Show A AMICABLY C SETTLED by H A S st LA CN GR M N lank ruffy strode ii out ont of his shack anto the hot montana sunshine he EI lived alone with lith his son sno andry glancing over the sunbaked sun baked plains lie he noticed something in the distance which caused him to hesitate and look more carefully cire rilly after a moment he went back into the house und came out with a field glass Levell leveling ng this tit at the thing that had interested him he saw something that made him wear swear ni he lowered the lie glass audry he shouted I hello lello came a voice from the shade of the shack mclaughlins ins cattle have broken into l the oats ants again im going over to give five him a piece of 0 my mind in a few minutes ruffy was astride ills fits pouy pony raising clouds of white while alkali lust dust galloping in the direction of mclaughlins ins ranch mclaughlin was busy mending a saddle when retry rode up to him and shouted a somewhat angry nello hello there how tire are you anuk glad to see your you say your cattle have broken into my oat field again by lieck heck Is that sor BO said ste lie laughlin la in surprise as a he be arose yes so 30 and better get them out of there soon several of men were driving out the cattle and repairing the fence on the following afternoon mclaughlin noticed that some cattle were in his wheat wheatfield fieK nastily hastily procuring his field glass he be saw that the cattle belonged to ruffy aha tit for tat ho he thought as ho he saddled his pony mounted and rode away toward ruffas anen when lie he reached unisys place he found the latter lounging in his chair mall smoking mk ll and reading rt a paper hello falln the trouble hello hank nothing much except that your cattle are sampling my wheat the deuce they are darned critters anyway audry I 1 Aurl coining up what you want hurry up and get my mavericks out ont of f grain BO B sura to fix the fence for good 1 I got you how about some sunnybrook sunny brook asked ruffy no I 1 dont cure tor for any T thanks nevertheless we must keep the cattle out of the grain if wo we want to do tiny any threshing this fall you are right ag agreed reed rutty ruffy the next beit time your cuttle cattle break into my patch of choice silver king oata ants ill ride over and shoot you up the rho same here mclaughlin shouted hooted as aft his horse galloped away audry was desperately in love with alpa alga mcl so much so indeed that he had saved all ilia his money during the last two years and bought an aa automobile because she was very fond annd of motoring almost every evening they took a spin to together ether over the plains A few days after mcloughlin bad visited ruffy in regard to the cattle lie he noticed with chagrin and anger that ruffas cattle had again broken into his wheat iteld very angry he got his rifle jumped onto his already saddled pony and rodo rode away at about the same time hank ruffy be became caille aware of the alia fact baci that me mc cattle had again strayed into his patch of choice silver king oats he swore lengthily after this psychic relief he remembered his threat and at once decided to put it into effect about half way between the ranch houses mclaughlin and ruffy met ruffy shouted do you re whitt what I 1 said id do it if your cattle got into my oats again yep and do you recall what I 1 also said get oft off your horse horo I 1 wat cant shoot you in cold blood nata what I 1 say fm fin bandy with vita my feists consequently the two setd firm their slung along thor their over the taddie saddle horns honis and pulled aft tha rt outer clothing then after a few minutes idt bof and jtb alve they closed la in on oa each other and engaged in a regular rough and tumble 1 tight I glit this lasted as t for about five too tired to tight longer they retreated to their horses and grasped their rifles at this juncture tin an automobile emerged from it turn in tho road und and sped toward them so before the enraged ranchers could shoot afoot tit at each other alga and Audry had bad driven their machini between them thein audry spoke you ifa big men are net ing like a couple of kids its the worst ive ever heard of dont you think it Is a ridiculous comical scream lie asked alga who had begun to titter tiller site and laughed outright and lie joined in until they were both convulsed convulse with lati laughter liter huffy and glowered L red at cacti other saily until their children quieted down then audry toon took alga by the hand and said she has promised to mal 4 methe me the happiest man in the world you fun know nhat that means Porth forthwith with he crushed crush cri her in ills his embrace aud and kissed her blush lIu shing lug cheeks rutty and gilla ln sidled toward each other awkwardly and shock hands gingerly while looking into the sky atalo bould help my oats oata said nutty buffy my wheat also agreed Mc mccaugh Laugh via tin 1916 bv file ih delars poc per |