The evening world., 1912-01-15
with the Dropping sheer. why don, you


some more papers osfore answering
iere' an well ANT takin any chances
THESE days lie laughed ~nervousIy.
Montanas lips were again IN a
straight hard line. though they seened I
on tho verge OF a smile. II reckon ~
heard sornethin' about you an him
mixin' things up a bit. while I was over
In Trinidad some weeks back. Come
pretty near putin you on. OF business,
didn't hep
Mevea's face REDEEMED. II don't reckon
to hire yo, 20 ask fool questions" ne
stated with sudden hen,'& Yours 70
work a, such wor, a. you're told 70
do" .
Montana .ossed Tho h,,,, Of bis civar-
otto throurh ,hc onon door "tm skin,
,yo hu,d,s, na,,, ;. no eta ,,ia,,,, 81
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"t to-. he,sa.pa, WWn',,
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aras ~, All. s"' n"
u,eu oy aoin , yoursel. ,oms
g",,'a ,'n hso 70 inc uoor' 'eeN'h "" 10
sV.tyuuta :" ~ 49,
WI o"nnnlanaeo Mcyea lou
tet ."1 ,mo "unureu, nu. Won pay
-, 49,, ,,u an NV hua ~
thsn" " ~
''Tu.. uon,,.. ro,,r,., No,,.,.
,o,nginy ~ ,is.s,v againSt Tho 49,
,omh s1t air., cay,,' 70 rns, ,S,rr.
10 vaxneJ' rr,nnln n, Wcvca rs,h
feline humor. .syon.vc rot n r,ph, nrettv
range an. two months ami very Sons
when a man, wentin. 10 t,,ee th,n.s
c,sv Two month. n, ,wo hunaraa q,
/ 20 right out an. Climb onto INV iii al. .
cavnse"
Mcyea made n gesture Of nm.
."The outnt's workin' the Purratory
range" M. saia. .,ws,ro .hv ~ hand.
rect vo,,'ii ba welcome 4, co., ~
right on,"
IT reckon 7 will. return. Montana
atm lingering nm, 7 don,, aga m
uoln. mi. thing bund"
IN. n.ma,. rrohs,. ..u N.
.he.. tail on'"-
go, a ryoman7,
.Ive meyer seen her" >f,y., a. ma,
look nj Montana as no rcplled. .-somso ~
tho boys claim 20 hcys seen n womsn
around his oaa,n. hut I wouldn't .w~r
TO II. LIKELY he hns"
! reoxoh you didn't want me to
kids?. '
"a bov.~
Montana eved Nrnvea c~ontemn,a,ivo,v
lThcn he ani,e6 sneer,nv,v
~ reckon Won afn't the Zoo, 7 ,ooL gan
10 h." ne ssad coIdiv. .T,d bava Az
Ibled the price II ia known thero u,a.
woman an a kid. How ala .ha ,Ia mn
fool haupen 10 nick out Shailov Repd
for a place TO hester? reckon no
Wouldn't n hex NOV who was mnnoe.
lin the Bar Cfoes."
"a bargain'O Q bargain,s returned Me-
IVeA, paNng asound the Inns. hut moi, der-
linz to show upea ressntment 10 this 40.
!liberAts, steady eypd man whose repu-
tation a. run dxhter extended
throughout tho territory. "If you're
thfnkin' OF bAckin' OUT
II wouldn't talk foolish 10 grown peo-
pie said Montana, drawing his words
colby; "you never en- tell when you'll
have TO eat your remarkA"
while McVea meditated this answer
Montana stepped down from the door
way. W himself up and smiling
back over his shoulder at the manager.
i reckon III be goin' over to the out
W.T. he said; some time between now
an the end OF next month I'll be back
Tor that four hundred"
IL
In the beginning tho men OF the
wager OUTFIT betrayed very little inter-
est In the new man. Apparently they
Wer" content 70 allow MN To take his
place among them without yielding To
that polite curiosity which betrays It.
ser IN many ways.
Montana was received clvilly II not
without "A little secret satisfaction. for
tho outht was short OF hands and this
new one made good from the start,
IN" thing thar troubled the men. afte>
the nfst edSc had worn OF MS coming.
was thit ne had very little to say. lilo
ala ms Work without nourishes. and did
" Wei. lie could ride, ne could rope
a steer with the best of them. and he
could brand with a skill that drew Nat
terlng from Mexican Pete.
who had done very lltt'e else In all his
long life.
And he could draw his gun with an
ease and grace that created not "A llttls
admiration among the men. Badly had
surprised him ono morning a few days
after hl. advent by coming upon him
suddenly from behind. and the apidi
with which Montana had drawn his guns
had startled Badly into discovering his
nerves. lhfA Ne carried two guns. Many
~ the a.s. .li been inclined To look
upon thts with ~grudging Indulgence