The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-24

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 SHs never did like left handed man."
 said Williams sravely. wheeling, ran back into the corral, cir cling it with nl expression which said plainly Let us play little game of tag, in which, my young friend, you shall always be it."
 Again Collie tried to rope the pony.
 Want any help?" asked Williams as he slid from the corral bars to the ground.
 Nope" And Collie disentangled his legs from an amazing contortion of the riata and tried to whirl the loop as he had seen the cowmen whirl it.
 Hold on, sonw said Williams. You mean right, but don't go to rope him with the saddle on. If you looped that horn he like as not would yank you clean to Calabasas before you got your feet out of that mess of rope you're standin' in. Anyway, you ain't goin' to Calabasas; you're due up the other way"
 Collie was learning things rapidly, and, better still, he was learning in a way that would cause him to remem- Der.
 As Collie finally rode away through the morning sunshine Williams loafed across the corral. roped and saddled white eyed pinto and, spurring up narrow canyon west of the ranch build ings, disappeared around turn of tho shady trail As the foreman rode he alternately talked to the pony and him self
 Tramp, ehr' he said, addressing the pony, What do you say, Sarko7 Nothin', eh? Same as me. Overland Reds kid pal, eh7 Huh! I knowed Jack Summers; Red Jack Summers, down in Sonora in 'S3. Mexico was some open country then. Jack was . white pardner too. Went to the bad account of that Chola girl that he was courtin' goin' wrong. Funny how tbe boss come to pick up that kid. Thinks there's somethin' in him"
 Williams picketed his pony 1n the meadow above the third cross fence Loaf1ng down the slope toward the spring. he noticed the faint smoke of . fire. Farther down the line fence he could see Collie in the distance riding slowly toward tho three live oaks. The foreman found Convenient seat on . ledge, rolled another Of his etarnal cigarettes and watched the boy ap proach from below.
 Collie had already dismounted three times that morning. twice to mend fence and onco more inyoluntariiy. He determined, with a mighty VOW to the bowlegged god of all horse flesh, te learn to stay on broncho or die learn ing.
 The boy had native fondness fol animals. and he had already thought of buying pony with his first few months wages. But the vision of hil erstwhile companion Overland. per haps imprisoned and hopeless in ths grip of the bunch" annulled that de sire. He would save every cent fol that emergency.
 Arrived at the spring. both boy and horse drank gratefully. for the day was hot Then Collie noticed the thir smoke coming through the trees and E strode toward it to find Overland.
 Tt ain't much of fire yet,' saii Overland. "Our hired girl"-and ht grinned through two weeks tanglt of red beard-"oh, but ain't he ths 'cute Iittlc worlin'man with his Nttll ole hoss and his garments of tpns"
 "Oh. Rcd" exclaimed the Doy.
 "Me sure. I been hfdin' in my whisk CTS 30 long l didn't know if you't know me.n
 q been thinkin' about you ever! day."
 "Uhuh. So have I. l reckon som, others has too. Say, what you beer doin' lately, studyin' lH~ or learnin the piano? I been lookin' for you fol a week. It's the first day I seen yot out on the range"
 q was workin' in the garden first then they put me at this, this mornin'.
 "Uhuh. We'll, Col, that there get away of mine is in all the papers Tramp Cowboy Steals Horse and Es capes.' Say, did she yip about m. borrowin' the cayuse?" "She was mad at first, but your fan cy ridin' kind of made her forget. told her you was square, Red" Huh! I guess she could tell tha herself"
 "But, Red, I'm not kiddin'. I tol, her uncle about the bunch and the guy on the desert"
 "Did r believe itT T gues,Sso. He air't said much But he/givA. me the chance to mak' good He mast have believed some thin'."
 "Well, stick to it, Collie. You neve was cut out for genuine towerist nk' me, anyhow. It ain't in your blood"
 What you goir' to do now, Redw (To Be ContinueA.l Much is said about Pitiless Public ifv and the Summer Girl is certainly