The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

This ones o. K." Hannahsn assured her.
You'll like him. ali right enough-everybody does.
He's just kid-OOkns fellow. anyway. with dimples
and blue eyes. a soft little voice-you'd almost
take him for a girl, dressed up in cowboy toys But
he's there with the goods. all right; broncohghter,
and the most surprising little devil that wore
chaps. He can carry the thing through-ru back
Beetle with all the dough I've got"
Miss Conrad gave him queer. sdelong look He'll
his work out for him. as you cowboys say.
I board with the Widow Mccoy"
"The dickens yuh say!" Mammalian nstinctiveiy slid
straight in the saddle. The Mccoy had spec
tacular record. and her name was spread abroad in
the land.
could you time for dinner?' she suggested.
Hannahan wrnkled his at the and
sidered Then: Would stand show1 Beetle
hates like the mischief to miss his regular feed"
Miss Conrad treasured him. The Widow Mccoy held
proud distinction of being the best cook in the
valley. pleased than when stran-
gers rode. hungry, to her door.
''The only danger" Miss Conrad added that you
may suffer acute indigestion, superinduced by
overindugence."
Hannahan's face spoke admiration. Say you and
Parrot would make pair to draw to for language.
The things he do to his mother tongue would make
prairie dog sit up and take notice"
Miss Conrad's lips drew together. II must confess
I can't quite the connection"
THAT compliment, only I forgot to stick
the label Parrot is educated, let tell yuh He
clOse-herded through Princeton-or other
knowledge factory Anyway, the brand of learning
he's got is about good there is made He don't
talk more than year so-that's why they
call him Parrot-but when get strung out,
it's the clears article He can sure sing, too. I'd
rather listen to him night guard than go to the
best show yuh I'll get him to sing for yuh.
1 can"
II a mandolin" Miss Conrad observed. land
Bud Mccoy has fine guitar. His mother got it for
his birthday; find the string twice, but
Mrs Mccoy thinks it looks toney' tied with big,
and hung up the sofa. Bud also has
pugiistic temperament, and echo in the person of
Patsy. Bud does the fighting, and Patsy does the
threatening. needn't mind Patsy at aIl-but keep
n eye on Bud"
Hannahans lids dropped again and he smiled quiet
ly himself. "Pn put the boys next" he promised,
''and obliged you Say! Beetles got a reputa-
ton trailing behind him like comet dark night
You better call him something else. Call him-wen,
call him Eddie; looks the part all right. but it'll
most likely make him grit his teeth. Wen get along
about noon--and the Big A jill be grateful to
you, Miss Conrad for helping em out Fact is
know of dandy little pinto that'd be swell lady's
horse, and it's safe he's liable to meet that
fate this thing through. It's got go through
The Big A J. will be down to cases for cars If We
don't Chinook time Cars are mighty scarce
this fall very hard to get. And-well, you know
how 1 feel about your helping out"
Miss Conrad caught look in his eyes that brought
pink into cheeks I'm only too glad to help
My sympathies all with the Phstines I'm afraid"
Hannahan's eyes said many things his lips
shy of putting into words and then he remembered
the need of haste
We'll. if I'm going to get the boys hazed into the
camp the Israelites noon, I'll need moving
See yuh later, Miss Conrad"
Miss Conrad watched him of sight and there
tender light in her eyes. When the had
settled behind Chnto's flying heels and the cuckety-
cluck of them faint they could be heard only
by the of faith she turned rode around
the rocky elbow of the hill, hummng little tune