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A
farm
wagon
drove
up
loaded
to
overflowing
with
evergreens
and
with
great
bundles
of
palm
leaves
,
and
these
were
immediately
seized
upon
and
affixed
as
supplementary
decorations
to
the
tri
-
coloured
cambric
upon
the
inside
walls
of
the
barn
.
Two
of
the
larger
evergreen
trees
were
placed
on
either
side
the
barn
door
and
their
tops
bent
over
to
form
an
arch
.
In
the
middle
of
this
arch
it
was
proposed
to
hang
a
mammoth
pasteboard
escutcheon
with
gold
letters
,
spelling
the
word
WELCOME
.
Piles
of
chairs
,
rented
from
I
.
O
.
O
.
F
.
hall
in
Bonneville
,
heaped
themselves
in
an
apparently
hopeless
entanglement
on
the
ground
;
while
at
the
far
extremity
of
the
barn
a
couple
of
carpenters
clattered
about
the
impromptu
staging
which
was
to
accommodate
the
band
.
There
was
a
strenuous
gayety
in
the
air
;
everybody
was
in
the
best
of
spirits
.
Notes
of
laughter
continually
interrupted
the
conversation
on
every
hand
.
At
every
moment
a
group
of
men
involved
themselves
in
uproarious
horse
-
play
.
They
passed
oblique
jokes
behind
their
hands
to
each
other
—
grossly
veiled
double
-
meanings
meant
for
the
women
—
and
bellowed
with
laughter
thereat
,
stamping
on
the
ground
.
The
relations
between
the
sexes
grew
more
intimate
,
the
women
and
girls
pushing
the
young
fellows
away
from
their
sides
with
vigorous
thrusts
of
their
elbows
.
It
was
passed
from
group
to
group
that
Adela
Vacca
,
a
division
superintendent
’
s
wife
,
had
lost
her
garter
;
the
daughter
of
the
foreman
of
the
Home
ranch
was
kissed
behind
the
door
of
the
dairy
-
house
.
Annixter
,
in
execrable
temper
,
appeared
from
time
to
time
,
hatless
,
his
stiff
yellow
hair
in
wild
disorder
.
He
hurried
between
the
barn
and
the
ranch
house
,
carrying
now
a
wickered
demijohn
,
now
a
case
of
wine
,
now
a
basket
of
lemons
and
pineapples
.
Besides
general
supervision
,
he
had
elected
to
assume
the
responsibility
of
composing
the
punch
—
something
stiff
,
by
jingo
,
a
punch
that
would
raise
you
right
out
of
your
boots
;
a
regular
hairlifter
.
The
harness
room
of
the
barn
he
had
set
apart
for
:
himself
and
intimates
.
He
had
brought
a
long
table
down
from
the
house
and
upon
it
had
set
out
boxes
of
cigars
,
bottles
of
whiskey
and
of
beer
and
the
great
china
bowls
for
the
punch
.
It
would
be
no
fault
of
his
,
he
declared
,
if
half
the
number
of
his
men
friends
were
not
uproarious
before
they
left
.
His
barn
dance
would
be
the
talk
of
all
Tulare
County
for
years
to
come
.
For
this
one
day
he
had
resolved
to
put
all
thoughts
of
business
out
of
his
head
.
For
the
matter
of
that
,
things
were
going
well
enough
.
Osterman
was
back
from
Los
Angeles
with
a
favourable
report
as
to
his
affair
with
Disbrow
and
Darrell
.
There
had
been
another
meeting
of
the
committee
.
Harran
Derrick
had
attended
.
Though
he
had
taken
no
part
in
the
discussion
,
Annixter
was
satisfied
.
The
Governor
had
consented
to
allow
Harran
to
“
come
in
,
”
if
he
so
desired
,
and
Harran
had
pledged
himself
to
share
one
-
sixth
of
the
campaign
expenses
,
providing
these
did
not
exceed
a
certain
figure
.
As
Annixter
came
to
the
door
of
the
barn
to
shout
abuse
at
the
distraught
Chinese
cook
who
was
cutting
up
lemons
in
the
kitchen
,
he
caught
sight
of
Presley
and
Vanamee
and
hailed
them
.
“
Hello
,
Pres
,
”
he
called
.
“
Come
over
here
and
see
how
she
looks
;
”
he
indicated
the
barn
with
a
movement
of
his
head
.
“
Well
,
we
’
re
getting
ready
for
you
tonight
,
”
he
went
on
as
the
two
friends
came
up
.
“
But
how
we
are
going
to
get
straightened
out
by
eight
o
’
clock
I
don
’
t
know
.
Would
you
believe
that
pip
Caraher
is
short
of
lemons
—
at
this
last
minute
and
I
told
him
I
’
d
want
three
cases
of
’
em
as
much
as
a
month
ago
,
and
here
,
just
when
I
want
a
good
lively
saddle
horse
to
get
around
on
,
somebody
hikes
the
buckskin
out
the
corral
.
STOLE
her
,
by
jingo
.
I
’
ll
have
the
law
on
that
thief
if
it
breaks
me
—
and
a
sixty
-
dollar
saddle
’
n
’
head
-
stall
gone
with
her
;
and
only
about
half
the
number
of
Jap
lanterns
that
I
ordered
have
shown
up
and
not
candles
enough
for
those
.
It
’
s
enough
to
make
a
dog
sick
.
There
’
s
nothing
done
that
you
don
’
t
do
yourself
,
unless
you
stand
over
these
loafers
with
a
club
.
I
’
m
sick
of
the
whole
business
—
and
I
’
ve
lost
my
hat
;
wish
to
God
I
’
d
never
dreamed
of
givin
’
this
rotten
fool
dance
.
Clutter
the
whole
place
up
with
a
lot
of
feemales
.
I
sure
did
lose
my
presence
of
mind
when
I
got
THAT
idea
.
”
Then
,
ignoring
the
fact
that
it
was
he
,
himself
,
who
had
called
the
young
men
to
him
,
he
added
:
“
Well
,
this
is
my
busy
day
.
Sorry
I
can
’
t
stop
and
talk
to
you
longer
.
”
