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didn't he�拭─�asked Denver。 

     Frisco nodded。 

     Mac got up�察�glanced round�察�and reached for his hat。 ;I reckon I'll have 

to be going�察─�he said�察�and forthright departed。 

     Reddy reached for HIS hat and rose。 ;I got to go and have a talk with 

Mac�察─�he explained。 

     Denver got to the door first and his big frame filled it。 

     ;Don't   hurry�察  �Reddy。   It   ain't   polite   to   rush   away   right   after   dinner。 

Besides�察�Mac will be here all day。 He ain't starting for New York。; 

     ;Y'u're gittin' blamed particular。 Mac he went right out。; 

     ;But   Mac   didn't   have   a   most   particular   engagement   with   the   boys。 

There's a difference。; 

     ;Why�察�I ain't got; Reddy paused and looked around helplessly。 

     ;Gents�察�I move y'u   that it be the horse sense of the   Lazy D that   our 

friend Mr。 Reddy Reeves be given gratis one chapping immediately if not 

sooner。 The reason for which same being that he played a lowdown trick 

on the outfit whose bread he was eating。; 

     ;Oh�察�quit your foolin'�察�boys�察─�besought the victim anxiously。 

     ;And that Denver�察�being some able´bodied and having a good reach�察�

be requested to deliver same to the gent needing it�察─�concluded Missou。 

     Reddy  backed   in   alarm  to   the  wall。   ;Y'u   boys   don't   want   to   get   gay 

with me。 Y'u can't monkey with; 

     Motion carried unanimously。 

     Just as Reddy whipped out his revolver Denver's long leg shot out and 

his   foot   caught   the   wrist   behind   the   weapon。   When   Reddy   next       took 

cognizance      of   his  surroundings     he   was   serving    as  a  mattress    for  the 

anatomy of three stalwart riders。 He was gently deposited face down   on 

his bunk with a one´hundred´eighty´pound live peg at the end of each arm 

and leg。 

     ;All ready�察�Denver�察─�announced Frisco from the end of the left foot。 

     Denver selected a pair of plain leather chaps with care and proceeded 



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to business。 What he had to do he did with energy。 It is safe to say that at 

least one of those present can still vividly remember this and testify to his 

thoroughness。 

     Mac drifted in after the disciplining。 As foreman it was fitting that he 

should be discreetly ignorant of what had occurred�察�but he could not help 

saying�此�

     ;That y'u I heard singing�察�Reddy�拭�Seems to me y'u had ought to take 

that   voice   into   grand   opera。   The   way   y'u   straddle   them   high   notes   is   a 

caution for fair。 What was it y'u was singing�拭�Sounded like 'Would I were 

far from here�察�love。'; 

     ;Y'u go to hell�察─�choked Reddy�察�rushing past him from the bunkhouse。 

     McWilliams looked round innocently。 ;I judge some of y'u boys must 

a´been teasing Reddy from his manner。 Seemed like he didn't want to sit 

down and talk。; 

     ;I shouldn't wonder but he'll hold his conversations standing for a day 

or two�察─�returned Missou gravely。 

     At the end of the laugh that greeted this Mac replied�此�

     Well�察�y'u boys want to be gentle with him。; ;He's so plumb tender now 

that I reckon he'll get along without any more treatment in that line from 

us�察─�drawled Frisco。 

     Mac departed laughing。 He had an engagement that recurred daily in 

the   dusk   of   the   evening�察  �and   he   was   always   careful   to   be   on   time。   The 

other party to the engagement met him at the kitchen door and fell with 

him into the trail that led to Lee Ming's laundry。 

     ;What made you late�拭─�she asked。 

     ;I'm   not   late�察 �honey。   I  seem    late  because    you're   so  anxious�察─   �he 

explained。 

     ;I'm   not�察─  �protested   Nora   indignantly。   ;If   you   think   you're   the   only 

man on the place�察�Jim McWilliams ; 

     ;Sho� �Hold your hawsses a minute�察�Nora�察�darling。 A spinster like y'u; 

     ;You think you're awful funnywriting in my autograph album that a 

spinster's best friend is her powder box。 I like Mr。 Halliday's ways better。 

He's a perfect gentleman。; 

     ;I ain't got a word to say against Denver�察�even if he did write in your 



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book�察�

     ;'Sugar is sweet�察�The sky is blue�察�Grass is green And so are you。' 

     I reckon�察�being a perfect gentleman�察�he meant; 

     ;You know very well you wrote that in yourself and pretended it was 

Mr。 Halliday�察�signing his name and everything。 It wasn't a bit nice of you。; 

     ;Now do I look like a forger�拭─�he wanted to know with innocence on 

his cherubic face。 

     ;Anyway   you   know   it   was   mean。   Mr。   Halliday   wouldn't   do   such   a 

thing。    You   take   your   arm   down    and   keep   it  where    it  belongs�察  �Mr。 

McWilliams。; 

     ;That ain't my name�察�Nora�察�darling�察�and I'd like to know where my arm 

belongs if it   isn't round the prettiest   girl in Wyoming。 What's the use  of 

being engaged if; 

     ;I'm not sure I'm going to stay engaged to you�察─�announced the young 

woman coolly�察�walking at the opposite edge of the path from him。 

     ;Now that ain't any way to talk ; 

     ;You needn't lecture me。 I'm not your wife and I don't think I'm going 

to be�察─�cut in Nora�察�whose temper was ruffled on account of having had to 

wait for him as well as for other reasons。 

     ;Y'u   surely  wouldn't   make   me   sue   y'u   for   breach of   promise�察  �would 

y'u�拭─�he demanded�察�with a burlesque of anxiety that was the final straw。 

    Nora turned on her heel and headed for the house。 

     ;Now don't y'u get mad at me�察�honey。 I was only joking�察─�he explained 

as he pursued her。 

     ;You think you can laugh at me all you please。 I'll show you that you 

can't�察─�she informed him icily。 

     ;Sho� �I wasn't laughing at y'u。 What tickled me; 

     ;I'm not interested in your amusement�察�Mr。 McWilliams。; 

     ;What's the use  of flying   out about   a little  thing like  that�拭�Honest�察 �I 

don't   even   know    what    you're  mad    at  me  for�察─ �the  perplexed    foreman 

averred。 

     ;I'm not mad at you�察�as you call it。 I'm simply disgusted。; 

    And with a final ;Good night; flung haughtily over her shoulder Miss 

Nora Darling disappeared into the house。 



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     Mac took off his hat and gazed at the door that had been closed in his 

face。 He scratched his puzzled poll in vain。 

     ;I   ce'tainly   got   mine   good   and   straight   just   like   Reddy   got   his。   But 

what   in   time   was   it   all   about�拭�And   me   thinkin'   I   was   a   graduate   in   the 

study   of   the   ladies。   I   reckon   I   never   did   get   jarred   up   so。   It's   plumb 

discouraging。; 

     If he could have caught a glimpse of Nora at that moment�察�lying on her 

bed   and   crying   as   if   her   heart   would   break�察  �Mac   might   have   found   the 

situation less hopeless。 



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            CHAPTER 21。 THE SIGNAL 

                                   LIGHTS 



     In   a   little   hill´rift   about   a   mile   back   of   the   Lazy   D   Ranch   was   a 

deserted miner's cabin。 

     The   hut   sat   on   the   edge   of   a   bluff   that   commanded   a   view   of   the 

buildings     below�察  �while    at  the  same    time  the   pines   that  surrounded     it 

screened the shack from any casual observation。 A thin curl of smoke was 

rising   from   the   mud   chimney�察  �and   inside   the   cabin   two   men   lounged 

before the open fire。 

     ;It's his move�察�and he is going to make it soon。 Every night

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