Show 0 st p 01 t Y V I 1 W d d Z r M aam CHAPTER I 1 6 0 tp 1 1 oo 00 10 ahead abend a morion was christened bearie george ashmead but tile tie initials and the evident evide at impulses of tits being in caused on an early shift in his appellation from childhood tie he in ahead leaving leading others 6 follow fol loi af If they would and they usual lid did id follow for morton was we the jorj kf man that other men tru trust st on ll 11 iong before wey fhy have been ible abl to note ftp his almost uncanny ahll abil ity ty t 1 et things done one alerton alorton him belt it admitted that ho he was lucky and to wonder over it t sae orned queer he said one da div toj a westerner who wits visiting the little virginia town near washington ahead abend had find his hi home hoine and ho had coni commented tile n t ed on his nickname when man gets a nickname he sort of feels thill hes UP to it somehow and I 1 df then j henries tries anti and thinks things just natural y seed bee feito t to come his way vay my aly mother avrit Y 11 me georgae and ninde foe 6 we along golden curls cm Is ind and I 1 had them e iii lien mv father took me file ia to u b I 1 I 1 c a fi Chool when I 1 wn was about seven eari arfeld old ile he told roe me that lie file hoys boys fun of my curls till and that t d tor for it tie he would civo me it a hen I 1 pot got home and that it extra fiord if I 1 other boy or bring home atje marks showing id lone done my best was it heman heinan he man inan and 1 aj e maunt exactly what lie he said so cheh heji tile the other boy started pro gain I 1 gall lit ili into tt him that was years cuis ngi ng hut bill il ill I 1 bet stopped running yet andew dller it since that ight fight ve ive pre err edilo go ahead too big n coward i 1 I 1 guess aretty soon tile lie ban nn to call nie me on go ahead and aliat of purse I 1 had to go bhend ad most lt it seel seemed lied to pay tile westerner es who hc seemed inquisitive ond and whose t tile town beginning to 1 I little t t le mysterious nister lous asked the at erk about on go abenes we nore no re 11 pretty good sort of nt n behs 6 6 ob observed nerved but bill has ha he ever ft sup up against another good gond man wed nerve nere clerk grinned oil well he 11 ont know for sure sine alint you els it gentlemen enli call nerve nene hut but II 11 a story about something lie he filled oft off up tip in last ant billat you might consider was ns nervy 4 at n t know hed been up in wyo R y 1 4 for nil all hed say ties lies a department of jus you know he flops does the that most people credit am V secief service lost last spring d I 1 i up in wyoming and 1 a ariy t riy 1 unity getting on the train for when the sheriff hurried up nd told him hlen hed got tte rail bers bottled up in nn an old mine detal the town and that lie he Ifil nt S a ow to get at them all right issa ahead tit ill stop over oer to see A help you out y got oft off the train and the explained the circumstances frotten gotten into the milne hv by nn an ciny ny he sald said and were with k feet of them hard I 1 ith lots of grub and inis lo 10 cit n littlon on tile two hundred N fici ot and nd were on a crosscut cross cut about feet higher hl glier theres n sump ing the two and its easy K to jump town down on in them only blant get us anything but n SK ticket to paradise oinie irani nd ill show you the jay la out 0 ahead and d the sheriff sheri fr and imper atles go down in the mine ohp 1 up mighty fault t to the edep sunia they cn call henr hear the rob aking go attend ahead pulls out nut two 08 then he nods to the hie sheriff slit alps down and of murse course the they do any else ele the he go alidal I he jumps to one side to anke J for the others crunches crouches and shooting and there was arn or n while or so they siv any it wits was over oc 00 attend abend and on rip and one roller wele wel e ahe lle live and ohp were nere ahm till nil to nut but they till nil got well ex eget el t abher her and he have anve much for the hoys boys lynched him go feud hud three bullets through him film ind ties just about got over them maybe think that kind hind of nervy mr green green nodded frowningly ten minutes later inter he was along to toward Mor mortona tons horne home morton was gardening in his front yard toilet hello 1 he called looking up as green wits just opposite I hello lello yourself grinned green in return want to talk keyou to you if youve got time oot got nil all the time there Is go ahead find reached the gate by tills this time arid was putting pulling it open come on up on tile the porch and sit down youre from arizona arent you green glanced tit nt go abend sharply then tie he followed him film to the perch and ant down you struck it the first time he admitted cheerfully I 1 reckon you did I 1 aint real sure myself whether ini im from arizona or nevada or yet california keep aw a weaving caving to and fro across tile the line eh well they do say that thal some of tile the sheriffs sherIf Ts down there do keep people moving nil all right sometimes they even persuade per sunde them to go east on a trip green tautened in every must ie his face darkened and tits his hind hand dropped to where a revolver ought to x I 1 it sure I 1 D do oi 1 replied that gentle man what I 1 gave it to you for hang but did not then he met go abenes eyes ees steely but smiling and relaxed related no nc use stalling I 1 guess he decided tile the time to stall vas as before I 1 came to see you my name really la Is jack green and ive brought you a letter front from tom fair about your cousin stella morion here its lie HP hele out nn an envelope morton morion took it with a si smile lille glad to know you really are named green since it beems to please you ion he corn coal merited ted Other otherwise wisp its till all the same to tile me I 1 never heard hear of tiny any tom fair PO ISO far us as I 1 can remember and im pretty sure I 1 never had it cousin still im always willing to own up when im wrong so if you still want me to open this letter ile he paused suggestively looking at green sure I 1 dv do replied that gentleman instantly what I 1 gave it to you for As fur for knowing know lug well fair sald said lie gues d hp h TO BE CONTINUED |