The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-04-20

eHAF ~ lhe desert abs reminded fI5t
If the forenlan's threat concerning
Agna Galiente and it, inhabitants
had forgotten it until then
''Iiow far DO gfu think we are from
the ealDpY' ! asked Lee
ttOur eatnpf Ten er leven miles
More maybe. be replied
We cant get there IN an fiour
then, said Perhaps | had better
send Spider On ahead 10 tell them we RI
All right
Lee objected He could see 10 reason
why we should send d one away
There were only three Of NJ As il was
and there was plenty Ut work 10 keep
IA all blsy Evidently he had not heard.
What the foreman had said. 80 | told
him II did not seem to alter his opin
lon. however Spider threw up his hat
and shouted The hat fell beyond his
reach, bnt he picked il up without dis
mounting and eyinced \ decided Ia
elination TO depart immediately for
Aqua Galienta sternly restrained him
$50 the foreman said he'd 20 over 10
Agna G~allente for II visit, did her Well
unless we meet up with the boys Ar
they 10, them thieves what holds forth
In the town will see an awful lot er fun
by two hours from now When the fore
man says bell do d thing, that y the
thing BIO does every trip, commented
Lee, gripDipg deiigbtedly "Bat we're
sure 10 meet up with the boys we're
right IN their track. he added, with 4
raassurinR nod
The foreman was even better than bis
word Hardly bad Lee finished speaking
when u eIoDd III dust that bad been
rapidly moving Owen the desert proved
10 be the Wnke that followed our men
Except Hollis, every one of them was
there, even the Bullet Girl He had
screwed the spike That decorated the
end III bis Artificial leg into the foot
rest VI bis wooden stirgup md was rid
Ing straight md well his long gray
hoard blowing baek oyer pis shoulder
The heHyy pistol That always hung Ia
lib belt Was re.enfQreed by another and
across bis saddle Il rifle was balanced
While tho boys Doisily greeted Lee
and spider tie foreman rode directly
lp 10 me. and without preamble began
~ asplAin the s|nddapuess Of bis appear
lnan,
nXon see, | dldn' say wouldp start
ltf before the time set, said be Y
lidn mean len, though, when you left,
pnt Tho boys they got deDd an1iops
Theirs been y JOB er them r~ustleIs fom
Agnn lallanta hangin rom the plaea,
IA Na all thought you migbter stacked
NJ agnius' some trogble, So the boys
fot hinder scared VI for yop Why,
lYen Tho ially auFl he starts ont M
gives me fila Ton lattin yon 10 without
Tho LOT of ~ baek on yna, Ha saddles mp
horse an gets ont bis guns an sWeals
loll lead tho boys himself II don't
tart ont He's dead game, the Bally
inrl ~, an tell you these boys w q
good lot er boys
annt told yop particularly chat yop
weren't 70 gttnak Agna GRliente, said
reproaabfnlly lyon weren't going
q 10 th0t, were youf' The foreman
0oled somewhat dubious,
nnpnnp, 2 ha aaid aandidly 1.-THE
layA WINS kinder mad, m " we hndnt
opna yan reckon they'd NJ give Agna
lalinnte little shake Up, whether IA
" ON ~ not Min no added with
lla nanal aprnpnlonA regard for the
ruth, ~ didn't say wonldnt or lei
ON Whereas HallisY1
had no idaA whore Hollis waai WAS
Don't 10 ask The same, question myself
Pho foralnAn went ahont among tho
non, mAking Inquiries, hnt no ono had
aan him ~ apparently felt mneh iron
about bis absence
lilo drNwad ull The my Tint was
faomin W him, lidn't ha2f asked ono
The mon nWeIl, than, ha ius' took
N skipped oyer 70 harepn m .his gang,
where 10 belongs limits all Tint
p0nod ~ 10 Tho general opinion, md
here wna \ decided fonling Of reliaf
hat he War ~ longer with 49,
Tho pDttla moved along merrlly, eAeh
lan doInR hia host W hurry them
inYW before hnd imaginad thnt \
Vopdnn lev pnnld ha used 10 advantage
\ drlylnk entities hHt when Welded
Y Tho Hall4l liirl, found lhat " had
NnndfffnY neaalapntlng effect
Whom At lnat Wn rnAphnd Ihn rnlnp
'Na IhnlnnRhly tirpl ont My mike
nj Wllal nphpar md thorn Wns nqlhlng
desired ~ mnQh ~ fnHli stnftpl NJ
nna lnr my lem md aa did NJ spider
m w thn fnrelmNn and nsked Whit
FdnrH thfrn Wplp fnF the day,
HnrdnfHY Why gnn little fool, your
any emit hardly stAna an hla la8H, nm
M II innhln nltnr thp anldlp In il III
4 moro y Tfpllel Tho foreman with \
nInnsa assumed ~ poYfr his NlprahA
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