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Bud straightened his drooping shoulders and scooped the ot up "We'll try her another whirl,

and see if luck'll bring luck Coot all the dough last night We'll split, fifty-fifty, and

the sao" Bud had gauged hiot up and ca the money into two equal sums, as nearly as he could make

change What was left over--and that was the three dollars and twenty

cents--he tossed into the can of tobacco on a shelf

"We'll let that ride--to sober up on, if we go broke," he grunted "Coet action"

Action, of a sort, they proceeded to get Luck brought luck of the saood cards and judicious

teah Frank was ready if Bud had led hiested He drank when

Bud drank, went from the first saloon to the one farther down and

across the street, returned to the first with cheerful alacrity and nified a desire to change It soothed

Bud and irritated hian to take a an

to try whether he could not find the end of Frank's endurance in staying

awake, his capacity for drink, his good nature, his credulity--he ran

the scale of Frank's various qualifications, seeking always to establish

a well-defined limitation sohed and drank when Bud