The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-20

EkatzSI stronger until he thrilled
with anticipation and
the sauce Of danger This grudge had bssr
acquired when he and Slim Travennes had
enjoyed duel with Hopalong Cassidy in
Santa FL, and had been worsteal: il had
increased when he learned Of N,m's death
AtCactus Springs at the hands of Hspalong;
and. some time later, hearing that two
friends Of his, Slippery" TYendley and
'Deaconp Rankin, with their gang, had
zone out in the Panhandle, with the same
man and his friends responsible for it, Tex
hAstentd ia Muddy Wells to even the score. {
Even now His face burned when he remen-
hered his experiences on that never-to-be-
forgotten occasion. He had been played
With, ridiculed and shamed, until he left the
town as place accursed, hating everything
I'D everybody. Ii CALLED him to think he
had allowed Back Peters momentary SYM
pathy to turn him from his purpose, even
though he was convinced that Bucks action
had saved his life And now Tex was re-
turning. not To Muddy Wells, but to the
range where the Bar-2o outfit held sway.
Two years Of clean living had impr~ed
Tex. The liquor he consumed was ss'eSccd
10 negligible quaLdity; he Eent the
anoney on cartridges instead, snf - pfSnl
work showed the results O. oa<-4F ssd
Hogeed practioe, particularly b sha s15ks-
<1ess of the draw. Paeehing oy~s e. -.
mote northern range hsS -ps:d him b
health fas more than hi, c!d Se"A = nvhs
IN mis- wits and other pcople': ket - thsuA
;as proved by his clear sn and 0e piES
ashowing through the 'ae above his full
beard; while his sonbsr, steady gaze, duo
10 long held hsity VI purs,sse, Mlicated the
resoureelulness ii a periecs liable set Of
nerves. Ills low hung hclsta tied securely
. y bis trousefs leg 10 assure s5IoOshness in
drawing the restrained swing " bis right
hsal, never nv from the welLwun scab-
Is 4 which sAs@thed : trSyerless Colts
sontier pwlhsw showed nc ready snd
cq,adem guli-rasn, |" fsontien" left the
isftory NTH 'ufssu attached bue the alb
s3nee Of that ps5t DID mt jwsys incapac-
4 a weapon. &psrs prn iound the regu-
- method too aa~. snd painstakingly
sated the art 0! o!slmibing the hammer.
aumbmg" /" was believed 10 save the split
scsonl % ,aluabIc-io man in argument
with his peer. Tex was -iding south with
the sci purpose OF picking fair fight with
fhe l,esi six shooter expert it had ever been
Misfortune to meet, and he needed that
second lie knew be pecded il and ths
xDowledge thrilled hir with peculiar Ella
ton he had changed greatly In the past
year aud now he wanted an "evcn bf-akS
where once he would have avoided it, Hs
had found himself ard &c acknowledged nc
superior in anything.
.sn 0u
I" In the little town a 1uck.kin, known
hardly more than .ocaijy and nertrsl
\ ground for The surusnoing ranche2 was
Gowsn : saloon. IN the dozen years oi its
6. noe the sseas nf good stories, bcivws
/. o iun and quick deaths. Put togeth5
res yhly Of crude materials, sticking mp ip
irartistic prominence or the dusty edgr Of
q flusticr street; xaTred. blesched and
/ caed with bnsris pped rom the sidrs
OF packing -ss,s ard thr 6sttened. sid's Of
tin cans. iov n c-7fns, 'he door ere hiyc
brown discnlrsstton of spnnry, reatiuy
boards. knottsd and split and wnrn INTO
hollows, tn. arpresentious budding offered
its hospitality 10 40 vhn might he tempted
BY its scrawled, spnwled ign. The walls
we're smoke blackenod. pitt.J With numcr-
ous spaiIand clean-cut bcln ard decorated
with initials carelessIy cm by mcn vho had
come and gone. Z
Such was Cowan's, the best paironized
place in5nany hot and dusty miles ard .hc
Mecca 81 the cowboys from tha surrounding
rAacAes and often at night these riders q
the rnge gathered in the humble building
ANIL sosd .Ales OK exceeding interest: ana &C
sheae orsAaipps one might see row OF ponies
standing She'nre ;nehuilding, heads down and
Taist. Il y strange how alike cow-pooies
look u the din light Of The stsrs On the
tooth slds n The ~lcon, weak yellow lamp
I8ht &,ercd through tAs. windows and iell
u &stofted pa uea on the plain. blo'ried
10 phnetoby ys:he 4hsteTa M The wooden
snhsti:ss he g'.sa er~
IL sNl a.9oaisht right hfe ir b. fall,
sher 'hf ~; olad ups were over. that TWO
.s1W-pnni~ stood Ia from, u Cowsn's while
thpis ddsu tslec aeainrt the hsr and talked
ovx ne lAt,ss sensation the fencing IN II
tb- Wet yauay range, ard the way Hop-
zscne srd ~ dnve. caffif had opened up the
"a ds.'t trail across +. The news v.
nicash oid. but il was the last event ot any
Importance and was still good 10 laugh
yvrr Ms
BOYS. remarked, the proprietor II
k4nf voa, IA ,aeef Ar Fltine lie CANA