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5‘ ‘70. have QIVW. Mr. " in: h I. a. die-rd.” a. cal-pyg- aaFaia __ ct- "rt-r um}:- tr-rote-u. "Tut-c It is 1868 with: Pnciiie Bail- road has reached its newest “furth- est west"-- Benton, Wyoming, a town described as "roaring" as each new terminus, temporesrily, was. Frau]: Benton. 3 young man from Albany, New ,York, comes here be cause he is in search of health and Benton is eonstdered "high und dry." Edna Montoya, a fellow passenger l on the train from Omaha, impresses, I 'ei,eesdik?,e, beauty d hepblue}; 'erirar style of r. a‘ppugLT. Elqualualaruiqtoaishttd bi-tlee,'?,,':)" . "suisit" of brandy Set " Luff? A hrnkrman telis J%esorrthnt she? ahas followed her man" Cb~Bentom l Jim. a typical western rutfian whom she know, apparently well insults her) and is floured by Frank whose prow-l ess impresses the passengers. l, Cul.‘l.underson and "Bill" Brad)" volunteer to entertain young Beeson. tir-.e-sir-t.ttoteodsedhim- I‘- 1tttH,_,-rverttfeth. w. Melon-h its. m. tieteers had whipped tree of the pocket, I glimpsed In with sec- ond light (for my eyes were held My by his) the twin Hale black Innis of I derringer conceded in " pdm; I mum of fear pinched as; they spam. with ringing rp- M but jun It the imam I lun- Idlcd Mrm knocked his Inn upward the - bad sped eeitimtwrrd Ind the 'i-ter of the “Ilia: table stood - him, mum barrel both; it. h very ml 1nd pet, mfeter. I all you!" In I his. " my of In, was. i “in VII (nun my "ttae- can but" ha. hum it dive ’AGI um “You devil.' I heard ydu at the table. You meddle with my come- mu, will you," and he slapped her with own palm. so that the impact smacked. "Now at out o' here or I'll kill you.” She fumed red. ail in a single rush of blood. "Oh.'" she breathed. Her hand darted to the pocket in her skirt, but I sprung between the two. Forget- ful of my revolver, with A blow I sent him ruling backward. He movéred. With lightning move- - be thrust his right hand into Eh ,misteont pocket. I heard I rub ot feet, I clunor of m; and " the while I was tug- ging. awkward with my deldly peril at my revolver. . Frank avoids being caught by any of the numerous gambling games, but is robbed of all his money. At the "Big Tent" Beeson meets the Lady withs the Blue Eyes. At “manly 'su'lwvne turns up the cur- ner of the winning queen of hearts and Beeson, his whole Sg'.?. bet on it, turtts the card-which instead of be- ing the queen is the eight of clubs. Now go on with the arm-y! It whirled her about, to face the tumbler. His smooth olive counten- me tras dark with a venom of rage incarnate that poisoned the air: his srtutrien cracked. As with mute, sickly denial I turn- ed may it seemed to me that I sensed canning“ formrat thgmoutg ta- bie-eaugrht the words, "You waft}: here a moment"; and close following I slim white hand fell heavily upon Mr lady’s shoulder. AWAKENINC, My tinzers left it as though it were a snake. The eight of clubs: Where I had seen. in fancy, the queen of haunts. there lay like a changelinz the eight of clubs. with corn-rs bent as only token of the transformation. "We can't both win, gentlemen," the tumbler said. "But I am willing to Rive you one mare chance, from a "or rink." "A wrung steer for once, I reckon. By thunder. I want revenge on this joint and I mean to 'tet it. So do you, don't you. partner?" he appealed my sleeve. ym, shnulql have hwyn content with small sums. or followed my lead. Next tune----" "Therem be no moxt' time." I blurted, "I am clvaned out." “You don't mean---?" "t was first rubbed at the hotel. Now here. _ "No. No." she opposed. Jim stdled to us. "That was a buruele Jim." What response was I did not know, nnr care. My Pars drummed and seeing nothing I pushed through into the open, painfully conscious that I was Bat, Vpenniless and instead of having plagll the_knave I had play- er the fool-for the-queen of hearts! The loss of some twenty dnlinrs might have been a trivial matter in me once-but here 1 had lost my all. whether large or small; and not vnly that had been bilked out of it--r hind bilked rnysv1f out of it by sinking. or pretended smartnpss. below the Ieve f a mere, artful dodteer'. ' l 'isfa"i'ic) Lady speaking beside my," she laid hand up You shnuld have hm small sums, or follow i Now in the reaction I fought des- puately against a trembling of the knees; there were congratulations, a ihubhub of voices assaiJintr me-and $he 1,7'r'i,'f2ettxir through mine ”’5‘an _ . ' ..."‘ tleman struck " me: he was about to draw on me, and by right I might have killed him. My apokeies for this little disturbance." He bestowed I challenging look up- on me, a hard. unforgiving look up- on the lady; and with a bow he turned for his hat, and stepping swiftly went back to his table. , - -roy brain was inca smother. My new friend moved me many from her. He answered tor me. "m!mr.emmar,a-e t drink.” I; "But 3otz'ti “mm. You "oert."'t' want we speak with you!" . It was My Lady, pieatdirttearrtest- ly. I still could scarcely utter a word "Not until we've had a little Con fab. lady. We've got matters of irw portance jest at present." "Sir," I said gratefully, "mar I let you know in the morning? Where will I find ynuf" We "ranged to meet next day Ind I returned to the Md, having mid in Mum-e Gazing neither right m left, t strode resolutely for the “It. M n tttedoorr-hnttmebr.hngtduid - my um. and a quick m. "Not m? At hut my gul- night?” "Good Mama" l Still the would - 4etahmd pa. "Oh, Bo, In! "1*-th It" . My I "'0'.an I In tobbme. Pic-”RH I don’t know ‘yul’vi LT 'ttitil,,:),??,':?:])??-"-" ".--ro.." . [NM-Inn. ”Id-h nm‘mnm-mh I saw her bite her lips, as lessly ftushed; her blue eyes me. but I had no will of my I certainly owed a measure ttvcy to thi, man who had t life. We found-a small table in a cor- ner. The affair upon the Boor was "pparently past historsr---if it merit- ed even that distinction. The Mite had resumed its program of dancing. playing and drinking as though after all a pistol shot was of no trreat mm friend remarked as we seated our- ment in the Big Tent. "To save your face. and mor you on'. Shore! Your twenty dollars was nothin', She didn't know you were busted. Next time she'd have steer- rd you to the tune of a hundred or two and cleaned you proper. You hadn't hem worked along, yet. in the right pitch o' 3mm. Minnow) must tur' mistook her! Well, now what, are you-coining to' do?" "Let me makn you a proposition," he said. "I'm on my way to Salt Lake with a bull oattit and I'm in need of another man. i'tl give you a dollar and . half I day and found." "You are taming west, you ment" I asked. "Yes, sir. Fmightin’ urns. Mule- whukin'." "But I never drove spun: in my life; Ind I'm not in shape to stand hardships," I Uttered. "I'm here for my health. I have-----" "Stow all that. son," he interrupted. "Forget your lungs, light nnd liver Bnd stand up n full-gird man. In my opinion you've had too much doe- torio', A month with I bull train, I diet of beans and sow-belly, Ind you can look anybody in Alter eye and ten him to to to hell! This rogrin' town life-it's no life for you! It's a bobtail. wide open in the middle." selves. _ He then proceeded to tell me that the whole thing was crooked. "And the Woman is the main steer- er,"he concluded. "That puny piece " th damn nigh lust you your life as wrell us Iosin' you your money!" "You mean the lady with the blue “She's brrund Ur MI-ntuyu. He’s a breed. some Spanish, sonar svhsr . 3"?“ nu not sump lnjun. A devil, and a: slick as they "rake 'vru, .che's x gm ' tun whin- for him, but he (151-: hut and surm- day he'll kill her, Yuu'rr- Put the fust Rudevon she's hooked. to feed to him." an I saw all. or Human I had ro- ceived mo more than I dry-”wt "Just why Mnntnyn struck his wo- man, I don't know." the teamster went on, "do you ?" _ "Yes. She had cautioned mp and ht must have heard her. And she shot (d which was the right card. I don't understand that." q "I don't know." I replied. “I must find and earn enough to get home with." To write for funds was now impossible through very shame. "Home's the only place for a person " my greenness.” “Dun't you savvy that Four lady's Mnntnyn's wife-his woman anyhow T." “Muntnyn? Who's Montoso?" "The monte throwerf That yum) syiolur who trimmed Us." he rapped ictpaticntiy. . “She's brrund b) MI-ntuyn. He’s a breed. some Spanish, sonar “fur . 3"?“ nu "wt sump lnjun. A devil, and a: dick as they "rake 'eru, .che's r '," ' Ii hardy and. vertrimt to her. Tou had a narrow shave she help» [ immoral , own and y of cour- sand my ml "W In the morning us I left the hotel he the clerk handed me a note. dr It could have been sent only by one he; person .7 the superscription. dainty land feminine..betrayed it, That Iro- mnn was all" pursuing mel “v... ‘1‘: Jririiltre" tTmfrrttetf. ttat I aes "Good night," I bade thickly. Bur-i in; with me a satisfying bat tomb! how annoying persistent imprint of moist blue eyes under itriiiiF1iii) hair, I roughly stalked on and out, free of her, free of the Big Tent, her; lair! l 'no longer a 'oot--that l had VIE} ed absolutely loose from hand , she could do nothing with me. .- l minded to tear the note to frngms unread. and contemptuously at: them. Had she been present I sly have done so, to show her. But around the corner, I tore envelope open. The folded paper I in contained a tive-dollar bank I That was enough to pump the h to my face with a rush. It was insult - a shame, With ch That was enough to pump the blind to my face with a rush. It was an insult - a shame. With cheeks twin-him: I managed to read the lines asecornpanving the dole: _ Sir: You would not permit me to pr- plmn to you {uptight therefore I - write. Thr rerrttt "fair was a mis- Iukr. I hall ”1) intuition that [on should low, and I ssttaposed you turn' in "lore inm’x. I funk! upon “Wak- ing with you. I'm: "hull not an (“wry in this fuxhiun. You will feed me u! 'lo Elftr Fur}, at a table, of in: (Howl: in thr morning. And in can you an a link- short I brg you to muL-r asp of the otelotted, with my but? tvishrn "ml upolngirx. You may Inigo" it (Ix " Man. I fret "ttrr/y mix. r- Half unconsciously wadding both muney and paper in my hand as if to squee'zo the last drop of rancor {rum them I swung on. Made in all sizes. ‘Small enough for the bungalow. 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Yum I'm eun- would at hum - __ _ "But I'm not asking you to Harry me," she said. 'Wm not asking you to love me u I paramour. sir. Plane understand! Treat me us you will; as a sister. a Yriend, but anything human! Oh, I'm so tired of mynll; I can't run true, Pm under false rol- urs,' AM! there in Moanoro-buiiyigut "Montoyo? He in no hunttand of mine. I could kill bim--I will do it yet, to be free trom him." "My good name. then." I taunted. "I might fear tor my good name more than I'd fear I man." mom-y; plenty till we both get a footing. But you wouldn't live on me; no! I would be glad merely to tide you over. if you'd let me. And I - I'd be willing to wash floors in a restaurant if I might be free of in. 'sult. You, I'm sure, would at least protect me. Wouldnt you? Yuu would. wouldn't you? Say something. sir." She paused nquiver. “Shall we go? Will you help me?" 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