Show C k wa wn 1 un T the e big JK p town MT ky own ro round d up V U ta N or j 4 by WILLIAM MAC LEOD RAINE YIV COPT copyright rIght by nil illiam iBa mcleod BEATRICE WHITFORD A foreword tella tells thie this motoring ahr ugh arizona d 1 party of 0 easterners e father ani ant daughter alid nil a nial male companion top to fitness iuna a battlo round up the birl girl leave leaves the cur and la in at tacked by a wild steer A matter master piece ot of riding on the part at of one of tir tile cowboy cowboys saves av I 1 er life then than the to tory begins thim thus my und i ranee range rider on an arhon rah his hi intention to lull it b C town nw new york on trie the train undray becomer becomes in te reeled in ft a young farnan kitty on her ay nay to new now york to te ome a motion picture actress bhe bho tit I 1 an a fair air prey by a follow how traveler jerry durand bang I 1 and ex elt lighter tighter I 1 ercel ving hs intention unamay provokes provo koe ft a q marei and nil thrown aurand from rum th ill train r 11 CHAPTER ll 11 continued ciny lay noice noi cd in lit front of kitty ami atilt sald tie lie blie bould base nu no trouble troi ibin making tier in lit the tb fity city file girl wui as no cooj bac had the that lind had ilariu aili tu utin ell thrill thein III ii wheat tilt find fuad eddit five before aheren mr air derond Du rond site Lil 44 lie rot got off atut lit the train histia stop liLl I 1 its juht crawlin along nil aej 1111 ho fit n a hut liuigi r afir auve rested upon nu nil angry firul hirut r u i if 11 ell ck it lind hild not riot becci thre 0 lien hen in lint 4 she tie st liliu him 1 I ilont it elie she timur linof to itself liin elf 1 11 ly by mould I 1 lie le kil ki ott i t heathc the ui do d pot ns full of rut biclon iclon anti ilia on oil tile check 1111 nut not and to atilt them lre 11 III hn the ilia portor took lit tur r to the ho end of the tile car to armi tier clothes clot tips ilia ah disc r of hint flint youn inan had find jim eilf li lf he lie 1 I the tirl girl 10 I 1 told I 1 lr r flip idly eliut lio hud had HII it III tile lie I 1 ani as he lie hurt ulie site asked bertull 1081 lo asli 81 1 wall tS oll I 1 took d 41 out and seen him im lu cuilo dile ilo lilt truck track jis a filut r hot itoi ft it silo emili bad load actor act that lerra durand kitty straight to her see tion on ahe of tho lie girl unshed flashed i an az r 1111 Il tUfia came lve my any seat sir air elio title told any I 1 iho lie arizol wt id amo u nt tit once lie know knew hot that site ho kieu 1 I its Inte in to help OU olt off vath grips lie suld blie alamid into passionate talent of ills III attend to them I 1 cun can look out for myself 4 nir r that ehe she turned her tier back on him CHAPTER III the big town when clai clas slipped front roni the station ot 0 the thirty fourth street entrance nev loik aik oik buret burst upon him with ith nhat seemed a threat lie could henr bear the roar of it liko like a river rushing down 41 canyon may hall hn enid a cattle 1 he ile bud trillion out a balz tard hunched up feltl ith the tile dritt lna ell 14 ILI S ili ale a you would want a good suit of clothes my FrI friendt he H suggested Suggett ed I 1 oril ro lie hod find llod rough all lila ills young yount pi binl I 1 bolous WP iffe hut but for a inot moment tient tir he f mt it a it chill dirndl drench ot at lili him lit h that wn at dread he ile dirt not know anul annul in ill tills nit ast it As glove nH IOl aanen ot eight iiII flu t pints feints 11 nud had tile ills to IP be m to 0 o look about lie ile hall no ni ileA llna i ax alid duj jai i no burry alt all the day I 1 it q before film MU aill of many dasi dav lie titled irown tile ft stacta t aind across to nth 1 Tv ewh him up sixth to iller 99 p mit jile was caught in the rier of humanity that ancis up lit broad way vay he ile where all tit thin tills rush of people 1111 going 1 what crazy lin tin 1 ant 1 tile them to 0 o anil fro abill 1 the girle girls clay glay to lit discretion ile halt not sui bull posed thare lit re were bo many antty well uell dri drilled saed girls in lit the wort 1 first off I 1 in lit coln 1 to get tile ie n real city suit nutt of lie hlin him suf 1 ailts lilts I hit hero here outfit li Is monti too woolly for tit big town its a good goal stilt ct most rood good as athen lien I 1 it lit at the koaton stole store in lit lillion three eurs ago hut but I 1 reckon LU sae it to gi go lioni lionie in lit lie he stopped in front of a store vias the tile legend 1 I 1 mane A man with ith sharp little e and well ell defined noo no o now ins tandl iii iti ili the dooray doo ruay 1 ail ht you would bont a good suit stilt of quality cloth lui 1 my frendt frit atilt lit its su gi siti louve pegged nip me right agreed the with hie his ready smile 1 II 11 I nil 1 me tile if to it mr personally condu ettli lit lilt clist omir to the ho null stilt 1 I anit on ou myself on oil recount you alt it stronger lo 10 the tile cit ho lie tx lie little nun min took a pull stilt from front a ruck rack and h IK id ili it nt tit arm s length to nil all anti anlin e it ilia ills infers fingers curt curtsi ait tj I 1 tin tilt woof bof of if it losinsky losin sly lie ile itly could briar if to purl part nten lilt it binl on after a st irH td I 1 uno tile gods lie ile benned t OA ot 1 I the tile range and his pen ilert I 1 A secret I 1 imported clay shook ilia heard I 1 enot what I 1 anut nut ills III yes ranea t the tile racks thi Is dioro ni tit notion of ilia bort mort of 1 I llor ilo pi to a n blue alth it little jn lit the tile lot feral eni ilia anler detached tile coat 1 1 to fligl UK frothi tile liander liui iser and helped his ills austi into it ihen ilien he lie alil tick bick bejes lit alth till aal trite rould could ahme brought tog together ethor W its nitin atilt tills hult so drilled deIl led fur for bah other since the hour alit ivonn n 1 1 0 I 1 troll to patch up fig hi lein c for admit I 1 iku iko it to it t of point ho he murmured ilie I 1 lie co huncl cr er grinned lie ile under ato tool I 1 I 1 lie ao 10 9 that aint nith etli sell inc fair it 0 suit stilt in hi mollie s hut but it imp hap lintl that lie liked tills thim suit himself jjoe low much he nuked ilie of the store dwelt on oil the inci Us of the ilia unit atilt its astle its dur ability the perfect fit lie ile his ills subject knitli lilt at athistle thorough thoroughness nesi allien ho lie confided in a whimper pcr ho the price nt tit which lie going to a crifie till suit sult suit to ou on ni tit fr lendt I 1 make this aument pit for only alv live lle donars lie addad another getret detail I 1 below holL sale cost A little dell of mirth lit in und unde io I 1 I 1 id d hate to have you rob anselc liko like that and nie me a bertet stranger 81 a to you too unlit y tan me aman a man must not got to live garments illo like idone I 1 ilono to appreciate such suell a suit all bool ool lury thread of it able a mr caressed it again one otte ssell 11 piece of cowls he lie told himself sofol almost ilia stars in illi eyes alt ait wool aou ou siye asked clay feeling tie ile texture lie had made up hit his mind to buy it though he thought the price n bit sw mr Iler nott in protested on olt lila ilia honor that were tte as not riot a thread of cotton la in it you could take it fion ton me thrift when I 1 edi bell it suit of it Is like I 1 am dialing with alth my any own oun brother he added perl gar out of this tills store takes my any personal uny tried on oil lio tile trousers ond atilt looked nt at himself in the kins glas bo so fur far its lie rould could tell lie looked just like ail nil other xe new Y I 1 ahe lie deater leaned for forward ard and spoke in a mh whisper Isper apparently ho lie aas asha ined of hia fits 1 next of latart luart 1 I efty five dollars is to ou oil I 1 1111 take it the cetti ncr ner enid said the clothier calad lilt allor tallor from the tile cuir ot of the stoia stora to lunke inake an ad justini int in the trousers ho reino eil the lie taga bilth told him in lit cipher that the atilt alt hall cost him just cloven dollars lol lare and the file cent cents half in nit hour idler litter un tat at on top of a u avenue wattle bu bus 4 ulilis Nl illi ua jerking jerling Us its iny ay upturn ills shoot dupre aru to lie waa uns kiltin kilt in 1 in a blue iorge milt stilt alth alth a little running though it tie 0 int teni that stilt ju jul jutt tt nv ilow ns as lie file apple of tits ti it proud hlin blin it no uv lorber anti not riot a mild wd mail aiom tile ho Ariz arizona oink tit lt sort sert 11 I 1 I 1 e motor lius bus run ran up I 1 fifth ni avenue denue lilt ut to pat as id td co juni titia ircia and a await el t into the arl P it us a da till shuns atilt fair the of a spring olt acted to the nostril GlImp glimpsed sei of atje u park ampt I 1 lav its tand ind ing initial ahe on oft th the gruia title their maids tn ili net capa cups ind aprons vAl together on the bent lits it nearl tide tills m HI the anost liun hurt an nyol the man from arizona hail wm ivon in the tile in the early three figure he from tip the top of ahr ali bus 1 and lei let fits hi footsteps follow his inclinations into the park he lie trick struck across the tile irio into a ride side strett an ali home occupied the corner but from the mothr etli r clile ide a row of hand hoine mollie private dwellings di ellings faud him ahe janitor of the apartment house was as watering at ering the parking belond tho alde malk ahe ede edge of the abriam from tilt nozzle of 0 the tiou tio A sprawl apra L I 1 ho the path in front of clay ho ile hest titell t tod fir a to rive give tie man time to turn nilde the ilia how hut but the janitor on this particular morning hall bun bin ful fail up tip with trouble one of he ilia tenant tenants hail hall complained of lini to the IL allt ot of the tile place another had mosed away aay without It hout tipping him blin for nn tin bourn hours help in lit packing he lie had riven given tier he ile vias sulkily of the tb ion toll lint the whole world orld aas in a lori to annoy him just now the rube the world A little flirt of the hoie diluted lays newly nely shined hoot boots and the loer loor lower ua ax inches of his trousers tro usera dijk out what hat bouce diangi pro pr tested the lie man from arizona I 1 I 1 tank ou look m when here youre going the one from front hicklin clin NO a I 1 r 44 NIL aft A smothered vat T 1111 rose rage out of the water waters lie ile was uns a heavyset henry set muscular man with a sullen obstinate fare IM il shoe shoei i and trousers are sopping popping tt pt I 1 believe you ltd ill it on pur purpose poe I 1 tank eo so 01 NOT ol ut ono one teng I 1 lak to tell ell 3 iou on I 1 cot got no m timo time for 11 into talk uester westerner tier started on hia his way ay chere I 1 here wa it as no use having a row with A ith a sulky janitor but the sveda misunderstood fits hl at clays first step bonard lie jerked round the tile nozzle and jet let tho the rainge rider hae it with lilt tull full fore force cla was swept lack to tit the wall RII by the hilvy pressure 0 of motter tint planed oer him film the streaks tinned moed up tip and down doan him from head to ft till it had drenched eiery aery inch of the tile fifty ue fie dollar suit he lie dro drowned ned fathoms delp in a water spout lift ile was as swept over niagara I 1 anns ke ile came to life again to lind find I 1 himself the choking center of a world flood he lie gave a aloo ij and anti charged itt at the tile ina ilia i behind the tile hoge the two clinched alle they gItil tho tile writ lilii hose klappel back and forth them like an snake clay lind find one nd nil vantage vun tase lie ile was as wet et through aril an how it did not mutter tio now much oc of the deluge him tho ilia janitor flu fou 1 t to to leep keell dry try mid atilt ho lie had not riot a chanti on earth to Bu botved tved I 1 lor or one hundred and devent seventh fise pounds of brue bone ani ant muscle by fly eurn earm of hard work in lit sun and wind had clamped it itself telf upon him I 1 ahe he noorie twisted toward the janitor lie ile ducked ent down and rind ana as suhn irKed N hen lien he lie tried tit ripe rise the stream beat him ile struggled hallal hal mal U up rot got again to tits hi fett and ramo came down dusan tilt lt ting with it hard hump when ills legs 1 from I ont U under aid r him A I 1 tit it t ell I 1 I 1 row out ot of he the auttis the janitor could ut not un tin afi flails what wui hip happening pening tn to him he ile did not knot knor that he lie inq 1 treated to it iw lie form of tho the water curt en re ills dull bruin brain had hall functioned to 1 all o 0 iron troll crip grip lind film by fly ili tr hack of ills neck lie was nas irked to allm lil feit fett and bornard for inri to hie the curb hii anth of the dav uv the tile hem heady sartain from thu the iio amke on oil nia rals face fact and tit aik ck it 1 i hid ills re ai stance jarred him hini sit anat lie could not riot ather liln iStir to light cirii 1 bu railed him up tip a post bim him and anti amm the tile hose around the pot po t in lit 11 way ity 1114 to tile ft pet et PC 0 the tile co cow punch r tire drew hoque tight kallipe 1 the nozzle gli the lie 1 arbil out and ought the tile anit until of the tho ninn tn ill fill boly body ith the alft skill of a trul roper t lay su swung ling the pape the bod ardy of i the man agatia and again it CIO cloe in to ohp post and rod kno knowing ing tt it i arly ur ly bo be hind tit sado trucked tru cled d bt bill tol WA furious rago him nothing when lay toy Stet stepped Ped bit back k to in inspect s hect III his 3 j job I 1 lie knew know he was as looking nt tit one that had land bien done thoroughly I 1 keel you by 1 ii et ef you dont turn me loom 11 I 1 roared the bl big ninn man in it 1 l rage the range rider tinned grinned gayly nt tit him he ile was ulas wing the time of fits hi oung life he ile dw lid not eun regret hia his fifty he dollar suit I 1 afes alst loaded to the borics w ith ilia disappointment otte he lie explained atilt his voice was uns full or genial sui pathy ill bet a dollar mc men aoud oud sure like to beat me on tho the hend head with lilt a two by four hut but I 1 dont reckon a oil 11 desei get got that fond wish ash gratified anere not liable to meet up with ench each other again pronto today were ere lien hem anil atilt tomorrow were nt at yuma arizona say for alto Is short aal darned fleedy flee thi UH on the poet felloe fellon says lie wad a hand jauntily and turned to go but dut he lie changed hie tits mind ills eo had land falleti on a boung woman standing at a trench rench k wando of the house opposite bhe bho was as beckoning to him imperiously the rho oung moman v disappeared as he crossed the street but in it feu fem mu mo ments the door opined and she he there waiting altIng for film clay lay stared lie ile I had ind nd noer before seen a girl dressed like this she isaas in riding boots bre breeches and cout coat her ifer ees dilated lillo title el looked at him wyoming she ailed arlena lie answered all one knew it the moment I 1 sn edw you tie him come in bhe stood aside to let him film pas pass that liaci with its walls tte its polished floor floors rind oriental rugs 3 was at reminiscent of ho the boltl to clay Vox here liere else had lie seen a home so stamped with the nark of ample means mearis cabine in lit bho she ordered again a little littie sh sharply artil he ITO c imo into in and she closed the door im irn sopping wet INU drip all tile floor ill flat are you yort going to do I 1 boull oil 11 be arr arrister isteL you know bhe stood straight and allin ai a n bm tim and tho flunk directness of her gave had a hoy boy a sa unconsciousness there como to them from froin outside tho tile tap tap tup trip tap trip of I 1 night stick rattling on oil tire lies lie a calling hilp 1 I can crin explain how it 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