Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
CHAPTER III.

- "a <zr. 3 u IT, E, 5 e.
-'0z-1lez:---N- ths side
pockets G, n's lnrG. loose linen coE., he
slowly ioU2ged with clauking sruTs 10.
Wages the 7nuDg man. He TGs thickaet,
OF medium height, densely aud rsdGishIy
bearded, with hssvy-ndded Pale blue
eyes toSt wore look Of dzowsy psi7, srd
sfesr their frat weeried glance 81 To mGS-
ter, ee' med TO rest suvwheIe bu; Ga hin.
Your wife wss sending ycq }opS ria
cfa:ed 20 bring Il myself, SO 1 t5Thg1, It
gcsrcel7 = proper errand tor Young
lady. Here II is hope yGu didn't mise
1t before aud coa't reqairs It row." ne
added grizzly.
Mr.. McKinstr7 took il 10 one hand with
an Sir CT slightly embarrassed surprise,
reeted I! sgSicse his shoulder, aud theu
with the s1me hand sid without Temov-
ing the other from lis packet, took of
his scttfalt hat sh0w2A a bullet hole IL
It's rim, ard returned lszily, "I's e ous
hsif On hour lste, but them Hsrrisons
reckoned VS. fixed for 'em sad war too
nervous TO draw clear bead on me.n
The moment WIS evidently not ; ie-
liclitCGs enc for the masters purpose,
hu, ne Was determined to go on. He
hCsitstad en- Instant, when his compsn-
iopi who seemed 10 be tqu3lly but more
slugE'shly embarrassed, IN mOmGSS Of
pseoCc1p'ed perpleXity Withdrew YF0m
his qGcket his right hand s3s%h&d in L
Alood-stniped bsr5sge, &pF' tollt4F:GC
Sone distinctive hsbie, ATTEMPTED, is il
TrH % scratch lis head T5sh E%C
atiRened augers, e
y u. AuIl," ssId lie master, genU-
i've hCcBCa, "SEd here 1 an de,alaiz &
you" -
MoKt7PsrY, with heav7 deiibers,ior,
land ths ball Ikked Of ny Nttle.
Dryer after II vent tbr ugh my Est. BIZ,
tha. aim. what wsrtei 70 say 1len
stopped ye l sin't jlst kan e:.Sugh
vet" he spoiog'z3d in the cslmaEt -nfaa-
uer, "snd ! clean fo7gft myself" he
s1ded with perfect self phsaeSgidn, "But
Z Wss kslSilat n to sss yoGn-,-e laid bis
bardagsd hs0d familiarity On me nsgte-'s
shouldeT-''if Greasy KEN sii rght?''
Perfectly" raid the uSsser. "EaS
s1RL't walk on hcme wish you, snd We
csn tslk toeether sitter TouE wound is 81
tended to-"
"Ara che locked puT:y2n. cc-tl5usd
McKiDF'Ty, without moYirg.
Very"
and ycu thought them new sto-e
g1urds IT hers right pesy'?"
Eyes" said the MASTER. P-gEGpg Z
little TOO fne for the school, you know"
ne sGded inslnUa;i1gly, "sod--"
tsNot fo- her-lot fer her, :" Interrupted
McRinstTy az reckon t1ar's more war
that cam ircn! Ye peed2't feRg eut lhst
she kin keep up that gait 2iopg Il Hiram
McKins{ry hez the ruInin' CT her"
Mr.. Fork gszed hopelessly 81 the hide
Gus rsnche IN the distance, at tina skY,srd
= The trsn before him; then his glance
fei>- upon the hand still ueon
mis- sheuldeT, and he Struggled with
a final eRoT.; SCAT another time I would
IKE TO have . long tsK with you about
your daughter, Mr.. WtKinstTy"
"TslE on" said mcKinstry, putting his
wounded hand through the mssteI's srm
'I admire 10 hear you. You're inst kan,
it dots me good"
Never ,heless the master was conscious
sAss his own arm WAS scarcely as firm as
bis compGniOn's, Il Was, however, use
less 10 era " back row, Sud with ss much
tsct ss he could commsnd be relieved his
mind of It's purpose. Addressing the OBJ
trudiug naudage before him, he dHsli
ugon CIessy's previous attitude in the
cChcu!, the dSrger Of sny relapse, the
necessity Of her hSVing c qmc1e clearly
defined position as sCh6I4t, ana even
the ACCESSIBILITY CT ter being t2aGsleT:sd
10 more advanced schcol yT!A 5 more
nEtured teacher Of her own sex. 'SThis is
wn.t I wished &c ssV 10 Mrs. kcKinstrR
to-day" he concluded, shut she re-
feEred me TO you
On course, in course" said McKinstTy,
uoddIng complncently. ashes 5 coed
womXn in ami around the rancho, and IN
snv doin's O. this kind" he lightly waved
his wounded sEm in the cir, 'l5ere sin't
better, tho' s1Y it. She WAS Blair
RsEIins' dar,er; she and her brother
Clay bein' the Only ones that L N out
safe after their twenty yetrs' fight With
ire McE ltees in West KsiCtuCk. But
she don't understand gals ez yea and me
90. Not thst I'm much, ez orteT DC
more kan. Aud the old woman Jest
sizad the hul! thing when she said she
hadn't ary hand in Cressy's engage
mert. No more she hsd! AND q
isr q that goes, no more did me, poi
Seth Davis, nor Greasy " He PAUSED
and lifting his 1eaYy-naueu eyes '" lHt
master for the second time, Rsid Tetisct-
.VeIy, "Ye mustn't mind my tsiiin' ge-
az hetw'xi msa End msH-:ha. the ere g
fs most responsible for the maxim anC
breskip' o. thst engagement is you!"
nMe!n said the master, IL paer DEVIL
derment. -.-.,-
"You!" repested McKinstrg quietly
reinstallins The hand Ford hsd stssmated
% w!thcEaW. II aih'a s6y--' Ts a..As'
xnoU'd il or kalkilated on it. But it Wal
so. Ell ys'd hsFk 10 me, sud meander on
little, I'll tell ye how II war. 1 dom
mind waikiki & Piece your wsy, for II vi
70 towards ths ranch, and the hounds 'e'
ne, theY'n set up racket and bring on
the old woman, ami than goodbye Il
TO any confidential talk betWixt you ant
me. And I'm, somehow, kammer-ou
He moved slowly down the trail, still
holding F5rd's arm corhdensiaiiy, 81
though, owing to his large protecting