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( 1 cl (cAHTeHtui
"Making Good"
An Imvossibiliiy
Sy CMArlES DARNTON
A'
the l."ulton Theatre last night a
otYered the rare privilege of piylrut two dollars for tem-twcnty-thlrt'
melodrama, for "Milking Hood" certainly looked more like thirty cent
thaji nrtytrrlrisr eise. At the iwtin time It
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Doria net..: cs Oeronuj L-e.inc.
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ailowod Mr. Brady to lur them on with "The Lights o LontsW." Dut that
yixs u rcvl.u.1, while ".Mailing !ood" nrvr seemi-d more ttvan a forlorn hope.
Mr. ourt nay and Wit Keano hung upon tho llshteat word of tlia aarloua
auLUor. but cvorv ward was like topo around their neks. This rope could
nit Hrancl" tn lan jjlitcr or trie ipae
tators wlieii the mothtr Ol the bi ro, In
liar klnolv attempt to gel a 1'ne on
alinnlr. nlni-reare.1 lierolu". limuired. "Is
quired, "Is
that Ml..
joy of the
play wa-
when Mr.
she a good girl?" And after
Kaane fl . Ilgi-.l i DOtna for
a r'.l cap that added to :(ie Joy
ot'ension.
The strong moment of tht
.fully roalliad by tbe tudlonce irhtn Mr
courtenay found It Rwittttry to knock
out the ."lumbar-Jack" Who Wl dater
'mined thai Miss Ke.mo should remain
ID the woods (or the tflst nt her days,
not to ment'.en the lo'ig. stl'.l nlt'hta. At
this thrilling point "Maklnl Ooo4" madt
good as a "play with a punch."
The ipenstthrtft nro, ni'on.ioned by
his N w York father In the Main
woodp, lovod every slip that the Utile
tehoN teacher took toward the counter
tt tho "general ttoro" hi ,-itarted hei
. bis spoiled pattnt lurr.td rlfhl around
.and .nt bMk to New York. IIli" rival
floored him In -lie opening scrap, hut he
T.lelani an so wonderfully on a diet
ftf 1
mil and pickles that he won tiic di
elslon In the end. Nothing could lion
Ida blows after hl. general storo train
ing, i '
Ptma was oallad hv the eurta'.u at the
nd of tho leuond round, and nfte- retting Into eVtnlttg clothes In New York
tho shifty han dined Into the Main W oj.i ataln laid won a 100,000 purae fol
Ida fall er by Bonding logs Worth thlil f-muurrt down tlis river. This ttme he
use.1 a UUIa dynamite to give addod pownt to Ma mafhty right. Aa he pailaad
..to rainark, "It wax splendid:" The lilile htrotlM gurgl' d "Don't he arllly I" And
then she neatled in Ida aimi like a rfood girl In a bad play!
' ' An "Aeromania"
LATHAM, tho uvlator. first attrsrted
apeclal notice to blniBtll aa the
clgarette-rmoklng flyer.
H-re Is a fail that won him muet.
notoriety during his fllgliU) In and
"around -l'aria:
After starting, he would retch Into
his fjoeket, bring out his holder end his
cigarette, and, taking bit hands off the
control, calmly proceed to llfht up.
The ugly Antoinette wMeh bad al
ready ptptlaad Witt one or two men
wnnt sailing along by Haelf forty miltl
on hour, two or three hundred feet
a ove the earth, sov McClure's Maga
ain Hiding a bicycle, handB off, on a
ii.x-!rch pUnk over a chasm, contains
aome few altdtntt of the danger of tbia
usfamiaSM.
y ' . . , .
However, the
notoriety rrom mil
source could not
continue lndc.ltiltely.
In a few months
Latham propottd (ly
Ing frurn 'prance
to England. Ht 'ed
his retinue of rtporttrt and photefrw-
pliers to the cotist and caruped out on
tho cliffs of Calais.
Finally be Hal ted, splashed dom Into
An Odd Invention.
PtUNOrPAI.Y for use of gisollne
barrels stun.llng around a more or
less public garage, i locking and
latohlng fau.ct has bttn designed br
safccAiur I the contents of the barrel.
The handle Contlltl Of thrt I pltCtg.
The latch eni-nxoe In the closed pOllttOlt.
m.d If It Is dtttTtd 1 look the ttua t a
wiTfill padlOAk on I eniilii Is iHpPtd
through a hole whloh pierces one tlueo
pxrta of ttie handle. To muke the de
vice doubly secure, one end of the chain
Is eetsured to the screw at the lower
end of th plug, fh.ls preventing the
Jaostrnctl.-n of tha contents by the re
tnwvaa af UUa paa I ui bue fatuutt.
I
The Evening
S'Matter, Pop?
I
dct - rwratalv good-natured audience was
proved a great tguvraln by hrlnglnej
1 ngforgotten Third avenue to Uroad
iay without extra charge. And Mill we
awk for transferal
MaHafftr TV. A. Hrady evidently hoped
for the beat, but for once In ht Ufa
he didn't take nny chances by appear
ing before the curtain. Tho author.
Owen Davli, n equally careful. Me.
called his four-act arrangement
1116 Main" woods anil u N w York
draw Ins-room take off yo booti am)
put o your Qtinigg "I drum a." Hut,
' I hope to die laughing, ' Mnk'DH
Ciood" la an Impossibility.
Nothing could he further frnm Ufa
...n the winter trip we took to Maine
Latt nlht. Tlio only thing that wived It
from ltinR a huge Joke was the MriOUt
acting of Vlllla.m Courtenay as the log
jummlng hero who cleared tho wny that
Feem.'d not only clogged but cl'ittered.
Tht fuct that h managed to keep hit
f,ice straight while staring at the rldlcu
lOttl fatu :)int was leading him on to
the hlgh-r"!l!ng ieic:i about the lm
potUOtM logs turned loose by the stage
cirponter wen, to show that thla laad
man may be depended on In any
i marCne)Ti no matter how far-fetched.
N'tiilng "unnter lias happened slnoa
Mr. CoUrttnajP and Miss Doris Kmine
A
J X 'VV
' t
-otu;enay
l orn Lawrence.
Notoriety Seeker.
Hit English Tlrannel two-thirds of the
way aCTOlS, and, when the boats ar
rived, ait eniolitn'r his cigarette on the
(lilting wlnga of his machine. There
were more photographs.
Then a few days later, on July X,
lf09, Blarlot made tho first flight across
the Channel from Calais to Dover.
Lalhuon devised other performances.
He made a apeelatty of flight In atorms;
the high winds, which sent the rest of
Mlt flyers to their hangars, brought him
out.
At that time, when no flyer knew Just
where a gasolene engine would atop and
let lilm down to the ground, he drove
l.ls machine errors the country to at
tend sporting eve-nts.
In 1910. during his American trip, he
vail i, his programme by going duck
hunting In hlB aeroplane. He drove out
over tho mutshes armed wi'h a ahot
gun, snooped down and Hushed his
birds, and followed them a couplo of
miles, killing tOOOrdlng to press re
ports one duck and wounding several
others.
Oddities.
CITIA lmpcrtH most of Its atone
from Canada.
There are about nlxteen deaths
for every birth occurring at ea.
Ofllclal figures show that NW Zea
lind has nearly 11,000,(00 sheep.
Soda will bilghtin ehjnt that has
been burned or darkened by long uae.
Hy the addition of pulverized mica
concrete is made to Imitate granite.
Pulvcr'zed street rubbish and coal
tar have been found to make good fuel
briquettes In Amsterdam.
Interesting tests in Germany have
shown that pens made of tantalum ou:
wear theie made oX Ileal at gold.
Sx 'i. ...
World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, February 6, 1912
53
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1
ANTING
TsywTsJ'ssraJ'tafesTV'M'b
-yJ
Leap Year Holdups
The Day's
Good Stories
As They Measure in Jersey.
TIIK wild at New Jersey " laid Ftsak
klilon. "rmrd the iptersr wilt. If
il. mhyt rtknm ftt Attanttn f1t nr
Long Ttrtti'li wsulil but pesstiste Inse las wilds,
titer would aas sat bear nsnjr kittrMttua
IMagt
"TU for tsamtile. tb mssiursnuot of
taaea. I onee sslud the kseprr ef the feoersl
Mela bi s Nrw Jerssy rlilan cbuked wits esad
bow fsr It was In tkeettT wm;.
" 'ttkrKttr ewasm,' Id the rtorekespsr. 'Wtll,
I would y Hsceter iwwup wiu 'bout two whoops
fmm btts r meblw two whnp sail holier.'
"I used sua In sinter iwuup new tar
rtytnwa est Tbe man stiUUd all aaU the
led ebesk sad replied:
" 'Vlylciwn, itranair. is abeut tblee ebawl to
the smrth (jaltM y re a fast rhawer. Tbes I'd
u It sn.il trout thiee bsws sad bag.' " Nt
I'aid Dtsltuli.
Inside Information.
H'
k. waa s oe tin try phyeKiaa, a kindly nan
who lored hla pettesks- hi eight
avfr too reld fur blsa tn set out of bat
and rids ten or twelve allies In the bedside of a
lrk man. The wliole enunleyslde laved Met and
trusted him. aad many families rose ap 9 try
day to rail him memed.
But at On- lest there came s rift Is eke lute,
a note ef d arord te the general seag of the
dorter's preliea.
A woman necsrae eery HI and her little
lauiM.r waa atanding at the front gate. A
kindly urUhlur came by with as Inquiry about
the aiotlirr " hrahJi.
"he's uin( to die," ssit tbe Ittus girl aul
kttafi "Uow do you Imowt" asked the aelghbor.
"Thai deaconed old doctor saya as, rsplted
tha .sold aiirrlly. "And I fussa lie'a right. Us
kiiusa krsat he gk' km."' -1'iipnlar Maculae.
Seeing Double.
RAi'i.KT KOUiati aho rttsessathl Madyn
aMaskll aa the ftl hn'f la "Ttie Round
Bttj" weigba lu ..mdttriin 11H0 pouaila.
And there It little fit s him at that.
CruMtarit travel Ptirn the eeisht en hla. be.
agnaj of the iltHl.'UlUi attrndu.a regular hmra,
fot ltd tSetclej In eai night Mania Wheu he
playai b" ;t be weiKtiail 380.
Ma i anting ui e dirk i--,riifr nf a rreatauraiil
arhei two frienda spied bun Israel thf ro am.
one aald. "Wht l tt't in las 'urnkrt"
"Why, ihit't ginasT iioimes."
"1 aet HarasTI but wlw u rnth lilm" Chi
cago E.enlng I'oat.
!"Cheer Up, Cuthbert!" ggBy Clarence L. Cullem!
khktasesaaesssesjsssw i ksl "" e... - i wsssssksssssswissssw asesassnss .
tlupyrllht. IJIt It rite Ptwjj I'uHUhmg Oo.
""TJT
IF you ni.J Tittim rortiott uiippery,
put Itosln on your Hand!
,. -
U'ften "They Say" that you'r
"Stuck on Younelf" the Interprc-
.tatian, .Vide rime out of Ten, it
ifhdf you've Really Done Something
H'orfh Whilet
Soma of ui with Eyei Oood Kiough
to Read by Moonlight revet tbeless
Blink a Heap of Factg about Ourselvea!
Moaning ohouf YetlerJiy it like
'UIWelir eirdsw.4 th4 Old t'avvdttl
Si
J 6oTerie
f 6oTCMerT
tf
H W HWWWW WW fl!- WstWWpssWWpsWIassssW
OS THE
HIGH SEAS
TKert it no mo in Mere Han beating a retreat from good old terra
flrma in hit effort to escape the Leap Year Girl. He uMl find her, in mer
maid form or otherwiee, no matter how far from thorr he may cat anchor.
Instead of being a deep-tea Usher, he will find himself the fithhopelettly
entangled in her net.
eVen wei m e
Betty Vincent's
Advice to Lovers
Love ana liust.
Bettjl Yioccivfc
that doesn't grow fr
that doesn't grow from the root of truet
Csils on 7 mo Girls.
"A. W." writes: "A young man culls
on rue nearly every night In the week,
but Writ need ay sgld l-ildaya he calls on
another girl. What shall 1 do?"
1,'nlese you are mgtgad to the man
you have no right to obje 't to his know
ing other girls.
"B. V." writes: "fj It propir tOt n
young man of twenty-two t. t ike t girl
of fourteen on a llltghlng party?"
Yes, If they are g xxl (rletldt and the
gjrt'l mother 1 willing.
"K. A." writes: "I toughl with a
young own in a glil's presuiice bacauae
he Insulted lior. Than I tpologlftd for
liavlng the trouble hippen while ahe
waa there, but she wouldti t I sept my
ttpoloxy. What gngll I do"'
The girl ittuit mak. lha rex: move
You have done what jou I d
"XI. M." writes.
'0W should one
C'lrcui Uing of ynur Boyhood iftef
the Show had iJtpart-d:
We've Herd i lo
I but It was Always
of Sdonti
. lllat.int
Talk,
Hut.k-
1 Wgsfl
Opportunity may Play n-i Favorite!, I
I iut be hu a Natural Ptrtltllty fori
thoie who Take Notice of lllrr
Sometime! "Oettlng t e Ll'lgh" ! tht
Needful Ooad'
Home of til Wests pa M f Tnte
wa't'.ng fer I hi tu-Tirmsd pgy
Ut Uomoni that wo n Too baullely
ML
( Bill XI. Ittt. V
(Tht 1m Sra rmK J
AF WUILL ItWll
IT SUrdPict TO
MAIff IT CoubA
5 YA t
G 1 T Mt,
Do YA r1
S T MO. ?
7 f r-J
. . mil.
) c:
n
mtr Vin Virli Worl.LI
F
ami
GHUjS, It It not right to promise to man y a man unless
you feel that you can trust him.
It Is not playing fair to the inu.ii or to yourself
u- to love It Is not fab to tha man, because when yuu
have promised to rive your life Into his keeping he may
rtg'htly tSPIOt that you will believe, his word.
It Isn't fair to ourself, because you ane preparing for
endleea houts of uniutpplhess u:i.l pain. Your very love for
the in. ui will make his poe'l'de unfalth hii ttnMMt unbear
able proapaot. Yim wouldn't delll)irately buy a pet dog
wlmin you fcind might snap at you. Why should you
oontddtf marrying a man of wtaott .irre-non you canuut
feel sure?
KlnUly, It's not playing felr (0 lore, PMgllM the love
Is hound to wither soon.
begin u lifter to a young lady w hom oris
has only met once or twice?"
"My Dear Mini ."
"t. B " writes: "I mil etlgugel to a
I young lady who tries to boll me. Do
you think that 1 should give In to her''
Neither of you should "hoiu" or "give
In" tn the other. In love there Is no
iat nor first.
with
"C. M " writes: "I it tu In love
i girl, but And niy polltlon difficult be
cause I onoa paid altoiillon to her In
timate fi ind What whall I do?"
Don'l hesitate to soow your affeotton
to the girl VOtl care for, alio the other
hue no : Mtl Cltlfll on you.
"W. 0 " wr te.- "la It proper for three
young girls imployod In an OfDta with
a married nan to visit hie hontit"
y,., if tha man makai it perfittly
Olltr that the Invlt it on comes from
both himself end hla wife,
Deaf to
111 Clock .Htr'kc when It .
. uorotti
Wr bltOW a 1. t of fngtnlOUl Ways of
Oe t!n iiit Of rTind!rg an Bvtnltg
with lha Man who "Ne' er Chingei hl.i
Mludl"
The Bpindtr of ytttirdgy is ihi
pongt of To-diyl
There is no Rarneitness or Ittejutgeg
ti bl ''otnpared with t. at 'if thl Man
who has 1-esrned to PaVeve hll Own
Mot!
Uedina
THl L.els.Neat-to.Youraelf
53
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I Vi , ( An
By Lleanor Schorcr
How N. Y.
Streets Got
Their Names
i...
NO. 1X- COKTLANUT STK&lCt .
IN Dutch daya. when New York City
was bounded on the north by the
twelve-foot wooden atockada known
as the wall," the old Damen farm eg.
tended north ward fiom thla atockada on
both sides of Broadway.
Flven then wlaa men knew that the
growing young oily must some day eplll
over the patl avid spread out to tho
north. Ho when the Damen farm rtnnie
Into the market a large part of It was
snapped up by a wealthy Dutch burgher.
Olaffi vnn cortlandt
Van Cortland! was one of the fore
moat mon on Manhattan Island. Ho
owned great truc'n of land and held
high authority In the Council. He la
even said to have defied, once or twice,
tho tyrannical authority of old J'etrits
ituyvattnt blmtalf.
On his psrt of the Damon furm Vsn
I'ortlandt built a mansion for latmself.
? FOR I 1
Thore his big family grew up. Due of while she arranged her skirts prepari
hls sons. .Stephany, was tiiieu tltiiie lofy to depirtuie. Then bo spurred his
nalAsdal Mavor of New York. ! Pv ' loser.
The Van 'ortlandt II tall remained In
tact until 17S1 Then thl heirs "parti
tioned" It. By Hint lima .it had high
value as building lota. Streets were at
once cut through Tht most important
of these waa named I'orllanilt street, In
honor of i Haffe and bis descendants.
I When (Haffe Van Cortltnoi ba.l bought
a portion of (be Damen farm another
part of It hud been pur chased by Tun s
D y, a Dutch miller w hose mill was
'near the North IlKer'a banka In mem
ory of the longdatd miller the thoi-
OUghftri Ult north Of Cortltndt Itreet
w'ih named Dey ttritt.
In both eases by tomt odd freak the
MreMs bear their names only from the
North River to Brotdwty, the iKtntliiua
tlon of rort'ikndt street to the esst of
llioadway ptlBg MttdOJI iJine and that
of Dey btlng John street.
Is an eVorld Dottt b it It .r Is (Joo.1
for the rfoul's CotBgltglonl
Tbe Beauty about Keiplng In Train
ing Is t iii When thl) ist you n the
Hun you Know How.
We can Kid O.rsel.'oa Koouen with
out As'i'ne; llarl J.u'k to Break II
i ientlv!
Even the Tol.g can
ono gtdi '
bt
. red Off
Mary (i man bgHgpoi In 'nt Henri
f.'i'if he haa g fellow MtfeHk u'lfi he
fit tat Utg Wallop ALommg!
By C. M. Payne
fofTMe
j or rtTe
You
TSUiM MlJTIf
GIN ,T!ojT TlUfm
, )CAKVi l.siT NKa
Tow SAP Toe
MC An my .
The
Ran ge
Another Great Cowboy Romance
By C. A. Seltzer. Author of "THE TWO-GUN MAN"
'(V.i !.... Ititt. by ths Oill.i rskllaMas OWt
BTNdl'SM or l'hif.!'c'li.S'f) qnAPTRRt.
A mwbuy ruling ,jUItj , a , i,ff mm
tews lino aJT) i lum aa,1 i,, ,, a
pretty girl I -Ins IS nshti lair i.,uy. t v ..I.I i
r. lm )iHt lir tbe.wn I as on enker K
iujr ninnar-l hy h futile eitt, i, captura
tho . i.i.i. Iii ll h.rse. . k1.u-..i ah jiwj. in,
he rhsie ati.l brstna Is nr flsa la teo winc'i
or the inw' v H. rlilM .bnen .. uh.n. I.
Ittlal and leaie In ks Iwr. Nhe rrtslM
by bcrailaa uii fur set oueiius awintr iti tier era.
CHAPTER IX.
U'inttaued.1
The Prince of the Z. O.
a
OU didn't get hurt:" he
ijuoatloned.
"I Imagine you wouldn't
cere much, she relumed.
"Any man who will alt
and watch a woman In distress"
Why, ma'am, 1"
and laugh at her because she lost
her ternpor for a moment, couldn't fees
very aorry for her If
I Wasn't so tickled at tin ms'am
it til the"
" If aiie broke her neck," she ftn
lahed, turning abruptly around and
facing him, her eyea Oiled with resent
ment. "Why. ma' a.m. I eart'aly didn't know
ha tied th rowed you. I wuuld'nt want
yuu to bi eak your neck. If I'd knowed
that he'd throwed you, I'd have caught
him before this. He's an outlaw, ma'am.
Hi cerftily deserved i; the things yau
aald about him."
She rose from tha rook and stood
erect, looking at him spiritedly.
"I suppose you know Chat he won't
let me catch him aha aald.
"I reckon I couldn't help but aae that,"
ha returned, grinning. "But I reckon I
oan."
"It's a wonder you thought of that,"
ahe sold sarcastically. "Hut perhaps you
thought that I could walk home?"
He waa uncoiling tha rope that hung
at Ida saddle horn Homes are Ilka
man," he aald gravely, "and women.
They take s'reake. Hut sometlmea they
ain't real mean. They're only fnittln'
on."
lie spurred Ms pony after the mis
creant, leaving her, with hta last words.
without a derfenae. It took Mm aome
iii... ... ,...,.. ik. r i. i,...i
rare the animal dear out at the basin.
and a mile nr two out on t ha ntatns But
nr.unitv .1.. ... Lim Mmin. i,n, k
leading the pony, the latter now doolie
and wearing a mnrt gullleea expression.
The vvtlinar man wald no word to Tlitr aa
she arranged the bridle rein and gave a
few deft ton -hew to the aaddla. But af
ter a moment, when ahe had swung Into
ths saddle, she turned and looked at
lilm with a smile.
"I thank you," she said. "I suppose
I have treated you very badly. But I
Wat very nervous and worried. Won't
you forgive me?"
fotglvo I hadn't ouitht to have acted
the fool. Hut you uln t goln without ,
Ilttm' me know who you are?" he aald,;
looking frankly at her.
"Why, tin " Hbr smiled again. "I am I
-Mica iiurrniigus. My rattier owne ine
7. ) rinch."
She saw u flueh mount to his fore
I head. Hut he smiled "I'm Mill Orant."
he returned. "I'm working over at tha
T Down." He was allmit for a moment.
"Ma'am." he ssld, "things are pretty
unlet over nt the T Down I reckon
there ain't very much to do at the 7, O
either?"
She considered him for a moment.
"We .ire very busv," she returned.
Ttthi
suld yesterttsv fliut It would
take him all his time (o get the brand
ing well along. it's awfully hard to
get gnnd cowhands "
He contemplated he- for a moment.
Then hr- smiled gruvely. "I'm comttl'
over to the '. u to-morrow to get a
Job," he aatd quietly, "I like you real
well. After we've got good enough uo
qutlntad I'm goln' to marry you."
She Hlarti I with surprise her eves i
mo' klng him. "You ure'.'" she said In-
en dole is!) . "I eiippo-e I'm to have very calm.
nothing to t.av about that'.'" ! "Alb a." he laid, "maybe T uugh! to
He had urged M" pony around ltd ( hare 1J you before. Muvbe I thought
now rtgardtd ber over his tbouldtr. i wmildn be ne essary. tiut since Ih.a
"of nurtl you'll htvt tomethlng to liking has come up I've got to tell you.
ni " be said, looking Itrntllly at horilTwinty ears ago Rvirtoti wno i wood
"b it yo I'M gOln lO aiy 'yes.'
"Well, now," she mnck.-l, us h
pulled lightly on thl rains. Bui she ,
beard the flatter of hta ponv'a 00fl as'
be dep.ir'.el up the tlopi that be h id
ldes?enJrd to come to ber tlstlttnOI,
It
I On tbe morning f n .lav nOM y a
month !:t.r. Il'riiiighs. the owner of
, Ui . 0 lull. ,.. Mas silting at I win-
'ilu.v .,f I la off! , overlooking the lower
gtliiry of i hi ranohkhougi, watching
liviril if il ponehera nt work amid
the rei at I duel of the ntrrgl.
I in men Wgg '"'ping, his loops'
iro i ie. v his inns trtaitwwi i
flour i. ie. m.l I I it hi II. At
the It!
till I lhal ! " 'I'S'a gl.m f..
dl ipon
tii. corral me man nan iwuni lis rota
for i pint lulir u'tiie yttrrlng. iiur.
rough! WltChtdi lit eyea glinting i.ith
an.,; i most
j He ha I seen men take three and four
cans with the r. pi for young beeves
that bed de .led 10 step ! of the
brend -breves with a MnttltUtlOgjgJ
a'" iltn for anything that savored of
' captivity or oustom. They usually
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timed out maverick and
and ir.ni.lad again In strange
or they were killed and made tat
stems In desolate corners of the rang
by rustlers But they never lietd a
contented plaee In the line that Md
from th.. range to Hie Kaatern market
Whatever the reaeoa. thla partloula 1
yearling evinced a decided antipole
toward capture. Aa Ibe uaaa with the
i ope approached, be backed warily off
und then suddenly took a turn around
the adge of the oorral, trying to ants
with the other cattle But tha eaai
with the rope would not be denied
Meveral times he purwued the yaarllni:
around the edge nt the corral, worklnv
patiently until he had a fair target
Then the rope fell true, was resrhed
around the snubbing poet, and the thing
was done. The yearling rose preeeallv
and rushed frantically into tha herd.
bearing n big "71 O. The young man
I coiled hie nape or another east. Trur
I roughs leaned back In il oha'.r with
laugh.
I "Thnt young man will get anything
I that he aroee) after. It'e that new man
Qrant, ha said hla name was."
He watched gravely, while the mac
roped another yearling.
"That man will get anything that he
woes after." he repeated. Hum him."
ha said aftar a moment. "But I kind
nf like tint determined kind."
Fur a time he meditated absently.
"By George!" he exclaimed then. B
Qeorgel I didn't think of that!"
He roae and walked to a door tha:
lad to somewhere within tha raneh
hiiiae.
"A1lca!" he called.
There waa a abort watt, and then thr
door opened and Miss Burroughs elood
In the opening.
"Come In." Invited Burroughs.
The young woman seated hersolf be
side the window, where aha contd ta
the corral.
"Do you eee that young man dawn
In the oorral, tha one awlnglag Hie
mpeT' aald Burrougha.
"Of eourae." Mlae Burrougha bhjahed.
"What's hla name?"
"Orant," returned Mkva Buiroilghl. war
face averted
"ll'm." arnnted Burroufne. We
twirled hla thaimbs over one ano rner
, "T1;, kncrw hu sgJg ail rtgtst. estn't
i you?"
Miss Burrmurhs noltdod
I turned and !'rt,J;"th21r
,n,
"I vO seen
Well?" aha i
by) :n and
e titer orally much In tho atari
weeks I didn't ttilnk to
Whu doea It mean?"
"It aneasjla Daddv.'
aald. "that I love Mr. Ol t. I wta tro
Ing to marry him eT TOO goat eratwd."
Tliirroughe lootced out of tbe wtadsTW.
"If I don't mind, she" let taVt. 'TftsTl
, goln' to marry him tf I don't mmmt
I Ho turned and looked at nor. Tfti al
ways artven you averrtMosi yssu aafeec
I for, haven't 1. AH oaf
She nodded.
He meditated serein "Hoar Car ha
this thing goner' he i) i rest toned.
"He ha asked me to marry him," ahe
returned Hhe met hla goat
"H'm." aald Burrougha.
"What go
you know about htmT"
"I know that he la a geatleraaa." eje-
clared the young lady.
Itiirrouirns emUed. "They'ra all that
when you're In love." ha aaH. "Bait
What I want to know li this: what waa
he before he came to tbe O and where
did be come fromT"
She flushed. "1 Imagine he waa alwayi
a cowpuncher." she returned. "He earns
hem from the T Down."
"The T Down!" snnpped Burrougha.
He brought a fist heavily down on
desk top.
The T Down!" he aald again.
hla face bloatlne with anger. "How n
hell did he have tbe nerve tn come to
work here " he demanded. "Why didn't
I aak hlrn before I hired Mill Th s
Wouldn't have happened. I neve
thought it woul-i ha;pen."
"Why, father ' -- tbei;un Miaai Bur
roughs. Hut lie? father held up a warning
hand. Ills anger hail left hitn aa aud
. denly a
it had come and he wai now
lb" T Down, put I h illet In tpy shoul
der during a qutvrril over aome while
Her tordl, It didn't do h'm l'iy gond,
hlOaV e he'g dead an' some day I'm
K..!n' to ge' the M r 'fords any how. But
there's always been bsd hlood uelw&c.i
hi .,od It t K'lt and got among the
.) T o n's tieen many a tight over
:t. i never spoke to Bvarton from that
duv - t t ill. He's dsad now, and big
b.n. wl 0 owna a ranch up In Wyoming,
owns the T Down, too. I've heard thnt
he s it. Ing to sell it, and I hone l e
doe. t vin g.t the durn trash out of
thl way."
"I dtn'l ttg how that affe.'K Mr.
tl' iu,.' lm t Miss Burroughl
"It hadn't outht to." admitted Bur
roughs, after a moment's thought, but
I've always considered that any ona
who came from the T Dowrn was talat
ed wttn the old grudge. Maybe I'm
Wrong, but that's a thought that few
got and always had. There hasn't any
thing happened In years to make tao
change It." i
(To He Continued.)
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