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Henry Brnco walked rapidly nway In
Mm mellow light of tho moon, lly the
Ute of a leprous sycatnoro lio panned to
Mght a cigar. In tho quick, uiwprliiKinK
light of tho match ho behold n innn Rent
ed upon the doorstono of Murray's storo
Mil dejectedly smoking. Tho soft moon
rays beat gently down upon tho dejected
fgnre, idealising his attitude, Tho innn
u armed, and his revolvers glanced In
Mm moonlight A largo, rawbonod horso
stood Ranntly ontlltiod In tho shadow.
Bract recognized Buck Jerrold and tho
arratio Buckshot.
"A fine night for a ride," ho wild, puff
lag hU cigar.
Mr. Jorrold raised his head gloomily.
"Well enough for thoni es cares to
i-lda," ha Msented, "but 1 ain't in no
amor fer thet sort of amusement."
"Tasted differ," replied Bruce plea
aatly , noting the other's manner and
arawdly divining Its cause. "Now, I
aaoald llko nothing better myolf."
"Why don't ye start in then?" returned
Mr, Jerrold. "I'm sure thar's prairie
MOBgk before ye to make it as object."
"Simply because I have no horse,"
Brace rejoined. "I came over from the
raach with the rest of my party in a car
'well, ef thtt's all thet stands In yer
way," replied , the accommodating Mr.
. Jerrold, taking his pipo from Ida lips,
"war's, Buckshot. Barrin a disposition
to rare and 'buck' now and then, cb yo've
teen, he's a peart hoss enough and is at
yer service. For myself, I've got enough
i think about without ridin into the
bargain."
He took a 6-ahootcr from his bolt and
regarded it absently, cocking and un
cocking the weapon with the finger and
thumb of his brawny right hand. The
clicking of the look sounded ominously
to the still night.
Bruce looked curiously at the man be
fore availing himself of his offer. He
eemed to have somethingnpon his mind.
However, ho untothored Buckshot, and
tanging the long riatn from the saddle-
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" ' bow sttranff into tho saddle.
He rode at a swinging gallop through
Vr" Mm main street of the little frontier
Iowa, the hoofs of his horse echoing
t madly oa the level road. In a few mo-
Bents he had. loft the settlement bohind
r bim and was alone upon the vast, Ultra-
ttabieplaln.
Tbe grateful transition from the fever-
jtsh eoene he had recently quitted to the
; Mrfect freedom or Dounaiess space
nrovght to kts spirit a sense or rest and
The Meat .we so serene, aa earn;'
'opasatonWes. Everywhere tbe dominant
v kWI v HaTMWK 4W NHHBnwSSV WHB I Ml
"; kMnctnisa of .day.
' aasofcsl hk peating horeVand rbde back '
v mnenhktracka. Tbe sehsraroa of physical
' townUhlaiiihssly.lhotir:Bon nom-J
kautW! AaM hnmkUuMutol. 4k.
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P .r aBBUBBal BV.aBlaBPBmVBT ABM BmaBB BaTPBY W . LCBHTB
weeAer.tlaa.wAkb.Jud .Unded to
erted to CyrtWa andher behaviw wHh
Mm eaptaU.vlt bad annoyed him.' aa
deniaWy'wlthbflt his knowing why,
arnee am not neueve aumaeu.to be m-
tereeted taMU Delks. Haviag UHle
4 of. ttt vanity rwhkheharacteriaeemoit
. mm, U bad probably never occurred to
1 bin Mia) much of Cynthia's apparent in
fl tenet In Foraker was prompted 'by pique
'. at bis own refusal to act aa her .escort
.1 He ,waa aware that tbe quaint, breeiy lit-
'tt 'maiden, who had rescued bim so
luckily from' his predieament in the
votorado some mouthi osiore, interested
; . Urn greatly f that he felt strangely drawn
' toward her whenever he found himself
ber society, and that, being impelled
by a tborbughly masculine Impulse to
favor ber with sound advice and bene
tdal couneeVhe was annoyed, to find
Mutt she ignored it
An incident of tbe early evening had
not tended, to increase the serenity of
bk temper. It was when upon rlrtt rec
ognising Cynthia at the ball in company
. with Foraker he had. so far forgo rten
, himself to Ua awniokm ef the man aa to
Inquire?
'Who ie that fellew, CyBtkkr .
"A-geaMnisn,H Mtw PaUairepHed
, .ovekmtiy. TberebrnkeWraa'croihing.'
Hewritbedinnder;it now, at therecol
tectlott .
Tbeeadaen hoof beats of a horse caused
i to look . sio absorbed bad he been
to bk refccttonTtbat 'he had taken no
heat of ihtowiwnniiiga? He found
!on tM mm Mareua highway at
dietaaea from. theitowm.'A horae-
mmtoAHnjmW
apowerrmi gray. iBemoonugiit
naem UM.enanleU and other deo;
cf .rUery The cum of bis
sjanaoyaaee stood before hk
S' .l Wfrtr
;,the,:asrtVostog saloon and
montHBatronana of MMiflaa
Mak bw At k, beta sUenly
.tomMssnd wkh Mm neoseaity at preeent-
mc himself for roU call at tha'nrrkon.
sjisnybastlir totooonsoionanem and roll-
tof Jbit arnai iasbrlatsil person into the
sadfftortH otoc , town an boor before
It;. wa 'thk; ggf todiyidoal,
maPm, Fv tTt J P1" emema j
jm thkfialliwia.who,
eveak
." Gemto':iak:litker.wM;eTiduUy
-; Mm worm forf hk .erentoja gay oty. He
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akaesmaaansm ruam amaf a-i
iirnce, at once noting the condition ot
the redoubtable ciiptnln, turned his
horse atide and endeavored to am him
without replying, but Foraker, perceiv
ing his intent, put ftptirs to his gray nud
cannoned into him with a forco Hint
compelled him to halt.
"What do you mean by that?" do
mntidt'd Bruce, with difficulty reining in
tho prnuving BuckRhotnf tor tho colllnton.
"1'vo got suthln to ny to you, yonng
feller," pnld tho captain thickly, rlnitig
in his stirrupH nnd lennlng forward over
tho neck of his homo In nn aggrCRsivo
way. Ho cniphasltcd his remarks with
his heavy riding whip. "You Innultcd
mo tonight. I want you to undVlitun
I'm a West I'oln'r and n damned sight
too good company for any girl you or
any other tenderfoot enhcorta to a ball.
You hear me?" ho demanded with drunk
en diroctncan, ruining his volco. "WnM
more, alio ain't much on looks anyway,
nor stylo cither, and thero wasn t any
occasion for you to bo so damned exclu
sive" Then, leaning over his saddlo
with an insulting nlr of giving very im
portant advice, "You want to bo dov'llnli
careful, young feller, or yo'll get your
self Into trouble mind that."
"Stand asidol" Bruoo broko in sternly,
reigning back hlahorsoasif about to ride
on.
"Tryin to got away t" said the captain
with a sneer, attempting to Intercept
him by keeping his gray in front of him
with whip and spur "tryin to got away,
are ye? I want yon to und'shtant
young feller, you can't do that until I'm
done with you. I want you to und'
shtan" But hero Bruco struck Buckshot sharp
ly and attempted to dash by him.
The captain saw his intent, and strik
ing his spurs into his horso made an ef
fort to stop him a second time by run
ning Into him. The effort proved f utilo.
Buckshot had already got under way.
Enraged at his want of success Foraker
rose in his stirrups and as Bruco passed
him struck' him over tho head with his
heavy riding whip, summoning to tho ef
fort all tho strength he could muster.
The blow made Bruce root in his sad
dlo. For a moment ho feared ho should
bo unseated. The next, whocling his
horso about, ho dashed against Foraker,
closing with him in a mounted struggle
for tho whip.
As tho horses camo togotfier Bruce
saw tho captain shift his whip to his left
hand suddenly and caught tho ominous
glitter of a revolver in tho light of the
moon. He had barely time to crouch in
the saddle when tho weapon was fired,
the bullet whistling closo above his
head. Clearly the time for temporising
had passed. Forbearanco was now sui
cidal. In aninstaut Bruco had drawn
his own pistol, and as tho captain raised
hia arm a second time he leveled it upon
him,
The two weapons exploded simultane
ouslythe flash from his opponent's re
volver almost banding Brace aa tbe deaf-'
ecing reports rang out upon the still air.
Arthe onadtof the' ahem the horses
sprang apart,- and, throngh. the .smoke
thathnna' heavilv between tham.Bnca
ooaldaee Mm captain .endeavoring with
difficulty to keep,' the .saddle: L Hardly
had he realised thafhe waa'himself nn
burt.whea.Focakar;awaved eaddenly to
hkalbiandlsUlMavilytottMgKMad:.
The gray trotted esT-afew paces and then
topped quietly to grans, ri
Brae tnrew WmseU.,rron hk bone
aad.bent over, the prostrate man. The,
captain was .lying upon hk face, bk
slight atnok issued from the damp bar-
rel; As he' turned the body over, aorne.
thing'warm rU upon hk handt.caustag
bim an indescribable1 thrill. It waa
blood from a wound in the breast) Tho
red drone were trickling fast over the
front of hia uniform. Foraker was dead.
Notwithstanding the justice of his ac
tion, Bruce, rose to his feet with an over
mastering feeling of awo. As he stood
gazing down at the dead man, and tho
eyes lately opened upon him in bate
stared blankly up into his, he tottered
and felt faiut White as was the face of
the dead, hk own was yet whiter and
took on a ghastly expression in tho cold,
gray light that seemed auddenly to pos
sess earth and Bky. Bruce gazed vacant
ly about bim and realised that it waa
morniug. A faint flush was visible in
tho east.
It was no sense of guilt, but tho sick
ening realization of having sent a human
being to his long account, that made his
heart heavy as he mounted again and
rode slowly back along the, level road.
It waa the horror of tbe thing. Bo far
aa the act itself waa concerned it was
clearly jastiflable. It bad been done in
self defense.
Hk mind was made nn as to what be
would do. He would ride back to Baa
ont Sheriff
F
higl
broad daylight Brae recognised the
ramtuar Um of Dte Komly In Mm man
whahad aldrlsesl him. Bkdenatiea.
Jake Sharp and Hnmly Jim, wen as-
sstnaf Mmaa moaatea eeoort in con
dnctiif'thehoree' thief LemWkkson
to tbemilimiy kil at Bradford post
"How now.'pardnerT remarked Mr.
Ifoaely genially, slipping one loot free
from the leather stirrup and throwing
hk leg easily over the pommel of hk sad
dk...."Yer.takin raiber.an early const.-
amvm, sees: wn pawra jaoeenaoj-uj
iTmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnr
kssmmmmmmmmmmmmmnaml
ward nun.
Bruco could hardly force a smile at tbe
sheriff's fncctlounness. However, ho took
tho flunk and drnnk a swallow of its con
tents. It braced his nerves. In a fow
words ho recounted wlint had happened.
"Yodon'tsay.l" remarked Mosely when
ho had flnlHhed. "80 ye called Foraker
in, ch jent uatch'ally dropped him right
in hia trnckn when ho had n bead on you
fiiBt? Well, now, parducr, Icongratulato
you. Ef you'd llko a recommend to jlno
tho Itatigers' any tiino you'ro up our
way, I reckon IkoMoncly will boon Imiid
with tho nccesary papers. I tell you
what, boys," ho said, turning round in
tho saddlo suddenly nnd addressing tho
two deputiert, "tlict'H rather sarcastic on
a West Pointer, rukin a soger out of
his boots when ho was fust with his
weapon I"
Jako Sharp and Humly Jim, seeing
that tlte great man wan disposed to be
jovial, received tho reflection with ghast
ly merriment.
mi
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tomker wa$ dead.
"How's thet?" ejaculated Mosely, turn
ing again to Bruce as tho lattor repeated
his intention of giving himself up.
"You're thinkin of coming along with
us? I reckon we'vo got about all we kin
tako care of today," winking craftily at
tho deputies. "Lcm, hero's a big con
tract to haudlo, and it'a pretty good and
free country all around about hero. My
eyes sorter failin me after last night's
business and my hearin beln onsartin, I
don't know es I jiov any knowledge of
this onexpected mcetin out hero on the
road, I reckon, ef I should ever get to
hear of any sech encounter, it might be
necessary fur me to take some action, but
ex the case stands jest now, ye seo, I'm
not nwaro thet anything out of tho or'nary
hoz occurred."
In spito of tho sheriff's humorous re
ception of the event of the early morn
ing, Bruco still persisted in his plan of
giving himself up, urging that this was
the best and most honorable way of
clearing himself from tho imputation of
foul play. To this tho genial Iko cheer
fully opposed the folly of any one's put
ting himself in tho clutches of the law
for killing hia adversary in a fair fight,
and tho risk of exposing himself to the
infuriated soldiery at the post, who
would naturally feel a partisan resent
ment at tho death of their chief.
Finding at length that Bruce waa de
termined, Mosely reluctantly acquiesced,
but insisted that be should accompany
'them as ifmerely a traveling companion
and not under arrest Brace waaaboat
to nply, when it suddenly dawned upon
him that he waa 'riding Buckshot, and
that he might' be suspected of having
stolen the horse an act generally re-
;arded by Lone 8taitribanak to be lees
usttflable than'actual(bomioide.- He ex
plained hk position to the sheriff.
' . "Don't let UW worry you.'.'.-replled
that worthy, quickly cutting" the Qor
dian knot of the difficulty with official
promptitude. "Ef you're bound to
make me arrest ye.thet matter's' easily
settled: 1 Freese to the "critter J pardaetv
for tbe-rest of this trip. The state .al
lows me to provide .the means of bringin
in my prisoners, understand? It won't
bother Jerrold much. I reckon 111 at
tach the animal fur your partickler' ben
efit." CHAPTER XI.
Tho event of tho San Marcus ball had
not proved entirely satisfactory to Cyn
thia, nor her stny with Miss Bertha Mav
erick an unalloyed delight She re
turned to the Dallas ranch with a very
decided feeling of disappointment Per-
rhaps tho behavior of Alcidcs on tho oven
ing in question sensibly aggravated this
state of mind.
The door had hardly closed on the de
parting Foraker when the old man pre
sented himself, gun in hand, before the
astonished Maverick household and ex
citedly announced bis intention of taking
bin daughter home with him that yery
night In vain,Cynthia pleaded fatiguo,
and Miss Bertha declared that the festiv
ities of tho. week were not ended. ,Iii
vain the accommodating blacksmith ex
tendi to Alcides the hospitalities of hk
dwelling and .urged that; it wna too late,
altogether to think' of attempting the
raey.. The old man remalnedobdq-
, and there was nothing to do but
ply.
t will be understood by my feminine
ers that the young lady did this
very ill grace, and that she roso
ber late, upon the following day a lit
fretful and'erosa in consequence.
'I suppose them earrings didn't fetch
t r oraaer 10 me exiem; sue expecieu.
ented Alcides. .who waa making
perationa to ride into town for some
y stores ne naa lorgonea. vine
gether confident of tbe parity1 or appro
priateness of bk own taste. He contin
ued bk preparations for departure, but
waa quietly observant and critical.
Miss' Dallas took no notice of the so
licitude of ber aire. She was. annoyed,
and dkpleased for many reasons; at ber'
father, for bis abrupt termination of ber
visit; at nenry uruce, ror not pronenng
attention she nau determined perore
d to thwart; at the captain, for hll
iptibuuy to tne attractions or otner
ana nis disposition to be convivial
in her company. Cynthia was too
fenced ln.tue society of the frontier
either puritanical or prudish in the
;ter of beverages, but she resented the
re indulgence, muter, the otrcunv
with la ataeertty it deserved.b
vMm wenteeher matters of so-
not so apparent t the- maun-
mind, bat which a avmaaMwtie aes
fflkr Dallas referred to some jewelry of
glaring pattern be had recently 'pur
chased for Cvnthim. Ha waa not alto.
will reauit appreciate -matters be
tween herself and Miss Bertha, wherein
the rival charms of the young ladles had
come in collision, resulting in consequent
jealousy and woo.
Tho gony of mind induced by such a
succession of causes is readily apparent,
so that lator, when Mr. Buck Jorrold
rode np to tho ranch gatonnd throw him
self from tho saddle, ho was welcomed
with a cordiality that might huvo been
misleading.
"What hpsi yo got tlmr, Buck?" in
quired Alciilirs auspiciously, noting the
enthusiasm of his daughter's manner
"Ain't thet Foraker'a gray?"
"I reckon so," Mr. Jerrold returned,
with ii gravity of manner that impressed
both Alcides and Cynthia, "I reckon
so, Al, and I don't wonder yo nsk mo.
Tho fact is, so much hoz taken placo
senco last night thet I kin hardly git it
straight myself or git started to tell it
I'm ridiu thet hoss becauso 1'vo got per
mission from Jedgo Pemberton to do so,
and bccaiuo Iko Mosely hcz seized Buck
shot to transport a prisoner to tho jail
at Bradford iKWt"
Ho glunced quickly at Cynthia.
"To cut a long story short," ho con
tinuedaverting his eyes from tho girl's
face, "Jack Foraker was found lyin
dead ou tho prairie this mornin with a
bullet wound in his left breast. His
hoes was grazing quiotly in tho neigh
borhood. There wasn't any explana
tion of tho shootin, and all sorts of theo
ries were flyin about at San Marcus,
when a couplo of fellers rodo into town
and allowed thet they met Ike Mosely
and his deputies half way to The Post,
and thet they lied the man who dono it."
"And who was it?" asked Alcides
breathlessly.
Buck Jerrold glanced again at Cyn
thia, Sho wus seated on tho doorstono
of tho ranch with clasped hands and
startled eyes, noting cvory detail of the
intelligence.
"I don't know nothin about tho matter
myself ono way or t'other," responded
Buck, turning his eyes inward ns if to
escapo the imputation of being respon
sible for what ho was about to commutii
cato, "but Ridgo Bartram said thet the
man they hed was ridin Buckshot, and
thet ho had confesned to hevin shot For
aker in n baud to hand light on hossback
early this mornin."
"But who wus it?" Cynthia broko in
impatiently.
"Henry Bruco," said Jerrold quietly.
Thero was n dead silence Dallas and
Jerrold exchanged glunces. A moment
later Cynthia rose to her feet, whito as
tho neighboring wall, and ran quickly
Into tho house. In. tho hush that fol
lowed her departure- the two men grew
restless. '
The old man was tho first to speak,
and when he did so it was in tones of ex
ultation. "Waal, dern my skin, ef thet young
feller don't deserve the thanka of the en
tire county I" he exclaimed, slapping his
leg in self congratulation over-Foraker 's
untimely decease., "I allersdld take
consider'ble stock to Henry Bruce, and
aow I'm a.teuderfoot ef he aint ruin
my estimation a clean hundred per cent '-
Buck Jerrold assented with lees (em
phasis.. He waa pondering; the absence
of Cynthia,
TO J1E CONTINUED.
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Bciide cms heap a Uttto ladv
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Put him I wondered what it seaaV
"A pie" I atkeoV rA fort," saidl.i ,
Beside the other pile of sand
Thero eat h tiny, told haired' maid: '
She patted with her baby band
Tl e warm, white hillock, and I laid,
'" hat is a noblo fort you're made."
"No, 'tis a pie," sho answered me.
We grown folks hardly understand
The happy fancies children have,
Busy amid the seabeach sand
That is waahed white by many a wave
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