Show 4 T T J L 11 B 1 town L P by WILLIAM MAC LEOD RAINE copyright bt william macleod rune BEATRICE WHITFORD SYNOPSIS A foreword tell tells this motoring through arizona a party of 0 easterners father and daughter and a male companion stop to witness a cattle round up the girl leaver leaves the car and la is at tacked by a wild steer A master piece of riding on the part of 0 one of 0 the cowboys saves her life then the story begins thus clay lind eay say range rider on an arizona ranch announces his intention to vis vast t the big town now new york oa on the train lindsay becomes in te rested in a young woman kitty mason on her way to new york to become a motion picture actress she Is marked as a fair prey by a I 1 fellow traveler jerry durand gang politician and ex prize fighter perceiving his intention lindsay provokes a quarrel and throws durand from the train CHAPTER II 11 co linued 2 clay stopped in front of and he hoped she would have no trouble making her transfer in the city tl TI e girl was no fool she had based K ased the antagonism tl at had flared up between them in that moment when jhc thc tiny y had faced each other fin five a minutes before wl ere a mr durand 7 she asked lie ile got off tut but the train t stopped it its a just cragun along and he was it a hurry her gaze rested upon an angry t rule on I 1 Is cheek it had not been tt tl ere u hen last she saw him I 1 don dont t understand it she mur aured n ared aalf 1 all to herself IN hy by would I 1 e get off before we reached the de she was mas full of suspicions and the aluise on the westerners cheek did not tend to allay them they were still when the porter took I 1 er to the end of the car to brush her clothes the discretion of that young man I 1 lad ad its limits alle he brushed the girl I 1 e told I 1 er rapidly what he had seen in the Nesti bLIe he hurt she asked breath leisla so no m I 1 looked out and een seen him beside the track jes a cussin a n blue streak iles he s a sl 0 nough bough bad actor that terry durand kitty hitty marched straight to her sec see aton the ees of the girl flashed anger please leave lem e my seat sir sl a e told clay tl e arizonan Arl rose at once he ile kne v that she knew I 1 was Intend in to I 1 elp you off with 3 ore grips he said she flamed li ii to passionate resent ment of his interference attend to them I 1 can look out for myself sir avith that 6 she e turned her back on ilin CHAPTER III the 8 a town when cla stepped from the station at the thirty fourth street entrance new york burst upon him with what seemed almost a threat he ile could hear the roar of tt it like a river rushing down a canyon clay had faced a cattle stampede he ile had ridden out a bliz card zard huncl ed up with the drifting av MICI t you would want a good su so t of ty clothes my fr endt he suggested herd hard he lie had lived rough all his oung young an I 1 joa 0 o ous life bojt but for a moment he be felt a chill drench at his I 1 eart that i v as al lost dread he lie die did not know a aul anul wul li ti this vast lie ile was a e among seven or eight million av 1 uman beings ie le I 1 ad cl et decked ills his suitcase to be e to look about he ile had no destina ri and was in no hurry all the day aa as before I 1 tin all of many days he gifted lifted down the street pud across to ath th DUB DUAL wee swept him up sixth to her A runae ne was caught in the x aa river of humanity that races up broad way he ile wondered where here m all tills this rush of people was going what crazy fin pulses sent them surging to and fro aad and the girls clay surrendered to them at discretion lie had not sup posed there were so many pretty w well ell dressed girls in the world first off I 1 in goin to get me a real city suit of clothes he promised him self this here wrinkled outfit Is some too w n for the big town its it s a good suit yet most as good as when I 1 bought it at tl a e boston store in tucson three years ago but I 1 reckon 1 lu U saye save it to go home in lie ile stopped in front of a store above which was the legend I 1 beinstein bernstein men alen s garments A small man with sharp little eyes and w ell defined nose iwas v as standing in the doorway might alight you would want w ant a good suit of quality clothes my friendt he sug youve pe pegged ged me right agreed the westerner with his ready smile lead me to it mr air bernstein personally conducted his customer to the suit department I 1 w wait aft on you myself on account you was a stranger to the city he ex ahe little man took a suit from a rack and held it at arm s length to ad mire it his ills fingers caressed the woof of it lovingly he ile evidently could bring himself to part aitu it only after a struggle worsted fine goods he ile leaned toward tow ard the range ranger rider lder and whis a secret imported clay shook his head not what I 1 w want ant his ees ranged the racks this Is more my notion of the sort of thing I 1 like he ile pointed to a blue serge with a little stripe in the pat tern the dealer detached the coat lov angly from the hanger and helped his customer into it then he tell fell back ees lit with enthusiastic amazement only fate could have brought together this man and this suit so manifestly destined for each other since the hour when eve began to patch up fig leaves for adam like a coat of paint he murmured aloud tl TI e cow puncher grinned he under stood I 1 tl e business that went with sell ii 11 g a suit in some stores but it I 1 ap bened that he liked this suit himself how much he asked the ow owner ner of the store dr dwelt elt on the merits of the suit its style its dur ability ta tie e perfect fit he ile co covered ered his subject with w ath artistic thoroughness thorough gl ness tl en reluctantly he confided in a whisper the price at which he was going to sacrifice this suit r among suits to you my friendt I 1 make this garment for only sixty live dollars he ile added another secret detail below wholesale 1 I cost A little devil of mirth lit in und lind says say s eye I 1 d hate to have you rob yo like that and me a perfect stranger to you too y under stan me which a man must got to live garments like I 1 done to appreciate such a suit all wool every thread of it able mr air bernstein caressed it again one swell piece of goods he told himself softly almost with tears in his e ees es all wool you say asked clay feel ing the texture he ile had made up his mind to bu it though he thought the p ce a bit stiff mr air bernstein protested on his honor that there was not a thread of cotton in it which you could take it aiom me that when I 1 sell a suit of clothes it Is like I 1 am dealing with my own brother he added every gar ment out of this store takes my per bonal gua guarantee motee clay tried on the trousers and looked at himself in the glass so far as he could tell I 1 e looked just like any other new yorker the dealer leaned foiw ard and spoke in a whisper apparently he was ras ashamed of his softness of heart fifty five dollars to you ill take it the westerner said the clothier called his tailor from tl ti a e rear of the store to make an ad in tl if a e trousers Alean meanwhile while he deftly removed the tags which told him in cipher that the suit I 1 ad cost lim 1 im just eleven dollars and seventy ili he a cents half an hour later clay sat on top of a fifth avenue bus which was jerk ing its way ray uptown his ills shoes w were ere shined to mirror brightness he lie a as garbed in a blue serge sun suit with w ath a little str pe running tl rough the pattern that suit just now w was as tl a e apple of his eye it proved him a he ne v yorker and not a wild man from the ricce a desert the motor bus ran up I 1 fifth avenue cut across to broadway passed columbus circle and sv swept ept into the di dailve iva it was N as a day divinely couig our g and fair iha ih fragrance of a lin lingering geling spring was haftel to the nostrils gl GI apses of tiie lie park tempted clay its wind h aig g paths I 1 the children playing on the grass while their maids in neat caps and aprons gossiped together on the benches near I 1 tl TI is was tl e most human spot the man from arizona I 1 ad seen in the metropolis somewhere in the early three viree figure streets he descended from the top of tl a e bus and let his footsteps follow bis his inclinations into tl ti a e park he ile struck across the drive into a side street an apartment house occupied the corner but from the other side a row of hand some private dwellings faced him the janitor of the apartment house was m as watering the parking beyond the sidewalk the edge of the from tl a e nozzle of the hose lose sprayed the path in front of clay he ile hesi bated for a moment to give the man time to turn aside the hose but the janitor on this particular morning had been fed up with trouble one of ti U a e tenants had complained of him to the agent of the place another had moved away without tipping lipping him for an hours help in packing he had gh en her he ile w m as sulkily of the ion that the whole world was in a conspiracy to annoy him just now the approaching rube typified the world A little flirt of the hose deluged clay s newly shined boots and the low er six inches of his trousers look out what you re doing protested the man from arizona I 1 tank you better look w m here you re going retorted the one from sweden wt aft A smothered vat T belll ell 1 rose out of the water waters he ile was a heavyset heavy set muscular man with a sullen obstinate face my afy shoes and trousers are sopping R wet et I 1 believe you did it on purpose tank so val one teng I 1 lak iak to tell you I 1 got no time for d n tule fule talk the me westerner sterner started on his way ray there was no use having a row with a sulky janitor but the swede misunderstood his purpose at clays clay s first step forward he jerked round the nozzle and let the range rider have it w u ith full force clay w wag as swept back tu to the wall by tt a e heavy pressure of water that placed over him the stream moved swiftly up and down him from head to foot till it had drenched every inch of the perfect fifty five dollar suit he lie drowned fathom fathoms deep in a water spout he ile was wept swept over niagara falls he ile came to life again to find himself the choking center of a world flood he gave a strangled whoop and charged straight at the man behind the hose the two clinched while they struggled the writhing hose slapped back and forth between them like an agitated snake clay had one ad vantage he was ras wet met through anyhow it did not matter how much of the deluge struck him tl a e janitor fought to keep dry and he had not a chance on earth to screed i for one hundred and levent five jive pounds of arizona bone and muscle toughened by years of I 1 ard work in sun and wind had clamped clam itself upon him the nozzle twisted toward the janitor he ducked went down and was instantly submerged when he tried to rise tl a e stream beat I 1 im back he ile struggled halfway up slipped got again to I 1 is feet and came down sit tin ting with a hard bump when his legs skated from under I 1 im lm A smothered vat t ell I 1 rose out of if tie e nv mateis ahei atei s the janitor could not un heistand dei stand what was happening to him he ile did not know tl if at he was being treated to a new form of the water cure before his dull brain had functioned to action an iron grip had him by the back of the neck ile was jerked to his feet and propelled forward to the curb ever inch of the ray w ay the heavy stream from the nozzle broke on nis fae face fa e and neck it paralyzed his resistance si jan jari ed him so that I 1 a e could not gather himself to fight claa cla bumped him up against a hitce ing post garroted him and swung the hose around the post in such a way as to encircle the feet of the man the c ci vp puncher drew the hose tight slipped the nozzle through tl e iron ring and caught the flap ing anus arms of the man to his bod with the deft skill of a trained roper clay ung the rubber pipe round tl a e body of the man again and again drawing it doe doce to the post and knotting it securely be hind tl TI a e swede struggled but his I 1 furious rage availed him nothing when clay stepped back to inspect his job he lie knew he was looking at one that had been done thoroughly I 1 keel heel you by d n ef you don t turn me loose I 1 roared the big man in a rage the range rider grinned gaily at him he ile was having the time of his toung life he ile did not even regret his fifty five dollar suit life s just leaded loaded to the hocks with disappointment oile olle he explained and his voice was full or genial sym pathy bet a dollar alex you d sure like to beat me on the head with a two by four but I 1 don t reckon you 11 ev ever er get that fond w wish ish gratified were we re not liable to meet up with each oti er again pronto today were here and tomorrow w ere e re at tuma yuma arizona say for life Is short and darned fleetin as the poet fellow says he ile waved raved a hand jauntily and turned to go but he changed his mind his ee ele had fallen on a young woman standing at a french windo v of the house opposite she was beckoning to I 1 tm tin in perlous ly the young woman disappeared as he crossed the street but in a few moments the door opened and she stood there waiting tor for him clay stared he ile had never before seen a girl dressed like this she was in riding boots bre breeches ecles and coat her eyes dilated while she looked at him wyoming she asked arizona he answered all one knew it the moment I 1 saw you tie him come in she stood aside to let him pass that hall with its walls its polished floors and oriental rugs was reminiscent of the movies to clay nowhere else had he seen a home so stamped with the mark of ample means come in she ordered again a lit tie sharply he ile came in and she closed the door I 1 im m sopping wet ill drip all over the floor what are you going to do you 11 be arrested you kno v she stood straight and slim as a boy and the fra frank directness of her gaze had a boys sexless unconsciousness there came to them from outside the tap tap tap tap of a policeman s night stick rattling on the curbstone he s calling I 1 elp I 1 can explain how it happened no IN 0 he wouldn t understand they d find iou ou guilty to a manservant standing in the background the young woman spoke jenkins have nora clean up the floor and tl e steps outside and remember I 1 don t want the police to kno v this gentleman Is here yes miss cornel come I 1 said the girl to her guest clay followed his hostess to the stairs and went up them with her but he went protesting though with a chuckle of mirth he ile sure ruined my clothes a heap I 1 ain aint t fit to be seen the suit he had been so proud of was shrinking so that his arms and legs stuck out like signposts the color had run and left the goods a peculiar bilious looking overall blue she lit a gas log in a small library den just a minute please she stepped briskly from the room in her manner was a crisp decision in her poise a trim gallantry that won him instantly I 1 U bet shed she d do to ride with he told himself in a current western idiom when sl a e came back it was to take him to a di essing room A complete change of clothing was laid out for him on a couch A man whom clay recognized as a valet he had seen his duplicate in the moving picture thea at tucson was there to supply his neds needs and attend to the tempera tero tuie tale ot of his bath stevens will look after QU on she said when ou are ready come back to dad s den his ills ees followed to the door her resilient step once when he was a boy he I 1 ad seen ada kehan rehan puy play 1 ln As I 1 iou on like it her acting I 1 lad ad en im tills this girl cairies efm back to that hour she was as boyish as u rosalind woman in benei motion of her tier slim and lipsom body at the head of the stairway ay sl a e paused 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