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Show fAluUlbr SYNOPSIS wealthy young cattleman. rtSe 94 ranch, aummoned by hia and 2?itoae Dunn, tta elderly beeauaa of a myaterloua USSr Billy 1 in love with Dunn'a niece whom he baa not eeen for two bn auit and la atill b'sla'bad rejected nunna ranch la aurrounded by Link Bender, Pinto HalUday Caldwell, whom he haa defeated in to build a cattle kingdom. Dunn Ua cow banda, Val Douglas. Tulare and other to aearch for the killer'a r. quick-owne- nSrt trail u at Short creea ana iounu-infandunthod horse. The dwdl horses LET kad been killed. The body had and no me was reported missing. and Spender had arrived at the.scene lbs signs the way he had. Dunn the crisis of a financial because that mate may be in Jeopardy; his enemies may trouble since Sheriff Walt Atnoa to wuh them. He says he has asked Swan Coffee, the country's best trailer, to meet Amos, Link - Dunn and Cw his son "theBillyKid" and Cayuie at Short Creek. Indian an trailer, Mtano, Shadtr has found the slain man's horse, but Zaaddle to missing. Almost supematur-- J cattle attracted to the scene by the htdaulned ground, stamp' out all the 2 re-S- L Sthf Wieeier forgot his own which he had never drawn weapon, on any man. He jumped his horse at Kid Bender, striking down on the Kid's gun hand with his quirt. The quirt bit; as lie jerked it back Wheeier felt the gun come with it, tangled in the snap of the wband lash. In the same instant a gun roared behind him, and lie whirled his po- ny. Horse Dunn held the smoking muzzle of his gun skyward, and steadied his horse with his other hand. In his face was such a white blaze of fury as Wheeler had never seen. He was not roaring now; his words came d through his teeth, as broken rock. "I could have killed you, he said, almost as if he were strangling. "And Id have done it, . if only Link Bender sat straight up, his face the dusty gray-gree- n of the brush. Evidently he rode a f horse, for the reins hung slack on its neck, but it stood. Bender's left hand gripped his right arm; he swayed slightly, but recovered himself, and the color slowly began to come back into his face. Sheriff Amos brought his hand to empty away from the gun-bu- tt which it had dropped, and let both hands be seen in plain sight upon his reins. His face was discolored by a red flush. "You all right. Link? Link Bender said between set teeth, "Good enough." You go on home," Walt Amos said to Dunn. I cant take you in hard-edge- gun-proo- CHAPTER II Continued The trail of the killer turned from here," Duijn said. "It I tried to find look to the crick. there it come out of the crick. There was too many horse tracks from the range stock; I never found there it come out. While I was trying to trail it, Link Bender come by end I hailed him. After I showed b?m what I found he took off after . the dead man's horse. This There was a long pause. ill you fellers got to show?" the iheriff said at last. back "Thats all," Dunn said. Link Bender nodded. "I lost' the trail of the dead fellers horse, he laid shortly. "I swung wide and found the horse further on, but I sever seen the saddle.". The sheriff sat his horse for al- ... a full minute, as if in thought He seemed about to 'Speak, then apparently thought better of it. Silently he led back the way they had come. They were nearly back to Chuck Box Wash before anyone most is a, pretty bad thing, Amos' said tentatively at Dunn, last "The big end of the Red Hills "This are pretty well stirred up." "Funny, Dunn said dryly, how Quick the word got round." They had come to the forking of their trails, where Dunn would turn westward toward his home ranch. They pulled up their horses. ' Dunn," the sheriff said, "you wasnt figuring to go any place, cowmen was you? Amos," said Horse Dunn, what ?au mean by that?" The sheriff met his eye directly, hut without pleasure. "Ill have to Mk you not to leave the county, Dunn. "Who Shot Who This Time?" Horse Dunn was visibly angering. Suddenly Billy Wheeler rememb- for this because I cant prove you that Dunn was facing out were first to draw. But" ome thing Dunn said, You know damn well greater than two or three men on horses. Link Bender stood who was first to drawl hr s whole ring of Maybe I do and maybe I dont, ered half-whipp- y the wolf ring, waiting on its haunches; Sheriff Amos represented a county. Behind these men were numbers and strength d against the many the Old Man d the 94 stood opposed as a powerful thumb opposes the fingers of a hope-full- bind. Horse Dunn thundered, Mu take it on yourself to tell me where I'D go and cornel" Theres plenty stuff has to. be cleared up," the sheriff said stubbOne thing, why was those ornly. two unknown fellers riding toward he home ranch of the 94?" How do I know that?" Dunn de"And so, "If theyre like the averse run of the Red Hills, they was manded. Bust likely looking for something to deal I All the more reason we have to But let me tell the sheriff said. you this, Dunn: youve just about run out your rope! By God, if ever a man overplayed his hand, you've sure overplayed yours! You go on home, and see that you stay where you can bp got, until you hear from me! Horse Dunn grinned, showing his teeth. I am home," he answered. "You fellers are the visitors here. Set off easterly, and ride steady, and hours you'll be maybe in three-fooff my range! I'd start at it, if I was you. He moved off a little way into the scant shade of a Joshua stalk; then sat where he was. Presently, still them ride sitting there, he watched away, losing shape in the heat waves and tiie dust. ur Old Man Coffee surprised them all by coming in on a mule an hour dead, who would shoot him on your after breakfast next morning. The range but you or one of your boys?" Flying Pan Country from which he "Not one of my neighbors. Horse come was beyond the all but inacDunn let his Tuscaroras, and to reach eyes drift to Link cessible 94 by road or narrow-gaug- e Bender's face. them the not "No, 800 They'd never make a move unless would have called for nearly n was to hand the feller his brand-er.- " miles of travel. Coffee, however, hnd apparently come by unsuspecthnd coinc fast Instantly Link Bender said, ed short cuts; and he "What do you mean by that?" and hard, to judge by the ribby and condition of his bluck In the little moment before Horse Dunn's reply, Billy Wheeler glanced mule. . ebout him, Marian Dunn had never seen an noting the position of the o outfit like that of Old Man Coffee. Ben. Of them all, only Cayusc mule as it shuffled appeared to be unarmed. Link Around thenoblack six than less Bender sat a alongside the sheriff, but to stop, to eparated from him by tho led dogs of a fox hound type dropped the lead"BeeWheeler saw him exchange the ground. One of these,with enorhound quick glance with his son, who er, a big spotted et detached, a little to one side. mous Jowls, wore a pack which contain a With one spur Wheeler woke his seemed to pon. and a coffee a frying Puny, so thnt it moved sideways, blanket, e bale. Another. a with jjttrcr Kid Bender. No one noticed; can grizzled ancient hound, astoundeyes were expressionless but rntent upon Horse Dunn. ed Marian because it was wearing which Dunn had swung slowly in his wore if the dog as Me to face Link Bender. "My looked to the girl shoes and socks. croP is short, is what 1 mean. The mule's saddle bore a Watching Kid Bender, Wheeler rifle, a pair of hobblcs Olda "k make his play; but v'1. ,,c i L11! lender's hand dropped to cowbell stuffed with leaves, and k;. old lion hunters Wheeler knew that the Man Coffee. The leather, l of was his cue from Link. face looked out i Inntant must have gone from which deep-se- t noteyes fcA'a Sun. in the shock of action pcnctratingly, but unkindly. IIis where you are," the sheriff "If its a cow thief thats huow retorted. I droop-lippe- d Caye-tan- flop-eare- d - tightly-rolle- d hay-wir- deer-ski- n rock-moccasi- high-uow- , decp-scamc- - WMV Service faded blue work clothes were like those of the cow hands, but he wore d shoes instead of half boots, and instead of the broad Stetson of the cowboys, the mountain man wore slantwise on his bald head a battered hat of a narrow-brimmeindiscriminate character. "Don't you find riding a mule kind of slow?" Marian ventured. Coffee exchanged a brief glance with Horse Dunn. "Oh, sure," he said; "but whats time to a mule?" ' mule makes . mighty good time in the hills, with a good mountain man on him," Horse explained to his niece. See? Marian glanced at her big old uncle but didn't answer. To the best of Wheelers knowledge she hadn't spoken to Horse Dunn that morning. Something had come between Horse Dunn and his niece, just since the day before. Horse had a baffled, apologetic look whenever he looked at her. It was wonderful how gentled and saddle-brok- e the tough Old Man seemed in the case of anything this slim, pale girl was mixed into. Old Man Coffee, Horse Dunn, and Billy Wheeler sat in Horse Dunns room and talked it over. "Well," Old Man Coffee came to the point, who shot who this d, time?" Briefly, Horse Dunn explained to Old Man Coffee the curious circumstance by which they knew, or supposed they did, that a man was dead by violence while still they did not know who he was. He described in some detail the ground marks which the cattle had now erased. Coffee nodded. Billy Wheeler noted that Coffee, the man of dim trails which only dogs could find, did not question Horse Dunns interpretation of the sign. Coffee in"And since when, quired, "do you get so stirred up over a possible cow-thishot?" It isnt that, Dunn told him. Horse Dunn now tried to explain to Old Man Coffee why Link Benders coyote ring could be counted on to make the most out of a mystery killing as a weapon against the 94; but Coffee interrupted him. "I take it, all you want me to find out, said Old Man Coffee, is what happened to who, what for, and who done it. That cover it?" And where is the killer now," Dunn added. Old Man Coffee locked bony fingers behind his bald head, and sat staring out the window. "Whos been over the ground?" he suddenly demanded. Walt Amos, the sheriff. Link Bender. His boy, they call the Kid. My cowboys here though I didnt let them trample the sign. An Indian deer hunter by the name of Cayuse Cayetano. Coffee pricked up his ears at the last name. Cayetano," he repeated. How long has this Cayetano been over here? About two years, going on three. Had relatives among the Pintwater Piutes; they took him in." "He used to be over in the Frying Pan Country," Old Man Coffee said. What a sweet character he is! Got run out of the Frying Pan by common consent That waa about a year after he beat up the Chinese girl. He "Can he track? "He couldnt track a barrel of Coffee stopped. He tar through a looked angry and disgruntled. No, he corrected himself, that ain't so. He's a good tracker. Hes better than that he's a great tracker. Maybe the best Ive ever seen. "Hes pretty good, is he?" asked Dunn. I think he can smell a cold trail like a hound, Coffee said grouchily. and make a fool of the hound. Or maybe he just guesses. But I can tell you this Cayuse Cayetano will go through this case ef (poke. brands dom By ALAN LE MAY d "Whats the answer then? Oh, I suppose I'll have to go out and and Mjii I'll take a look, and mess around, make a fool of myself," Old Coffee growled. "First thing. get it all right if Cayetano hasn't got it, already. After that I'll find out where the killer's horse come out of the crick. That ought to be enough for one day; when I've done that I'll come home to sup- per." 'When you going? Now?" Sure I'm going now. When did you suppose? "We'll go with you as soon as youre ready to start. I" The hell you will, said Coffee. only got one dog that won't call me a fool if 1 tell him to trail a horse. That's old Rock, and hes funny. If he thinks people is watching him he flourishes around trying to look smart, and don't get anything done. Give me one cowboy that's seen the ground one thatll come home when I send him. And "I you stay here." Horse Dunn grumbled, suit yourself. I'm only the victim in this case. Well, give me a horse, give me a horse we going to ait here all day? For once Horse Dunn did as he was told. Glumly he watched Old Man Coffee go jogging out of the layout, the black hound dogging it at the ponys heels. Oh, well," "Will he find the saddle?" Wheeler asked. I suppose so," said Horse Dunn But damnation I Much gloomily. as it means to me, I pretty near The cocky old hope he wont snort 1" I guess Ill saddle a pony and take a look around here myself," Wheeler said. Wait a minute," Horse Dunn said. "Theres something different I want you to do." Billy Wheeler waited, but Horse Dunn seemed to hesitate. I wish," he said at last, slowly, I wish youd talk to that girL Talk to Wheeler was startled. her? About what Horse?" "Well, Ill tell you, Horse Dunn Its this way." He hesigroped. tated; out among the bams could n hullababe hoard the loo of the hounds Coffee had left behind. "You two had some kind of a fallout, didn't you?" Wheeler asked. "You might call it that, Horse Dunn shrugged. "She doesn't understand the way you have to handle things on this range. And now she's down on me for blasting Link Bender free of his gun." Marian Dunn had been bom in this house in which they now sat; she was the daughter of Horse Dunn's brother who had once run the 94. But her father had died when Marian was five years old, and, so far as Wheeler knew, Marian Dunn had since visited the 94 but once in her life two years ago, when she was eighteen. Why, she cant hardly even believe that this country is here," Dunn continued. "They've taught her that the country is all settled up and theyre right. Only, they dont understand this dry country, where a steer walks a rod for a blade of grass, and a hundred square miles supports one outfit. When they think of the West they think of some place like Montana, where you can fence a whole herd on five sections of grass and watch em thrive. She can't see her 94 as part and parcel of half a million miles of range. "Her 94? Wheeler questioned. Horse Dunn did not hear him. "I've fought this country since time out of mind. When you got enemies in this country you've got to rough em and force em. If a man tries to smash you, you got to smash bim first. She tells me we got law here to take care of that, nowdays. I tell you the law we got hasnt the teeth in it that it had in the old days, even! grief-stricke- walkers, ty- 12 to 20 (30 to 38 bust). Size requires 2 yards of material. With short sleeves, sis 16 requires 4 yards of material, plus yard for collar in contrast. To trim the collar retwo, three smart frocks quires 4Yfc yards of braid. rNE, on the line ready to go shopSend your order to The Sewing ping, kltchenwards, to the office Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New downtown. And as every woman Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, knows, a well stocked wardrobe Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) needs all three. each. 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