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Show THE LEIII SUN. LEIII, UTAH III- bude wo miliar, v "eter viTm& KYNE wn.u XSaskXfl THE STOItV TT , ZrZT53 f-J.. u,tt! barn saddled Len Hen. THE STORY THUS FAR: Mary Sutb, erland li lured to Arizona by the advertisement ad-vertisement ol the Wagon Wheel dude ranch, operated by Ma and Pa Burdan. She U met at the itatlon by Lea Henley, whose father. Ham, bat purchased the Burdan notes from the bank and feels that the ranch li now bis. Len takes Mary to Phoenix, enten the rodeo and fides Mad Hatter to a finish, winning three thousand dollars for Mary, who bad bet Ham that Len could ride Hatter. Mary now buys the equity tn Wagon Wheel, and Ham, learning she has not .enough money, threatens foreclosure. Mary re-blres Ma and Pa Burdan and takes op on the ranch, where she kills a cattle rustler. CHAPTER XV U .a v to J" :speare. ring East' , Along the north bank stretched the Jiome ranch with its tall jungle growing grow-ing to the edge of the wash, so Pedro realized none of Breezy's brothers, searching for him, would ride up that bank. He reasoned one would ride up the wash and the other along the low hillside on the south where the barren soil produced a stunted and scattered growth. About a quarter of nine he heard a shout downriver: "Breez-z-z-yl If you hear me, fire three shots!" "This is a dirty low Mexican trick," Pedro murmured and fired three shots! He slid in three fresh cartridges and waited ... He heard more shouting down the river and an answering hail from the hillside; he looked up and saw two horsemen riding rid-ing down to join the third man in the wash. Pedro was pleased with lis strategy and reminded himself of the ancient Spanish proverb that it is better to be the head of a mouse than the tail of a lion. A horseman came into view around the bend, pulled up, turned and made a signal to those following follow-ing him. Pedro interpreted it to be a warning for them to remain in the rear until he had ridden forward and made closer investigation. The search was a cautious one, for the leader came on at a walk, glancing to left and right and Pedro saw he "was not a Wade, for the Wades were all dark and this man was very fclond. So the Wades were part of syndicate, it seemed. Suddenly the rider descried Breezy's body. He pulled up, looked carefully around and particularly up-river, then dismounted and led lis horse over to the body, for until lie should look close he would not able to make positive identification. identifica-tion. As he stooped over the body Pedro let him have it and a second 4ot was not necessary. The rustler's horse jumped at the sound of the shot but did not run nd Pedro noticed that on the saddle were was a rifle scabbard with the tutt of a rifle sticking out He ran to the horse, pulled this rifle out and saw that it was an Austrian Mann licher carbine with the cut-off turned over. He turned it back and drew the bolt a little, disclosing a cartridge car-tridge in the breech and the maga ine filled, pressed the bolt home gain, stepped away from the horse nd shouted: "Hello, Breezy!" That, knew, would . bring Joel and Eeuben Wade forward. It did. They came around the bend at a fast trot, saw Pedro as he stepped out from the bushes and whirled their horses to retreat To Pedro's way of thinking things fcad gone badly with a well-laid plan nd, since it was no part of his strategy to make Carlotta a widow, decided to break off the action. he retreated ud the wash, rjaus Hig long enough tn nut 9 nistnl hullpt trough the head of each wounded aorse; then he stripped their outfits rum ttem-. carried them to the ..r 01 tte recently killed man and X nata lashed them on over we saddle worn by that animal He retrieved Br w9'. rifio I gazed long and interestedly into the ce of his victim but could not recognize rec-ognize him, searched him and found iZr , , and ten cents. als "2. """ed, in a scrawling but stakably feminine handwriting Jo RandaU H. Wall, Earp. Califor-CT Califor-CT he appropriated, togeth-'W togeth-'W i 6 man'" beK containing W and rifle cartridges and two ?ery handed. . ley t black horse, Mose, and set oft T, avenue Pa Burdan had had cleared the length of the home ranch at its northern boundary. He cantered along, knowing his head would not show over the tall luxuri-ant luxuri-ant growth and came out into rolling country, with sparse stunted growth and grassy open spaces between, two miles below the scene of his morning's adventure. He was fully three hundred yards from the river now and safe from pistol-fire, so he pulled up and through the telescopic sight searched the terrain. Presently Present-ly he saw that which he, had sought three pack mules; fromthe curi-ous curi-ous manner In which they moved about as they grazed he knew they were hobbled. He rode down on them, roped them, tied them together by their halters, removed their hobbles and led them back to the Wagon Wheel headquarters. He rejoiced in this addition to Dona Maria's assets, for the halters were strong and new and the mules young, fat and sound. He yearned to search along the river, find the rustlers' camp and burn their blankets and destroy their food. but decided not to risk that adven ture. He knew that unseen eyes watched him from afar, that the owners of those eyes would realize they had been set afoot; that if they The Liberating Yanks Again Enter Paris CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT He .pulled up, looked carefully around, then dismounted and led his horse over to the body. ?'ery handsnn,- 4ioi. oiA-snooiers, jjron- OT1 forty-five caliber with fix-mch barrels and gold-inlaid scroll t on barrel and frame. To the Lrt vry butts Polihed ebony grips fJ been added in order that the ffii? WUld not tura m hand Me being cocked during rapid fire. Jn each i..... . aces and ghts the rlea1 man's - "1 " mey were pedro rej,snnPO- fk hand, fa color-three 5 Pair Of eights-th Hps hand! shP . f"ns. probably once the -.sii "uPeny of some ?amhi v,a b'"WiW wiiu UdU U dlSg" h6 n Perstltl0us- He thought s cot"851 Z n Hamilton Henley would like com' 5 to hane with hi. - "'O VUlCi ? Vsrt K . been his luck to COl- : ' "c"i nimself! 1 oflftldJ?KStepped "P on Breezy VtZt'tiT nd' leadin2 the re-l re-l 8ID rS ? animal with his loot. lslanrSdtouheadquarters, where he nd .d turned Ht T torral and 'cked the Mle in the saddle shed. He car- au three rifles and the two gor- KjfCb0oter" tat0 his house. LP, e rifle magazines of car--es, adjusted the recently killed a . a belt to his own sUm waist f... e newest rifle to which 3eoi6" g: ootbaDj as rei for e s"ut K sthatn I tUched . of Jed Carlotta telescopic sight and the twins, west were not thoroughly familiar with the location of springs and tanks on that vast, semi-barren range they might die of thirst on their sorry journey to safety, for they had no canteens. They must walk twenty miles due north to reach the Flying W headquarters, or continue down the Santa Maria to its junction with the Williams River and thence to the Colorado River, in order to be certain cer-tain of water, for while Nature's fount, the barrel cactus, has often saved thirsty men from death, there wide areas on the Wagon Wheel devoid of it. Escape that way meant a trek of about sixty miles and the devil of it was Pedro wouldn't know n,hii.h mute thev might eieci 10 w. Even now they were probably sneak-river, sneak-river, screened by the bank and the growth on it; Pedro realized he might follow them in the hope of catching them in an open area and destroying them at long range, but on the other hand if he followed fol-lowed them one or both might pop out at him from behind a boulder or mesquite bush and open on him with ictni fire. Thoughts of Carlotta and the twins made him conservative. Carlotta saw him coming and opened the corral gate for him to lead the mules in. He saw the rehef in her eyes. "You seem to have done well, my Pedro," she suggest-ed, suggest-ed, but Pedro only scowled. Heart v,pSrt" he replied, "I have Ji mvself. I know now why ,.ni.ntrvmen permitted Houston, with a fraction of the forces . w mmmtebanK, aam wrest Texas from them. Mexicans cannot But they have the swelled head and think they can." and Pedro beat his head with his knuckles to reduce the swelling. "I had n's work to do and what did I accomplish? Monkey Mon-key business. Carlotta mia, monkey business. Were it not for Juan and Victoriano I would leave you in shame that such a fine woman should have a fool for a husband. "Do not revile yourself. Pedrito," Carlotta urged, and put her arms around him and kissed him. "I must go to FreSCOll ana we ui sheriff Carlotta, so prepare food and then I will take you and our sons with ire. After I have seen the sheriff we will attend the movies; we will have dinner in Prescott. visit Dona Maria and return Isle tonight" So. in Doc Leonardo s da wia Sam es to The shoot! he motored with his brood to Prescott Pres-cott As he Dulled ud in front of the county jail he heard a siren behind be-hind him warning him to pull ahead out of the space reserved for official of-ficial parking. He did so, got out and saw Sheriff Wade alight from his car and enter the jail office preceded pre-ceded by his sons, Joel and Rube! Pedro passed in after them and stood back while the sheriff "booked" his sons. When the day Jailer said to them: "Follow me, boys." and took them upstairs to the cell block, Pedro crossed to the counter and looked at the register. Joel and Rube were booked as material ma-terial witnesses! "What's on your mind, Pedro?" Hank Wade asked kindly. "Nothing, Senor Sheriff. This morning I thought I did some small business with your sons on the Wagon Wag-on Wheel but I see now it was two other fellows. Why do you incarcerate incarcer-ate your sons as material witnesses?" wit-nesses?" "Got to have an excuse for put-tin' put-tin' 'em in jaiL After that story about Miss Sutherland an' Breezy broke In the paper public feelin about Joel an' Rube commenced to simmer. Two juries couldn't convict 'em of rustlin' but your Dona Maria did, so In order to discourage a lyachin' bee at the Flyin' W, I run out an' brought the boys in for safe-keepin'." safe-keepin'." Pedro nodded approval of that measure. "This morning," he said, "three men came up the wash of the Santa Maria looking for Breezy." "The bell you say!" "Well, when they found Breezy who should be holding a wake over him but Pedro Miguel Jose Ramon Contreras y Ortiz. I killed one a stranger to me and the other twa are afoot on the Wagon Wheel range armed only with six-shooters. I did not recognize them. They will head down-river or north to the Flying W and I need help to round them up." "Can't give you any, son. I been scandalized plenty but while I'm sheriff o' Yavapai County I don't aim to permit Yavapai County to scandalize itself by pullin' off a lynchin. I need all my deputies here." Pedro sighed, said goodby and drove with his family to see a West ern motion picture! Mary, accompanied by her nurse and Margaret Maxwell, returned to the Wagon Wheel ranch with but one stop en route and that was on top of the hill above the little valley stretching down to the Santa Maria and in which her headquarters nestled. She gazed upon the scene below with new interest now; for an arena of tragedy it seemed so peace ful, in the soft late afternoon light its garishness was gone. She noted the green of Pa Burdan's dream of riches via the grapefruit route, the graceful outline of the sterile pecan trees, the verdant little horse pasture pas-ture with the caballado grazing or drowsing; and for the first time she agreed with Ma Burdan that the Wagon Wheel was beautiful and not with a savage beauty, either. And she was sensible of a quiet satisfaction satis-faction with it now because she knew it could not be wrested from her. A week ago she had not cared whether wheth-er it was or not; now she knew she would feel very badly to lose it. Margaret watching her narrowly, murmured: "Seeing things, Mary?" "Yes, Margaret. Things that aren't there. But they will be." She had already told Margaret of her decision to keep the property j and operate it but had disclosed none ; of her ambitious plans for clearing ' the home ranch. A certain conserv-1 atism, the result doubtless, of train-' ing or good breeding, bade her re- train from enthusing over matters in prospect Margaret also was aware that she had come to terms with Ham Henley in the matter of that deed of trust. , "I suppose you'll fix the place up," she suggested casually. Arrived in the ranch yard, Pedro appeared and carried Mary from the car to her room. While the nurse was putting her to bed Margaret went out into the kitchen to organize the evening meal, but found that Carlotta had already seen her duty and was preparing to do it She informed Margaret she could cook American style, by which she meant almost any style except Aztec, and really regarded herself as superior in cooking ability to Ma Burdan, who usually served three starches with every meaL When the culinary situation situ-ation was reported to Mary the latter declared she appeared to be the beneficiary of a conspiracy to make her happy; to which Margaret in her dry. way, replied she had often' observed that if one spoke kindly to a stray dog a wag of the tail resulted. result-ed. "You are very fortunate, Mary," she concluded, "because you do not know you're the sweetest girl that ever stepped off a Santa Fe train. And perhaps I'm not doing right by you in mentioning it" "How do you like the place, Margaret?" Mar-garet?" 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