Show CIMARRON C I 1 A immke 0 K m 0 cwi r by edna ferber by T got ddll tortel CHAPTER XIII continued 22 2 O uce okie okla was noff no just ae as X much wit like new york as osage col coilio id manase manage to ninke make it they built twenty tory acice buildings in it nty tint had hundred hundreds of wilts f prairie to spread in tracey buyatt built tie first sky ly scraped the tile antt building it was as pointel out and grid advertised ed alto all om er the flat prairie state then I 1 lit at I 1 eary dancing an irish jig of jelk jealousy lousy built the I 1 leary eary building twentythree twenty three stories ligh I 1 irh hut but the 8 beet fru fruit its of triumph soon turned to notes in hia his mouth the build bull d III a were not built to stand lie tie added ad led train strain of five live full stories so he lie had built a flie story tower slim and taper ina au a taunting finger pointing to the shy sky again bracey aratt onnel the tallest building la in okia okla I 1 lom lomi omi i on the roof of the I 1 levy evy tile con I 1 any a building sol I 1 nd rd hn I 1 a penthouse after hie his 0 own n I 1 it m aai as the only one of its kint kin 1 in nil 11 oklahoma that mall small pirt lart of osage did not make an tin annual i Herl mage to ney v york wai slightly bewildered by S 8 1 I I 1 evy 8 0 ro f life they fed one an otier with scraps of gossip got from front tenants frerks era who cl clelline cin linel illine I 1 to have seen the place pl ice at one time or another it was A Q 8 these there eal sal I 1 filled with the rarebit of carpet carret rug rugs booke hangings super ailio adlo euper super phon super pl tyer piano music hungry alere ie le lived alone in luxury of tie town bet a no part of it sloppy money was now atle only stand ard fird if it I 1 at I 1 leary eary had sixty two to vi lull lillon lion balars ll lars on tuesday he was Okla oklahoma homas le leading adling citizen it if tracey batt had seventy eight it lillon ollars n ednes edn eslay lay then tracy att mm Okla oklahoma homas i lead ing citizen sabra provably ably was the only worn in n of her own generation and uncial pr position aitio in osage who still wore on the third finger of her left han hani 1 the plain broad coll col 1 band of a long pait pat diy daiy synchronous with lolk the permanent ler manent wave mave and the relue ing diet the tile oil rich osage matrons of sabra a e age cast cost sentiment ie le for fashion quietly placed it tie e blumy band in a bureau drawer an ani I 1 appe irel I 1 with a slim platinum circlet bearing the en graved aniel AI it 0 X L 1854 I 1 certainly it was wa much more at eige among its quare square cut en er all and denmon 1 neg lborg TI tipe tip ebe e la in lies iles explained 11 II it at all it 1 at tie tl e cold gold band had grown too tigi tight t for tic tie finger or too booge bibra bookel doma at the broad old fashioned welding ring on her iiii 0 n gentless gen iless finger she had bad not riot once I 1 iken it oft off in over forty year it was as much a part of her as the tile a finger iteld all the Ok oklahoma labonia in lillon alre ID aki i e P hid lardi and find aarli of tine fine leather lent lier lit earlem with gold boling ile ike blakes lib ary ha hal I 1 ets of dickens alone houn 1 in red green blue brown and black and ike all unaware of tny any of them moving 1 picture palaces with white gloved ushers I 1 ad all lie the big super films gas fillin stations on every corner hot ilot dog chill con came carne and hamburger lands stands on the most remote country roada roads the alverne arverne grand orand opera company at the theater for a whole week every vear year and the best of esery everything thing Tr alata ata car men mein boheme loulie the barba at the display of jewels daring during that week made the dia dla mond horseshoe at the Metro poll tan look like the black hole of calcutta still oil waa was oil and indians were indians indiana there was no way in which either ot of these native forces could quite be molded to fit the new york pit pattern tern the osage still whirled ip vp and down the oklahoma aronds and those roads for hundreds of miles were still dl red prairie prattle dut dust they crashed crushed into ditches and draws and culverts as of oil walked back to town and entering the automobile mateiro salesroom ont in which they had bought the original car pointed with one dusky finger at a new an I 1 glittering model bother Noth vr they said sold succinctly and droe out with it it was common news that clarley mt est had smashed eight cars care in a year but then charled Cli arley hit hal I 1 a mysterious source through which he procured lire tire water narn cravat had introduced a bill for the further protection of the usages and rather took away the breath of the house assembled by b advocating of the in dion reservation system her tier speech ra lical though it was and sensational lonal was greatel with ith favor by some of the mere more liberal of the c en on they even conceded that tl if Is idea of hers to the effect that tie tl e indian wool 1 never develop or express ham himself belf until i 1 was a free as a tie negro might t some day become a reality these were the reformers the long hairs fanatics oklahoma vins very proud of sa bra cravat editor coi cot gresi Aress woman pioneer osage sail bhe fahe embodied the alnet spirit ct of the diate bat and of the southwest st aben hen ten of cages most millionaires efty thon tho irand and dollars ench fr fir a bv I 1 indri chousen I 1 dollar statue tl it should embody the tin Okla hmil i pioneer no one was iw priel I 1 to apar that the sculptor mla bla wanted to inter view cravat hsuge wai mas not familiar with the sculpture of hrbacek but it was Impre impressed sied with alth the price of it halt half a million dolla dollars for a statuel certainly said the committee earnly iles lie the best beat there Is I 1 half a million Is nothing for his ills stuff up ile kick a pebble for less it an a ot of a mil tall lion I 1 do you suppose bell he 11 do her as a oinna in a sunbonnet sun bonnett holding little am om by the hand huh or bubo IQ in a covered wagon babra received krbecek in a elm rile pie dr denied aled dress he lie turned out to be a quiet rather little lole tole in alio lio looked more like a tailor tallor a little tailor than a sculptor ills eye roamed about te itte living room of the house on 1 the old wooden house tad ind been covered with planter in a deep ann shade much the color of the entire native clay the gimcrack porch idil and the cupolas hal been torn anav avav and a great square venanda and a terrace built at the side away from the street and find screened I 1 ya y n thick hedge and an iron grille it was now in fact much lie ile haube that vancey yancey had planned when sabra first built it icara ngo ago fhe old pieces of ma bosany and class glass and silver were buck back triumphant again over the allush lush ond drill bracale with mith which sa so bra had the tile house hen ben new the old despised since pioneer day dais was again the fashion in osage there was mas the Dea degrasse rasse ether other the cake dish with the carefree c lipids the mantelpiece figures 0 of if china chin a you yon are tire very comfortable here in OkIn toma slid alasca Irbe hrbacek eek he ile pronounced it syllable by sylla ble plin fully oklahoma 0 ala homa ho ma it Is a very simple home sa br bra n replied reviled compared to the th oth er places you bae lime seen hereabouts it Is the home of a good worn an I 1 said paid krbecek dryly sabra was a trifle startled bit she said thank you primly I 1 I 1 ion out are a congress member y 11 are editor of a great newspaper you ore are well knoma throughout the country you american women you are really amazing again sabra thanked him re tell me will you tuy dar dear d ar lady he went on I 1 so one tie of the many in teres tinz tiling wings about your life and tl if at of your husband tl if Is yap yar avy cravat who si far pr d d his time 8 sabra told hie somehow as she talked tl e v x ors rolled back curtain after curtain into the past ilie itan then they were cass int in ln t oe prairie there was the first glimpse of the null mul wallow that tha I 1 was osage the church cl meeting in the tent the murder the outlaw outlaws the early years of the pa per the inglam oil she talle I 1 very veil mell in her clear decisive voice at his request she showed him the yellowed of yancey of herself krbecek listened at the end it Is touch ing he said I 1 it makes me weep llian 1 lien I 1 ie e biased kissed her band and went ent away taking one or two of the old p with ith hini him the statue of the spirit of the Okla oklahoma horna 1 lancer was unveiled a year later with ceremonies it waa was a heroic figure of yancey cravat topping stepping forward with mith that light graceful stride in the high heeled tens texas star boots the skirts of the prince albert billowing behind with the vigor of his ills movements tl if e sombrero tom brero atop the gre great a it mens cirg buffalo head one bea u if ful band hand lightly on the weapon la in his two gun holster bolster be hind him one hand just touching bis his shoulder for support stumbled the weary blanketed figure of an indian CHAPTER XIV SACRA ABBA CRAVAT 7 congress wom S an from oklahoma had started a campaign against the disgraceful condition of the new oil towns mth an imposing party of twenty made up tip of front page oil men sen acors congressmen and editors she led the way may to bowlegs Ilow legs new e ct eit it and crudest of the new oil strikes cities like osage were suave trough in a surface way but what could a stute do wren oil was for ever surging up in unexpected place bringing the days of the ailua back again at each newly discovered pool there followed the rash rush and scramble another bret flarce town sprang up on the prairie fields oozed slimy black oil rigs cl clai asked ked false front wooden hacks lined a one street village dance balls Bru bruthers gunmen lira hut files flies dirt crime the clank or machinery the roar of truffle boiling over a road never meant for more wore than a pl plod ling wagon etro cars bear inc their dt it dlly freight overalls corduroys blue prints engines the human corn of each new oil t town own was ilk like tie scum scam of the kon but harder crueler more wolfish and deem dearn led the party in high powered powers rc motor cars bumped over the terrible roads creating a red dust haringe o 0 it Is all due to conr rotten okia okla homa home tate state politics sabra ex Pla plagne pl alne inell to the crent great senator from pennsylvania alho ho rat at at her right and the ali greet editor from hew ew lork who cat mat at her left in the big luxurious car conr laws are lait thol nt at the Is rotten ith craft graft anything gees okli hoa Is still i a territory in to ever every thing but title till this town of tow flow legs it a a throw back to the fron tier day days of 0 forty years ago and worse its it i it like ke the old cimarron I 1 leople eople mho ho have lived in osage all their idies dont know what goe goes on out here they don t care its it a more oil wore more millions that s all any one of you men well known as Is you are coul I 1 come out here put en an overalls and he be as lost as though you hal had vanished in the wilderness the flenni ivania senator hausl ed a plump laugh and with mith elbow nearest sabra male a little movement that would hive amounted to a nudge in anyone but a ai senator from IN ehlt hit they need out 1 ere la oman governor eh eb Lipp Lippman manni nl to the great ed aitor sabra said sold nothing on the drive out from osage they for lunch in an oil town ton hotel dining dialog room a sur our good lunch the senators and ellton mere glad to find with a it tender steak and little green onions and near beer and cheese an aal coffee served in great thick cups hot and strong and refresh ing the waltress walt wal tess was left deft an ani frier Adly a tall angular woman with something frank ant and agag ing about the two circles of ver millon on the parchment of her withered cheek how ilow ore are you nettle sabra said bald to her im I 1 m grand tile cravat how ilow s 8 all your folks the senator from ohio winked at sabra loure a politician a alt 11 right arrived at bowlegs sabra showed them everything ever thine thing pitilessly the dreadful town lay to in the hot june I 1 wife and mother you stainless St alnie woman hid hide me hide me M in your lovel sun a scarred thine thing flies bulzing over it the till uli drooling drool lne down its face a slimy stream A one street woollen shanty shantytown tow tonn n like the towns of the old territory days but more sordid A rel youns young liar ard engineer vas as their official guide an engaging boy in bone rimmed lassen glasses and a very blue shirt that made his pink c cheeks beeks pinker platter that Is what I 1 wanted anted my clia urn to be caora thought with a great wrench at her heart I 1 austn t think of f that now the drilling of the oil the workmen a enmities shanties the trial of a dance hall ball cirl girl in the one room pine shack that earvel as court acom the charge nonpayment of 0 rent the little room stifling a stinking waa was already crowds men bien and women filled the doorway lounged la in the windows the judge was a yellow faced fellow with a cud of tobacco lu in his cheek and a tingle single law book on a shelf as his library it was a trial by jury the juror jurors were nine in number their faces facts a rogues gallery there had happened to be nine men loaf ing near by it might have been less or more bowlegs did not riot con elder alder thee these one fine legal points mints they more overalls ani ant shirts the defendant was a tiny rat faced girl in a oiled gree cree I 1 dress that parodied tl tt e fashions a pathetic green poke bonnet don donn n at heel hoes shoes and a great run fun in her stocking her tier frienda friends viere cre there a dozen or more dance hall girls in striped oje overalls ralls and jakey or knee length gingham ging tiam dresses with sashes ages ranged from sixteen to nineteen perhaps the girls were charming hospitable they made way tor for the imposing visitors cume come on in they ea an cl d I 1 how flow do 1 I like ilke friend ly children the ml nil I 1 afternoon sun un wn was pitiless on their sick pick eyes their I 1 and eid skin their unhealthy hair erd Pred behind the ru le I 1 bench on which the jury sat mat the girl from time to lime time leaned a sociable elbow on a shoal shout ler fer occasionally enlivening the judicial proceedings by a spirited comment uttered in defense of their sister and spoken in the he nearby ear or aloud for benefit of the close packed crowd she neer done no such wall I 1 he ile a s a d db du u liar an I 1 can prove it no one least bf of all nil the chewing ju juls 19 apparel appeared to fin cal I 1 these the at all unusual la in the appl of the case in the corner of the little mom room wes was a kin I 1 of pen trade of like a duble chicken camp and in it Y lie the toor tor 9 roam Il he lie there aorl sabra asked ouy oce of u llie be tirl girls 1 bat hot la is than that I 1 that a ile alei a in j jail all he ills hot shot a loan mon last night anil and tea be i up for carrying carry ine concealed weapon ions it aint mot allou allowed ed I 1 ini to coin going to talk to him alil said sabro and cros crossed sei the room through the crowd the juror jurors hail had just hied tiled out TI ey rel rei aired alred to a arim at the tide of the road to make their finding ino or three of 0 the tile dance hall ball girls squatted on the floor were talking to through the bars they asked sabra her name and he she told them and they gave ber their own root roots I 1 es ee bee the face of the boy on the floor was battered and blood caked there wai was a festering sore ore on his left arm and the band hand and arm aria were mere swollen and |