The Press., 1915-06-23

-. = two members of the 94 show had seer them. The Princess Wenona, with flash ing eye, turned her head indifferently yet Fleming knew that she had seen.
 "Pn see you again soon," he said. "l have lot I want to say to you"
 'The deucer' said Hearty Holly il mild surprise as Fleming joined him Then, catching sight of Mary Moore "The deucer' he added with nor, vehemence.
 An hour later Mary Moore returned to her hotel. On the broad front gal lery of the building a powerfully bull old man, with white hair streaming tt his shoulders and long white beard stood waiting for her. Uncle Rus Ray burn, from his position as driver O1 the old stagecoach in the parade, ha( seen the young couple in the park He gallantly removed his battered olt hat. holding it in his hand.
 She smiled at hiEl encouragingly.
 Miss Moore, I've got word to sreaI to you," he said in a low tone. "A man that pioneered and frontiered il the seventies and eighties same as me has rode many a mile to take his neigh bors a warnin' against ILjuns.
 "It wouldn't do no good to warn A Fleming. Besides, he's got to carry out his act But-well, you are my neighbor, ain't you? And I didn't have to ride more'n two blocks to tell yor that the Princess Wenona is on the warpath, and no mistake"
 "Thank you, Uncle Rus," said Mary Moore in her quiet, gentle way. Be fore she could add word or ask 6 question the old man was far dowr the street.
 The matinee performance was adver tised to begin promptly at 2:15.
 Out in the dressing tent Murdock who was his own manager, was thrown into fit of temper by Mary Moore's urgent demand to be placed third or the program. and after stormy inter. view she was given her way.
 At last the bugles sounded and the performance opened with the grand en- try and review. Display No. ? was fancy and expert roping by the cow boys and cowgirls of the 94 ranch.
 In front of the reserved seats the Princess Wenora, who had deftly caught old Jaybird. the trained COW pony. by the fore feet, hind feet and neck when Al Fleming had spurred him past her, was making her lariat loop ready for her final and most diff cult feat.
 In that trick she flung her catch rope over the bodies of both horse and rid CT, drawing in the slack at the exact moment when the rope had slipped around all four of Jaybird's feet.
 So intent were the spectators on the girls movements that they failed to notice that the other actors in the ring had stopped their performance. An in- visible helmet might also have been worn by the slender, girlish figure in the natty buckskin hunting dress and jaunty hat who was entering for her act, which came next.
 Jaybird had been taught by rough experience that the best thing to do when he felt the tightening of the rope was to stop as abruptly as possible. But how could he know to halt when it frightened about his riders shoulders?
 In a flash the Princess Wcnona was revealed to Al Fleming-all Sioux. Si- multaneously came the sharp report of a pistol, and the ts;It rope snapped midway of roped and roper.
 The sudden release threw the prin- t.id hn ground. The crowd cheered wildly. With a mighty effort Al Fleming re gained his balance in the saddle and rode from the arena.
 A pale little figure in short buckskin hunting dress ran forward with little skips to take her place for display No. 8, characterized as a remarkable exhi- bition of pistol shooting. In her hand was smoking revolver.
 The crowd inside, all unconscious of the averted tragedy and suffering from anticlimax, jeered rudely at the nu- merous times Mary Moore missed her mark.
 Al Fleming, leaning against a wheel of the old stagecoach, said nothing.
 When the torture of her performance was over and he saw her coming to- ward him he put forth his hand to steady the swaying figure. A light burned in his eyes.
 "Please take me homew she said faintly.
 Together they made their way to a waiting automobile, he bending over her in earnest conversation.
 When he had handed her in he spoke to the driver.
 "Drive to the place where you get marriage licenses" he said, and sat down beside her.
 "And then-home," he whispered close to her ear.