The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-06-15

when he returned, he would do some.
thing worth while, something to make
the world little better because he
had llved In It.
Now he was home; and almost the
firstiday had come to him this appeal.
He imiled ruefully ut the recollection
Of Ibllyop's plea. He had promised to
heb Ethe squatters, and he meant to do
It. ful pose It did bring him into con-
fllcJ with Marcus Mackenzie! He
KIN how to fight. and a good fight
wa not bad fun.
Mfntly from the direction he had
ridkzn, the sound Of cries came to his
eaRg Idly he wondered what the row
wa Some squatter man dlsciplinlng
his life, he decided: but he could not
sta to have woman beaten!
~ vaulted into the saddle and raced
bat over the road. 1, was not long
beige he located the place where the
sen Inns came from. Then Bay Dex-
ter hd an opportunity to show all the
sp he had.
z e sight Of Pollyop writhlng In the
str g arms Of a man he did not recog-
nizt5made Percival see red. He was
Offs horse with one leap, and two
lonEstrides took him to Oscars side.
a blow from hts powerful knuckles
In e farmers face staggered Bennett
ant freed Polly SO quickly that she
fell 70 the ground. Instinctively she
crgSed out Of the way Of the battling
me- The blow that had released her
ha clone no damage to Bennett ex-
celS TO aggravate his rage. He recov.
erd himself and confronted his assail-
ant stripping oaths like RUN from q
clio -burst.
Fhnett took the offensive, his fists
fyf like falls. He wanted to get
hisNrms around the other fellow, to
trif him and make the fight a rough
and tumble on the ground, but Perci-
val wooded the rush, and struck as
BenThtt went by. Again and again
Ben EFT tried to come to close quar-
ters But he could not; neither could
he hi his elusive opponent. At length
he lesltated, distressed as much by
his Own efforts as the blows he had
received.
Then Percival stepped In, and quick.
~ It was all over. Two well-planted
lhumps laid Bennett like q log on the
ground.
Robert busted of his hands. picked
Wee Jerry up. and handed him to his
sister
"Dh he hurt you. Pollyr he queried,
and her answer was positively gleeful:
mary q bit, sir, an I reckon the big
luminous got plenty this time"
Robert brushed of his clothes slow
ly. The farmer still lay on the ground.
"Get up" ordered Percival scornful.
ly. touching the PROSTATE man with
the tQe Of his boot. Get up and make
of you don't want me to lick you
q, pr rolled over and crawled slow
ly 'his hands and knees.
N e grounds kinda wabbly. amt II,
Od ! ," Polly gibed.
tdst out" commanded Robert, once
me dn -. l
ls,onett scrambled to his feet, shook
hl} I at Polly. snatched up the little
id Y lamb. and In another moment
hui Z lmbed the fence and was gone.
,,a9at were you fighting aboutr
BET Z Robert, looking keenly at Pol
IyoAsl
"a s hung on the girls lashes. and
the sAhsItive underllp quivered.
Oscar said as how Nannyop were
his" she murmured. weren't 1t awful
for him to swat It with that stone that
way"
ibid you" He broke of the Ques-
tion abruptly. He was going to ask
her. II She had stolen the lamb: but an
expression in the pleading, misty eyes
stopped him.
Il found the little Teller drownin' In
the creek, sir" she explained with
bowed head. II just took him home to
love him, that was all"
The strange, thrilling emotion that
had overcome Robert but a short time
ago In the presence Of this squatter
girl attacked him again.
what can I do to help you, childT
he demanded sharply.
Polly flung out her hand. Help!
that was what the squatters wanted.
The little lamb was dead. Nothing
could ever hurt 1t any more. But there
were her people
"Just help Daddy Hopklns"-she
choked and went on-"an' all the poor
folks 10 the Silent City, an'-all-Ill
lore you forever and forever!"
After that the "littlest mother"
made large strides upward toward the
greatest mother" Every little wor-
ried thing In the woods. every heavy
heart In the squatter settlement felt
the difference In Polly Hopkins. She
smiled more, she talked more; and,
when she found group Of her women
felix's wondering how their absent lad
dies were, she led them In smiling as