The evening world., 1914-08-26


dining to IKE New Mex
loo. Not only did II afford
q tinss Of romance. dis
oernabis In the deep, haunt
,ps svss Of Marisdstta, the maid. but
II offered IN opportunity for financial
advancsment-as, for instance. the
purchase Of willie's watch. This
tmspiscs cost the trainer twenty lone
dollars, and he sold II to Speed for
double the amount believing In the
luck Of even numberA Nor did young
Speed allow his trainers efforts to
cease here, for In svsfy portable
tdmepiece on the ranch he recognised
4 menace, and not until Lawrence
had ooenersd the market and the
whole collection was safely locked In
his trunk did he breathe easily. Thu
required two daya during which the
young people ct the ranch enjoyed
themselves thoroughly.
They were haloyon days Tor the
Yale man, for Fresno was universally
agreeable ana seemed resigned to the
fact that Helen should prefer his re-
walls company TO his own. Even when
Speed had rsgrstfuliy dragged him
sslf on to bed In the evening. tho
plump tenor amused Miss biake oy
sounding the suitor's praises 90 An
athlete, reports Of which pleased
Waiiy intenscly. Mr.. Fresno was .
patient person, who realised fully the
fact that . fall 10 not painful unless
autainod from q considerable height:
A for Glsss, he recounted tales OF
Nariede tts's oapitulation to his am
ployor and wheezed merrly over the
disoomfture Of the Mexican 6irfs for-
"shs's . swell little DAME" he con-
aded to Speed one afternoon. ~ they
lounged luxuriousiy In the amaze ~
their customary resting place -:
and I'm aces with her. too. Tnoy
had set out for their daily rum ana
were now contestinS for tho seven. up
supremacy Of the Catskill Mountains.
Already Glass had been declared the
undisputsd champion Of the Atlantic
coast, while Speed on the day pre-
yious had wrested from him the cham
pionship ID the Mississipp Valley.
but Martedetta Ia dark" said the
college man. a. no cut the CARDS.
"She is almost 4 mulatto."
"Nawi She's no dinxs. she's an
Aztec, an them Aztecs 10 swon
people. Say. she can play a guitar
"Miss Blake told me she was In
love with Carara.' -
Glass gruntsd contemptuously.
I've got II on that insurrecto four
ways. why. I'm learning to talk
spanish myself. II he gets nossy.
I'll cross one over his bow" The
trainer made q vicious Jab at an
imaginary Mexican. He amt got .
good wallop in him."
Like ell New Workers.. no matter
what their station. Lawrence cher
ished a provincial contempt for such
people as are not OF Manhattan.
while no was woefully timid In the
presence Of firearms, and tho fash
OF steel reduced him to q panic. he
was a past master at the manly art.
and carried q punch in which he re-
posed unlimited faith. Tho Difference
with which the cowboys treated him.
their simple. chnd-like faith in his
every utterance. combined to exag-
gerate his contempt for them. Even
Carara- disappointed IN love, treated
him with a smiling. backward sort OF
courtesy which the trainer miscon-
strued as timidity.
II thought cowboys was tough
guys" continued he, but It's a mis-.
take. That little Willie. for instance
is a lamb. He packs that Mauser fol-
protection. 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
outfit. But they're all right. at that.
he acknowledged magnanimously
They're a nice bunch OF fellers when
you know how to take EN-"
''The flies are awful today" Speed
complained. "They bite my legs"
IN bring out bath robe tormor.
rev, and wen hide II In the bushes