The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-20

oder men. My men. they say always
| more and more: Young Drake he is a
| goot one und think you are "A goot
one mine own self | am the biggest
cattle man on the Pacific slope, und am
und like you"
"rm obliged 10 you. sir"
"Shut oop. like you. und therefore
/ make you my new superintendent at
my Malheur Agency r-ranch nit big
ger salary as you don't get before.
You make those men n 3 Malheur Agency
behave themselves und / r-raise you.
Only do wish. do certainly wish you
had some beard on that young chin"
The boy glanced at his pistol.
"No, no, my SON." said the sharp. old
German. ~ don't want gunpowder in
dis affair. You must act kviet and de-
cisif und keep your liddle shirt on.
What you accomplish shootin'? You
kills somebody. und then, pop! some
body kills you. What goot is oil that
nonsense to ne?"
ut would annoy me some, too" re-
tortcd the boy, eying the capitalist.
"Don't leave me out OF the proposition" :"
proposition! Proposition! Now
you get hot NIT old Max for nothing"
IF you don't contemplate trouble" /"
pursued the boy. what was your point
just now in sampling my marksman-
ship?" He kicked some snow in the di-
rection of the shattered bottle. Its
understood no whisky comes on that
ranch. But II no gunpowder goes
along with me. either-let's call the deal
of. Buy some other fool"
"You haf not understand, my boy.
Und you get very hot because happen
to make that liddle joke about some
body killing you. Was you thinking.
may be old Max not care what happen
to you?"
A moment of silence passed before
the answer came:. "Supposing we talk
business"
"Very well, very we'll. Only notice
this thing. When oder peoples talk oop
10 me like you haf done many times. 1t
is not they who does the getting hot.
II is me, old Max. You invite me to buy
some oder fool. Oh, my boy, will buy
no oder fool except you, for that was
Just like me when / was yooDg Maxi
Again the ruddy and grizzled magnate
put his hand on the shoulder of the boy,
who stood looking away at the bottles,
at the railroad track, at any thing save
his employer.
| The employer proceeded: II was
| afraid of nobody and noding in those
I days. You are afraid of nobody und
! noding. But those days was different.
| There was Indians, there was ofile bad
white men, und il you was not oflie
yourself, you vanish quickly"
The magnate smiled a broad, fond
smile over the past he had kicked,
| driven. shot, bled and bat,led through
10 power; and the boy winkee up at him
| again, now.
II don't propose to vanish, myself"
said he.
| "Ah-ha! youwas no longer mad NIT der
old Max! OF ooorse l care what happen
TO you. was alone in the world myself
in those lofely, wicked days"
Reserve again set the boys face.
"Neider did / talk about my feelings"
continued Max Nogel, "but nefer show
them too quick. Now l talk business
nit you where you intercept me. III
cowboys was not SO offle scarce in the
country. would long ago haf bounce
the lot of those drunken fellows. But
they cannot be spared, we must get
along so. i cannot send Brock, he is
needed at Harper's. The dumb fellow
ut Alvord Lake is too dumb; he is not
quickly courageous. They would play
high jinks NIT him. Therefore l send
you. Brock, he say TO me you haf joodg-
men. L watch; und / say to myself
also, this boy haf goot joodgment. Und
when you look at your pistol SO quick
i tell you quick don't send You to Kill
men when they are so scarce already
My boy, it is ever the moral, the say
noding strength what gets there-rnit
always the liddle pistol behind, in case
joost in case. laf you understand
ask YOU To shoot. | see you know how
as Brock told me. | recommend you lei
them see that Accomplishment in d
| - ANhbig W " 'ANN''hFs '''NN'
init prizes-I pay for them-pretty soor
after you come. Und joodgmeut; und
joodgment. Here comes the train. Hat
you veil understand"
Upon this the two shook hands, look
ing square friendship in each Others
eyes. The east-bound, long, quiet anc
dark beneath it's flowing clots Of smoke
slowed TO halt. A few valises and leg,
descended, assembled. hcrdng and hur
rying; few trunks were thrown re
soundingly in and out of tho trnin; q
woolly crooked old man came with {
box and bandnna bundle from th,
second-claSs car; the travellers Of thou
sand miles looked torpidly nj hin
through the jaded windows Of theii
Pullman. and settled again tor a thou
sand miles more. Then the east-bound
shooting heavier clots OF smoke la
b0riously into the air, drew its slow
length out OF Nampa, and away.
where's that stage?" shrilled I'm,