The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-11

SeMN | gion. His foreman, tired
VA VESG Of the atmosphere he had
k1YeLHls MI created on the ranch and
driven to desperation, had
seized the first chance that came to get rid Of
him temporarily, and the blues with him,
No one knew the cstIse for Hoppy's unusual
state Of mind although there were many con-
lectures Even Red Connors was forced TO
guess and when Red had to'do that he was
warranted in believing the matter serious.
Johnny Nelson made no secret Of his opin-
ION and derived from it great amount Of
satisfaction, which he admitted with grin to
bis foreman
Buck be said, Hoppy told me he went
broke playin poker over in Grant with Dave
Wilkes and them Lawrence brothers, an that
shore explains It. He's got pack sores from
carrvin' his Iickin'. II was due to come to
him an Dave was Just tn boy 10 deliver it..
That's th whole trouble, an know ii, an
I'm glad they trimmed him
Wrong, son, dead wrong" Buck replied
|" He takes his beatin' with grin, an money
never did worry him none. No poker game
gnuld leave a welt like that on him. He's
bssa d5in somethin' he don't want US to
know nade fool of hsself some way. I've
l.nowed him too long an well to believe gam
blu had any hand in it. But this little trip
he's takin' will fix him up all right an
couldn't send a better man.
Wen, IT'S lucky for him you picked him to
co. rcjoined Johnny, who thought more Of
ths wasful absentee than he did Of his own
shin. .sCause was goin TO lick him, shore
II X vsat ON much longer. Me an Red an
Billy was goin to beat him up good till he
4 forgot his dead injuries an took some interest
10 bis friends
Buck laughed. aWca, tn three Of you
might a done IT, though I'm some doubtful
N3w box here You've been a. hangin
round til bunk house too much lately
FT5n low on you've got TO earn yore grub.
CT on that west line an hustle.
Yoa knsw I'VE bad toothachci" snorted
/ J5hnny indignantly, bis face as sober as that
Iof Judge 4
You'll hayca st.anach-achefor grub ityou
don't earn yore rigid p eat purity soon, re
s5ried Buck. You amt never had tooth
ache IN yore whole life, an you don't know
what one is. G'wan, now, or III give YOU a
Lack lch= that'll ache"
III lht Devil Of way to treat a sick
G2np and Johnny departed exuitantly,
phistling with much noise and no music.
rut he was sorry ior one thing-he wished
k6 had seen Hopalong meet his Waterloo
While The out6i blessed the range deal
which took him out Of their small circle Tor a
TIM, Hopalong rode farther and farther into
the northwest and was frequently lost in abb
straetion which Judged by its effect upon
him, must have been serious. Three weeks
before while at Grant be had borrowed a
horse from Dare Wilkes and given hot chase
TO the man who had stolen his own animal;
and, catching him. had been talked out OF ex-
erising samuarg vengeance and justice and
allowed the sell-eonfessed thief to 20. But
not content with sach startling breach Of
range TRADITION and ethics, he had actually
been persuade into swapping the borrowed
animal for his own,. which the thief had found
Sadei and moi eqHaIto The speed desired. In
stesd Of sending bot lead alter the eloquent
seranRer he haH sat idly on bis recovered
mount and wdtched th2 other burn up the
plain in his haste togo hence.
The borrowed horse'was good one, sue
cessful coateader 10 all distances from one tc
fiyeniIes and had earaed lis owner and back
ers mlsh m5ney--and he had parted with i
as easily as he would have borrowed hye dol
lars from Red. The story he had reflected
since, was as old as Wing "A broken-leggec
horse, a dying wife forty miles away, and ;
horse all saddIed which needed only to b,
mounted and ridden.
These ihoughts kept him company for ;
day and when be dsmoanied before Steven
sons Hotel in Hoyt's Corners he summed VI
hisfeelihgs FOR the enlightenment Of his horse
@D--a i. bronch, Ia give ten dollars rgh
now 70 kno. II was jacl;ass OF moi, h'
GrDwlcd 4 But hewas an awful slick talkel
nhe lied
Mr. Cassidy was not known by sight to tht
citizens Of Hoyt's Corners, however wei
vcrScd ttey NAV have been IN his numerous
exploits Of Hisdem and folly Therefore th,
habitufs Of Slevenson's Hotel did moi sccsSg
I uiius ni.a ~ .ls s.oo..., AID D.lsosa adisiaua
who dropped bis saddle on the floor with
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