Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-22

terests there. ] tried all kinds of in
side jobs. couldn't please my IA
ther. To tell you frankly, Mr. Bel
ding, / suppose / didn't much care"
what do you want to do?"
II want a mans job. want to do
things with my hands. want action.
want to be outdoors"
Bedding nodded his head as If he
understood that, and he began to
speak again, cut something short, then
went on, hesitatingly:
"Gale-you could go home again
to the old man-it'd be all right?"
"Mr. Bedding, there's nothing shady
in my past. The governor would be
glad to have me home. That's the
only consolation i've got. But I'm
not going I'm broke. won't be
tramp. And it's UP to me to do
something"
How'd you like to be border
ranger?" asked Bedding, laying hand
on Dicks knee. part of my job
here is United States inspector Of i'm
migration. I've got that boundary
line to patrol-to keep out Chinks
and Japs. You'll not be hired by the
q. S. You'll simply be my ranger,
same as Laddy and JfSl, who have
promised to work for me. I'll pay
you well, give you room here, fur
nish everything down to guns, and the
finest horse you ever saw in your life.,
Your job won't be safe and healthy,
sometimes, but it'll be a mans job
don't mistake mel You can gamble
on having things to do outdoors. Now,
what do you say?"
Il accept, and thank you-I can't
say how much" replied Gale, ear
nest1y.
"Good! That's settled. Let's go
out and tell Laddy and jim"
Both boys expressed satisfaction
at the turn of affairs, and then with
Bedding they set out to take Gale
around the ranch The wide grounds
were covered with luxuriant grass
and flowers and different kinds of
trees.
Bedding explained that the luxuri-
ance of this desert place was owing
to a few springs and the dammed-up
waters Of the Rio Forlorn.
1--WE got one never-failing spring
on my place." said Bedding. Fine,
sweet water! You know what that
means in the desert. I like this oasis.
The longer I live here the better
like it. It's beautiful and healthy.
Forlon and lonely, yes, especially for
women like my wife and Nell; but
like it. :. ). And between you
and me, boys, I've got something up
my sleeve. There's gold dust in the
arroyos, and there's mineral up In the
mountains If we only had water!
There are possibilities, and 1 want
you boys to stay with me and get in
on the ground floor. / wish this rebel
war was over. Well, here are
the corrals and the fields. Gale, take
look at that bunch of horses -
Belongs last remark was made as
he led his companions out Of shady
gardens into the open. Gale saw an
adobe shed and a huge pen formed
by strangely twisted and contorted
branches or trunks of mesquite, and,
beyond these, wide, fiat fields, green
dark, rich greenland dotted with
beautiful horses. There were whites
and blacks, and bays and grays. In
his admiration Gale searched his
memory to see If he could remember
the like Of these magnificent animals,
and had to admit that the only ones
he could compare with them were the
Arabian SteedS.
ashore I reckon savvy why you
don't sleep nights" drawled Laddy.
81 see a Greaser out there-no; it's
an Indian"
That's my Papago herdsman. I
keep watch over the horses now day
and night. Lord, how I'd hate to
have Rojas or Salazar any of those
bandit rebels-fnd my horses !.
Gale, can you rider"
Dick modestly replied that he could,
according to the eastern idea of
Craftsmanship.
The ringing of bell, which Bel
ding said was call to supper, turned
the men back toward the house. 1t
was not until they reached it and
were about to go in that Bedding
CHANGED to discove4 Gales crippled
hand.
"What an awful hand!" he ex-
claimed. "Where the devil did you
get that?"
st stove in my knuckles on Rojas,"
replied Dick.
you did that in one punch? Say,
I'm glad it wasn't me you hit Why
didn't you tell me? That's a bad
hand. Those cuts are full of dirt
and sand. Infammation's setting in.
It's got to be dressed. Nell!" he
called
Dick saw a glimpse of golden hair
and white dress in the door. But
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