The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-06-20


Bill" wagstan. weal-known chars
CHAPTER lv-oentInvsd
sRoa1in' Ems goin' to get himself
killsd oos nh these days"
Hasa slarted, but It was only Jim
Bsiees In he doorway beside hsr.
Il guss you amt much used 10 ~
In tat sort u exhibition where yo0
cone from, MIS- Weir" Briggs Wifo
put IN over Ms shosjdss. NY land,
Ks AiAg1stin-msn nghtn' In ~
sksst whsrs everybody can Sc EN-.
Thank goodness, Il don't happen vssy
sftsa. Specially when Bill Wassta3
alA't around. You amt shocksd. afe
yoa. h6asyr
WY, didn't have time 10 b.
sAosksd," Hassl laughed. TT was
6oas - auiekiXr
n tAsm fsllses would leave Ban
aloes." Bnsgs remarked, "thsrs
wosldnt - - asht But he soss OF
IKE hair-tzisese gun. and hs'd scrap
Q 0oosa Qu1ek % 60 I'm looaia' -
~ he nnish sos uA tAees days"
T. WHAT Q namei" Hasel Observed,
caught ~ ~ appsllation Briggs had
1fst USed II hat Rearing Dlll over
theeer
That's him-1oar'n' BIN Wagsta6."
Driegs answered. III he takes . few
dEinks, yoall Ind out tonight how he
got the nane. eings-just like bull
nooes-hsar him oil over town. Prob
ably whip Two or three men before
0eeu1n'."
His spouse calling him at that mo-
0e0G Briggs detailed NO more infof.
nation about Roaring Bill. And Hassl
at looking across the way With con.
siderable Interest at the specimen Of
. Upe which hitherto che had sncoun-
tered In the pages Of action-a nght.
Ing man. what he West called Q 'bad
actor" he he'd, however. no wish
for closer study q that particular
type. The men Of her world had beea
altogsthsr different. and the few from
tier specimens she had met at the
Briggs dinner table had not i'm
preessd her with anything except their
shynsso and manifest awkwardness In
her prsssoss The West itself ap.
oealsd b ~. IT. bignsss. it, Asarnssa
- ~ a6eoautsly peiiasval. bot not ~
people she had 20 far met. And M
~ looked at Roaring Bill Wagstah,
over The way. With q quite inpsesonal
interest.
h came into Rsiegs' place for sup
per. Nh. Dglegs Was hr own wait.
rsss. Briep himself at BESIDE Hazel.
she heard HIN srunt and saw . mild
look a surprise mt over bis counte-
nance when Rearing D1li walked In
and cooliy took Q sat. But not until
0asel glanced at he newcomer did abe
recognise him - the man who had
fought IN the street. He was looking
straiGht at bet when she did glance
up, and the miagied astonishmsut anl
frank admisstion IN his clear gray
eyes made Hassl drop hers Quickly to
her plate. Since Mr.. Andrsw Bush.
she was beginning to hate men who
looked at hsf that way. And she could
not help sssiAg that many did 10 look.
The ns1t Saturday Hazel went for
tramp In the Afternoon. The few
walks ahe had taken had dulled IN
sense Of uneadncsx in veuturing into
the Unfolding forest. She felt that thooe
Ohndowy woOds were less sinister than
man. And since she had always kept
her sense Of direction and come
straight TO the Meadows whenever she
went nbrond she had no fear or
thought Of losing her way.
To reach her objective point. she
crossed q long stretch Of rolling land.
well timbcred. dense in parts with
thlckcts Of berry bushes. Midway 10
this she came upon q little brook. purs.
Ing n monotone 40 II crawled over
Inbbled reaches and bathed the tangled
roots Of trees along IT, brink. ny this
she sat Q while. Then abe idled along.
coming after considerable dimculty to
abruptly rising ground. shs could not
see the town. but she could mark tho
low hills behind Il. Al any rate, she
knew where Il lay. and the way back.
30 he thought But The shost altsr.
nooa 80. and. warned By ~ low dip
Of the Sun. ~ left her nook o. tha
hillside to make her way homs.
Though Il was near sundewu. ~ fs,t
% particular coeesru. The long
sorthssa TWILIGHT savs her ample time
70 COVER The distance.
Bst once down % the rolling land.
among the cioseranked trees, she be-
ga TO expesisoes Q dimculty that had
~ AItAaeoo noublsd her. with ~