The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

NzA eyes OF M&SiedSttA, the
fnH maid, but it offered an op
,IAE! pOrtunity for financial adj
vaneernent-As, for instance
the purchase of Willies watch. This
rimepiece cost the trainer twenty-one
dollars, and he sold it to Speed fol
double the amount, believing in the
luck of even numbers. Nor did young
Speed allow his trainers efforts to
cease here, for in every portable time
piece on the ranch he recognized q
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,
CURED two days, during which the
young people at the ranch .enjoyed
themselves thoroughly. They were
halycon days for the Yale man, for
Fresno was universally agreeable, and
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 at
their customary resting place. Yes,
and I'm aces with her. too They had
set out for their daily run, and were
now contesting for the seven-up su.
premacy of the Catskill mountains. Al
ready Glass had been declared the un,
Disputed champion OF the Atlantic
coast. while Speed Oil the day previous
had Wrested from MIN 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 dinge She's an
Aztec, an them Aztec's is swell PEG.
pie. Say, she can play guitar like a
barber!"
Miss Blake told me she was in love
with Carara."
Glass grunted contemptuously. I've
got il on that insurrecto four ways.
Why, IN 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 a
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 sll right, at that"
he acknowledged, magnanimously
They're nice bunch of fef1ers when
you know how to take EN-
THE flies are awful today" Speed
complained. "They bite my legs"
"Tll bring out bath robe tomor-
row, and we'll hide it in the bushes I
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
ry." acknowledged the young man,
with yawn. at takes so much time"
Glass shook his head in sympathy.
Seems like we'd ought to hear from
Covington," said he.
He's on his way, no doubt. Isn't it
time to go back to the ranch?"
Glass consulted his watch. "No, 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 a hundred yards up the arroyo
and started briskly homeward, con-
graduating himself upon the impulse
that had decided him to follow the
training partners upon their daily rou-
tine. He made directly for the corral.
y
(Which I don't consider there's no
consideration comm to him what
ever" said Willie that evening. HE
amt acted on the level"
Nov, see here" objected Slower,
'he may be just what he claims he is.
Simply because he don't go skally-
hootin' around in the hot sun amt no
sign he can't run"
What about them empty beer
bottles?" demanded Willie. mo fell
Ter can train on that stuff. went out
there myself and seen 'em. There was
q Dozen"
"Mebbe Glass drank it. What
claim is this: We amt got no proof.
Fresno is stuck on Miss Blake, and
he's knocker."
Then let's git some proof, and
dam quick"
Isl, Senores," agreed Carara, who
had been an interested listener.
Il agree with you, but We got to be
careful"
Willie grunted with disgust.
we can't go at it like we was Kill