The evening world., 1915-02-09
tAyshe. q captain Xssxsrs Wslesme,

cirded. Mr.. Bsmis, having buttensd
his coat over . bulge. was shaking
hands, and his eyes were those Of Q
man fearful Of coming out OF lovely
dream. He approached the captain
at laot and all but shed tears over
him: and they heard the captain say
Ing something about driving them
70 the station and heard Mr.. Bemis
protesting. lat he and tbs ohauRssr
They hurried away. AID the leading
spirit of Santa Chansa was alone with
his Lite enemies.
He smiled biandl. at them - he
sald:
.:.Thls IL your place now. Rossy."
you really mean
you're going to the county clerks
office to take the title formally next
Friday at twelve O'clock. but it's al
settled s : and done now. Let's look her
Piioted BY the gardener, they viewed
tho race.track nrst and the racing.
stables.
The former proved to b Q some
what overgrown sllipse, with . tiny
grand stand ON one side and . minia.
ture Judges stand facing Il; play
things Of the late owner. The stable
was even less thrilling. for while there
was limo Of stalls. only two Of them
were occupied Just now. Identified ey
the stsnciled "Lisette." an elderly
black mare glanced coqusttishly At
from Lisetts . long, long time ago.
They wandered down the place and
led out Henry p. The latter, . chest
nut relic of another generation,
moved with o slow, patriarchal dig
nifty and leaned resignedly against the
stable wall while the gardener
avoided Captain velvot's eye and en-
planned that both were blooded horses.
The kennels lay beyond, yet NO glad
chorus Of Welcoming barks ross from
them. One climbed. rangy animal
yawned, snapped at william Ryan,
krowled viciously At the Snake. looked
Robert Pollard up and down, and
alunk backward, and ended by trot-
ting to Captain Velvet, staring up Al
fectionately and licking his hand.
'1Thaf's all the dogs we've got Just
now" the gardener explained and
studied the far distances anew. That
Is just Blister"
When they Sat down 70 dinner
simple meal served by the lone man
servant who seemed to have been built
Into the house and purchased with Il
Blister camped beside the captains
chair ana sased up fondly ana ac-
cepted stray portions OF meat with
grateful little whines.
Later still Capt. veavet came to the
end OF Q considerable discourse.
$50 We understand each other
now" he said kindly: "'Taint hard
re.iiss 70 that the first sisn--ths very
first sign-one Of you boys shows Of
being anything but honest. I'm going
"Yoa'rs going to-whas'" william
''Kill him-slip . couple Of forty
flve bullets through where they'll do
the most good. fx him 20 he won't
have to worry about his morals NO
more-end then the rest Of rs just 80
see, when you get that feeling into
you, you have to be honest After
4 while II gets to be . habit.
$50 long a. wo'ro all honest now,
I may a. we'll tell you frankly that I
came up and cashed In an my old
stuff-every darned bit Of it-and
turned II into thousand-dollar bill"
Captain Velvet pursued enthusiastic:
ally. Thousand dollar bills. and
right IN this bag!"
"Bedtime!" said the captain.
He led the way upstairs. stopping at
q bedroom door.
"0ood night, Robby." said the sim.
ple soul. "You sleeping right down
the hallf"
"The next three rooms." Mr..
Pollard was rather hoarse. GOOD
night"
And he moved on a. the captain
kicfed his own door closed. Pollard
beckoned the Snake and Ryan into
another room. switched ON the light
and shut tho door.