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ILL ill! Ave. 1642 3’5 “Du ‘hoâ€"old Gun}. 7i "mZanâ€"cmm do}! 19.!- mor. or Mr Inn-bind?” "Then it teem that it In Jul! you and I. Kid. who have got to letti- this little aflair,” he announced, iirmly. “I'll have my any about it. and-then m can mark your tooling. I rath- er ranging I hnm't‘very much legal right in the premium but I‘ve got 1 sort of moral grip on you by reason of having pulled you out llive from that canyon yonder, and I propose to play this game to the limit.’ You aayyour mother in dead, and the mun who raised you in dead, and, so turns eith- ervof he know. there isn’t a soul any- where on earth who possesses any claim over you, or any desire to have. Then, naturally, thelwhoie Jack-pot is up to me, provided I've got the cards. Now, Kid, waving your prejudice aside. I ainit Just exactly the best man in this world to bring up a girl like you and make a lady out of her. I thought yesterday that maybe we might man- age to hitch along together for awhile, but I've got a different think coming to-day. There's no use die figuring the truth. . I‘m a gambler, something of alighteri on the side, and folks don’t say anything too pleasing about my peaceful disposition afound there. settlements; I haven't any home. and mighty tow friends, and the few I have got are nothing to boast about. I reckon there's a cause for it all. So, considering eyerything. I'm about the poorest proposition o'er was heard n' ‘n â€"A‘_A - A "Goln' to at nan-nod. Bob?" -. "Not this year: In hardly become to serious :- tint; but I'm coin: to and you a nod home hero. and I’m going to put up planty of mm, to an: _ vu». vv-u It'll“ of to start I young ladies’ seminary Tho Lord kgovn. old (mm was bad enough, but 111 n damned light worse. Now, some womnn han mt fn on»- “-- NOW. some won)“ in land. and I rec right one." 7 â€" â€"--..‘. "u- no, has not to take you hon I’ve tom the color can creeping into his tacé. mid hi: hund- mflnchcd. Then he whoa]- ed about. and looked down upon her. completely mm to M- old In- A‘._- Null; down, min: to tuck me Into bod :3 mt. flow-u that's how I mm m no In.“ an drew 3 deep breath, and unwed an: m locket. yet um re- um it In his hand. “IIâ€"u Ibo --_ A-A . __-_ ___-â€"â€"~ - “No. I don't reckon‘ he "or mum in an In. that picture, and told me she vu my mother. 1 than lived 111th hip. um culod Mu dud. 1 rock- on he liked it, and he vu mighty good to no. We were u Rmdol'ph a long time, Ind lines than he's been post-(nae: u Bethune. Than :11 I know nbout it. to: dud nova: hiked vory much. and Ito-used to get mad when I asked him question." Hampwn dropped the locket from his crisp and arose to his foot. For men] minutes he Itood with Ill- menu nunutes he Itood with lull but town-d her, sppumtly Mu do“ the valley. MI 1“ at, his dim- med eyes seeing nothing. Slowly the WT' In cue-m. and hi- voice would“ in who at his the! men. "Y“. ll 8!. 14min; and took no then with him two mu no, and I at her mu." “M? Do you moon old Gnu-r- Iho nodded. beginning dimly to won- 't: I. would speak so fiercely lion at to: in that odd var. soon“ in choke twice baton he id h) tho nu question. ' =§FE$ Bob Hampton of placer “Then It (Continued (rum page 2 “Good Lord! I Haven’t Inn logging to Stick with You. Have I?" don dig out mutually. and no he asked Hon-d there." “A preacher!" her voice vibrant with derision. “n preacher! Well. of All things. Bob Hampton! You led nround by the nm in that my! Did he want you to brlnz no to Sam school? A member! And I suppose the fellow expects to turn me over to one of hi: look tor religion; inltructiou. He'll have you studying theology innido of I. out. A pm! Oh, Lord, nod you ! Well, I won't so; no there!” "A. I understood the ai‘lair." Hump- ton continued, as, .ehe paused for bmth..“it we. Lieut. Brant who sug- gested the [den of his coming to me. .Bnnt knew Gillis. and remembered you, and realizinz Your unpleasant Ilt- nation, thought such an onangement would be (or your benefit.” ' : question. . “WM: I- am Brunt his}; It Both-1m? “Thor. II [:9 can!” It;- “Brant!" the burst forth in renewed unset; “he did, did he! The patty- taced dundy! I used to see him at Bethune. and you can bet h- never bothered his head about me then. No, and he didn’t‘evon 1(an me out yon‘ der, until after the sergeant spoke up. What business his that (allow got planning what I shall do?" Hampton made no attempt to an- swer. It was better to let her lndlgna- ,v., *â€" mm. but a woma‘livme "an." “I expect It will conduct bug at am. Kid." he named cuttlly. “but I think you might try It I vhlleJuu to non 0! plane In.“ “Whoâ€"who I. the?” doubtfully. “In. Honcho. m at the upen- lnmut attic ‘Goldon W mines" mg I» until his hand (crud the an an homes. “They toll no she'- I him one vow." “on. they do! The. lomebodrl been nun-In; you up nhout me, have they: I thought that won about the way of it. Iomebody win“ to Mom Inc. I reckon. Well. maybe I won‘t be returned. Who m it. Bob?” “The miter!“ missionary." he mute-sod mummy. “e nervy little chop med Wynkoop: he cum: in to see use int nixht while you were “leap." Re (need her open scorn nn- Ihrlnkinsly. hie mind fully decided. and clinging to one thought with on the tenacity of his unture. ~ on- » nova mu yonâ€"did you our to” «that at then my ”71th thou: In). Alma Brut? H. mm Inn boon this M‘- fiber.” “Yet, I went you to go. It’s e chance for you. Kid. end there isn’t 'n bit at n ehow in the kind of n life I lead. I never have been in love with myself. and only took to it in the first piece because the devil happened to drive me tint why. The Lord knows I don't vent to lend my one elee' thrown such a punch. So it in I try? CHAPTKR VII; ' “I've Come Here to Live.” - Widely u then two companions dinered in temperament and experi ence, it would be impossible to decide which felt the greater uneasiness at the proopect immediately before them. The girl Openly rebellious. the man extremely doubtful, with reluctént steps they aptfitoached that tell. home~ ly, yellow house-outwardly the most pretentious in ‘Glencaid. by thud“. chili.“ £1.37“. “i ”Mumhovukmmmo- And talk with «a "slum. beau-o dgddy u- natte- h the Seventh "The rather. yea. but that vaa year: ago. Come. Kid. all this la only a- ctent hiatory, and Just as well torzot- ten. Now. you are a «inflate girl. vhen your temper doa't get away with yom‘ud I am amply going to leave this matter to your better Judgment. wm you no to In. Kendall's. and an out how you like it? You needn’t etopthereanhouruahelau'taoodto you. but you ought not to want to re- main .wlth me. and me up like a ma boy.” They were so completely opposite, these two, that more than one chance passerâ€"by glanced curiously toward them as they picked their way onward through the red dust. Hampton, slen- der yet firmly knit, his body held erect as though trained to the profession of arms, his features finely chiselied, with threads of gray hair beginning to show conspicuously about the temples. His attire of fashionable cut black cloth, and his immaculate linen, while use and unobtrusive. yet appeared - tremeiy unusual in that careless land of clay-baked overalls and dingy woolens. Beside ,him. in vivid con- trast. the zirl trudged in her heavy shoes and hedrsuled skirts; her sullen eyes fastened doggedly on the road. her hair show-ins ragged and disrep- utable in the brilliant sunshine. Hampton himself could not remain ai- together indilerent to the contrast. “You look a little rough, Kid. for a “No. I new: hon-6 much any um. Du you know him?" The look of doflnnce Med slowly out at he:- hoo u Ibo Itood mvely manna hlm. Tho mu m In dud- ly earnest. And the felt the qulet ln- sistence of his manner. I htdn't." “Youâ€"you do"! you?" Together. yet Icarcely exchanging mule; word. the two rettlced their new alowly down the steep trail lead- ing toward the little town in the m- ley.‘ "You bet. if you fiut It that, way.” she eon-outed. limply. “but I reckon thgt firs. Kendal: ll likely to wish nvumtmmdumifi in! me to Woman’s Right Every housewife ha a. right :0 de- mand a telephone in her home. It. ones ‘he drudgery of homework.â€" lt lessen the lonelineee of a long. dreery dayâ€"It is e con-um. gunmen end protecMr. Not 3 luxury for we heve true for any purse. Chicago Telephone Commy. ha.‘ “10! «vainly exhibit :3 symptoms d do!“ to." ho «mum. frankly. “But you mat. a but. In. v'uhod yogr Mo tad find you hit.” She lluhed one ultry deuce u bin. stopping In the middle at the reed. her head flung back u though may for Male. “on. u I! by some ‘Iwm mate of emotion. her expression meted. “And no you're uhuned o! no. no you?” she Inked. her voice Ihll'p but w. “M to be noon vellumvlth me? I know you ere! But I tell you. Mr. Bob Hemp- mmwon'tbethenextume. And wht'e more. you Just don't need a» have. Along mother step with I. nov. 1 don't mt you. I reckon I ton M to»! flu walnut thing: on moazwmmrduunpmmu you up n bu." “Weu. I'm W 09 It." the Iva-pond. «Lanny. flbmllootlobhno tough that won“ Ion't my a civil wordmus. Youcnlntlm'tcotu to mu. and! to plan the like: of they stood thus waiting with no re-r spouse from within. ‘ Once she glanced suspiciously around at him. only to wheel back instantly and once more apply her knucklén’ to the ward. Be- tore he had. conjured up something worth saying the door was partially opened, and a. rounded dumpling of u wanna. having rosy cheeks. her hair lron-xny. hex-blue eyes halt-Inning in uncertain welcome, looked out upon them questionlnxly. She swung all “mi. :uf'tho an; chuckled uoflly n In “allow“. watch- fully. tumult: tho circling. red dun: tully. through the circling. red dust blond created by her hut, toot. Tho truth In. Mr. Hunpton W trouâ€" bles Ind Icrnplu o! M- on In con- nocuon with, this mumplflod all. H. but never met thl My. but he re- porch, “1’! very much arm}: at minim: Eu; Prgsbyurlu woman all alone." .4 (To 6: unlined)