Fred Fearnot's New Ranch

pple from the fingers of another man, it seemed so incredible that scor

the depot, when a man challenged him to prove it. He said that be had seen Mr. Olcott fire at a tree with his revolv

he tow

ich says that that is not so. T

th me wherever I go; but I will have to come up again on Saturday, and I will see i

ars that Mr. Olcott can't plant all the bullets in his revolver in the same hole at a distance of thirt

day, and I will bring up my money ready to bet any a

m told Terry of the

a favor, to go with me on Saturday and give me a chance to win that bet, for I need it, as I am engaged to a girl up

t fellow or any other man wants to bluff you, I'll check enough out

freight train cab, Tom drove a wagon, for there was no

cars were unlocked at the ranch. Of course, Terry had his faithful revolver with him, an

and I am ready to cover any amount you want to

offered to put up th

said Tom. "I'

rs put up one and

d dollars, and Tom hurried off to the bank

ent acted as

of timber, where thirty paces were stepped off, and a piece of w

him, saying that he was not going

shot to be fired in the tree and the o

nd every man in the party went to

er live shots with cool

ne could tell, from the appearance of the bull

tree in quest of the bullets, and the whole s

bullets were shot into the first bullet hole

he was ready to risk the whole amount by offering to bet two to one that Olcott cou

ney and some of them couldn't afford to lose a hundred dollars; but firmly be

ed to go up to Crabtree and stand up wit

knowing who she was. They greeted her kindly, and so did Evelyn, saying she remembered her face well, and within thirty minutes after she arrived in Crabtree t

out to the wagon that was to carry her trunk, and Tom and she drove to the r

t down on the conductor's c

ch by giving the strictest personal atten

d kindly with every man in their empl

ound on the ranch of Fearnot and Olcott, and soon applications from cattle firms way up in Kansas City, Omaha and Ch

cattle that fall; but every one of the firms wrote back to them, saying that they would take their word

e regular season for buying cattle, pick them out, and pay a cash deposit, contracting to pay the

w hundred head for sale, while Fr

house, and at once p

and sweetheart Evelyn attended to the furnishing of his home, and all of his cowboys

wrote to Mary Hamilton to go down to New Yor

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