Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-04

! vancement-as, for instance
/ the purchase of Willie's watch. This
! timepiece cost the trainer twenty-one
! dollars, and he sold it to Speed foI
! double the amount, believing in the
! luck of even numbers. Nor did young
i Speed allow his trainers efforts to
! cease here. for in every portable time.
piece on the ranch he recognized a
menace. and not until Lawrence had
cornered the market and the whole
collection was safely locked in his
trunk did he breathe easily. This re
quired two days, during which the
young people at the ranch enjoyed
themselves thoroughly. They were
halyccn days for the Yale man, for
Fresno was universally agreeable, and
seemed resigned to the fact that
Helen should prefer his rivals com.
pany to his own.
AS for Glass, he recounted tales OF
Mariedetta's capitulation to his en-
ployer, and wheezed merrily over the
discontinue of the Mexican girls for.
mer admirers.
she's a swell little dame,' he con.
fided to Speed one afternoon, as they
lounged luxuriously in the shade a.
their customary resting place. Yes.
and I'ni aces with her, too" They had
set out for their daily run, and were
now contesting for the seven-up gu.
premacy of the Catskill mountains. All.
ready Glass had been declared the un.
disputed champion of the Atlantic
coast, while Speed on the day previous
had wrested from him the champion
ship of the Mississippi valley.
But Mariedetta is dark" said the
college man. as he cut the cards. She
is almost mulatto."
Nav! She's no d1nge. She's an
Aztec, an them Aztec's is swell peo-
pie. Say, she can play guitar like
barber!"
Miss Blake told me she was in love
with Carara."
Glass grunted contemptuously. 1--WE
got 1t on that insurrecto four ways.
Why, I'm learning to talk Spanish my
self. If he gets lossy, III cross one
over his bow" The trainer made a
vicious jab at an imaginary Mexican.
He amt got good wallop in him.
II thought cowboys was tough guys"
continued Glass, but it's a mistake.
That little Willie, for instance, is
lamb. He packs that Mauser for pro-
lection. He's afraid some farmer will
walk up and poke his eye out with a
corn.cob. One copper with a night
stick could stampede the whole out
fit. But they're all right, at that
he acknowledged magnanimously
They're a nice bunch of fellers when
you know how to take EN-"
The. flies are awful today" Speed
complained. They bite my legs"
III bring out a bath robe tonor-
row, and we'll hide it in the bushes. |
wish there was some place to keep
this beer cool" Glass shifted some
bottles to point where the sunlight
did not strike them.
I'm getting tired Of training, Lar
~" acknowledged the young man
with yawn. "It takes so much time"
Glass shook his head in sympathy. |
Seems like we'd ought to hear from !
Covington," said he.
Hes on his way, no doubt. Isn't it ,
time to go back to the rancho"
Glass consulted his watch. mo, we
amt done but three miles. Here goes
for the rubber"
1t was Berkeley Fresno who retreat .
ed cautiously from the shelter Of a
thicket hundred yards up the arroyo T
and started briskly homeward, con-
himself upon the impulse
that had decided him to follow the
partners upon. their daily rou-
line He made directly for the corral .
Which l don't consider there's no
comm to him what
ever" said Willie that evening. HE
amt acted on the level"
Now, see here" objected Slower,
he may be just what he claims he is.
Simply because he don't go skally-
sign he can't run"
What about them empty beer
demanded Willie. "No Eel.
er can train on that stuff. I went out
here myself and seen 'em. There was
! Dozen"
"Mebbe Glass drank it. What 1
claim is this: We amt got no proof.
fresno is stuck on Miss Blake, and
les knocker."
Then let's git some proof, and
lam quick"
"Si, Senores." agreed Carara, who
rad been an interested listener.