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Show TIIE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH ' The Settling of the Sage By Hal Cj. Evarts klll Harris on sight whenever he ap pea red In town. Slade had nnint friends. Tiie Three Bar men were scattered the length of the street to enforce fair play. 'I he guard opened the door and motioned her out but she shook her head. Copyright by Hal Q Evarts WNU Sirvlce CHAPTER XII Continued 24 For the first time lu her life she Mas glad to be sheltered und pampered as were other girls. Hut there was a growing restlessness within her a vague dissatisfaction for which she could cot account. She gn.pea for an answer but the analysis could not be expressed or definitely cleared in tier mind. Deane planned with her of evenings but the planning was all of play. No word of work crept Into it. If unit be would accept her as wholly Into that part of bis life as be did into the rest And suddenly she longed to sit foi Just one evening before the hie mid plan real work with t'ul Harris. Lie bad been the one man she bad knowr who had asked that she woik with him or that he should work for her She had drifted along, expecting thu: that same state of uffuirs would go on Indefinitely, believing that he filled the void left by old Cal Warren. Bui cow she kcew he held that dace he had created for himself. They had V worked together and she had deserted the sinking ship to play the pari of the tinsel queen. She was conscious of a flare hull of resentment, half of apprehension toward Harris for not having sent a word of affairs ut tiie ranch. Judge Colton entered the room and Interrupted her reverie by handing her a paper. In tiie first black head line site saw Slade's name and Liar ris'; an announcement of tiie las' chapter of the Three Bur war. The fiist line of the article stated that Slade, the cattle king, had been released. There was Insufficient prool to convict on any count. Site frit u curious little shiver of fear for Har ris with Slade once more at large. The article retold the old tale of the fight and portrayed Slade, on his re lease, viewing tiie range which he had once controlled and finding a squatter family on every availab'e ranch site. She hud a flash of sympathy toi Slade us she thought Ins scusatic have been similar to tier owi when she had looked upon the ruins of tiie Three Bar. But this was biot ted out by tiie knowledge that he had only met the same treatment he had Landed to so many others; that he had dropped into tiie trap tie bud built for ber. She found no real sym puthy for Slade only fear for Llai ris since Slade was freed. The old sense of responsibility for her brand had been worn too long to be shed at will. She knew that now. 1 suppose you'll be surprised to hear that Im going buck, she said. Her father's old friend smiled across ut her and puffed his pipe. Why, I've Surprised ! he said. known all along you d be going hack before long. 1 could have told you that when you stepped off the trulu. He left her alone with Deane when Sbe arrived. the younger man plunged into her subject ut once. I m sorry," she said. But Tm going home. 1 m not cut out for this not for long at one time. J want to fire and slip my smell the round-utwine on a Three Bar calf; to throw my leg across a horse and ride, auc Teel tiie wind tearing past It will al Wways be like that with me. So this is 1 of C-- it - on re sight' The reason we die scattering wa now i lour lo her Slade, on Ms r lease bad announced that he would him beside I&JsE tiie scene. A hundred on Harris, the driver offered The guard grunted a refusal Id bet that way myself," he said. From this she knew that the two men were hoping Harris would be the one to survive; but tbe fuct thut their proffered bets hacked their sentiments wus no proof that they fell She the conviction of their desire. No knew tiie men of their breed. mutter bow small the chance, their money would iuevitably he laid on the side of their wishes, never against them, as if the wagering of a long shot was proof of their confidence und might in some way exercise a fa vorable influence on tiie outcome No man had evei stood against Slade She unied Harris gun. He carried it wilh the same awkward sling- as of old, on the left side in front with the butt to the right. Hftj ou Slade, a voice offered i'he from Hie doorway of the hotel. guard stalled for the spot hut the hel was snapped up by another. Wild lighting r.ige swept through her ai the thought that to all these men It was hut u sporting event. Her eyes never once left Harris as When ui lie came down the sireet most J abreast of the stage Slud stepped from the doorway twenty feel in Uioie him and stopped In his micls Harris turned on one heel Hint stood with his left side quaitering low (iid Slade, the old pose she re mef'ihered so well. There was a tense cul't the length of the street. lbn.se you hire do poor work from Maybe you bciiind," Harris said. fmel lines take a chance youiself and Ills thumb was irk from in front. tnnked iD the opening of bis sldrl jst above the bun of his gun. Made held a cigarette lu his rigid and and raised 11 slowly to his lips He removed ll and Miked the ash u,in the end, then inspected the re it again und the Milt- - and snapped downward move ol his wrist was ear rtd Hiinugh in a smooth sweep tor his gnu B Hushed Into his hand Inn Ids knees sagged under tilm ns a slug struck him an Huh fortv IN Even uhove the buckle of his belt us he toppled Howard he hied, end Hams gun barked again Then the lliree Bar men were vaulting to 'neii Evans euroenod dowu the saddles street, leading tiie paint horse and within tidily seconds uiler Blades - ll-j- film down to lo-the girl tWMP,- up Other Tluee Bar boys were watching every man who showed a disposition to detach himself from tiie groups in the doors. Tiie blare of the piano and ail sounds of revelry had hushed. The girl felt tiie clutch of stark fear at her heart She hud come too It lute. Harris was to meet Slade. seemed that she must die with him if he should puss out before she could speak to him ngain and tell him she was back. She had a wild desire to run to him, at least to lean from the window and call out to him to mount Calico and ride away. But she knew he would uot She was frontier bred. Even the knowledge that site was In town might unsteady him now. She sat without a move aud the driver und guard outside supposed her mereInterested In ly a curious e threat , edging He Met Her at the Mouth of the Lane. Four days later, in the early evening, the stage pulled Into Culdriver with a single passenger. The in from a hundred miles around for one last spree before roumi-u- i time. As Hie stage rolled down tiie single street tbe festivities were In full swing. From one lighted door way came the blaie of a mechanical piano accompanied by tbe scrape oi feet; the sound of drunken voices raised In song issued from tiie next; the shi ill laughter of a dunce hall girl, tiie purr of the ivory bull and the soft clutter of chips, the ponies diovvs lng at the hitch ruils tiie full length of the street, the pealing yelp of some overenthuslastic citizen whose uiglii It was to how!; ail these were evi denees of tiie wide difference between her present surroundings and those ol the last eight months. She gazed eagerly out of the stage window. It was good to get back. As the stage neaied the rambling log hole! where she would put up for the night a compact group of risers Her Imiri swung down tiie street seemed to stop as she recognized the at their tiead Slit big paint-horshad not fully realized how much sti. longed to see Cal Harris. Instead of dismounting In a group they suddenly split up as If at a given signal, scattering the length of the block and dismounting singly There was something purposeful in this uct and a vague appi'elien-dosuperseded the rush of gladness she had experienced with the first uuex ported view of the Three Bar crew Men who stood on the board ride walks turned hastily Inside the oj er doors ns they glimpsed the ri lets spreading the news that tiie Hire-- ' The driver Bar hint come to town pulled up in front of (lie one hotel. Itll come off right now, he said Slade s In tow,,. Sure," tiie gutnd replied. Why else would ride in at nigh like this urdeJ in answer to yiudeo Waddles - . hoy-we- going I p good-by- m seried. Her answer Informed trim of the fact that she was no casual visitor but one who knew the signs and would Insist on seeing ii through He nodded und shut the door. Harris had dismounted at the far end of tiie block and was strolling slowly down lie hoard sidewalk on the opposite side. Groups of men packed Hie doorways, eat It one striving to appear unconcerned, as If tils presence there was an accldeut In stead of being occasioned by knowledge that something of Interest would soon irnnspire A man she knew for a Slade rider moved out to the edge of the bidew alk across the street from Harris, she saw the lumbering form j i rider-tr- e iliisl move for his gun a dozen turning the comer on tiie run Before the epeolntor ha time to realize that It was over. Hie Three Bi men were gone. Slade bad many friends In town. The girl bud seen Harris draw merely a single pull from left to right and by bis quartering pose the gun had been trained ou Slade at tiie Instant It cleared the holster; not one even to tiie move, superfluous of bis wrist Tbe strulghteulng driver's voice readied her. Fastest draw In the world for the few thut can use It. he said. The guard opened the door. The girl was sitting with her head bowed In her hands. Don't take It that way. maam." he counseled. He was a hard one Slade. Bui lie hud misread bis signs. She felt uo regret for Slade, ouly a wave of thankfulness, so powerful as almost to unnerve her, over Harris' esShe accused hercape, untouched. self of callousness but the spring of her sympathy, usually so ready, seemed dry as dust when she would have wasted a few drops on Slade. The tiexf day. In the late afternoon, Harris looked up and saw a chap clad rider cm tiie edge of tiie valley. She had ridden over unannounced on a horse she had borrowed from Brill. Sbe answered the wuve of his hut und urged the horse down the slope. He met her at tbe uioutb of the lane aud together they walked back to the new buildings of tiie ranch. The men breaking horses in the new corrals were the same old hands. The same old Waddles presided over the new cook shuck. Her old things, rescued from the fire, were arranged Id the living room of tiie new house. A row of uevv storerooms and the simp stood on the site of the old. And Id the midst of all tiie Improvements tiie old cabin first erected on the Three Bar stood protected hy a picket fence on which a few vines were already beginning to climb. After tiie men had quit work to greet the returning Three Bar boss she went over every detail of the new bouse. The big living room and fireplace were modeled closely along the lines of her old quarters; heads and furs were on the walls, pelts and Indian rugs on the floors. Running water had been piped down from a sideliill spring. Tiie new house was modernized. Then Harris saddled Calico and Papoose and they rode down to tiie fields. As they turned into the lane they beard the twang of Waddles guitar from the cook shack, the booming voice raised In song in midafternoon, a thing heretofore unheard of In the annals of Three Bar life. There'll be one real feast tonight, Harris prophesied. Waddles will spread himself." They rode past the meadow, covered with a knee-deestand of alfalfa bay. It was only trampled down, he She came dp In fine shape said. We'll put up a thouthis spring. sand tons of hay. He held straight on past the meadow, turned off below tiie lower fence und angled southwest across tiie range. Tiie calves and yearlings along their route gave proof that the of the Three Bar herds grading-uwas already having Its effect Ninety per cent were straight red stock with only a few throwbacks to strains. The two spoke but little and near sunset they rode out and dismounted on the ridge from which, almost a yeur before, they bad viewed tiie first move of organized law In the Coldriver strip. A white-toppewagon came toward them up the valley along the same route followed by the file of dustt riders on that other day. A woinno held the reins over tbe team and s youngster Jostled about ou tbe seat by her side. A mnn wrangled a nondescript drove of borses und cows In the rear. Thats the way we both came Into this country first, you and I, Harris Just like that little shaver on said tiie seat." Will they find a place to settle?" sbe asked, with a sudden hope that the newcomers would find a suitable site for a home. Majbe not close around here, he said. Most of the good sites yon can But get water on are picked up. they'll find a place either here or somewhere else a little further on." He slipped an arm about her sboul ders. Its been right lonesome planning without a little partner to talk It ail Have over with at night." he said you come hack for keeps to help me make the Three Bar the host outfit I cant hold down iu three states? t hat job alone." She nodded and leaned against p p i AirmTO i StADlIO NEW BATTERY SET! Screen-Gri- d Electro Dynamic -- Greatest Improvement in Years! HEAR IT SEE IT READY NOW! 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