The Law of the ee — From “Graphic.” Calhoun, Lennox County, New Mex- fco, was a town of one hundred and fifty people. This included the saloon bummers, of whom there were a score, and the stock: raisers of the neighbor- hood numbering & dozen. These ranch- men, with one of the store-keepers, were the only inhabitants with much pretence to respectability, the bulk of the population being cow-boys, herders, rough-riders, and their friends. Calhoun was a cattleman’s town, id in this warm May weather Jeph- son's saloon bubbled over with cow- boys. They were a mixed lot, repre- sentative, for the most part, of every grade of blackguardism.. Here and there, however, youn might find an American, and even more frequently an Englishman of good upbringing, rho had drifted Into the whirlpool of cow-punching” as some men drift to sea before the mast, through inclina- tion, possibly for a wild, unconven- tional existence, An Englishman, this class, one May morning, swung himself out of his saddle at Jephson's to fortify nature with a whiskey on is way south. He was the son of a manufacturer in Lancashire, England, and his brothers were for the Army and the he, John Ogden, Years old this da the npr as h iu Church, while the eldest, v. was a wanderer on carning a living He about his in temn Jeph es bef Wher to a table and irew } slowly, He , Ri 3 . . JOHN FELT HOT IRON TOUCH THE BAC two saioon bummers, menting the top of an unl The swing-door of t sal and a man swaggered up One of the bummers V 18 with his thumb, That's him, 8: —the new Sher- iff.” The other grinned. “Jedge Sanderbach’'s choice, Lassiter is the biggest tou “Why- Jedge.” “You bet.” They both laughed, and then re lapsed into silence, while John looked curigusly at the man who had aroused this comment. He was tall, broad and stout, th long heavy face, thick lips, and beetle brows, Coarseness and brutality were written in every line of that face, and his eves small, rest Jess, and near together, contained sinister expression that made the Eng Hshman frown {involuntarily The Sheriff did not notice Ogden. He was seeking for familiar faces The swing-door opened again to ad- mit another man, who stood a moment looking about him, nervously flicking a rawhide against his bools and glanc ing doubtfully at the bar. He was a Mexican with the full dark eyes and graceful figure of a Spaniard and the coarse, immobile features of an In. dian. His dress was a complete sult of grey buckskin, gandily ornamented with beads, and deeply fringed. His sombrero, also new, was bound with a smart cord of yellow and green, and waa tilted rakishly over his left ear. His boots were polished, his spurs silver-plated, of large size, and, being ndants of steel, Jingled Nke bells as e walked. At the sight of the “greader” there was a general growl of disgust among the cowboys, and had José Gallegos been a wise man he would have gone elsewhere to assuage bis thirst and indulge his passion fer gambling. Bat José was not wise, ner at the mement partienlarly sober. He had heen loft a small legacy, some nix hundred dollars, and 1 n portion of this was still burning his pocket, Work, therefore was out of the question: hted stove on to the o opened, bar. Burt h in town.” -naterally, he's friend of the pointed back-| BY ARIAUR PATERSON was what his soul eraved, and he ad- vanced to the bar, where. praiseworthy intention of conciliating | a great man, invited the Sheriff to drink, It was a serious blunder--not that Lassiter had the least objection to accepting whiskey from anyone, | aven a Mexiean at ordinary times, but today he was on his dignity, attitude of his neighbors forbade con- descention, even inviting aggressive measures. Finally, to complete José's discomfiture, he inadvertently trod upon the officer's foot, “What the h—]—" roared the Bher- iff furiously, and, as José back with an apology, of | face, “Take that, to teach you manners, greaser.” The boy reeled flowing freely mouth, and bedabbling his new clothes, A shout of laughter greeted the exploit. was not a coward, . “Caramba!” he gasped, “you big dam devil.” then sh movement blood and | precious approving | backward, from nostrils rank back at a from two of his neighbor being educated | twenty-one | their feet orna- ( compact] built and Jd bo . | lim i | about al “Not that.” sald one grullly. “Hit back like a man.” { him } Mexican ~° "ope ow hi He advan ar \ x yl ia }W man, tall K OF HIS NECK very ‘ ’ A! ) Le castit deep In pe, Baw ] round the § iff, who had collided violently with opportunity, table, whereupon rushed at him, the Englishman When two bodies manner it Is usually th hich suffers: but in this in to astonishment of the cow.l the iff staggered backwards while the an stood like a ro k. Are youu coming uu the most disagreea assum ‘Are meet In such a tance, 14] yw h le 1 ner ould drunk?" “Dn you," splu ribs had s« scientific Insertion f the point of John's ita I'll drop ye, greaser!™ “Will you? sneeringly, “then do it.” He changed hb position, expanded; he slightly ralsed and advanced his left fool a ches, balancing himself on the right “Sammy,” hispered one of bummers to h friend, “two drinks to one on the cowboy.” “I'l take yo,” was the gruff answer, “Burt will kill him." “Done.” As the word was spoken, iff, seething In his wrath, bore down upon the Englishman like a three decker on a gunboat. As he came he lunged at him heavily twice: but he boat the empty alr. The first blow was parried skillfully, the second “slipped” and then Ogden, with every muscle braced, poured In a swift broad side. The first—a left hander—e{fell between the Sheriff's eyes, the second, immediately on top of it, came under his china deadly blew in {tself-—the third erashed full upon the end of his nose, and the fourth, a viclons ham mor, with the weight of limb and shoulder behind it, on the line of his jawbone just below the ear, Down went the big man an Inert mass, bleed. you the ereiy s ttered whose by between them elbow “For as I dropped the fered the two | gald the Englishman his chest his arm the the Sher drink and play with the white man ing and ineenaible, at which exploit with the | and the | stumbled | he struck the] wretched youth a heavy. blow in the) But José He reached for his knife, | threatening smaller one | drawl | Sherif! few in-| -— the crowd stared and swore softly with wonder, while the prescient bummer licked his lips. Ogden kneit by the gheriff, unfasten. ing the collar of Lis coat. His own position was now a very delicate one, and he knew it. If the Sherif naa | pals, his adversary would pay with hig life for the punishment he had inflicted. Apparently, however, the man had no friends, for not a soul except the landlord and John himself troubled to find out whether he was still alive, Nothing, as it happened, was serious ly wrong with Lassiter. He was “knocked and severely bruised ’ out” and would be marked for but a stiff glass of re vived him; and hig were re from Ugden wag his Journey, countenance and | knuckles. | dle, he was accosted by the Mexican. “Senor, where you vamos now?” “Why?” weeks, brand speedily " BLOOLINE him, A few remounting (0 with a pleased somewhat gore moved later | continue utes “You will never come near Call OUR jan may pay if the money City night time? No. kill you.” John sniffed, “His funeral mi come first, you meant well, Thanks, my | He smil 1, and with the mp1 | good natured man, extend d his hand. ‘Adios amigo,” he sald | The Mexican's face gracious Senor, . 0 That Sherifl ilse of “Ah, ghone, | rget.” | A month late was over, and John Ogden was a free nan, with $14 in his j prepars ing to take summer holiday. T his he | declded to spend in Calhoun C ity, The reason which drew him Calhoun was one which he wot ven own Ihe priag round-up HJ Rel, to rail I and, cargo of ked out In , and wou a ies of to goo Id re 80 to Calhoun and to Jeph- 1d day, he eased CVes id him of ol went as al “Come Now at that ter at considering the mallbag was moment reposing on the coun- the back of the room, this wan bard John stood te still minute his wrath within qui « ine f He pl as he snoke. from behind there came a sharp “ping a rifle bullet, and t} tmaster taggered against the wall, falling up his face dead. 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