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Show vinfifcAi UiUMaaiuL Uitt.k Ullik UiH.li tax Uilv 1 A RUNAWAY RED HORSE f 2 - t 3 By STRICKLAND W. G1LLILAN 7 .prlfh( r lijr Ifrih II 11 . "No," iM I'errv flrlnic In the Inn lit A man who hss lHHn unjusllv so-1 euxed, "I never done nobodv. even l( J dill twsp bosses an sell fruit trrex ebjst t' twenty )ri't " i ".Voh." scorned Kd Flint, "yon dldn t j neter do soul lion about lb' tines ye Ift-apped lb" runaway red hoas t Ih' (Ireaeer out t' Alhatnbry Win thai any CarneeJy endowment" "0, well, that in a ceae where th' i exception proved th rule ' Anyhow. I e must admit that wan I most tin-j nana! circumstance ha' muun't he I Judged accordln' t' ordinary eland arda, Ort It, mlaler" Thm appealed to. I demanded complete exhibit of I ho happenings, before pasting upon the rate. Whereupon Where-upon retry took fresh chew, aduat is) Ma made-up blur bow to tha curt of bit turn-down celluloid collar, and lnioeded "It was out rlotl I Alhamhry full (Offiy I waan t much but kid than, find had traded (rum a good ho my iladdjr give me lor starter, down to a bridle with a bum headstall Hut no ilar a fnllcr rum along with hots that had cornered Ih' blemleh market an' waa holilln' ler a ralav. I tut that waan't all That hoaa had th' runaway habit ao Indtllyble Hied In It system that ho waa wlllln' at nay time to dl In Ih' raw Jest aa lie got In front o' th' ranch t) daddy An' me buna; up al, thla plug stopped In th' Middle o( a uncomplete run-- run-- away. Th' man on 'la back partly Ilrilibxel Hi' trip, but slopped at th' rod ci" th' bridle rain, which waa a iDeglth one ' "Dad hurried In an not 'la II rat aid HVtlT-siiakcbU bottlr, took a teeny null at It hlaaelf to tee that It waa flOWhV If-) an' that niiboily had chanted th' contents when he waan't looktn' an' applied It to th' dead man'a Month. Next thing dad knowed th' dtd man bad th bottle an' waa ogjptyln' It, ofTi-etlio an' anclable Then he Rut up with ronald'able dim-culty, dim-culty, braced hlsscir with Ma lege wide part an' cut lnoae with a iionlmin a' laagwldg- I'xc wished many a lime I could dupllklt "When 'In breath had priered out ., an' he waa tryln' f all ia xolce t' How " ' irrtr tbem wide, high an' deep dama h bad throwed tcrotl 'la atram o' talk, bg.asl ua It we would lend him ; th loan of a gun, long enough f ahoot ,,- that critter which ho proceeded t' J name agin, variegated an' fluent. See- la 'la temper. I told 'lin t' toddle on ' an' I'd ahoot th' bruio alter he'd gone. ,. . been a-runnln' thalawhy ler nine mile ; an' waa aa freah aa a dandy lion after n shower, Ikxd tried t' git Mm t' take ' la hoea mi fiirder, but ho atarted In with them undecent remarklna an' dad, out o' pure joalouay. glxo Ini th' ilnwnbrakts. Then, after a little more isxrleyln'. dad ahowed 'lm Ih' neareat war tMoea Anglla afoot, an' he mo aed off, lookln' back every onct In j awhile an' tbnkln 'la lla. at ole Hliortaliip that waa nvmaln' alfalfy n If lila mind had ncer been on ' nothln' elan er harmfuller "l)ad an' me managed I' nie an' telber 'lw, an" after a right itnart ' aktrmlab we got th' rooieimenta nil 1m. Then I let 'lm have 'la roiie an' lie eaperod 'round with 'la (all up Ilka lm waa needln' aomo kind o' calletlien- nlgka far 'la conatltootlon. He aure waa a plaeii hoea Takln' a Invoice of I 'la bleinlahoa. I iimM aw that all that nIM Mm waa a bit of a eurli im M j rlp.lit book, letch o' rluglxmc ou one M front pattern, one more ee'n he waa q glllln' any good of. an' a gentle whla , r n' apavln Didn't take dud long I f find out that lb' hoaa waa Mian an' not lila'ii, when he gllmpaed tbem fimntaiila. "Onti day, after I'd rleaheit I hat run away till It look a good Judgo rf' hoaa- meat t' alght Ma uiarkln a, my good thing oomea by 'Long About. aundnwn a (Ireaeer llinpa In frum Uiea Anglla way, leadlu' Ml mount l'tcketln' It ad " Jaceiit to mir ranch hnnae he pnweeda ' to onraddle It an' carry water an' waih Its back, whero they waa th' worat an' blageet aaddlenall l'e ever j mot up with "Th' hoaa war a coil black more, aUteen high, ojue like n doc, forehead llko a itnli'tnan care Utile enough for a pony, long, atralKht no, thin throat latch, cheat un' thiiuldera like a greyhound, bud) utrnlght an' lapcrln' back t' tiljiH like th' rock o' (Jltirjltar They not only waan't nothln' th' matter with that maro barrln' u ldle-gall but they waan'l no way for .inylhlng f git th" matter with 'er "I'urty aoon a lliluk hlla inn an' knocka me cold When I feela Ih' olr culatlon rcaumln' In my ayalem, I hunta around an locatea mj tongue an' mentlona to Mm that I'e got a Mighty good travelln hoaa there iIihi'k luat dyln' for a long rapid trip An" I know 1 ain't 1 In' when I aae It. He waa caerln' 'round al Hi' tlmo, anortln' like a atallud freight xngyne with troat un th' ralla lie keepa at th' out end of Ma rope an' keena Ma cancelled eye out o' klghl Happcna tooat of 'la other beaut) apota 4 on th' Mine aide aa Ma dark lantern, an' with Ml fattenln' an' th' auroln I'd been glvln' Mm with a long handled lirt-om, bis hair ahlnad like aalln. He w4 .1 atrongUxikln' devil, an' atrong at ho looked. If It hadn't been fer th' nflit) Interductlon I'd had to Mm when Ih' ' ' perfessor a' cuaiology landed there i audden with Mm, I'd 'ft' had aome aort o' kindly fcello'a toward th' hoaa my- elf Mm I kmael Mm f-r a wliked ninawav . hiiih Hiat wouldn t never do nothln ln' run away no matter bow i.U he llvr.l t N Ih llieaaer turned an give a liKik at th red hoas Then he turned an' looked liaok at la mare an th com-parlaon com-parlaon wn t endurable He went at Ih' aaddlegalla agin an' I thought my think had gone plenty wide. Hut I kep' on a nagnln' an' aat him f try that red boia onct No harm I' Iry him Hut Ih' tlreaaer waan't llalln' gooil, b-lu' all wrajeil up In th' ! black' galla. ! ' llowamever, after I'd bothered Mm I quite awhile he agreed t' In th' re.1 j hoaa Juat nact I raped th' wlldeat Ian' he ae-med t' acent a chanat fer i(evllment. fer be neer tried t' kill me ner nothln. Then I aat th' Oreamr I' bring on Ma aaddle an' btldle an imin-imenla He dlaagreed I at fuel but I explained how It would n t be a fair leat u th' red hoaa' road power If he didn't put on th' entire Irarnlln kit rlghi at th' atari. Ho he drug la whole ahnotln' match ! over an' cinched It onto my hoaa while ' that cherry tolored Hatan alood aa quiet aa a lamb. I 'Then Mlaler Mexican got onto th' red's back an' apurred Mm, gentle Th" red rolled Ma eyea an' grilled 'la teeth, but only Mnched a Utile. Then th' dark man. aome provoked, raleol Mi quirt an' brung It down on that hoaa' flanka an aald 'Adalan-ly" which la flreaeer fer Oil up.' with other an' euipbatlcker meanln'a throwed In el-try. el-try. 'Now. aa near aa I can recollect, that red boa got up lie didn't turn, oter none an' yawn an take no morn-In' morn-In' nap He had what he'd been wait-In' wait-In' fer That waa th very apot where hla prevloua runaway had been untimely un-timely Interrupted b) that alfalfy an' Ha Looked aa If He'd Started fer a Good Long Runaway. la own aiipeille, three weeka before, an' he waa abundant ready to reauine with Inlereat an' enthootlnaaem He did. lie went down that trail like a cyclone inakln' up time lie looked aa If hed atarled fer a good, long runaway run-away th' effort of Ma life Hut I waan't aallafled I alood holdln' my Ureal h an' lieikln' fer a certain symptom, symp-tom, I aeon It. Then I breathed eaay. Th' aymptiwi? Wy he Juat put Ma noae down between la forelega an' hook Ma head. Then I knuwed he had th' bits In Ma teeth au' would keep on runnln' till he got tired out. An' In th' condition he waa thin In. If that llreaaer aleered Mm right they would be about forty inllu nearer Ih' Mexican border by Ih' time laaaltood act In In them wlrked liga I even th' cloud of dust dlaappear, th' flreaeer addln' aoopermioua demonatratlons 'I went an' fondled Ih' mure an' put alum water on 'or back an' pegged 'er out where th' alfalfy waa longer Hut I didn't daat let myself begin t' feel I owned er. That (Ireaaur might though I doubled It manage t head off that equine horror an' ateer It back "Ylt when late eienln' had conio on an' the) badnt no (Ireaaer allowed up l' rid I in Ih' beauty, in) hopee was raisin' rais-in' An' when I went over f th' post iifuce at Alhambr) lli.ll nlxht, I met thla fool U. h)er. an' he ) ' II), Terr), swapped off that led hoaa o' )ouru I III" morulii,' didn't )of 'Met a (Ireaaer Meven mile east o' town ihla morning about nine, rldin' our hoaa at a gall I never Men fetched on a race track Th' (Ireasei a fao looked like aomelliln' waa Iron-blln' Iron-blln' Mm. an' ho waa auwln' away on that leather ua If he had to Th' hoaa didn't eeem luteieated In nothln' but goln' ' "'Kd. aaa I, 'frum what )ou aay, l'i awapped'" |