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racisr Bam icon Tiien wrm n gieam or tnat garnering rcir mmpoir tiic net- rIug of tlj0 voIcc
of genial pride Ten thousand wouldnt tcr for the display of it I doretood mude the
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Tnttls bovlsh face falrlv clowcd It
was my good angel made me atop In
front of your fence he suld I saw
you all eating In here and you looked j two umi two together and found they
so Jolly that I thought Id stop on the lueunt a larger sum of eatables than
chance you might he the man I was slu nmi hitherto felt sufficient and
looking for Now Ill go right on and I
see Mr Demiit and find out what he
wants to do in the matter
obliged to you
Bring on your fence Im ready
said Lettls
Come on boys said Red and the
party rose from the table Later the
wagon came up
Well good day Lettls said Red
If you cant get quarters anywhere
else come on and help me hold the
barn down
Do you sleep in the barn Then
Ill come back sure Tell you how it
Ir Mr Saunders Ive been stuck up
11 t 1 mn frtiii vnurs
m a imee u u
nose held to A to M western branch
and if Im not sick of it theres no
such thing as sickness To get out
and breathe the fresh air to see the
country to be my own master well
sir it just makes me tremble to think
of it I hope you find the strawboard
what you want to take up
I shouldnt wonder if it would be
answered Red Well make a corking
team to do business Lettls I can see
that so cautious and full of tricks and
all that
The young man laughed and then
sobered down Of course I know the
whole thing would look insane to most
people he said sturdily but Ive
been in business long enough to see
sham gentlemen come to grief in spite
of their funny work I dont believe
a manll come to any more harm by
believing people mean well by him
than he would by working on the otnei
tack
Good boy said Red slapping him
on the back You stick to that and
youll get a satisfaction out of it that
money couldnt buy you Another
thing youd never get a cent out of
me In this world if you were oue of
these smooth young men My eye teeth
are cut son for all I may seem easy
The man that does me a trick has a
chance for bad luck and you can bet
on that
Lord I believe you replied Lettis
taking in the dimensions of his new
frinnil Well coodby for the present
f
f
the
Mr Saunders Thank you for the din 1
ner and still more for the heart you
have put into me
At G oclock the fence was not quite
finished
If youll stay with me until the
things done Ill stand another dollar
all around said Red I dont want it
to stare me in the face tomorrow
The eldest spoke up Well stay
with you Mr Saunders but we dont
want any money for it do we fel
lers
No they replied in chorus well
meaning what they said
Why youre perfectly welcome to
the cash said Red
And youre welcome to the work
retorted the boy Were paid plenty
as It is
If thats the wty you look at It
Im much obliged to you said Red
who would not have discouraged such
a feeling for anything He said to
himself This dont seem much like
the kind of people Ive heard inhabited
these parts Those boys are all right
Reckon if you use people decent theyll
play up to your lead no matter what
country it is
At 730 the fence was done gorgeous
in a coat of fresh red paint and
the hands departed each with a slice
of Miss Matties chocolate cake a
thing to make the heathen gods feel
contemptuous of ambrosia
They went straight to the black
smiths shop where they were anxious
ly expected
Good Lord he said a little later
if you fellers will talk one at a time
praps I can make out whats hap
pened Now Sammy spose you do
the speaking
Whereupon Sammy faithfully chron
icled the events of the day The boys
had behaved themselves as if there
was nothing out of the common hap
pening while they were with Red be
ing held up by a sense of pride but
naturally the splendid physique of the
cowman his picturesque attire his
abandoned way of scattering nioney
arouud and the air of a frolic he had
managed to impart to a days hard
work all had effect on imagination
and the boys were very much ex
cited
Id like to know how many Injuns
that fellers killed piped up the
youngest Hy He could grab hold
of a man and wring his neck like a
chicken
Aw tst remonstrated the black
smith But the elders stood by the
younker this time
Yes he could Mr Farrel said
they You ought to seen him when
he rolled up his sleeves Hes got an
arm on him like the hind leg of a
horse and he uses an ax like a tack
hammer He got mad once when he
pounded his thumb and busted the
post square in two with one crack
Well he looks like a husky man
admitted the blacksmith But why
didnt you boys take the extry dollar
when lie made the offer He pears to
know what he was about and it looks
kind of foolish to say no to it
There was a moments silence We
wanted to show him we were just as
good as the folks he knew explained
the eldest somewhat shamefacedly
The blacksmith straightened himself
Quite right too said he We air
when you come to that A little
irV e is a vondcrful tonic Each man
Mattle at a supper table which was
bountifully spread Miss Mattie put
with a little pang at the thought of
the Inadequacy of her first offering to
her cousin provided such fatness as
Wait for the wagon and you can the jaui 0f Fairfield boasted
ride said Red Boys gone home to
see hl3 dad about working for mo this
afternoon In the meantime if youre
Thev discussed the
day with satisfaction
My said Miss Mattie
events of the
You do
not too proud to take hold and help things wholesale while you are about
us with this dod ratted fence Ill ue it will dont you
Red smiled In pleased acknowledg
ment Im no peanut stand old
lady said he I like to see things
move
Then Miss Mattie broached the ques
tion she had been hovering around
ever since her guests had taken then
leave
Do you think youll really go into
business with that young man who
was here to dinner she asked
Why I Think its kinder likely
said Red
But you dont know anything about
him Will nhe continued putting the
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At seven thirty the fence was done
weak side of her desire forward in or
der to rest more securely if that stooil
the test
No I dont agreed Red But
heres the way I feel about that 1
want to be doing something according
to my size besides that it would be
a good thing for this place if some
kind of a live doings was to start here
All right thats my side of it Now
as far as not knowing that young fel
lers concerned I might think I knew
him from cyclone cellar to roof tree
and he might do me to a crowded
house My idea is that lifes a good
deal like faro you know how that is
I remember about his not letting
the people go but Im afraid I dont
know my Bible as well as I ought to
Will apologized Miss Mattie rather
astonished at his allusion
Let the people go Bible cried
Red laying- down his knife and fork
still more astonished at her allusion
Will you kindly tell me what that
has to do with faro bank Girl one
of us is full of ghost songs and far
far off the reservation What in the
name of Brigham Youngs off ox are
you talking about
Why you spoke of Pharaoh Will
and I can remember about his holding
the children of Israel captive and the
plagues but I really dont see just
how it applies
Oh said Red as a great light
broke upon him Oh I see what
voure thinking about The old boy
who corralled the Jews and made em
work for the first and last time in
their history and they filled him full
of fleas and darkness and all kinds of
unpleasant experiences to break coa
Well I was not talking about him at
all My faro is a game played with
a layout and a pack of cards and a
little tin box that you ought to look at
carefully before you put any money
on the board to see that it aint
ranged for dealing seconds and
theres a lookout and a case keener
and well I dont believe I could tell
you just how it works but some day
Ill make a layout and well have some
fun Its a bully game but I say its
a great deal like life the splits go to
the dealer that is to say that if the
king conies out to win and lose at the
same time you lose anyhow see
No said Miss Mattie truthfully
Red thrust his fingers through Ins
hair and sighed Im afraid I know
too much about it to explain it clear
ly he replied But what I mean b
this Some people try to play systcui
at faro and they last about as qui-
as those that dont I always put tle
limit on the card thats handiest ar 1
the game dont owe me a cent As a
matter of fact some of the tin horns
used to wear a pained expression
they saw me coming across the room
Ive split em from stem to keels
more thau once and never 1 d 1 a cup
per in my life Played em wide op n
all the time Now and he brought
his fist down on the table Im going
to play that young man wide open
and Ill bet you I dont lose by him
neither He looks as honest as a mas
tiff pup for all he dresses kind of nice
I might just as well try him on the
fly as to go lunk heading around and
get stuck anyhow with the unsatis
factory addition of feeling that I was
a fool as well as confiding
Most of the arenment had been an-
dent Aryan toSUss flattie Dtit tno ni risk lilin cut In Red Could
and the little she un- y0u lead him down here In the morn-
tenor plain A inirV
In the meantime Red was repairing j dcn moisture gathered in her eyes as Yes Indeody hes a perfect lady
ravages of the day opposite Miss saIl Youre too good and honest 0f a horse to lead you can pick up
and generous a man to distrust any- airy foot climb all over him in fac
body Thats what I think Will sMongs you dont try to ride him or j
Mattie I wish you wouldnt talk hllch him up If you do that well
like that said he in an injured voice young man youll get a pretty fair J
It aint hardly respectable idee of what U meant by one of the
After which there was a silence for demons of hell
a short time Then said Miss Maine
Do you think you could content your
self here Will after all the things
youve seen
Red brightened at the change of
topic Ill tell you how that Is If I
hadnt any capital and had to work
slow company before
some
kind Say I ought to get at that 11
Im going around with Lettis I want
to ride a horse Know anybody thats
got a real live horse for sale Mattie V
No Well Ill stop in and see the
lady that deals the mail Ill bet you
what that woman doesnt know about
whats going on in this camp will nev
er get into history Be back right
away
Said he to the postmistress Mj
What kind of saddle have you
got i
One of them outlandish Avestern
fairs that the scamp threw In with the
animal vou see I thought Id take
up horseback riding for my health
I was hi bed three weeks after my
here as a poor man I dont believe Id fust try 1
lake the trouble to try and live Id Ill go you 7 for the outilt just
smother But having that pleasant as you got It chaps taps and latlgo
little crop of long greens securely straps if youll have It In front of my
planted in the bank where the wild house at 1 oclock tomorrow
time doesnt grow and lliusly being All right young man all right sir
able to cavort around as It sweetly Now dont blame me it you air took
pleases me why I like the country home shoes fust
Its sport to take hold of a place like Nary said Red Come and see
this thats only held together by its the fun
suspenders and try to make a real live lshorely will replied the old gen
mans town out of it tleman
Miss Mattie drew a deep breath of j
relief You came like the nero in a
fairy story Will and 1 was afraid
youd go away like one she said
He reached across the table and pat
ted her hand Youd have had to
gone too said he The family 11
stick together
She thanked him in a soft little
voice Dear me she murmured it
does seem that youve been here a
year Will
Never was told that I was such
CHAPTER VII
T 0 the next morning there was
a crowd in front of the house
What have you been doing
now Will asked Miss Mat-
tie with prescience
Only buying u horse Mattie re
turned Red soberly Seems to be
quite an event here
Is that all
Thats all so help me Bob Red
had a suspicion that there would be
nhinetions if she knew what kind of a
You know periectiy wen mat unit hQVSQ it was
isnt what I mean Lettis who had roomed with Red
Well youll have to put up with overniKiltf Was in the secret
me for awhile whatever I am The iorse arrived leading very
much as Im to be a manufacturer and quiotlyj as mi Upton had said It
the Lord knows what Then some yns buislciii fat and hearty from
day Im going to hae an avful hank- lQn rcstin Nothing could be more j
erlng for the land where the breeze docij0 tiKin q pensive lower lip and j
blows and then well take a shute for thJ meek curve the neck Nothing
open prairie Its cruelty to animals coul1 jj0 raore contradictory than the
for me to straddle a horse now yet llght of its CVN l jjrooding baleful I
theres where Im at home and Im firo qujotiy idling its time j
going to buy me a cayuse of Scatter friends cried Red as he I
f his foot in the stirrup Dont be 1
put
too proud to take to timber
He swung over as lightly as a tra
peze performer deftly catching his
other stirrup The horse groaned and
shivered
Dont let him get his head down
Gol ding it Dont you screamed Mr
Upton in wild excitement
Red threw the bridle over the horn
of the saddle Go it you devil
names Saunders maam cousin to crIed he Aud they Six feet
Miss Mattie I just stopped in to find straigiit lu the air first pass The
out if you knew any one that had a cr0W1 scattered as requested They
riding horse for sale liorse witn ioul miTie1 at thut Red gave the brute
rood legs thatll carry me all day
and about the rest I dont care a frolic
some cuss
The postmistress replied at such
Where does this man live asked
Red with a kindling eye
He lives about threv miles out on
the Peterville road but hes in town
toniKht visitin Miss Alders Johnny
the benefit of his 250 as they touched
earth and his opponent grunted when
he felt the jar of it They rocketed
and ricochetted they were here they j
length and with such velocity that vere there they were everywhere the
Red was amazed He gathered from buskin squealing like a pig and fight
her remarks that a certain Mr Upton jng vitli every ounce of the strength
had an animal purchased of a chance tliat lay ju his steel strung legs The
horse dealer which it was altogether 1 dust roso jn clouds Reds hat flew in
likely he would dispose of as the first n0 time he was yelling like a maniac
time he had tried the brute it went auj the crowd was yelling like more
up into the air all sorts of ways and maniacs Now and then a glimpse of
caused the owner to perform such the riders face could lie caught
tricks before high heaven as made the portea with joy of the struggle then
nngels weep
the dust would roll up and hide every
thing No one was more pleased at
the spectacle than the blacksmith He
was capering in the middle of the
road waving a hand hammer and
tliniitinir Hold him down Hold him
to a small boy who had been following mvni yjjy do you let him jump up
the conversation his wide open eyes ike tbat If j as on that horse Id
bent on Red and his mouth and wig- ghnv you Aw tliere it jS again
gling bare toes expressing their delight i gtop hIm stop himi
in vigorous contortions Johnny you At tllis p0int the buckskin made
run tell Mr Upton theres a gentleman lhree enormous ieaps for the black
In here wants to see him about buying Bmmlt as though he had understood
a horse The smith cast dignity to the winds
Dont disturb him if hes visiting in1 went over the nearest fence in the
remonstrated Red styie that little boys when coasting
He wont call that disturbing him j stomach -whopper or words to
replied the postmistress with a shrill that effectt and took his next breath
laugh Hell be here in no time j two minutes later He might have
She was a true prophet It seemed saved the labor as the horse wheeled
n3 if iho hov had barely left the store - nniioi fniriv for tlm
when he returned with a stoop picket fence opposite Red regretted j
i ill L I
i just stopped in iojlnd out il you knew
any one that had a riding horse fur
sale
dered solemn faced man who had
a brush heap of chin whisker
ing the lower part of his face After
greetings and the explanation of the
errand Mr Upton stroked his chin
whisker regretfully Young man t
said he Im in a pecoohar and on
pleasant position Theres mighty
fevew things I wouldnt do in a hawse
trade but I draw the line on murder
the absence of herders as the sharp
pickets loomed near It was no time
for reirrnts The horse was over with
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