thebullets, and the whole six bullets were found, one on top of the other.
When they came back the report was that six bullets were shot into thefirst bullet hole and were found when the chips were cut out.
On that the men paid the thousand dollars to Tom, whose enthusiasm wasso great that he was ready to risk the whole amount by offering to bettwo to one that Olcott could shoot an apple from his head with thatrevolver at a distance of one hundred yards.
But the party of bettors had had enough. They didn't care to risk anymore money and some of them couldn't afford to lose a hundred dollars;but firmly believing that they would win, they had borrowed a little tomake up that amount.
Evelyn and her two visiting friends agreed to go up to Crabtree andstand up with Tom and his girl when they were married.
The girl lost no time in leaving Ranchman's Rest for Crabtree, and whenshe arrived there Fred and Terry recognized her as a girl they had oftenseen, without knowing who she was. They greeted her kindly, and so didEvelyn, saying she remembered her face well, and within thirty minutesafter she arrived in Crabtree they were married in the parlor of thehotel at Crabtree, with Fred and Evelyn standing up with them, and quitea bevy of young ladies acting as maids of honor.
Terry paid for the dinner of the couple at the hotel, after which theywent out to the wagon that was to carry her trunk, and Tom and she droveto the ranch by themselves, while Evelyn and the girls returned in theranch carriage.
Fred and Terry and Jack went down on the conductor's caboose of thefreight train.
Thus Fred and Terry managed their new ranch by giving the strictestpersonal attention to every little matter of importance.
They made it a rule to deal justly and kindly with every man in theiremploy, and thus gained their confidence.
By and by the Crabtree Herald published a statement that the fattestcattle in the whole State of Texas were to be found on the ranch ofFearnot and Olcott, and soon applications from cattle firms way up inKansas City, Omaha and Chicago began coming to them, the firms askingfor particulars. Terry and Fred knew every one of their correspondents.
They wrote back to them, however, that it was not there intention tosell but a limited number of their cattle that fall; but every one ofthe firms wrote back to them, saying that they would take their word asto the condition of the cattle that they had for sale, and would pay thehighest market price for them.
Some of the firms offered to go down at once, although it was some twoor three months ahead of the regular season for buying cattle, pick themout, and pay a cash deposit, contracting to pay the market price whenthe cattle were ready for sale, and that each beef was to be weighed atthe depot.
Jack said that he would have a few hundred head for sale, while Fred andTerry had over five hundred.
Jack finished his big house, and at once proceeded to furnish it.
Evelyn looked after that part of it for him, so, while he went Northafter his mother and sweetheart Evelyn attended to the furnishing of hishome, and all of his cowboys were instructed to obey whatever orderseither Mr. Olcott or Mr. Fearnot might give.
Jack wanted Evelyn to go up with him, but she wrote to Mary Hamilton togo down to New York City and act as bridesmaid for Katy Malone.
Next week's issue will contain "FRED FEARNOT AND THE LARIAT THROWER; OR,BEATING THE CHAMPION OF THE WEST."
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