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Show THE LEHI SUN, LEIH. UTAH J JIB yew. BEGINNING THE STORY , ..i young: Ariiona ranchman, finds an old friend, P" 'hUen leg. Julia Stark, daughter of Matthew .ncmr of the McCanns, J with him. Jasper Stark, eterate ene , m WUson Ann Glaonli wIth hM brother. her '"" ia aheen rationing inn un lam account un- ,ls !!' h. cattlemen. "Night riders" shoot a McCann ranch ioplr ltB "pnn WiUon's father, offers a reward for the dis-wA dis-wA peter.hiP identity. Wilson McCann horsewhips Jasper, he !r ' 1 ,,.i no resistance. Matthew Stark posts notice ho CSiS Ton sight Ann Glfford' tragedy is the fate of her ,ai kiU Wlis betrayed and abandoned by her lover. Jasper SijJ lst"! 5 ritner known as a "killer," hold sinister secret con-SMa. con-SMa. s.rk : rider. Tom McArdle, Is believed by the Starks to lirence . b, tj,e McCanns, but rumor links his name with "e? . nifford Matthew Stark Is killed, from ambush. Julia ,j,t oi M)r u i wllgon McCann stooping over him. She and i.neer brother, accuse him of the killing, despite his A h". J niaL Wilson is shot from the chapparal, while standing jii,B7,. hoi, Believing him dying, Julia and her brother fitarks u gtark home. Dave Stone, Stark rider, a Sart ..record as a "killer,- doubts Wilson's guilt, and In. KiM 1 ,s disinherited by his father's will With Phil, m6li if!. nn Glfford and Ethel. Ann, In her misery at life's in-j,ll in-j,ll tli in ' ' , unfriendly. Jasper Stark, despite the girl's I""1 Veki to persuade Ethel Gifford to marry him, holding " h threat of revealing Ann as the slayer of Tom McArdle. verier in th ranch. Later she admits to Ethel that w ,1 IrArdle. Nora's betrayer. Wilson McCann makes a com-lt,kl1 com-lt,kl1 No action as to Matthew Stark's killing is taken. An l6"r t0 th Bberlft charge Ann Glfford wlth McArdle's surfer. . " LTER VIII Continued 11 fctft tow, rau uus t, that worries me Is that the 1 1 liable to be true. She iti-doneii. uco ""- ft A the night came the Tex-ftow Tex-ftow drawL "Ion needn't to U tone, boy. She mani ao iu tllllK Ee Uiuu 1 1 m.uu U with relief to Stone. fi Joni uuns. i U turned white. "You don't L that Jas did it?" k' ' rBatjon know who did?" PI sure do. .-. W you'll teuT - : ' m ma'aa I was tryln'Mo m tin, for Tom AcArdie cer-needed cer-needed Tdllln. But now that Is Gifford's name has been k'M Into it I reckon he'll have pi the gaff." - '" kA of the young Starks wanted at him who had done it More a m the question almost "& Julia's lips. But there was 'llag In the little man's man-f man-f M restrained her. If he want-) want-) Mr to know he would tell her. , Vn glad Ann Gifford didnt J." she said. "The poor girl's si enough trouble. If she wasn't i fill with me if she'd only meet 1 1 quarter of the way I'd ride k tomorrow and see her. Just to tar we believe In her." 71 do that anyway," the Texan p. It would be right kind : of n She sure needs a woman Ul Old Jim Yerby Is about the poashe neighbors with a-tall." pa yon go with me?" Julia You used to know foot- era p 9 with you If I'm k" he promised, rather I langhed. "I believe you're .-"-. to go." ilta'i no josh, Miss Julia. Ladies ijde ladles," she corrected. "I p I dont scare you any." fbes of thought began to ,tin the girl's brain. Usually i man was afraid of a wom- - he was her husband and offense to her, It was be- was attracted to her. Aaidat this Texan be in ' Ann Gifford? She guessed about forty, and In a man - Rill young. I h walked dangerous trails, dreadful things If rumors !e still burned In him spark of self-respect dtoEedhlm to himself. He -Wthenu She Dd no ! ""Jl t Ban rn . dw. M uuner naa no needed ft' LEhthe h.eavy - WfreS? ' ffian- 8troS. ,3foM L, was danger- claIrvyance that lo, .l0DSW0 be a sure , 10 "woman like Ann. Mitt ilSL,?n!!Lthe office of iJr,1 swung from 54 "u "Jropped the bridle ;iiJte4Dpfroin thiedg-M?s.laborionsly thiedg-M?s.laborionsly en- clga- B there s si- with a slgb of relief, the official closed the heavy volume. Anything new, Dave?" he asked, relaxing. , "Not a thing with me. Hear you've hit a new trail in the McArdle Mc-Ardle case." "Looks tbataway. Some of you Circle Cross boys tipped me off that the Gifford girl was seen makln' a getaway from the place where Tom was shot I went out to see her about it She acted mighty funny." "How?" ; ',. "Oh, kinda defiant The M sister sis-ter broke down an cried. I couldn't get a thing outa her, either." "So you reckon Miss Ann did It?" "Wouldn't It look that way? Tom McArdle had made his brags about the other sister. That was known. She'd warned him oft the place, Ann had. Say they inset by chance an' quarrel She's got a temper. Well, say It ripped loose an she shot him." "Looks reasonable. Only trouble is, It alnt true." "Think she didn't do It?" And again Stone gave the answer he had given Phil. "I ain't think-In', think-In', I know." v The sheriff lost his manner of casual ease. "Did you say you knew? How do you know?" "Saw him do It "Who?" "I'm alio win' to tell you who presently." "HmpI" The sheriff looked at him, not without resentment "You've waited three months to tell me. Reckon I can wait another five minutes." "Sure. Fact Is, I didn't aim to tell you a-talL But when I found out there was talk about Miss Anr why, tha's different Might as well begin at the start I, usta hang around the sheep ranch some my own self. Knew old Gifford when he lived at Santone, so I drifted in oncet In a while to advise Miss Ann. I got kinda suspicious of McArdle. Mc-Ardle. He was one of these black-mustached black-mustached lady-killers, good lookin" an' glib with his tongue. Nora was a mighty nice 111 lady an' I could see she had took a great fancy to him. What I was worried about was that she'd marry him, but that wasn't what happened. If I'd known what I knew later, that McArdle Mc-Ardle had a wife living at Prescott well I'd sure' have sat In an took a hand." Le Page nodded. The Texan looked away dreamily and blew smoke wreaths. Presently he took up again his story. "After Miss Ann came back from Los Angeles she wouldn't have any of us around. On top of the trouble about her sister some durn fools had killed a bunch of her sheep. So she Jus swept us all out Tom had been ridin' In to Tucson to see Ethel while she was at school an' he tried goin to the ranch. Wish Pd been there when he showed up, but I wasn't Anyhow, Miss Ann gave him the gate. For that matter, mat-ter, the li'l sister was plumb through with him when she found out what he'd done." "You're makln' a long story of It Dave." "I'm coming to business now. The mornin Tom was killed four of os from the Circle Cross had a camp near the foot of Round Top. There was Tom an Jas an' Gitner an myself. We separated to pick up a bunch of vacas to drive back Long aoout sun-up word but listened to him dig his sea, who nis tongue. What tickled him so much was that he'd riled her so that she'd shot at him an he'd pretended to fall from his horse over a dugway like he was dead. I asked him what he'd said to make her so mad. He'd told her he was comin' Bp to the ranch to see her 111 sister." The Texan stopped. He looked out of the open door at a freight outfit coming down the dusty street The mule skinner was using us-ing raucous and explosive language. Dave Stone did not see him except automatically. Another picture filled his vision. "The Glfford woman shot at him an' missed," the sheriff prompted. "Like I done told you. I said to him, 'You don't really figure on going go-ing back up to the sheep ranch after aft-er what you've done?' He comes back at me right quick, that he sure did. I taken a hand there an' then. I satd he had another guess comin', that I wouldn't stand for it He got mad an wanted to know what business It was of mine. Then he began to lay the blame on what had happened on that 111 girl lying In her grave out in California. 1 told him what he was an' gave him first chance to draw. His gun was in the open when I killed him. It was me or him an1 1 beat him to It" "Jas Stark and Gitner didn't know you did It?" "No. I couldn't prove it was a fair fight, so I rode back into the chaparral when I heard them comin'. com-in'. Pretty soon I showed up an' they began to tell me how Miss Ann nad shot McArdle. Td a-told them how It was but 'l saw Jas was all for hushin It up that 6he'd killed him, so I jus' told the boys I didn't believe she'd done it an' let It go at that" The sheriff reflected. Til have to lock you up, Dave." "Sure, But Tve told you the straight of it Would you mind you, "I Reckon the Celebratin' Wilt Be Later," the Man In the Apron Said Significantly. sendln' some one out to the Gifford place to tell the young ladies that it's all right far as they're con cerned?" Til send some one soon as can." "Better Jus put It that we quar reled an I killed him. No use wor- ryin' them with what I told you. I wanted you to know the facts, but there's no need of spreading 'em broadcast" The sheriff assented. A puncher riding the grub line passed the Circle Cross and stopped at the bunkhouse. "I would of liked to a-got home, but I reckon I'll kick In here tonight," to-night," he told himself plaintively. Jasper came to the doorway. "'Lo, Bud I Light an' look at yore saddle," he invited. The rider came Into the bunk-house. bunk-house. Gitner drifted in and seated seat-ed himself at the table. "Anything new in town?" he asked, "Why no, I reckon not Except about Dave Stone." "What about him?" Both of the cowpuncher's hosts had become Instantly Intent but he failed to notice It , "Why, he's been arrested for kill-In' kill-In' Tom McArdle. He rode in today to-day an' confessed to Hank Le Page that he done It They had some kind of a row an he plugged Tom." Jasper drove a clenched fist down on the table. "He's lyin', to get that Gifford girl out of it Why, he couldn't a-done It We prac-t!oiiv prac-t!oiiv rnneht her." The eyes of Gitner met those of Stark. A sly and furtive cunning filled them. The germ of an Idea flitprlne Into that brutalized hrnin. "I dunno, Jas. Maybe he could. There was somethin funny about the way he looked when he come outa that manzanlta gulch, come to think of It He didn't really act surprised when he saw Tom lyin there. He played like he was, om to me. O course If he way- i.m Tnm from the brush jasper started. The idea and Its possibilities had come home to him. If it could be made to appear ap-pear that Stone had shot Tom McArdle Mc-Ardle without giving him a chance for his life the Texan could be got nnirkiv. It was a country I iU V M , action. atones reyum . nM toll nan ujuu wvu - ,t Spntlment could be t k a - .int rt7ht rinse to me. I of A ucaiu a Diifc - - over to the left where Tom was. I jtion as rode thataway an' met Tom. He nad delivered him was' laughing tt to nu "";,-f lMr hands. away began to tell me the joKe. ad not been thorough-He'd thorough-He'd Jnst seen "SSed he would not have devHIn' her again. I dldn t say a 7 " Jumped- so eagerly at GItner's suggestion. sug-gestion. But he quaked like the coward he was at thought of what the little man knew. The terror of it walked with him day and night Stone was dangerous, a ruthless tool of Nemesis dogging- his footsteps foot-steps to destroy him. He had followed fol-lowed GItner's logic, that the only safety for them lay In putting an end to the man. Now a way had opened, without danger, with no possible comeback. If Mesa rose up and lynched the murderer of Tom McArdle he could not be blamed In any way. "Let's go to town, Carl," he proposed. pro-posed. " "We gotta find Just how things lay "Reckon 111 go back with boys," Bud said. : The three rode there together. They dismounted In front of Pedro's Pe-dro's place. Gitner led the way to the bar. "Free drinks on me today, boys. Everybody welcome. ' Set 'em up, Pedro." The process of working up public sentiment for a lynching had begun, CHAPTER IX Ann Rides to Mesa. TN TOWN with a pack horse for; A supplies, Jim Yerby stopped at the Gilt Edge saloon to get a bottle of snake-bite medicine. The old-timer old-timer admitted that he never had been struck by a rattler but you never could tell when your luck would turn bad. He took the cure In advance to forestall the evil day. While Yerby talked to the bar tender his quick beady eyes darted round the room on voyages of discovery. dis-covery. Something was In the air, something that caused unwonted excitement The patrons of the place were gathered together In knots, and at the heart of each group a man. was talking In a low urgent voice. Jasper Stark was one of the murmuring orators. Another An-other was Carl Gitner. The bartender took Yerby'a money for the bottle of liquor he bought but pushed back the quarter proffered for the drink. "It's on some of the boys today," he explained. "A 111 celebratin'?" asked the nester with lifted eyebrows. "I reckon the celebratin will be later," the man In the apron said significantly. v - Yerby sauntered to the outskirts of the nearest group. It was the one In the center of J which Jasper Stark sawed the air. "You say he was our friend when' he did It," Jasper was repeating, in a voice dry as a whisper. "Leave it lay at that Say he was. So was Tom. But that ain't the point I wouldn't make no holler If he'd plugged Tom fair an' square in the open. No, gents. I'd go through from h 1 to breakfast for him. You're d n whistling I would. If It had a-been thataway. Which it wasn't Like I been tellln' you, this Texas killer an' Tom had quarreled. quar-reled. Stone told Carl an' he told me that he would sure get Tom. When we saw the Glfford woman lighting out so sudden we figured naturally that she'd done it All the same, both Carl an' I thought Stone acted mighty funny when he came outa the brush an' found us beside Tom's body. He played like he was surprised, an' it didn't get acrost to us. We suspicloned some how he knew more'n he said, Yerby knew the crowd had been drinking. He had met before the lust to kill that makes a mob cruel and Inhuman. For some reason, he Baw at once, young Stark was work ing up the men of Mesa to an act of summary vengeance. Hold yore hawsses, Jas. rd like right well to hear Stone's story be fore you get rampageous, ties a killer, I reckon. Leastways he's got that rep. But he don't look to me like one of the kind that shoots you whilst he's shakln' hands with von. No sense In going off half cocked." "What's eatin' you, Yerby? This Stone has confessed he did it" Jas- Der Interrupted rudely. "Has he confessed ne snot xom from the brush?" The sly and shifty eyes of the younger man met those of the old- timer and slid away, "Not neces sary. The facts show It Carl an I were the first folks on the ground. Tom hadn't fired a shot The coward that shot him never gave him a chance." "When you tell that to a Jury' "We ain't almln to tell It to no Jury. We ain't allowln' to let some slick lawyer talk him off. Not none. This town alms to see Justice done, to show these bad men who come In an kill our citizens that we won't stand for It a minute." Tim erav-halred little man rubbed his unshaven chin and tried strain. "Boys, it's a mighty serious business to make a mistake an' take a man's life without giving Mm show to tell the courts his story." A big hook-nosed man, the, worse for liquor, laugnea savagely. "You're right it's serious. Dave Stone's liable to find that out Jas Is c'rect This fellow naa ongnt to be strung up to a telegraph pole. Me, I expect to do some pulling on the rope that's round nis guuet.- The fierce murmur of assent told Yerby that opposition was useless. Argument was a waste or ume. He moved away reluctantly. This Mnr wis wrong, he felt let he did not know how t prevent It (TO B CONTDnCVXl Modern Contract Bridge Br Lena HattcrsUy SpealtiBB Frankly Judge Guilty or not guilty? Accused Not guilty. Judge Have you been sentenced before? Accused No. It's the first time I was ever caught Die Woche im Blld. No. 22. Favorable and Unfavorable Times to Double TN MAKING a penalty double of an opponent's bid which promises but does not Insure you a set of two tricks, go cautiously about doubling doub-ling under the following circumstances: circum-stances: Unfavorable times for double: If our partner has offered no bid of any kind. (lie may or may not have a defensive de-fensive trick but you have no right to count on him for anything.) When you have great length In the suit your partner has bid. (It Is obvious in such a case that the opponents will trump, probably the first round.) If your partner has made a pre emptive bid. (Which Is a warning not to count on him for any winning tricks unless un-less the hand Is played at his suit) When your opponent has shown a two-suited hand. (He has told you that he has two suits probably of 5 or more cards which leaves him few cards In the remaining suits; if you double him In spite of such a warning do not be surprised whan honor-tricks which you had counted on making In these, two remaining suits are promptly trumped. And even though you are sure of setting one of two suits which your adversary has bid, do not double unless you are prepared pre-pared to set the second.) , Favorable times to double: When your partner has bid one, two or three originally. When your partner has made any voluntary bid. When your partner has assisted your bid. When you can be sure of setting either of two suits your opponents have bid. And best of all, when your double Is based on sure trump tricks. At all times, when doubling a suit bid, It is well to have at least one of your setting tricks In the oppo nent's suit. Unless you have a set up suit. which you are sure of runing off for a given number of tricks, your dou ble of an opponent's no trump must be based on the count of combined bonor-trlcks which you can definite ly locate In your partner's hand and your own. Using the yard stick measurement you can figure that a holding of 5 honor-tricks in your partnership hands wilt as a rule defeat an adverse one or two no trump bid by about two tricks. And 4 combined honor-tricks should set a 3 no trump bid 2 tricks. When Your Partner Doubles for Penalties If your partner doubles an oppo nent for a penalty when you have made no bid, it is not necessary for you to become excited and feel that you should take action because your hand happens to be a bust Unless you have made a voluntary bid your partner has no right to count on you in any capacity, and his double, If sound, should be based not on trick expectation from your hand but on 2 setting tricks In his own. Do not consider taking your partner out of his penalty double unless you have some bizarre distribution which strongly Indicates that his double will fail. When your partner doubles after you have, made a bid, or assisted him do not Interfere unless you have good reason to believe that be Is count lng on a trick or tricks which your hand will fall to furnish. For ex ample, if you have made a decep tive bid, or if you have previously assisted "your partner's suit on dis tributional values alone and bold five or more of his trumps with no outside honor-tricks. In such cases It Is usually advisable to take" out your partner's penalty double, But It Is not necessary to take your partner out of a double which he has made after you have opened with a pre-emptive bid. If he un derstands your bid he Is already warned of your lack In defensive tricks, and his subsequent double tells you that he Is Independent of your assistance. 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