The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-02

my nightschool of craftsmanship
and ! stfll teach ambassadors STRAIT
egy by correspondence. Now, II you
will but give me the mere inkling
the arranging Of details will be a
mere mechanical function"
Strong's head had been turned
backward again, and now he whirled
upon us with his words pelting our
ears like hailstones.
Hear that. If they are not on this
spot within three minutes, I'll eat
cactus. Now. listen hard.
You. man." pointing to Alfalfa,
Are about my height, and with my
hat on, at fifty yards distance would
be passabe counterfeit of me IN
the moonlight; while you," aiming
his finger at Red, 'in this lady s
coat and cap and riding with your
knee around the horn, might well
humbug a pair of hate-blinded eyes
to almost within arms length. When
we have made the alteration in our
apparel, and you are streaking it
across the flat and making your get
away from Peckaway and out-ridin
Rideout, the lady and i will be hit.
ting it up a.ong the trail which ends
in the box-canon of matrimony al
Benedict. This other friend of ours.
meaning me, will be the stool-pig-
con and steerer
When our pursuels come along,
he will point out yoI two fitting
away in the simmer. and, of course,
they will go swooping away after
you like hawk after a June-bug.
The result is a foregone conclusion.
Your horses are fresh, and the our-
suit will be a hollow mockery. AT
ter you have inveigled them nope
fully along for few miles, all you
will have TO do will be to use your
spurs, and suddenly leave them friend
less and alone in the midst of the
bowling wilderness. After that, it
will be up to them to turn around
and wander homeward, grievously
disappointed, it is true, but with none
Of their vital organs missing.
Tomorrow / will send them a
certified copy of the wedding-certif
icate, and sometime thereafter, the
then Mrs. Strong and | will appear
before them, penitent and remorse-
full, but nevertheless solidly mar
ried Then, after they have gone
into an eruption, boiled over and
cooled off a few thousand degrees,
will miss my guess if they don't
kill the fatted calf like a pair of
game losers. So quick now"
Sixty seconds later and they were
gone down the branch trail, while
Red, in the cap and flowing coat
and looking coy and bewitching, was
ogling me with coquettish glances
us they sat with one knee crooked
around the horn. Then, side by side,
he and All loped into the open
rolled a cigarette and stood mo.
tionless and calmly expectant, while
portentous events bore rapidly down
upon me. A minute later two rid
ers popped out of the darkness, and
at sight of me stanGing there, they
arose in their stirrups, and with one
pull stood their cayuses upon their
hooks ike couple of jackrabbits
They were Peckaway and Wash, all
right, but they had forgotten me
as completely as they had the ten
commandments. For an instant they
gazed suspiciously, then Wash frac.
tured the silence.
Stranger" said he, cold and cut
ting, have you happened to observe
mooneyed, goatiorowed, depraved
featured, male monstrosity upon a
bay horse whizzing this way along
side of a perverse looking, weak
minded woman"
Peokaway couldn't speak; he just
choked up with language that gave
him the heartburn, and sat there
glaring and futile l threw the butt
of my cigarette away and sneaked
glance in the direction Red and
Alfalfa had taken. They were a
quarter of a mile away by this time
and in the moonlight the illusion was
thing to gloat over.
That them?" / asked, jerking my
thumb over my shoulder. Seem 90
be going somewhere, don't they?
Any little thing I can do for you?"
Well, you ought to have seen those
two old parties. Peckaway began to
pant like a donkey engine. and
Wash's breath sounded like bliz-
zard whistling through a key-hole.
One look of hatred flared up in
their eyes, and then they jabbed
their spurs to the hilt. made ily-
ing leap onto my pony and was af-