The Red Cloud chief., 1908-06-05

quiet. somehow"
sick or something go wruugT'
"No: nothing Of the Kind. Its Just
sort ot an attack Of Stiffness. bt :
feel Guru good"
Ict'iN laughed. III it Wasn't yru,
Red, Id say you were ia love- lie
said.
II Wa wen the harm was dark. or L.
would l"V, seen Il change wonderful
&C. lChoid uiu over Che "N- puuchrr'e
face. "lhu lad has hit IT" he said
10 himself in establishment; aloud lr
grlnt"I "luEh' Sc,"ufrlly. and
.iok" "r two.
Miss Matte had uoiiccl The attack
of stiffness" and Immediately tried 10
faslcu tie llamc upon herself. VIVA,
had she done; She couldn't recall
anything. She remembered She had
said ~Suluctljug about the way lis lHir
looked With the oOn shining GA IL.
Perhaps lac had taken OfIcnSC at that.
The remark was entirely compliment,
AIRY. hut sometimes people are tuuchy
about such ihings. sill. that was not
lI' I'iNl INV 'NlNll III 'llt Ill'
have said or done something. though
What could il lc; oh. what a ritiful
memory that could not rCc'Iiuct an in
Jury don" to ones best friend, she
tossed and wondered over il fu. Il
long tim" before AT length Size f,il
asleep.
Red at." looked up at the ro,r and
took account If stock. Ills face was
radiant Ia tie dart. III | 'ou,l only
iU'l that On he thought. II must
seem an awful rough cuss to- her,
though. All right for u cousin. hut
It's different when you come" to the
other proposition. My Jimmy. I'll
take a chance in the morning and find
out. anyhow said he. and. caScl IN
mind Icy The decision of action. lie too
shook hands with Morpheus and WAS
presently dreaming.
1t had never occurred To- Red sauu-
dcrs that hr was afraid of anybody.
lie ven chucklcd when he got IcttiS
out uc the way with Il plausible OK.
cusu the next morning. Then lac
strobe lriskly into the house. his qneS
ton on Lis .irs in Il plump ont and out
form.
Miss Matte looked at him with her
Slow smile. What is IT." she asked.
Red swallowed his question whole.
II wanted a little hot water Ia
shave With. said lie. Then a fury
took hold If him. "What the dc,il
am | lying like ibis ror;" he Thought
lie cNhoricd himself to 90 "u and lay
what he had tu say like Il man. but
the other Red Saunders refused to do
anything Of the sort. He took the cup
Of hot water most abicctly ANA fled
from the house. He had to shave
then, AMI IN his hurry and Indignation
he turned the operation into Il clinic,
"Oh, Jimmy, look ut that" he cried as
the razor opened up another part of
the subject. ''rbcre's n slit an inch
long! If | keep on at this gait l
won't have face enough To say good
morning, let alone what ] want I"
do. What alIs me: What ais me:
why should ! lie scarf of the incest
woman God even built: Now. 10y all
The Mormon gods. I'll post right into
The house and say NY little say ns
soon as these ruts slol, bleeding"
cobwcl,s stopped the cuts. and other
cObwchs stopped ltcd Saunders, late
81 the 'hanta Sccrhcc ranch, 30
pounds OF the very finest bone ana
muscle. And the cnl,w"hS held him,
foaming and boiling with rage and
disgust. calling himself all the yailcr
pups lie could think 81, but staying
strictly within the safe limits ~ the
barn. II was Il revelation Ia the big
man. and not n pleasant one. How
was he Ia know that the most salient
point Of his apparent cowardicc was
nothing less worthy than respect for
the Woman'S security: That II he
would stop swearing long enough to
get at the springs Of his action he
would find that he hcsilated because
the e light "n the matter made huge
shadows OF the slips IN the career or
a strong. lawless. unframed but 'orcly
tempted man: Hc knew nothing or
the sort. ANA the funniest OF comedies
took place In he barn. He would
reach the sensible stage. "Pah. All
fOolishness. Go; or course he'd go,
aud this very minute, and have the
thing done with, good or bad He
was quite amused at his former con-
duct until he reached the door: then
he'd skip nimbly back again, with Il
hot feeling that somebody was watch
ing him. although q careful inspection
through the crack ~ the door revealed
no one
Red discovered another thing that
afternoon, which was that the more
nervous you are the more nervous you
get. He groaned in Perfect misery:
nOhnln, llul slnnll luNn Snnn the