The evening world., 1912-01-10

" WV Nfek9 later Eer0I9nN had
occasion 10 pass throuyh us.r
Fiat. Coming out Of The 6at
near tho cotton wood no mo,
Ben Radford. The latter. his
shoulder mepdins ran,dIy
grinncd g~enlaliy at the stray man.
I'm light sorry I made That mis-.
take, Ferguson" he said; but Levfatt
SURE did give YOU a bad reputation"
Ferguson smiled grimiy. he went
else.'' he said. Ana ,b.n h,.
oned. But I'm some sorry To-, o..
cuss.' he added.
He had It comm" returned ben
soberly. An ia rather n Wa h,,,
than me" lie looked un Mt Eergu.nn
his eyes narrowing quIzzicaiiy. "You
he said. For a man who's just been
promoted to range boss you're unn.tur-
| ally shy"
Ferguson smiled. II Amt p.rsA,n.
around shown on he returned.
Some one might take II into their bead
To bore me with n rife bullet"
Radford's grin brosdened. ct reekon
you're wastin' valuable time" hs do.
clarcd. For I happen 10 know ,hs,
she wouldn't throw nothing worss,n n
posy at youl"
you don't sayY" returned r.,,,..,
seriously. Il reckon"-
lie abruptly turned hi. nopv Aov,
the trail that led 10 the cabin "a r..
rode nm IN IN. 49,, - 49, ~
den movement, a rus,ie. a ga,c 49,
constituent. md Mary Radford stooa
In the doorway looldnx Al him. Fo,
moment thar. NO.. . 49,
have meant many things. Roth ~.
thinking rapidly over tho events q,
their last meeting nj this very go.
Then Ferguson moved unea siiv In n.
saddle.
You got that there rife anywhsr~.
handy?" he asked, grinnins Al her.
Her eyes dropped; one foot n~ervou.,v
pus he'd out the hem of her skirt. Th.n
she laughed. flushing crimson.
1T wasn't loaded nh. .s,d
y -
The sunset was never mora h..y,,s,,
than to-day on the hi, I'm Re.r r,a,
Mary Radford SAT on tbs rock In ~
accustomed place. and stretched out ft,ll
length beside her was Ferru.on m.
was looking out over tho IA, =. a.,
shadows OF the evening fha, vars
advancing slowly toward The hin
She turned toward him. her .v.. ,,,,
ana luminous. II am almost NJ tho snd
OF my story she s,ld. .r,i,ry y, ~.
But" and her forehead wr,nk,sS 81.
plcxedly. "f nnd ,ho To-,
more difficult Than 7 h.a anun..
It's a love scene, .ha sssaa $780,
ingly: do YOU mini Won co,,,a ~.
me?" soy
lie looked I'M n, ,.r 80,
could help You in a real Inv. snan.
no said ..but ai,., 49,, 49, s.""~
tcndln'.'' WIZ so'o u pre-
But this ia A., reaI ,o,. u..
REPLIED stout,v. .i IVY soe"e' sne
actu,Iv nccvr "a" ".'N"s ~ a. IL
reached tho mo,na, me. nave
The h.rorh,. Sa"'. ~ne" you.i mean
NJ conr,. ",i. .s',a'eu ms 'oVe Tor Q
heroine. and shs ha. sco. mssn sne
,h., ""s ~ "as accepted aim. But
,,ory ho ,na s " problem. In the
n, Co.,, " ooen y c~owpuhcher.
- 800, "a no permanent nome. And
,at hn'. e"e ieauer VIII expect me to
rn v ,"oy HNed t,ter they had finally
psrhan. m'ne 'tes tourney together.
.."'P' Sou gan tei' me now tho hero
'"Uu1u 20 ABOUT IT,
70 sou r"choh that any reader 70
'"an Inqu.slt'eY ne questioned.
""' o1 course
~ ,ooneu anAiousIy AZ her. In that
e'a' no sai' meooe the reader
n"uu want 10 low what the heroine
n'ae", "o"ut IT, "ouid she want to
so o.eN hast 10 ~h'e-takin' her cow
pun."rr win ner 10 snow on to her
$50" rt'en"S.
nme lausheu Il thought you were not
w, soo' II, pretending she said. and
urre you ar. trying to worm a declars-
I" NY n'ehtions out or me. You
"u nv, "tsu 10 go ABOUT that so slyiy."
"u 'o,u nlh' win an earnestness that
"u nps1lu'eiy no doubt OF her fe-
t.n'ta.Io"' TOR l am going TO STAY
80 ""e why, sne ADDED. taking a
aSeP meiIH' ana a lingering glance ~
Wv tut IN tne mountains where the
"a. i ,o u~sscsnneu' ~ love the West
.,,,s AZ net ms eyes narrowing