Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-06

scalp on his lodge pole as bad as he dld
when | was here, all he's got to do is
to hike up to Cheyenne an get it.
He's the same old Baldy; anybody can
get his game"
"Tom didn't appear to ache for it
when he was in this section" OBJ
served Todd. YOU'D have had to
rope him to get him within rife range
Of old man Gilman after Cerillos. 1t
took him time to get his mad in work
in order"
"Well," resumed Boggs, 81 drifted
down into the Box Butte country last
spring, and worked for Tolman, and
! got to Magdalena three weeks ago
an went against everything there was
in the burg until l got strapped.
Barker had to stake me a cayuse to
get here. Is Slim Baxter in the coun-
try yet? Somebody told me he was
down on the Pecos."
For little while the wanderer kept
up running fire of questions, and his
old friends gave him full and curcum-
stantial details Of the incidents of the
year or two passed. Gradually, how
ever, his interest seemed to relax, and
once or twice he answered at random
questions that were addressed to him
in return.
'I'll gamble Lonzo's expectin' a
business call from the sheriff right
now" said Baker. "See that far-away
look in his eyes. Keep a stiff upper
lip, 'Lonzo; it's only 40 mile to the
line"
dts a girl" corrected Scotty. 81
know the symptoms He went back
to Missourian' found he had to get her
husband to tell her who he was. She'd
plum forgotten his name"
81 wouldn't have blamed her."
said Boggs, with a laugh. "Ten years
would be a mighty long time for a
woman to keep a man in mind. l
reckon ten days would be about the
limit, an boy would be playin' in
luck if he got that"
"It depends" said Fuller, wisely.
GA man is just man to some of 'em.
She may think that there's only that
one man while he's Johnny-on-the-
spot, but she realizes that there's an
other one that amt no slouch as soon
as the first hombre hits the trail"
"She amt smooth people if she
puts all her chips on one number -
observed Todd. "That's takin' too
many chances to win out. Iain't tax
in those chances myself. I play all
over the table, an give the black a
chance as well as the red. Sometimes
| win on the double 0. You can't
blame a woman for doin' the same
thing"
Boggs threw away his cigarette and
pushed his chair back. Il reckon I'll
mosey down to the stable an see to the
little horse" he said, rising. He was
in lather when ! come in, an I
wouldn't let him drink when we
crossed the Terino."
"Tll walk down with you," said
Fuller. ''I'm goin' to pound my ear
outside anyway. | amt like Phil. /
like to sleep where the airs fresh"
The two men went down the trail
to the stable in the arroyo, and on
the way neither Of them spoke a word.
Boggs untethered his pony and led it
down to the spring, where it drank
greedily. Fuller in the meantime
waited for him at the stable. When
the pony was tied again they climbed
the bank, still in silence; but when
they reached the corral Fuller stopped
and laid his hand on the others arm.
"Hou might as well tell me about it
now, 'Lon," he said. Its eatingyou
an it's been eatin' you long while,
judge. What's the trouble?"
"There amt nothin' the trouble"
said Boggs, sitting down as he spoke.
'Did you bring that tobacco outwith
you?"
Fuller handed him the sack. ANY
of the Little Missouri dogies on your
trail" he persisted
"Ii they was they'd have got me
afore now," said Boggs. "See here |
Lem, if there was anythin' Of that
kind, don't you reckon I'd tell you?"
He struck a match as he spoke and |
liohte6 his ci00rettn and ElIlor ,