The evening world., 1912-01-16
T h e
r a n. 8 Riders
Another Great Cowboy Romance
BIZ {. A. Sehzer. Author of"7HE 1WO-CUN MAN,.

down toward tho bod of the river. thsn
he urged his pony into q allow. swing
Ing gallop.
narrow plateau above the bed Of the
river and halted to taxi his bearings.
Below him. perhaps a milo do n stream.
he saw a thin skcin of amoke riding
from the chimney OF nj adobe hut At
the waters edge. Back of the hut he
saw n rickcty corral. some sheds. and
man moving about among them. With
professional caution Montana rolled his
pistols. examined them minutely. m
then returned than to their holsters.
Then he spoke TO his pony. guided " to
the sloping trail that led down to 0he
broad level at the rivers edge. and then
gravely o tho trail leading toward
the adobe hut.
Fifteen minutes later. while Looping
along this trail. his pony swerved sud
denly and reared high In the air with
a snort Of fear. Erect. alert. Montana
dropped tho reins. swinging both guns
to q poise while his eyes searched out
the object that had startled his pony
AZ a distance of nifty feet from hire,
upon the sand of the river trail, was
a, boy In q faded blue Bingham pima
fore. Ten feet from him. In the shade
OF = thickct of flniy mesquite. crawied
" "c.oo. !a.,..'' iho brown hea1
wAS ,a'seu sIis,.'y aoo.e ,ne sand ana
the boy.
In tho boys hand was Q short branch
OF chaparral. and this he was gsyly
waving at the great snake.
$50 ia. $50 y. 80 o..oA1i
~. ,.,.i.r dr.w h,r-.i, ,r,n a eli 10
ha.d hsiJ hirh and .wavinS ~rsc";rm.
$500 "a Sn.,h 80
Co. 90, p,.,.r. .,u, -..,.
The .,ac,,at,on m,rv,sa -i,h ,ha.s
nor, 20 nna ~, ~. hs.Su n,., " ~ ~
rcctiv hs w,. dowr hesids nj. NOM al
leaning IN Tho hov.s aIdc 7 uher. "a
isIck.d .avag.,v a, IN. w,,,h,n~ hoaa.
Less thinr tSat .ve, in ~. Sss,h .,r,,r.
Ola. mnv., ,ou,art IN. 100 Tha ,a.se~
bad not changsd b,s n%osi,ion arcant 20
,hra,n 49, avar nns 80. v,hus ho
,aansa hacI 10 ioot ar ,ntn On. in,.rs
ionar.. fac..
Tvs, sor,v. ..u >,,..,. n.u,.
.,. - 49, - 1870
$780, !" 49, ~" S1.
.ue." .o.nn a "nst 4
mHsh. S."s p.e..y co,s snsvo. ~.
nao STU ~ouun. p,cA 'us' 'ns' -"
oia piaynha.e ior MINI
y dont x mans VINO oon't mtnd
their own ousihesS' said inc BOY NM
1shlns ms inspection OF Montana. ai
You don't!' Montana was eject1ng
the empty Shell and showing another into
Its place IN tho chamber of his pistol,
You don't? Well. I'll be blowed! Hs
don't like anyone to interfere when hOa
about to be iabbergasted by q RATHER.
Now what do you think Of that tor
nervo?'
knowing tho spacs held M iis,erar.
Montana laughed, loudly ana aIesn,sv,
tho scowl on the bov.s FACE dsen~ne6"
"You'ro n bad mar" ma saad M ienStAs
"a u..ha,oT dama rdsa NIon,... ~
~
w. 49," n... .....s
49, 80 -
psop'' " SUI. pr.t'y s"ene
vs. "an' w p.a' ~ a Nnsn.
1890 ."s leu ~
~ ~, ou' ~ ". 81. ~ ~
80.
s,oou q. u,ta"oe. waf"' s's'"S 'ns
ols,urocr OF hls pas1'me'
: you WINK ms PAD menr, -
qulren Muntaha, steaIth'y sheAtn'ne n's
ois,u,, IN rnuhverruon say; = yoats
u an'a,t M. IVu,Fe JunhPen onto somsS
I'M" .ha. - ~" srown pe0p.e 20 nno
go, :" 80 =. so"nS:
Jor., know On r.w.. ~
..roh,, {" rc,rr,aa ~. M, A.
uo,tara ,an.a,.d ~. Iy
| TIA smIIe dvtnp an ~ h,. go 49,
JsJ i've. ovar vonaer % IL coa
toward ma, aloha bu, mia s,s,ans
IIe turned quickly To catch the 49,.
nod. thpn he smoke sha rnIv: IT rectas
that's your dad comm now" ne sald
"a ne saw a pony ana rider cross ,hs
stream at n shallow point opposite tha.
hut and come sweeping up the slope
toward them. "That hlm?' questioned