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Kilirl The dapper littleHenceforth, Verinder was not on the map

"Did you think ild Utes broke loose from the reservation? I reckon ere soood they don't quite knohen to stop"

The eyes of the young woht he had never seen a face ular for beauty, but the spirit that broke through interested by reason of its hint of freedos beat for the open spaces

"Were they going good last night?" she ood, ma'am You see, we had no town to shoot up, so we just punctured the scenery If we had known you were here----"

"You would have cohed "You're a good one, neighbor But you don't need to worry" He let his eyes ad ladies are too seldom in this neck of the woods for the boys to hurt any Give theood to you, ht "Do you think they would?"

"In our own barbaric way, of course"

"Do you ever scalp people?" she asked with innocent ienially

"It has that reputation"

"You've been reading stories about us," he charged "Noe'll be on our good behavior just to show you"

"Thank you--if it isn't too hard"

"They're good boys, though they do forget it solad they do They wouldn't interestto Colorado if it is going to be as civilized as England?"

Verinder, properly scandalized at this free give and take with a haphazard savage of the wilds, interrupted in the interest of propriety "I'll not detain you any longer, "

The Westerner paid not the least attention to hiracious, land We ain't got any ettes in this country--at least, I've never n of civilization," the young wohed "They prove we're still alive, even if we are asleep"

"We've got you beat there, then All the wo for governor?"

"Could I--really?" she beamed

"Really and truly Trouble with us is that we're so civilized we bend over backith it You're going to find us hty tame The melodramatic romance of the West is one out with the cowpuncher"