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were his。 While his horse was wildly pitching�察�he drank a bottle of pop and 

tossed the bottle away。 With the reins in his teeth he slipped off his coat 

and vest�察�and concluded a splendid exhibition of skill by riding with his 

feet out of the stirrups。 He had been smoking a cigar when he mounted。 

Except while he had been drinking the pop it had been in his mouth from 

beginning   to   end�察  �and�察  �after   he   had   vaulted   from   the   pony's   back�察  �he 

deliberately puffed a long smoke´spiral into the air�察�to show that his cigar 

was   still   alight。   No   previous   rider   had   earned   so   spontaneous   a  burst   of 

applause。 ;He's ce'tainly a pure when it comes to riding�察─�acknowledged 

Bannister。 ;I look to see him get either first or second。; 

     ;Whom do you think is his most dangerous rival�拭─�Helen asked。 

     ;My cousin is a straight´up rider�察�too。 He's more graceful than Mac�察�I 

think�察�but not quite so good on tricks。 It will be nip and tuck。; 

     ;How about your cousin's cousin�拭─�she asked�察�with bold irony。 



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     ;He hopes he won't have to take the dust�察─�was his laughing answer。 

     The   next   rider   suffered   defeat   irrevocably   before   he   had   been   thirty 

seconds   in   the   saddle。   His   mount   was   one   of   the   most   cunning   of   the 

outlaw ponies of the Northwest�察�and it brought him to grief by jamming 

his leg hard against the fence。 He tried in vain to spur the bronco into the 

middle   of   the   arena�察  �but   after   it   drove   at   a   post   for   the   third   time   and 

ground his limb against it�察�he gave up to the pain and slipped off。 

     ;That isn't fair�察�is it�拭─�Helen asked of the young man sitting beside her。 

     He shrugged his lean�察�broad shoulders。 ;He should have known how to 

keep the horse in the open。 Mac would never have been caught that way。; 

     ;Jack Holloway on Rocking Horse�察─�the announcer shouted。 

     It   took   four   men   and   two   lariats   to   subdue   this   horse   to   a   condition 

sufficiently  tame   to   permit   of   a   saddle   being   slipped   on。   Even   then   this 

could not be   accomplished without   throwing the bronco   first。 The   result 

was that all the spirit was taken out of the animal by the preliminary ordeal�察�

so that when the man from the Shoshone country mounted�察�his steed was 

too jaded to attempt resistance。 

     ;Thumb        him�    �Thumb      him� ─   �the   audience      cried�察  �referring    to  the 

cowboy trick of running the thumbs along a certain place in the shoulder 

to stir the anger of the bucker。 

     But   the   rider   slipped   off   with   disgust。   ;Give   me   another   horse�察─  �he 

demanded�察  �and   after   a   minute's   consultation   among   the   judges   a   second 

pony   was   driven   out   from   the   corral。  This   one   proved   to   be   a   Tartar。   It 

went   off   in   a   frenzy   of   pitching   the   moment   its   rider   dropped   into   the 

saddle。 

     ;Y'u'll go a long way before you see better ridin' than his and Mac's。 

Notice   how   he   gives   to   its   pitching�察─  �said   Bannister�察  �as   he   watched   his 

cousin's perfect ease in the cyclone of which he was the center。 

     ;I expect it depends on the kind of a 'hawss��'; she mocked。 ;He's riding 

well�察�isn't he�拭─�

     ;I don't know any that ride better。; 

     The horse  put up   a superb   fight�察 �trying everything   it knew  to   unseat 

this demon clamped to its back。 It possessed in combination all the worst 

vices�察�was a weaver�察�a sunfisher and a fence´rower�察�and never had it tried 



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so desperately to maintain its record of never having been ridden。 But the 

outlaw   in   the   saddle   was   too   much   for   the   outlaw   underneath。   He   was 

master�察�just as he was first among the ruffians whom he led�察�because there 

was in him a red´hot devil of wickedness that would brook no rival。 

     The  furious   bronco   surrendered   without   an   instant's   warning�察 �and   its 

rider   slipped   at   once   to   the   ground。   As   he   sauntered   through   the   dust 

toward the grand stand�察�Helen could not fail to see how his vanity sunned 

itself in the applause that met his performance。 His equipment was perfect 

to   the  least   detail。  The   reflection    from   a  lady's   looking´glass     was    no 

brighter than the silver spurs he jingled on his sprightly heels。 Strikingly 

handsome   in   a   dark�察�sinister   way�察 �one   would say  at   first sight�察 �and later 

would chafe at the justice of a verdict not to be denied。 

     Ned   Bannister   rose   from   his   seat   beside   Helen。   ;Wish   me   luck�察─  �he 

said�察�with his gay smile。 

     ;I wish you all the luck you deserve�察─�she answered。 

     ;Oh�察�wish me more than that if y'u want me to win。; 

     ;I   didn't   say   I   wanted   you   to   win。 You   take   the   most   unaccountable 

things for granted。; 

     ;I've a good mind to win�察�then�察�just to spite y'u�察─�he laughed。 

     ;As if you could�察─�she mocked�察�but her voice took a softer intonation 

as she called after him in a low murmur�此 �Be careful�察�please。; 

     His white teeth flashed a smile of reassurance at her。 ;I've never been 

killed yet。; 

     ;Ned Bannister on Steamboat�察─�sang out the megaphone man。 

     ;I'm ce'tainly in luck。 Steamboat's the worst hawss on the range�察─�he 

told himself�察�as he strode down the grand stand to enter the arena。 

     The announcement of his name created for the second time that day a 

stir of unusual interest。 Everybody in that large audience had heard of Ned 

Bannister�察�knew of his record as a ;bad man; and his prowess as the king 

of the Shoshone country�察�suspected him of being a train and bank robber 

as well as a rustler。 That he should have the boldness to enter the contest in 

his own name seemed to show how defiant he was of the public sentiment 

against him�察�and how secure he counted himself in flaunting this contempt。 

As for the sheepman�察�the notoriety that his cousin's odorous reputation had 



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thrust upon him was extremely distasteful as well as dangerous�察�but he had 

done nothing to disgrace his name�察�and he meant to use it openly。 He could 

almost   catch   the   low   whispers   that   passed   from   mouth   to   mouth   about 

him。 

     ;Ain't it a shame that a fellow like that�察�leader of all the criminals that 

hide    in  the   mountains�察     �can   show    himself    openly   before      ten  thousand 

honest   folks�拭─  �That   he   knew   to   be   the   purport   of   their   whispering�察  �and 

along with it went a recital of the crimes he had committed。 How he was a 

noted   ;waddy�察─  �or   cattle´rustler�察�how he   and his   gang   had held up   three 

trains in   eighteen months�察�how he had killed Tom Mooney�察 �Bob   Carney 

and   several   othersthese   were   the   sorts   of   things   that   were   being   said 

about him�察�and from the bottom of his soul he resented his impotency to 

clear his name。 

     There was something in Bannister's riding that caught Helen's fancy at 

once。   It   was   the   unconscious   grace   of   the   man�察  �the   ease   with   which   he 

seemed to make himself a very part of the horse。 He attempted no tricks�察�

rode without any flourishes。 But the perfect poise of his lithe body as it 

gave   with     the   motions   of   the   horse�察  �proclaimed   him   a   born   rider�察     �so 

finished�察�indeed�察 �that his very  ease seemed   to discount   the performance。 

Steamboat   had   a   malevolent   red   eye   that   glared   h

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