The evening world., 1912-02-09
The e~
Range Ride
Another Great Cowboy Romance
BIZ c A. Seitzer Aufhor of~THE TWO.CUNM NAV,

q ouas who 30 ten out, IN o. world
and found II . hetss eAoeer chan he
thought Il was DIDN'T have . whole
stitch on him." he oeuttru16 Ourpafhet-
icaliy. Mus. nave run into hard luck
sure snoVeh.".
"Tve seen than klnd before" said the
ranes boas. Amt no good q anything.
Don't stay In n place long enough to
Sit acquainted with IT, Run acrost one
down In the Panhandle onct; he'd been
rovfn' around till hNd staked out
enough lAnd to " a Tertiary OF his
own--if he could have got II all In n
place" ...l,
T>icker had returned TO the window.
and the range boss Sat down at a
table ana proceeded 70 make out his
report. For ffteen minutes thcre wAe
. dead sueuce IN the once and than.
his task completed. the range 0oss
stirred ~unsasiIy.
ANY orders about the sci1ow on
Carrizor'
TucEer ssartsd ana turned.
Yes he said slowly: che usual RAy.
Lazy J will have TO set along without
him
The range boss smlied With sr1m an
wecation OF the dire sie~nsaoancs con
veyed by tho managers words. Bat
when the range boss had departed
Tucker turned again TO Shs window.
The poor ouss.' N aid WITH Q
queer break IN hin voice: "she ~
cuss, Hungry and wouldn't eat I
wonder why-'
The dropping pony hafts6 At Shs Aasu
OF tho old corral fence on the broad
level abovs ths bed Of Carriso Crssk
and stood patiently while the mnn
fumbled uncertainty about the aaAne
cinches. II shook itself gratefully
ground. waiting with . mild. inQvip6hg
rare az the man let down the bGrs.
Then II stumbled slowly through the
opening. while the man replaced The
bars. shouldersd the saddle M atrods
stiniy toward the door Of the sdobe
nut that tho Lazy J manager had
termed . 'rabin." Al his asurs darh-
sned the doorway . pale. smAciatsd NO.
man arose from q pile of bedding and
swayed to meet him
"weli?" she questioned brsathlesaly.
hopefully.
IL fhn't q. no Job-yet.~ answered
the man In . gentle voice. but che
manager said ned be shore en- give
inc one before long. We can lana 20 r
few dAys yet. you reckon
III woman seemed to shrink.
Uncle Henry" she aid slowly. BIZ:
without rsprosdh, her syes searching
the mans faes intsntly. you haven't
been promised work.. You are telling
me that TO cheer me. know you,hsv.
been refused: I q SEQ II In yonr
eyes" She smiled wanly. nut we
won't give up. will We"
c.she was seized suddenly with a par
Ryan Of coughing. and Uncle Henry
istepped quickly to her side and placing
an arm around her waist led her 80 a
rough bench that stood Just outside the
? door OF the hut. seating her upon It and
standing beside her to steady her.
A slight breeze came signing over the
valley OF the Garlic and through the
sparse timber of the creek: the sinking
sun threw golden streams at their very
feet. the distant mountains emergsd
from their sor'bre Erayness and took on
q mantle Of beauty. rising maJesticaiy
amid a sea OF vari-colored shadows
shadows that fell. ever changing. upon
1.-The world, violet and yellow. pink and
purple. Grams and scarlet n pearl.
slowly merging n blending under tie
def brush OF nature.
The woman ceased coughing: the man
Istroked her hair. She looked up and
smiled gently.
You ought to git well In This here
.climate." sald Uncle Henry; ITS = dne
lcl!mnte-better than We found In Ari-
sons."
The woman's gaze grew es1dr,y ~
hope So" she said fervidiy. II idQn't
want TO die until | md him" -
"I reckon we'li ind him pretty so0n."
said Uncle Henry encouragingly. though
hop~iessness dwelt deep In his syes 1T
might help II I'd IN HIM when ! seen
him. but l don't We've been pretty tar
70 md him. Amt ws?"
Very far" returned the woman wea-
rfiy. There are times when Il seems
that We have been all over the world"
u Go He Continued