The evening world., 1912-03-20

- The sooner. the quicker"
Tubbs VI red. with his Acuou wit.
do you know the guioh where they
found that dead lnjunr"
Yep
saddle up n meet ms over there a.
quick a. you can.
'Risht." Tubbs wtnksd knowingly
and Immediately after breakfast started
10 do as he was bid.
Smiths face was not good to look upon
as ne sat Mt the table. He took no part
In the conversation and scarcely touched
the food before him. Ills d~lsnppoint-
mcnt was so deep that It actually sick
encd him, and his unreasonlng anger
toward the woman was 80 great that he
wanted 4 get out OF her sight and her
presence.
She was Hike a dog which after q whip
ping tries to curry favor with It's mas
ter. She was ready to 20 to him at tho
nrst sian OF relen,ing. She felt no re-
sentiment because OF his injustice INK
brutality. She felt nothing but mat he
was angry at her. that he kept his rye
averted and repealed her timid advances.
Her heart ached, and she would have
sroveiied at his feet had he permitted
her. In her desperation she made up
her mind to try on him tho love-charm
OF the Sioux wonan II might soften
his heart toward her. She would ave
.ncriaced anything and all TO bring him
back.
Smith was glad TO get away into the
hills for a time. lie was filled with a
feverish impaticnce to brinx-about that
which he so much desired. The picture
os the ranch house with the white cur
taInA at tho windows became more ana
more attractive to him rs he d"e!t
upon Il.
IIe booked upon II as q certainty one
which could not be too quickly realized
10 please him. Then. too. mo atInos-
phere OF the Macdonald ranch had
grown %distastefui TO him. With that
sudden revulsion of feeling which was
Characteristic he had grown tired OF the
place: he wanted a change. to be on the
move again: but. of more Importance
than theso things. he selscd hostility
In the air.
There was something significant In the
absence OF the indians Mt tho ranch.
There was an ominous quiet hanging
over the place that chilled him, He
had a feeling that he was being fol-
lowed, without being able Z" detect so
much as a shadow. lie FELT as II the
world were fun OF ,yes-fluod upon
HIM. Sudden sound s'art'ed him. ana
nc had found himself peerlius into dark
stable corners and STOPPING To look
where the shadows lay black In tho
thick creek brusn.
lie told himself that the trip through
tho rad Lands had unnerved him. but
the explanation was not satlstylhs'
Through Il all he had an underlying
feeling that something was wrong, yet
ho hal no thought of altering his plans.
He wanted money, and he wanted Dora
Tho combination was sufhcIent 10 nerve
idm TO take chances
Tubbs was waiting In the gulch'
Smith looked at the spot where Waite
A~rtrlypr's body had lain. and reflected
,hnt II was curious how Ions the blact
stain oc blood would stay on sand ami
gravel. lie had been lucky to get ont
o, that scrapo 80 easily. he told hlmself
as ne rode by.
81 guess YOU know what you're up
against. ~feller.' he said bluntly, as he
n TIJbs met.
II 4ncl!ncs to the opinion that us a
little cattle deal" Tubbs replied face
tiously.
You incllnes right. Now, here's our
play-ilsten. The Bar c outit Ia work
In up in the mountains. 40 they won't
Interfere with us mons and about three
or three and II half days drive from
here there's some fellers whatn take
'em on our hands. We gets our wad
ana divvies."
What for a hand DO Z taker'
'Iiy rights. ma ybe. We ought to do
our work at night. and I'vs rode over
the country. aud II looks safe enough