The Oakes times., 1916-09-14

IhSt lHit ltfflbl" spell IS wOrkin IN
you. You're gct,in cool an quiet.
an you think deep. an i don't like the
li.ht In Your eye. II reminds me Of
your fnthrr"
II wonder what dad would say to
mo to-day If he We're alive and here"
said Duane.
what do yom think? What could
you expect "f 81 man who never wore
Il glove on his right hand for twenty
ycars?"
We'll. he'd lr,r,lly have said much.
Dad n"yor talk"d. Eut he would have
dom" 81 lot And guess I'll 90 down
town and Lot Cal Balm find me-"
Then followed IL long silence. dur
in. which l'uan" SAT with downcast
eyes. and The un"l" appeared lost in
sad thought "f ih" future. Presently
II" turned Ia I'iHnr with an expression
tln' denoted resignation. ana yet II
spirit which showed wherein they were
of TIA" same blood
"i",',r got 81 fast hors"-thr fast
est ] ku"W Of in this country. After
YOU meet l:nin hurry back home. I'll
hnv" - ',!,!l"',a= packed for you and
the hnr>, rc.dy.
With that n. turned on his heel and
went ltn l'Ir house. I"nyiny duane
I" r'N"vr in his mind his singular
speech That iinur of Ipuunr's life WAS
lik" y";ir' of :,riua! living. and in ii
h" h"rnir u thoughtful man.
III" Went into the house and inspect.
I'D his belt and gun. The gun WAS
Colt 10. six SHOT. and heavy. With an
ivory handle. II" had packed it. on
and Oft for iiv" ycnr>. l:rfurc thut IL
bad been used hy his father. Their"
w"r" II number of n"tcll.s filed in the
hul-" at il," ivory hanri". This gun
Ma> III" on" his; l.th.r had fired twic.
after being shot through the heart,
AMI his hand had sifTrnrd 50 tightly
upon il in i,r ,i"nih-.rip That his iin-
gers had f." h" pricd open. Ii had
never been drawn upon any man since
il had com" iutn linnrs possession.
1:ui til" cold. bright polish "f the
weapon showed how it had been used
bulrr. r"i!d draw il with i,.r"ncciv-
could split Il card pointing rdgcwise
t"w:ir,! him.
Duane wished to avoid meeting his
mother Fortunately. us he thought,
she was away from home. He went
out and down tn" path toward the
gate. The air was full of the fra
.railrr "f blossoms and tire melody of
birds. D,itSi,l" in III" road II ncighbor
woman stood talking To 81 ro,intryln:,n
in n wa2nn: they spoke to him; and
h" beard hul did not reply. Then he
began I" >tid.. down the road toward
til" toxin.
Nrll>'"n WAS Il small town. but i'm
p"r'anl in thnt unsettled part of the
great state l"c:lmsr it was the trnclin.
center of several hundred miles of tor.
rit"rv. Nn llir main street there were
perhaps nfiy buildings. some brick.
some frame. mostly adobe. and one.
third nf ilr" lot and hy far the most
r."~iUrntlS Wcr" SilooiS I,,r,nr's pv.
ranged down Ia" street. tnkin. i'm all
al II .,lanc". l:N ia" time l.. reached
Sol Whites place. whirh w:s the first
>:ilonn. Ii" "lS wall III. slowly. Srv.
rrnl pc"r!" Sl'"'ir i" him ana turned
&" l""k back att"r they had passed.
~" paused :it the door of Whites S:l.
loon took sharp survey of the inl..
ri"r. then stepped inside.
The saloon WIS lnr." and cool. full
of men and nni~" and SNuul;n Til,
n"iS" ceased up"n his entrance. and
ih. silence c,iSi::i:. presently broke To
IN" ciink of M,Air:in silver InIlnrs at
Il mont" table. All eyes excerpt those
/ "f the Mexican gamblers wer. turned
upon Duane. Several of the cowlmvc
! and r:nch"rs present exchanged
-ianr"S. Duane had been Weighed by
lln"rr,l. Texas instinct by men who
all packed :,i'nS. The boy WAS the
son of his father. Whcrrupon they
greeted lin aud returned To their
drinks and c:rdS. Sol Whit" stood
with his i,i-. rcd hands ont upon the
bar: lac WAS II tali. rawi.oncd Texan.
with 81 long in,sinci.c NAKED 10 sllarn
points.
"ii"wdy. Euc'." was his srrctin. To
Duane. He spoke c:rcicsSly and avert.
ed llS dark -azr for an instant.
'll"why. Sol" replied Duane. slowly
Say. Sol. ! hear there, !, gent in
town i""hin. for me bad"
Reckon there is. Buck" replied
!, White. He came in hr..i :too, IN
hour a@o. shore he wuS some rjl.d
an a-roarin for gore. Told me conf.
, dental II certain Party hati -iycn yn.,