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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Nance Allison would go with tnem, Every chair at the dirty canvas-covere- d table but one shot back and outbound for the Big Bend country Is Texas whence the man had hailed. ward as the players rose. I think shell sign this morning, Wheres tills here spot an whos th girl? said the cowboy. Lead us said Arnold easily as be sat down to to em. Josefas steaming breakfast by lampIn Rainbow cliff and the Allison light, and keep her mouth shut, too. In the shielding clump of pines Boslrl from the homestead on the river." Th h I you say! Aint that poor sick waited fur Fair's signal somekid bad enough trouble? where Inside the cliff. Not so fur down the great slope of But McKane the trader spoke from where he sat, frowning. Mystery Rod Stone was climbing up Aint you all taking a lot for grant- with the Cordova men hetiind him and ed?" he asked, and mussing lu Kate Minnie Pin? like his shadow at his side. Cathrews business? The bearded man turned on him And deep in the heart of the earth D n Kate Cathrews business Brand Fair was slowly forging upward She cant give a decent girl to that toward that coup of justice for which Provine and get by wirh he hud labored so long and patiently. slimy rep-til- e it In this man's couutry not by a Not least of the actors In the comd n sight! Get your horses, boys!" ing play, set to function on the stage As the players surged out, McKane, of Rainbows pot, was Bud Allison obeying some apprehensive instinct urgiug his exhausted horse slowly up which pulled at his heart like a cold toward Sky Line. hand, rose and followed. Walt till I get mine! be shouted There was a cold breeze blowing as he ran. when Arnold and Kate Cathrew rode along the rock face to the Flange. CHAPTER XX They spoke In low tones to Big Basford standing like an image and Conclusion. slipped into the wall. Thy rode in . silence down the defile, dark as When Nance Allison mounted Buckskin at Kate Cathrews door a terrible Erebus and full of wind, and came weight hung at her heart, yet a cur- out into the ampltheater where the rent of strength seemed flowing In pale light was breaking. At first they saw no sign of anything Her veins. . The Lord is the strength of my human in all the shadowy place. Arof nolds keen eyes swept the pot from she thought valiantly, life, side to side, while Cattle Kate's went whom shall I be afraid? The courage of the familiar words slowly round the wall. Thats funny, said the man, Pro-vinhad been with her through many bitter trials it did not fail her now. Look, said Kate, over toward the So she rode In. silence with Provines lascivious eyes upon her from behind, left against the cliff. The light in the east struck first at and Big P.asford glowering in the western face of the precipice, so Inattention ahead. The way led close along the foot that an object standing back agjiinst the perpendicular Burface got Its full of Rainbow cliff among the weathered debris which sifted. always down b.enefit. Arnold bent forward in his saddle the rock ftter-an- 4 presently she was amazed to see the wall itself seem to and looked long at this object. Then he touched his horse and rode slice in between Basford and herself, and in another second she was riding forward. Good Lord! he said as he pulled Into a very narrow defile in the living stone with Provine close upon rein a distance from it, Good Lord! For the object was Nance Allison her horses heels. There was Just room for horse and rider in the echo- or what had been Nance Allison some ing aisle and none to spare. It was few hours back. Now it was a tragic wreck of a dimly lighted by what seemed a crack in the earths surface high up among woman whose garments hung in fanthe .clouds. The girl looked up in tastic shreds upon her body, wiiose wonder. white, skin shone through in many This, she knew, was the secret of places and vfhose great eyes gleamed Rainbow cliff and Mystery ridge. De- from her ghastly face with awful light. spite her danger she noted the passage One long gold braid of hair hung from with keen interest. The way was her head in a dangling loop. The othd short for in a few minutes the er was loose to its roots and swept cut turned sharply to the right in a ragged flag to her hip. Long and ended abruptly. wisps' of it shone here and there upon Before her startled vision lay the trampled grass around. And over her from hend to foot was spread out a little paradise, round as a cup. green with tend grass, blood blood In clots and streaks and dotted with oak and poplar trees be- splotches, while from a small gash on side Its countless springs and graz- her temple a red stream 6lowiy ing contentedly on Its peculiarly rank dripped. The man was awed for once In his forage was a band of eattleeaeh one of which bore on its left the B. K. relentless life. . of Bossicks brand! Heaven he said, what have you This, then, was Rainbows pot of done? Wheres Provine? which Arnold tyad spoken. Dead.I hope, said Nance Allison In utter astonishment she 'drew dully. Buckskin up and looked at the secret Arnold struck his horse and dashed spot of Sky Line ranch. away, riding here and there as if he Well," said Provlne amusedly, .how must know the ghastly finish quickly. do you like it? For a while It seemed that the man The girl did not reply, but sat still was gone entirely. with her hands crossed on her saddle Then suddenly hib horse shied from tiftrn something moving In the deep grass The. snaky eyes under the black by a sprjng and Arnold dismounted. brows lost their drowsy pleasantry. He had found Provlne Sud Provlne I wouldn't advise you, purty, he rolling in agony, tils face in the mud. said, to come the With no gentle hand he grasped his with me A little kindness, now, shoulder and pulled him up. would go a long way toward an under-standiWhats all this? he rasped. Get off that horse. What's the matter with youV a word Nance Without obeyed. For answer Provine took. his bands A little cold touch was at her Infeat the left side of his face and feelthat most 'heart, but tight, tense was still witli her. Sije looked up at His master. ing Arnold dropped him back with an measured Provines shoulders with her otfih, jvhlch Provlne echoed. eyes as he unsaddled the animals and Gone! he cried hoarsely, gouged to out She looked turned them graze. .slick an clean! An she tried to at his long arms, his lean and sinewy get 'em both d n her hussys soul I . back.. , Arnold rode slowly back to where I've handled my plow all spring," that grotesque canlcutiire of a woman ."I herself she said to sagely. pitched stood by the wall. She seemed hv all. day and was not t6n tired at still as the rock Itself, part and immovable k a can lift griiirf sack niclit. easy. of the waiting world ind the Ill sell tfut hard If I have to for pffreqj shadows.. . and. Brand and BAd apd gray Mammy You he gritted youfig Jielllon! . Sonny. hist teeth, have blinded you through And when Irovine turned and came toward her, smiling, he was Taet by my best mun Tiave st), said Nance, still in that' blue eyes that were hard" as s;hlning dull voice, yes I have so, She stone, a mouth like a line of battle dlshev'eled her head. nodded hard on folded and hunds clutched . Oh, whats the use to fool with arms. he said, were goln .to her! cried Kate Cathrew furiously, Oh4 hn. Im dtrne! , butt our head agin a wall, aint we? With a flare of her unbridled temper as Cut It. kid, an .kiss me you might saddle well .now as later. . An besides, 1 she snatched heV guu .from its '' dont like a mouth ail mashed up from loops and flung it up. As her finger curled on the trigger .discipline. The hand of God. said the big girl Arn.old plunged his horse against Bluest Lilly, .is before my face. His hpst fire. Is round 'about me. Id advise you to "No!he cried as the report rang out clear and sharp in the thin alp of . let me alone. Tlie man threw back bis head and. dawn. Tlie bullet struck .with a vl-- . ' clous pliwit ten feet above Its mark, Ipughed. . I dont see no hoSt." he said, "ati'. aflda little rain of rock dust fell on I aint superstitious. and with a leap Nances halri he swung one long' arm around her From all the sides of Itfiiiibows poi ' neck. . thaj shot came back In echoes, a- roar Bossick. waiting In Help me. Lord! said Nance aloud, ing fusilluder-an- d and bowing her young body she (lulled his clump of pin.es. straightened in his her forehead down his breast and saddle. He picked up his hanging rein and spoke in a low voice. slipped free. struck him in Next moment she-ha- d Ready, men? he asked, then let s the mouth with ail her might and go. . Cattle Rate had fired her own signal followed through like any tnan. . Jrovine roared and swore and carne of fate and her. enemies heard It. (TO BE CONTINUED.) for her again, head dowii fend small eyes blazing. ' , Billion Really a Vast Sum. he .paid. TH' haVe to hand Now, When a billion is spoken of It means you discipline, you d d bell-caa huge sum to the averuge mlt d. but So the night that was so full of porto express or visualize the sum In any tent dropped down upon the country unit that can tie' comprehended quickly of the Deep Heart hills and Destiny' Is not easy, Probably one of the eas rode the winds. lest ways of romprehending' It Is to Sky Line ranch 'was stirring early, imagine spending a dollar a minute even before the first gray light had and then realize that since the blrtn of Christ there had been only a HUB touched the east. There was much afoot. Bossicks more than a billion minutes. By t iteers were going down the Pipe that end of lhjr. there 111 hare pass day and perhaps Sad Provlne tad Just 1,011 ,8110 .000 minutes KING WALL FINISH Means Low Cost Easy to Apply the most attractive color combi nations and the last word in sanitation. 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One of these was Bud Allison, his When Rod Stone came in at dusk she came running to him in the shad- - young face set and awful, his pappys CHAPTER XIX 17 . ows to whisper in his ear. ' The sun woman from the flats on has thrown Nameless, . she said, . their words back in the faces of the and the boss and they have t master given 'her to Sud to guard in Rainbows pot with P.ig liasford at the . Flange. Its devils work. ltod Stone put out an' arm and hugged the girl gently. Youre a real womail, kid, if your skin is brown, he said admiringly, and after all, its heart that counts. Now tell me about this. . l.eame, said Minnie frankly, to you, because you are the only man at Sky Line'. The rest are skunks. . Josefa says you- - have the heart of a Porno chief. ' Stone stood for a long time consider- lPg: Then hq drew a deep breath, and flung up his head. Youre right," he said, its devils work and something must be done. I am the one to do it, too. He was silent for another space. Then he turned to the girl. Ive been thinking Kid, he said. about you lately about making a getaway down the Pipe some night and . striking across the desert for. Margin we could find a parson there and drop over the line Into Mexico. Arnold 'hasnt much on me perhaps less than on anyone at Sky Line and we could make a new start There was the soft sound of an indrawn breath and Minnie Pines hand went to her. shapely throat. . Stone .went on. .If I do this if I hit down for Cordova-tonighyou know, of course, that.it is very likely to be the end of me one way or another, in the general stir up that will follow. I want you to know, any way before I start that Id like that new beginning with you." For a long moment there was no sound save the myriad voices of the with conifers talking mysteriously the winds of night. Then the Poftio girl put her hands on the white mans shoulders. A claef, she said, does wliqt must be done withoyt fear and a chiefs woman follows him even to death. Saddle two horses." . ' . . . At Sheriff Price SelWood's ranch an' anxious circle watched the still form . on the bed. The doctor from. Beiuent had not left his station for seven hours Qutside cowboys, gll Armed, . walked here nhd there, and on the .tfeep verandp sat the prospector, Smith, smoking innumerable cigarettes and waiting on destiny. . It may be an hour it may be ten but something is going to happen soon, the doctor had said at dusk, "he will either rally or sink. If he speaks . . he. will be rational, I thipk." . . And on that chance the stranger wait.edto ask one question, namely: VVliar- - is the - secret . of Sky Line? Where Is the other end of the pas-- . - . 1 t . -- . . ... sage? . . . . For all fhe hours that Price Selwood . had lain unconscious, fourteen men under Bossick had camped in a glade, ..under the flaring skirts of Mystery's western end, reajly to answer Fairs summons. Fair's thoughts were of the gi"rl on Nameless of her long blue eyes with their steady light, of. her smiling lips and the golden crown of her braided hair. He drifted away, as lovers have done . since time was. and it was the voice of the .doctor which re- called hi,m. . , It said without a Mr. ' Smith, change of Inflection, come in care-full. . He rose and. tossing away his clgar-ette- . stepped softly across the sill. In the faint light of the oil lamp on a' stand Sheriff Selwood looked up into .. the face of his wife-,- - bending above him. Sally," he said .weakly. Then 'lie turned his head and leaked 'jlfcv-laround at the others. "Hello, Doc, he whispered,- - then they didn't get me after .all! Smith " a sudden light leaped Into . .Smith the dazed eyes, "I saw them drive Bosslck's Bossljk8 steers into the face of Rainbow cliff a mile west of . Sky Line" That's plenty. said- - Fair quickly, you mustn'l talk. Selwood mind the doctor I'm leaving now. And with a gentle touch' on, the sick " men's 'shoulder he was gone. He ran to the stable and got Dla- -- uond. d . Five of Selwood's riders were on horses. throw-saddle- s old rifle grasped in a steady hand, pushing Big Dan to an unaccustomed limit of speed toward Sheriff Selwoods ranch. ' The boy was praying that he might find Brand there and the old gun was? destined for action. But within the narrow margin of a mile Fair was passing 'toward the north as he went south andthus Bud missed him with the news of Nances Had they met, the disappearance. happenings of that night might have had a different ending, for Fair would have stormed the citadel of Sky Line like a fury, forgetting all things in his fear for the woman he loved the ends of justice which he seught to serve, Bossicks steers and everything else. And in the shadow of Rainbow cliff Rod Stone and Minnie Pine waited patiently for the ranch to settle down that they 'might slip away. At the camp on the skirts of Mystery, Fair found Bossick ready. Selwood's conscious, he told him quickly, and his first thought was of his race for life. He said they didnt get me after all, and I saw them driving Bossick's steers Into the face of Rainbow cliff a mile from Sky Line. Thats the secret he discovered and for which they tried to kill him. There's some sort of opening In the rock face which connects with the subterranean passage that leads to Blue .Stone canyon, the desert range beyond, and finally to Marston on the railroad. That, gentlemen, is the secret of your disappearing cattle. Selwood said they always vanished at the same time Kate Cathrew drove her stock down to Cordova and out to the station-r-dyou see? I The drive, coming down to the river, obliterated all tracks of those going up. Now that we know I think weve got the Sky Line rustlers dead of us. to rights. There are twenty-on- e Well divide you; you, Bossick, going with your party up to Rainbow cliff, and I striking up through the mysterious passage. This trip will take a- long hard grill, for It is far up Blue Stone to the south, and none of us know the length of the underground way. However, it must lead to some pocket not far from the cliff Itself and on the inside. A gunshot will locate us when we are ready. for each other, l.ord knows what well find, or what the outcome will be. Lets go. And so it was that some time later Brand Fair with his posse passed close along the upper edge of Nance Allisons ruined field and thought tenderly of the' blue-eye- d girl with her dogged courage' and her simple faith, little dreaming that she was notsafe in tier bed In the cabin. The hours of the night wore on. Rod down. Crossing diagonally Stone, safe away from Sky Line at Inst, made. for Cordova with. Minnie Pine behind him. Bossick, having the shortest Journey of all, sat in a clump of pines .with his men around him, and waited in strained silence for a distant shot. . It was well after midnight when two things took place at aliuost the same moin'entBrand Fair rode in behind the clump of willows that were always blowing out from, the canyons wall with his' men in single file behind him and Rod Stone got off his horse at Cordova. He 'handed his rein to the' loino girl and went swiftly up .the steps, opening the door upon the lighted room' where a group of men were playing. They were .mostly .from the Upper country, though one or two were Cordovans. Among them were the bearded mun who had Sat on porch that day In spring and watched Cattle Kate come riding in on Bluefire, and the young cowboy with whom be had spoken concerning them. ; Stone, a Sky .Line man,, received cold glances from the faces raised at his entrancq. Ail Numeless knew anddis-approveof Sky Line. 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