Show I Give Che Us the Old Way Another reminder der that flint change Is not always progress II Is an nn an- an entirely new Wo way woy to make tin turkey key Columbus Columbua Ohl Ohio state Stute Journ Journal After Scott had hod crawled Into the resolve to ohp obey warm worm place a U stern orders gradually congealed within l e Info Into the lime conviction that he could stand guard as well Inside the cabin as outside Where the tue silence was so flO Intense c that the sneeze of n a gap gopher lCt would alarm every living hiving thing timing about a water hole haJe Par daJoe felt perhaps rightly that no human be being befog ng could possibly sneak up on him unawares Once Inside on the Job the thue embers dying on the hearth pleaded together with benumbed Joints fora for a n v nc new V lease of ot life lite Tracy was breathing regularly and and cautiously scraping the time fragments of at fire together with the fireproof ends end of his lila fingers laid a n few tew chips oj ol wood S them nail turned himself himself him him- self seit for for- fora torn a n r few w minutes Into a quiet but hut energetic bellows Sitting like giant over o the tiny tIm blaze he tie coaxed thus thus from from fram the darkness dark dark- ness t time the l b big u fellow stared into Inta It a n a I few minutes p pulled his Ills shotgun hand han 1 II My ily up beside him on tile the earthen en floor drew from a hip pocket a 0 pack of cards carls dusted off tiff tiff-Sn rr n a space e below the tire fire with ft 1 his hat and nud began Ills bis soli taire a I re When Tracy Trac half nn an hour later woke from Ills his heavy y sleep and opened his eyes ees on the h dim and rn rays mys mysterious s 's scene before him him ihn he ml might ht well have ha th thought himself In itt a frontier frontier fron iron tier nightmare A smoky lant lantern rn tilt the hearth ind I limned Vaguely n on 01 time tile uncertain light ht from the time dying fire threw huge hinge bulk grotesquely g up on an the time ceiling ceiling- Tracy lifting himself SI slowly wJ on an his elbow looked with bUnking blinking eyes and tried as ns he stared to collect his slug sluggish fa faculties s. s It was not nat very long lang before he perceived per per- calved that the fancied bandit it loomIng looming loom loom- Ing over the spurting g flame fiame while counting Ill gotten spoil was oni only playing some sonic sort Bort of of- ofa a game of 01 cards And when turned hla hk head sIdewise sIdewise-ng as he lie did at Intervals Inter vals Tracy vais-Tracy Tracy thought that the bulky bulks torso tarsa outlined on the time wall and ceiling cell ceil ing and the disreputable slant of th the sha shapeless lint hat t on an the mule boss boss' head hend betokened ened some same one ine much like bike Bill Once convinced of this Tracy was wa not slow slaw In asking quest questions which questions ons which he made frequent and sharp Parda Parila- Io loe ioe he beyond ond acknowledging his identity Identity Iden iden- tH wits was loath to ta talk shrewd shrewdly y r reck reckoning k- k that If It there were explaining to ta be done Selwood would prefer to tc todo do df it himself In these circumstances circumstance It was no ac notime notime time before Tracy and were wern t at nt tart exchanges exchange Aint no use your gettin sassy Dave e not a bit urged at al length Walt till tin the boss ass conies comes with your questions n a be hanged to tc you yau Well he may mar be he your boss but h he aint mine not by a n sputtered Tracy here Is he 1 Sl Sleepy ep Cat I reckon No Na I he exclaimed ex ex- claimed contradicting himself suddenly sud sad denly grabbing his shotgun mind and L springing to ta his feet with all an the thc celerity and antI something of the grace rare of a ii I grizzly Iy bear No uNa Nor I 1 he be repeated standing for tor an nn l Instant silent and alert for far as as' as the time radio picks the music of or a human voice out aut of the silent air all tr trained ear had hat drawn n from the Ue the perfect perfect silence silence of the time y desert night time tile echo echa of distant hoof hoot beats The TIre boss aint In Sleepy Cat For if that aint a hostle visitor tor or Its It's himself a cumin now naw To scatter satter with a It deft deft kick who what was left of the fire Ore sweep up UI thE grimy cards wl with h the lime expertness of an all old acquaintance arid and to ta blow blowout out the dead unit flame In the lantern was all time tile work of or a few seconds and amid In ewe added seconds ds was OS ns outside the tipp door dor where e he lie belonged I and nd on fIn guard as he lie belonged It was Sel- Sel woo l U ns as I he lie e had bad I d surmised sed and amid u tH regular breathing In fhe wagon was che checked on only I long enough to assure himself almost without t waking that hint all nil was well ell in the tile comIng com corn III lug Ing of the time horseman could answer all till questions satisfactorily because there was nothing whatever er to report He ne asked In turn for far the time latest news from Sleepy Cat listened wonder struck to time the scraps of news from flom the fires and the tile fighting shook himself at nt each startling sentence and complained he lie was missing ll ising It nil Si had no nn sooner stuck stuk his hh head Inside the time door 1001 of the time shack than lion his Impatient patient within called cabled out nut there theme Nobody but me Dave Duve answered S Sd wood He flu sat heWn down beside beshle Tracy imd ex ex- what li bad happened told happened told him him what he be had done In abducting him lilium Not Nat without bitter hitter remonstrance or on Tracys Tracy's s part not nat without outbursts of at protest at what the time old gambler characterized as ns despicable conduct Involving the time loss of every eiery dollar time the two bad In the world at t Sleepy Cat listened p Well ho lie suggested good nn tim m vt nt t length nits Its nothing new hie for tar n gambier gain gam- r bier to be broke nor broke nor for a pair of gamblers Is It IU Tracy was not to be bg placated and h he n made nd no no rt to ta conceal conceal- his disgust tUg ls gust Youre Yaure n n queer 1 kind queer of a torn gain am bier he muttered Then gaining courage as Selwood sat silent to ta tae e ven ture tune weightier abuse e he be continued continued- Fact IE Is you rO aint no gambler at it all all all- Selwood Interrupted him with a n somewhat same disquieting assent So So youve you've salt said before beran Dave rye Ive tome rome to ta tho tIme same conclusion myself not to m my notion n per Tracy backing Water Just a D amine little bit Nor Nar mine wine Interposed Selwood firmly TO 10 BE BC CONTINUED CONTIl |