Evening star., 1915-02-21

glimpse enough for the Idle Rich people when
did get EN- in sight. Bruce snufed cigar for one and
| kicked up dust for two three Others, and then
you'd have died to EN- climb each other get
into that automobile. There a mixture of yels
screaks, and the sputer of getting to gong-and they
just made blue up the road with the whole gang
hid under the cushions All except the engineer-he
was mostly too busy making her rear up and scoot.
W|ELL, old hoss, I said, as we picked up our SOM
w breros, how do you like working life by this
timer
Harve,' he said, 4 can't quite figure it out. What
did they want to go through that farce for anyhow?
thought it just lark and took it joke up
that sissy boy offering the money. That made
mad
az know all about it, 1 spoke up. 1t bet
they'd made, and they took for tramps. The carry
all driver told me-
@He swore like mule teamster. DO look like a
tramp?' he roared.
ado II? asked.
"He looked critical. Then he melted into
grin. 'Harve, he said maybe l did take 'em too
rious-we don't look any too classy That girl was
hum!-wel she was fine locker to have such scrub
name, at least
ave caught the nags and moseyed on into the city
at that. There wasn't any said about the affair
after we got into camp. and by the time we'd done
stunts in couple of performances at least had for
gotten all about it. Bruce hadn't, though; he demon
strated that nearly week afterwards
WE took ride in the big play-place one day-Cen-
trail Park, believe they call it. We attracted
considerable attention in our Wild West get-up,-
Bruce on his big black, and me old Spot, who
show-nag all right. We had our hair ropes along six
shooters, shaps rattlesnake hatbands, and all 1t
worth money to the show, Doc said just for parade
around town that way, and we didn't mind it.
"As we ambled along in fox-trot, with other air
seekers coming and going passing groups of and
kids on benches, everybody looking with all
their available eyes, made quite a stir. A lot of
people congregate in that park, and just thinking
rode along how peculiar it that the Lord
could make such everlasting of human beings,
no two alike and yet not goodooking individual in
the bunch, when Bruce got suddenly excited.
4'Harve' he said, there she goes See her the
bay stopper there, just ahead?
1'She-who?' I didn't see anybody knew.
@'That girl-the one I wrangled with up the road
that day
@'So-ho,' I thought. Now for domestic troubles!
Let her GO, said out loud She's of folks
"Bruce's eyes lit up with CLEAN of deviltry. Come
on, he said. Here's where play even.'
a hadn't the least idea what he meant to do; but
you know me,-Tm game to follow where anybody else
dares to lead. We prodded the plugs up little and
her. 1t Miss Scruggns all right, fresh and
rosy the Queen of Sheba, and looking powerful
comely in black horseback suit with one of these
little dude hats perched up her doughnut-colored
hair.
@And what do you think? With her was the original
rumny that took the prize One of these window
glass; sky-mustached baggy-knee-breeches, narrow
shoudeed, chiness wonders that smoke big pipe and
in free of duty because they have value
'em to figure the rate We rode up behind the
couple in few minutes-all trotting along at pretty
good clip
"'You take the Missing Link with the eyeglass,' said
Bruce unlocking his rope and I'll twine few ringets
around this Scruggins lady.
a saw then what he up to. 1t was considerable
of diversion. You imagine what it would