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So he had drifted, learning in the e to ride and shoot and handle a rope with the best of them Pinkey had left the Spenceley ranch and they were both employed now by the same cattleman

He rarely saw Helene, in consequence, but upon the few occasions they had met in Prouty she had made him realize that she knew his reputation and disapproved of it In the East she had mocked him for his inoffensiveness, now she criticized hiht disconsolately, that he could not please her, yet it sees for her

His face reddened as he recalled the boasts he had made upon several occasions and how far he had fallen short of fulfilling the to "show" theone to weeds and grasshoppers, his saddle, and the clothes he stood in

It was not often that Wallie stopped to take stock, for it was an uncomfortable process, but his failure seelad when Pinkey's heavy breathing ceased in the cell adjoining and he began to grumble

"Looks like a town the size of Prouty would have a decent jail in it," he said, crossly "They go and throw every Tom, Dick, and Harry in this here cell, and some buckaroo has half tore up the mattress"

"You can't have your private cell, you know," Wallie suggested

"I've paid enough in fines to build a cooler the size of this one, and looks like I got a little somethin' comin' to me"

"I suppose they don't take that view of it," said Wallie, "but you "

After a tiht? Was we fightin'?"

"I don't know--I haven't thought about it"

"I guess the constable will enerally"

"Let's ested "It's not far out of the way and we reed amiably and added: "You'll prob'ly have the blues for a week after"

The key turning in the lock interrupted the conversation

"You two birds get up Court is goin' to set in about twenty

"Where's ly

"How should I know?"

"I ain't no more pants than a rabbit!" Pinkey declared, astonished