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ul tow n of false-front buildings, where water was scarce and whiskey plentiful, w here cow bows filled the one street w ith shooting and shouting, and gave point to a fellow passengers remark, “If this is Lordsburg. I hope l will newer see Devilsburg March, 1952 Item lllexico She may have doubted it when she went into that community’s only hotel, which was one large room divided into sleeping stalls by rough boards which did not reach as high as the ceiling, if there had been a ceiling; she may have doubted it when the next day she journeyed to Silver City by stage coach whose six horse had heavy going through the deep sand; she may have doubted it when she looked at the cavalry escort which protected that coach from Geroninro’s raiding Apaches; she may have doubted it when she began to adjust herself to the hardships of frontier life in Silver City. But she no longer doubted when she understood the fundamentals of the Southwest — the high and dry and brilliant climate, the majestic mountain scen- ery and the fertile river bottoms, the breadth of soul which comes from the abundant challenge of forest-land and mineral formations and cattle ranges. On such a stage she knew that only great drama could be played, and she readied herself for the star part she was to take.