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DEVIL’S RIVER NEWS.
VOL 8 2
SONORA SUTTON CO.. TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923.
NO. 1705
E. F. mmSTUCKER-
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Chlncro Tov/n Has Boon Discribad by
Travs'er as Being “Ons Foot
From Hoaven."
I-Trs. Elizabeth Cramp Erulers, la
writinjf “Swiuging Lanterns,” gives
au intimate picture of tii2 highways
and byways of China, the Detroit
Nous .states.
She tells of tho cosmopolitan life
of Shanghai and gives contrasting
views of t!w beautiful and ugly in
other places. .She took ft river trip
to Nanking and journeyed by don-
key into the western hills, .She vis-
ited llangehow, once 60 beautiful
that it was described as being but
one foot from heaven. Of it the
author says:
“Long beforo Marco Polo gave to
the world his intimate accounts so
full of charm of all tho wou<1c.fl of
Cansay we road of even still more
lavish days in tho ‘celestial city/
when for a king to entertain 10,000
guesb for half « month, his dinner
vessels all of gold and jewels, was a
mere incident! When delighted citi-
zens gathered to watch their beloved
poet, Su Tung P’o, with his 1,000
riders returning fr< m a day of rovel-
ryl When ‘10,000,000 houses’ tilled
the city, and pnlaes grounds for
milts held gold temples and gardens
beyond imagination—and lhe effem-
inate court was sunk in idle lassi-
tude.”
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(Ol \UI(.>!T BY KATHARINE MAM IN III KT.
N**Nt to the to mrittafy
K«r and tlilrst, am! to rest ulion tlrcii.
ih*- mrtkt ‘Uxncutal t > posMi
thlnir; to ao^uirp- prr» » rtv. With jms*
Lt-Rsi hi co*nt:i tbi- thought of prottcj.-
ln«f nnti ro murk!me the pioju rty
to dibtln;TUl'*h It fruin thiU bclonjflfcjf
to otliera. Tho hranCthiHT iron 1h only
an Improvemont upon < rude i.uiihoilc
of murkinc; In v^siu* thnc-c thn kigrlti-
tiln*,v of tb. Iminan rice. TIk> branJ
hna been puit to many ntrcult** In
hlatory, but In all probability,
ruvir to suoh an uiiuuual one nr. farms
the ol.Lf in U.Im story.
This is n rwmanec of tbs eiiltlo coun-
try which prcHtMUfl to min.1 ury vivid-
ly tlio natural charu*tr ristfct s «n4
Mromc human types uf that section.
T'rtir.arlly it is a love utoiy In which
boots and it wr.s it I’.crivy f:tco, too,
unMt fr<Mii within, btd built c-n I!net
of i>( rfect nnlninl beauty. The bond
and tliroiit lmd t!\e mussive look of a
mnrble frutmient stained to one even
tone und dux tip from Attic earth. And
she was rending thiH I.eavlly and
slowly, by tlrdluht In the midst of
this tremendous northern nitflit, Kent4*
version of Uoeeaet lo’s *cTale of Isa-
bella and the Uot uf DaMl.”
The fitory for some tva • *n Interest-
ed lior. She felt Unit she could un-
derstand tho love of ytwmx Lorenzo
and of Isabella, the hut red of those
two brothers nnd Isabella’s horrible
the pMFHiofM of virile, strong-willed, ,
dan«r r-<b t>!m 4 pcoyh. fir«* r» ailstic.illy 1 tenderness for that youi." murder»*ii
nr. l j owcri’nlly revealed. Jcvluusy and j hoed. There were even things In her
r > cn ,v work h-ivnc In the lives of <svr- 1
tnln of these ppopl.*, who ultimately j
... r.n
are rodvemed by tlio ettucta of a «ieat
purifying b>v*».
Kuthartn* NcwlUi Burt !•< so nuthor*
cps born in the state of Ntw York, who
has had much ecpcrtcneo i f tho West
end who fln.’s ineidratlon for
her work In the life and characters of
that retina. Hot" r.ovol.'i ur.’ vigorous,
but eho docc sot tr•**t so mnoh »*f tht
adventurous aide cf wwtvrn ♦•xistcficl*
ns do other writer*', fihe deals more
directly with the people in mselves and
evolves powerful rtories out of thc*lr
problems and their loves, lb eldis "The
Lrandln-j Iron." her best known boohs
tro "Ilbbbn Crick." "The Red Lady"
nnd "Suo .v Blind." Tin re ar«* few
writers who eciual her in ability ts
make readers feel the emotions of her
characters and the effect* of life npmt
Ivi close conjunction with wild nature.
Took One: The Two-Bar
Erar.U
CHAPTER I
Joan by Flrc“;M..
Tiirro Is co slIaBoo eo feiirfiil, ro
lutnllilo.'H, so oeiiri.li'TiK hr tJie nl'.iht
slienve of a wild country luirled Uvc
fcot dec]) in snow. For thirty nillos
or so, north, scutli, oust and west of
the smell, ludf smothered speck of
pold in 1‘lerre Lnndls’ cnhtn window,
there In v, on n curtain Decent her
nisht, this silence, hatliod in moon
l'.lt. The cold whs Intense: lulow
the hunch whew Pierre’s homestead
lay lliero rose from the twisted, rapid
river a cloud ct steam ftVuve which
the honr-frosted tops of cottonwood
trees were perfectly dlstiuet, trunk,
branch and twig, against a shy the
color of Iris petals. Tho stars flared
I rllllantly, hardly dimmed by the full
moon, and over the vast surface of the
snow minute crystals kept up a steady
shinin ': of their own. Tho range of
sharp, wind-scraped mountains, up-
lifted f.outocn thousand feet, rode
across the country, northeast, south-
west, dazzling In white armor, spears
up to the skv. a sight, seen suddenly,
to toko tho breath, like the crashing
march of archangels militant.
In Die center of thla ring of silent
cry'Cal I'lurre Landis’ lugs shut In u
little square of warm and ruddy hu-
NLVER QUITE GOT THE POINT
Cood ard Sufficient rtcasen Why Li*
ton;r Hr.d flot Properly Appreci-
ated Hick Hec.benn/a Story.
*r\Vhat do you think of thnt Ihrro
funny story that old Ilick Jlcn-
bentiT is always telling?” inquired a
resident of the Kandy Mush neigh-
borhood.
‘‘I hnin’t never hoard it when it
was right funny,” replied nn no-
quaintancc. “ITtu le Hick has hol-
lered nm to flop nt his hou.-e r.s I ,
was passing ten or a dozen times
whih his folks were away, and
lining out a jug of lichcr he’d got
down in las hol'er. We'd tmth taka
a. ! <rn. and thrn Ic 'd toll hi- -lory.
It wouldn't he funny the first time, 1
but directly we’d lai;o anothsi horn,
and I -1 i.ell it a.r'ir Tt would It 'in
to (Sound :. 111? it ori to turn
out funny, cud w/d I o' e nnolhor
horn ar-icce. He lvgiu to toll it
ag'in, and beforo he’d get to tbo
p’int I'd be dead to tho world. So I
newr did hoar w!i?tbur it wnz funny
or uoL”—Kacsaa City Siar. j
Eh, Follow,d the Prirt,;l Line, With
a Strong, Dark Finjcr.
r.on darkn-so. Joan, h:s wife, mo<l*
lhe heart of tht, ilefloat *puce—Joan,
tlio ,.nc mind livltig In this ghostly
aiua of nl"ht. Khe hud put out tho
l.nnp. for Pierre, startli.g townwaid
two tJ.i.,-0 b< fere, had warned her with
a certain threatening sluirpuesi ti't
to uaste o-L and the lay on the
hearth, bur tr.ojh hoed nliuor.v In the
at.hu,. tun ’iny o book by tlio unsteady
llri.t of tlio Uistu'»». Kite followed the
printed lir.es with a etrn -c. dirk fore-
finger nu t her llpr- franud tkft words
■ ltti slew ivh!-; Oi-’cg motions. It
wn.. a jti.ig, bt.oiig noait’s hotly
Btrotchoil tl.i sou:-- i'u» floor, hoir-
tly tt not sIm ekihly built, die-so
rvJu’y In ivjrui stuffs ci.d clutos'
own life that (die ismipared with
those; In fact, at every phrase she
stopped, ami. staring ahead, crudely
and Ignorantly vbnutltzed, after her
own experience, whst she had Just
rend: and, In doing so, ahe pictured
her own life.
Her love and PleiTeVt—her life be-
fore Pietro came—to put herself In
Isalxilla’s place, she felt buck lo the
days before her love, when she Imil
lived In n desolation of bleak poverty,
up and away along Lone river Itt her
father’s shack. 1 tits log bouse of
Pierre's was n caslle by contrast.
John Carver and Ids daughter bad
roared one room between them; .Tone's
bed curtained oflf with gunny-micklng
In a corner, film Rlupt on hide* find
rolled hersdf np In old dingy patch-
work (julUs anil worn blankets. On
winter mornings she would wuke cov-
ered with the snow that had sifted In
between tho Ill-matched Inga. There
bad ls-eu a stove,- one leg gone ami
Cuto-tUute<l for by a Uugn, cobblo-
atrrej-there liad Irocn t\«n rdftitr*. u
Innjt box, a table, shelves -all rudely
made by John; there hud been gun*
nnd trap* and MMwaltoefl, hides, sltln.t,
tlte wings of birds, a couple of llshlnc-
rofl.t—John made bis living by legal
and Illegal trapping und killing. He
had looked like n trapped or hunted
creature himself, small, furtive, very
dark, with long fingers always work-
ing over his mouth, n great crooked
nose a hideous man. surely n hideous
father. He hardly ever spoke, but
sometimes, coming home from the
to,vu which be visited several times a
veer, hut to which lie had never take,
Joan, tie would stt down over the stove
nnd go over heavily, for Joan's benefit,
the story of Ills crime and Ids escape.
Joan always fold herself that she
would not listen, whatever be said
she would stop her ears, hut always
the story fasctnnted her, held her, eyes
widened on the fissure by the stme.
He had sst huddled In Ids chair,
pnoinollko, Ids fu.-e contorting with
tl;c emotions of the story. Ids own
brilliant eyes (V:ed nn the muni red
mouth of the stove. The reflection of
this scarlet circle was hideously no-
ticeable In his pupils.
*‘A man's n right to kill Ids woman
If she ain't honest with him." so th*
story began; "If he finds out nhe’»
hen trickin' of ldin, playin' him o!T
for another man. Thnt wr.n yer
mother, gel; (dll? was a had woman ”
There followed a course and vMd
description of her badness and Ilia
mi nner of It. "That kinder thing no
msti can let pass by In Ids wife, f
found her"—again the rude details of
his discovery—“an' T found him. an*
I let him go for the white ll\ci-e l rnw-
nrd he was. but Imr I killed. I shot
her deed nfer she'd said her prayers
an' asked Cod's mercy cn her seal.
Then T walked off. hvt they botched
me an' I was tiled. They didn’t swing
me. Out til them parts they knownd
I was In my rights; so the hoys held,
hnt 'twini a life sentence. They Ink
me by rail down to Dawson an' I give
'em the slip, handcuffs nn' all. Per-
haps 'twin only a half hearted fines
they made fer me. Rome «f them fel-
lers toebbe b id wives of their own."
He always stopped to laugh nt lids
point. "An’ 1 nit off up country till
I conic to a smithy nt the edge of *
town. 1 bn tig round for a spell t ill the
smith lied gone off an' I got Into his
place an' rid in’ of tie handcuffs.
'Twns a J.ili, hut 1 wasn't kodied nt
If an’ l made myself free." Followed
the story of Ids wandering* and his
hardships and his coming to Lone
river and setting nut hts traps. "In
them days there weren't no law ng’ln*
trap-pill' bcuver. A innn could make
a honest livin', flow they've titk an*
m.-du laws ag'tn' a mail'* bread an'
butter. T n*k ye. If 'tnln't wrong on
a Tuesday to trap yer heaver, why. I
'(ain't won* tho fetterin' Tuesday. I
don’t see It. J’i been* some fellers
beck there ho* made a law a-'In' it
to suit themselves. Anyway, 111* mar-
ket fer heaver hides Is still prime.
Velibe I'll leave you a fortln. gel.
I’ve saved you from holiness, nnvhow.
T risked n lot to go hack an' git you,
hat t done It. You wo* playin' out in
frout of ver nur.t’s honeo on' I rutoe
fer yr.u. You was u three-year-old nn’
a tig youngster. Says I. 'What's yer
named' Pays you, '.Torn Carver’; mb'
1 knowod you by yer likeness to her.
*i> O—d ’ l *wor* I'd save ye. I tuk
[Continued on rsf" 4]
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