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"MY NAME IS CONWARD."
Synopsis. IMv Id KMi-n, bom of a
drunkon, shirtless rntichiiian, nl
moBt ii m.ivcrlck of the footlilllH,
In lircaklni; liottlcn with hln pistol
from lila tunning iiiyimo when the
flMt nutumohllo ho Iiuh over soon
arrives anil llpx over, breaking the
Ior of Doctor I lardy hut not Injur
InR his licnutlful tlnuitlitcr ln-ne,
Dave rcBciics tlio Injuicd man anil
brlriRH a doctor from 40 nilk-n
nwny. Iroiip takc pinrK of thii
hoURCkccphiK. Dave and Irene tnkn
many rides toKether and during
lior father'H onioned stay they Kct
well acquainted. They part with u
kiss nnd an Implied promise
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CHAPTER III.
5
Dave's oiiportinilty en mo sooner
Hum lio had expected. Aflor tlio K
pnrture of tin Hardj.s things at tlio
old rnnrli Mvoro, us liotli father mid
sou luid predicted, vtjry different.
They found themselves on u sort of
Rood behavior n lielmvlor which, un
happily, exelled In eneli other grave
HtisplcloiiH ns to purpose. Tlio tension
steadily Increased, mid liotli looked
forward to tlio moment when some
thing must jilvi way.
For Hcverul weeks the old man re
mained entirely Holier, hut the eall of
the appetite In hlni grew more nnd
more Insistent us the ilnys wont by,
and nt last came the morning when
Duc awoke to find him gone. He
needed no second guess; the craving
had become Irresistible and bis father
bad ridden to town for the means to
satisfy It. Tlio passing days did not
bring Ills retihn, but this occasioned
no anxiety to Dnve. In the course of
n carouse bis father frequently re
mained uwuy for weeks nt n stretcb.
lie moped around the ranch build
ings, sat moodily by the little stream,
casting pebbles In the witter, or rode
over (be old trails on which site bad
so often been bis companion.
Then the old man's horse came
home. Dave saw it coming up the
trull, not running wildly but with
nervous gallop and many sidelong
turnings of the bead. As the boy
watched be found n strange empti
ness possess him; bis body seemed a
phantom on which bis bead bung over
heavy. He spoke to the horse, which
pulled up, snorting, before him; noted
the wet neck and flanks, ami nt lust
the broken stirrup. Then, slowly am)
methodically, nnd still with that
strange sensation of emptiness, he
saddled bis own horse nnd set out on
the search. . . .
After the last rites had been paid to
(lie old rancher, Dave set about nt
once to wind up his nlTnlrs, and It
was not until tlicu that he discovered
bow deeply ills father had boon In
volved. The selling of tlio cattle and
tho various elTects realized only
enough to discharge the liabilities, and
when this had been done Dave found
himself with n considerable area of
uumurkotable land, u considerable
bundle of paid bills and his horse,
Huddle and revolver. Ho rode his
horse to town, carrying a few ar
ticles of wear with him. It was only
after a stlfT light that bo could bring
himself to part with bis one coinpnn-
Ion. The last miles Into town were
ridden very slowly, with the boy fre
quently leaning forward and stroking
the horse's neck and ears.
He sold horse and saddle for sixty
dollars and took a room at u cheap
hotel until lie should And work and
still cheaper lodgings.
In the evening he walked through
the streets of the little cow town. It
snubbed him with Its Indifference. . . .
Ho became aware tbnt he was very
lonely. Ho realized that he hud but
one friend In the world; but one, and
of her he knew not so much as her
address. . . . lie began to wonder
whether ho really had a friend ut nil;
whether the girl would not discard
him when he was of no further use,
just ns be bud discarded Ills faithful
old horse. Tears of loneliness and re
morse gathered In bis eyes, and a mist
not of Hie twilight blurred the street
lamps now glimmering from their
poles, He felt that be hud treated the
horso very shabbily Indeed. He want
ed old Slop-eye hack again. He sud
denly wanted him with u terrlllc long
ing; wnntcd him more than anj thing
else In Uie world. I'm- the moment
be forgot the girl and nil his home
sickness centered about the beast
which had been so long his companion
nnd servant and friend.
"I'll buy him back In the moruln';
I will, sure us b 1," be said, In a sud
den gust of emotion, "We got to stick
together. I didn't piny fulr with him,
but I'll buy lilm bad;. Pcrhups I can
get, a Job for him, too, pulli-' a light
wagon or smuothln'."
Tho resolution to "pluy fair" with
Slop-eye gradually restored his cheer
fulness and bo walked slowly hack to
tho hotel.
The men's sitting room now present
ed n much more unlimited picture than
when he had registered earlier In the
evening. It wus tilled with ranchers,
cowboys nnd cnttlemeu of nil de
greesbreeders, buyers, traders, own
ers and wngo earners, with a sprln
bllug of townspeople nnd others not
directly enguged In some phase of the
cattlo business. Soon ho was In a
group watching a gaudily dressed In
dividual doing it sort of sleight of
hand tiki; with three cards on a
table.
"Smooth guy, that," said someone at
his side. The remark was evidently
Intended for Dnve, uml he turned
toward tiie sponker. lie wus n mini
somewhat smaller than Dine, two or
three yours older, well dressed In
town clothes, with u rather puffy face
ami u gold-tilled tooth from which u
corner hud been broken as though to
accommodate the cigarette which
hung there. '
"Yes," snlil Dave. Then, ns It was
apparent the stranger wus inclined to
ho friendly, he continued, "What's the
Idea?"
The stranger nudged him gently.
"Come out of Ibe bunch," he said in
a low voice. When they bad moved a
little apart he went on, In a cnnlldeii
Hal tone: "He bus u little trick with
three cards that brings him In the
easy coin. He's smooth as grease, hut
tho thing's simple. Oh, It's awful
simple 1 Now you watch him for n
minute," uml they watched through
an opening in the crowd about the
table. The player held three can's
two red ones and a black. He passed
them about rapidly over the table, oc
casionally turning Ills band sideways
so that the onlookers could see the
position of the cards. Then he sud
denly threw them face down on the
table, cueh curd by Itself.
"The trick Is to locate the black
card," Dave's companion explained.
"It's easy enough If you keep your
eye on the card, but the trouble with
these rubes is they name the card uml
then stnrt to get out their money, uml
while they're fumbling for It be
makes a change so quick they never
see It. There's just one wny to heat
It 1 in. Get up close, but don't say
you're getting interested. Then when
you're dead sure of u curd crack your
list down on It. Glue yourself right
to It and get out your money with the
other bnnd. When he sees you do that
he'll try to bluff you, say you uln't
In on it; but you just tell him that
don't go, tills Is nn open game, and
he's got to come through, and the
crowd'll back you up. I stuck lilm
once a whole hundred tlrst crack
and then bo barred me. Watch him."
Duvo watched. Saw the black card
go down nt one corner of the hoard;
saw n bystander fumbling for a live
dollar bill; saw the bill laid on the
card; saw It turned up unit it wns
red.
Tbnt Is smooth." he sold. "I'd V
sworn that was the black ouid."
"So It was when you saw It," his
companion explained. "Hut you were
Just like the sucker that phijed lilm.
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"You Ain't Playin'," Said the Dealer.
"You Ain't In on This.'
You couldn't help glancing at the jay
getting tint his money, and It was In
that Distant the trick was done. He's
too quick tor the eye, but that's bow
he does ltt"
Dave became Interested. He saw
two or throe others lose lives uml tons.
It wus plain bis companion's tip was
straight. There was Just tine way to
heat this game, but It was simple
enough when you knew bow. Hu
sidled close to the table, making great
pretense of Indifference, but watching
the cards closely with Ids keen black
eyes. The dealer showed Ids hand,
mndc a few quick passes, and the
black card Hew out to the right. This
was Dave's chance. He pounced on
It with his kit band, while his other
plunged Into his pocket.
"Sixty dollars on this one," he cried,
and there wus the tiiitinpluuit note In
his olce of tho man who knows lie
bus beaten the other ut his own gnmo,
"You ain't playin," said the dealer,
"You uln't In on this."
"That don't go," said Dave very
quietly. "You're playin' a public game
hero, an' I chose to play with you this
once. Sixty dollars on this card." Ho
was fumbling bis money on the table.
"You ain't plnylu," repented the
dealer. "You're a butt-In. You ain't
In tills game at nil."
"Sure bo's In," said the crowd.
That ain't right," whined tho
dealer, "but you got It on mo. Turn
'or up."
Tho card was red.
Dnve looked at It stupidly. It was
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a moment or two before ho realized
that Ills money wus gone. Then, re
gardless of those nhout, ho rushed
through the crowd, Hinging bystand
ers right and left, uml plunged into
Hie night.
lie walked down n street .until It
lost It. self on the prairie; then he fol
lowed a priiitle trail far Into the coun
try. The air was cold ami u few drops
of rain wore fulling In It, but bo was
unconscious of the weather. He was
in u rime through uml through. Slop
eye was now a dreuin, n memory,
gone gone. Everything wus gone;
only bis revolver and n few cents re
mained. He gripped the revolver
again. With that he was supremo. No
man In all that town of men schooled
In the ways of the West wus more
thi'ti ills equal while that grip lay
In his palm. At the point of that
muzzle he could demand bis money
bark uml get it.
Thou he tuughed. Hollow and
empty It sounded In the night ulr, but
It wus n liiugh, and It saved ids spirit.
"Why, you fool," be chuckled, "you
onnio to town for to learn sotnethln',
didn't, you? Well, you're leurnln'.
Sixty dollars u throw. Education
comes high, don't it? But you
shouldn't kick. He didn't coax you
In, an' gave you every chance to back
away. You hutted In and got stung.
Perhaps you've learned sotnethln'
worth sixty dollars."
In his Innocence of tlio ways of the
giime It never occurred to him that the
friendly stranger who hud showed lilm
bow to piny It wns a friend of the
sharper, and probably at this moment
they were dividing his sixty dollars
the price of old Slop-eye between
them.
Early next morning he was awake
and astir. The recollection uf bis loss
sent a sudden pnng through Ills morn
lug spirits, but ho tried to close his
mind to it.
"No use wofry In over that," be said,
Jingling the few coins that now rep
resented his wealth. "That's over and
gone. I traded sixty dollars for my
tlrst lesson. Maybe It was a bad trade,
but anyway I ain't goln' to squeal."
He whistled us ho finished dressing,
ate his breakfast cheerfully, und set
nut in search of employment.
Almost the tlrst person he mot was
the stranger who had schooled him in
the gambling game the night before.
There wns something attractive about
his personality; something which in
vited ftlendshlp ami even confidence,
and yet beneath those emotions Dave
felt u sense of distrust, us though part
of his nature rebelled against the ac
quaintanceship. "That was the rottenest luck jou
had last night," the stranger was say
ing. "I never saw the beat of It. I
wax hopln' you'd stay and raise him
next time; you might have got your
money back that way."
"Oh, I don't mind the money!" said
Pave, cheerfully. "I don't want It
hack. In fact, 1 figure It was pietty
well spent."
"Lots more where It came from,
eh?" laughed the other. "You're from
the ranches, I see, and I suppose the
price of u steer or two doesn't worry
you n hair's worth."
"From Is right," Dave replied. "I'm
from them, an I ain't goln' back. As
for money well, I spent my last nickel
for breakfast, so I've got to line up a
Job before noon."
The stranger extended his hand.
"Shake," he said. "I like you. You're
no squealer, un.vwny. Sly nume Is Con
waul. Yours?"
Dave told Ids name and shook
bands. Conwnrd offered his cigarette
box, and the two smoked for u few
moments In silence.
"What kind of a Job do jou want?"
('onward asked at length.
"Any kind that pays n wuge," said
Dave.
"I know the follow that runs an
employment agency down here," Con
wnrd answered. "Lot's go down. Per
haps I can put you In right."
('onward spoke to this inannger of
the employment agency and Intro
duced Dave.
"Nothing very choice on tap today,"
said the employment man. "You con
handle horses, I suppose?"
"1 guess I can," said Dave, "some."
"I can place you delivering coal.
Tiility dollars a month, and you board
with the boss,"
"I'll take It," said Dave.
The boss proved to bo ono Thomas
Met ford, lie owned half a dozen
teams and was engaged In the cartago
business, specializing on coal. He was
a man of big frame, big bend, and a
vocnlniliiry appropriate to the "pur
poses to which lie applied It. Among
Ids other possessions were a wife, nu
merous children and a bouse and barn,
In which be boarded his boasts, of bur
den, Including In the term his horses,
bis men and his wife, In the order of
their valuation. The children were a
by-product, Valueless until such tbno
ns they ulso would be nble to.wor'..
Dave learns lesson No. 2
from Conward.
(TO Ml CQHTUiVUD.
SIMPLICITY AND BEAUTY
IN DAINTY NEGLIGEES
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The Rvernge woninn inny have little
use for very elaborate negligees, but
for daintiness, loveliness of color nnd
simplicity she hits un Instinctive long
ing. Those always appeal to her and
specialists In the manufacture of neg
ligees understand this so that the
bulk of their output combines just
these elements. "Negligee" is u term
that Includes u very wide variety of
garments Inspired by the garb of
many peoples for It Is In tho seclu
sion of home that women may Indulge
themselves in the fanciful. Japan and
China contribute much and we have
Interpreted their Ideas to suit our
selves besides buying generously of
their productions. France Is nn cx
haustless source of Inspiration and
we use its wonderful creations nil the
time, adopting nnd adapting ideas ac
cording to our own needs.
Our needs demand at least ten neg
ligees that are simple and pretty,
daintily made In lovely colors, to one
that Is elaborate. -.
Morning Jackets and coats of taffeta
llk In gay colors, to be worn with
lace-trlmmed petticoats are popular,
because they embody the tilings wo
like best, nnd negligees of the chnr
acter of the two shown hero are In
constant demand. All these appear In
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Hats That Interpret Autumn
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If, lii till the varied styles In mil
linery, there Is n single point in com
mon, It Is thut full huts Interpret the
season. They are ,rlcb. brilliant, gen
erously trimmed, ninny of them sup
erb nnd unusunl, and they are refined.
Three ultrn-sniart examples pictured
In the group above mny buvo been se
lected us exponents of the mode, but
three huts selected nt random would
probably convey the sumo Ideas. Tho
lint nt the right of the group Is made
of black satin ribbon, bordered with
gold. Tho bnretto Is mounted to n
bund of plain satin ribbon, over
laid with two rows of gold-edged rib
bon, and this sumo ribbon makes the
plnlted pompon at tho left. Worn with
this hat Is nn overblouse of silk voile
made to match tho hut by tho addition
of a collar nnd vvido bund of tho em
broidered ribbon. This hut might bo
named October.
A pretty velvet turbun, with u hint
of India In Its shape und Btylo, Is of
velvet thut makes Itself u background
for clusters of grapes. These are
made of satin, but then grapes of
many varieties on autumn hats and
metal tissues account for some of the
rrf'.r , vJAer: &??& ?y&?ri.r,kn
flower-like colors pink, rose, btue;
yellow, lavender, light and vivid,
greens, occasionally cerlso nnd rich'
reds. Imagine tho negligee shown uti
the left of the picture In tiny of' thrseS
lovely colors uml you will find yoMr
self deciding ns to which one would'
suit you best. In this model a long1
close-fitting and plain slip of box-plalt-j
ed crepe-de-chlno Is the easiest thing1
thut ever was to slip Into. Over It!
there is u short kimono-like Jncket j
a slip-over garment with scalloped)
edge buttonholed with embroidery
silk, nnd small sprays of embroidered,
flowers scattered over It. It could!
hardly be simpler or prettier. J
The negligee nt tho right bus a,
straight un'der-sllp of charmeuse satin,
with n long-draped overgarment of
the sumo material edged with lace.
The material Is gnthered at the shoul
ders and sides and arranged in n dra
pery thut widens at the hips nnd nnr-i
rows toward the bottom. It has tho,
effect of n long cont with ribbon that
ties across the front below the waist
line, to confine it, but this Is a one
piece negligee cusy to get into and ns
pretty as any ono can ask for. Autumn
brides will bo Interested In these tlno
examples of American designing nnd,
so will every other womnn who bns
eyes to see them.
most licnutlful. Sometimes the colors,
are like thoso of tiaturo and often
they nre entirely different. Hesldes,
the grapes a generous trimmer has al
lowed this rich turban a how of nar-
row gold ribbon near the back. J
A hat und a veil of ennui Impor
tance, nt tho left of the group, Is to bo',
classed among the unusunl and plcas-j
lug things that the autumn shopper Isj
always running Into. Perhaps this'
veil was made for Ihe hat, or tho,
hat was made for tho veil; at anyi
rate tho desjgn shows them to bo ln-i
separable. This small turban has a
crown of ttuipo paon velvet and a brim!
of plain dark brown velvet that sup-j
ports tlio veil. Straps of velvet, fas
tened down with metal ornaments, are'
brought, down over tho veil at the
front, back and sides. Veils and hats)
have hud their fortunes cast together
on innny a hat this fall, where each
would fall without the other, but to
gether they make a success.
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