El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

ain t polite. That man makes me tired
from head to foot with his ways. He
just naturally does, but them the ex-
tenuating afterthought cut short with a
sigh.
Hurrying aimlessly down toward the
bridge, Brown met Mr.. Ellery climbing
the path, a pair of small shoes and
stockings in one hand, while with the
other he led along his reluctant first
born, the urchin picking his steps with
a whimpering care which told how lit
tie the small pink feet were hardened
to contact with mother earth. "What
do you think of a young fellow who pre-
fers going barefoot to wearing good
shoes and stockings?'' he called out to
Brown as they met, his eyes twinkling
with appreciation of his practical joke
in the line of discipline He had too
imperfectly outgrown his own boyhood
for entire success in the role of the stern
parent. GA boy who never thinks Of
snakes hiding i'll the grass, all ready to
bite him, to say nothing of the danger
of becoming web footed. "
''I'm not web footed yet,'' protested
the small sinner, wriggling his rosy toes
in anxious experiment..
'sBut you are taking chances-chances
of several sorts, young man. Ask Mr..
Brown if you're not. - Then, catching
sight of Browns face, he added, But
you may run to your mamma now and
tell her what you've been doing, !"
laughing softly as he watched the I'M
happy youngster gingerly picking his
steps over the bristling stems of newly
mown grass But what is it, Brown?
Anything i'll PARTICULAR
81 believe ought to be getting back
to my own place. Mr.. Ellery," the
young man said, with certain brusque
decisiveness Il had a letter from my
partner yesterday. He tells me that
somebody has been cutting the fences
again, and things are at loose ends gen
orally. I ought to be there
''These fence cutters ought to be
strung up without quarter for all the
trouble they Make returned Ellery
slowly, his face frankly clouded as he
thoughtfully stroked his beard. 81 was
hoping that you would be here couple
of weeks longer at least -
''Why, if 1 could spare the time
Brown faltered, nervously sinking his
hands to the depths of his trousers
pockets. But it is hardly necessary,
Mr.. Ellery. All the bunch we planned
to handle this time is pretty well broken
in already, and that fellow Kittery can
finish them off. He's consummate ass
about some things, but all the same he
can ride a horse better than most, and
if it wasn't for his temper and his fool
ways he'd do we'll enough.
Ellery laughed amusedly. He ought
fn thank Won for SIlf.b recommendation
If he had been running for the legisla-
ture, you could hardly have given him
worse send off But there happens to
be one job hardly like to trust to Kit
terry anyhow. How long have you been
here? Three weeks Wednesday, was it
not? Well, this is Friday. Don't you
think you'd better stay till next Wednes-
day and make it even weeks?" he urged,
with offhand persuasiveness. Tuesday
is the Fourth of July, you know, and
few days one way or the other don't
count for much
1.-The fact is, there is that Lothian colt
the bay FLY you were riding today.
1t is simply wonderful the way that colt
has come to the front since she was
driven in from the field. believe she is
going to make perfect beauty, while
you can point out another on the place
with equal promise for speed. Kittery,
with all his fool ways, had the sense to
say, when you We're riding across the
bridge today, that the colt ought to
fetch $500 anywhere Now, it has oc-
CURED to me, Brown, that L would par
like to send that filly to my
sister by and by for a-er-a present.
A wedding present. He might as we'll
have said the word. Browns alert i'm
agination filled in the slight pause
Yes, he assented DULY, his forefinger
straying to the collar of his flannel
shirt, which seemed somehow too tight
for him. Eyes, there is not better
colt on the place
''And 1 was going to ask you to take
her particularly in hand ON that &C
count. Since you have but a few days
left, - Ellery went on, easily assuming
that his point was made as to the time,
you would better begin training her to
the s1deSaddle as soon as you can.
would like my sister to try her if posi-
Die before you go, and especially 1 would
ike the animal hardened to noises of
avery sort so far as you can manage it.
Heaven only knows how one of these |
western horses can ever be educated up
% the racllets of an eastern city"
Til do the best l can, returned |
Brown alphabetically.
And you II stop until Wednesday,
exclaimed the other in a tone of cordial |
though I'm afraid that |
will hardly give you time enough -
IN stay until the filly is fit to offer
Miss Ellery, he said, with an odd |
mile. A wedding present-and he was
,idden to make it ready for her! All,
he irony of fate!
CHAPTER VII