Show CHUCK 0 PLAYS IN LUCK LUCH Sought Cook for Ranch Boss's Wife Found Bride for Himself SHORTCAKE DID WONDERS Trip to tn Kansas City With Il Load of nf Steers lul hint Caine of It for Ranch Foreman The Thc hu huge o Arizona Arizona man maii-herc maii here to observe observe ob ob- ob- ob serve the drift of ot statehood current events c In tIle the congress gazed congress gazed gazed reflectively U at the large and promising looking slab of strawberry shortcake on oil the thc plate before himI himI himI him I never OI le sec ace a piece liCCe of ot that he lie I said sId aiming with wih his Immense forefinger fore fore- oro- oro f finger fluger at tho the hunk of strawberry shortcake as If ho meditated mediated shootIng shoot- shoot Ing g It I up some that I dont don't think of or Chuck O lalon A strawberry r. r contraption of that samo saro general kind on only 1 better better better-a heter-a heter a heap better was as was sure Mure sureL L i one Oile of the tho factors that helped to get f r Chuck happily hobbled Chuck was the thc foreman of or the tho old T T lo-T and before It I happened the rest of oC us used to fritter Criter away a alot lot of the thc bO boss good time In tr trying f. f to shame or 01 kid Idd Chuck Into annexing unto himself elC a lon long haired side Mile part- part nor nCI to take charge of oC the neatest foreman's foremans up wickie-up that ever I saw on a ranch All AI of oC us In the bunkhouse regarded regard regard- ed It I as a a sin In and a shame shamo that that tidy foremans foreman's shack should go 10 to waste vaste with nobody but Chuck Chucle to hold holdI It down and no woman to train trait tho ho I rown honeysuckle and the wistaria over the tho front and rear trellises and show allow herself once In a WIllie while sweeping E down lown the tile back hack steps with a nice clean towel wrapped around arouni her he hair hall and andall andall all al that The rho foremans foreman's house had hud been built bui for tor Chucks Chuck's predecessor a aman aman aman man with wih a wife and a herd of oC young oung unit uns uns When hen Chuck was wa made foreman foreman foreman fore fore- man lie he had hal the whole hoIe foreman foreman's a up wickie-up to himself m his own hash and doing his hiM own houseclean houseclean- In Ing after the tile roundups NOt Nol n It Wie be Cl I M I much of or a bridle corral bred cayuse Chuck rounded upon us once when wilen we got after aCel him himon himon on the tile matrimony game Iame and I 1 sure sue need need a hull huh hul lot o 0 ground ground- the length and breadth of or tile the range none too loo spacious for me mc when I 1 want t roll rol and buck and hang hans m my heels up in the lie air all And I about aboul the up het-up periods when I git gl the Iho hunch I. I t hop 1101 the when when I feel like I 1 IJes' IJes IJes' IJes Jes' Jes got Jot f t t pull down a few In Iii the settle settle- merits ments after lit Jt ii up o wih the tile purlin loco juice Which up hf neither nci nei Piche I when thor ther what a am slated skated f t the center contel the grub grill rul L prompt on oil the when tho the chimes is Ig the hour hour and and I hain never yit It seen 51 the female in- in J n or k stock havin no idee whatever what what- whatever ever 0 o the Iho o 0 time hue or the tho value 0 o tho the same Them I Is ony some ome o o the lue reasons wh why yourn ourn truly jog a-jog a in along t the pole polo In private thou though h Chuck told me meI I 1 I was a assistant foreman that foreman that he lie wouldn't mind snagging a wife wie cf ef efI crI I ony nils how t git sIt the thc same ame he was accustomed to lo add the wa way It i was set sel with wih Chuck on the da day clay the tho boss hos notified him hInt to prepare to take a train iraln trin load of steers to lo Kansas City Cily Ordered l to tn I. I laso a n CookAs Cool Cook As A Chuck had hal never convoyed any cattle caUle farther than Omaha and I 1 had been to Kansas City the tie boss bos told me that Id I'd Id better hike along too to see ace that lint Chuck didn't step into any ground round owl holes or 01 get gel ditched or sidetracked In ill the he more moro or less les perpendicularly per per- built bui hustle huste burg on the thc Wyandotte n I ot terue te The rue night before Chuck and I 1 were scheduled to slope toward the railroad the boss bos sent for Chuck AH After the talk with the boss hos Chuck nudged me Into a corner corier of the bunkhouse all What al kind of a u stunt lye dye reckon reckon reck reck- on the old ol mans man's got framed up fr fl yourn OUn affectionately now Chuck asked ask ask- cd ed me mc nervously mopping his brow with wih his bandanna 4 till after after af af- af- af Wants ants you OU to lo keep sober ti ter youve you've delivered tho the steers eli 01 l' l lI I suggested sUJ 0 Worsen orson that that that-a a sight worse re replied to- to plied pled Chuck gloomily The Tho boss bos has lias given me tIlO the lie job o a pot wal pot wo loper In Kansas City for COl his wife Tho The Dutch kitchen mechanic they got now is It back bace cast easi flex nex week weck and amI the old man hereby delegates delettes me t trope trope rope 1010 tie tc and anc brand a n housemaid anti and general hash mixer down yonder onder In Kansas Cl City and fetch her acl back on our om return What dye what spose what docs does the tho old man I l c-l I know bout las- las a a round all al ranch maiden when dod rot my fool carcass I had hadlie tho lie nerve or 01 the lie I t L' lariat a pro pro- aidin skirt for re ci my own layout yit And mI the lie bo boss's s 's wife has give mo me a list listas listas as lon long as a ride fer for water o othe o 0 othe the things this ye yere re hash slingers slinger's got gott Jot Jott t t be able t f git b bj by with with cook cook and ane wash and Iron and antI dust lust and sweep and do plain and put pUl up preserves pre pro i serves serves say say how am I gem f t git gil the loop around a female able ablo t I t t t do all al 6 o them things Mission I lon Worries Ch Chuck ck I that I ha had man I 11 told Chuck many pressing troubles of or my own whon when 1 I saw NW that he lie was trying to cook up upa n a job to shift tho the responsibility for a n pot pol onto onlo my ders dens Well cl Chuck looked a lot lol worried over eve O cl that end ent of or his mission ajl ol the tho I dl didn't nt have havo way to Kansas City any consolation to offer him bite Didn't know much about any kind of or women myself myself my my- self at that time Since Sinco then Ive I've 1 0 met up with wih several to olal thousand of em and em and less now Ilot I know Chuck was as a conscientious foreman foreman foreman fore fore- man and anc a a rattling good one and after after af aC- af- af ter tel wed we'd acen len tile the train load lond of oC steers steer unloaded ho Ito threw a a Jar into me by solemnly announcing that hat the drunk was wa to be ho postponed until after hed he'd at ll lea least t made maco some borne kind lelnd of oC a n bluff to accomplish the tile task tak given gl cn him by bythe bytho bytho tho the boss and the bo boss's 8 wife I 1 know its it's It Ita a hull huh hul heap heal hard on you all you you-al Chuck said sid to me sympathetically and tho ho ruffians ruffian's I IJ J I teeth were leaking a good deal worse than mine were were hut but this thin yore ero Is 18 biz biz- ness ness and and a a bl big way o at that If youre you're askin me rue Now what's the break and tho the nary move as It were wele toward this yere quest fr tl a skirted skirled spud peeler Do I tal take a stand on on one o 0 th them m big bIb streets and at the point of a n clr dirk thirk holdup holdup hold hole up every ribbon lIbbon wearer that by and ast at her questions bout he her I. I r t cook and wash and Iron am and sew soi and do 10 up the thc boss's boss bos's wife's hair or do 0 I I- I Sees SC an nn m A Agent Well Yel I could see sec se that lint Chuck was wa some ome liable lable to make a rock pile finis h there In Kansas Kans City if Ir I didn't get I In Ill to the lie extent of handing him a tip a tp o oso or oro orso so o as to the tile prevailing methods methodE In of engaging serving Women find and so I steered him to an employment employ employ- mont ment agency and myself meIC unreeled t to the fat tat woman in charge of oC that lint plant plan the tile qualifications d desirable In a ranch ranch- house servant ser The fat tal woman asked me a lot of oC shrewd questions about th the ranch and tile the ranch people and I couldn't do any more than tell tel he her that old T was the finest out out- fit fit f with wih the tho whitest boss 08 and the tho nio- nio est cat boss boss' wire wife In iii Arizona hoss J nil Arizona al all of oC which was as on the level le That was as a n lucky fat Cat at woman fo tot for Chuck She Sho had the goods already It In stock it seemed which was why she was wag salting asking mo me mr so many questions She had on oti her l list t a widow h oh a man aman Woman about odd 30 30 she said whose saId whose It-whose whose man had been killed in Iii a coal mine accident about six months before The Tho widows widow's name was Kate and she lived l ed across the river In the he other Kansas City the City the CI-the the one In Kam Kansas s. s Tho The fa tat fat woman thought Kate McGlone would not mind going West Vest est because she site hata lunda hada lund hat a brother working in a a mine somewhere some sonic where here In New Mexico This delightedly remarked Chuck when ho he got outside with Kate McClone's Mc- Mc Clones Clone's a address on a slip of or paper Is sure some seine mc cas easy Its It's Ig as easy as stam- stam a bunch hunch o 0 cattle plumb Into the lie corral arid and then to keep em there it If it sure is Visit Ihl Kate Hato Cabin So Chuck and I charter a and spin over o to lo Kansas City Kan to lo give gl e Chuck a n chance to make a larIat laria throw for tor this Kate J ato McGlone and got that errand oil off or his mind Kate McGlone's address addres was a rickeLy rickety rick rick- rlee- rlee ety eLy tumble down shanty In a long roof row ro of ot them occupied by coal miners and their families but bul poor pooi pOOl and common commonas as it I was wag on the outside It I was neat nent thou though h uncommonly bare barc Inside the Inside the furniture had been going going out piecemeal piece piece- meal for tor the necessaries of or life ICo since Kates Kate's mans man's death we found out afterward i. i But the neatest thing In iii or 01 within COIt forty miles mies of oC that shanty was Kate McGlone herself For 1401 late Kate was a staving stay stav lug ing beauty from the he far Car south of Ireland Ire Ire- land land land-a a smashing handsome woman of buxom that were wele discernIble discernible discernible discern discern- ible even en e arrayed as she sho was in her poor loor calico calco dress Chuck took toole one ono look at Kate McGlone when he came to the lOOP door Inre in re response pons to our knock Then he ho acted like h he was vas going to sit si down own on the rickety steps and amid take tak a It rest resl for him him- self There was wa no manner of doubt whatever that Chuck was all al In In all allright right so o powerful was the tho immediate Impre Impression slon created upon him by the looks of oC Kate McGlone Chuck could not much more mOIo than wobble In when she Invited lcd In us Into her poor little ite ol old stripped outfit and arid when he thought I Kate ate wasn't looking Chuck gave me tue mea a kick on the lie leg that I can almost feel yet 01 For her part Kate Kale cast cst quite a number of oC sidelong glances at Chuck when he seemed to bo be not p paying an any anya attention a t to ii t lo II Clinch Chuck Worth mth Looking at at Too roe Chuck was something good to look at an straight arrow two tivo Inches above the thc foot 6 mark marJe broad broadas as ns a loot door 00 at the tho shoulders and and with withas wIh as good u it head hene and countenance as oud you'd ever er e s see ec e on a cow thumper if it v l fr frn n m nh h lu-Coi lu Co to lo ll ito uto 1 0 I Id I'd scon seon many a n smart l women In Iii 1 Kansas an a City wheel In her hc tracks lo to to take another view of or Chuck after hod hed got sot by although Chuck himself didn't know that lint there waa waH as much difference between his looks and a 0 Jack jacl rabbits rabbit's not being any whatever stuck on himself eJ so to speak Yes Kate would take the ranch Job she said after Chuck had nudged mo me to the tho center and all made malo me tell tel her all al about it it There was wa nothing to keep her in Kansas Cit City now that ivell 1 well Silo she didn't say sy what but hut we understood all al right anti and coughed coughel aplenty aplenty a- a plenty plent sos so's to get et her hor off that that Shed She'd like to get within reasonable distance of or her brother rothel In New Mexico and she he had no children to hobble her movements We c had come comae at an opportune opportune opportune op op- op- op time line Chuck Chuc didn't say thirty words while Kate Inte McGlone was tolling telling me inc that hint she could do all al of the lie things gs a serving ranch ranch woman would be he called calet upon to do but when she got hOt to that thal Chuck crossed and his bl legs four or Cv times limes and twirled his sombrero around on ott 01 his thumb and cle cleared rec his throat several times lines and then he lie asked her in a hoarse em embarrassed d kind of or oray way ay Some few on the lie cook I reckon Mrs Irs McG McGlone lone hc hem Lanier cH I Kate smiled confidently at that thai and and replied that she regretted that she sheI had no means of or proving 11 it I to him him I b by laying haying a 0 meal before him her larder not being exactly overflowing A 4 4 sure-enough sure hungry camp hits K C. C said Chuck then thu Aint never neel been so hungry as I am yore cre Could get got away with witha wih a coyote pelt and all ni right yoto and now Was as gin Eln t l sUg suggest Nt Mrs Mc- Mc that maybe maybo you wouldn't mind Jd Id I'd hike aroun around and rummage rummage rum ruin mage mage fi tJ U- U Ua a armful o the eats on the hoof hoof maybe maybe you wouldn't nt mind pan lan the tho same annie sro fr rr fr me mc and ant my poe poe- pod ncr ner yero ero sos so's we wouldn't have t t thike thike hike t f none these grub plants that's all lugs hugs anti and t t l' cat eat on Kate Kato McGlone's smile smie of ot acquiescence acquiescence cence when Chuck got 0 off that delicate delicate deli deli- del del- cate suggestion was wac worth wort seeing Of or course she would be glad to cook anything for tor us She hated to be so gO situated as a to have folks bring in their own stuff to be cooked but butWell butWell but but- Well Chuck was already out of or ortho tho the door and sailing sing for tor the tue nearest market house at a pony lope That left leC mo me behind with Kato Kate McGlone and ant I put In the time plugging ln for Chuck Chuck Kate sat with wih her hands in her lap Jap nn and looked plenty a Interested Interest interest- ed points while I talked of or Ch Chucks Chuck's uck's goo good J in Il time the Ile In about twenty minutes Chuck Chucle staggered In iii under tinder a load of or eatables big enough for a juniper country hired mans man's mess mes about seven pounds of oC rich lamb chops sack of new spuds four roU cans of or the thc most expensive French peas he could nail nai tour four boxes of or strawberries box of or now tomatoes and a raft raC of or other othe truck as a much of or it I fl ns as ho he could catty carry crl and Chuck was a powerful strong strout carrier at that that Kate conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted Chuck to tho the kitchen where ho he hr sot set down the lie basket for Cor her to go bO through and do 0 an as she he liked ltd with and thin Ihen Chuck and I 1 sat st out on the little front porch and smoked our |