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CIIA CIIA1 ' n II R IX IXTI T TI } ey dined li h Ir t I wn with the Bart BartI'tls BartIptts Bartlilts I'tls Itls lilts ( ' and nd by tl tI U e t ' tir til fir ie 11 to ' they got < ot bac back backto backto to the ranch a inber mber of o ( visitors vlsiton visitorswere vlsitonwere vlaitonwere were Urare there Urr * ai al at I 1 from rrom then on the tht thepleasant thtpleasant th thpleaiant pleaiant pleasant toctabll 10daLI sociabilt ! I t es e of Sunday alt aft alternoon afternoon aternoon ( ernoon kept the pi pl ice ace alive with cars cart carscorning cartComing cancomint corning Coming and f g t g tray trays of ot bottles bottle bottlesand bottleiand , and fijflea glaSlea glasses bcl bel bet f g carried In and andout andout andout out out . , , . and much talk and laughterLater laughterLater laughter laughterLater Later In the arten afterr afterroon oon McLaugh McLaughtin McLaufhUn Un tin etuck stuck tuck a tin Un can c n on thai the tip ol of one oneof on onof of the th branche branches * of a pine pin * tree tre on or onthe onthe , the Hill opposita Opposite and . the th officere otTlcerf otTlcerftook offlcentook took their revolver revolven revolvers * and practiced practicedtareet practicedtarget practicedtarget tareet target . ahootinf .hootlng hootlng shooting itandinc .Ianding Ianding standing . on the th tel ter terrace terrac ' race * raceThen Then Mra Mrs Grubb and Mn Mrs Ur * 011 Gil GilCllan GilflUail ftllan Cllan aald said they wanted to ride rid * out outand outand and eee see e * the th brood marel mares mar i ao 10 so they all allcrowded allcrowded crowded Into two Iwo automobile automobilee automobiles * and andMcLau8hlin andMcLaughlin andMcLaughlln McLau8hlin McLaughlin led ll'd lld ' the lh wayWhen wayWhen way wayWnei Wnei When they fl ft f ( und and the brood mares maresthey maresthey marethey * they topped ltopped stopped some ome distance off on ' and andeot andgot andlot eot got out . , . and McLauthlln McLauchlin McLaughlin promlaed promised promlaedthat promisedthat promisedthat that Banner would come corn * out to meet meetthem meetthem meetthem them and do the honor honon honors honorsHow hononHow * How do you know he will r ? asked askedMea askedMrs ackedMra Mea Mrs Gllftllan GUftllan Gllftilan Gllftilanlie GUftllanHe GllftllanHa Ha He lie alway always does doesTbe doesThe doe * The Tbe mares Itol stol toi ped traiint rradng grazing ; andItood andstood and Itood stood tood alert , , curloua curious and ready torun to torun torun run Banner wal was w amonest amongst themHis themHis them themHia Hia His head topped them aU all . , and andeven andeven andeven even from trom a d stance the men and andwomen andwomen andwomen women watch I r i f g could feel tel'l tell ' the pene pene- penetration penetration - - tration of ot his hl eyeSuddenly eyeSuddenly eye eyeSuddenly Suddenly U tI e big & stallion &tallion tallion moved movedtowards movedtowards movedtoward towards * them ears pricked Inquir InquirIng inquiring inquirInK Ing cyea eyes wide and fcarlei fearless * and be- be began began be began - - gan to trot t l I s lees legs allernatint altemating alternating In inhigh inhigh high free curv r i g f g . itepf Iteps steps hit his ma mar , estreamlr estreamir e trcamit streamir streamlr g < h . + i tail tall upFlying up upFlying Flying Flylng all I t > s flags n e cr ed NellA NellA Nell NellA A roar and ct et eer burst from Crom the theofficers theomcers theofTlcera officers omcers as the Ihe itallion stallion atalhon withoutbreaking without withoutbn'aklng withoutbreaking bn'aklng bnaklng breaking ' his t I t t increased h s I t i aceand ace aceand aceand and came duwn down the wind wlnd to U tI em emlike emlike einlike like a biitle bugle callUal callBat call callUai Uai Ual Bat ner halted ten yard yards * off oft and andsto andsto andito sto d lookli looklr t g the gro < roip Ip lp over His Ills Hisg Illsg Hisg g Iden lden coat blazed in UI Ue It U e I ' S ir 11 u shineWhat shine hlne shineWhat hlneWhat What an tntcllieent intelligent fate rau facet ! ! ex exclaimed exclaimed exclaimed claimed the Colorel Color el Md Mcatghlln McatghllnSt Mclaihllnsl ! al ghlln ghllnst ( st 11 II In his hl eray gray lull suit an j I ! rakish rak.h rakh . hat hatw hatwtnt hatwint w wtnt nt f frwa frward f rwa rward rd to the iturl slud stud ap op I 1 glz giz glzII gizIr ( izIr II Ir g gravely bravely iravely , for not I t 1 av ng n ( br ul"ht ulht ukht Uht " ( , a abucket abucket abucket bucket of ata I1ts tits In the carLyir car carLyir Lyir g In bed that n g gr ) t Ken re remen remen remen men bertd b-red b red bared . - the way Bai Bal riot i t er had hadto hadlo 10 to ked Hm Bar Burner ner the S re f t ( t r I 1 I I ekd cka ckaF ekdf ckdf f I 1 1 cka was the tame same the sa ne tie b 11 rr 11nlshed rrnlshed irnished nlshed g Id the same ame bra ben bee ty U tI II esan eSan e ean san an e I a ' flags n gs flylng- flylng flying- flying flylngOh flyingOh flylne - Oh n e eIT en en IT n y colt my own r ) ly IY y very veryo.n veryown veryown veryownHe o.n on own . o.nlie ownlie He lie w ered erf'd erfd . 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' no rain at aUlineI all aU aince lineI since ' the theday theday theday day a wcyk wet'k wetk week ' ago ao ( when the wind had hadtorr hadtorn hadton torr torn the aprlnklini sprinkling lystem system to top top top p ereg eees aces a 1 I blown all aU the t tattered tatteredcl tatteredcl ttered tteredcl cl Is a aw v . . y That was tIe Ue It tI e day he hehad hehad hehad had f i 1 I Fllcka Flicks Fllckand \nd nd I\.nd I.nd I .nd And \ . t t had been beenlerr beenterrIly beenterr lerr terrIly l 1 I ly y 1 I t since ince then They had hadIlJrdh had1 IlJrdh 1 ardiv ardlr l I > n able ablt ' to sla sta < ta d the Bun sun Bunoul sunout unout oul out U Ur Uf tip f ' terrace They hat ha I i nine gme gmegwi R nineM lne gwi . \M M .1 1 . \ h I , . In the tie ) pool every day dayo day0 o 0 t I l P I e ' t i t s the grass gra.s gras . was tIn tart t irr ng ngt ngt nt ( t fh f fN N h ' " e f . ' . weri .elt elt were d 1'1 11 c ' ! us d < . aid ai al d I < tt1.y tt1y they theyt tt1.yI . 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' ai as If U he were alone tn in the world worldA A bluebird hlueblrd color ot of the deep blue bluewild bluewild blutwild wild delphinium that dots dot * the plains plainsbecame plainsbecame platnabecame became Interested In him and per perched perched perched ched chedon on a u bU'Ih bUIh bush bU'Ihnear bu ' h near by and as at ashe athe aahe he atarted Itarled started Shorty t f rl < ( rward rwartl again the thebluebird th thebluebird ( bluebird followed al i r g < h pplng ppini pplngfrom ppinifrom ppinifrom from buih bush to bu bustsThe bush busts bushThe h hThe The boy rode alowly slowly not knowing knowingin In which direction to go Then Thenhearing Thenhearing Thenheann hearing ! shouts he touched touI-hed touI hed - hf'els hfels heels heel . ' tc tcSt to tcSl St < ; 1 orty and cantered and s a < Iddenly Iddenlycame iddenlycarrr iddenlycame came out of the tof fog and saw * aw his hit hisfather hitfather hilfather father and Tim and ltoaa ltoaaThere po 08S 08S'There a aTher Ther 'There There ' * they arel are ar ! l aaid said Mcl Md McI augh aughI1n aughlln aughlln I1n lln pointing down over the curv curve of ofthe of ofthe oth ( the hlU hill . . They rode forward and andKen andKen andKen Ken could fee lee see the yearlinf yearl1ngs yearlings stand standinl standing atandinc inl ing bunched a at t the th * bottom looking lookingup lookingup lookineup up wondering : who waa was cominf coming comingThen comingThen ; Then a huge hu ( coll coil of or tot fog tog awlrled Iwiried awlried overthem over overthem overthem them and they were loat lost to slghl sight slghlagain sightagain aixhlafain aixhlafainMcLaiithlln again againMcLaughIln againMcLaughlin McLaiithlln McLaughIln McLaughlin told them to circlearound circlearound circle circleround around round spread out fan ran wise wis * on the thetar thetar thefar tar Iide side ald of the th colts colt colts * and then gentlybear gently gentlybear gentlybear bear dow down on them 10 .0 0 so . they wouldJ wouldN would wouldt t " - J wouldy y N A . r rtanner llanner tanner ( tannerstart start towards toward 'I I ' 11 U era e ra h ) i \ t K If Ir U U e colts coltsor or ce g t t ru nil 1111 vii g - In ' - th " s - tog fog * - - he hes.11 hesat t-Siii t Siii ' - s.11 s11 sat . 1 U ere d be no ri chance of catch catchI catcha I a e g titm tt tl ti cm tm tmTt ern ernTI cmTl ) Tl TI Tt c e a plan pliln w rked rkt'o rkto ' well the year yearI I ! i r gs were ) lot ot s s fr ( r sky aa as usual usuala a 1 i all wed wt"d wtd " thel ther selves to be driven drivenin In the r glt gil gr t direction dlredlon It waa W8S was only onlywhen onlywhen onlywhen when U tl ey wire wtre WI- WI - re on the County Road Roadand Roadand Roadand and near the tt U e fate gale gate wl wi wt ere erf . 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