntflrtc rkTntlto Via1 liniii mnnenvnl in
AJAULklO tj V- VUW 4 fUUL KJKLt UlbtiOUlLU J A
hundredths of an inch and it took a
good many of them to cover so small
an action as a successful picnic on a
beautiful night Her eyes were hu
mid her mouth smiled and drooped at
the corners alternately Red felt her
happiness with a keen sympathy and
as he looked at her suddenly she
changed in his eyes Just what the
difference was he could not have told
nor whether it was in her or in him
A sudden access of feeling undefin
able unplaceable but strong pos
sessed hiin There is a critical tem
perature in the life of a man when
no amount of pressure can ever make
the more expansive emotions assume
the calmer form of friendship There
was something in Miss Matties eye
which had warmed Red to that de
gree but he didnt know it lie only
knew that he wanted to sit rather un
necessarily close beside her and that
he would be sorry when it came time
to go home And he Avas very silent
During the drive back to the house
he spoke s monosyllables he went
straight to the barn with Lettis after
ward and made no attempt to take
the usual frank and hearty good night
kiss
Youre as glum as an oyster said
Lettis when they reached their quar
ters Whats the matter old man
I dont know Let I feel kind of
quiet somehow
Sick Or something go wrong
No nothing of the kind Its just
sort of an attack of stillness but I
feci durn good
Lettis laughed If it wasnt you
Red Id say you were in love he
said
It was well the barn was dark or he
would have seen a change wonderful
to behold come over the ex punchers
face The lad has hit it he said
to himself in astonishment aloud he
grunted hunh scornfully and
aroused himself for an unnecessary
joke or two
Miss Mattie had noticed the attack
of stillness and immediately tried to
fasten the blame upon herbolf What
had she done She couldnt recall
tossed and wondered over it for a
long time before at length she fell
asleep
Red also looked up at the roof and
tool account of stock nis face was
radiant in the dark If I could only
pull that off he thought I must
seem an awful rough cuss to her
though All right for a cousin but
its different when you come to the
other proposition My Jiminy Ill
take a chance in the morning and find
out anyhow said he and eased in
mind by the decision of action lie too
shook hands with Morpheus and was
presently dreaming
It had never occurred to Red Saun
ders that he was afraid of anybody
done rather than how it ought to be Ho even chuckled when he got Lettis
done Nevertheless picnic parties are of the way with a plausible ex
not hypercritical in the matter of Ce the next morning Then he
amusement and the feat received strode briskly into the house his ques
three encores The last time lie missed tIon on his lips in a plump out and out
his cast through overconfldeuce where- form
at the old cow tossed her head and tail Miss Mattie looked at him with her
In the air and tore off at an slow smile What is It she asked
tine gallop with a bawl that sounded Ked swallowed his question whole
to Red mightily like derision j I I wanted a little hot water to
Durned if she aint laughing at me I shave with said lie Then a fury
he cried But as a matter of fact it took hold of him What the de II
was a hornet and its unmistakable nm 1 Uvris HI- this for he thought
sling that injected this activity into He exho ted himr elf to g oi and tuj
her system
what he had to say like a man but
the otlKr 1Jo1 Saunders refused do
to
It all
was very pleasant to Miss Mat-
anyinmg oi me son ue iook me cup
of hot water most abjectly and fled
from the house He had to shave
then and in his hurry and indignation
I lie turned the operation into a clinic
j Oh Jiminy look at that he cried as
j the razor opened up another part of
i the subjt Theres a slit an inch
long If I keep on at this sait 1
wont have face enough to say good
morning let alone what I want to
do What ails me What ails mo
Why should I be scart of the nicest
woman God ever built Now by all
the Mormon gods Ill post right into
the house and say my little say as
soon as these cuts stop bleeding
Cobwebs stopped the cuts and other
cobwebs stopped Red Saunders late
of the Chanta Seechee ranch 230
pounds of the very finest hoie and
muscle And the cobwebs held him
foaming and boiling with rago and
disgust calling himself all the yaller
pups he could think of but staying
strictly within the safe limits of the
barn It was a revelation to the big
man and not a pleasant one How
was he to know that the most salient
point of his apparent cowardice was
nothing less worthy than respect for
the womans security That if he
would stop swearing long enough to
get at the springs of his action he
would find that he hesitated because
the new light on the matter made huge
shadows of the slips in the career of
a strong lawless untrained but sorely
tempted man He knew nothing of
the sort and the funniest of comedies
took place in the barn He would
reach the sensible stage Pah All
foolishness Go Of course hed go
and this very minute and have the
thing done with good or bad He
was quite amused at his former con
duct until he reached the door then
hed skip nimbly back again with a
hot feeling that somebody was watch
ing him although a careful inspection
through the crack of the door revealed
no one
Red discovered another thing that
afternoon which was that the more
nervous you are the more nervous you
get no groaned in perfect misery
Ohoho That I should have seen the
day when I was afraid to ask anybody
anything Whats come over nie any
how Its this darn country 1 be
lieve Taint me Then he stopped
short What you saying Red e
queried Why dont you own up lie
a man The fact that it had a fuuiy
side struck him and he laughed half
forlornly and half in thorough enjoy
ment He suddenly sobered down
Shes worth it anyway said he
Shes the best there is and I ought to
feel kind of leery of the outcome
Well now I guess I Avont say any
thing till theres a downright good
chance I see I didnt savvy this kind
of business like I thought I did
Twouldnt be no kind of manners to
step up to a lady and shout Id like
to have you marry me if you feel youve
got the time That dont go no more
tiian a Chinaman on roller skates
Your work is good lied but its a lit
tle lumpj in spots Them two left feet
bother you Youre good in your place
but youd better build a fence around
the place d n the luck Smothera
tion I think she likes me all right
but when it comes to moren that
oh blast it Ill just have to wait for
a real good chance Now come old
man get four feet on the ground and
dont roll your eyes Take it easy till
the chance comes
Little he knew the chance was com
ing up the street at that moment He
anything She remembered she had ouv saw Miss Mattie step out into the
said something about the way his hair bed of flowers her face looking un-
looked with the moon shining on it usually pretty and youthful under the
Perhaps he had taken offense at that bi- stnnv hat and start to reduce the
The remark was entirely compliment- weeds to order She glanced around
ary but sometimes people are touchy as though in search of some one and
about such things Still that was not ll0tl felt intuitively that the one was
the least like Cousin Will She musf 1 himself
have said or done something though
What could it be Oh what a pitiful
memory that could not recollect an In
jury done to ones best friend She
Heres where I ought to act as if I
wore long pants said he Now
whats to hinder me from going out
thpjr and get a talking And then
no sat down Mistily more msghsien
than ever and smote the air with
Ids fist Youd think the nicest quiet
est woman that ever lived was a wild
beast the way I act yes sir you
would
Meantime the chance drew nearer
It was not a pleasant looking oppor
tunity Its eyes full of dread and
dreadful peeped out from beneath a
She glanced around an though In search
of sonic one
brush of matted hair A tough ropy
foam hung from its mouth If you
put as much of that foam as would
go on the point of a pin in an open
cut you would have an end that your
worst enemy would shudder at for
this was the mot horrifying of dan
gerous animals a mad dog Poor
brute As he came shambling down
the road he was the grisly mask of
tragedy
It was near noon intensely hot and
the street of Fairfield was deserted
No one saw the- dog and if his occa
sional rattling strangling howl reach
ed any ears they were dead to its
try to smile as she obeyed him to the
letter and without a sound Oh
brave giri he thought and threw the
ground behind him desperately
At twenty feet distance he dove like
a base runner and his hands closed
around the dogs neck Over they
meaning He was unheeded until he
lurched through the gate which Let
tis had left open as usual and spin-
ning around in a circle gave voice to j
his cry
It brought Miss Mattie to her feet
in an unknown terror it brought lied
from the barn in a full cognizance
he had heard that sound before when
a mad coyote landed in a cabin full of
fairly strong nerved cowmen and set
them screeching like hysterical wom
en before a chance shot ended him
Red saw the brute jump toward
Miss Mattie Instinctively his hand
flew to his hip and instantly lie re
membered there was nothing there
Then with great uneven leaps he
sprang forward Keep your hands
up Mattie and dont move he
screamed Let him chew the dress
went with the shock of the onset and
moiH
before they were still the hands had
finished their work A clutch and a
snap and it was done
The dog lay quivering Red rose to
his knees wondering at the humming
in his head nis wits came back to
him sharply
Did lie bite you Mattie he cried
But she had already caught his hands
and was looking at them with a sav
age eagerness one would not have be
lieved to be in her
There Is no mark she said sud
denly weak He didnt touch you
Answer me when I speak to you
shouted Red beside himself Did he
bite you
She answered him with a sob No
And then his question asked itself
and answered itself although again j
he did not know it lie gathered her
up in his arms kissed her like oro
raised from the dead and swore and
prayed and thanked God all in the
same breath
Ilis old imperious nature came back
with the relief Tlere said he put
ting hor away for a moment Take
off that dress that slime on theres
enough to kill a hundred men take it
right off
Miss Mattie started blindly to obey
then stopped Not here Will Ill go
in the house she said
By jingo said Red in admiration
duties
Ill ask her now by the great horn
spoon said he valiantly
Miss Mattie was in a curious state
of mind There was an after effect
from the fright which made her trem
ble and a remembrance of Cousin I fice
Wills actions which made her tremble
more ififc AvJLeiLshe heard him corn-
fhg sne started To ny nltnough now
clothed beyond reproach but her kneci
deserted her and she was forced to
sink back in her chair Red came In
whistling blithely vainglorious man
lie had his suspicions generated by
the peculiar fervor Miss Mattie had
shown In regard to his hands
Mattie quoth he Im tired of liv
ing out there in the barn I want a
respectable house of my own
Yes Will replied Miss Mattie as
tonished that he should choose such a
subject at such a time
Yes lie continued and I want u
wife too You often said youd like
to do something for me Mattie Sup
pose you take the job
How much or glancing at a thing In
ones mind as a beautiful improbabil
ity will ever make such a cold fact
less astonishing Miss Mattie eyed
him with eyes that saw not Speech
was stricken from her
Red caught fright ne spring for
ward and took her hand Couldnt
you do it Mattie said he There J
was a worm oi pleading in tne tone
Miss Mattie looked up her own hon
est self All the little feminine shrink
ings left her immediately
Ah but I could Will she said
Lettis came up on the stoop unheard
He stopped then gingerly turned and
made his way back on tiptoe holding
his arms like wings
Well by George he murmured
Ill come back In a little while when
Ill be more welcome
He spoke to Red in strong reproach
that night in the barn You neer
told me a word you old sinner said
he
Tell you the honest truth Let re
plied Red earnestly looking up from
drawing off a boot I didnt know it
myself till you told me about it i
They talked It all over a long time
before blowing out the light but then j
the little window shut its bright eye j
and the only life the midnight stait
saw in Fairfield was Miss Mattie her
elbow on the casement looking far
far out into the tranquil night and
thinking mistily
THE END
GRANT PRECINCT
Everybody is shelling corn in those
parts
Ed Towle is a constant visitor at An
derrfons of late
The dance at Lees last wet k was lino
10 were present
AJ Benjamin wife and little daughter
were in McCook Thursday
Ira Eiliot has traded his fine farm for
a hardware store atTraer
August Wesch and Ed Towlo visited
at H B Bluncks Sunday
Bert Benjamins hoisu tried the barn
roof Monday but broke through
The dance at llarve Rowlands was
wall attended Everybody bad a good
time
For Gods sake dont move i
I A number of land buyers have betn
Kh tnmmi w u iit iw Wnrrf
his and through the dimness of sight out at Berfc Benjamins within the Inst
from his straining efforts he saw her
week
Sunday the congregation met at tho
school house but for some unknown
causo the minister failed to get there
Albert Sigwin returned Friday last
from Atwood Ilia sistpr Martha re
mained at that place with her grand-
RED WILLOW
Hauling ice is the order of tho day
Lucy Miller is staying at Owens Loug
neckers
Mrs Bellair and Hazel visited MrF
Longnecker on Wednesday
Miss Anna Holland spent Christmas
week with the home folks
Lewis Elmer and family were out on
Sunday to sse that new boy at Lou s
Longneckers
On account of extremely bad roads
there has been no Sunday school for
saveral weeks
Mr and Mrs Calvin and Noah Sawyer
took dinner on Sunday with Mr and
Mrs Owens Longnecker
At a called school meeting a proposi
tion was made to build another school
hous e in tho northeastern part of district
No 1 to accommodate those children
who have to go three or more miles to
school
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture says that the unbounded
prosperity of the agriculturist is not due
to chance but is the result of
Youll take it off right here and gent scientific business methods A
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on the spot Id ruther have forty rat 1 plnced before him each week the prac
tlcniakes around than that stuff Off i tcai anfj approved methods to which
wi h it This is no childs play and
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Hiss Mattie slipped off her outer
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dainty She took flight to the house
running as lithely as a greyhound
Secretary Wilson refers It is a good
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