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OF HER OINE NAMED AFTER HER IN "ARIZONA"
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What Fear IV as Puts True
Story of JVest Inte Boek
BROKE WHIP ON FACE
OF STEER AND SIVORE
Daughter of General Famous
in Indian JVars Married
Sen of Cattle King
T YV0NPEI5, ma'am, :f you would be se kind as te let me sleep in your
luirkhei, i for the .night?"
It wii. unct in Arizona. The peaks that werv tuine,l with the vio
let P'vi orange of ceuntle.-s ethor setting stirs teod (.'it in gauntness
flirai'i.i the k. The man was gaunt, tee. a he ' en the j.-.th in
fient hi the 1 iu-hen ''oer of t! c little lanch house. Th" v.-man he wa
only -i sl.p of a girl looked back at him. Then her eye- wandered -lowly
te his hand. There were two lingers missing.
Through tv.e fading light of the ramie- du-k wa stealing. Th moun
tains .-teod out in their tieim-iideus line'.iness. Fer all of the: -i -nee
there mivht have been no town?, no citie.- in tht world. A- i: ',u, the
ncaret neighbor was thirty-tive miles away.
birdie Hoeker r:ucd her eyes
flewly from the man's maimed ha'id '
te hi waitini; eyes. With him she
traded a lenpr. even dance. '
Then -he answered:
"Why, yes, of course, you may
Btay. Come n,rht in new for sup
per." The ether day last Saturday te
be exact .Mrs. Ferrestine C.
Hoeker sat in the livinjr room of the
home of her cousin. Mr-. E. E.
Meyer, in Chestnut Hill, and reached
back threuch th. years for this lit
tle piece of t:ue story.
"The man," she continued, "was
Thiee-Finpered Jack,' a notoriou netoriou noteriou
bandit of the Wen. 1 knew it a
een as I spied hi.- hand and I was
all alone with my husband and the
babies up at the bijr ranch house.
But I let him stay. Why net? He
was a very proper sort of cuet
He helped set supper and then
washed the di-he and insisted en '
poking aieund te put them in their
proper placts. He slept m the
Iunkheue tHat nijrht, a" he suit
Rested, and the next mernim; when
I came into the kitchen he had the
bacon all cut, biscuit- in the even,'
and his only apelutry wa- that he
couldn't cook the eirjj- because he
didn't knew hew I liked them."
Three month- later, Mr. Ilookc Ileokc Iloekc
added, her treat Ionian bandit was
shot and killed in hi .pectacu!ar
attempt te held up the Southern Pa
cific. "Weren't you afraid te have te
bave a man like that around?" wa
the question that filkd in the pau-e
following this rather amazinc dec
laration. The -mart-loekmtr wen-.i'i "i tre
blue poiiet twill die-- leai e 1 hii '-.
reflectively. She -nfik he- head
"De you knew," -he aid impul
sively, "1 neer kne.v wliat fear was
all threutrh the years until 1 c.ime
back te civilization? I have yene
out en all-night leund-ups with the
cowboys I have ndden the un
broken trails with only an old col
ored soldier for my trunk-. I've
broken a whip ever the fi.ee of a
steer. 1 cried that time bevau'-e I
was mad." A su;! beaut' ful pair e"
brown eyes laughed at the memory.
Known as Heroine
in Play "Arizona"
"Hut I wih neei atraid until I
came back t the hcait of civilisa civilisa
teon." It is a little bit diilicult te br-trin
te identit Mr. l'erestine Heeher,
no many aie I -r claims te faire.
She i- perhap- be-t known a- tne
young yirl of the We it whom
Augu-Uis Theii'.i-, the pla. wright,
adopted for 1 i- lurnme, Ilenua
Canby, m 'n- pl.iv Arizona.' As
such her tuuiie ha- at some time
or ether sitippel nimbly et" the
tongues of half the population of
the United S'tati"
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from ether Stuten, rnneher cowbej
nml many who later were InvelreJ't!
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deed, was the center of the necend prt
of Hlrdle 1'oeper'n life, mitchlu In
thrills thext yt-nrn of the nrnt prt
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liiHppctur nt Wiltcex nn.l the front wen
of the bunUHlew weh tlin efflee, Mm
Hoeker iiHHintfd in all hin effielnl witli
and mibml the experience nml werkln
knevirdgp thnt a little Inter eneew!
aged the United States Oevernment le'
dub her tin its only efflclnl woman Ctt.
tic Inspector. ,.
Arizona the Inst great stand of tl
bud nntn of the Wext 1
It was Klsnlflcnnt te sit In the qtikt
and "effete" civilization of CliMtnnt
Hill mid listen te Mrs. Hoeker's lm.
predien of him.
"The knickers of the girls of tefa
wouldn't go fur with him," the n.
marked. "One thing that the stippeirflj
wild man of the West required nf fci.
women was thnt they be womanly. I
Intvp yet te ride n herce nitride. I ni(
nil ever the ilnlns of the West but I
inde side-saddle, ami I never vis
thrown! I didn't wenr knickers, jtirt 1
aklrt.
"I never heard a cowboy swear til.
til one day I get mad nt a steer ul
mere myself. It was one time wifn
we were from five in the morning until
eleven at night trying te round up a htti
nf i-nttle. 1 wns concentrating my it.
tent Ien 1111 one particular steer. H(
seemed te knew what I was trying te
de. He'd wink his eve at tne ami M.i
, his tuil and then shy off sidcwlse. It
made me no innil I broke the handle el
tnv whip siiihiiing him ever the htt
Then I cited through sheer vexation
"Mr. Hoeker sold. 'Crrin .',
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1 "I answered. 'Well, maybe swurf..
will.'
"And it did. I assembled all the Wis
words I had ever heard or lmnslnul ..j
I de you knew that steer respected Be
and mine like n lamb or nlmnni l.v.
a lamb. After that I said te the bon.
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1 in, iuiuuu. uun, you can t uanaie em
iimess jeu swear.
"That llinlit I hail til rlrle h.nl, 1.
1 llir- ranch for heln. It wns a H.rV 1
eiildn t see my horse's enrs and with,
out knowing it I lest the trail. But
lli.v netiv Would have nm.p nf m l.ji
J rectiicss. 11,. fought my rein until U
.nil- . uinui.-Hiiiii 1 wns net reIbi
tln right way. That was when I alew
liiinipeil Inte the bnrndoer and reallied
tliat. lifl.tii'L'. In. Ii.'hI iirnnviif ,r, .-?.:
1 henw." "" c """"
The music which "Benlta" made out
tfiesi. wild Westrrn mni. .
. .1 ---- inicn tUBl
iieii.Ii the pattern of her rugged lilt
like a fine geld thread. Time mid t lm
ac.-iln with a loving fondness in hr
eIm- sln referred te It.
f..e it... .!., j... .,
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and dern woman, smiled. Then lit
Mini, jiKM.ii ; nome day I'm going te
cct a horse and a gun and I'm gelii
I ll!li.k I1
Since she left the West she has de
extensive social service work. As m
' retary-mnmiger of the humane secIHj
11 i..ra iijgcica in a suen space Ot UOM
ISenitu ( ,it. by
a iiuuli, tins
111 c uiipiit i-en
the real
(llama aieund hi hi
heieine itaughte- of
cutT's al.ne-t tame
with the life diiinia
Benita.
Thing-, began calmly eneugn for
her, it is true. She starti-d by being
born in 1'nil.idelphia. Hut event
began te happen ery sheitl,. At
the age of one yeai, as the , laugh
ter of a famem father, Krigadmr
CiCtienil t'. I., t'oepei, .-he was le.ua
ing te walk in the tender caie of an
old colored soldier at Feit Sill, In
dian Territory. At six she was play
ing with Indian children. At seven-, books.
'1 he nineli
era.- of t'u- Unt'.l Statis Aim., Aim.,
Merve the hai-K of -.he Indian b. -l'"n.
I tern the broken wit.dew- of a
!jg cabin whei walls -we 1 .1:1. r.
with nc'-ii ' he 'va h. d .t .1 '.
The yeai tut f panned b. fore
and came afu ru 1 1 h w
touches of a '.uldi'inpei .:' lif !ar
stranger than tic ion. "Hirdic
Cooper nf the T -.th" 1 un cd t!
son () a cattle king. A 1'- -w;V,
-he Mule t' e rariire- with t-. r ,-v-l'-y-
and "a- a paitrer wt 1 h'-r
liushaii'i ir. ' . rnanaeini" ' f 'h.-n
111 teen lanche.- and loe.O.Ji. Lead f
cattb. .She hoi. is the ditinctin of
having been the only erlicia! cattle
inljeiter tin. L'nite-1 States has
eer known. Thus her steiy gees
with its en'lles thrill-.
It eenis alme-t imit,ible that
with hrr tv .1 c'lildun, new grown
up ill' I maiTlid, aid rit-elf the
granuiiietlK" of a little be 01 ten,
.Mrs. Hoeker final!, should dei ide te
write the fulln?s- of her life into
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M'r,e e t f 1 oefs. She
1 .ir.e i, W.i-hingten.
Experts Seme Day te
Hide Leiifj Trail Ayain
she ie I 1
M'.l -Mill 1. I.- , .
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, '.. 1 m 111 tier 1- -h. iwll nt.
I I.is 01 mmh m 1 .. 11 ..ml , m-h
, . . unmiinlii. 1 , 1 ! Ii. r fnth. r'
I ..f .Mere "I'.' Iln'l ll it til. met
n .. - .. lent. Ii a ni 11 ii-nt en the
nlieii pliilns, iier Sin. Antonie, Texas,
for install. .-, tl.it in ...;:. Clark, tin
Neire Mildler wlie tju.-hi her te walk,
it-d her nvvn ,,1,. I . r luetlier's lite
vvll'll lll.'V v.'li' .neli., mi. I ,it l,e luerev
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M 'r men.
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. 1 l.ren "l . 1 11 1 M Tiiilii 1 - I ,, ei'e
I'lnrlt looked iiit .iif. uillv for tu, ( i(l
On- piiilli-tlliir I it-lil lutein wliite eav
llllMliell wen- I. ll,. (liirce of m
And that is the "H.,mf." of "'""r- "'" "' "''"' ''" '"a"' Tem
mm uiui is lilt nelllt.i el 1 ..,,., rln, ,, ... .,,.,.,.. tu, ,.t
tccn she wus no longer playing with today a prominent woman nmelist. nightfall 'uum m f.tther dKeevred ih
them because her father was in tlie ' A beautiful woman still, v.itii the ' " I1. w "'"" "l"' "".r w'' Milnnblf
thick of lighting theM-ied men in the undei .standing one gets f.e.n luing nTliem. nn'lief of i,'" Til'Mnih"'!
lust great t'liiracluiai-luia Apuchc in open spaces dwilling ir. Iier biewn -inml lie- iinp.-fMnn. of u muni t. nee
iitlirnnk. It wns ill thnt 1'nmniiK nvn. Shi. lives. Imii-mer. In r nn lit'l" '.""""f wi 1 will lillxe te
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Bipuign where Majer General , spaces no longer. The cycle of life ,. Veu life feed en this vreu
nd ether BUnch yeunjf men hs brought her ba,ck. te houses built I wagon.
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Jr ' "- i .- -r-""-"' "'"Muauiuur eivmiueu, leaving UU yeui
wile nil,) liirdie nnd ber little liletli.'l'
iti'l - -tt in tie uire of I'ni.tte Cl.'il..
This mother et the plain- put her litib
eiie te led under lmfi.iln inli-. The
nu'lit .ind- et 'l..i- howled without.
Veir Men thing -. em. .1 Mil'., and miii;
v itluu, 11,1 .eili...h went te sleep.
I'.irdu w.i -ix. tlinllgll. un, I new utile
'.I liuill.ell eailv. 'I'll.- -ll" did wli.'ti
-lie .r hfr nietli.-r -tn- -ni.Ulenly from
her warm little ImmIj
Then -he -11 w Iiit craw litis nere-s
il.e rutin, trains te shield all her el.ll-
in 111 etn-e vith her two am.-. In i.
feiid -he liuud tin- mother calling in
l.'infied lierrn'iie ;
"Clr.rti, ('kirk, are we in danger
wltii them'-"
"Net i.s lens 11- I'm ilive. Mis.
Coepu-," e'.me li.ti k tlie dnrl-ni-'v.i.
Then lire eiitei.-d the -eldier's
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till 1 ii iii 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 m 11111 in i 111
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The' lift, en white cM.iliwnen. drunk "" " "i .""'r' ' '!', ',"," '
new-,,, ,l,etr ,.,.-. .filiei, .emnia, r. ..' ,,', 'J 'J'' ' ' "t '
wen- III ill.: siege te 111"- tent. , 1 , . ... -',,.,i tli n. v...
The ..ill Texas plains ..,,...,, shnipy ! ,', .'.Vte he ' l.elu in " nWr u,
wi Ii 11 1 lipid exchange of -h-.ts. 1 m , ,. (,1(, ell(,r ,,,,. A, m,,ti,..r
bull, t, pnssi.l lhre.ii.-h ll.e teji of the , , x , r ial.li oil weie In the I. 1
t. -t. tie N.grn -.Idler wen. thmigli. .. ,, ,,,. ,,is jierferm in. ", we wu,
II- w.i- i.ihtr. An lieur Liter he Hint ,.,,,. , Uls(. f,. wear."
Mis. Cooper weie tlllg I he diiuiken 1 ,, a i,,,,- ,,s ,,f (.,,.,,, j.,,,.
-eldieis v 1th fcU lopes. in , nnill lei able III1XI1 tv . n.,e 11 in
The weie -..il te the Kedeial t1 ' .in of tlds hupp) little luilit.uv
prison ill ilie ineriiiii.' ntt.'i in) fathiy's fu. , i 1.. n the latin r wu- l..-i 1. 1
renin.,' .Mi. Hoeker said. I1' ' I'lied of time 011 iln- d -.-it It
I saw lienice Clark tlie inst timejw,, nn.-ar) te ent the thienis , f
I wns in California If,. ,H out there "'-, - t moisten the I J,s el ll.e inn.
ill the Soldiers' Heme in Saw tell. It j I.WI
una Tlmiir 1II..11 fill itlut n linn 1 ueilt
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Mrs. I...I Ii...m. but tlmt I wanted te Ji.i) , , , MOW, ' f(1, , ,
...I1-.-..I, luhute le I. liuiig one. ( ,. . ,, ....., .,. .,..., .,..,.
"I tan un him new walking dnwti i -I , u.,s t-eut Link te I'liiLidelpiilu te lie
I he read with his loses, his toothless edu. u., ,im Hpent several lenm in Si
mouth grinning nnd his white hair .b ili - Ai-ndeniy In I'li.-sinut Hill. Ii
grilled under tils Mmbby old hat. was 1 1 , t long after hhe letuiucl te the
.Mrs. Hoeker did net sppnk for a ,-t that she met jeung Iloekei.
moment. When slin loekid buck again w li..- father wan ihn great rattle king
her eyes were shining nnd wet. of Arlnna, and was nianled te Ii lm.
"I'apii was in rrininiiind of the cam- I' was an jeung .Ml-. Heeper m
pnlgii wnge, aruiiiiil Fert iSranf." 1V" Mint liispl.iiileu was fuiui-lied Pm
Mr- Hoeker nl. m iiiliilseeiitly, "Fer ,ikii,i Theina-' "Itenlta."
one eai- nml m long mouths It was
waged. That was when I wa,s seven
teen, .Mether and I Ihcd tlueiiKli the
thick of It x were tlie only women
there and "we spent' a"ioed bit et out
tima paaklag through, tht windewt
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Il-.t Spi-ni",. mi. ii in tlie light. old) eight eemplnintx were filinl. tb'
wa- aleit. and in.n tn mi:, a elhee .i,.s I,..;.,.. ,,,n, ,.,..,! in the OBC
liieniil.iin I.iiii would jie ii- i In ! with. un ,...m.. .. i ..nl.iat itJ
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After First Meeting
The ether day In Nw Yerk, din
cumins hit aelaetlML el jeung lln.
"anion in t'elil el mi
...j..i,s wool, .Mlping , ,. ,iu. piemtiientlv Inthe pellticH of I.e A'
...i...lH." ' M.Derandllnally the HherilT.
Tl... Heet,, r iniuli w.is the n. tlmt I Although bhe has written ninny W
iMikumniiil Mint Mi. 'II in- .Ii , ,r stories, it was eulv ill ll-t that j
In- .ln "An i" ..iii Canl.v. Inel.ed buck aeress the vUtll of theyelin
Mi. inn. her in ihe pin. w s t,. and deeided te write the Hter) of W'
Uiuii .n'tiin'K,i i,i ii. un limber .-in I) life into novels. Seme of tneM
.iiiimlt laiher-iu-hi i t feneMine. h. !, virllten are "The bong, V
I uiiiliid.. el the lm.- "inn te the,Tiall." "Siar," the story of l
eiiaiii.hr wire mi mlh ll.,.)l.. i s own m.iiulif pony, "Prince .Inn."
bu'iteei'Sp,!?,. SeimVlnai! '"". """" r"-,ivM r..ati5
Many iSetablc .(,ncsls .idmlts that the enrn as Henita of J
(It Little llunyalew , JVenirrn legend still live deeply "
Th,- little he"M .., n,.i heii, M,. .' would net trade these ear'j
'II as and Mi- 11 ,,!, ,1, wa- ,. all tlie geld in the world," i bf'Ki
Miinlt liiini'iiiew I,. ,.i,i. i. ,i mliiK un of ihim. "I learned tni
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