The evening world., 1893-10-19

rl nrh Wa uarn IiSflSNinV Tho tntIn1-
IN md other matters ror,aininp 70 cat.
| III. ,Ifo uh.r tho 1oor nno,ad and char.
loo ,n,or.d with , ,rt,nnh,,, smil. on
his face. Il; was "A beautiful evening
and ne had bccn spendinr n fsw bours
with Lizzie.
"Recton I've got Won fellera vb,r the
hairs short" said he. lauyhInrly.
nm now. cbnrleyo' askeJ
"Wcll. I'VE zone and done If Coin
to marry Lizzie when tho round-ups
cvcr Iy, r,, n few, dcllora I'm tho hose d
hands, an with what's comm to mo,
guess | can buy a few head a. cattle,
and settle down"
Charley was duly congratulated. and
some surprise was expressed at his ore
cipitancy. lie explained that by sayin.,
he wanted to head off any "rrazinr on
his pasture" Some curious glances were
cast at Biz to see how he would take
the news. He was apparently unmoved.
but again | saw the same peculiar look
In his eyes.
Thought YOU had more sense" he re
marked to Charley" hitchin' yourself to
a gal you don't know nothin' about
what do you know about her. de-
manded Charley. springing to his feet.
All his rollicking. jovial manner had
disappeared. and there was nm angry
hush on his cheek and "A dangerous
sparkle In his eyes. you've been n hack
in at me ever sine" Lizzie came here. ]
didn't mind that. but when you come to
shootin on your mouth against her |
reckon I've got sumpthirt' to say. You re
ion Inns ,cauae Vol, adm Z ,ut M Hyy.r
',.,
with her, that's what's M matter.
You're on n blind trail. Charley" was
nn ' 's
before you did. seen her many a Time
In n dance hall In Fort Worth, an -"
..yn,, ,io,r sh,,,aI ,hor,oy bis hand
iou Nv '"'"''' N'",''S' ~" "a''
dropping on a pistol In n holster. Wlich
was h,nring from a bunk. At he same
,r.,,,, uui ,hrus, h,s ,,,, u,dor =,
instant on ."'"a' MS ,''' "'''' ''
pillow of his bunk on which no was sit
ting. There was "A hasty scramble " the
,,har h,,s 10 90, an, n, tho I,o -, ,,.
"'"e' p'ss W se' Jul Va '"e h'' va '"e'
Two pistol shots rang oit almost to-
pether the reports being almost dra fen
- T.. ,ho ,,,,,. ,da,o ,o,so Cha,,a,
'nk !" 'he "''e '''e must N"'''"S
floor with his left hand pressed to bis
",~n, -" pn ,an,,aa on his s,,
rlSht sno"'uer' pm 'oPP'e'' Ut MS p'hN'
blood flowing from n CHASTITY wound
along the side OF his head. odd
man. alarmed nv the shots. rushed in
and took charge of affairs after getting
a hasty %xplanation. A messenger was
g.. 49, ~ 49,,
uespa'cheh iV 'he hoe.or' VINO hNeh
across the river. and pending his arrival
both mon were made n comror.oh,e nj.
'''' N ~ rs
possible.
Neither man was fatally wounded. hut
It was a long time before they could
leave their beds. As soon as he was
able to ride BIN left the ranch. a ragged
scar along. his temple disnguring his
further information regarding Lizzie. nor
was he questioned. The subject was
dropped from the night OF the shooting
Meanwhile We had returned to the round
zie.
At the end Of the season the wedding
took place in The big ranch; Lizzie looked
in a new suit OF store clothes" We
danced and made merry until daylight.
and had the satisfaction OF sending the
the ceremony back to town In his buggy
oblivious to surrounding scenes. The
young couple remained on the ranch for
a few months, then Charley succeeded
banks OF the Pecos: and with a few
head Of cattle settled down 10 the quiet
enjoyment OF a cattle owners life. OF
Bin Hunt we heard nothing save that
away w the country.
\ year later a travelling peddler. who
was our only. newspaper, brought Us
news az Charley and his wife. Lizzie
soon grew tired of the humdrum life on
a cattle ranch, Isolated from Civiiiza.
tioa and seeing no face say" that Of
her husband. she developed also "A most
lnsovernabl- temper and lei poor Char-
Icy . dogs lif". After long im?ortunlng
sE- finally persuaded him to sell out his
ranch and 90 10 f"rt Worth. He was
u'taTly unit f7r any business but COW
punching. ana soon their little stock
y money TaS exhausted Their quarre!s
Y-.w more frequent. and one iar when
C-s-sv came home after a rrlitiegs
80. " ,,Fg,-.-, d.. .,IrJ a NC
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I-tL. ,'"H nv ~
l'"E nv" lH 4 -" ''i" "'fHs li'd'
SO @aE ir-l % poverty ana was going
= ~";-t'-r Ter condition. advising him
{, To same tune TO return to cattle
t-.-- THIS wss tho La, d-Du in the
a.. - -. - - rs.-y u. nal. No
"-- H. s.a-t Tor his Nfrn and tis
- ---..+ srf-. Uas 10, much Ernk.r
:. ga 80 ,.Nryh,s 81 yengeanca
~ - - a., -s,Irr ~ bis On com.
80 vf.E ,.is dsgrsr. ,rnn him ~.
- z--g-i ,ryS tor ssyarai davs
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