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The RoundU
A 'Romance of Arizona
Novelized From 13dmund Day'a. Melodrama
By JOHN MURRAY and MiLLS MILLER
Copyright, Mee by G. W, Dillingham Co.
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an that
ss a trottta horse.' ' ,
The cry of the Mer was heard
quieting his mount. Alien recognized
the voice. "it's Slim $t"gver," be cried..
-Polly clapped her hands and said
mischievously to Sagebrush: "NOW
9011111 see me Makin' googoo oyes to
somebody besides )3ud Lane. I ain't
a-goiu' to be the only girl in Pinal
county Slim, Hoover ain't set up to"
"An' shied off from," added One -
brush, a little nettled by Pony's over -
Welting him as a subject for flirtation,
"But what's Slim dein' over this
way?"
tiCome to Jack's weddin', of course,"
outsiders they are :silent, answering ovum
only in monosyliables, never leading
in any conversation, and if any cm-
Merit
ornMent is necessary they make it lttdi*
roetly,
',Well, I ain't no society bud like Sou
are," laughed Sagebrush. The others.
joined with him is his merriment over
Vrestio'S diseomtiture,, " Weddin's ain't
so frequent where I cotn4 from as they
is in Californy."
"It's the climate," anslverecl Fresno,
with a broad grin.
"So you ain't never been at a wed,
din'?" asked. Allen, who. was looking
for another opening to have more fun
with Sagebrush,
®� NON. replied Polly, adding Complacently, again the cowboy became serious
luvthe • „v ad •at• •.' luck," said Allen, "'J'hat = ;lit' robably projectin' a. hitch•up of And confessed: "Nope; I've officiated
. " . au' Echo 1 ,. p
b the half
station an'blowed 11L! means you'll be the next one to near- 1115 own."
at several plain i ll]n'S an' been chief
!lead haef !" rJ,. , Slim ran around the corner of the Usher at a lyuchiu', but this here's m9
"Do tell!" was Allen's exclamation. , Louse directly into the crowd,' who
"Yep," continued the sheriff. "He The ruddy faced sheriff blushed to prat wedmin', an' I'm gofn' to turn
the roots of lass auburn hair. seized him before be could recover - loose some an' enjoy it."
,•must Have pulled a gun on the fellow, "Much obliged, but i niu't tixeu up from his surprise and proceeded to Sagebrush grinned In anticipation
room
put so some sort of a fight, as the haze him, to their intense delight and of the good times that he knew lay in
xoom is some mussed up." fer a weclmfn'," and he looted c1c wu t store for him at the dance.
"Robbery?" queried Polly, with wide at bis travel stained breeches, tucked :he sheriff's embarrassment for he
!a riding booty welt° witb alkali last, knew that folly was somewhere near "you're fixed up as if you was the
open eyes, and felt of his buttonless waistcoat eu;ioyirg his discomfiture. Polly wait main attraction at this event," said
"That's what," answered Slim, turn' and gingham shirt opeIJ at the throat, ed until leer victim was fully ready for Allen, looking Sagebrush over care -
'RI to her, "lie lied three ahousan t'ith the bandanna ° handlcerchief her particular form of torture. The fully and spinning him around on his
• dollars pinned in his vest, county
,money for salaries. You know how he
:toted his wad around with him, defy-
hi' man or the devil to get it away from
' him? `Nell, some one who was both
Man an' devil was too much for him."
"Who found him?"
"1 did myself. Went over around
•noon after the money.. Didn't stop to
:go back to town fer a posse. Trail
was already too cold. Could tell it
was a man that rode a pacin' horse."
His auditors looked at each other,
• striving to remember who of their ac-
quaintance rode a pacing horse. Sage-
brush Charley shook his head. "No-
body down this way, 'ceptin', of
.course, the boss, rides a pacer. Must
the one of the Lazy IC outfit, I reckon."
"Most likely," said the sheriff. "He
•struck out south, .probably to throw
•me off scent, Then he fell in with two
• other men, an' this, balled the Up. I
lost one of the tracks, but follered the
.,other two round Sweetwater mesa till
I come where they rode into the riv-
er, Of course I couldn't foller the
'trail any farther at that p'int, so, bei-' one on each side of her.
:as I was near Uuele Jim's, I rode over "He did not start with the boys,"
fer help to look along both banks an'
explained Allen. "He'll be along soon,
pick up the trail wherever it comes Polly"
out of the river. Sorry I must break "Well, now, when it comes to look-
-up yer fun, boys, but some o' you ers, what's the matter with Polly
must come along with me. Duty's Hope?" exclaimed Sagebrush slyly.
duty. k want Sagebrush anyhow, as I Glances of admiration were cast at
s'pose I can't ask fer jack Payson" the girl, who was dressed simply and
Sagebrush pulled a long face. At
ed plainly in a little white gown which
:any other time he would have jumped Mrs. Allen bad made for her for the
:at the chance of running to earth the wedding.Folly's youth, good nature
cdastardly murderers of his old friend and ability to take care of herself
Terrill. But inthe matter of this his made her a favorite on the ranch.
first experience of a wedding, had She had no need of defenders, but if
tickled his palate so long with the
sweets of anticipation that he could
not bear to forego the culminating
swallow! of etealization.
"I don't see why I shouldn't be let
off as well as r-•Jaek," he grumbled.
-"Our cases is similar. You fined the ef Ws
Fnly first weddin ;
!man td the sheriff.
The other cowboys howled with de-
light. - The humor of the situation
.:caught their fancy, and they yelled a
,.chorus of protestation in Hoover's
•-ears. In this Catonel Allen joined.
"Don't spile he weddin'," he plead-
, ed. "This here event has already
. rounded up the Sweetwater outfit fer
you au' saved chitin' ou more
e1 time than
's over.
you'll lose > by
• Then we'll all jive you."
Hoover commanded silence and, roll-
ing a cigarette, gravely considered the
, ,proposition. He realized that the mur-
derers should be followed up at once,
but that if he forced the cowboys by
the legal power he exercised to fore-
go the pleasure they had been' antici-
pating so greatly they would not 'be
:so keen in pursuit as if they had first
•"given the boss his' sendoff." The
eiu
,considerations beiug b equal, or, as he
put it, "boss an' boss," it seemed to
him wise to submit to Allen's proposi-
tion, backed, as it was, by the justice
of his plan that the occasion of the
wedding had already saved valuable
time in assembling the posse. Ho as-
sented,• therefore, but, to maintain the
dignity of his office endarcent of of
the situation, with app
tante.
"Well, hurry up the sacreements an'
.ceremonies, then, an' the minute the
preacher ties the knot every man of
,you but Jack an' the parson an' Uncle
Jim gits on his hors an' rollers me.
I'll wait out in the corral."
At this there was another storm of
.expostulation, led this t;iuo by Allen.
•,01 eourse,Hoover was to come to the
Wedding and be its guest of honor.
-‘i'vmt shall he the first to wish Jack
around his Ilea in ileo of halt collar reception of the cowboys was cru a heel. -Ain't 1 mussed up fine?" answered
and tie. to her refined form of making the fat
Polly assured him that be would do elteriff uncomfortable. sagebrush.
very well as he was; that for her part With the velvety cruelty of a flirt "you're the sure big turkey," inter-
rupted Parenthesis. "No, you don't!" cried Ids convpan2ons.
me "wouldn'tan him" toot be r sen dressed she held out her hand, saying, "Hello,"Served up fine, with all the trim- „you kiss the brides I take i.
Man odd ' even present at her sum," min's," laughed Fresno, taking another
own wedding, not "the feller I am The sheriff flushed under his tan. _ " t
pussenel," said Allen, thoroughly
goin' to 'hitch up to," whereat Slim The red crept up the back' of his neck jab at his friend, aroused.
Hoover was greatly set at ease. to his ears. He awkwardly took off. timesport was
broken appearance ofor Po toy "Well, if you it that way 1'll do
Polly was bounding up the piazza his hat. With a bow and a scrape he being It," geif Slim put it that ion.
steps to tell Bello of the accession to greeted her, "Howdy, Miss Polly, how- at the door of the ranch house. "Hello, The agreement restoredpthe bo3is tq
her party when Hoover held up his dy?" Meantime he shoot; her hand boys!" she shouted, with the fascinat- their goodar nature.
until she winced from the heartiness •ing cordiality of the western girl, „You will have to put blinders an
Orley of the air and the wholesome- of the grip. wherein the breath of the plains, the tn",though, an'hback me up,"b blinders
n
d
ness iofn life are embraced in aa simple•Hoover,
greeting and the clasp of a hand. brush brushed amine his tears and hand.. A terrifying suggestion Lad "We'll hog tie you an' sit on your
The cowboys took off their hats and brightened up bis comrades with the flashed through his mind. tins-ning to Alien, he asked !le l lhoghti Sagebrush as our
made elaborate bows to the young wo- remark: "Mebbe he rid over to Flor- . Hold on a minute!" he exclaimed, guestsdentered the house.
man, "Howdy, Miss folly?" they Echoce StaIlento get a present for Miss said som thin' about get- lously,nd, u"Dos this here guest of hotter --.---
cried.ClIAPTIIR VI.
"You sure do took pert," added tin' an artickle from Kansas City." have to kiss the bride?" FTER fording Sweetwater river
Sagebrush with what he considered " liebbe so," agreed Alien, eager to The question was so foreign to the several times to throw pur-
his most winning smile. Fresno snick- cast out any forebodings. "It's time," serious topic which had just been un- 1 suit orf the track Buck Mc -
til brushed back the hair he continued, "he wuz turniu' up if ', der discussion that every one laughed /-1
from and hastily this weddin's to be pulled off -by the • in relief of the nervous tension. LL �� goo and Bud Lane Buck an
Mc -
"Where's
his forehead. I Allen's fou loving nature at once enovo to rest their mounts and hold
"Where's Jack?" she asked the two clock." thei •(ho be Oontinned).
men, who at once ranged themselves "Has the sky pilot got here yet?" bubbled
u bl ecltoanger he said surface. toWit sheriff:
aif
tasked Sagebrush. "He's"Of course; every guest has to do it."
"No,"thouh replied Allen. sartin-westarted, Then, turning to the cowboys, he
can't t There's
enn up one thing 11thasked "Is there any one here as holds
can't righten up the cinches nches till the out strong objection to kissin' my
bridegroom gits here."daughter?"
The absence of Jack Payson and the
failure of the minister to arrive arous "Not me," laughed Sagebrush. "I'm
dere to go the limit."
cd the suspicions of Sagebrush. Com- "Pm an experienced kisser, I am,"
ing
ingiyand, speaking n a
closer he smiled
said Parenthesis. "I don't lose no
chance at practice."
tone, asked: "I'll take two, please," simpered
"Say, Jim, they ain't figgerin' on git-
tin' away on the sly -like, ale they?"
Show Low interrupted with the ex-
planation, "You see, we're goin' to dec-
orate the wagon some."
The suggestion that any one con-
nected with Allen Hacienda would
ride in anything on .wheels except the
driver of the chuck wagon on the
round -up aroused the indignation of
the old cattleman. For him the only
use to which a wheeled vehicle drawn
by a horse should be put was to haul
materials that could not be packed on
a horse.
"They ain't usin' any wagon!" he
fairly shouted. "They're goin' away
in the leather."
The idea of carrying out the tradi-
tions of the horse in Final county even
tickled the boys
you started," snapped I'oily.
Fr, �A
s n�. a��,.•-.•ktit
"Howdy, Miss Polly?" they cried.
an occasion should arise that Polly
required a knight there were a score
of guns at her service at an hour's
notice.
"Looks like a picture from a book,"
said Fresno, hoping to win back the
ogrohnd he had lost by penly expressed admiationAgebrusL s
Polly was flattered by the comments
and the glances of the boys, which ex-
pressed their approval of her appear-
ance more loudly than spoken words.
She pretended, however, to be annoy-
ed. "Go 'long,' she said. "Where's ; for takin' Josephine off his an s.
BThe boys laughed. The joke was
incl Lane? Didn't you give Lim his ' upon themselves, as they had expect-
Theine?" ed to hear a romantic story of earlier
boys turned from one to the ;days:
other with feigned glances of disgust Wheit the laughter had subsided
at being slighted by Polly for an ab-'
sent one. The one sidkd courtship of ; oratethe wagon,Show Low slet's'put some fixin's
Bud and Polly was d indefiniteknow*
post- on the ponies."
down the valley,
poneincnt of their wedding day swAe lvhooPproposal
r ehoutiug and oyipping. They
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Fresno. m
Show Low interrupted the general el, \\.0,,\��
sally which followed this remark, say- \� gky\�
ing, "I strings my' chips along with -
Fresno."
"Slim's afraid of females!" drawled
Polly provokingly.
"Oh, thunder!": exclaimed Slim to
Polly. "No, I ain't, nothin' of the sort.
I'm a peaceful man, I am. I never
likes to start no trouble."
"Get out! What's one kiss?" laughed
Allen.
"I've seen a big jack pot of trouble
opened' by chippin' in just one kiss,"
wisely remarked the sheriff.
Sagebrush Thetbridis eohas g t tobe announced
decisively,
kissed."
Slim tried to break through the
-roup and enter the house, thinking
to a wedding journey that by making such a move he would
immensely.
Slapping one another on the.back divert their attention and that in the
and nodding their heads in approba- excitement of the wedding he could
tion, they shouted: "That's the ticket! , an ordeal
which tvoid o him was more sing the oterrible than
Hooray!"
facing the worst gun fighter in Ari.
"This ain't no New York idea, where zona.
the bride an' groom hits the life trail "I deputize you to do the kissin' for
in a hired hack!" cried apparently
me," Slim said to Parenthesis, who
Allen's feelings apparentlg were not had laid his hand on the sheriff's
yet fully soothed. Turning to Sage- Shoulder to detain him.
brush, he said: "Wheels don't go in my. "No,lscree" the cowboyhreplied; "not
marriedary. nWhy,h Lerma an' me were me. Every man does his own kissin
tomaken hossback. The preacher in this game." Slim halted as if uncle -
took."
ahurry job of it, but it Suddenly he turned on ttjs heel
Lad totided. Sudd y
took:' , and started for the Corral. "I'll wait
"Hush, now," was Parenthesis awed outside," he shouted.
comment. "No, you don't!" cried his compan-
"hbr her pop was tulle afterur the
ions. Slim turned to face a semicircle
part it up for twenty miles he of drawn revolvers. He looked from
parson said `Amen: " one man to another as if puzzled as to
"Did he ketch you?" asked Fresno, what move to make next. Allen was
, with great seriousness. annoyed by the sheriff's actions, taking
"He sure did," answered Allen, with it as an insult that Hoover would not
• a twinkle in his eye, "all' thanked me kiss his daughter, although he had
started to twit the sheriff" in the be -
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ginning.
"You aiu't goin' to insult me an'
mine that way. , No man sidesteps
kissin' one of my kids," he said an-
grily.
Slim was plaintively apologetic. "I
ain't kissed a female since I was a
yearlin'."
Was Troubled With
one of the jests of the two ranches. ,
"Oh, we sent it on to him at Flee- waltzed about the smiling rancher.
ence. He'll git it in time if he ain't "That's what!" cried Sagebrush en -
gone to the Lazy IC with Buck Me- thusiastically.
rev,. nn, lice," said Sagebrush; then, turning to Allen grew sarcastic, remarking, "I
'r the other cowboys, he added in an ag- reckon you all -lust have stopped some
' Ei "�"� a grieved tone, "Polly ain't got no eyes time at the water tank."
tt l suffea btering-Gored
a to work or aioep-Six years of for no one exeep' Bud," Renewed laughter greeted this sally.
su,fering- Gur.d by DA. A. W. Polly stepped to Allen's side and, "This is my first weddin',' explained
0(iA;;F'S NERVR FOOD. laying her head on his shoulder, said, Sagebrush rather apologetically.
'Mt Alex. 1:t1"ier, Yr,, Clarence Creek, "Ain't I?" Allen patted the girl's "I want to know!" exclaimed Allen
niinri1 Le., Ont., writs:—"My nerve head. He was very fond of her, look- in surprise,
Wed -
(.,:s system was run down to such nn
Ing upon Ler as another daughter. "ri tellin' you. I never seed a wed-
s .:lent that I :offered a great deal froth Polly smiled back into his face and din' in all my life," replied Sagebrush,
eakeess of the nerves rind sciatic then with a glance at the cowboys, as soriously as if he was denying a
'ma:t iton, awl et times was IWO one Said, "Say, Uncle Jim,. there's some
false accusation of a Serious crime.
tt1+;i 1. I tepid not work, was an• bottles o be opened." "Mother used to tell me about Iter'-,
its f.r clerk, ante had no appetite, The int'itation was an indirect one, an' I often wisht 1 had been there,
" oil'` t seetreii tb build l,p in9 hitt all knew what it meant and start• Fresno shouted with amusement. to
rues t)ntii 1~ lnaile use of I)r, Caries ed for We house: had Sagebrush rattled. The coolest
•^ave 1'ro"1, ,oftrr having used ;ti eel "Root beer," added Polly nus roan on the range was flustered by the
',ro wr,itlti of ti is t w medicine I goal!'The corks pull awful had. •mere thought of attending a wedding
•
• a new bel I can w ll: tell night, v All- lanced at her in feigned ceremony.
ca i;rcal: da „1 of work, � have�� "do's
k a good Allen g
, •'ante ante t+lteir well every night. alarm, plum locoed over this one.
v, ire n you Lae t;ted of experemeede the do
you want to dO stampede Ain't you, Sagebrush?' he drawled
:yell can tern to 1)r. A, W. (7. as t tauntingly.
1'1 rye le,,t,4 'knowingthat persistent Before she could
dttraCted tate atter Stgetttttsh took his gibing In the facet
I •:'`.,"r, t tt F": • a to ho rowarilod'roitt► preach of a horse of humor 1t *oat a holiday, ' and they
were people of their own kind.
1 " l,r ac1i, a ,1 results. t 7n tion of the group. w
.._.,..:..,. beating portrait „There's made novi'f" cried . moo. Itad n 'stranger been present the tit -
t• broth In tons# which pltinty showed marks would hoe been'trerented bit-
ter „ ed reg
OS. nr a:t1•tirrlc:s Or Vitiation, iia hill relief. "No, it gin t, he add
par -
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('o., Tor'tala•. Write for free copy terly. On this point cowboys are p
of rr. Mise's iteeiper. ' ticu111tt,1 sensitive. In the presence o�
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