The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1912, Page 19

Brae, M1, by Outing Publishing Oo.) OF PRECEDING INSTALAENT. © cowboy CHAPTER iL The Double Cros ma® held his position at the fence. ‘a Tt was strategic and conve. ‘4 alent. He merely nodded at . MoVea and the range bose as Non ted within twenty feet of |. at Daly's these cold nights. “Suiways the effect of novelty. eY CHARLES | DARNTON. ITH the eteam-pipes thumping eway in the wilds of Hawai! at the begin- ning and the tropical heroine throwing herself into a seething crater at the end, any one with a little tmagination can manage to keep warm ‘There le 20 much warmth in Oliver Moroeco's production of “The Bird of Paradise” that even the bare-legged Kanakas seem es comfortable as though ~ they were strolling about a Turkish bath. Richard W. Tully's play exerts a otic obarm. Like “The Rose of the Rancho,” by the same autho: ‘full of color. At times the Mghting makes this color seem glaring, yet Compared with “Kismet,” however, this production seems somewhat crude. final toueh that gives a stage picture real beauty. If “The Bird of Paradise” had not arrived at a time when the town is aimost color-blind it would no doubt be hailed with 7 t ne 0 marhick i game you've worked on every man er things. But you’y something different. 1 ain't @ bit orared ‘He emiled with level eyes at MoVen. “You got that down?’ he sald coldly. “1 ain't @ bit soared. And I'm gotn’ right here! ere was no bluster in only the calm positiven ows what the next step Mo’ thought to parley. “Tf that's the way you fee) ebout it Ireckon Tm wilting to buy"— “You could: buy nothin’ that bi longs to me,” interrupted Monty, even that olf skate of a pack horve. “But"— “That's the final word, I reckon,” re- @amed Monty. ‘I don't care to waste any more time gassin’ with you. And I Gon't remember that I esked you to Come over here to talk to me about anything. MoVea crimsoned. ‘Th visit you again”— he threatened. A flash shot from Monty’s pistol; smoke curled from the mussie. Mc- ‘Vea's hat lifted and settled down again. Near its crown a ragged hole showed where Monty’s bullet had travelled. “I reckon you heard me say Ly thing about wastin’ time with you, you visitin’ laughed. = “Don't come near me,” he warned. He waa still standing at the fence the range boss and McVea reached Shallow Bend crossing on thelt way to Bar Croes ranch, but he was looking at them from behind the muszzie of hie six- shooter. It was too good to keep. The range ‘oss chuckled to himself at the camp- Gre, arousing thereby the curiosity of the boys. “McVea done rode over to Shallow! Bend to scare Monty,” he said to the| eager-eared group around him. | they chorused. ‘But Monty didn’t scare," returned the range boss. “Didn't feaze him at| ail. An’ TI reckon you all never seen @licker shootin’. PLAYING bd ag A OM him. He knew why MoVea had come. ‘MoVen'a first visit to a nester was al- waye indicative of dire tragedy to fol- low, There had never been an excep- tion. “Reckon on proving thie claim? asked McVes 6; getting down to business. Monty nodded toward bis buildings. “I paged ite proved,” he stated thing Monty's eye, the range bose smiled gentally. “Proved?” Moves laughed satirical- ly, “I reckon you don't prove nothing @round these parts without witnesses.” | @ Monty amiled, but from ue waiei. band came his eix-ahooter, and lied ‘it tn the general ‘direction of MoVea and the range boss. “Ite thi heey ol ge he said Ey con} Tawa! Tare THat! / wutYou® A deed Ho? wi You EvaR THRow me PF AGADI| “The Garden of Al It lacks the one ht. And even with the “By CASELIZER AUTHOR OF THe Two-GUN Ma) A Western Romance of the Great Outdoors—Cowboys, “Rustlers,” Two-Gun Men and Frontier Heroines. ‘Qfonty is i agreed the prom quick wwaagier. t Mise MoVea might teli some- hing about Monty tasin’ up that claim on Shallow Bend.” allusion to the unfitness of any cow- puncher to become his son-in-law. Bym- pathy for Monty was bound to show. “I reckon one man {is a8 good as another In these here parte,” ould @ tan! jpuncher presently. Heads in the shadows bobted afirma- tively. “I'm, banking on Monty to win hands down,” commented the wagon boss. In the darkness the range boss caw the significant grins that swept around the circle Then hi turned toward the distance and the ailenoce. Iv. Monty thrived amasingty. Mite email herd grew to hundreds, and hig hun- 4reds roamed the ranga unmolested. Early in his new venture he adopted a brand—the Doyble Cross. The adoption of this brand provoked the members of the Bar Cross to grim humor and sent ‘MeVea nto transports of bitter anger. ‘The manager jooked upon Monty's use of this brand though he made no direct charge, the men of the outfit began to understand that MeVea suspected Monty of plan- ning to appropriate Bar Cross etock as| opportumty offered. Vigilance alone would prevent the merging of the Bar |Cross brand into that of the Double Cross. The merging of the two brands was « simple problem in pyrography. - * azine, wn face was | ww, an act of defiance, and/ not dared to spoak It. ‘ 7 raww*s 7 Frida Hyroech FRI Cress glen, apptied with & red hot iron) move Hea got water. And there to MeVea’s cattle, read haere Noue,"ain’t @ piece of country ero her transformed) that's got a better range than that bit ‘elinte the Double Crosse J the addition/around Shallow Bend. I reokon if you of @ vertical bar, Viewed from a me-|fired any of the boys some of them ‘The range MoVea would have defied ‘a herd wae viewed with sud-|he dared. He would ha orm at MoVea, for thero was alwaye|the range bose had he not caught the went that under the = of the latter's atoile. That had told him better Crossithan words of & thing he had suspected reding. ready—that the range boss secretly uapictone avatied ah eae th the discharged punoh- le would have meditated violence otraight harrow path,/upon Monty had he not neither meddling with ‘tne Bar Crossisuch an ection would be senentod by the cattle nor cbt! Presence uponimen of the outfit and that Monty would MeVes. His with the Mansireturn his compliments in kind. Where ager were marvels of frigidity. lement of personal danger threa joned the manager wae not hasty. In previous times had exteted the movtlmycn (ra hivte "hy Wilshtien. tae cordial relations, and something more 4 than mere rivalry wae needed to distirn!ts think ever’ ie Ba lle of the Bar Cross ou he one result was inevi- a ttble—hie thousands would dwindle by Worrtea/Many head. Monty's brand would be over the ettuation, [nubatituted for his. own. Th boys of “Monty's been nostering on ir Cross would do this tn @ spirit of range for a whole year,” sald McVen,|S"™M reprisal. There was resentment in his voice. And the law? Purgatory cattlemen ‘The range boss nodded languldly,|/@ushed at the law. No; McVea did not had nesters in these parts be-|!ntend to give Monty that advantage. returned As long as the boys were in his employ sald McVea, aatoniahed that|they would guard his interests, and much the range bosn should ask oontirmation|®® they liked Monty they would hang on thie score, him without hesitation should it be “And the boys have alwaym helpe|Proved that he had appropriated Bar you to show them that this country el cattle, The thing to do was-— ‘didn't need thom.” ‘McVea was riding down noar Puri “Sure. What you driving at?’ \rory crossing when the thought came “T reckon you're going to play « lone|to him, and for a time he struggied hand in driving Monty out. The boys! With I, feeling something of the thrills are with him.” jthat come with tnsptration. Then au McVea had suspected thia, but hadifenly he shut his jaws with decison Now his long and turned his pony's head in the di- subdued anger surged forth spitetully. | tion of Shallow Bond. Ii fire every one of the »| Monty's cattle were feeding far“down began. But he broke. of ebraptiy|behind. the, cottonwood, when -MoVea when the range boss «miled dr rode near them to cross to the long had felt particularly I wouldn't say that very loud,” ho,slope that led up the valley, Quite admonished quietly. “You see, Monty's|casually he skirted the edge of the pretty well established. He's ¢ rd, his ayes alert for Monty's brand corral that’s plenty big enough, he'a| The got some bulldings and he's got som figgerin’ that he'll it was—the Double Crom MoVen scanned the distance for algns getlof man. Seeing none, he eat on fend TeaT arte Bove ‘Teo Much ie R7 mp OUT AND, or The JumP ov EAT ‘You RIGHT NOW, ©0- 00-00! *FOR AN MoT Aner IR BYES is pony, mentally measuring the size of the Double Cross oranda. Then, smil- Diecify, he continued on his way. That night the managor siept the first wound sleep he had known for many Bights, but In his dreams there ocourred 4 ourtous confusion of cow-Drands. Try he might he could not prevent the Bar Crose brand from merging my: terlously into that o* the Double Cross. The day following MoVeu's trip to Shallow Bend he sent the blacksmith with the wagon. Ducing the latter's ab- fence the manager spent the greater part of the day in the shop busy at some mysterious labor, The next morn ing the boys drove 1 a bunch of yea:- lings for branding. After they were corrailed MoVea drew the rauge boss to the fenoe. “We've got some fine yearlings this season,” ho remarke| casually. “I reckon they re a+ good as the next returned tho range poss. “Clean-cut bunch,” observed MoVea; “and they ain't marked none to speak of. “xcept that shortuorn over near the fate,” sald the range boss, He Indi- cated @ steer with a rich, red-brown coat, broken by a patch of dead white hair near the right shoulder. McVea nodded assent, smiling with gratified eyes, "There aint another ateor like that in tho corral,” he satd. “1 reckon that one Is a freak, You're franding them to-morrow,” he added. “ure,” returned tho range boss. He looked quickly at McVea, aurprised that he should ask the question. It is Rot good business to confine cattle to fhe corral for more than two conseou- tive days. The next morning the Bar Cross outfit sweated amidst the reek and dust of the corral. An hour after noon Miss MoVea rode down to look on for @ mo- ment before starting on her daily ride A oteer with a rich, reddish-rown coat and a dead white patoh near the shoul- (derwas down and a punoher was apply- ing the red-hot ‘ron of the Bar Cross, “An od@ mark.” commented Miss Mo- Vea in the presence of the range bons. “Just what t O14 Ma-— tho Bor regurned the ra: ‘Then Miss MoVea rode on, the ra worshiptul admiration. bows looking after her and smiling his TOOO THRRE, Tee Bey Mies MeVea returned at dusk and ua- bridied her pony at the corral gate, As she passed the cattle corral she goticed that !t yawned emptily. She went into the house and removed trav: etained garments. “Ride far?" qu the supper table. “To Shattow Bend,” she returned, MoVea ntpped his coffee tn a dead silence, He stole a furtive gianee at hie aughter, remarking mentally tow wreatly the (orward thrust of her @hii resembled his own; more evidence of the MoVea spirit with her, and yet he could not let her best him, “I reckon Monty 4s still over on Bhal- low Bend?’ he ventured. Miss McVea smiled. “He was ott there at 8 o'clock,” she returned quiet- ly. “@iad I got rid of him," eneered Sfe- Vea. “Any man who lays around Gage ia _no fit man for the Bar Cross.” Mine MeVea stiffened with sudéen coldness. "There's only one man %e- aides himeelt," sho remonstrated sharp ly: “a man called Bud, from Trinséed. And he {s in the bunkhouse with broken leg. Monty rides watol frecn sundown unth near dawn, Then he comes in and takes care of Bud. He 1m not lazy!" she added stoutly. jeVea inspected his empty eup. “When I sent you Bast to school,” he aid finally, very heavily and slowly, didn't think you would come hom: and take up with a cattle thief!” Very deliberately Miss MoVea agose and stood deselde the table, her eye: blazing indignation. Her father’s eyer met here as he looked up. Across th: table the McVea epirit flaahed ite tn- Gomitability. “If you have sald that for the pur: pose of making mo think lees of Mont, you will not succeed,” sald Mise MeVe. frigi@ly. “If Monty has a good season we will be marriod in the spring.” McVea rose abruptly, hie face re with wrath. “This won't be goo season for cattle thieves," he ened. Then he went into the mice es an slammed the door. Miss McVea coui hear him mumbling profanely. (To B tioned McVea ever Continued.) He could not be harsh’ Betty Vincent’s oGAs egainst it there is every chance of its enjoying @ long flight in more dis- tast regions, if not here, for it undoubtedly possesses those qualities that go to make up a popular success. It ts worth seeing and fairly interesting to hear. ‘The story, like the native musio that is sung, has a plaintive note. Luana, the native princess who bellev ject to the girl (or te tn the power of her arme and her lips ‘| nek tate, wit ray varanle object to the girl" (o ee Glibtaes pauein, macs nel Somebody writes to ask me that nearly every day or less actentific American, that he | wi! be much happler with her than he would be with a colony of lepers. In her simple way she turns him to a| lite of love and drink—and under the | clroumstances this doesn’t seem such a hard life! Wilson falls an easy victim, despite the horrible example offered | htm by @ beachcomber known as ‘“Ten- ‘Thousand-Dollar” Dean, who hasn't drawn @ sober breath for two years. ‘One kiss from Luana changes every- thing. The warm climate, I suppose, has something to do with it, Anyway, ‘Wileon forgets all about his promise to marry Diana Larned, who {s too good | to be selfish, and the next thing you know the Princess Luana {s plain Mrs. Wilson, With rare devotion she makes Mfe very easy for him, AM he has to! SmMaTTER POP? 1 teovenT Advice t | «My Parents Object.”” In many, both the contractl ‘egal unless the until you ai hen that w A Fratern ty Fin. “M. W." writes: “My friends say that I ought not to wear @ man's fra- ternity pin unless Tain engaged to hin, In that right?" You. 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Sometimes he | , me ici . speaks of home, but he !s compelled to “8, writes “A young man has fend, t Stone as Paul Wileon, — amit that home wae never Ilke this, been ne attentions, but we are | 7 Girl Friend. rette Taylor ae Luana. pay we * h but we are] +A pe writes: "T love a young tady come back and she hes to that mako ber uncomfortable. the floor at @ dinner party. ton spoils his disposition so thoroughly that he leaves Luana then without even saying goodby. oa manne through these experiences lor ie delightfully natve, She eazele nd direct that both tender- @and humor are ofien suggested in game moment. 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