Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-04

Aonla. Auu Lleutendnt SanQrlQg0 Sal
in his saddle staring at her like 6
gannet agape at a sailorman.
Never before had Tonia seer suct
a mar as this. He seemed to be made
of sunshine and blood red tissue anC
clear weather. He seemed to illumi
nate the shadow of the pear when he
smiled. as though the sun were rising
again. The men she had known haC
been small and dark. Even the Kid
in spite of his achievements, was q
STRIPPING no larger than herself, with
black, straight hair and a cold. marble
face that chilled the monday.
AS for Tonia, though she sends de
scription to the poorhouse, let bel
make a millionaire Of your fancy. Her
blue black hair. smoothly divided in
the middle and bound close to her
head. and her large eyes. full of the
Latin melancholy. gave her the Ma
donna touch.
The newly lighted sun god asked
for a drink of water. Tonia brought
it from the red jar hanging under the
brush shelter. Sandridge considered
it necessary to dismount so as to
lessen the trouble of her illustrations.
| play no spy. nor do / assume to
master the thoughts of any human
heart. but | assert by the chronicler's
right that before a quarter of an hour
had sped cambridge was teaching her
how to plat a six strand rawhide
stake rope.
In his camp by the water hole Lieu
tenant cambridge announced and reit-
Grated his intention of either causing
the Cisco Kid to nibble the black loan
Of the Fr1o country pra1ries or of hal
ing him before a Judge and jury.
That sounded businesslike. Twice a
week he rode over to the Lone Wolf
Crossing of the Frio and directed To-
MAS slim. slightly lemon tinted fin
gers among the intricacies of the slow.
~ growing lariata. A six strand plat
is hard to learn and easy to teach.
The ranger knew hat he might find
the Kid there at any visit. He kept
his armament ready and had a fire.
quent eye for the pear thtcket at the
rear of the jacal. Thus be might
bring down the kite and the cumming
bird with one stone.
While the sunny haired orn1tholo-
gist was pursuing bis studies the Cis-
co Kid was also attending to his pro.
fessional duties. He modify shot up
a saloon in a small COW village on
Quintana creek. killed the town mar.
shall. plugging him neatly in the cen.
ter Of his tin badge. and then rode
away. morose and unsatisf1ed.
On his way the Kid suddenly expert
enced the yearn1ng that all men feel
when wrongdoing loses its keen edge
OF delight He yearned for the wo-
man he loved to reassure him that she
was his IN spite OF It He wanted her
to call his bIoodthirstiness bravery and
his cruelty devotion.
The KID turned the speckied roan's
head up the ten mile pear fiat that
stretches along the Arroyo Hondo IN
til it ends at the Lone Wolf Crossing
OF the Frio.
More weird n lonesome than the
journey OF an AmaZonlan explorer Is
the ride OF one through Il Texas pear
fat 10 be lost IN the pear Is to die
almost the death OF The thief on the
cross. pierced Oy nails ana with gro.
tesque shapes OF all the tends mover.
ing about
But II was not so with the KID ana
his u Winding. twisting. CIR.
cling, tracing the most, fantastic ana
b%ewilder1ns trail ever PICKED out. the
good a lessened the distance TO the
Lone Wolf Crossing with every on
n turn that he made.
AS though be were IN a circus ring
the speckled roam wheeled AND danced
through the labyrinth ut pear until a,
length his rider knew by certain ,and
marks that the Lone WOl1 Crossing
was close at hand Then. where the
pear was thinner, ne caught sight OF
the grass root OF the ]acai auu rn+
blackberry tree on the edge OF the ar
royo. A few yards farther the \lo
stopped the roam and gaz-d lntentiy
through the prlckly openings Thea
be dismounted. dropped the roam :
reins and proceeded CD foot
The Kid crepr nOiSeleSsly to the very
edge OF tile peal thlcket and recouIul
, tered bet Weep the iea yes ot n ciump vi
cactus
Ten yards from his hiding place III
the shade OF h )acai sal mis- rOuia
calmly plating Il rawhide larlat ST
far she might surely escape %conde1nna
ton: women have beef known tron
time to time to engage in more mis-
chievous occupations. But ii all mus
be told there Is to be added that bel
head reposed against the broad anC
comfortable chest OF d tall red and
yellow mar and that his arm was
about her, guiding her uimbIe small
fingers that required so many lessons
at the intricate six strand plait
Sandridge glanced quickly at the
dark mass of pear when he heard q
slight s%queaking sound that was no,
altogether unfamiliar. A gun scab
bard will make that sound when one
grasps the handle Of a six shooter sud
denly. But the sound was not repeat
ed. and TOnia'S fingers needed close