OCR Text |
Show ;fSxY PATTERPAT. llyPEANllH. SWEET. T to the door of the sa- f ' Ws Ba 80 hC CUld 860 Dr llK the sunlight through the IRD 11! drcet was comparatively ' I ft when cowboys were in ) for , ,h Inhnhl- , XthlnU themselves of needed ?! The color of tho liquor factory. O'Nell's hand "J s Xnlllcaia position on i St and Sis eyes swept the ' 1.- you fellers!" he yelled 3 bonder's Billy Patterpat L corner. Let's cover the $ corral him and then make " ! eSawicd another cowboy, who ' 1 aSSlnst the counter, empty- iuS flinging them at whoever 4 Sigh not be able to dodge. '"688 revolver In readiness to objection to hie playfu - V i "Jrpat won't dance. He s l Zl trriip part- of Mennonnltes l' Ssttad gone plain. Ain't you I - :'l -il Ealn't frivolous any more. .' f &e " to give him a drink ' 4 d&antly. "There won t be i theyou used to know Billy. - li fipir the counter straightened. ' ' 3 w of oje. of course." he conced-' conced-' $ podnk will be oil for Patter- f ,tk used to know Billy. The ' ? jlroubKth him was that all his i is and fand everything wnf? Jeyt '. f ofMt, with them gone plain, J) scouldn' no Patterpat any more. lUoll'emn Billy's special llmber- i ? j ifcty nltout, a newcomer from k i looked ontentedly at O'Nell. A ! 'iy rpecianducement 'bout that A ;j4l's fi" he Inquired. "I've j cretty cojrtablc sitting on the Bti k. V e dancing down to Seller go bathere," curtly, "or go ctiecountf you like. As to in-T in-T ctat, theren't only one dancer, ' 1 that's Pa-pai. I've been to jflfc)nd to K,aa City and to Chi-im-i, icd I've a dancin' leastways, ' ''Mil ibey called ,Cin'. But I've never '.'C&ione Pattat Only ho has to , Jrjtu Jitred up wigreat jags of whis-. whis-. Ml- Then heBs are all wheels tK&LiW twites anicoshays an' scln--rntri j'"- Xoxr, yoifcnd right here an' a Sit That's hlrr4mlng yonder and iB25 10 dodt'e-eady. That's the . "'Mrttcaid to do, l w6 had to round pktte we would rild mustang and SUHt<hlm up," bleikii 12; Patterpat wa block and a half r$l- jJi wmlng on tyy and looking ! asiteloslde forne avenue of es-ilitfi es-ilitfi KTe gradual spring of the cow-J cow-J iwosslhestreetought up memo-le-krcm i'ti r'ast experien;, and his eyes jj;, Jtfjim to grow tilled and full ot u! If&Mlon. At lent he slopped and iac W back, but It v too late now. Sd rsil ot the cowboyvere near their L kS. and ag he tied, they swung uiiilr saddles an dashed up the t In a few morus he was In - taldst, strugglingnd protesting, (n i iej?s big with terror what he felt vv jrealng. 9 i Ite't you give it to ,, gentlemen," Mhl. "I'm plaiiaow, and it iln't be rlghL Aln'ianced in six Ita'ft ti. and ain't tasted drop. Don't frVx -kenienow" It ai mat, .billy, said O'Nell, f up a bottle bttwe Billy's eyes a euo, "Dont tht look good? , s how It smles! -3 the very town, and weve gonore bottles tins. There's ten 0le glasses ; Billy. Just .'or you Think how I running dewn you throat, an' r how It anells. irdyi I do awt like drlrklng thehole thing But here, 3111y." eachtd out the bottl suddenly, urs hands-both of em went T toward IL His vc-s were . his lips trembling, ,is whole a quiver but even ien, with it supcrhiman effort,le forced a back to his sides, t, O'Nelir" he Implore; "don't, hw voice rfalngquaver-Jn-1! how 'tls Ith me. donL Ioon't want It." do rou gdtd,'' Inflexibly. -You're in n frori going wlthot It so f Ho beler to enjoy tb stuff Uown y(Ur throat alow han to Poured doi-n In bottles fuL You the hole thing." l t?6t r(?Cnt(ld duIIj'- "l don't mlV11 1 can t sp then. B,00d blende. ONell, - daand-and drunk i lot r,1 off thlB t'me. vnd-WJ vnd-WJ !on mind, I'd like t say 0'vMr.devn make hlcon-uell hlcon-uell "interposed one of the S?lTrea!y' "u 'now JS T Btt.erpat. If he snells, ttarig? he SberS Up ln h,s volce "Six Sfi Tppened to be up ,n the Rhl hr1 Td a elr1'6 She cfedAear' and-and I Hup-SJj??o,.bKve Hup-SJj??o,.bKve An'how. she thfn 1 Bvht E0' and t0H me wen ve been up there, and I bS i J?.?nd ,rve been fe-'Hn' ome tim imaTk0 romethlng ot hS t There was a lltt,c .im? UJen he went on in iffied i" ?nd lne girl was to be - 1 llctnif. rldown today for a ring I" hi XJ Joln in with them. nO ui4 a31cJUddenly becoming S' ll Sffe at a Kgljie from t'-' HelW ' f twnnt ror the b: bSiVL1 ?,uld be a good man 1 6imy eif ne ,u,an you could ever !? Wnnln(5: course," his voice ri n!calC .h,a ha,ld reacljlng S 'h ltifi"? the boo. "this -II ythlnw Up thero tnoJr don't r hej ?w Wetod I was that if Lu, &flnd thlH ouL ,l'n be P 2 'I call , run thrugh myself f iSw llTand tho girl and V trikT'chyit you'n have your 3 U c;, S? wc Wont a" lose, sfl." Mglvo mo the bottlot ft Clf mi w. ir fHn hb holdInK the bottle up nB Yneyes and the aun. K :The Bald w t0. spIU nuch sood J! .rs, 7 'na lQuder voice; "Here, M; hat atone over t'other 1' - X .M. Slv t J th,e most pleces will go with Then 1 a?I0Ut1t rl"g and license. I and-" 1 Club ln for a Present ey!s1,wJeSrehrnaodIs;:Cnt UP mMmly' H,s "No. no," he protested. "I don't want no present, gentlemen. I've been working work-ing hard up there and have got some ahead. I'm all right long's I can keep away from that stuff." "Shut up, Billy!" O'Nell retorted ungraciously, un-graciously, "'Taint you; It's a present for the bride. And I reckon we'd better make it two of our best ponies. They'll be handy's anything up among them Mennonlte farmers. Now, fellers! One, two, three, and crash!" and with the last word a half-dozen or more bottles, delivered de-livered from as many unerring hands, crashed against the stone. |