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He paid no heed to the question. "Yes, you were a great actress even then," he went on. "Colonel King had a beautiful daughter, and he was supposed to have a son a harum-scarum, reckless lad, who went galloping over the ranges with the cowboys, roped cattle, took part in round-ups, and did all sorts of things like that. This boy was known as Tom King.
Many a time in driving outlaws to the river he had employed that same ruse showing himself casually in the distance and working closer as they edged away until he had gained his end. The sun was setting when Creede and his cowboys came clattering down the mountain from the east and spurred across the redondo, whooping and yelling as they rounded up their stock.
He rides to town, and smokes and gambles, and gets into all sorts of trouble, and then he gets scared to death for fear the old man will find it out," concluded Sid Todd. They were soon at the station, and there found they would have to wait half an hour for the train to come in. Several cowboys were present and also a gentleman with a white, flowing beard. "That is Mr. Hooper," said Sid Todd.
There were other Indians of much wilder type, but their wildness was precisely like that of the cowboys with whom they were associated. One or two of them needed rough discipline; and they got it, too. Like the rest of the regiment, they were splendid riders. I remember one man, whose character left much to be desired in some respects, but whose horsemanship was unexceptionable.
The clever Chinaman had come in by the back way while our three friends were watching the cowboys as they rode into Forbidden Pass. The first thing he did was to try and make himself solid with the miners. Though Nevada had plenty of Chinese at the time of which we write, it so happened that there were none in Big Bonanza until Young Wild West arrived with his two servants.
"I reckoned that I'd read your brand right," the cowboy went on. "Welcome to Rocky Ranch!" "But where is it?" asked Alice, and then she blushed at her own boldness, for the glance of the half-score of cowboys was instantly drawn in her direction, and bold admiration shone in their eyes. "It isn't far from here, Miss," was the answer. "It lies just over that little rise. You can't see it.
The first camp had been made on the Wolf at a shallow about five miles north of the Two Bar, Hamlin's ranch. And with the clear, sparkling, icy water of the river on his face, and glistening beads of it on his colorless eyelashes, the giant had growled to several of his brother cowboys, who were likewise performing their ablutions at the river: "This damn wind is worse'n a Kansas regular.
She had shaken hands with him last night when he left her at the house, not perfunctorily, but firmly, as the strong-handed cowboys shook hands, and had said to him, simply: "I wish you luck, Greek Conniston, in the fight you are about to make." He remembered the hand-clasp.
As I freed my legs I heard two shots, which I knew was the signal given by the cowboys, followed by a shriek of fright from Madge, for which she was hardly to be blamed. I was on my feet in an instant and ran down the tracks at my best speed.
"I reckon so," said the corporal, sizing up the score or more of lean, square-jawed cowboys, "and in that case we might just as well return to camp." He took leave of the three comrades, who thanked him for his escort, and with the troopers at his heels galloped off.
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