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SAM DURKEE'S GIRL
By O. HENRY.
Sam Durkee bad a girl. Her name
was Ella Baynes. They appeared to
bo devoted to each other, and to have
perfect confidence In each other, as all
couples do who are and have or aren't
and haven't. She was tolerably pretty,
with a heavy mas^ of brown hair that
helped her along. He introduced me
to her, which seemed not to lessen
her preference for him; so I reasoned
that they were surely soul-mates.
Miss Baynes lived in Kingfisher. 20
miles from the ranch. Sam lived on
A PnlloA Knf tvonn fho u'n ulnnou
One day there came to Kingfisher a
courageous young man, rather small,
with smooth face and regular features.
He made many Inquires about the
business of the town, and especially of
the inhabitants cognomlnally. He said
he was from Musoogee, and he looked
it. with his yellow shoes and crocheted
fbur-ln-hand. I met him once when I
rode in for the mall. He said his
name was Beverly Travers. which
seemed rather Improbable.
One day, when I was messenger for
half a gross of cigarette-papers and a
couple of wagon-tires, I saw the alleged
Beverly Travers in a yellowwheeled
buggy with Ella Baynes. driving
about town as ostentatiously as
the black, waxy mud would permit. I
knew that this information would
bring no balm of Ollead to Sam's soul,
so 1 refrained from including it in
the news of the city that 1 retailed on
my return. But on the next afternoon
an elongated ex-cowboy of the name
of Simmons, an old-time pal of Sam's,
who kept a feed store in Kingfisher,
rode out to the ranch and rolled and
burned many cigarettes before he
would talk. When he did make oration,
his words were these:
"Say, 3am, there's been a description
of a galoot inlscallln' himself
Bevel-edged Travels impairing the atmospheric
air of Kingfisher for the
past, two weeks. You*k'io\v who he
was? He was not otherwise than Ben
Tatum, from the Creek Nation, son of
.Hrl /I ? ?V. m_*
u<u \iu|jur*r i in.niu mui your i ncirt
Newt shot last February. You know
Pumped Six Bullets Into the Body the
Brown Dress Covered.
what ho done this morning? He killed
your brother Lester?shot him in the
co't-house yard."
1 wondered if Sam had heard lie
pulled a twig from a mesquit-busli.
chewed it gravely, and said:
"He did. did he? Ilo killed Lester?"
"The same," said Simmons. "And
ho did more. He run away with your
girl, the sutne as to say Miss Kiln
ilaynes. 1 though you might like to
know, so I rode out to impart the
information."
"1 am much obliged. Jim," said Sum,
taking tho chewed twig from his
mouth. "Yes, I'm glad you rode out.
\ es, I'm right glad."
"Well, I'll be rldin* back, 1 reckon.
Thut boy I left In the feed store don't
know hay from oats, lie ahot I.ester
in the back."
"Shot him in the back?"
"Yes. while he was hitchin' his
hoss."
I'm much obliged. Jim."
"I kind of thought you'd like to
know as soon as you could."
Simmons rolled a cigarette and
stabbed his pony with both heels.
Twenty yards away he reined up and
called back:
"You dou't want no asststunce. us
you might say?"
"Not any, thanks."
"1 didn't think you would. Well, solong!"
Sam took out and opened a bonehandled
pocket kuif/i and scraped a
dried piece of mud from his lert boot.
I thought at tlrst he was going to
swear a vendetta on the blade of It,
or recite "The Gipsy Curse." The
few feuds I hnd ever seen or read
about usually opened that ?<yr. This
one seemed to be presented with a
new treatment. Thus offered on the
stage. It would huvo been hissed off
and ono of Itelasco's thrilling melodramas
demanded instead
1 wonder," said Sam, with a profoundly
thoughtful expression. "If the
cook has any eold beans left over!"
Ho called Wash, the negro cook, anu
binding that he had some, ordered him
to heat up the pot and make some
strong coffee. Then we went Into
Mini's private room, where he slept
and he;.; his armory, dogs, and the
saddles of his favorite mounts, lie
took three or four six-shooters out of a
bookcase aud begun to look them over
whistling "The Cowboy's Lament" ab
stractedly. Afterward he ordered the
best two horses on the ranch saddled
and tied to the hltchlng-post.
Now In the fuel business, in all sections
of the country. 1 huve observed
that In one particular there is a delicate
but strict etiquette belonging
You must not mention the word or refer
to the subject In the presence of a
feudist. It would be more reprehensible
than commenting upon the mole
un the chin of your rlel^unt. I found,
later on. that there la another uc writ
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ly to the West.
I yet lacked two houra to supper- i
time; but in 20 minuter Sam and I
were plunging deep into the reheated
beans, hot coffee and cold beef.
"Nothing like a good meal before a
long ride," said Sam. "Eat hearty."
I had a sudden suspicion.
"Why did you hare two horses sad- j
died?" I astced.
"One, two?one, two," said Sam.
"You can count, can't you?"
His mathematics carried with it a ;
momentary qualm and a lesson. The
thought had not occurred to him that
the thought could possibly occur to
me not to ride at his side on the red
road to revenge and Justice. It was
the higher calculus. I was booked for
the trail I began to eat more beans.
In an hour we set forth at a steady
gallop eastward. Our horses were Kentucky
bred, strengthened by the mesqult
grass of the West. Ben Tatum's
steeds many have been swifter, aDd
he had a good lead; but if he had I
heard the punctual thuds of the hoofs
of those trailers of ours born In the
heart of feudlnnd. he might have felt
that retribution was creeping up on
tho hoof-prints of his dapper nags.
Our first sight of them we had In
fluthrie.
"What are you waiting for. Sam?" I
said in a whlsppr. "l et him hHve it
now!"
Sam gave a melancholy Blgh.
"You don't understand; but he
does." he said. "Me knows. Mr. Tenderfoot.
there's rule out here among
white men in the Nation that you can't
shoot a man when he's with a woman.
1 never knew It to be broke yet. You
ca**'t. do It. You've got to get him in
a gang of men or by himself. That's
why. lie knows It, too. We all know.
So. that's Mr. lien Tatum! One of the
'pretty men!' I'll cut him out of the
herd before they leave the hotel and
regulate his account!"
Arior supper ttie Hying pair dlsap,
prared quickly. Although Sam haunted
lobby and stairway and halls half the
night. In some mysterious way the
fugitives eluded him: and In the morn- j
1ng the veiled lady in the brown dress
with the accordion-plaited skirt and |
the dapper young man with the cloBe- !
clipped hair and the buckboard with
the prancing nags were gone.
Five miles farther we came upon the
future Rreat western city of Chandler.
The horses of pursuers and pursued ]
were starved and weary. There was I
one hotel that offered danger to man
and entertainment to beast; so the |
four of us met again in the dltiing
room at the ringing of a bell so resonant
and large that it h d cracked the
welkin long ago. The dining room
was not as large as the one at Outhi
rle.
I Just as we were eating apple pie?
how lien Davlsea and tragedy Impinge
upon each other!?1 noticed Sain look
lng with keen intentness at our quarry
where they were seated at a table
across the room. The girl still wore
the brown dress with lace collar and
cufTs and the veil drawn down to her
nose. The man bent ,'ver his plate
: with his close-cropped head held low.
"There's a code," 1 heard Sam say.
either to me or to himself, "that won't
let you shoot a man In the company
of a woman; but. by thunder, there
ain't one to keep you from killine a
j woman In the company of a nun'"
: And. quicker than my mind could
follow his argument, he whipped a
, Colt's automatic from under his left
j arm and pumped six bullets into the
j body that the brown dress covered?
j the brown dress with the lace collar
I and cuffs and the accordion-plaited
' skirt.
! The young person in the dark sack
suit, from whose head and from whose I
life a woman's glory had been dipped,
laid her head on her arms stretched
i upon the table; while people came
running to raise Hen Tatum from the
lloor in his feminine masquerade that
had given Sam the opportunity to set
aside, technically, the obligations of
the code.
(Copyright, i.y the Frank A. Muns?'y Co.)
He Had to Explain.
I am a dentist and one night the \
i boys had asked me to "alt in a little J
game." I told them to telephone me |
and say that Mr. Johnson wanted me 1
; to come at once and pull some teeth. I
At 7:30 the telephone call came aud I I
said: "Yes. Mr. Johnson. I'll he right |
down."
"Of course," I told my wife. "I am 1
sorry to leave you alone, but business
| is business." i returned at 1 a. in.
Next morning my wife asked: j
! "Where is your dirty handkerchief? I
, must send the washing away today."
I told her that it was in my pocket.
In a few minutes she came back
with some white, red and blue poker <
chips in her bund, which 1 had dropi>eJ
in mv pocket the night b"fore and for- 1
gotten. Sweetly she asked "Are
these Mr. Johnson's teeth?"
That was my most embarrassing moment.?Chicago
Tribune.
On the Sea.
'Tor goodness' sake, captain, don't
) lot that man sing!"
"The p: "?enrere will ?Hr'?
sounding the fog horn "
Mrs. W -etl#?The last thing iay 1
husband did was to kuw inc.
Air. Kidder Then i *ppm* he
in mif l> din.
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Lesson
(By O. E. 8ELL.ERS, Director of Even*
itve Department Tlie Moody Bible Inatltut*
of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MAY 31
THE GRATEFUL SAMARITAN.
LESSON TEXT?Luke 17:11-19.
GOLDEN TEXT?"Were there none j
found that returned to give glory to God i
ave this stmnifer?" Luke 17-W
Jesus and his party are on their
last journey to Jerusalem, a most
eventful Journey. It led him between
Samaria and Galilee (v. 11, marg.) and ,
Into, or through, an unknown, unnamed
village. To us this Is the most i
heroic and momentous moment In his- '
tory. Jesus knew that his hour was at :
hand. He knew all that awaited him
In Jerusalem, yet he "set his face
as a flint" and nothing could turn him I
from his purpose, his crowning work. j
Jesus, however, was never too busy or
in too great haste to do a deed of
compassionate mercy.
The Type of Sin.
I. A Great Need, vv. 11-14.?We are ;
familiar with the awfulness of leprosy '
and that it Is a type of sin. Like sin. j
leprosy begins within, is insidious in
its progress; it defies, shuts men out \
of the society of the clean. It renders |
Its victims helpleBs and hopeless, has I
no remedy and receives no help from
men; In consumes and finally kills.
This was a terrible spectucle that
greeted Jesus' eyes as he entered the
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Tiiiagc, iui wieae tepers were compelled
to live on the outside. Notice
(v. 121 that tliey stood "afar off"
tEph. 2:13), Indeed, so far off that
they were compelled to "lift their 1
voices" in order to make known their
request, although it may have been
that the disease had reached their I
vocal organs. The Mosaic law com- !
pelled the leper thus to stand ufur ofT,
Lev. 13:45, 40. Their salutation was
the cry of tlie needy made to one In
authority. The word "Master" here
used is not that which usually means
teacher, hut rather one that would be
applied to one in authority, an appointee
or a commander. They must
have either recognized his power or,
having heard of his miracles they appealed
to him to exercise a like power
on their behalf There was no other
who could possibly give them relief.
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even so the sthhira^ohly hope Is to
meet Jesus. He. and he alone, can
cleanse them from their uncleanness
and wretchedness. Jesus never
passed, that way again, this was their
only opportunity. Their need drove
them to him. Ofttlmes our distress
and need are blessings In disguise In
that they drive us to Jesus. Though
afar off. and though, only one drew
nigh (v. 16). yet it was the privilege of
them all. as It la also our privilege to
"draw nigh," Eph. 2:13. Their cry
did not fall upon deaf eara (Isa. 59:1).
It was a brief, but to the point, petition.
Thev knew what th,>v nsoiloH ??>H
drove straight to the point. Their appeal
to his mercy met with immediate
response, so also will the cry of the
needy sinner meet with a like response
(Roin. 10:13). The record does
not tell us about the faith of these
men and It Is useless for us to speculate.
The cry of faith will have Its
answer. Matt. 9:29. Their prayer was
brief. It must have been humble, believing,
earnest and specific, for when
"he saw them" (v. 14) he gave directions
as to the manner whereby they
might be cleansed. He could have
spoken or have touched them, but
his way at that time was to utter a
command. This resulted In (a) a fulfilling
of the law, (b) a test for their
faith, (c) a testimony to the priests.
They showed their genuine earnestness
by Immediate obedience, they
took him at his word. The recard Is
wonderfully suggestive, "as they went
they were cleansed." Faith and works,
obedience and resultB. Wheu we act
upon his simple yet sublime word we.
too. will receive a blessed answer to
our every need As we look to him,
our great high priest, as ve take our
eyes off of self, we shall be cleansed.
John 14:21,23.
Bore Witness Before Men.
II. A Grateful Heart, vv. 15-19.?The
revelation of cleansing brought different
results to these lepers. "One of
them" came back at once to express
his gratitude. Before he could scarcely
speak his petition, now he cries
wmi a iouu voiee." This is a suggestion
as to the completeness of his
cure. He at once uses his restore*!
voice to "glorify God." and it looks us
though he bore this witness before he
testified to men; (a) being healed
seems also to have opened his eyes
as to- the character of Jesus. He not
only returned thanks, but "worshiped
him." Nor does Jesus refuse to accept
such worship?an evldeuce of bis
deltv. see Acts 15:25.?t>: John 5:23
and 1 leb. 1: t>.
The nine were *oo occupied in rejoicing
with their friends, too busy
with fulfilling duties from which they
had long been separated, to express
their thanks. It is significant that
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thla~one was a Samaritan?"a stranger."
This ia the one whom leBa
would be expected, yet Luke recorda
other good things about the Samaritan,
ch. 10:33-35. (Luke, as the
companion of Paul, shows us not only
in htw gospel, but in his life of Paul
Christ's outreschlngs towards the GenGlee.)
The .Tews hare no dealings
with the Samaritans (.Tobn -?:9t. but
ain makes strange companions.
MR. RIGGS IN A QUANDARY
Farmer Great Athlete, Domesticated,
Helpless Victim of Hie Infant
Sen's Tyranny.
Mr. Kiggs rowed No. *i in the
I Yarvard boat iu his dav ami lowii...
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iur uuervonegiaie recora ror
the shotput. Then a mild little
woman came along and domesticated
him.
lu the street before his houae one
evening lately Mr. Kigga waa teaching
his infant eon to pull a wagon,
says the Newark ( N. J.) News. Infant
soil waa about aa big as a minute.
From an upstairs window came
the call:
"Henry, I think you had better
bring Kodney in the house now."
"Come along in, sou. mamma
wanta you," said Mr. Kigga.
Kodney gave no heed. The wagon
for him. By and by the voice from
the upstairs window :
"Why don't you bring Kodney in,
Henry? You know it's too damp
for him to be out any longer."
"Come along, boy," said Kiggs.
j "Come on, now : you can play with
the wagon all day tomorrow."
But the infant would not.
"Henry," called the voice, "vou
have uo right to keep Rodney out
like this. I'm tired of waiting.
; Bring him right in."
Mr. Riggs, crew hero and tleld
md track wonder, looked lowanl
the house with a lielpleas expression
on his face.
"I've told him to come in," ha
jaaid, "'but, Lord! I can't make him,
can IV
p!s Prot-.-t.
A little boy eoine mumug i:i from
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