The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-18
BRONCO BILL
BY JANE OSBORN.

|. editor-in-chief OF the Morning Stan'
q ard. was In one OF his rainy'da
d moods. The events OF the day onl
: made him moodier. In the first place
y when he arrived at noon he was gree
y ed in his own office by Miss Yves
the society editor, who wore a trol
r bled expression.
!, He answered her good morning wit
e something that sounded very muel
A., like a bears growl. What right hay
you to look grouchy?" he asked
You're young and healthy and al
you have TO do Is to draw your salary
You don't have to take any risks. 70,
, don't have TO worry, you don't have
! the govt or rheumatism. What's tn,
matter now?'
only that have to have a new as
sistant."
Another bear growl. What did you
do with the last one? Wasn't she good
enough for you? See here. young
lady. | cant spend all my time get
ting you assistants. Is 1t my fault
they quit2"
She got married--that's what they
ell do. And 1t puts me in an awful
TX. There are two charity balls TO
cover tonight. coming-out party ev-
cry day next week and three the dan.
SAINTS besides all sorts Of smaller af-
fairs. What | wanted to ask you. Mr..
Heppleton, II whether you think II
would be . good ides for me 20 have
. young man. You see. the girls are
not reliable. They are so likely 10 get
married."
NO reason why they should Mr..
Heppleton growled. You don't get
married, do your" And then, more
grufYly STILL And you are pesky lot
prettier than any of the assistants.
You don't get married-you stick to
your Job. What's the matter with the
girls nowadays? Don't they appreci-
ate a good job? Haven't they any
brains at alp
May have man reporter" Mar
garet persisted. Il know other socie-
ty editors always have girls, but
man you can be severe with, you can
ask him to work late every night in
the week and you can boss him around
without having TO be afraid of offend
ing him. And when man gets mar
ried he just has to work all the hard
err"
Good idea Now get out and let
me alone. Ill send to the city desk
right away and have q cub sent to
you at once"
Please be sure that the cub has
evening clothes said Margaret, ieav-
Ing.
Old Heppleton was still growing
when Bronco Bill strobe leisureiy and /
with perfect assurance into the ONCE. |
1ize in the tall. lanky, broad-shoul-
tered figure, still clad in the soft
shirt and soft hat OF the Texas ranch
n, his nephew. William Heppieton.
Good mornin', Uncle Pete" quoth
he nephew, seating himself unbidden
.stride the only vacant chair in the
DOM Il dare say you are some sur
,rised to- see me- He put out
arge tanned hand and vigorously
hook the hand that the uncle extend
ID rather gingerly.
Well. I'm here for a Job. That's
bout the size of 1t. oh, yes, ranchin's
II right but IT gets lonesome, burned
onesome. SO | Just hired a rancher
nd his wife-it isn't half bad when
fellows got a wife and a brood o.
Dung ones-and | came East. Now
m countin' on gettin into this news
aper game. What sort of a job have
GU got to offer me-"
There isn't a blessed thing re- ;
lied the uncle. He rather liked the
Dung mans breezy manner and would /,
ave helped him If he could have done
} to his own advantage. No. there
mt thing, though there may be
ter"
Then | suppose I'd better be goin'."
,plied the nephew. no, thanks. I'm !,
ot strapped by long shot. Good
orning." And he held his hand ont y
gain. But the uncle did not shake It. "
he telephone bell at the side OF his
ssk had been jingling, and instead
e took off the receiver.
Yes, yes" he growled. Il know. / ;,
aven't forgotten. I'll try to get you a
man This afternoon sure. / am .,
1t sure the city clerk can spare one. ;,
IT I'll tell the city editor when he Il
mes in to dig up green one that d.
III can break IN" And then he
nged the receiver down. His nephew
ID taken his seat again.
"Well?" he Queried. There's one i
your men wantin someone. What's
g matter with me? I'm green enough, NJ
Mt IL"
The uncle knit his brow for about a
mute. Yes. you're green enough and
en- some" he said, and for a mo- pc
ant his grumpiness was lost in the
question of a smile. Report to Jai
ON 455 and tell the party sent you sol
that cure the man. And as soon =
you get chance go and get nj
lied out the way they tell you to. III
at cowboy makeup won't do. you -
ow."
L was half an hour later and Bron- re
Bill was sitting at Margaret Vests
e, and Margaret West was laughing.
iell, why don't I do? AIM green
ough? Amt | eager enough? =
vent ! showed you | could write ~, rI