The evening world., 1914-04-24

isfaction.
He had planted the seeds. Of I'M
plsasantness and trouble for her BE-
fore he left the village. but he wanted
q swifter and sursr revenge and this
would como through ben Evans.
Urgent business took him to the
further end Of tho county and the
days which interviewed before ne
could act seemed long indeed. but
when he did return to the ranch he
awaited the appearance OF Bon WIN
savage eaEerness.
Hen, a. was customary. gave q de-
tailed report OF tho movements ana
work Of the OUTFIT during his absence.
" hich included an account OF his en-
counter with Kansas Ed In the arroyo.
i,efore his brief statement was done
no saw the hostility In Spiser's face
and manner. lie was not kept long
In doubt N to Its cause.
1T seems to mo you're . lookin' out
n whole lot sharper for your friends
interests than you are for mine. Ana
to be candid. Evans"-he eyed Hen
insolently--"I think you're too much
Of lady's man to be dom much good
for the l.. X. outfit.
-
70 tho conclusion that you'd batter
get your time. tako your blankets.
and ride on. Kansas Ed 10 foreman
OF thfS OUTFIT from now on"
Ben stood dased with the uneY.
pectedness OF II. then with show
All right, I'll 20. The Tx. ism,
tho only cattle outnt In the State"
''Ths only one In this part OF q
that you'll be allowed to work for"
Wen sec about that" but the
retort was bravado only. for Ben
know ~ we'll - Spiser the lattsr's
In the light Of this interview there
would seem to be little OF the
miraculous In the appearance of Bsc
Evans at the Longhorn oosaus that
what happened-" Edith guessed
something Of the truth from hi'
moody eyes.
h HS replied CURLY
Laws. honey" declared MM.
Blakely easily. like 40 not pap will
take you In for nothin'. II no WON'T
she smiled mysteriously-"Inp put
my mind to Il and Will some GOOD
20 you"
Ben, without moro ceremony. VA
temporarily installed a. . member oil
the Blaksly household, .
IBID you hsar mo scream and gran
you In my sleepr" asked Ms. Blakcly
Blaksly, eating his breakfast in
taciturn silence, admitted br1efiy that
no recollocted II quite we'll. The e.
perisncs was not now.
Last night ! drsamed".Biakeiy
resigned himself to a period OF SUI
ferinE. For twenty years he had lis
tened to his wife's dreams. and ne
had not grown to relish the recital
moro with the passing OF time.
Last night l Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. Blakely with ssst-Sootlng hes
elbows comfortably on the table and
ciasping both hands around her cup,
that rattlesnakea was swarmin'
down on mo from svsrywhare-bis
ones-littls onss-all kinds OF colors-
and on the night. ! got . good holt
on ono back OF the sars"--
Ears. Mar" =.
IL said sars-an' he couldn't q!
away, but I dassn't let 20. an all
that's when / screamed out loud.
Cbarlie-and then who do you spose
come alonk and made EN- ci'aP out
Regina. take yoah fingers ou< OF the
sugar how'll"
John l.. Sullivan" haxarded q
youthful male Blakely humorously.
That dude of Riley's!" declared
Mrs. Biakeiy impressively. mt
Ellison scattered my enemies right
and loft. Amt II plain a. the hand
wrl,in' on the wall that he's goin' to
help you all out7 Don't you lose a
minute. Ben. You ride over and
borry enough off him to buy In Pap
Luna, honey. chase that chicken out
OF the fryin' pan while you're up. and
Undine retch under the shelf paper
and fetch Ma tho dream book"