| Show A I 1 RD it I 1 P r arr na 01 I 1 e 2 04 viivi vi Iii f 17 4 10 11 f L aso its P I 1 IC N P an avenor or OF P RED 12 D tarn r len ann copyright IM by onen on en winter SYNOPSIS dean D ke Is going froli iC to lo the cadue run ran in at th tho ill abour agency 4 frecon reg n us 9 tho lie he in I 1 a remar kabin boy oil only V 19 1 old yet yd MAX lax neol vosca the great owner 11 placing him I 1 in a position thai great courtat courage 0 and it hi controlling n II 11 the unruly r a 1 nil I d often ca cottlow cott I 1 loa is bored hay him n com lah A drake tte tilo tho n junction ik where here tile the lUt to akk lake k e the iho 8 ellit r lit city y at tho he JU 00 hoy find 3 it IL choal t acher n ho he 1 Is rol koloff IN g 0 lo 10 O UK V pol po 0 3 l nl t t the he tie the 1 deabi from arom poi I 1 I 1 lirt fil nr airn agney nolo 1 panco fro A radl well knain tile tho rm ho ho he nalla jewelry to the mad and cobo cobe cow b but of ak 1106 n nuta note of the act n lien vogel I 1 lelli amk 1 that hut on oil a no mut T elfry t IH allo nalon allonen ned cd at the tha bollma all annl tin bayro leme on tile sah shar r city PART 11 the stage singe ha had d not I 1 trundled so far ar on d its ha silver city r road but that a whittle lintle 1 olon from nampa at station reat richad ched its three ThIn occupants tills mas las the branch train starting biuk back to boise n with ith MAX vogal voga i aboard and the boy looked out at it n till ith a sigh only nic file d lya of 0 town he f mur inured six months inore now my af pf alfo lias has been too to touch much town amy ald d t the he new schoolmaster 1 I am looking foiw forward a rd to a little wilderness for a chan change change Is ahat I 1 don dont t get sighed dean D can drake in a t few miles allesi lin lindder Deer before they had come to tho the ferry over snake nake aher the recent leave taking flak 11 hla his empl ers kind hind but dominating lifted front from the boys spirit ills HIB grey gray eye wadi wormed ened koca again and lie began to whistle light opma tunes looking about him alertly like the spa sparrow r row hawk hank that lie he we waa ker fer 0 mf o J ean ae wonston in ili fall ra nitza he h inquired of mr bolles bohacs the rich schoolmaster on with a thankful counte countenance nati 0 s stated tat d that he had neer nc tr ought t lo 10 0 11 said ll drake you vou a man that cant bo be true urn men little iua ne never ver ryes eyes like you ft ahat hat the girls in n the harem ring ping in the second oct tolly golly whize tho the boy gleamed over the th memory of 0 that taftt clerking you in have ave a hard job before yc you unald the changing the t L a subject yep her hard the wary evart drake shook ills his head warningly at mr bolles to keep off that hat subject lle in glanced in suc the diorec ion of f slumbering uncle P PASCO sc V uncle c F rosco rasco was quite abare of all this w wouldn edrit t tako take another lonesome Inn winie job ac so aso abon on pursued drake drak hut but I 1 want vant fit alio e money I 1 d been working eleven months along alone the oryll a m s a sort of junior boss bons and I 1 id d earned my vacation jut just got it started hot in portland alfieri bire bill old vogel tl graphs m IN well I 1 11 be sm famine ing of if squandering but it reels fed so good to squander equa uner 1 I have had anything to squander do r I 1 said hald bolles anther amther you yoi don doni t ras fia well old man I 1 hope you 1 all I 1 I 1 I 1 it given gihei i man a lot ho he 11 never get out oui of spelling bocki are ind ou cold here and despite the be hoilma neels protest dean deam drake i tucked his buffalo coat round ond and over I 1 him 1 I ni S some ome day when im fail old he bent on 1 I 1 mean can to live respectable under rn my 0 own ink cabin and and vine wife N ire and ener e en t thing hing but not anyway t till I 1 in 35 11 ile he dropped into hla his opera oper a tunes tor for presently lie au iau sho rit bolles hoped lie he was as going to learn I 1 in n hb country and exhibited a 22 smith and weston re revolver voler drake grieved over it wrap it up warm wire z ald iz he elcio ill lend d sou a red acil one when lien we ire get to th the t azal hour agency but lou ou can cat anyhow Chrin christmas mant bet belne D I 1 next neek lou a it we nee my Is shoot ail a f in and rat oat all IN to I 1 wish you COUI coula I 1 light on a notion what prizes prices to give my bue buc caroo bc buckaroos Bucca caraos ca roos said B olles ica 1 ep cow caw puncho a vaqueros ros ru BUP in avegon i agon BriM tard spanish word you WM fee drifted up from mexico voral cel would not care to have me give dve em cm money as prizes at this undo uncle pa L fro opened nn an eye cye efow how many be arboe vw u ill there be doll bollea inquired at the agency it its the headd carlers of live or of our ra ranches melles th there re ought to be ba quite a crowd A do en probably ably at this time of year inde 1 acco aco opened his other eye hero sou ll 11 lie kaffl id at hla his box tin under er t the L pull it cant SOUT oua 1 7 here just JUKI what hut youre after there a A our prizes sooner give cm nothing said 1 dnn all drake hat S that pat whack tho the mattor matter alth it I 1 them 1 bolks the boys boya have had hit all the he brass 1 rasa rings and glass diamonds they stanl ant all ou know then I 1 sold gold ill that at box empty ahr through ugh the cou country n try lat last bok ack dept the th bottom lim drawer w er and an ail on Mea chama a hill took that shows shown till all you know 1 ain kolne going clear through your country after ive quit silver CITY I 1 know elhat w hat bucca buckaroos buccaro roos oa want A ant how many are they illey up at your place d did id you say 1 I said about twelve it youre coming our way stop mop and eat with ua iia M maybe N abbe 1 ta hlll ill end and maybo I 1 wont uncle pawn closely shoved his ii box x ba bark k A all I 1 I 1 uncle its ita it a free country drake not much was said after tills uncle paz pasco eo un rapped ili his concertina fr from orn the red hand li and kere kerchief ahlet and played nimbly for his own benefit at silver city h ho and finding he had tolen stolen nothing r rom the they did nt ant le r 01 him dealt drake lidd some at af faai I 1 to 0 wf HP UN I 1 here before starting for far linroe 1 0 ralfh and it was tl cHiant I 1 tn bell to lind how drake va t 11 through tills country tho the school gnaster won was to boak board d at the r gency and had co coic c tills way Y round un tL toca emuse tile new ten dent t so travel they were scar scarcely eely birds of ft A feather drake and bolles yet s since ono one remote root roof lans w as to cover eliom ince lem the in booi mui knan was glad this thin boy ilat host hod had won I 1 so BO much good awl fr from 1 m KIRK sad low that tho the old 1 d vorel voge 1 should so much jn in a I 1 carold car old vas as pr proof 0 0 I 1 enen i at I 1 lanni blut of its his character bu but t when hen brock the lie from harpers harper 8 come for I 1 them fit al fiher C city ry holl holb is witnessed u I 1 tho hint t th lou ann hold held for or drake 13 brock r k shook the boys hand alah chrit cu curious raoui nutine gs and a ab b rence pence of nords which phone the acet extern er all heart Is in leahing ablin a I 1 look on k at t owita and a L silent bestON NIM of 0 that baggage abonio the ho he cracked 11 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 C I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 they mean now new boss mis dinka he ha velly young boss his long lone whip and the three rattled happily away through the of con an ripen open country where dour clear screams ran blue beneath the th fintor air they followed the jordan that idaho jordan vt at oregon and the urock brock often turning in ili his di iver a seat so DO as to speak peak alth drake then in tho th of his go sit tile the thing thine ho he lind had wanted to in bay aay all along came out were pleased about bour promotion sald said he and blushing shook drakes 1 hand and apatan warmth kindled the boys face and with kith a sudden severity he sald youre keeping back something th tho iso honest prock brock looked blank then la arki barel I in hla his memory has haa the sorrel girl in harney hamey mar ald ou yet vet said drake brock flapped his leg lee and the horses horace jumped of at nin mirth lie ite was mostly grae mannered but then ft hen his boy lui superintendent perin joked he rejoiced inath th the 0 samo same pride that lie he took la in all ot of drakes excellences excel boncea the boys in ili this country will back you up ul said lie he next daa da and drake inquired what news from rom the malheur malteur agency france tho the now new chinaman has haa been reeking cooking for them 1 I said brock 4 they have been peaceful as 83 man could vl tah ish all approve of me then drake ans anaw ered im faedi lg oro em byes christmas muck a muck you no kumtux ChInook 7 inquired drake travel mith v ath me and learn nil all sorts of languages it means meana just a big teed feed all whisky Is barred ile he added to J brock rock it its 5 the only vay nay said the foreman pot got pennsylvania men ull UD there drake had not en cn coun f ered these thi th arpe I 1 brothers drinker bald brock full half past Full and ili ii unk ate aio hat they call ahm rhems the navies names theyne brought with then bliem from klimach Kli math and river hupp oho they klek kirk about the ahe whisky rule he suggested to drake cant help what hat they 10 lo do oil oh ill I 1 ve bakh boy hla his turn in barney city v 11 hen ho he SMS gets anxious its the n hole I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 afi 11 1 1 1 V I 1 i I 1 I 1 5 1 N 9 I 1 r J 4 t J I 1 a I 1 I 1 1 go and ill be in it a position to inform you united lot I 1 dont propose to have cut up ip on mo me A look of concern n for tile boy came over the face of foreman hrock brock several er al blimes t tamm again before their parting did ho the thua n look a at t his they paused at barbers Harp Bar pers cra for a day to attend to some rn atin and drake caf aa leaving the th place one of th iho men inn paid to him we well it stand 1 by Y you oil but fro from hiff itaf ho appear appearance arve and talk as the slim link hoy boy journeyed to the lh Malli eur alvel and ilma quarter ranch nothing seemed to he on his mind owson oregon twinkled N it it skin nun and tint line N w hito alt snow eat h tin tb ov ON yhu and the lh mal heur bount country ry the old trails of ge gon n crook th ohp willow a by tile the streams tho he open finales tile the high woods nth mafaro one once Buffa ick horn and chief 1 U ogarite eg arite and oits O 0 its lia ahn th man prosper acl through eh utis thin domain MIn of war and mm orla I 1 ta went bolles the schoolmaster ler du w M ith dean drake and brock tho the tilled third noon from harlic Harp WS cra thy thoy th y mine leisurely doo don to tho the old malheur malteur agency h C 4 once tile the had drawn n pictures on the door and whore hera castle cantle lack fro frowned ned down unchanged 1 I wish I 1 was 03 polnar to stay atay here bittl YOU y ast fhaid d brook brock to drake by indian e rek you vou can fend iora to 10 me quicker I 1 alinn an weve come why youre an old bati bat said the boy to his foreman ind and clapped him farewell on the shoulder r the tha mounir y oun ir set ft at on once to arreh war work k illean of broller brock s leaving and the he buccaro oa mady made his ac one by one and stared blared at him villainy did not sit lupori the their fine faces they were not villains it hut but they stated at the boy sent I 1 it aci alit fihnn in slid mid they anle spoke to at fahr laug laughing hint biake took look the lh bead baa b aa of the like table fit at flipper walh bolles im III hla his right do down a I 1 tho ho table some much h laughing cal on oil ahm the ri rich io 1 arute w 1 lauell it 0 of f the I 1 kwlly ily untroubled fro bv ih tho brain anni inin the chill plan ninn mald pid ind and noiseless fervid ahr th ahat Is in ll it said raitt a buc carom can it 11 bite said bald another if y you U guess blutt it t li is you can hau hait hac said a third its t 1 meat ked drake helping ahus himself lf and tougher than LL it looks the brute laugh rose rope unit mily and tell into st surprised nolence no rejoinder 11 they ill oy ate ale their supper I 1 in n pit az lecam ment alio th ChInal linns quick soft tiley 0 A glanced at deml drake hen ahoy laughed ile ho ills dinner solicit gumly in its ills kitchen lluis ever inca ng he h and bolls bells unpacked the good if tile olives the dried fruits the t he cigars by tile iho view nw supe intentions for christmas and finding bolles bolac i harmless like ills his gentle asiatic self sam looked cautious cautiously IY about and spoke you not know chy they laugh said he they not guess about WY my ment awit thon then they mean now naw boss boas mis sor ser I 1 lake lie hi meliv young boks bo 1 I think hald bolles mr ir drake understood tood their knes knesting ning sam I 1 have noticed that thai at times w expresses himself ly I 1 at alo think they binler stood bin meaning the oriental pandered me like dejko ball bald he d dral ing quite quile close ho he observed they not n niro ile men velly much next dav and every day 1 minser I I 1 alake lake went au IY about his bui buiners at al his ask or on oil his horse vigilant vis llant near and far aith no sign save eve a ster viler keenness keen nesa in its eve lift lie won wan tho 00 heart of bolles by lending him 11 90 9 0 1 horse but tile iho though chev mere ere over the iho ming christmas joy did not seem beem eel e e tally grateful crateful drake hott llo 0 ocl cr up kept t ills worries 2 a to h himself 1 myself till thin ill 11 19 happe everyll every here he said one clr ht in ili tile iho office to boiler puffing a cagar ivo ive eafen a troop of cl cavalry V airy itself by a sort nort of contagion from I 1 two wo or three men 1 1 I think it vaa wicked to tanj lly you here by yourself blurted bolles bollas cock its ils tho the chance of mv lire life an and d ill jam lier her or bust alit 1 I think fin 11 k they hey have decided you are g fiting turkeys because ou are afraid of them said boll 1 16 hy fly of coursel course the hedv I 1 1 r all d I 1 they understand in man nev never e r met kind kindricks rices dean drake smoked for am awhile lille then a knock rame cam at the door five tat fmc c caraos and stood lose close as I 1 la s the iho way nay of the guilty mho feel uncertain r 0 WO o were thinking at as maib let ft us po go ivr to town said half past full the spokesman when oh any day along this week cek cant spare you till after christmas maybo maybe not object to one of us goin each have your our turn after this n atteck eek 1 I A slight pause followed then th n half catl rull 11 salil what would you do if I 1 went on anyway a y 1 I cn cant t imagine drake tw ered ea easily go and ill be in a position to inform you tho the buccardo buc caroo carock dropped his stolid bull ey aeo oeo but raised raffled them again and orlinm well im not particular about gain this week boax they stood a moment then they exhumed ed I 1 out U tin in fit the hang hanff dor dol way a Y ft inked over to rolles bolles that was a graze said lie he not RO go this time question Is billi they so go next TO BE CONTINUED |
