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hs^r to

••jr.pormry tti** of wMer-

Sh»n «r vaik

And »ke» 7®° pl»y— '_♦ r» ' We ncf*ed ajar.

t to'.Vo* :h* |e4." »•• —* -—* _ . _ , ; haraar. ; h. .: •- »- 1 '•“* a «>u i«.» *=* JS,; «" ...i ;u,. ; ►- rzsL'i: ''•’’■it"*?<—«“-*• *“122^ STei. —

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! down *S «•**■

the n»ar - 0 „ r M , ctenc. be:* tbe ^ nit ^Seier. I » , tfe»: p4cayn»* «s®

l.lBd hi. th^ loured W” 1 * xMt -1 Too oookJB-t Obi— r<« A h»EdK«* hoy he WAS {rock-Mn o! •IboIba. HI k 1 ’* ^ ,i "'T*.*-

Ike the pel*, worth

bad eBeet. -jiobodp

My Lady **Hy

p^r

There’s bo oer** °- >oej ;n thu raaip Myjno-—

--e*ji -,.* ba** Benton slander- The treat l—- ■•- retorted lo jrt the tantlied card]

■ Ur tie arc

p oi four or five, and ss* with hand out- : r-at:ty1ns Suah cpot.

WHAT HAS GONE BEFOEE

It I* 1ICI and the Parlfic Railroad ha*, reached It* neweat -farther: we*t" Benton. Wyoming. a town described a* "roar. i«*." ar each new terminua. ternporar:Iy. waa. Tiar.k Beeson, a yonag man from Albany. New York, eotaee here because he U in search o. health and Benton it coatlderej "high and dry." Edna Montoyo. a fellow pao-: - ger on the train from Omaha. Imprewe.r Beeson with the beauty of her blue eye. and the style of her apparel- Equally she astonUhed him by taking a “amile" of brandy before breakfa*:. A brake::,!:, tell* Beeson she ha= '‘follower, *,»- jean" to Benton. , Jim. a typical w«»rn ruffian Whom «he know* apparc.Uy well insalt* and 1* floored by Frank who** prowens !mpre»e* the pas-

aengrra.

Col. Luademon and "Bill" Brady volunteer to entertain

young Beeson.

Frank avoided being caugh: by any of the numerous gambling game-, but is robbed of all hi*

the harangues of than d now and then ; shot, there had be-:, inciting IDtteic o' - r n. nient*. cymbals, ar,; while Immediately a‘ '■

ed the ehuffi.na'

toe-down and ro-iiaon Nigh* a’ B-r t -r. P

begun with a g

It stirred o;. * bk>c»; —It summot.ed with promise of variety, of „{ flotsam and Jetsam i cock of chance*, that

*ere MU.

mate a leg. with my best

■ _ not omitting to rwmove ha:

cigar, while agrewaWy

I ar. heV.

stth

imiy-o

In The Big Tent

There was no. tra-e

the

round faced

etc red :

half at disposal on his baric ma his belt, an-! « with a lady »* “ get;oi of hi» p**s' in prewee t even recklewly d one to the manr.> try bom T : - : - And my way t I saw a Ur*

H - I

full shine of a

One* at

halted. Ui hubbub a,

:. r-at:lying eu« upon silw ^ ^ (her sprite facw So 1 judge.

c bane*, ewery deweription. wr-. lou ar. her*. «W. •**

- led by groups looking oa

■:■ piiTlagThrough the

. v h the esooke •!.eni larishly t

. ball. «rolled, risking c-r

- ponding to gaHantne-

Tben. a* I adraoced rwohr*

vmoag the gaming able-, 1

- uff upon the «lw- - » k heard a bluff vole* ie r.y -ar

Hello, old h-sw- How i trick* by this ti»»*' Facing about oui'ki? 1 •

Jam of the rails ay h ”*•' a He seas grinning a Babiy, i parently non* the wo me ( : *■ Al a slightly swollen *>«• - 1 r '’ t-t '-ghak- " b» proffer.':. •»: : ' OT ‘ I ing his band "No hard here. I m no Injun You kt.-x:l

- a> ’ ! ha6r => » t m turned her gage so glowingly as ! ■’Bat I oan- a Vj ». -. . - ha: :-•» ,» embarrasw her. Tel she wa» leng derHwa Hardly know . ^ ^ ^ ia ^ «- "Ton shall barn." she « - “ Wll. -n,.,, T-ul “-I -•* Met uw« «*.«-> m w»-.-

“w owe-, t.-.-. m«:- '—T

~A»o:fce- time. Sir I begged equal

**" "1 have ar- engagement this'

Don’t 1 :

| irnged.

a , dollars, the rarer

am. i —* TU P»ay for two Wfs ton^ht ; the common *' wno *'‘'

. OQTI .haperotag- I Anythin* to start action." -mis U the last .o u», Mr 'i* ■■»•; i»» :vn*M *• wWy ^ gat-.g tabic being among thel^ j beforehand. you all tn. J«. ’ f/. . jso bo." And I fished into mj tr< . u> «. "Are you U •«** Prettily wld. ..r/ she "-»-ipKke-. Allow me. I wIlMurni-h.ghon eirowmtanc- that —

i. the B g » ,b ' ^ WlU Frankly «« ^“i- ^nted. "if you

will when "fort!-

About her there .« a •; = «

gllng ei-ment ot the friendly.:--*1 b ** 3

• c *t the intimate. ; My Indy mad* no mention of

Y u got your outAt I aee."' any huebsud.

. .miled ibee

W. won g

have :

"You hai

dollar and moved ttseious that the

h ch ^TL-i y^tt> brown ey« briefly flicked

i ^

i».i ’.n the democratic tar W**K- The ; rt.; women appeared to have an lade-1

you played y*«? Win or pe®o.oce of a tioc.

"Shall we risk a play or two?", ^

mine to play, ma- she propooed. ’ Ar* you ^ j,,,, . Not at table, that -i with three-card monte* ’ ’ . g , afc . a ^oUgr down your

■aid *f * “ - — -

- spur-k. Why. the play woaM not buy

refreshment* for the lady." That was too much! I estracted by twenty-dollar note^ and deaf to a quickly breathed "Walt" from My Lady I Hank.d It down before him. She would know me for a man of deewm*' "There, ■ir." said I. "I »“

betting twenty-two doBam in all The queen to your «arl."j which U my limit tonight " trie; spieler. "My hand against Too *ir." and be addrmwed You are set* Let u* ji*. “They are back you. Which

Winniaf tmMraat a t commuuty n a matter K I always firu* mw au en the kind oi a Aral

always he an ym _ gettiaf fall mIm far y^* I

little i

••IndifferenOy.

roendng through my vein* I f*it j B®m*. you know: Are you dis-

acy retort. | po»*d to win a little^

throat—yon’d lay a dollar

cockroach ram."

With a muttered TB go you another turn. Mister ” Jim plsnk- ‘ rd down a do! 1st- and faced up

:ba* :

( with the clerk con-j • slimness of the

^ >ver my property. Bo I borrowed ltd fremi him with my trunk as security until 1

could bear from home

When 1 neppec outside twilight had deepened into dusk, the •fr w»« kimoe* frosty, and this, main street had been made giarDh by the nightly illumination.

AU up and doW!

«oal-oil torches or flambeau, rjddUy emboiediig the heads of the ; layers and onlookers, flared like votive braxiew above the open-

air gsmbllng games.

TIm noise of the day had redoubled. To the i xdamatioas,

the i

planed

The floo

teaming with : women and children. AP-r.i ■ ride there was an orr.ai* bar glittering wil

cut glass and silver and back*

by a large pis ^ mirror that re-

peated the lights, the people ..q- K|ur| th* gUw. •: eastern and pi'cfc-' .. An y tn. and the flgur*s of the white-: t<} . t0

’ coated bu-y bet lenders.

tn? Ain’t I a friend

' You b*f Finest little ;r. Benton. Trail to the along with me. par-dner.

ne your favor-ite."

rathe: not drink." I *.

To the bidding of oretnusir women and men hats upon their beads and ■ in their motrb). and m» getber. whirled In coup'. - that the floor trembled t‘ boot heels. Scattered thickly over il space there v

pile

you’ll dritk"’ h* ! gent I ax to drink driak! Nan,* your .

irira that'e your brand. But the drinks

with [on me."

gars Straight goods and th* t - at I to- j .u've got." my pilot blar-d * ■ ' None o’ your agency whiskey the , either. What's yourn?" he aeke.j {of me. | in- “The same as yours, rir." I:

»me* | bravely replied.

Her .-mall warm bar ' act.^1 as if unre»ervedly mine, for the mom- nL About h»r there was a tingling element of the friendly, eves of th* Intimate.

"Yea Am I

The money* your* You never

ewrnsd * dollar quicker. Ml

wag-:, friend." he dealer acknowledged. imperturbable From behind the dealer a man

usKfced him upon the shoulder. He tumod ear: while he Inclined farther, they whispered together, and I wltnmned an arm steal swiftly it my ride, and a thumb and Brger alightly bend up the

extreme comer of the queen. The hand and arm vanished, when the dealer fronted us i the queen * j* apparently Ju before. Only we who had

do you say i* th* queen? Yay your Anger on her.

Jim did no.

"You *ir. then." And he ad-J dr su'd me. "You are he heavieqt, bidder. Buppow- you lorn the, card for yourself and those other j

gentlemen."

My band trembled There were! sixty or seventy dollars upon thej table, and my own co:.trtbutk>o w«» my lari cent! 1 turned th* card—the ear* with the bent corner, of which 1 ‘ was certain as erf my own name; < 1 fared it up. eonfldently. my’; rap Its I already doubled: and' amidst a burst of artouished crieaj T stared dumbfounded. It was the eight of dub*! Broke—and Alone. I

Frank W. I

Hardware. HooswfumlshiRg, |

and Boat SapplW*

Plumbing. Heating and

Sheet Metal Work Hecteak Stmt

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EBEMiAU HAS I

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