Show M G 1 It t A AI f I GO w L 1 U I A 1 I A s IV a A no yf roy IH sy T sax sAc nile 1 BEGIN Y TODI TO TOD kY Calvin Gray the most mott mo t ex cx expensive pensive in the tho most exclusIve e hotel In Hillis RavinE Having to the hotel manager to the ot of o the largest bank and to the m mayor maor or he man manages mana c ea to secure for himself a s In the tho leading newspaper In time hotel dining room Gray meets an old friend who Is Ice ice president It of the I biggest jewelry hOUR house jn In In lIas I Gray offer to go to Kinger and sell loray some valuable diamond diamondi to C us u who has hM struck oil eli Bar Bar- Barbara bara hera Parr Parker dan daughter of ot Tom return to her home In Dal las Ibara Ins ins having spent four years In col lese col-lese tege lege I NOW OW Ow GO o ov O WITH STORY i I They argued that a region rellon so poor round j must of ot necessity ty ton con contin con j tin alue values ot of some Borne som sort beneath the I surface But Dut as for lor other natural I 1 resources they scouted tho the belief In tn such suli s Nc petroleum was smas as Ills us- dia I covered and among the lie fraternity I that dealt deill I dl In It U Ranger became al a i word of contradictIon d ot of deep aI I I meaning The tOl town tin n became a n point a 0 aist concentration camp for to and amid its Is fc feverish crl h uc- uc ic th Ity there vas smas as no rest no s 01 holidays holiday This was a about the state bute of Or at- at faira at-faira fairs that Cah Calvin In Ora Gray found on tIme Hier r 2 orning of oC his arrival lie and Mil Mil Ion Ios 10 had managed to secure a Pull lull man ma man n section on the night train Crom Dillas From the th first Mallow Mallo had had laid himself out to br bp entert lining lining- md helpful and Gra obligingly per per- per per- permitted permuted permitted muted him to have his way WolY hen henI I ICY ley had finished breakfast ho he e een en allowed his companion to hire an automobile and ond driver for him ThY They shoo shook hands the bc beat t friends I The Briskow farm farns it appeared lay about twenty t tnt nt miles mlle out but It enty miles over oil fIeld roads pro cd to be quite a journey I Grays Gray's driver er pointed out the Bri ranch The house an Unsightly and haK halt and aft affair stood at the back bacI of ot what shat hat hid had once been a ted field fIld I r I answered ered Grais knock at atthe tt the front door so 50 he walked l Aroun l the house houme Over the tho garden grden fence grown thick with he lie be- be beheld be beheld held t two tao 0 feminine urea figures or rather tao ho o faded sunbonnets top pin two tao pairs ot of shoulders and as he be d drea rel nearer he saw that one woman was an and l slow moving mo while the tho a huge creature wide ulde Ide ot of hip and deep of ot bosom hose bare arms burnt to a rich golden bron I Iere ere like those ot of a a a blacksmith blac and aho ho wielded Imer hea heavy hoe as tt it It i I Iere aero a toy She l as as singing In a athin 1 thin nasal voice Evidently they were the n Brisko-n help therefore Gray made his hL S presence known nand and Inq Inquired for forthe foi Ithe the master or mistress of the place I The elder woman oman turned lug Ing a shred shrewd d benevolent face and anc after a moment of appraisal said latter Im Im I'm Mix lIz Briskow Indeed The visitor smiled his Ibe best t and announced tho the nature ot of his errand I The vi omen regarded each other othel their facial expressions bid den liene-ith liene their bonnets then the tn i mother exposed her hc r countenance a L second time lime and said al alJ l Mister llster this l Is Allegheny our girl Miss Allegheny Briskow ow II lifted ted her bead n nodded shortly and stared Or oer tho the hoe hoc handle at Gray Cray Her gaze gazo was one of ot frank curlo curiosity ity aji and he returned It In kind for ho he had hadDe ne De er beheld l a creature like her The mother abandoned her labor her hands upon her skirt and anc said with genuine hospitality Come Conic Into tho the house and rest your yourself sePa self se Pa and be home homa II at dinner time Ume There were ere three rooms to the th residence bedrooms all au with with a II- semi detached ramshackle kitchen at tho tiso rear real and separated from the main house hous by a a narrow Into the frant chamber which WhICh evidently did dl service also as a 1 parlor airs Irs Bris- Bris kw kow led theay the way ay By now She ahe was sins sinsIn asIn In quite a flutter of ot e For or the time SUe guest t she sho drew forth the one on rocking chair a a patent contraption the he rockers of ot which were held upon a sort of ot track b by bb stout spiral springs Its seat and back were ot of cheap carpet material stretched over a lacquered l frame and these thc e eshe I she hastily dusted v ith her apron then she almo heated herself upon the th edge of ot the bed bcd and d beamed ex- ex expect I I The volunteer salesman spread out his dazzling wares mares arcs upon th the patchwork or counterpane then step step- steppe stepped pod ped pe l bick to observe the tho effect Ma s Brisko hands fluttered ta ard low the gems then reel taped l them them- aies in her lap Jap she bent closer cload and aDd regarded them the fixedly fI edl Th The Iho like Juno daughter also aiso fascination down at the display with Ith tion Please no eum them I want wan you iou ou to look 1001 them theta all aU over Gra Gray urged d Mrs Irs Briskow V acted upon this In- In in only after atter she had dried her han hands ls and then ther Ith tion ingerly reverently she ye- ye yel removed l moved i 1 ring from its resting placE an l held It up lip to the light My lly Ain Aln Am t It it sparkly bhe he s-a s O- O ped after atter an anything Wc Ye so e nver never nover seen Been any noth-any- noth thing nor been Jen anywhere yet yel Jt It sins a Mrs Briskow speaking But were we're oln goin We Wo re ye goin lots lota of place and sund were we're goin to see 0 y cry thing Anbo everything o c-o Pa sea NS An- An boa bo bothe the children li is I First off ott Pas Pa's Pa goin to take us to the mountains the Jho mother faced J the tho visitor at this till announcement and for tor a 0 moment she viston appeared apP to be bo gazing at I a vis- vis ton for her wrinkled countenance was glorified Although tho the mothers mother's emotion l as as aroused by the prIce marks on the prIce tags tage Allegheny paid attention to them and ond began vainly fItting ring rine after atLer ring to her e All Mi were too email however must ot of them refused to piss Pam even the first joInt and Gray realized now what Gus Gua had meant when b ho wrote tor for rings of Mot large Jargo ze s Eventually the Ute found Cound one that blipped Into place and this thin she oho re re- re regarded with complacent admiration n This onell do for tor me Bhe sho he de do- do dared And Its It's a whopper Gray took her band hand in his hia IlS as yet distorted It had haA not been beeD greatly dis- dis by manual labor but hut tho Lh nails were dull and cracked and ragged and they were Inlaid In deep I dont don't believe you It 11 like that mounting he bo saId gently Its what wo we call a II man S a tug ring This is the kind women us- us usUally WP wear lr Ue lie held helt up a thin platinum band bond of ot delicate work wor manship which Allegheny exam exam- med Ined examIned with fran frank disdain Pshaw P haw rot Id bust bunt that the th fl fIrs time Ume I hoed a a row ot of o tater t ter she eh 1 I I jJ k I t J v i 1 tt- tt 5 a 5 F I iSie women t tried on one piece I of ot j jewelry ul after another j Ii I declared I got to have things thing s i stout for tor me I cn o V VI Pa Ia Jow Buys lluy Diamonds lor l'or per perhaps hap halt bait an hour the I omen emen on one piece of oC je jess I dry elry after another exclaiming ad- ad admIring admiring admiring mIring irs then the mother call ed w iv ji a start that meal time as near and that the m would would soon be home Leaving Auto Allie to entertain the guest she sho hur hun hurried hurried ried nod splitting split out out a and nd tho the sound of ot split ting kindling the clatter ot of o stO Stoic stOe e lids the rattle ot of utensils utensil came from the kitchen retired to the patent rock rock- rocker lr cr Miss Mi a s herself herselt upon a 0 straight- straight backed chair and an folded her capable hindi In her I herI lap an oppressive e silence Ml up- up upon up upon on the room I ln la lav Ins c I time the usual commonplace topics III 11 time th course of ot a monologue that t induced nd no reaction whatever Gray voiced a perfectly natural lemark about the wonder of ot sud- sud sudden ud- ud udden den ricos Ho He was isas 1 as In a II nay a thinking aloud of the tho changes wrought In drab lives limes 11 es like liko the kows by the tIme discovery of ot oil HE H was wis surprised hen TV hen Allegheny re- re responded re responded Ma ra and me stand it all nil right t but Its It's an al awful ful strain on pa Pashe ia she said ald Indeed rime girl nodded lIes Hes got more nutty notions Gray Orny endeavored enden ored to learn th tl nature of ot Pas Pa's recently acquired eccentricities but Allis AlUe was flush flush- and paling a sz sa resul result of ot sudden o e into the audible E Eventually she trembled upon the ciTe erge ot of o speech once more then Ihen sac took another desperate plunge JIo lie says folks s are aro going to t laugh at us or with II ui tie and and-and and an rich people have hae got to act rIch they 1 got to be elegant She laughed laus-hed loudly abruptly and the tho o explosive e nature of the sound soun d startled her as greatly as It did her r hearer Hes He's got to get somebody to teach Buddy and me how to be have ha has e ow I ow that the girl was beginning to 10 lose her painful l she showed shO to somewhat better ad vintage and aDd no longer lonser Impressed him hinl as bovine stolid almost stu- stu stupid stu pid ld First ort oft me and Ma o arc are goin over to Dallas to do some the the girl was sa saying After Arter that ere nere going to the mountains Your mother mentioned moun- moun moun- moun mountains r Yep Tier Her and Pi Pa have hate allus I ben been crary about mountains mountain but it they never nover seen em cm That's how hoi I me and Buddy Duddy came camo to be named name I Allegheny and Ozark Wo We never neverne ne ner er expected l to see eni ens The drought burned us out too often otten Gus Briskow was a sandy an- an angular angular angular gular man i a ring of ot air 1111 holes holls cu cut eutIn cutIn t in the crown of ot his faded felt hat showed a head of ot hair hilr faded to match tho the color of ot hi hlf headgear his greasy overalls were nero re Into boots booL and amid a n ragged Joseph Josephs colt t covered Ored his hl hi flannel shirt He lie directly In tn to greet his I then Bald I ne ne never Cr Br expect expect- expected expected ed cd soud oud cone corie way I out ut here hero an bring our plunder with you Ira M ta says toa s you Ou got a hull o 0 di- di dimon's dl mons mon's I have hae indeed Gray Y pointed to the glittering display still spread out upon the varicolored counter counter- counterpane counterpane pane approached the bed and atthe gazed curiously silently down at the treasure then his ht face brok broke into a sunshiny smile He lie l his hi hands upon h his Is trousers legs and an picked l up a i ring But of e o the jewel he looked at atthe a the time price mark marl after which hl his hi smile broadened Ozark had entered behind the e father an and l his sister Introduced 3 him noHe now non He was a year sear car or two tw castin lounger than o ny but cast cas cn 1 t In time the Fame cause heroic mold The elder Briskow spoke first t and it sea as evident ei that ho he feared 1 to betray lark of oC conservatism for Cor to r he aid nd 1 with smith Ith admirable restraint lookin lot of ot trinkets trinket i eh Bud grunted After I a a moment hu ho Inquired of ot Gray Gra How How much Is 1 that hull bull lot 1 auth uth Mister Oster to a hundred thousand dollars Continued I in Our Next sue |