The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-12
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man. kind of loM down, and in the nide. 'Tain't bad but it's bad enough. Take the Yuma colt, Pars, and fan it for the canyon. Send the, doc back, and ydd stay with that young Win throp fnd look.aftersC Collie. Your. hoss IS quieter for Red anyway. Tell the doc to bring his tools along. reckon Ee'll camp over there near the hills to- morrow."
 F"Who was it got mey questioned Overland as he was revived second &1me
 Fs9sIf don't know" replied Williams. kThe enly distinguishin' brand. on him was one put there. It ain'tf worryin' hfm now"
 ssIlke old times," said Overland, try. dne to smile.
 sLike old .times," echoed Williams. T guess it was Paris," murmured Overland. He had plenty ofrchance. Iiwasn't after him" s " NowH the group of horsemen rode neross the desert. The afternoon sun made queer shadows of them and their mounts. Billy Dime rode bent for ward. His face was white and bead F edfwtth sweat Overland, on Longs p6ny. was supported by Miguel and \ Brand Williams. ParB Long had dis appeared in the shadows of the range. ttxp = One morning some three weeks after { che inyaaion of Gophertown Bud Light, Billy Dime and Brand Williams ap- 6dared at the Moonstone ranch office.
 Quite casually they had dismdunted r nnd, 1ingiing up, had asked for Walter qtone. Upon his appearance the young er men applied individually for their old places, Tho room smelled of ciga- Fette smoke and ant1sept1cs. Quite as fboueh nothing unusual had happened 3he rancher reinstated them. 14 sh.'HavN good ttmes boysT' he asked. 5 ''Yes, sir; very good tims; better than Me expected" replied Billy Dime. Bud \ Iikht nodded
 stone looked hard at Biily Dimes bandaged arm. Miguel and Parson Long have good dme alsoT'
 stayed to help Overland Red work { the claim Overland Red got hurt a little doin' sometMn'. He's all right now"
 'None of tho Moonstone boys were lnturedY'
 aNope; not oneof us, replied Dime blandly A { Walter Stons's, eyss- twinklsd, but he did not smile. I've Will can 1t . vaca- ton this time, with pay. Tell VII Hams to step in hsre please" And the < rancher dismissed h3s embarrassed and happy punchers with gesture.
 The interview with Williams was not 70 brief. 'sThe boys came out of it m rightT' asked Stone, shaking hands rrith his old foreman.
 sYes, sir."
 < N How ddd you manage thatr 8 M nDidn't. They did" "Any one-er-of the other side have m accidentr'
 V .'Saunders- six gents got hurl pretty bad" { 'sWhew! Our boys were lucky"
 Tt was nothin' but luck that they ain't all back there now-on the sand
 You see, the Gophertown outfit are al
 what you'd cap good with gun, but it was kind of surprise, the spread
 1m' of the thing from Reds little pri Fvate deal to . six hand game. We sure was lucky"
 "And Collier
 Williams shook his head. q don't I know. We thought he had crossed over N Seems he took a new holt. The do'
 and winthrop brungshtm to Los in thu
 automobile. He's at the hospital Blu they say he don't pick up any since h'
 come there."
 ~Al right, Brand think that f Ally "A How about my name eoin' back or he booksY' asked Williams. s"It hasn't been o6 tho books. Yoa
 fnow, Louise attends to the time
 vheet" - rA williams nodded "I expect Migue
 And Parson Long will be sniMn lrcund lookin' for job before long
 They agreed to stay with Red till h. got on his feet again. But they tolt : lAfm they would go just as soon as ht
 was all right, for you couldn't TUT lyour ranch without 'em."
 Walter Stone smiled broadly. ~You'f'
 foreman, Brand"
 "They was nshtin' just as much fo
 the name of the old Moonstore as fol
 Collie or for fm," said Williams.
 T know it. But don't believe ir such methods. That sort or thing is about done with" said Stone. T was readin' about the old days il the Panamint, not long ago." said WI Hams, gaEtng at a corner of the office ~I-tLsy was . list of names of ranch urs that cleaned up the rustlers ove then, back in '88. It was tnterestin'-
 Uome of them names.' & Walter 1tone cOughed and turned fl k his chair. He gnzed out of the win f Apw. Finally he raced Williams agalr eye had to do F." he said, smiling. ~ williams nodded. They understoo % each other.
 N LOuiss rsturned home, heartsick an N e~natsd by CoIie's. eyes that ha