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MAY -- ikk- ri r 7 i il r ;,L ;L Jxpr Rclcoo W MU. 1NM UI.MKNT I THE STORY w reputation 'l rlter detail I'clikc ina'.y tnetropo.'tan writes of westeii ticlio'i he knows that pair of die etmoti v li'liMiately and can set It on paper w 'Piout using much of the freshness and feeling of the plains and mountain among reader who stois to any other jle has outstanding abilitya live against ms character the finest ccurate oucl that is k rowing ills s i ood western nnrTFR w AM) THE Al 1HOK I O' a run a crooked one, nor a square trick where he could day a mean oru it' a long tune since he r"elt all n.ght with his ru'e in his hands, but Lew, if he isn't st ipped- - there's plenty he can hire to do his d,uk-- l ' the s " v 'ice w unit Cal, Ilf so popular D."l t mis . s , i , a, t , o c1, i t , t v is , ! 1 h t1 v 'Id S' ' t i i re ' i STnU in lakes Salt Gordon con- Ta"t - i s ( f. r- , Bui Rop( i s iw Be w i.n to look at Ch v e H' " now until trail the great cattle marked far cat brands their many Thc tered herds bej nd estimate. s tomorrow of were here because the Under auction of land leases. rights hammer would go the grazing lands Indian Wolf the Crving tea of stirrup-deethose miles and miles want-jthat grass to have had and that Ben Thorpe war their long that It was curious met its ADES ,rith Ben Thorpe should have The three in this p -- climax here. that the outcome understood m two older the what upon rest jjd of the Possession here. S decided ijiig Wolf meant dominance in or to Ben north to no was there going longer pc; e room for both. Dusty This is an old fight. Lew, as Rag said. "It goes back as far flat first time you backed me with a Iindin to see if I could make it UtSp herd, to be ; to Abilene. Dont hardly though v -- V. that '' d n King-Gordo- -- Beat', Go-d- o' s unot m Or . 11., la it t'o di v ,1's the e Oil sleep: ? E ecus o' let: es Tic: s egetaMtCa tlu ri ss due ten la none?! is fny wi id man BI3GI d easy-goin- in himself. Thorpe in the road, Tie was looking prosperous. I bet he weighs passed Ben he said. fey, bty hundred and twenty-fiv- e pounds vt, with his stomach pulled in. ; 'His backing is terrible strong, Vew Gordon said, his eyes on the Ho one knew ction heerry roper e' s better than Lew Gor-de- fl that Dusty King, in tackling the possible a hundred times, had a dred times shown the way for rest. But Gordon remembered the poverty of the cattle-poo- r s before any outlet was found for as beef. To risk all they had in a single slashing stroke at anbld enemy, was almost more than Cjdon could bear. Vou know Ben Thorpes rurs' ling." Dusty King said. And you !! J)w how he filter er got his start. We know ointif''1 xSy q is that so many Texas outfits stand in Ben Thorpes name; tnd how many different ways hes found tr, jump down on little lonely Texan cowmen and leave them broke or dead. And we know whats happened to many a little outfit that started north, but never brought their cattle through, nor got home. Every year, Dusty King said, Tice we began driving up the big s, weve locked horns in one or another with this one gang, not forgetting who started the Cnck impede where Dave and Henry died under piled up cat- ni r the Tularosa shootings, with f more of m-- v boys dead. Theres a Sood cowboys under the prai- - eposurc: why who show-Wolf.- unless he can get the Crying Slowly Lew Gordon got a frayed tally book out of his back pocket. Lew Gordons voice The survey was curiously bewildered its hard to believe theres any land as good as this Their private survey had been made by Bill Roper; it represented weeks of hard riding, and shrewd calculation of the strength and depth of the feed upon the surface of the broken land. One place here reads fifty head to the section, Lew said wonder-inglFifty head of cattle grazing one section of land! Its past be- y. lief. Roper turns re was a reason. There a girl like in you'll fo&SniskY Years Ey StW Alan LeMay Reading It Now , ' . least the deputy commissioner accept is drafts on Kansas City. Ben Thorpe hasnt realized the value of the land. Well catch him short and force him off the board. At what cost to ourselves? Gordon demanded. At all costs. Slowly Lew Gordon shook his cents an head. Maybe thirty-fiv- m In r seen e,i to ' l', j i v o ! , - ki 'a t on e ' f,. v i' i r : s t ' I,lt v 11 ' 1 ,'n'l'ei 11 did t hi '1 ,ut to th .t hla i P ,M igi 'I e i T. ton li t i , Said "S.xtv " Sixty five A dol'ar, said Dusts King A dollar, five n. m confidence lutwecn you Mi 1)n.ty Km(, Vlhi d the Ben holdd d, p its strength. The other, the man who seemed uncommonly dark, even among men, was Walk these Ben was He Thorpe's manLasham. under his now; the in north, ager watchfulness lay Ben poker-facethe fee holdings, northern Thorpe's t ary now necessary of grounds board walks the Swinging down trade. cattrc the in Ogallala in the cool spring sunl.ght. wide operation The deputy corr.rr..ss,oner raised Dusty King and Bill Roper looked a .s a Th'S, he said, more his voice. than The alike. whole lot to place by publ c twenty years difference in the.r ages federal auction, in the charge lands certain had not changed Dusty King's bidding by the Indian the of of Department, cork rakish the swagger, d g ; s - ' V&CJ S o Ini oi M i nils iV'iii s i a s it. vim mi' lv 'I.n i ' Hotel t e ilia ill', Hit half e s iii ni ig tl I . A H'I"1" t; pi t til i TEMPLE SQUARE the t 0iwite Mormon Tom pit IIK.il I.Y RECOMMEMIED Rttct $1.50 to $3 00 It'l mirk of distinction to (top t thu beiutilul hostelry ERNEST C, KOSsm.R. Mcr. in allied at nnothei t' ot tl e ( k lien! ,, ia stone val t m ,i w lule a nidlicr iiili), v I, , the fan o mis ' If! hid io ,11 d to Be the most i, ,m t'liil," 1" aid fill pi m known nod the only ope pf Its k I'd The (i w ' stud led ii' lain fni five years befoie I T B MilNG v Hi e i k Otui, M 1' i V . e ; e .it laid tl a st e 0.1 N I , , , , t ft ... .1.0 SHE ClnMie r Girl is used . . . You pay less hut use no more. Ki lt t A' . do what lie likes, and the True, True Freedom ii' mo two kinds of fieedom wheie lie is free to do what h the False-- , wlie'ic one is fiee to ought to Kingsley. The do.-Cha- Z" rrz-M- Songbook Starts the m jut s the commissioner Mr. Theerpe, Mr. Thorpe, will you do KNOWS... Fcrfcct cake is easy to hake, and bis cuits hot, (hey touch the spot when Everyone Loves Singing Cowboy Songs al Parlies Immediate pavnent in OgallaThere was no question now about the sweat tl at stood out on d 1 ASKMOTHEfi I la ,,r.H it Appreciation complained of having no shoes until saw a man with no feet. Author unknown. I ' I forehead said King "I'm already hid a dollar, five!" Sure; but we got different rules now God knows Thorpe can't back What kind a dollar, five in gold. of shenanigan is this, anyway1 The eyes of the deputy commissioner went to Ben Thorpes fare aea,n' but there was noth, ng to be read there Thorpe seemed so lumpishly still that it was not ap- - ( i,V I ,11 oV a p ,1 i make ha vm.i'ill, ,.p, you i ,,u wear il in cool i on.tni on the most sizzling tlavs. lt is n 'imple one iieoe dress, out to a low point in front, sloe ve less and B.nkliss except fm s1hhi1.1i r tllaps. (If .,nd Thm pe can't pay that 1 think tt.y name is g,'"d win re m the cow count y ." Th said to the commissi, met 'It ion t goofl ere ' aid Kar The deputy eornmiRMunel sluppid his pen down uri the table t.entle- . I in sot v to do tins. men, hi said but in the interests of the govein merit, and of the Indian Dep.'ii tnu nl which I represent all fmtliei bids in this auction will he accepted only as representing An rican gold Cash on the n id" King asked the commissioner Seventy cents, - if C in ). s o t n. , t. . . i I, i 1 p. kel i . ,1 The deputy comn.es, at he u ginning to look like a m,., ii-- . wished he were some If there are no objections " Fiftv cents," said Dusty King Ben Thoipes face hue tinned a cut ions color, not gray, eeitamlv not bloodless, an odd congested col- ot like daik sand "Fifty five," he Just i . w ' ul'ni.gi'l .gun s W I , " r ( ,1 on I l'ii s ' o k ' is a t1 i d loose-jointe- d V O' , sa id is b1,!,1 t'o,i us t w eid In,! i i.o t, bid Tbi ow ll e w holt t h ,1 on tl . pot and we d "You want that land, Gordon said, even if At all costs, Dusty King said again. Gordon looked his partner in the eyes. Go in and bid! 111, ' .u n i.mimiil i l s got a 1 he was today more than ever a power feared in the cattle country still unscrupulous, still menacing, but now of a different sort a power of wealth, of law organization, and of bought-ulean and tali man, Beside him, the e a slat, was Clove as narrow-bodieacre. hawk-faceman, k0('n' Dusty Kings voice rose explosive- Tanner; a shaven that the so e cleanly Thirty-fiveyed, for first the time. ly or fifty cents, tight skin of his jaws seemed to cents, he echoed , a or dollar! Get the shine. Cleve Tanner was manager or seventy-fiveof Ben Thorpe's Texas holdings, the land! grounds from which Lew Gordon sighed, and he looked breeding whole organization drew old. who Thorpe's and was man a like weary heavy-bodie- r S i Ins Ogallala. Thick-shouldere- King-Gordo- ni i. 1 no A. SI ings perhaps already exceeded those of now, t i "t y Seventy cents, s.ud Dusty King Whoop er again in the silt nee up, boys Ive or.lv In gun1 Silence again tl rough the park e.f men, perspiring those saddle-facert of the deputy silence on the sicomrnis.siune r, eii ad lumpish lence on the p.ut e.f Ben Thorpe Cleve Tanner, his bunds locked back Qf nerk ok(d at the .,dk xaNhrmn sat rnedionless, his eyes on the face of his beiss He aint coming. the deputy ceemmissmn-e- r You Three men who sat in chairs wavere-d- , "you you can back this grouped around one end of the table bid in gold looked at each other. They ignored Immediate delivery by Wells King and Roper, as hostile dogs ig- Fargo, King said. Right now, in nore an enemy of whom they are light-colore- ,sk i King-Gordo- ss Or so it seemed. lt g 's tiaw. l ! i S t the cowmen that thronged Og.illala hailed Dusty with comradeship and delight; so that his progress was that of a celebrated charaitei, al- y ready famous. The other half-t- lu were Ben Thorpe men seemed riot to see him at all It was hard to tell which tickled Dusty King more the warmth of his many friends, or the bitterness of his innumerable enemies. The bidding for the Crying Wolf lands was being held in a disused store, and here the sidiwalk and half the street were filled with knotted groups Through this crowd Dusty King arid Bill Roper waded Dusty trying to look like someth, ng bewildered, from the tall country. Bestde the door was posted a hand- bill in black typo, giving due legal notice of the auction of lenses, and Dusty stopped to study this vuth a grave empty face, a s if he had never heard of it before Mr. King, somebody stud, they've been waiting for you, fully an hour. Then he Dusty looked blank. clutched his hat to his head in a startled way, and rushed inside with a clownish representation of haste. Within, the crowd of pla men bronzed men, saddle-facemen, sometimes bearded men gave way as King, followed by Bill Roper, shouldered his way to the back Is this the place, King asked, "where the feller is selling the horse' The deputy commissioner took his feet off his table. The sale was supposed to start at two o'clock, he complained. A little tribute, there The commissioner perhaps already in Ben Thorpes pay hardly dared start an important sale, without present this represlouching, nondescript-lookinsentative of No word has come from your partner at all. the commissioner said. This isnt Texas, Lew. I figure we might pay as high as thirty cents to the acre, Gordon said, by the year's lease. A flicker like that of heat lightning showed for a moment behind Dusty Lew. but his voice was low eyes; Kings J? rdon s;ud almost as before. Thirty monotonous and inaudibly, er could prove anything. cents be damned, he said. hcrds have grown faster than Lew Gordon looked at him for a have grown," Dusty Kings long' time. How deep you figure to voice droned on. Hes go? !L lg ve are: hell be bigger "Get the land, Dusty King said. From the Big Bend to the Ben Thorpe is liable to go crazy not yet keenly aware. as, he owns more outfits than and bid his head off. 'snows the names of. The big man in the Hes never Were looking down his throat, an honest deal where he could King said for the second time. The hat was Ben Thorpe can Thorpe, whose honest Bill 1 i seemed to sprawl a je more loosely; he was playing Jter in a way of his own. Swaspendthrift he ging, itiO was a man who believed ! !,, s , luilli t sh.itti re.i 1,m boMde that ilod for In tile fifteen y t ars since then Bill Rojier had learned guns and hursts and cattle, and the tricks of the trail as only Dusty King km w them He had been able to read prairie signs before he could read print, and if it had not hi en f"i tonaao can labt Is, ptihaps would iHet have leanud to re i pint at all Ivci y thing he ki ew he had learned w ,lh Dusts kn Tin e wtis every reason that he should have grown to look stum thing l.ke the groat trail driver who had brought him up Now, as they made their way down the muddy street, before the d wooden buildings, half flaw. Jisord K og Dui-- t w.,M had Kiied die of Bii; s father trail Dusty King 1 and ,t , d tl'i ,!. p ed ir e , 1 D last. to nd b eruhrprs till false-frorite- at ' . , stirred, swaying his imperceptibly, like a stub- Credits going to be b bear. tJrible hard, this coming year, ri i M , Lew Gordon I 1. i S ' " 1 "iv si t, oof. 7? Bet! K,io d n , ,i - I : lhi-- better draw back we like lean id," G and W.dk I ash a are the only two of Ben Thorp. 's men tint raided the cross timbers with him in the old days; the only two he can really trust, now It's natural that Walk Basham should he here, Lew Gordon conceded; but Clove Tanner, all the way up from the Big Bend Shows you, Dusty King stud, "what store tin v se t on the Cry ing Wolf lands. Ben Thorpe is sold mighty deep into next years del Already he's committed for more northern-fecattle than he can C!i p King-Gordo- ,' re fink HOTEL , 1 e Duss NEWEST w g and Lew , , follow-trail- . , i ' the-moo- n K e , . i , cris.s-t- he t . nemshed by Habit we v ave a ( oh!,' is f .t t i rv i y anti at last t la ,k it. Horace 1 t i 1 , COOL DRINKS, if . Mo climax of Here they sat, .n it ltwS v. ar a common tlrt treti who had fought 55, r s0 long: Dusty King, who. of btuff now of countless cattle, Sf,iH. Lew Gordon evil "we've Dusty," riains Great a Served many blocked him tvoiy was we coufit the short grass; young Snie,, That's ul.v he'll git ou and s ho had begun me be-- t too, in tin end with Dusty King a Again hold pe silence i'hmm w to big enough for hind it tbi perpetu d b. hne Gordon, Texas brMV;m'e'w,W rnarketless herds cattle f r ofT in the mu ne Dusp, K nr said as the roots of fortune. : ' j tdowm. , 1 M t !' 3, In SALT LAKE CITY tiii: 'f'HOTEL Iun Going A GOOD old cowboy seingfest to make everyone friendly! United round the songbook, bashful R1D1N guests are soon roaring TEXAS DOWN THAT OLD TRAIL vuth gioat relish. If you know any botte-- way of having fun, we have to be bhown! Our ?4 page goriptiook hns your favorite cowbeiy Bongs, nil 19 eif tlieuri, Incliifllng Ued lover Git Along Little Dories, Geioel-BValley." Home e,n the Range, Old Paint." 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His face was expressionless still, as he grit up from his chair; but men stumbled over each other to get out of his way, as he walked down the length of that packed room, arid out into the street The deputy core m ssioner seemed melted down, unr cognizable now as t i e roar who had opened criSp h s face was white pintijrf showed fear, his and anfj get, Wei said K.'.g Crying Wolf, the commisthe Crying sa,d huskily, S0ri(r if there are no oth- - (is tr b t" ds-- go K,r lie . . a general release oMir, on rar through that Jam of rtl(h Close to Dm ; Ku g s ar B.ll Ropcr a sk'd, out of the side of his Somf ti .r g s gh " How h gh would we-lh ch rn ,'d we have gone" K.-r- s The mask of IGGy mnuh, bmke up. c.r. ( shov S' h rr e d - ,ris he a n y ( ' .vi c;lc n ln every nw fare h's m smoke of suwi-ww- CUM cohtaiks m 28 LESS NICOTINE THE SMOKE'S THE THING I of the than the average tooth grinned f 70 be'continuid itself. tests of the smoke the cigarette: OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS |