The evening world., 1912-11-11
The Coming of the Law
"7hE 1NO-CUN MANS" Greatest
By Charles Alden SeItzer

with satis1ac1on. THAT'S the SUR.
he declared. He threw the rsins ever
his ponyfs head and seissd Hollis b.
An arm Come along with ms-dovu
to my shack" he said: I've got sems-
thin to show you.'
Without further words he led Hen
toward buiidins-ths one he had &C.
cupied Drevious to the death of the ssAsr
liolltA Thers were three rooms In ths
building and In the froat one were ssv-
era articles OF furniture and some
boxea One Of these boxes Norton
opened. taking tnerefrom several ar
tielcs OF wearing apparel. consisting Of
n pair OF corduroy trousers. q pair O.
leaohern chaps. boots. spurs. two wool
len sNrtA . blue nsckerchisf, q broad
seit hat. and last. With q grin of amuse-
ment over Holiiss sstonisned expires
sion. q cartridge belt to which was at.
tached a holster containing q Colt as
I bought nhis outfit over at Santa H.
two months ago." hs Informed Hollis
who was grsvsly contemplating tn
layout -expsctin' 10 wear them myself
some day hut when I got home I
found they didn't quite IT." He sur
veyed Hollis With Q critical eye. 1--WE
osen thinkin' ever sinoe you come that
you'd NJ pretty snug In them
He raised . protesting hand a. Hollis
Wa epoW 10 opeAk.
II amt sivia' sAsm - you" he
grinnsd But zoo east wear no ten
dsrfoot 6othss cut hsrsL Some day
when wsr: tossehs. a. we've got time
you can haow me % another OUTFIT;
Won't hesitats about takin' H." He
leaned over and tAppsd the butt OF the
Colt You ever handle one Of them p
h. eusstiensl
H0aiis noddsA ,ouss Aueus, shoot
Ing tournament he I'D done good work
Win . pistol Dus Nostea laughed at
his nod.
"MeSbs W DO u . usus d,rsren, ou,
here" he emf1sd. "Yev hop into them
duds an ven 20 out into the cotton
wood yendw en- ~ oos Jour gssn." He
pointed through the door 70 . small
ciump Of cetsonweods bsyoad the bunk
lie vent out, end nf,.,o menv.., ,,s.r
81 homo In his picturesque r,Erin1. An
hour later hhsy returned to ths correj
fence. where Norton caught up his pony
and aoothsr. saddlins the iarer for
holli~ He commented briefly upon ne
new owuer's ability with the sax-shooow.
You use your hsts . littls bstter than
you use . gun." he remarked with hs
peculiar drawl. but reckon thet a.
the whole you'n Do able to take care q
yourseif-after you've had a little prao-
tice getun your gun out" He iaugAsA
with grim humor. More men h~v.
been killed In this country on Account
OF oein SLOW on me draw then tor Nv
oehsr reason. Don't never monkey VIII
u unless you intend TO U.s. u, an shsu
sec that you Get Il out middA1n' rve,kd
Thst's the recipe" he Advised,
The nexf morning HorAs was - -
the dawn ana OUT on the porch sp3aSn.
fms veter over his taco from the vneA
basin THAI stood outside the door. ~
Long time after washing he STOOD q
tho porch, boxing out Over the ~
basin at this new and strange vorH
Endless II seemed. lying before hin Fl
its SOLEMN silence: Q world Of peac~. "a
eternal sunlight Un1ltus Siuss, and n.
Unite distance.
"Compsrtn' her with your uts1s -
Esstr' inquired Norton.
Hollis confessed that he had nssn
doing something Of that sort
We'll" returned Norton. -tnSr~
Amt any way to compare tbts coun-
try with anything else. Seems a.
though when the world was made the
Lord had q few million miles left
which no didn't know wha, 10 do with
an so he Just dumped II down out
here An then. havin' business some
whero else about that time, he forzo.
about Il an left II to get along as best
II oouid-which wasn't none too
rapir"
This conversation had taken place
Just twelve days aS yet Norton's
words still remained frcsh in Holiis's
mind. Yet he did not altogether agree
with Norton The West had impressed
him far more than he cared to admit
This morning. directly after break
fast. Hollis and Merton had saddled
their horses and ridden out OF the ba-
sin toward the river into a section
OF the country that Hollis had not vet
explored. Emerging from the basin.
thew came 10 long high ridge.
This here's 'Razor-Back' Ridge"
explained Norton as the ponies halted.
called that on account OF bein' so I'M
usually narrow on the ton" lie point
ed to some buildings which Hollis had
seen but to which he had given very
littlo attention. thinking they were
those OF the Circle Bar. "Them's the
Circle Cross buildings" resumed Nor
ton. They're about three miles from
she Circle Bar ranchhouse directly
north through that cottonwood back
of the clubhouse where you tried your
gun the day after you come out here.
down below there--where you see
them two big cottonwood treesK-is
Big Elk crossin'. There's another
somethln' like II back up Tho crlck a
ways. on the other side OF tho ranch
house, called the 'Narrows'" He
laughed grimly Blu, We don't use
them orossn's much--they're dead
lines. generally you'll ind there's u
Circle Cross man or SO hangin' around
them-with rifle. So II don't pay to
so monkeyin' around there unless
you've got pressin' business"
Gro Be Coptinued)