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after rs over wen all ride Over
Spd tell her We hoped she enjoyed II"
THAT sounds easy. You going 70
ist sQuibs In on thisr asked Phillips.
"Nix on SQuibsi Let him hook out
for himself" retortsd Pink cruelty. for
there was . hot rivalry among the
cowboys for the love Of The pretty
,schsoltsacher at Three FORTS Daisy
Paige wac her nams, and her admirers
unanimously agreed that her i,rst
name was most appropriate
When Bob Clyde came up from Ar
soma to oct a. foreman on the Big Q
ranch the boys immediately dubbed
him "SQuibs'' because he was In dispo-
sition entirely opposite TO the sharp
explosive character the word indicated
Slow Of speech and action, he wAs res-
oluts In carrying out biz plans ana
would brook no insubordinat1Opi from
biz interiors. That be was Kind of
heart and fair and square IN every way
the cowboys knew. but they rsssntsd
with childish vanity the Obvious fact
that Miss Paige had overlooked, their
more spectacular attractions and seem.
Cd 70 prefer the quiet, good looking
foreman.
Under these circumsta nces Pink Deer.
ing felt entirely justified In not confid-
ing his plans TO Squibs, 40 he good M.
turedly permitted them to call him.
"After We turn these critters over
to Flathers and his chaps We can tear
over to the Forks and buy up all the
fireworks that are at to burn" sug.
gested Mathews. and the others agreed
TO this plan.
At twilight the next day the four
cowboys rode over to the Clark ranch.
Each one carried . big bundle ted
behind his saddle. and other long pack
ages were carried In their arrnA
II reckon this will b about right." "
said Pink 40 hs halted his horse some
300 yards from the house.
Their stopping place was In the mid.
die Of a level pasture that Clark used
for his pct horses. The animals were
either al In use or had been stabbed.
and thors was nothing In the pasture
save the group Of cowboys and the
ponies they had picketsd outside the
barbed wire fence where they had sn.
tered.
II reckon that's the schoolma'am's
window" commented Aathews, point.
Ing toward lighted window In the
dark bulk Of the house
That's how ! calculate bribed
the Clark hid to tell me. 40 amt TAX
ing any chances on giving q free en-.
tertainment for anybody but Miss
Paige"
suppose squibs IL there making .
call2"
Pink laughed heartlessly. "sQuibs
had urgent message to come at once
to the west side Of Cold creek. where
one OF our horses had broke leg So
no went pounding or Just before we
did"
"Whst horse was itr asked Phil.
lips innocently.
ut happened long before you ever
came to the Big O." retorted Pink.
''The note never said when II hap.
pened."
His companions roared with delight
over the Joke he had put up on the
unsuspecting Squibs.
"It's ten miles over to Gold Greek. y
ehucklsd Pink.
"Asd it's ten milss back" added
Ferd.
"Miss PeiGs win be al compliment.
"a BY The tims he gets back"
"It's kind Of blasinG serenade, oh p
''gure thing. where's those roman
candlesr
Moving quietly around the dim pas
tueA the four celsbrators made thsiI
peeparations for The display. Ths ORR
bomb that would announce TO Aisl
Paige that something was going "a
outsids was 70 b aFsd at 9 O'Clock
aAA whso everything was IN readiness
TIE four eat down and smoked unu
Pink pess1ng replaced BILE watch and
announced that the hour had come
The light still shons IN The uppel
window that little Sam ClaFk bad an
neunced was The tsAchsr'a
After the screaming hiss Of the arsi
bomb had ended In Q shattsring e.
ploston Of sound the light In that win
dow went out and the celsbraterl
were jubilant over the succsss Of thslI
plans
"She's cot her blue eyss glued on thiI
here exhibition, al right" chuckled
Pink Deering ~ he touched Oh thu
nrst skyrocket
"Swish-h.h-hr' II went up and broke
into . shower Of balls that burst int
many colored 6owera.
"whoop-ssr' yelled the cowboyp q
citedly ".
II was ! Goresous eslebration Pin
wheels sisslsd and whirlsd In dasalinl
confusion of drs; bombs exploded oc
sasioaally Just 70 let hiss Paige know