The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-29

Tn not thinking OF the others. f'n,
thinking of myself" declared th~
young man. boldly. Il don't want you
to go before return. You must not!
II you 30, II shall follow you" He.
grasped her hand impulsiyely
"Oh!" exclaimed the chaperon.
This makes it even more impossible.
Go! Col" She pushed him away, her
color surging. GO to your old Eleven
x Ranch right away"
But / mean It," he declared, EARN
estly. Then, as she retreated farther:
Its no use, shan't go now until"
"You have known me less than q,
week."
THAT is long enough. Roberta"
Mrs. Keap spoke with honest em~-
barrassment. Listen! Don't you Sec
what situation this is? If Jean and
Helen should ever discover"
Jean planned it all; even this"
Mrs. Keap stared at him in horrifieG
silence
'You do love me, Roberta?" Chaplin.
undertook to remove the girls hands
from her face, when slight cough In
the hall behind caused him to turn
suddenly in time to see Berkeley FIRES
no passing the open door.
There! You see!" Mrs. Heaps face
was tragic. you see!" She turned
and fed. leaving the master of the
ranch in the middle of the floor. be-
wildered, but a bit inclined to be-
happy. A moment later the plump
face of Berkeley Fresno appeared eau
tiously around the door-jamb. He,
coughed again grave1y.
II happened to be passing" said he
You'll pardon me?"
This is the most thickly settled
spot in New Mexico!" Chaplin declared
with an artificial laugh. choking hice
indignation.
Fresno slowly brought his round
body out from concealment.
Il came In to get a match"
why don't you carry matches!
Fresno pulled complacently upon hts
pipe. This" he unused, as his host
departed, eliminates the chaperons
and that helps some"
Still Bill Slower lost no time in
breaking the news to the boys.
There's something comm off," he
advised Willie. We've got another
foot-runner!"
If he had hoped for an outburst OF
rapture on the part Of the little gun
man he was disappointed, for Willie
shifted his holster, smiled evilly
through his glasses, and inquired, with
ominous restraint:
Where is he?"
Being the one man on the Flying
Heart who had occasion to wear q
gun, Willie seldom smiled from q
sense of humor. Here it may be said
that, deceived at first by his scholarly
appearance, his fellow-laborers had
jibed at Willie's affectation of a swing
ing holster but the custom had Ian
guished abruptly. When 1t became
known who he was, the other ranch
hands had volubly declared that this
was free country, where a man
might exercise a wide discretion in
the choice of personal adornment;
and as for them, they avowed unani-
mously that the practice of packing a
Colts was one which met with their
most cordial appreciation. In time
Willie's six-shooter had become &C
cepted as part of the local scenery,
and, like the scenery, no one thought
of remarking upon it, least Of all those
! who best knew his lack of humor. He
had come to them out Of the Nowhere,
some four years previously. and while
he never spoke of himself, and dis
couraged "reminiscences in others, il
became known through those vague
uHcharted channels by which news
travels on the frontier, that back IL
the Texas Panhandle there was a
limping marshal who felt regrets at
mention of his name, and that farther
north were other men who had a SUI
perstitious dread of understood cow
men with spectacles.
"This here is a real foot-runner,"
said Slower
Exactly" agreed the other '''wheie
is he?"
He'll be here this afternoon. Mig.
ger Mikes bringin' him over from the
railroad He's guest"
"Oh!"
Yep. He's intercollegit champeea
of Yale"
"Yale?" repeated the near-sighted
man Don't knows I ever been
there. Much of town."
81 amt never travelled east myself.
but Miss Jean and the little yaller-
haired girl say he's the fastest man In
the world. l fggere6 we might rib
up something with tbs Contipede. %
Still Bill winked sagely.
See here, do you reckon he'd run?''
Sure! He's friend OF the, boss.
And he'll run on the level too. He
can't be nothin' like Humpy."
"If he is, I'll git him. said the cow
boy "Oh, I'll git him sure, guest on
no guest But how about the phono-
gTaph?"
1.-THE Centipede will put 1t up quick
enough; there aiR't ne sentiment IN
that outfit"
Then 1t sounds good"
"An' It II work. Gallagher's anxious