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at war with the P, & 3. cared the dance he ch Se a SS et SS sit eile Rr RRe it init level with Annixtes's, There taln fascination In the ¢ stature and charac irl, hal for all th Jence, then Hilina expla I thought I left it here this aft Annixter. children might have done, straint of the situation was a laxed and Annixter, with eudden direct-| sotter at the yol what Td doo though, if he didn't MN OU tue eh en He he didn: lgmd to ee me? Bolt “Well, Miss Hilma, hate me as much | like to have you—w again, now, 1 want you t SYNOPSIS OF PR! ‘The wheat groaers | are fine whton ‘oad Uy CHALTER I, ‘The Barn Dn NNIXTER had by enormous barn and w hold a barn dance. > for or understood such thing: he had heard it wan the custom, The afternoon the evening of ced to meet IDime new and going to he but Inspecting the deco: Hiima stood abashed and contuard be- fore him. She was dressed in a wh organdie frock of the most rigorous simplicity and wore netthor flower nor ornament. Tho severity of her dress hb bitieiiiciceicieininieiebeiciniciriclebineinieinieleleieleininleleieieteleleleieieleintel [ff Der- | fs asked to | And in busi sp J (R-0--0-0-0- 0-9 t-0-t- On d-0-8- On Ortmtn tn on On onan Onn Pntndn OPO On Onn Onno on ono On ORI 180 I like everybody, don't you see? Well, you've got to like some people more than other people," bazarded An- nixter, “and I want ¢o be one of thos ‘some people,’ vvy? Good Lord, I i don't know how to say these fool nings. I talk ike a galoot when I get king to feemale girls and I can't lay y tongue to anything that sounds ht. sn't my nature. [ don't care . curse about people's opinions of me. tbe ‘Z| Mut there's a few peoplo that are more » me than most others-that chap Prewey, for Instance—and those people Ido want to have Ike me. What they think counts, Pshaw! 1 know I've got "8: piles of them, I could namg 4 dozen men right now that are urally itching to take a shot at r How about this ranch? Don't I know, can't I hear the men growling oaths under thelr breath after I've gone by? oka WAYS, t0o," he went on, aking half to himself, “in Bonne- ville and all over the county there's not man of therm wouldn't howl for joy If they got a chance to down Buck An- nixter, Think I care? Why, I Iike tt. 1 run my ranch to sult myself and 1 play my game my own war, I'm a driver,’ IT know It, and a ‘bully,’ too. CONDENSED FOR THE EVENING WORLD BY PERMISSION OF DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. (Copyright, 1901, by Doubieday, Page & Co.) THE WORLD TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 23, 1901: a look that boded fll for, Delaney A few houge later the dance was well under way, when Presley called Annix- ter agtde. “Delaney’s stolen your bucking bron- co," he whispered, “and he's dresned himeelf tn cowboy clothes and atrapped a big revolver on and gotten eniry drunk. He gaya he wasn't Invited to the dance, so he's going to ride tn here to-night und shoot the place up. Look out for him." 5 Annixter smiled srimly and cro&ed to where Hilma Tree stood. demanded, pausing for a moment. “Oh, am T, Just!" she oxclalmed. “The deat time—hut I don't know what has become of my partner, See! I'm left all alone—the only time this whole even- Ing,” phe added proudly. “Have you seen him—my partner, sir? 1 forget hia name. [only met him this evening, and I'vo met ao many I can't begin to re- member half of them. He was a young man from Honneville—a clerk, f think, because I remember secing him tn a xtore there, and he wore the prettiest clothes “T guess he got lost in the ahum oteerved Annixter. Suddenly an ten occurred to Mim. He took his rasolu- tlon In doth hands, He clenched his teeth. look here, Miss Tima. What's the matter with you and J stealing this one for ourselves? I don't mean to dance. I don't propose to make a Jumping-Jack of myseif for some galeot to give me the Inugh. but we'll walk around, Will you? What do you sy? Nelcinicininivieleivininielt DELANEY’S ARRIVAL AT THE DANCE. Ze 4 £ doggedly, n HE CAME WITH THE SUD! OF AN EXPLOSION. 7; thy nd LY} . toate 7 ’. ry Nelle hice ii-int nininieinieininiileieicinieieiviceieicicivieieelet | 1 suse: pei Hilma overwhelmed him made her look even lars al, 4, witen a man's hated as much}! Krathiude whieh he and even aa {t was her ey eon alas that, it standa to reason! don’t I | hndnt eat hum int eehild as-y t. There was a moment's “1-1 came bavk to Ie on, “And L was looking for my hat, “Funny enough, ‘They laughed at Uus as ness, glanced sharpi woman and demanded ever?” “Oh, no, alr,” she answered, “I never maid 1 hated you." i “Well—dislike me, then; I know you | wald that.” “I—1 diniiked what you did—tried It made me ungry and it nur: m 1 shouldn't have said what 1 did ume, but It was your faull “You mean you shouldn't have sald you didn't like me?" asked Annixter. Why? anybody," admitted Hilma, “Then I can take it that you don't dislike me? Ie that It?" “1 don't dislike anybody," persisted Hilma, “Well, I asked you more than that, didn't 12" queried Annixter uneasily. “LT asked you to Ike me, remember, the othyr day. I'm asking you that like m es Inq lima lifted her yy to his! [n her words was unmistakable ring of absolute sincerity. Innocently she inquired: n “Why?! Analxter was struck speechiews, In the face of such candor, such perfect fngenuoushess, he was at a loss for any . worda, “But I never thought about Uking any ton) of has 5 prof Hllma—a great #uch but tall as a man) kno dow Jay his ears back when 1 get on ded aim; there tall bet as near h Want to be a friend of mine. din’ [hlnk no. | though, when yon arlene Well, well=I don't—I don't dislike |» Been #9 Koodo me. ef cours nd Billy, the stahlem: i Montal the "Portugee. foremun ant the Chinese M Iebiehiekicied Minx Hllma, that the few friends he he wants t), keep? Tim net entire awine to the people that me best—that Jacks: Presley, rr I'd put my hand in the » him a real service. Sometimes et kind of to e; wonder ff you my fault, but e's not a horse about the place that th not a dog that don’t put his ween his as Koon as [ come cayuse tyn't foaled yet ibe “un Lhrow me, thut would dat 1 kick that Iris ¢ fim—but wonder every time 1 Hand es to this . wort of fe lof youra a Hilma (thin and began rt the’ w hand up, Annixt Vurid ‘red of ¢he Nection on her a round yeu und. why, 5 around, he queried. ed, turn y,ko0d of you to But mn explatne bey te all eit since Mines, “You sete ts m you. T itke e vie nT like to it ft makes wouldn't but you ought to to wee. Tits a0 Rood to nd to have people de a. only he vminded Annixter nd he were. pretty ararptty’ 1 friend: . He was day on the f flowers, the ig, and T used to pretend to y him for them with dollars made of irese that Teut out of the chesse with biscuit cutter. [t was auch fun, We were the best of friends. Annixter turned away angrily, wit At all to her taste. catch thi out of the bumped int from thelr por rived. lop straight through the doorway and] out into the middle of the Moor of the barn, consented. “I'm not so very sorry [ missed my e with Uitle clerk," sh fa, gratin ppose that's very Vol 1 it? fulminated a vigorous pro- arm,”* murmured Hilma, with her handkerchlef, { me as T have that I would be a y mamma and and, as it 1s, dance, and ancing Io n, noting ag. dred cambri: Boy oravions 50 lovely; Junt ‘nd to think ‘that it an‘t last’ but for Ittle evening, that to-morrow mornlng one must wake up to the Hay things aralnt* ple having a Ki crowd, ny paren to be ensoytr selves? What did she ? things look tvely) noua? Nae? hay About herself—was at ‘ying. Wt? Stuptdiy Annixter dre home ing at hin w to make conversation, volubly whe would never. fo: night, cereet you don't know how © i didie know myelin ed nee all night and never atop one Annixter was mitten with unensines: No doupt this “pronenading was s what about to of a . yes! whe returned, ‘They paused in thelr walk, facing him, guve herself int Apnixter #hut bg teeth, the tarting fr h foreh eyecare he had abandone In hiv best dayx had te ishments, sitated a moment, waiting to Ume from the musicians, An- other couple bore down upon them at precisely the wrong moment, jostling them out 6 Annixter awore 1 his breath. His arm «till about the yo wenn. he pulled ner ayer to ane carne "he muttered, “well try second tf Ustening to ret Weaited the! trac: ong and. etepped on Hilma's foot r On the third mpt, having worked 4 pulr of dancers nee me and y were Tv ring themselves another je earomed reo that bh was {non ased. wna tr they found fddle of the tis ualast Nti~ ooting. adi but low his i Hiima, vi “other, stamm ne another's faces, when D, He eame with the suddeny sion * Was a commotion by the ne Huret of oathe. a Ming of hoofs, a wild acramt nicers to elther side of the room, re he Was, He had laden the buckskin at a gal- who carry i} “Having a good time, Miss Hitmat"! gasping In stifling rooms, where ts erin 9 LOVE OF BARES << PROMPTS THEM © That Is Why So Many| Are Interested in the Sick Babies’ Fund. or mothers, and snnteh many a of poverty’a Mittle weather. 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