The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-26

ban5ana. $50 had to lay off here.
..rhat SO? Kind of hard luck ain |
-.eYe-es" shorty replied. with some
hesitation; but 1T might have Deeh
worse. -,-+x.
began abruptly:
@sav. Leppy. you know that swaddie
called George Livermore. don't you.
sure" shorty replied. Aho"
him. Why r,.,-
Is he a friend of yours?" shorty
asked. :, .,,+
got nothfn' agin him, so I reckon you
can call him a friend of mine why
IF he's a friend of yours, youll oe
dom a big favor if you tell him say
he'd better not be grain his slocA
on my range
Teppvss eyes twinkled. but he kept
+reTa axarted. and said: II amt no
Iniun. shorty; don't savVy no sign
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mind telIin' you. cause you We go
savvy enough TO keep your I1outn
shut. You see it's this way: Ihere
a tip-top. pretty little girl up mere =
The hotel. and wei, I've sort OF neeA
campin' round on her trail for quite q
smell. she amt no common Failss
stock. She's we'll bred, you can sex
that. She'll take the lead IN any team
and keep the traces tight every step
She amt no common biscult-shooter
oh no! she's a lady from hoo1 !
r-itbers that's what she IS BEN
short on the cash. as you and me nav
been nore'n once. Leppy. why sIis
cot the grit to work her way through
tbe mark Her names Lizzie Brown
and Leppy. she sure is a high-step
rar and won't have none or then
4v-bv-nfght swaddies runnin' 'roun
after her. You jest tell George Liver
more that. So long, Leppy
$50 long, Shortly"
shorty went on down the trail. an
y.ennv continued his way back TO In
stable. The blue eyes Of the coWoo
danced with glee, and his lips opene
: into bewitching smile. soon -
r,irth increased, and. sitting DO"
upon a convenient rock, he burst io['
into a hearty laugh. Throwing L
son1brero down upon the ground
gave fun vent to his feelings, rochii
himself back and forth and slappln
I 4,ra+ one knee, then the other. on
he finaIly gputtered, "Tn be ctea
1oooed if this keeps up. I sure am
l. the foolish wagon. But I've got
iron these wrinkles out of my face,
{ 4bav,u take me for a laughin' nyen
whoonee! Hurrah for the swaddle al
I the sayagei Now jest you wait TIL
u r,,v stack of chips in their lltt
game. I wonder how they came
u overlook me?"
% The fact of the matter was IN
Tannv had had an inspiration. I
n secrets that George and Shorty ri
= conhded to him had borne fruit IN
imagination, and a course or acIl
re rad nopped suddenly into his hea
to That night. as he lay in his blanKs
u, and gazed up at the stars, Tor co" W
to like he preferred to sleep out OF 400
a he thought the plan out Inc Inofe
n, thought about it. the better II appeS
N ed to be. and by the time that
- fell asleep he was confident that MOI
I'd ing could prevent II from accompns
s. ing his purpose, provided he cou4o
y, the girls consent to help him. a
is. such was his confidence in himself q
ut he had no misgivings on that accou
IT The next morning after all the stat
er had gone, Leppy went up to
n kitchen door of the hotel. say,
p said to the cook, lis there his
ne toned. high-steppin' little lady OF
v biseuit-shooter around this camp
2st the name of-Oh, hello. LizzieF'
said. as she came through the swll
"a ing door from the dining-room.
you busy?'
n Not very" she replied.
* wen, put it off and come out d.
no want to talk to you for bout
raj minutes
ne All right, as soon as put IN
on knives and forks away.
Leppy went outside. and Lizzie
al reared a minute later. They sea
themselves on a log in the shade
Leppy unfolded his plan to her'
listened attentively, and when ne
.r. ished she readily consented 10
his him put it in operation They 81
red hands to bind the agreement, ana