The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-30
The Ridin' Kid From
Powder River
BY
Henry Herbert Knibbs
Copyright, 1919. by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Pete scowled and biinked. TITS
the best doggone holster In the
world Tine soin' TO keep that
there holster rs long as I iive' /"
Montoya patted rcte's shoulder
with tho sheep IL Is quiet. SOL
and Montoya gcstured 20 the hand
that graEcd near by. where you
will so there will b. the hard riding
and the fighting. perhaps II is not
eoed to kin man. Hut u Is no,
good 20 be killed. The hot word
the auarrei-and some day man
will try TO kin you. Secl ! have
len the holster open at the end
have taught you that trick. There
Is no more TO say"
when Pete reached coneho he
visited Roth az the store The sum
total Of these unpaid for purchases
rather staggered him. lie had
chosen the best OF everything tina,
Roth had In stock A little fiEur'
Ing convinced him that h. would
have TO work several months b..
fure his OUTFIT was paid for. III
sit job I'll give you an order for
my wages" he told Roth.
That's all right. Pete. amt wof
ryin'."
Roth had no hesitation In outfit'
ting Pete. The Coneho cattl~men
traded at hts store. lie had extend.
cd credit to many a rider whom he
trusted less than he did Pete. More.
over. he Was interested in the boy
nj tai q.
sec him placed where he could bet.
ter himself.
i've go, you on ths books for
hundred and twenty" he told Pete.
Pete felt very proud and impor.
tant Now. u I could borrow boss
for u spell I'd best fork him and
ride over 10 sec Bailey" he asserted.
Il SURE can't pack this outfi, over
there"
Roth erfnnei Wei. we might as
will let the tail go with the hide
THERE'S Old Rowdy. He ain't much
Of horse. but he's got three good
legs yet. You can take him"
Pete rode out OF Concho xiittertng
In his new-found glory. The creak
Of ths stiff aaddie.ieather was music
To him. Ills brand.new and rally
good equipment almost made up for
the horse-an ancient pensionsy that
never seemed TO b. just certain
when he would take his next step
Rowdy--the horse-seemed 10 feel
that the occasion demanded some
thing from him Topping the mesa
edxe. Pete saw the distant green
that fringed the concho home ranch
without urging. RoWdy broke int
a stiff trot.
I'm sure make Andy SIT up Pete
declared a. the Concho building
looued beneath the outline OF tho
trees. and put Rowdy 70 high lopc.
This was something like u, Pos.
stbly Rowdy anticipated a good rost.
and hay. In any event. he did hts
best. rounding up 10 the house likc
a true cowpony. All would have
been well had II not becn for the
psrp. The pup saw IN Ro~iy . new
piAyseilow. ard cAromsd into
Rowdy's one reczieitrant leg 49, n
usually Happens that way a.
Rowdy stepped on him. crashing
1RN1 IA = VI 11&@ tt@ Fhff
which imagined himself Killed. I
shrieked shrfliy and ran a. hard N
he could TO the distant stables To |
lind out n II were not 80.
Pete was mad. Over on the edg. |
OF the clubhouse yeranda sss four |
or five Of the Concho boys. II ~As |
a trying situation.
The foreman. Bailey. rose as Pete |
iimped up. Did you want 10 see |
some one--'
Pete wet hts lips. The fo'man. ! 1
--I-j~st rid over 10 Sc how you /
was maxim IT,"
why. we're dom right fair. How
you maxim II yourselfF-'
I'm here" said Pete succintiy /,
and without a smile.
go we noticed" said the foreman /,
mildly. too mildly. for one Of tAc I
puncbers began to laugh. and the /
rest Joined In
Bailey, through young Andy |
White, knew of Pete and was study. I
Ing him. The boy had self.pos.ser-
sion. and he had not cursed the /
horse for stumbling. He saw that /
Pete was making a fight to keep his /
temper. You lookin' for work. he