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     ;Eh�拭─  �Willock   wheeled   about   as   if   roused   to   fresh   uneasiness。   The 

Indian chief had glided from the room�察�as silent and as unobtrusive as a 

shadow。 

     Willock     sank    on   the  bench    beside    Bill  Atkins    and   said   harshly�察�

;Where's my pipe�拭─�

     ;Don't you ask ME where your pipe is�察─�snapped Bill。 ;Yonder it is in 

the comer where you dropped it。; 

     Willock   picked   it   up�察  �and   slowly   recovered   himself。   ;You   see�察─  �he 

observed   apologetically�察  �I   need   Lahoma   about�察 �to   keep   me   tame。  I   was 

wondering the other day if I could swear if I wanted to。 I guess I could。 

And   if   put   to   it�察  �I   guess   I   could   take   up   my   old   life   and   not   be   very 

awkward   about   it�察  �eitherI  used   to   be   a   tax´collector�察  �and of   course   got 

rubbed     up   against    many    people    that   didn't  want    to  pay。   That    there 

Gledwarewell� �maybe it isn't this one Lahoma writes about�察�but the one I 

knew is just about middle age�察�and he's a widower�察�all right�察�or the next 

thing to itI didn't like Gledware。 That was all。 I hate for Lahoma to be 

throwed with anybody of the namebut I guess it's all right。 Lahoma ain't 

going to let nobody get on her off´side�察�when the wind's blowing。; 

     Bill   inquired    anxiously�察    �Did    that  Gledware      you   knew�察   �live   near 



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Kansas City�拭─�

     ;He lived over in Indian Territory�察�last time I heard of him。 But he was 

a roving devilhe might be anywhere。 Onlyhe wasn't rich�察�why�察�he didn't 

have nothing on earth except a littleyes�察�except a little。; 

     ;Then he can't be the owner of a big estate�察─�remarked Wilfred�察�with 

relief。 

     ;I   don't   know   that。   Folks   goes   into   the Territory�察  �and   somehow   they 

contrives   to   come   out   loaded   down。   But   I   hope   to   the   Almighty   it's   a 

different Gledware� ─�

     ;Lahoma can hold her own�察─�Bill remarked confidently。 ;You just wait 

till her next letter comes�察�and see if she ain't flying her colors as gallant as 

when she sailed out of the cove。; 

     Wilfred reflected that his invitation to remain had been sincere�察�there 

was   nothing   to   hurry   him   back   to   the   Oklahoma   countryhe   would�察  �at 

least�察�stay until the next letter came。 His interest in Lahoma was of course 

vague and dreamy�察�founded rather on the fancies of a thousand´and´one´ 

nights than upon the actual interview of a brief hour。 But the remarkable 

change that had taken possession of Willock at the mention of Gledware's 

name�察�had impressed the young man profoundly。 In that moment�察�all the 

geniality   and   kindliness   of   the   huge   fellow   had   vanished�察  �and   the   great 

whiskered   face   had   looked   so   wild   and   dangerous�察  �the   giant   fists   had 

doubled      so  threateningly�察    �that   long   after  the   brow    smoothed      and   the 

muscles relaxed�察�it was impossible to forget the ferocious picture。 

     ;That's   what   I'll   do�察─�Wilfred   declared�察 �settling   back   in   his   seat�察   �I'll 

wait until that next letter comes。; 



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                              CHAPTER XV 



                                 THE DAY OF FENCES 

       While waiting for Lahoma's letter�察�Wilfred Compton spent his days in 

ceaseless   activity�察  �his   evenings   in   dreamy   musings。   Over   on   the   North 

Fork   of   Red   Riverwhich   was   still   regarded   as   Red   River   proper�察  �and 

therefore     the   dividing    line   between     Texas     and   Indian    Territoryhe 

renewed his acquaintance with the boys of Old Man Walker's ranch。 Henry 

Woodson�察  �the   cow´puncher�察  �still   known   as   Mizzoo   was   one   of   the   old 

gang   who   greeted   Wilfred   with   extravagant   joy   which   shaded   away   to 

easy and picturesque melancholy in lamenting the passing of the good old 

days。 

     ;These   is   the   days   of  fences�察─  �complained   Mizzoo�察  �as   Wilfred�察       �in 

answer to his invitation�察�rode forth with him to view the changes。 ;Time 

was�察�our cattle was bounded on the south by nothing but the south wind�察�

and   on   the   north   by   nothing   but   the   north   wind�察  �hut   these   unmitigated 

settlers has spiled the cattle business。 I'm looking for the old man to sell 

out   and   quit。   Why�察  �look   at   all   the   little   towns   that   has   sprung   up   so 

confusing   and handy  that   you   don't   know  which to   choose   to   liquor   up。 

They comes like a thief in the night�察�and in the morning they're equipped 

to rob you。 I can't keep no change by meI've asked the old man to hold 

back    my   wages   till   the  end   of   the   year。  But   I'm   calculating  to  make 

something out of these very misfortunes。 You know I always was sort of 

thriftyyes�察�as they GOT to be a settled county round us�察�it'll needs call for 

a sheriff�察�and if all signs don't fail�察�I'll get the job this week。 Then there'll 

be no more riding of the line for old Mizzoo。; 

     Wilfred rode with him to Mangum�察�and other villages�察�with names and 

without�察�and he tingled to the spirit of the bounding West。 There might be 

only a few dugouts�察�some dingy tents and a building or so of undressed 

pine�察�but   each   hamlet   felt in itself   the possibilities of   a   city�察 �and   had   its 

spaces   in   the   glaring   sands   or   the   dead   sagebrush   which   it   called   ;the 

Square; and ;Main Street; and possibly ;the park。; The air quivered with 

expectations of a railroad�察�maybe two or three�察�and each cluster of hovels 

expected to find itself in a short time constituted the county´seat�察�with a 



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gleaming steel road at its back door。 

     This spirit of optimism was but a reflection of the miraculous growth 

of the new country of which Greer County�察�though owned by Texas�察�felt 

itself�察�in a sense�察�an integral part。 Eight years before�察�Indian Territory was 

the hunting´ground of the Indian�察�and whosoever attempted to settle within 

its   limits   was   driven   forth   by   the   soldiers。   It   was   then   a   land   of   dim 

twilight�察�full of mystery and wildness�察�with vast stretches of thirsty plains 

and    bleak    mountains     around    which    the   storms�察   �unbroken     by   forests�察�

shrieked in the ;straight winds; of many days�察�or whined the threat of the 

deadly tornado。 And suddenly it became a land of high noon�察�garish and 

crude�察�but wide´awake and striving with all the tireless energy of young 

blood。 

     Scarcely  had   the   Oklahoma   country  been   taken   possession of   before 

the settlers began agitating the question of an organized territory�察�and too 

impatient to wait for Congress to act�察�held their own convention at Guthrie 

and divided the land into counties。 Congress made them wait five months´ 

´an age in the new countrybefore approving the Organic Act。 The district�察�

which   a   short   time   before   had   been   the   Unassigned   Lands�察  �became   the 

counties of Logan�察�Oklahoma�察�Cleveland�察�Canadian�察�Kingfisher and Payne。 

To these was added Beaver County which in Brick Willock's day had been 

called    ;No´Man's      Land�察─   �and   which    the   law´abiding     citizens�察  �uniting 

against   bandits   and   highwaymen�察  �had   sought   to   organize   as   Cimmaron 

Territory。 

     Then   came   the   rivalry   between   Guthrie   and   Oklahoma   City   for   the 

capital�察    �adding    picturesqueness       to   territorial   history�察   �and    offering 

incitement   to   many   a   small   village   to   make   itself   the   county´seat   of   its 

county。 The growth of the new country advanced by leaps and bounds。 In 

1891�察�the 868��414 acres of the surplus lands of the Iowa�察�Sac�察�Fox and the 

Pottawatomie´Shawnee  reservations   formed   the new  counties   of   Lincoln 

and Pottawatomie and increased the extent of some of the old ones。 The 

next year�察�3��500��562 acres belonging to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians 

were taken to increase several of the older counties�察�and to from the new 

ones    of  honest    old  American      namesBlame�察      �Custer�察  �Washita�察   �Dewey�察�

Roger Mills�察�Beckham and Ellis。 In the year following�察�the Cherokee strip 



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was opened for a settlement together with the surplus lands of the Pawnee 

and Tonhawa5��698��140 acres�察�besides increasing other counties�察�this land 

furnished forth the new counties of Alfalfa�察�Garfield�察�Grant�察�Harper�察�Major�察�

Woods�察�Woodward�察�Pawnee�察�Kay and Noble。 At the time of Wilfred's visit 

to   Brick   Willock�察  �the   winter   of   1894´5�察  �the   opening   of   the   Kickapoo 

reservation   was   already   a   near   certainty�察  �while   the   vast   extent   of   Greer 

County   itself�察  �so   long   in   dispute   between   Texas   and   the   United   States�察�

would in all likelihood be added to the swelling territory of Oklahoma。 

     The   territory�察  �so   young   but   so   dauntless�察  �was   already   agitating   the 

question     of  statehoodnot      only   so�察 �but   of  single   statehood�察   �meaning 

thereby   the   prospective   engulfment   and   assimilation   of   Indian   Territory�察�

that all the land from Texas to Kansas�察�Missouri and Arkansas might be 

called by the one nameOklahoma�察�a name to stand forever as a symbol 

of the marvelously swift and permanent growth of a white people�察�in spite 

of its Choctaw significance;Red People。; 

    

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