Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1931-12-17
Chapter s
DANGEROUS BUSINESS AHEAD

sSol. I'll not snub Amy, but |
can't go playin' round with her.
wal, that's what she'll ex-
pect.s
"sol. what did Amy mean by
sayin' Thirty had an unnatural love
for her brother"
Il don't know. Sure I never seen
anythin, unnatural about Thlry-
An, Rock, I've heard that very
same remark before. It's just low
down talk by nasty people. All the
same, it bothered me-
.sIt sort of Jared me. Funny how
gossip can sting you, even when
you know where it comes FROM
Sol, how much money do you
owe?"
"Couple of thousand, an when
that's paid off I'll be on the road
to prosperity again."
@old-timer, you're on it right
now. I'll take that much stock in
your business" went on Rock, crisp
and business-like, as he took out
his pocketbook.
"son, I don't want you to do
that protested Winter.
sfBut want to. Here's five more,
which. | want you to put in your
bank. on interest, but fixed SO you
can draw it out quick
"You want it to your name?"
aNo. Put. it in yours. Reckon
we'd better add another thousand
to that five. I only need enough
money to buy spankin' outfit
'fSon, suppose somethin' hap
pened to YOU said Winter, grave
ly, as he fingered the money. "You
know this is a sudden country"
"Sol, my parents are livin', an
tho old, they're in good health
They live in illinois. I was brought
up IN western Illinois, town of Car
thage. Went to school there till
was fourteen. Then we moved to
Nebraska. Dad went in for ranch
in and lost all he invested. Their
my folks went back home, but
stayed on, and drifted all over til
| landed here"
"Son, I always was curious about
you-where YOU come from, if yoJ
had any folks. How old are you
Trueman?"
"Reckon I'll never see thirty-twt
again." returned Rock, ruefully.
"Cowboy, you sure hide your age
Fact is, you always was myste
rious cuss."
"To go on about the money. L
anythin' should happen to me
which I'm gamblin' it wont-yor
send this six thousand to my folks
I'll leave the address with you
, Also some papers and things fol
safe-keepin'."
can how about the two thousant
you're investin' with me?" queriet
Sol, with smile.
"You can just forget abou+
that"
Winter shook his lean old heat
sagaciously, almost sadly. "Son
you were always open-handed. Hov
did you ever save all this money!
"Never did save it, Sol," returnee
Rock, with a laugh. "Went in witt
pretty big rancher in Texas. H
had enemies-one of them sure
enough crooked hombre. I just nat
urally gravitated toward removir
that hombre from disfigurin' tn
general landscape down there. M
pardner did we'll after that. The
railroad came our way. We sol
out, and I found myself with te
thousand"
"Uhuh!" exclaimed Winter, hi
eyes narrowing to Sits. can yo
found yourself needin' to get out 0
Texas?"
"Wel, Sol, there sure wasn't an
need of my gettin' out at ALL" re
piled Rock, dryly. "I hung roun
for weeks to give my pardner's er
emies the chance they circulate
round they were lookin' for. Bu
they didn't seem to be lookin' yer
bad for it. SO I got homesick an
hit out for Wagontongue.
"I'm goin' to be a plain COW
puncher and start in where lei
off here six years ago."
i whats the idea of pretendin' t
be poor, when you've got a bi
stake for a cowboy?"
"Sort of suits me, SOL"
"You'll need an outfit"
"Sure. Two saddle-horses--th
best on the range, if money ca
buy them"
!; eve can find one of them pror
to-" replied Winter, with satisfat
tion. "We'll walk out to Leslie's
He's sellin' out an he has som
good stock. One horse in particu
lar. I never saw his beat"
/ @ Ito Be Continued)