Show Largest State C Capitol pitol The lime Texas reus statehouse at ut Austin Is said to be the largest larget state the United capitol In n states Slates It was bulU buill between be be- be- be tween tWIn 1051 1 and anti 11 by hy Chicago cap In return for tor land The Tho site lit of f lustin u It itself acres lt ot of J f selected was by a commission on in ISM ISa appointed by the of ot Texas ruas to find the most attractive spot within the boundaries of ot the country for tor the tha seat of ot government Pathfinder government Pathfinder azine Stag Mas- of ot the wagon with the feeling that she sha must have her own human things thIng near her her Isaiah isaIah to to talk to Gins was not there playing with hi his hla bits bit of ot stone lilone and ond twig twigs He lie had hod gone cone one off with Isaiah to gather fuel tuel though she sha tied hall forbidden It Isaiah hI his long arms full tull of dead twigs and small branches branche was coming toward the wagon now was WIlS not with him Wheres Where He Ile dropped his load looked around I lef ler him pla rin by right hyah when Ah go fetch tetch de wood Aln Ala he In de wacon wason No No Might Alight be he crop crp In de prInt wa wagon wagon on W She Size ran to the other wagon peered inside called lie He was wai not there Together they looked under the wagons behind the trees I dm I 1 Cimarron Cravat nt If It ItOU you jou OU are hiding I Ishall Ishall shall punish you jou If It you come out this minute A shrill 1 note of ot terror terrol crept Into Inlo her voice olce She began to scream his name her voice cracking grotesquely I I t She prayed as she ran ran O 0 God help me find him O 0 God dont don't let anything happen to him Mm Dear Dar God h Ml ne me find him Lim I dm I 1 Clint I ISn Sn Sac ame same to a little mound that dipped and unexpectedly toa to toa a draw And there thre In a hollow she came Clime upon him seated before a cave In the time side Ide of ot the hilt hill the front and roof root Ingeniously timbered to make a alog alog alog log cabin One might pass ross the feet teet of ot It and never find It Four men meD were noro re seated about the doorstep the rude ruLle cabin Chin was perched on time the knee of ot one of ot them who was cracking nuts for tor him him- They were laughing and talking and munching nuts mind and having altogether a delightful delight delight- ful tul time of ot It Sabra's knees knes became weak wuk She was She stumbled as she ran toward him Her tier face worked queerly The men sprang up their hands at their hips The man mall Is cracking nuts for tor me mo remarked sociably and not especially es es- glad to see her The man on whose knee he sat was WI wasa a o slim young joung fellow with a sandy mustache IOUS raus- tache and a red handkerchief knotted cowboy fashion around his throat He lie put the boy down gently as Sabra abra came up and rose with a kind of ot easy grace You ran away you away you we hunted every Clan she stammered and burst into tears of ot mingled anger and relief The slim young man seemed the tha spokesman though the other three were wre obviously older than he be Why Im I'm real sorry you was distressed distressed dis dis- maam maum We Ve was going t to p bring the boy hoy back safe sate enough Ha ne wandered down here lookin for tor his pa po he lie said sold He Ile was standing with one hand resting lI lightly tenderly on Clma head and looking down at Sabra with It e or n iris HI C m. m the spoken soft almost caressing voice of ot the southwestern cowman and ranger At this Sabra's anger born of ot fright vanished Besides he was so 80 young young scarcely scarcely more than a boy Well she size explained a little sheepishly sheepishly sheep shelp I was as worried 0 My husband bus hus band went Int off on the time track of or adeer a adeer deer hours ago 0 ha lie hasn't come back then when 0 I came come out and he was pone gone ont 0 0 I was so So so-so so terribly terrIbly ter ter- 0 Wont you yon sit and rest yourself maam ma'am suggested ested the spokesman The words were hospitable enough yet there was that In the time boys boy's tone which conveyed convened to Sabra Sabre the suggestion that she and lied had better be gone She took Cims hand Now that her fright was past she thought she must have hove looked very Ery silly running down the draw with her tears and her tier pigtail anti and her hr screaming She Rhe thanked them using a little southern charm and southern southE rn drawl which she often otten legitimately borrowed from the ancestral ancestral an an- for tor special occasions such as this Im vey e grateful to you all she now said Youve been blID mighty kind If It you would Ju just t drop around to our camp mp Im I'm sure my Illy hu husband would be dell delighted to meet you yon The Time young joung man mUll smiled more sweetly than ever lr and aM the others looked at him an Inexplicable glint of ot humor In their weather beaten faces I sure thank yo you II maam ma'am Were ere mot mo on on my friends here and me Ironto Pronto Floyd how about you getting n rN 0 a u. u I lor lorle t le Oscine ine Ina sh s 's s been cheated of ot her supper Now ow If It you jou ou and the little fella dont don't mind up behind and before why Ill I'll take yon jon hack a 11 ways You probably run futher tuther than you expected ex ex- peeled maam ma'am scared as os you was She had as a matter of ot fact tact In her terror run almost half halt a mile from campIe camp tie Ie mounted first Ills method of accomplishing this was something ofa of ot ota ofa a miracle At one moment the horse was standing ready rendy and he was at Its side The next there therea a was a flash and ond he was on Its hack back ack It was like ilkI an optical Illusion In which he seemed to have been drawn drown to the saddle as os a needle tiles to the magnet he ha drew up to the pommel holding him with one hand Sabra perched on the tha horses horse's rump clung with both hoth arms round the time lads lad's slim waist Something of ot a hor horsewoman she noticed 1 his fine Mexican saddle studded with sliver silver From the sides of ot the saddle hung hair covered pockets whose bulge wa was wai the outline of ot a gun A slicker such as Is III carried by those who ms-ho ho ride the trails ludt a n compact shill shape roll behind the Ih s iddle Suddenly she no- no tired that thaI the young joung oun rider wore gloves The sight of ot them made her vaguely aguel uneasy as a's as though some memory had been ben stirred Site She he had never eVer seen a plainsman wearing gloves Ives It was wai absurd ab aim surd lurd somehow ITU TV UK LZ CO Tl US |