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N NU U gf t b bir 5 S ERVICE THE STORY Yancey Tancey Cravat Just returned from tho the newly opened Indian territory relates his experiences to a large ar e of the Venable Venable Ven- Ven enable able family Yancey Tancey Is married to Sabra Is a a. criminal lawyer and editor o of oC the Wichita WI Wigwam Yancey announces he Is going goins back to the Oklahoma country country country coun coun- try with Sabra and their four four- year-old year son Cimarron They ar arrive arrive arrivo ar- ar rive rivo at Osage c where Yancey In Intends Intends intends In- In tends to start a a. newspaper Yancey Yancey Yancey Yan Yan- cey 1st is determined to find out u t who killed Editor Pe ler of the tho New Day Yancey consents to conduct di divine lne ino worship on Sunday During DurIng During Dur Dur- ing tho the services Yan Yancey ey an announces announces an- an he has learned who killed Pe ler He stoops In time to es escape escape escape es- es cape a n. bullet fired by Still stooping Yancey shoots and kills Then he announces that J killed Peeler Yancey Yancey Yancey Yan Yan- cey frustrates a n. bank robbery and kills two desperadoes Y Yancer Yancey Yan Yan- an- an cey ur urges os Sabra to Join him In the theRun Run at the op opening of or the Chero Cherokee kee co- co strip She refuses Ho He Is Isone gone one five years Dixie Lee and her girls arouse rouse the indignation of the wives lives and mothers of Osage e. e The war with Spain be be- be gins Ins Yancey returns In the uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form of or a Rough hough h Rider Dixie i Leo Is on trial as a public nul- nul sance Banco Yancey defends her andis and she she is acquitted CHAPTER CHAPTER X k 14 1 14 r It was as ns though Osage an and the wh whole le Oklahoma country now stopped and took a a deep breath Well VeIl It might Just ahead of It all unknown wn waited years of or such clangor and strife as would make the past years seem uneventful une In comparison Ever since the day day dayot of ot the Run nun more than fifteen years ago ngo It had been racing racing- helter- helter devil take the hindmost shootIng shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing Into the air prancing and find yelping out of ot sheer vitality and cussedness A mans man's country it seemed to be ruled by men en for tor men The women allowed them to think so The word feminism was unknown to the Sabra Cravats I Ithe the Mrs Wyatts the Mrs the theMes Mes Mesdames Mesdames' and Folsom and Sipes Prim good women and courageous courageous courageous cour cour- ageous Landed handed together by their goodness goodness goodness good good- ness and by their common resolve to tame the the wilderness Their power was vms the themore more tremendous because they did not know knots they had It They never once said during those fifteen years ears We women will do this We women will change that Quietly indomitably indomitably indomitably ably relentlessly without even a n furtive furtive furtive fur fur- tive glance of ot understanding exchanged exchanged ex ex- changed between them but secure In tb their common knowledge of the sentimental sentimental senti senti- mental American male they went ahead with their plans Yan Yancey had come home from the Span Spanish American sh war a hero Other men from Osage had been In the Philippines One had even died there dysentery and ptomaine from bad tinned beef But Yancey was the towns town Ho Rough Hough gh Rider nider He lIe had charged up San Sun Juan hill hm with Roosevelt knowing Yancey and never ne hav- hav en Roosevelt assumed that Yancey Yan Yan- cey ces Cravat the Cravat the Southwest Cimarron hud had led the way an ivory and mo six-shooter six In either hand tl the trie e gi great ear t buffalo head lowered with wwi such lL menace that the enemy had fled In Int t terror terror His return had been the occasion for tor such a celebration as the town had never known and never would know ng again in they assured each other between between be be- tween drinks until the day when statehood should come to the territory He Dc returned a captain unwounded but Ui thin Uin n and yellow with the livery look that confirmed the stories one had heard beard of ot putrid food typhoid dyse dys- dys eatery e ery and mosquitoes more deadly In this tropical semi-tropical country than hult bullets hul- hul lets or cannon t Poisoned and enfeebled though he IW was S his return seemed to energize the crude little town Wherever he might be he lived In fn a swirl of events that drew Into its eddy all that came within within with with- in its radius III Ill Yancey HI Ill Clint I IlIe Ilie lIe He shed the khaki and the cocked hat and actually appeared again In the familiar white sombrero Prince Albert Albert Albert Al Al- bert and high-heeled high boots hoots Osage breathed 18 a sigh of ot satisfaction His IUs I dereliction was forgiven the rumors about hint him or forgotten forgotten or allowed to subside at least Again the editorial columns of ot the Oklahoma Wigwam blazed with hyperbole It was hard for tor Sabra to take tale second second second sec sec- ond place or to apI appear ear to take second place in the office of ot the Wigwam She had so 80 long lone ruled there alone Her word had been law to the wavering waverIng wavering waver waver- ing Jesse Rickey and to the worshiping cliff Clift Means And now to say better ask Mr Cravat He Be says S 'S leave It to you lies lie's went out ont Yancey did ld a good deal of ot going out Sabra after all ull still dId most of the work of ot the paper without having the satisfaction dt of dictating its policy A linotype machine that talented iron monster now chattered and cluttered and clanked ed in the composing room of ot the Wigwam It was the first of ot Its kind In the Oklahoma country Sabra was pr proud ud of ot the linotype machine machine ma ma- chine for It t had been her five years ears at atthe atthe the tho head of ot the Wigwam that had made It t possible It was she who had gone out after Job printing contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts who had educated educate the local m merchants to the value alue of or advertis advertis- ing Certainly Yancey Tancey prancing and prating had never nc given ghen a thought to these uiese substantial foundations on which the entire business success of the paper rested They now got o out t with case ease the dally daily Wigwam for the Osage e townspeople and the weekly for county county county coun coun- ty subscribers Five years had hone gone one h by six by-six six years since Yanceys Yancey's return Yet strangely ely enough Sabra never had a n feeling of at security She never ne for forgot ot what he lie had said about Wichita Almost five fi years in one one place That's the tine lon longest cst stretch Ive I've ever done lone honey Five years And this was well Into the tine sixth He lIe had plunged mead head l first Into the statehood l fight Into the In Indian ian territory situation The Indian anti faction was bitterly opposed to the plan for combining the Oklahoma ter- ter and the Indian territory un under er erthe the single state of Oklahoma homa Their slogan was The White Mans Man's State for the White Man Who Vho brought the In Indian ian here to the Oklahoma country In the first place shouted Yancey In the editorial editorial editorial edi edi- columns of of the tine Wigwam White men They hounded them from Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- to Arkansas from Arkansas to southern Kansas then to northern Kansas to northern Oklahoma to southern Oklahoma You white men sold them the piece of ot arid and barren land on which they now live in squalor and misery It isn't fit for tor a white whiteman whiteman whiteman man to live on or the Indians wouldn't be living on It now Deprived of ot their tribal laws deprived of ot their tribal rites herded to together ether In stockades like wild animals robbed cheated kicked hounded from place to place give them the protection of or the country country country coun coun- try that has tal taken en their country away from them Give them at least the right to become citizens of ot the state of Oklahoma He lie was obsessed by It to He fIe traveled to Washington in the hope of lobbyIng lobbyIng lobbying lobby lobby- ing for It Roosevelt was characterIstically characteristically character character- cordial to his old cn campaign comrade Washington ton ladies ladiCs were captIvated captivated cap cap- by the flowery speeches of ot this romantic this stor story book book swaggerer swaggerer swag swag- gerer out of the Southwest South It was rumored on good authority that he was to be appointed the next governor of the Oklahoma territory Oh Yancey Sabra said do be careful Governor of ot the territory It would mean so much It would help in the future Donna too Their father a governor She thought thought Per Perhaps Perhaps Per haps all that Ive I've gone through in the thelast thelast thelast last ten years ears will be worth it H. H now Perhaps It was this Hell He'll settle down lown Mamma cant can't say say now and all the tine Venables and the and the and the Greenwoods She had had to endure their pity even en from a distance distance distance dis dis- tance all these years The rumor took on substance My Iy husband Yancey Cravat governor of the tune territory of ot Oklahoma And then when statehood came as It must In Inthe inthe inthe the next few years perhaps governor of ot the state of ot Oklahoma Why not At which point Yancey blasted any possibility of or his appointment to the governorship by hurling a red hot editorIal editorial editorial edi edi- into the columns of the Wigwam Wigwam Wig Wig- The Tine gist of ot It was that the hundreds of ot thousands of or Indians now living on reservations throughout the United States should be allowed ved to live where they pleased at liberty The rhe whites of ot the Oklahoma territory and the tine Indian territory with an Indian Indian In In- dian population of about one hundred and twenty thousand of ot various arlous tribes Cherokees ChIckasaws Creeks Choctaws Seminoles and a score of or others read others read emitted a roar of rage and brandishing the paper ran screaming Into the streets cursIng cursIng cursIng curs- curs Ing the tune name of ot Yancey Cravat Cra Much that he wrote was true per per- haps Yet the plight of the Indian was not as pitiable as us Yancey painted It t. t lIe He cast over them the of ot othIs his own romantic nature The truth was that they themselves cared little except a few of or their tribal leaders more intelligent than the thc rest They hunted hunted-a a little fished slept visited from tribe to tribe the visiting visiting visiting visit visit- ing the the Osa cs the Pon Pon- cas gossiping ea eating holding pow pow- wows vows Sabra picked up the proof sheet of ot the editorial still stilt damp from the press and walked into Yanceys Yancey's office Her face was white set Youre going to run this Yancey Yes never be governor of the territory Never She stood a n moment her ta face c work work- Ing She crushed the galley alley proof In her hand so that her knuckles stood out white Ive forgiven you ou many many things God knows In tn the last ten years earB Ill I'll never forgive you ou for this Never Yes you will honey Never is a along along along long time Not while Im I'm alive maybe may may- be But nut some day a a n long time from now though now though not so very er long maybe you'll be able to turn back to theold the theol theold ol old files of ot the Oklahoma Wigwam and lift this c editorial of at mine rI right ht out of ot It word for tor word and run It as your own Never er Donna I cant can't live Ih-e my childrens children's lives ll for them Sabra honey They've ve got t to live their own I believe what I 1 believe be- be lle e. This town is rotten rotten tine the terri tern territory tor tory tory the the the whole countr country Rotten Youre a fine one to say what Isor is isor isor or isn't rotten You with your whisky and your our Indians and your our women I despise you ou So does oes every one inthe in inthe inthe the town town town-In In the territory uA A prophet Is not without honor save In his own country and In his own home A trifle sonorously She never ne really knew v whether he lie had done this thing with the very purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of making his governorship im Im- possible It was like him Cu enough enouch h. h the tine editorial while it maddened the thc white population population population tion of the territory gained Fanned the paper v cH ar arr r 1 t r AVIV w t r They Chewed Tobacco and Spat many read readers rs The Wigwam pros pros- Osage blossomed It was no longer a 11 camp It was a town It began began began be be- gan to build schools churches halls Sol LC Levys Levy's s store store tine the Lev Levy Mercantile Mercantile tile Ute company had company had two waxen ladles ladies In Inthe Inthe intine the tine window their features only slightly slight slight- ly affected by the burning southwest sun Yancey boomed Sol Levy y for mayor of ot Osage but he never ha had a chance It was remarkable how the Oklahoma Wigwam persisted though Its position In most public questions was violently unpopular Perhaps It like Yancey had a vitality and a charm that no one could coul withstand Although Sol Levy vy was still the tine town Jew respected prosperous the town had never ne quite absorbed this oriental A citizen of ot years years' standing he Inc still was a n stranger He lIe mingled little with his fellow townsmen outside outside outside out out- side business hours lIe He was shy slay of ot the town to women though the tine women of or orthe the town found him kindly passionate and generous The business men liked him They put him on commit commit- tees Occa Occasionally Sabra or some other woman who knew him well wen enough would sa say half halt play playfully tully half halt seriously Why dont don't you get et marrIed married married mar mar- ried Sol A nice fellow like you ou You'd make some girl happy Sometimes he thou thought ht vaguely vaguel of ot goIng goIng going go- go Ing to Wichita or Kansas City or even Chicago to met some nice Jewish girl there but hut he never did dIll It never entered entered entered en en- his head hea to marry a Gentile Between him and Yance Yancey there exIsted existed existed ex ex- isted a deep s sympathy and understand understand- ing Yancey c campaigned for Sol Levy In the ma mayoralty race race race-It If a thin thing so sided one e l could be he called rulle a n race The Wf Wigwam extolled him Wh Why the ver very Idea Ideal snorted the there re redoubtable virago Mrs Irs Tracy W Wyatt att whose husband was the opposing candidate can can- A A Jew for mayor of ot Osage I They'll be having an Indian mayor next Mr W Wyatts Wyatt's atts folks are real Americans Thc They helped settle Ar Ar- kansas An And as for me why I can trace my ancestry right back to William William Wil Wil- liam Whipple who was one of the signers of the Declaration of or Independence Inde Inde- Sol Levy never ne had a chance for public honor He rIe In fact did practically practically nothing to further his own possible possible possible pos pos- sible election He ne seemed to regard the whole matter with a n remoteness slightly tinged with ironic humor Yancey dropped Into Sols Sol's store to bring him this latest pronouncement of the bristling Mrs W Wyatt att Declaration of or Independence ence I Sol exclaimed thoughtfully Tell her on one of ot my ancestors wrote the Ten ren Com Com- Fella Iena name of Moses Io es' es Yancey roaring with laughter used this in the Wigwam and It naturally helped as much as an anything thin to defeat tine the the already defeated candidate The town went event by Indians by-Indians Indians cowboys cowboys cow cowboys boys up from Texas rex plainsmen ranch ranch- ers They still sUII squatted at |