Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 11, 1925 — page 113: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By CLARENCE E. MULFORD Author of ‘‘ The Coming of Cassidy,’’ ‘‘Hopalong Cassidy Returns,”’ ete. XI—THE CONVALESCENT in bed the last few weeks that he welcomed the dawn, and usually was the first person up and dressed, which involved him in numerous and almost un- ending arguments with Buck and Rose, especially the’ latter. It seemed to Hop- along that he had, in her mind, slipped back into the infant class, to be coddled with easy chairs and pillows, and watched entirely too closely. It was becoming downright irksome, and more than once an edge had grown on his temper which he had been hard put to conceal. He could swear at Buck, but he HH iv bat had spent so much time This series began in the Argosy-Allstory Weekly for May 2. : 267 could not swear at Rose, and not for worlds would he have offended her or hurt her feel- ings; but when the day came that found him leaving her ministering care to go back to the bunk house to gamble and squabble with the boys he would be grateful beyond words. He rubbed his eyes, pushed the blanket downward with energetic feet, and slowly sat up, pivoting to let his legs slide over the edge of the bed. ‘The cold floor felt good, and the early morning air had just enough tang in it to make him dress with a degree of haste. A glance out of the window, craning ee SS we + re ——— > Pe e a <y <n a = ai e ‘ nee Se F— - —— = “ — oe Se eg a Re his — a vi