. Outing. skill. If I had 226 THE OUTING MAGAZINE no instruments with me, I had medicinesand I could surely give him something. Finally in self-defense I painted thegums around the offending tooth withiodine, to act as a counter-irritant, andon general principles administered a gooddose of compound cathartics. The iodinerelieved the pain, and my patient wenthis way rejoicing, to spread my famebroadcast. In a little while I was besieged. Ap-plicants for treatment crowded in upon me thick and fast. They all lookedbilious, and as I had nothing else to givethem anyway, I dealt out compoundcatharti
. Outing. skill. If I had 226 THE OUTING MAGAZINE no instruments with me, I had medicinesand I could surely give him something. Finally in self-defense I painted thegums around the offending tooth withiodine, to act as a counter-irritant, andon general principles administered a gooddose of compound cathartics. The iodinerelieved the pain, and my patient wenthis way rejoicing, to spread my famebroadcast. In a little while I was besieged. Ap-plicants for treatment crowded in upon me thick and fast. They all lookedbilious, and as I had nothing else to givethem anyway, I dealt out compoundcathartics in ample doses, until I hadmade ten sufferers happy. Then I wentfor a walk. When I returned to our quarters atdusk, I gave Wilkinson orders to havethe mules saddled and ready to leavetown at daylight. I was filled with mis-givings and had a pressing desire to seeother parts of Mexico. [To be concluded.] THE MAN WHO RODE PURGATORY BY CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER Illustrated with Frontispiece by D. C. Hutchison. IOOKING out of the ranchhouse windowSid Tucker, managerof Lazy J, saw a hun-dred miles of sand anddust, hot, dry, andshimmering in thewhite glare of a sun that shone downfrom an empty sky. He saw splotchesof cactus, their blossoms scarlet againsta dull background, contrasting vividlywith gray thickets of mesquite, stuntedoak-brush, sage, and yellow tinted soap-weed. Between the ranchhouse and theragged sky-line was an emptiness thatsuggested interminable space. The manager had never been able todiscover beauty in the picture, and yetfor fully five minutes he had given ithis undivided attention. Presently heturned to the young man who stood justinside the ranchhouse door, garbed inexaggerated Western costume, beardless,lean-faced, with eyes that hinted at agrave innocence strangely blended withthe boldness of youth. And now fromTuckers expression was gone the vague-ness of absent-minded contemplation. Inhis eyes had settled the light of humor-ous inquiry. And so you want to wo
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