Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-09-29

"lmpossible," tho Master OF Vale
Verde Replied LazIly. II Have
Sheep on My Hands"
err of those sheep trying to get rid OF
Them
Don jaime nodded
"Well. why don't you get rid of
them, then?'
1.-The foreman, Bill Dingle, Is still
living and In charge of those sheep.
He's bad man and better shot than
old Antrim. Besides. II | get those
sheep off my range now. where will
they 60? Why. to somebody else's
range, of course. and then there'd be
trouble and we might lose Bill Dingle."
$50 you're putting up with those
sheep on your range merely because
this Antrim girl is her uncle's heir"
That's the proposition
aWhy, is she a friend OF yoursl"
mo, I've never met her. But then
no Higuenes has ever quarreled with
a lady"
u fall to see how you are going to
escape d quarrel with her. Don jaime.
You killed her uncle"
Don, Jaime WINGED. Perhaps she
will believe that had no alternative;
that. not until after | had killed him.
did know he was her uncle. In
fact. | didn't know had killed any
body until Ken rode down the draw
and informed me OF my luck
"WeIl. the fact that you are being
so excessively nice to her since may
mitigate the affair, although one can
never predict the attitude woman
will take. 4 woman Is usually guided
by her heart, not her head. Don
Jaime"
Don Jaime appraised the old nurse
with kindly interest II take 1t, Mrs.
Candy, that you are old enough to be
guided by your head. You told me
you are a widow. Have you any chill
dren?"
"One-a boy Of fifteen. He has been
quite crippled since his twelfth birth
Jay. lHldnllie pdlalAS SIS.
Don Jaime considered this. Sup
pose you had a comfortable home
| where you could be with your boy al
ways--no necessity to hustle hither
| and yon nursing people? ! should
have hostess here. For some time
have felt that Flavio's wife Is too
well, elemental, for the job This
/ hacienda should know gentlewom-
| ans management-at nurses wages.
/ There are always some puppies around
here, and the boy could play with
/ them. He could raise rabbits and
/ pigeons, dare say, and II he can sit
horse III stake him to a pretty little
Sonora pony and Mexican youth to
look after him. | suppose you could
carry on with his schooling-you know,
II does get lonesome here sometimes.
ooh. Don jaime! You mean it,"
He nodded. I'D like to be able to
invite nice people to visit me. Mrs
CANDY. should like to have my
friends from the surrounding country
come to dinner oftener. but I'm never
satisfied with the appearance OF my
board. the menu or the service. | have
no time to train maids and house
keepers-and II did | wouldn't know
how"
"Yes, a man Is very helpless.
should be glad to come, Don jaime"
"You are very kind. Ken. yon rni
up to FL Paso and get the boy. Mrs
Candy will arrange that detail witt
you. Now clear out and let me sleep.
Mrs. Candy. with tears OF happines
In her middleaged eyes. followed TIL
assistant general manager into TIL
ranch office.
"How long have you known Do
Jalme?" she asked Hobart.
"A long time. Went to the state I'M
versity with him. My father and
had a COW outfit down In the hi
Bend country but we went broke dui
Ing the postwar deflation period. DO
Jaime and ! enlisted for the Worl
J war-and spent two years gnardin
the DOTueT. a. tiat We hou5,u hioi
7 lead than some Of those who went
I France. After the bank closed In q
$ the Hobarts joined the rangers; no
Q I've left them tolwork for Don jaime
r 'IIe is congedltally magnificent"
! Ken Hobart laughed. always r
0 members he's/ muy caballero, Mr.
r Candy. He does things with a Aou
. ish. 1t isn't pose. His people ha
+. always done 1t. His father died VIII
he was twenty. He's twenty elg