The evening world., 1912-01-05
The Two-Gun Man.
The Best Cowboy Story In Ten Years
By Charles Alden Settler

I to shoe, Radford? Surely no, stafford.
He himself had not limited at the reason
OF his presence at the Two
And there was only enc other man who
knew. Th1t man was Levlatt. AZ ne
stood beside tho door OF the lean-to the
rage IN his heart against the range Dos,
grew more bitter and the lines around
his mouth strl.g tened more grimly.
A few minutes later he stalSed into
the bunkhcuse. aaiou. the nsn who.
after nnisnlng their meal, we're lounsins
about. their small AK nllins the room.
lhU tan Died away as 40 catered. the
men adrOitiy gave him room. FOR ther-
was something IA the express iOn OF HE
eyes. IN the steely. boring s.ances that
he cast about him. that told these men.
Injured to danger though they were. thai
the stray man was "a no gentle mood.
lie dropped a short word TO the one
smons them that hc knew best. at which
they all Strengthened. for through the
word they knew That no "ds looking tor
Levlatt.
But they anew nothing of LeviAtt ~
yond the fact That Lao and Tucson bad
hot Accompanies tne wagon ~ Tie nome
faaeh. incy inferred tAat the range
boss anu 4.-zou nad sOuu aDout soms
business connected wltu tns cattle.
4 neguiogc Ferguson asa act stOp .onS "
the U~u.iNnOuse.
without a wOTd lao Ma gone. stftdtn8
rap.a.J tO"arI tAs r4ucA aOAse. IhAy
IoS"cd a4.Gg iLai. s4y.Hs AotAAaS. puS
. "-.l at n.s qaest iOE Aes.- va not
wituuit siyn,hcancs.
IIVu miuJtvs Iateg he was in Sto9.
toad . uIiiSe. 4Av Latter aau oeen worry.
.ua agJst a.II. Nuen terSusoa eutsssd
tnv mauLsvr . I4snner "as = utuo
anA.Vus.
"hOu seen anything Of iiadford year.
Au Inqu4red.
"A aNn / sot anything on iiadford.'r Wa
the snOrt iepiy.
iiis tOno .,nscred tho Il
aIi ASIAN q. you .s go AnylnlnS q
MAN., Ls returned. 'but We unused
more cattle yesterday. an 1t
lEish,y suspicious. oIAcs We nAA tnAs
tain aoodt rsadIoId. "uoa you tod NJ
a. "dsn n.n dO.n tns TusuAn. I've
mango my mind a neAp. LIN Inlnkln'
lac aust.ed lneAn cattle .ast nlxnt." m
ieIs.sOn iVoAou uA@<iSA4iy IT ban.
how many catus Sou MAssAn'r" ~
~vuesuvned. .
stafford DAnged a nst heavily down
upon MA dssA top. Were twenty
caves SNORT on the tally" he declared.
'An nAIk = dozen cowA We ANT not
" the steers yet. DIAL AN sApsaun' "
ma tnani snort too.'
Ssk Au0
nuL--er VI cAtLs NISSAN. tAlusd exactIy
~Sa the nuinoer no aAd seen In IN,
Das'h down Inc river. A giant of tn.
! unlpn Lxntod nIs eyes. bur ne loo.:.
ao~n upon stafford. drAwung:
.aou been aoAa' ths tAAiyIn' I"
wAs nrv smiling sc.n'y.
toned.
4 b boys ~ he rode over to the
Saves tookAn' cor strayA sent word tina,
neu % IN Tomorrow. Hut 1 DON'T sos
what he's got " do -
no. returned ferguson. of cours.
!. o say imam cattle was rustlsd last
nixhtr'
Yea" Stafford banged his A., down
Win . p~osiuvsnens Una left no doubt
OF his knowledge.
. well. now" observed Ferguson, AN
~ you're csrtAin kAaIord rustlsd - r.
. lie smled again saturninely.
! amt sayin' for certain" returned
!, Stafford. puzzled by Ferguson's ma.
, ner. What I'm gettn' At II that Their.
!, Amt no one around here thAt'd rustic
them except RAdford."
There Amt no other hester aroma
here that you know OFT" QussuoasI
|, Ferguson.
NO. Radford's the only one"
Ferguson fingered . moment NJ
he walked slowly to the door. II rooh.
on that's ALL" ne said. Tomorrow I'm
goin' to show you you rustler."
lie had stepped out OF the doc -
was gone into the gathering dusk ~
foro stafford could ask the Qusaoiah
that was on the end Of his tongue