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CHAPTER I.
•"(SHE SI! At I Tli ~ V IHN \Ni> HE A*
.V MAN."
M \N anil ;. wo; ,an faced each
.112 i!i t' center of a bril
i 1 ir l room. Thewo
if'-' n n' iy. s urrc filled with
I rrnr tl . t wis only half manifest
Hit ugh th< i in- pt and proud dis
dain w 11li v 'lieh her entire being seem
•d auimntc !I• r I'crin was erect. Iter
V« ;;'l a- t! • ;>v. i i>aek, and licr right
I nd clus ! il i tly t'.e knotted lace
Irlrid (tTcnxl her boson, while tbe
left otie 1 1 ; seh at her side. Her
I'ji's. d : luminous and tilled with
loatl:!i:.-. »lr<::ii. anger and defiauee.
were unflin. liingP fixed nj >n the nut
who confront* I IUT. His features wcri
gleam 1 and glinted with jealous rage.
His . r id a . cheeks were wa.xe.i
in hue. at ! liis sliizhth parte I at I
lilihmll transformed what otkerwi- •
might have lict'U a smile into an ev
l*r*— -i* iof ferocious triumph, lie r—
t •'.•d her contemptuous star' uitii
one of sup; ressed hut inflexible hatred,
ltetw*. n them, prone is] <> 4 the floor,
jMnsdeMt Inanimate, was tin? I«><ly of
jft man. apparently lifeless It was a
inijti ! • !i:.il ! i-rier across which
3i» it 1• r ; 111 • tr• el. There had (wen
no word sooketi between tin- woman
and the mans.nee the latter, unan
nounced. entered the room UUtl dealt
the h|o\v v. h . 1 ; pleted the tahleau:
neith- r sh'- HOT the senseless man be
tvtvii tbeui KM aware of his ::p
--jinwf! I* <1 liwn oblivious to all
t! m:_» - \ •; t mselves. She was the
first to br« k : • silence that followed
njHin the assault.
"Von ha\ killed hint." she said.
Her roire sounded strangely calm
and Wfrrllf. Mit belied her. She
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Tin 1 • mmi started toward him.
KHIIIIII d vaguely why she did not
si ream alo; I and tear her hair and
t!,n»\v herself npon tint prostrate body
In a ; .-- on of tears, entreaties and
accusations.
"lie is not dead; he will revive." was
the low t- d reply, deadly calm. "It
is \llll who deserve death, not lie. For
him 1 t'<! iot!,ing hut contempt: for
y ti" ! paused, shrugged his shoul
ders v an expression which words
could uot have conveyed.
"For me—what?" she inquired calui
>y-
"Words, mere words," he responded
eohlh. "IJeeriniinaiions are useless. I
will not indulge in them. This is the
first time ee 1 was a boy that 1 have
lost my temper. I will not repeat the
< xp. c> : I bsve a few words to say
before this person revives. They will
b- t! Ft that you will ever bear me
utter."
"Say them; I listen."
"I will arrang. that an ample annul
ty be paid to yoo. You may make your
own e.M uses for mj absence. I will
make none. If the reasons for my d<-
p:11 ■: 1r• are 1 er known, the knowledge
will eotue from you or from—him; not
from me. Tliat is all."
Hi- did not bestow a glance upon the
silent form at his feet. His face had
r« g-. Ned i's wonted calmness; the fury
bad gone from his eyes; there was only
I»ain there now.
The u in i'i started toward him. Iler
!tody tiioved. but not her feet. She
. nld • -tip across that mute harrier
that was stretched between them, but
her dev. ii iim eyes watched him while
be craned tbe room to the door and
readied out <ine hand to'opeu it.
"Philip!" she said.
He turned and faced tier. He did
not reply, but waited for her to con
tinue.
"I I was afwiut to ask—nothing." she
liiMt.-d hi!i:ghtily. Pride conijuered
all other impulses.
He inclined his head, opened the
door, trosacd tbe tbresfaold, redened
the <!> rand sio. «1 alone in the silent
btßi ay. For a moment be hesitated.
'1 : ii l,e !• ed. 11 ■ 'tinted the stairs and
ati'iwl a room on tbe second flooe.
\\ h*Te for n.ai.y minutes he stood with
fol d arms, g.tzit g down upon the 00-
enpnnt of n • anopted ertb. upon a rosy.
Smiling ■ bnby glrL a living
? • • ire < ' ; nilied innocence, the
onlv ■ _* I mi thing in which <iod
lia> perm 'ted man to behold absolute
purity and goodness.
' ■ 1 ear ago today you came to me.
I < ■ of, I will not. leave you here."
murmured the man.
M t 1 allj he turned away. With
». 11• 1. « lie busied himself
villi the prep .rations upon which he
had determine!], and a half hour lat
er he descended tbe stairs and went
••nt tin..ugh the fri''it door. Fpon his
left ;i; ; ri -teil the infant, still sleep
ing. in his tight hand he carried a
sin ■ 1 I' iind him was his luxurious
botne, to which he gave no thought.
Within It. In the room Where be had
I irtiil with his wife, a man had just
red to his feet to behold npen
th« ' ■ nar v. here he had fallen the
set ' form of the woman who only
a sort time before had stood so proud
ly • ; i t al>ove his own inanimate body.
1 iter tinman who in»re the sleeping
bal.j in hts arms was ushered Into a
pretentions boose that fronted ui»on
f'entral park 112 r tin unhappy scene
nsenrted in ti". etty of Mew York-and
a 112 w m n< iits afterward was seated
In tl e library behind closed doors. The
Infant, still asleep, was securely en
seonsed iii the depths of a lingo arm
<ha and vis a-vis with the unhappy
fa' 1 r was a strong, bushy browed,
square Jawed man who looked ten
years older than be really was.
"I must have one confidant. Max- '
w.-ll." th* si if exiled man said calmly,
"and you are the only man In all the
world whom I care to trust."
lie I toga n then at the beginning. He
told a siory which covered the lapse of
ni-arlx two years, lb' referred to his
Wife not bitterly, not angrily, but with
sadness and pain. He omitted noth
ing concerning detail, and he concluded j
his recital with these xvords:
"I could not leave my baby there, so
I brought her with me. 1 shall take
her away, and we will disappear for
ever from the sight and gradually from
the memory of everylwnly who has
known me from everybody except
yourself. 1 shall change my name,
anil only you shall know who 1 am.
My property fortunately is nearly all
in negotiable securities and can easily
be transferred. My real estate 1 wish
you to accept in trust for my wife, pay
ing her the income from it as long as
she lives. It will amply provide for i
her every want and leave her a com- :
fortable surplus besides. You can
draw all the papers and forward the
new deeds to tue."
"And the reversion—what about that
in case of the death of your wife?" j
asked the lawyer.
"Let the reversion be to you as trus- :
tee for the benefit of my heirs. If I
ever want the property. 1 will come to 1
you for it."
"Are you aware that you are placing
more than a million in my i>ossession?"
"Perfectly 1 have twice as much
more, as you know, in negotiable secur- !
ities. That will suffice for me."
"You w ill not apply for a divorceV"
"Certainly not."
"What name will you assume?"
"Yours. 1 think that is, your last
one. If you will permit it. I will call
myself Uidiard Maxwell."
"Why not Philip Maxwell?"
"No; 1 will retain nothing of the past.
I am only years old. but as long as
I am permitted to live my life shall be
devoted to that child. Philip Harring
ton ceased to exist an hour ago. 1 will
sleep here in your house tonight. If 1
may. In the morning 1 will ask you to
take some checks to the banks for me
and secure in their places cashier's
checks that I may deposit where 1
please; also to withdraw my securities
from the safe deposit vaults and bring
them to me. Such other affairs as need
attention I w ill remember before morn
ing. and before night tomorrow I will I
be gone."
"Where will you go?"
"I have not decided. I probably will [
not decide for some time to come. 1 I
will let you know in good time."
"You are very unwise. Philip. Your
suspicions may be unfounded, your
conclusions wrong."
"Perhaps so." wearily. "My decision
is Irrevocable, however, so we will not
discuss it."
"You cannot lie father and mother to
that child to that little girl If she
were a boy. it would be different."
"I will be father, mother—everything
—to her. I'o not argue with tue. Max.
Will you show me where I am to sleep?
My duties begin at cnce. I shall not
avoid them."
Not until the man who had decided
that he was henceforth to be known
only as Richard Maxwell was alone in
the room that had been assigned to
him - no. uot alone, because the little
girl, still quietly sleeping, unconscious
of the tragedy that had already occur
red in her young life, reposed upon the
bed not until then did he show any
sign of the ravages of the mental whirl
wind that had passed over him. and
even then his face did not lose its
calm, although tears trickled down his
cheeks and splashed unheeded upon
the pillow where rested the companion
i>f his future.
He remained thus silent for several
moments, and then he began restlessly
to pace the floor with bowed head and
bauds clasped behind Ids back, up aud
Jown up and down, endlessly, cease
lessly. untiringly, his footsteps fall
ing with absolute precision, keeping
time like the ticking of a clock
one. two, three, four, five. six. sev
en. turn; one. two. three, four. five,
six. seven, turn—hour after hour. Once
the baby awakened, and Its little voice
murmured. "Mamma!" and then the
father went to the bedside, raised the
Umall head tenderly, administered a
swallow of water, touched the rosy
cheeks with his lips and saw the gen
tle, sleepy eyes close again in slumber.
Then once more he began that restless,
tireless pacing and kept it up until the
curtains that shrouded the windows
became transparent with the advent of
dawn, a gray light stole into the room,
sparrows began to twitter on the win
dow ledge.-, and the world slowly
awakened to a new day.
After breakfast, while the child stood
clinging to a chair between them or
sat upon the floor in the mhlst of an
agglomeration of parlor bric-a-brac
that had been hastily provided for its
amusement. Richard Maxwell and his
attorney concluded the conversation of
the preceding night.
"I've thought It all out," he said,
"and 1 have fought It all out as well.
My course is laid as certainly as is
that of a sea captain who sails for a
distant port, and I shall follow it as
blindly, depending only upon my chart
and my compass."
"You have not slept, Phil"—
"•'all me Richard. No, I have not
slept"
"Nor rested."
"No."
"1 know you too xvell to argue with
you," said the lawyer gravely, "so I
will not attempt to do so. (Jive me
your Instructions, and I will follow
them to the letter. There Is only one
suggi tion that 1 will make."
"What is that?"
"Your affairs in the future, which you
cannot fully prearrange, may require a
reference —a personal reference, I
mean. Since you have chosen to take
the same name as mine, let it be un
derstood. wherever you are, that we
are brothers Teach the child that she
has an uncle lian here in New York
and make your will before you leave
this house, appointing me as her guar- J
dian in case anything happens to you." j
"1 have thought of that. Max—vague- 1
ly. it is kind of you to suggest it.
Will you draw the will?"
"Yes."
"Everything to the child at the age
of 21; yourself as guardian and sole j
executor. You know better than I do
how to arrange It."
"Yes."
"I have thought better of the cash
ier's checks. I prefer to leave no trace
behind me that may be followed. I
will draw what I need for immediate
expenses. I will give checks to you for
the balance and will draw on you when
I have selected a place of deposit. The
securities you will convert into cash
and repurchase others in the name of
Richard Maxwell. They can be for
warded to me at any time when 1 need
them."
"What is the baby's name?"
"She has none. We have postponed
giving her a name because we could
never find one that was entirely pleas
ing. lid I have thought of that also.
1 shall give her a name now."
"Tell me what It Is to be."
"My mother was a Lisle; let that be
the name of my child."
"It is a man's name."
"Not necessarily. It may belong to
either; a man or a woman. At nil
events, it suits my purposes. Let her
be named In the will Lisle Maxwell,
child—not daughter-CHILD of Rich
ard Maxwell."
j "Why that way?"
"Because 1 desire it. Lisle shall be
my son and my daughter in one, and I
shall educate her to be both. She Is
the only child I will ever have. I want
ed a son; she shall be my son; 1 will
rear her as a son. 1 will train her to
face the world as a man would face it.
1 will teach her the ways of the world
as a man would learn them; I will in
struct her in all things as a man should
be Instructed, and until she is old
enough to know for herself she shall
not discover that she is not masculine.
She shall not know that there are wo
men In the xvorld."
"You had better cut her throat at
once," said the lawyer grullly.
"Max," replied the father slow ly, "let
there be 110 argument or comment upon
anything or concerning anything that
i I have decided to do. Nothing short
of tuy own death can alter a plan that
I have made."
"Very well. What more have you to
say now?"
| "Only this: My wife will apply to you
J for Information concerning me. You
| will tell her all that is necessary con
"What a beautiful baby qirl!" she re
marked gently.
I oerning the arrangements for her In-
I come. You will say that I came here
I with the child—omitting its name—that
[ I left instructions with you and that I
1 went away again without telling you
where 1 should go. You will instruct
her no further 011 any point whatever,
and to every other human being you
will be entirely silent."
• •••*••
At 7 o'clock that evening, when the
St. Louis express rolled out of the sta
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad, the
Stateroom of one of the Pullman sleep
ers was occupied by a man who was
traveling alone with a little child
which nestled upon his shoulder ID
happy content, and a woman who no
ticed the child and was attracted by
Its boauty paused, patted its little
hands and remarked gently:
"What 11 beautiful baby girl!"
"My baby is a boy, madam," was the
calm reply, and thus was begun the
strange career of Lisle Maxwell.
CHAPTER 11.
CITAIG THOMPSON, I •/NTFERSMAN.
T was the week of the annual
1 "round up" In the Smoky val
ley, which nestles in the eni
brace of towering mountains
along the western boundary of the
state of Nevada. Upon the crest of a
rise of ground which overlooks the
entire valley a horseman, xvho had just
risen over the height, reined in his
mount and with bated breath and
eager enthusiasm surveyed the spec
tacle before him.
"It is grand—beautiful!" he exclaim
ed aloud. "It is strange that my fa
ther has never permitted me to see it
before; strange that he hesitated now.
But I am here in spite of him, and he
will not send me back. lie must not.
I will not go."
The youth turned his head and look
ed back in the direction from which he
had come, and there was a pleased, if
somewhat anxious, smile upon his face
when he noted toward the southeast a
heavy cloud of dust xvhich extended
backward along the trail as far as the
eyes could reach, but wdiicli was stead
ily though slowly coming nearer. To
his practiced eyes that cloud explained
that beneath it was moving an army
of cattle numbering several thousands,
that their track lay over the ridge
where he was standing and that their
destination was the valley beyond,
where the different brands were to be
singled out and separated, sorted and
assigned to their respective owners.
For an entire week—perhaps for two,
for the number of cattle was known to
be greater this year than ever before—
the Smoky valley was destined to be
come a scene of life and activity.
There would be collected there cattle
and horsesby the tens of thousands, ran
cheros and vaqueros by the dozens aud
scores; there would be trials of skill of
every kind which finds proficient per
formers and ardent admirers in the
wild, free life of ranchmen and their
cowboy assistants; there would be
fighting and frolic, danger and pleas
ure—all things desirable and every
thing supposedly attainable for Lisle
Maxwell, the margin of xvhose life
hitherto had been the limits of his fa
ther's ranch.
As he looked again toward the valley
he could see that thousands of cattle
had already arrived. They browsed
along the mountain slopes as far as his
xdsion could extend,and his keen glance
could detect here and there the figures
of horsemen on guard near the en
trance of passes where they were sta
tioned to prevent the animals, gathered
with such difficulty, from straying
again. Hoarse bellowings and mutter
! lng murmurs drifted along the moun
! tain sides, telling of disputes between
; rival steers which had met noxv for the
first time, and away up the valley glis
tened a lake beside which he could dis
tinguish the outlines of a corral, near
i which he knew was situated the camp.
Lisle xvas undetermined what to do.
His Impulse was to ride 011 into the
valley and make himself known to the
; men, who one and all were acquainted
I with Ills father and who would there
fore make him xveleome. Some of them
were acquaintances of his own, for he
had met and learned to know several
ranchmen and cowboys who during
years past had made occasional visits
to his father's ranch. On the other
hand, he feared the anger of his fa
ther, whom thus far in life he had nev
er dared to disobey in other than very
little things.
"If I await hi 111 here, he will send me
back again," mused Lisle; "if I go 011,
he cannot, or. at least, if lie does so, 1
will have seen something of what I
came to see."
While lie still hesitated the entire
scene changed The moving panorama
In the distance faded from view as his
Interest centered upon an incident that
was taking place almost in the immedl
nte foreground.
Up the side of the mountain toward
him, and not a quarter of a mile away,
plunged n madly galloping steer, anil
behind it, too distant to east his rope,
but nevertheless with the ready loop
of Ids rlata swinging in his hand, rode
a horseman. He was sotubrcroed.
fringed, gilt spurred and bedecked in
; liis best, for cowboys attire themselves
I for the annual "round up" with as
J much care as a debutante lavishes up
- on her "coming out" ball.
1 The cowboy spurred his horse 1111-
) mercifully, but the steer was lithe llmb
. Ed, swift and wild It ran as free as
1 an antelope and as easily led the pace,
- tossing his horns and bellowing.
1 Young Maxwell quietly took tlie coil-
I ed lasso from the pommel of liis sad
-1 die, disengaged the loop, balanced it in
• his right hand, seized the reins in iiis
- left, settled himself more firmly in the
i saddle and waited. Then, when the
t steer came nearer, he started his horse
forward by touching liis heels gently
t against the animal's sides, guiding him
» toward the left by an almost imper
t teptible pressure with liis right knee,
t The horse had also perceived the ap
t proa el iof the steer and its pursuer and
i knew thoroughly well what was ex
> pccted of him. In advancing the speed
; was gradually increased, so that when
i the steer dashed over the brow of the
i hill Lisle Maxwell, with the loop of his
- riatn coiling like a huge serpent above
his head, was within easy casting dis
tance of the object of his attack.
I The steer, startled by the unexpected
* apparition directly in front of him,
i swerved to the right, while the horse
that young Maxwell rode described a
I graceful curve to the left. At the
j same instant the horsehair lariat Hew
! from the rider's hand, the horse stop
ped, planted his feet firmly in the sod
and braced himself for the shock that
1 was to come, and the next instant the
steer, firmly held by the rope, which
| had caught one of his hind feet, plung
ed headlong upon the ground, tearing
! up the earth and sod and bellowing
furiously.
In an instant he had struggled to his
; feet, but instead of seeking to escape
! lie turned and faced the enemy with
| lowered head, muttering distant thun
; del' as he picked tip clomh of dust and
, gravel with his hoofs and
' j threw them viciously into the air.
j Then he charged, but the hor <\ obey
' ; ing a slight pressure of the kne •. easily
avoided him, dashing past the infuri
" ated beast so closely that Lisle could
' ; have touched him. and in another ino
-1 incut the steer was again dragged to
L ! the earth by the suddenly tightened
■ I lasso.
1 | It was at 1 h:it instant when the orig
inal pursier appeared upon the scene.
Another writhing, twisting coil of rope
• j darted through the air .lust as the steer
. was struggling to his feet. It settled
. over the animal's horns and head and
seized his throat, and the beast was
I
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The steer was again dragged to the earth.
captured. It was not the first time
that he had been compelled to succumb
to the power of mind over matter, and
as soon as he found that he was indeed
a prisoner his wild rage gave place to
sullen docility, and he allowed himself
to be led away over the road he had
come, knowing that those relentless
loops were still fast upon him and that
at the first sign of resistance he would
again be dragged remorselessly to the
earth.
"Well done, sonny!" shouted the
stranger. "Mighty well done for a
younker like you. What outfit are you
with?"
"Maxwell's. The bunch is two or
three miles behind me, to the east."
"Dick Maxwell's, eh 7 Crescent and
l cross," naming the brand worn by
Richard Maxwell's cattle. "What may
your name be?"
, "Lisle Maxwell."
"Good, good! So you're Dick Max
well's kid. You're a younker, sure
enough, but you ain't as young as you
look unless I'm mightily mistaken. I
saw you when you first came to this re
gion, and that's nigh onto 17 years ago.
You must have been most 2 then. How
old are you, anyway?"
"I am 18."
"Well, you don't look it; not by two
or three years. Is the old man with the
outfit?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing here? Why ain't
j'ou back with the bunch?"
"That's my business, sir. At all
I events, it doesn't concern you."
The stranger chuckled audibly.
"I've heard tell that you was sassy,"
! he said, "but you ought to wait till you
■ grow more'n you have before you try
your sass on strangers. Some of 'em
ain't as good natured as 1 am. Never
here afore, was you?"
> "Never."
t "Well, you've got a mighty uncom
mon lot to learn; don't forget that. Hut
I'll stand sponsor for you with the
boys, and that won't do you any harm.
> I'm Craig Thompson. Maybe you have
I heard of me."
i Lisle looked upon his companion with
> added interest then, for indeed he had
i heard of Craig Thompson, and not
much good of him had been told either.
. A man who is thoroughly feared is
1 never cordially liked, and Craig
; Thompson was one of those. lie was
. a strange admixture of gentleman and
rough, a college bred man who for
i nearly 30 years had been adapting liiin
.. self to the circumstances of his sur
roundings and gradually had become a
- part of tlieni. He was one of those
• men whose age it is impossible to esti
mate, for lie appeared at once older
. and younger than he really was. His
> alertness and energy subtracted from
> his years, while his gray hair and
I beard and weather beaten skin added
. to the estimate that one placed upon
i them. With the exception of Lisle's
• father, he owned more cattle than any
I otiier man on the range, and he had
r been in Nevada longer than any of his
i neighbors. But all of this had nothing
r to do with his reputation. That was
derived from a liabit of his that was
known and ft a red by every one who
j knew him. There were frequently
weeks at a time when he was possess
» ed by what was known as his sullen
fits, and during those periods it was as
[ much as a man's life was worth to
I speak to hint and certainly to cross
i him. When he came out of them, he
. | was as loquacious as lie had previous
, i\v been taciturn, as kindly as he had
s 1 formerly been ugly, as gentle as he had
£ ' been rough, as tender as he had been
' hard and cruel and murderous. He
■ was a strange mixture of saint and
I ; devil, of kindness and brutality, of
1 generosity and merciless cruelty a
I paradox and that which begets more
j outside interest than any other human
, ' attitude, a mj stery.
»i "Why ain't you ever been here be
! fore, sonny?" he asked presently. "Or
1 maybe that ;; n i anv of tny business
• itiier."
"My t::'i ■ \y« 11!«1 not permit me to
;otnc."
"l)i\ t. I', cli? And he gave in
his : . ~ i . V"
"No.'
Craig Ti > i; i < ' • d again.
"Do: . vi i «r. I. ~;t iou have
answi. !i" :!■ pit :K»n? That's why
you're ahead of t'ae ! unc!i. Just jump
ed the stsicl . . :!ew the corral, lit out,
stampeded all by yourself, same's that
| steer you roped in such good style, and
l>iek thinks you're r> unded up safe and
j sound at home, eh? Is that the ticket?"
"That is exactly the situation, Mr.
; Thompson," replied Lisle slowly. "When
' I first saw you swinging after the steer,
I was wondering whether I had better
, keep down ; he valley or turn back and
meet my father. But you have answer
! Ed the question for me, for now I've
' got to help you in with this steer."
"Humph! Look here. Lisle. Just
consider that we've sli ok hands, will
•you? That makes us friend . Now,
I'm going to give you some advice, and
I it strikes me that for a kid who lias
passed all his life, if it ain't only IS
j years, punching cattle, roping steers,
shooting stars out of the sky and occa
; sionally pinking an Indian or a maver
; ick man—for that's what I've heard j
j about you you need it as much as any
! feller I know. In the first place, don't
! 'mister' any of the boys up here on i
this mesa, or they'll make a curiosity |
out of you before you're 24 hours your |
present senior. In the second place, !
when you have once started out to do
a thing don't turn back on any account. |
' Do it or drop in your tracks facing it.
It's a whole lot better to be shot be- J
tween the eyes than it is to be kicked j
behind. That ain't elegant, but it's
! God's truth. In the third place, tie up
to t'raig Thompson for anything that
you can foresee at this writing, and if
lie happens to have one of his fits on
don't you mind 'em. They ain't for
everybody, and they won't be for you. |
Here comes two of my boys. They'll ■
take this critter, and we can ride in '
more sociably."
They were soon relieved of the care
of the steer, and then they rode on si
lently side by side for some distance.
"Why wouldn't Dick ever let you
i conic here before?" asked Thompson
presently.
"I don't know. lie would never tell
me," replied Lisle.
"Well, I can tell you."
"You can! Why is it?"
"I'll tell you by asking a question or
two. Didn't you wing one of my cow
boys, a fellow named Cummings, about
a year ago when he was over at your
place after a bunch of steers that had
strayed away?"
"Yes."
"What did you do it for?"
"Because lie was impertinent."
"Exactly. What did he say?"
"IFe saiil that I was cut out for a wo
man and spoiled in the making. I con
vinced him that I was quicker with
my gun than he was, anyway."
"Correct. He ain't forgot it, and he |
won't very soon. He's gone back east, '
but he left a piece of one of his ribs j
out here to remember you by. How- ;
ever, that is why Dick don't want you J
to come here. See?"
"No."
"lie's afraid somebody else will say
the same tiling; that's all."
Lisle brought his horse to a sudden
stand. I lis face darkened and his j
black eyes flashed ominously.
"Do you say the same thing?" lie j
asked quietly, hut in a tone which con- I
veyed much more than did the words ,
that were uttered.
"Lord, what a fire eater you are! No! i
I don't say the same thing, but it would
be a compliment if I did, for women !
are a hanged sight better than men. |
i But that ain't here nor there. Some |
I of the boys will say it, or something !
very much like it, and if you are going |
to shoot every one that does you had j
better lose no time in selecting a good !
place to start your graveyard. You j
; won't be long in tilling it."
"Why should they say such a thing i
as that?"
"Well, there are a good many rea- j
sons. Are you going to take what I i
say friendly or are you going to get j
| mad?"
"I'll not be angry."
"Good. Well, I s'pose it's because
you ain't developed much. You're 18,
and you look In some ways like a boy
of 14. Your voice ain't changed enough
I to suit the taste of such people as like
to arrange other people's affairs for
■ 'em. That's one thing. It's a good
j voice, but it's soft and tender and kind
i er cooing, like a girl's. 'Twou't hurt it
any if you add a pound or two to its
weight."
"What else?"
"Nothing else that I can just put my
finger on unless it's your whole outfit.
I You have spent so much of your time
I in the house reading and studying,
j playing your piano and such like that
your face has got something in it that ,
j men don't wear much out here. It's
J called refinement, and these cusses
round here think that all the refine
ment in the world belongs to women.
I want you to understand that every
reason that any of the crowd such as
you will find here can have for telling
you that you are like a woman is a
compliment, and you ought to take it
as one. Don't get mad. Smile and
look pleased, for, Lisle, there ain't no
better tiling on the top of God's earth
| than a good woman."
j "I don't believe that you know," said
I Lisle quietly, but with such deep con-
I vletion that Thompson gazed at him
! earnestly for a moment in silence.
"Don't I?" he said presently in a
voice that was perceptibly altered.
"Well, maybe I don't, but I think 1 do.
Some day, maybe, I'll tell you the story
that makes me think so. Now, tell me
why you said that."
"My father has taught rue ever since
I can remember that women are tli
curse of the world, and I believe him.
Ib; Is wise concerning everything else,
and he would not instruct me falsely."
An audible grunt was the only reply
that Craig Thompson made, and the
two rode on In silence several rods.
{ "I would like to see a woman." re- j
marked Lisle, permitting his train of
thought to end In a spoken sentence.
"I have never seen one In my life."
"Whoa!" cried Thompson, pulling his
liorse up with a jerk. Then lie jammed
Jiis spurs deep Into the animal's sides.
Ho that it snorted and made two or
three buck jumps before it settled
down again Into ordinary decorum,
frlie ranchman's face was working in
iht* strangest fashion, but whether
ltfi an effort to suppress a laugh or j
tin oath it Is Impossible to say. At last, ,
more to himself than to the young mail I
lit his side, the Nevadian remarked:
"Any man who will gi\e a boy that !
1 port of fodder to chaw on is a blamed |
scoundrel."
I.isle Maxwell heard the wmd He i
i baited his horse as suddenly as Thoinp
, nun had previously checked his and l y
| it sudden pressure of one of his knees
j compelled it to turn so that it st >d <li
! icctly across the path of the otliei ;inl
•null. Ills right arm s.traightened out.
mid Thompson found himself looking
into the barrel of a ".44."
"Take that back, Craig Thompson,"
said Lisle in a low tone, but there was
sin intense meaning behind the words.
The ranchman had never been nearer
death than at that Instant, and he
knew it. But he only smiled, and
there was something in the altered ex
pression of his face which Nevadians
were not accustomed to see there. All
the hard lines had disappeared. All
the harshness was gone, and his eyes,
which ordinarily gave back a steely
glitter for every gaze which they en
countered, softened Into a translucent
sparkle while he said slowly:
"I'll take It back, Lisle, every word
of it, for the Lord knows that I never
meant it to sound as you took it. You
needn't put your gun down till I've got
through talking, 'cause I've got some
thing to say, and after that, if you
want to use It on me, you can go ahead,
and I won't make any kick. 1 like you.
Lisle, and I would honor you for killing
hie if you did it to resent an imputation
against your father. I spoke on gener
al principles. And now you listen.
You've heard lots of bad things about
me. and, supposing me to be as bad as
them reports, do you think it would be
logical to believe every other man in
tiie world bad because I am or every
SP *?'■■ * %
-if
Thompson found himself looking Into the
barrel of a .44."
man good because your father is?
'Tain't sense, is it? H you know
enough to know that we're all born of
women, and I suppose you do. you
know that a woman was your mother,
and there's one little fact you want to
tie to all your life, because if you don't
there won't be anything else that is
worth trying to. It's this: Your mother
was a good woman if every other wo
man ever born Into the world was bad,
and so was my mother and the mother
of every one of that wild set of fellows
that'll soon be raising hades around
here. A woman may be bad before
she's a mother, and she may be bad
after she's a mother, but there ain't no
exceptions to the rule that every one of
'em Is good when she's a mother, so,
you see, Lisle, I didn't cast any reflec
tions on your father when I said that.
I only took your mother's part without
thinking of him at all, and I wouldn't
be of much account as a friend to you
or to any man if I didn't do that.
That's right, put up your gun. Now,
shall we shake hands? That's the tick
et. Maybe when you know me better
you'll know me better."
Then, side by side, in the beginning
of a friendship which was destined to
continue through bitter trials for Lisle
Maxwell, they rode Into camp just as
the van of Dick Maxwell's outfit rose
over the ridge where their acquaint
ance began.
(To be continued).
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