The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1913-06-11

Don't make us insist" Willie looked
up from his tray, and Glass raised a
moist hand and said:
Don't make 'em insist"
With fascinated stare Speed drew
nearer to Slower and examined the
meat bone.
"why-why, that's rawl" he ex.
claimed.
Does look rar'," agreed the fore
man.
"Then take 1t out and build fire
under it. I'll consent to eat here, but
won't turn cannibal, even to please
you"
I'm sorry" Slower did not inter
rupt his carving.
Your diet amt been right" ex-
planned Willie you amt wild enough
to suit u.s."
as this a joker"
I'VE amt never joked with you yit,
have WEI"
NO. But"
This breakfast goes as she lays!"
Glass broke abruptly into smothered
merriment. when | laugh nowadays
it's funny joke" he giggled.
That grown men could be so stupid
was unbelievable, and. Wally, seeing
himself the object of a senseless
prank, was reused to anger.
Lawrence, get my coat" said he.
I've been bullied enough; I'm going
up to the house." When Slower only
continued whiting methodically, he
burst out: stop honing that shin
bone! II you like it you can eat it!
I'm going now to swallow a stack of
hot cakes with maple syrup!"
"Mr. Speed" Willie impaled him
with a steady glare, you'll eat what
we tell you to, and nothin' else II
we say grass, grass it'll be. You're
goin' to beat one Skinner if it takes
human life. And If that life hap
pens to be yours, you got nobody but
yourself to blame"
Indeed"
You heard me! I've been set to
ride herd on you daytimes, the other
boys II guard you nights We been
double-crossed once-it won't happen
again"
you intend to make me eat this
disgusting stuff, whether l want to or
not?" Even yet the youth could not
convince himself that this was other
than a joke.
NO" Willie shook his head. 1--WE
just aim to make you want to eat it,"
Then Larry Glass made his fatal
mistake.
Say, why don't you let Mr.. Speed
buy you a new photograph, and call
the race Off" he inquired
Slower, stricken dumb, paused, knife
in hand; Willie stared as if bereft of
motion. Then the former spoke SLOW
ly. Looks like we'd ought to smoke
up this fat party, Will"
Willie mold d, and Glass realized
that the little mans steelblue eyes
were riveted balefully upon him.
1--WE had bunch it would come to
that" the nearsighted one replied.
Every time look at him see a
bleedin' bullet hole in his abominable
region, about here" He laid finger
upon his stomach, and Glass felt a
darting pain at precisely the same
spot.
That's where you hit the gambler
at Ogden" he heard Slower say-it
might have been from great distance
but | aim for the bridge of the
nose"
THE belly amt SO sudden as the
eye-socket. but it's more lingerin.'
and heap painfuller," explained the
gun man, and Speed was moved to
sympathy.
Larry only wanted to please you
eh, Larry?" he said, nervously, but
Glass made no reply. His distended
orbs were frozen upon Willie. 1t was
doubtful if he even heard.
"Our honor amt for sale," Still Bill
declared.
Here Berkeley Fresno spoke. "Of
course not. And you mustn't think
that Speed is trying to get out of the
race, He wants to run! And IL any
thing happened TO prevent his running
he'd be broken-hearted, l know he
would"
Willies hypnotic eye left the train
ers abdomen and travelled slowly to
Speed.
What could happenT questioned
he.
"N-nothing that know Of"
"You don't aim to leaves"
Certainly not"
"0h. you fellows take 1t too seri-
ously." Fresno offered carelessly. "He
might have to-"
Willie's upper lip drew back, show
ing his yellow teeth.
They don't sell no railroad tickets
before Saturday, and the walkin' is
bad. There's your breakfast, Mr..
Speed. When you've ct your I'LL. you
better rest. And don't talk to them
ladies, neither; it spells your train Of
thought"
To be continued