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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
6
Tom Shelby a rancher rides into Ponca and learns of Olga Carlyn’s dangerous past. After a whirlwind romance she agrees to marry him. They face abductors, outlaws and a siege at Wolves Hole, aided by Pancha and U.S. cavalry, ending with rescue and a fragile road to happiness.
Shelby returns to Ponca driving a buckboard from Cottonwood. He finds a desolate town with no welcome in the main street saloon. Moran, the lone bartender, confirms Ponca’s emptiness as Shelby questions what went wrong after six months away.
Shelby recalls a dust town funeral for Old Dad Calkins as Ponca Creek crowd gathers beyond willows. The event draws the stage crew, a welfare of mourners led by Mae Calkins, and a muscled bystander named Tom Shelby who recalls army days and faces his loneliness in the crowd. The scene shifts from the grave to Ponca’s saloon as Shelby fights memory and temptation amid the town’s rough echo.
In a Ponca saloon discussion, McCarthy and a Buffalo Gap preacher plot to marry a local orphan girl to ensure her future. Shelby weighs the plan for humor and potential aid, while doubts about the girl's consent and the scheme’s reality linger. The men plan to rally townspeople to back a staged courtship with a cash incentive, aiming to lure a suitable husband for the girl.
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