. The romance of a western boy; the story of Corse Payton. room door. He wasinquiring for Corse. Some one else spoke indirection, and presently the door opened andMr. Payton came in. Corse turned away hisface, and nervously busied himself aboutsomething. 90 THE STORY OF CORSE PAYTON. Well, what did you think of that for anaudience? In the fathers tone was a jubilant self-con-gratulatory ring. Corse thought he was merci- A ^,. frdly trying to put on * a good front, and mur-mured rather inartic-ulately : It was I shouldsay it was big! andJoseph dropped downon a trunk and re-garded his s
. The romance of a western boy; the story of Corse Payton. room door. He wasinquiring for Corse. Some one else spoke indirection, and presently the door opened andMr. Payton came in. Corse turned away hisface, and nervously busied himself aboutsomething. 90 THE STORY OF CORSE PAYTON. Well, what did you think of that for anaudience? In the fathers tone was a jubilant self-con-gratulatory ring. Corse thought he was merci- A ^,. frdly trying to put on * a good front, and mur-mured rather inartic-ulately : It was I shouldsay it was big! andJoseph dropped downon a trunk and re-garded his sons backwith pride. Anddid you ever see an audience behave any better?Here there was a little pause. Corse lifted hishead quickly and, looking into the mirror, saw theexpression on his fathers face. Then he turnedabout wonderingly and faced his parent, who gavehim a little nod of approval. I just made up my mind that we wouldnthave any damned monkey-doodle business withthis show, and Joseph Pay ton tossed his headin a threatening sort of a way. They cant. CUPID HITS A MARK. 9* treat my son disrespectfully, not like they dosome of the other show folks who come here—not as long as Im sheriff of Appanoose I told em so, bgad! I told em thatthe first mothers son of em that dared tomake a peep Id run em in quicker n made up my mind to have order to-night if wenever had it again in this town, and I had it. Josephs face shone with satisfaction, and thestar on his breast flashed an authoritative corrob-oration of his success. The thermometer in Corsesblood rose, but his father could not quite under-stand what had induced such uncontrolled mirth. The next day while expressing his apprecia-tion of his fathers vigorous efforts in his behalf,Corse diplomatically suggested that a greaterleniency of authority might be exercised duringthe rest of the engagement.
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