Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-25

Il El49% A9snlHg 5#z tf4t%t ,'}I et f#f you either" sAc replied
 She was turning to 70 Hhou he s-eet ped her. and his tone Haas E'rd a.5= dry You were in H3z.e yesterday with Raymond Don't do that again. ! When yon want an escort lot ne knaHz I'll sead 8 n;n that knows onou4l, l. to take q lfieiy inte 4aH4ar and vi has 'savyy' enough to keep his horse for the return n'ig.
 Thank ynl. You gre very kind, E.3t I'm net ill neei of additional protez= ton" .snn icilH replied
 "Goodl,y till torl7rrass-., he call4a after her i'll mockcry, Iis; voice as l4,;. , sical IS a hu@lc.
 This interview. short as it was. If. the girl "ith the feeling of having bena grasp23 a..d shaken HH Il rule hand. And yet her anger W35 Dot unmixeG with admiration. His Ha@nifcent a1!- dacfty ana the grace alll dash of his. advance interested her.
 Raymond saw Munro riding away and wonderol what his erranl e4gId have lseen, sHd when Louis told hin that the @ala9lnr h4d staaael ana l.. tained Ann in tie path lis teeth set i'll anger. "The little hounl.' he growlesl under his breath. .I'Il put an end to that.."
 L&-:t l:4telE upon finishing his sup per l:s s5ent IT, the path to !Ianlcy'S to find "t!e lockout" Munro was ill his place. sitting high above his faro lay. out clicking q couple of silver dollars together talking with gleeful intensity to Denver Dan, who stood at his shoui- der broadly smiling The saloon was packed with men. all ill high spirits over tie rrecipitate flight of the sheriff
 Munro sighted him at last and called out: Hello, Rob. How goes it?"
 Raymond did not reply till he reached his side .1 want to talk with you Jack he said in low voice.
 Munro studied him for q moment. then turned to Dan. Take my place a minute
 Dan compiled. and Raymond led the way into the open air, and when they were well out of the crowd he turned and sad
 You intercepted Miss Rupert to. day?'
 Il met her, yes. What about it?'
 "Just this. You're not fit to shake the hand of decent girl, much less a cultured, high bred woman like Ann Rupert, and you know itv'
 Munro was staggered. What busi- ness is it of yours?' he asked. with instant anger.
 Raymonds wrath was self contained mered and wintered together, and you can't make any mistakes about what ] mean. know the kind of women you live with and the kind of life you lead, and tell you to keep away from the Kelly cabin"
 Munro did not snarl as Raymond ex. pected. His voice became softly in- sinuating as he said: Suppose the lady invited me to call? Suppose she was interested in my conversation The lady had chance to go. The path was open, but she fingered, she smiled"
 You're liar!''
 Munro was now very confident. Am I? Ask the boy; he saw her talking with me. I say the lady was gracious ,
 The gambler took on the air of an in- jured comrade. NOW, see here, Rob: you're away out of limits. acknowl- edge I've known whole lot of cheap women, but that's all the more reason why l should be able to tell when l meet the real thing. Her name is as safe With me as with you. Probably she's tied up back in the states any way, so that neither of us has any chance of interesting her. But it's an open course and no favors, and so long as she doesn't hand me out the icy mitt' I'm going to make the most of my chance, and from this moment'-he took off his hat-"l reform, throw up my job at Hanley's, cut off booze and 1 shake Eau Claire"
 Raymond was impressed by his r- val's manner You can quit gam bling. and hope you can leave liquor alone but I see trouble when you shake Claire. But that doesn't matter. For the sake of old times I want to avoid quarrel with you, Jack. But l warn you that if Miss Rupert finds your presence disagreeable you go, and you stay! AS you say, she is probably engaged to better man than either of us. But she is here because of the boy. and feel certain responsibility for them both. and the man who presumes on chance acquaintance with her will answer to me-
 "All right. Leave it to her, Rob- said Munro almost jocularly. "1f she turns me down I'll pull out of my own accord, lightning sure Good night"
 Raymond walked away with sense of failure. Munro had adroitly writhed out of his grasp and was probably ex- ulting at his own c!everness. He was troubled, too, by the confident tone which Munro had taken in saying, "The way was open; she fingered"