Fred Fearnot's New Ranch

d his roll of bills to Miss El

go a

lies over the deck, so that he will drop down

standing around waiting he asked the young lady

Olcott. Haven't

At least not tha

e surprised, and asked him if he

of him in the publi

artner, and they are both said to be

hooting a gull on the wing with a revolver was such an extraordinary feat that he was willing to take the chances. He had seen h

nd saw a gull sailing ov

good shot

that he had even taken aim. The bullet struck the gull squarely in the breast,

ise burst from nearly

ng about his loss, so Fred end Terry

to try another s

not at th

ive you odds

s the reply, and Terry la

ds of a hundred t

other passenger. "Will you

is gentlem

se," said the gent

put up a hundred dollar

nd from me," replied Terry, and

flying over, about twice

n the bettor angrily exclaimed that he must wan

o have me shoot at a bird that

at wasn't o

a hundred yards above us," and nearly every man on the deck agreed with Terry, but the bettor be

d, looking up, they saw another gull about the

e's to

ver, raised his revolver and fired, and the gull came f

hizing with him, but he looked at Terry a

bet was that I couldn't hit him. I consider it a good shot because he was u

ut the gambler insisted that it wasn't a fair shot, a

ten thousand dollars. I never

n't like my

to shoot his head off as I did the first one, but simply to bring him down. Now, if you

e, but Terry walked away and refused to talk with him. He wa

his hand on Terry's shoulder and turned him square around so as to face h

a flash T

u. I denounce you as a dishonorable man, who won't

y parried it and gave him three or four blows in rapid succession on his chest in

w seconds Terry put in three or four more blows on his solar

n, where others assisted him to his cabin. The captain heard of the tro

cabin and told him that if he made any more trouble on board his ship h

hen asked Fearnot if his frie

l Street broker, and is also my

essed their amazement at

would be severely punished if he struck brother. Now, if he had struck Mr. Fearnot, he would have fared even worse; for

ship's surgeon said that the man who had tackled O

l were standing out on the forward deck, gazin

kind of a man that I have been looking for for three or four

ed Terry, "I'm al

! Just

haps heard the old saying that there are just

ike you. I don't believe in fighting, but when I marr

lick a man for your husband just to please

nother man to do his fighting for him, I would soo

he wants you to marry him, insist upon his taking boxing lessons. But let me tell you the majority of boxing men

"are you going to let Connolly euchre

as I am concerned. He is no gentleman, and as such I dismiss him from my thoughts altogether. I've been up agains

where he would be likely to face Terry or some of his friends, who thought he was acti

the two Elon sisters, had splendid concerts every evening in t

he had had an opera troupe on board and the New Orleans ladie

pend more than twenty-four hours in the city, as they were anxious to reach Texas; a

ranchmen, so when the ship entered the mouth of the river all the passengers crowded

the country, and they explained to Evelyn all

enty-four hours that they spent in the city they should be his guests; so when the steamer landed at the wharf in New Orleans, he divided the party so that his wife and one of his dau

s one of the finest and most beautiful homes in the c

to visit certain friends, and the Creole gentleman soon

reach Crabtree, they would have remained in

another day there, and

tward. It was a long ride from the Crescent City to Crabtree, for that place was way down on the wester

comfortable quarters for them, and when he arrived he foun

ate hour for that meal, all the ladies stopping at the hotel were on t

are with our arms ready to receive them, a

e expect to get with s

st, but they went in and sat with Evelyn, and th

rry, and talked freely with them. They wanted to

time," laughed Evelyn, "p

n't come down

bring her down. Then, too, we will have two brides down at the ranch, for young Mr. Cameron has a

fast; but, look here, Miss Olcott, are you going to stay down

ashing over the prairie on horseback, chasing coyotes and jack-rabbits, or else feeding the pigs, chickens, and the milch-cows, all of which we had in abundance around us there. We have some fine milch

o come down and visit her on the ranch and help

ntil I see what sort of quarters br

ts we intend to. Men, you know, can rough it; but sister will have a neat room fixed up for her. We will get

"I want to rough it, and you

irls, and you get tired of

get tired, and when I feel that I

; that's a