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Soon the riders came up, and when they saw Hopalong shove a peach into his powder-grimed mouth they yelled their delight. "Yu old maverick! Eatin' peaches like yu was afraid we'd git some!" shouted Red indignantly, leaping down and running up to his pal as though to thrash him. Hopalong grinned pleasantly and fired a peach against Red's eye.

By the time that the third baby was old enough to carry his baby sister and the fifth baby was in the crib, Red Martin's face had begun to grow purple. He lost the gambling-room which was once his pride; it was operated by a youth with a curly black moustache, whose clothes recalled the days of Red's triumph.

Chester relaxed his legs under the table, feeling that at last Red's guests could take care of themselves. Grayson proved an accomplished story-teller; Buller had lately had some remarkable adventures; even Ronald Grant, who had seemed a trifle taciturn, related an extraordinary experience of another man. The Scottish surgeon had the reputation of never talking about himself.

You'd think " "The way I figure it," the chauffeur cut in, "Red's plannin' to make his getaway in a car. He's just waitin' till the goin' looks good, and then he'll sail outa there like a streak of greased lightnin'. Yuh wanta be ready to duck, too, 'cause he'll come this way, an' keep guns goin' to prevent anybody from hinderin' him." "Why this way? Sixth Avenue's nearer."

Although Hopalong's antics made them laugh, they grumbled at his recklessness and were not tempted to emulate him. It was noticeable, too, that they shoved their rifles out simultaneously and, although both were aiming, only one fired. Lanky's gun cracked so close to the enemy's that the whirr of the bullet over Red's head was merged in the crack of his partner's reply.

Now everything went as it had been agreed between Shortshanks and the Princess; he spilled a drop on Ritter Red's plate, but none on hers, and each time Ritter Red got wroth and struck him.

Chester enlivened it by telephoning Winifred that he wouldn't be home till morning or sooner, and elicited a flurry of questioning which he evaded rather clumsily. It was all right for him to be curious concerning Red's affairs, he considered, but there was no need for the women to get started on inquisitive questions.

The buckskin was not used to such feats, and when Red's weight was thrown to the side for the reach he missed his stride, struck his feet together, and down they went, while the foot-deep dust sprang into the air like an explosion. Miss Mattie rushed to the scene of the accident, followed by everybody. Young Lettis, equally frightened, was close beside her. "Oh, Will! Are you killed?" she cried.

He was a preacher, and the choir was singing the opening anthem at the time." The doctor threw one thin leg over the other and stared impassively out the single window. It faced the main street of the town. "The doings are over for this time, I fancy," he digressed evenly. "I see a row of bronchos tied down in front of Red's place." Landor did not look around. "Mary and Mrs.

He doesn't know even yet that when I fell for his game I fell hard enough to wake me up. He thinks I haven't a suspicion but what it was just an accident that laid Sutton out, two years back just a lucky punch of The Red's that went across and spoiled our perfect frame-up.