'See that other five and raise you twenty.' 'You're too strong for me Red,' says the gent that was bucking him--and lays down to that pair of deuces! I read the letter: "'Dear Mr.Perris, "'I know you don't like to hire out.

But this is a job where you won't have a boss.

The chestnut horse that nearly killed Manuel Cordova-- Alcatraz--has come to my ranch and stolen half a dozen valuable mares.
Will you come up and try to get rid of him for me?
The job seems to be too big for my men.

Name your own terms.
"'Cordially yours, "'Marianne Jordan.' "I hands him back the letter while he rakes in his winnings.

'I wouldn't go as far as she does about the men she's got,' I says, 'but the hoss is sure a fast thinking, fast moving devil.' "'Well,' says he, 'it sort of sounds good to me.