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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH 4 The red splashes of answering shots showed on alt sides of him. She tugged on her chaps a- -d hoots, slipped Papoose's picket rope and vauled to bis back. The scene was once mote Illuminated ns site rode from the wagon. A circled In the flat, a riderless hor-il.i rk shape sprawled near him, and she wondered which one of her nan had gone down. A knot of horsemen were turning up an opening gulch on A ho the far side of t tie vallev. T1 ree Bar riders veered their horses for the spot. Harris turned In tiis sad lie and Ids voice readied her above the tumult. Bet em Let 'em go lie shouted. go' Hold the herd' Far off on the opposite side she made out x Ion horseman riding at a f u! i run al mg thi sideldll above t he cows as he made a supreme effort to leach th' head of the run The Three Bar men split and streamed up both sides of the bottoms. The flashes had ceased except for brief quivering pla.vs of less than a second's duration She hung her spurs into Papoose and e A half-fla- t trusted to his footwork. showed the pinto i bare twenty yards ahead, with Harris putting him at tie slope to pass the cows. She swung her own ho se ufter him and she felt the frequent skid o. his feet on the treacherous sidehih From th' sounds below she knew they were well up on the flanks of the run and nearing the peak. The A long stampede seemed slowing. wavering flash revealed Harris a dozen Jumps ahead. Papoose followed the paint horse as Harris put Calico down the sllppeiy sldehill and lifted him round tbt point of the herd. In the same flush Billie had seen two slick ers out before the peaks of the run flapping weirdly in the faces of the foremost cows. This accounted for she had sensed. Two the Riowlng-uof her men were before them and she wondered how this had come to pass. broke forth once The lightning-plamore. She taw two riders swinging round the opposite point The two slickers were working Id the center Harris gun flashed six times. She Jerked her own and rolled It. The two riders whr had Just rounded the far point Joined It Cows In the front ranks held back from this fearsome commotion out in front The stor v ceased as suddenly as It had begun and for two miles she rodt in inky darkness. The run had spent ito force. The herd stopped and the cows gazed stupidly about standing with drooping heads and heaving sides. Three Bar men showed on both flanks are In the rear. They had held the drove intact and prevented its splitting np In detachments and scattering through the night Ilorna Jil Moore rode over to them and for the first time the girl noticed that the two men who had w rided slickers out In front of the run were owhere to be seen Who was the pair out ahead? And what swallowed Moore asked. 'em up? Harris 8'iook bis head. "Billie and 1 were the flrrt to make the front be said. Not any, Moore stated positively. 1 saw em uve minutes before you two swung found the point 1 ws on guard nd halfway np the far side. Split sur took a header with me and delayed me some. He pointed to the mud crusted od his clothes. Billie knew that be Wu the lone rider she had seen on the flanks ol the herd as she nde away from the wagon. The fall accounted for their rounding the point ahead of him. Moore was looking off across the country. Do you "lean to tell me you didnt see those two slickers flapping out in front? he demanded. 1 confess 1 didnt observe any, Yourre getting spooky, Harris said. Moore. A couple of white cows, likely, out ahes of the rest." Moore regarded him curiously. Maybe thats so, be said Waving He their tails in the air, sort of. grinned and turned bis horse to head back a buacl that bad drifted out of the herd. The boys made a nice ride," HarYou float round ris said to Horne. from one to the next and tell em we'll soon have a feed. I'll ride back and send the wagon up. Billie rode wltn him as be skirted the herd and started on the return trip Her mil a was occupied with the two riders who had slowed the run There had been and lisarpeared. something familiar about them. As she bad viewed them In the lightning's flash they had closely resembled Bentley and Carp. But she decided that this resemblance had beeD but a fancied ors, suggested by the fact that the two men had beeD much od her mind of late. I Sage OF TIME 6y Hal G.Evarts CHAPTER IX 17 The two loggers haa finished their quota of timber for the komestead cabins and the white peeled legs lay piled and ready to be snaked Iowa to the Three Bar on the first keavy snows of fall The acreage of plowed ground In treated day by day and would continue till frost claimed the ground As loon as the brush was burnt the mule learns pulled heavy log drags across the field, pulverizing the lumps and leveling inequalities of the surface. Evans had hesn sent out as of th beef ornd-uwhile Harris "remained behind to direct the opera Uons at the ranch. A few days before Evans ras due with the beef herd Billie rode Papoose away from the ranch, Intending to make a visl to the Brandons. s After covering of the dis tance along the foot of the hills to the V L .she saw rider dip ''ver a She unslung ridge two miles away Harris glasses and dismounted to watch for his reappearance. When be tame again into aer field of view turn was with him and they were driving a few bead of cows before them She mounted Papoose and angled Across to Intersect their course. As Papoose topped a low hogback that flani'ed the valley she saw the men riding toward her down the hot toms, driving twenty or more head of cows. One of the horses threw np his head, his ears pricked sharply toward her, and the swiff upward tilt cf the riders ha, as swiftly towered, Informed her that she had been sighted. The other man did not look up They lifted tht.. horses from a walk to a stiff trot and veered past the cows, then looked up as if just aware of her approach, and waited for her. The men were Bentley and Carp. Bentley greeted ner cheerily. Carp nodded without a word. What are you two doing up here? he demanded without parley. 1 repped with the Three Bar wag on and Carp worked with you for a spell, so we sort of know the range, Slade sent ns to Bentley explained. drift any strays back south. Those you were driving are Three Bar stuff every hoof, she said. All cut-Bu- fore-.Mn- long-deferre- d two-third- two year-ol- d that" Wed better pay Slade a night visit site said. Her feelings toward Slade had undergone a complete re She knew beyond a doubt vulslon that he bad been responsible for the raid on Three Bar bulls. The wild buneb would have htid no object Id sucb a foray Figuring It from any was the only one mao who Slade angle could pose hly derive any benefit from that She had come to see that Slade was fighting with his back to the wall that he had run his coursp and come to the end of It If squatters se cured a start In his range, and be con gldered the act of the Three Bar the opening wedge which would throw open H wp for the nesters to crowd too, him out T The evening of the following day the beef herd trailed Into the lower and of the Three Bar valley and bed ded for the night In the morning the trail herd was beaded for the roll road under a full crew, for Harris had kept all hnnds on the Job. The drtve was a nondescript lot 'n addition to the steers and older cows that comprised every trail herd the sne stock had been carefully culled from the ange Harris pointed to the bunch lawk that assortment over well A tew seasons Billie. h advised more, with fair luck and no won't off-col- see one of these ruiuhow droves with every olor from Lrlndle to jtrn wherry roan ; none of these humpbacked runts; theyll all be gone That's almost the last mongrel herd that will ever vveur your brand. Theyll run better every year until we have all bee stock a straight big w bite face run. The third morning out from the home ranch broke stormy. A nasty drizzle dampened the face of the world and laid its clammy touch od all living things. This condition all through the day and shortly after the cows had been nulled and bedded for the night the drizzle turned to rain, now falling straight and soft, aguin in fierce squalls whipped by A saddled varying shifts of wind. night horse was picketed for every man. The wagon stood close under a hill while the herd was bedded on a broad flat at the mouth of a valley. The soggy patter if the rain on ber teepee lulled the girl to sleep but she was frequently roused. A dull mut tering m',erinllzed suddenly Ink? a d pie-vaile- She Whirled and Papoose Headed Back for the Ranch. she-stoc- k. Bentley turned and regard d the little herd they bad just passed. Then? Sho we wasn t driving them," Bentley denied easily. They Just drifted ahead of us as we rode down thi bottoms. A cow critter will always move on ahead of a man. We rode on past em as soon as we decided to amble along. She knew that they were on safe ground Any cow would drift on be fore a horseman. 'lThe only way to convict a tan on a case like this Is to shoot him out of the saddle before he has a chance to she said. Thats pass the cows, what wilt happen to the next Siade rider that gets noticed with any Three Bar cows moving out In front of him and headed south. You can carry that word to Slade. She whirled Papoose and headed back for the ranch, the Intended visit to the Brandons postponed Harris was piling brush In the lower field when she arrived and she Informed him of the act of the two men. 1 wiuldnt put it past Carp," he But I hadn't sized Bentley up said. Just that way. Its hard to tell. If Carp shows up here again well make blm a visit In the middle of the night and he wont trouble us much after w copyright HALGEVAR.TS NU JFRVICE sharp thunderstorm and the canvas walls of her teepee were almost continuously Illuminated by successive flashes. The picketed horses fretted aDd stamped. She dropped to sleep again but was roused by voices outside as the guards changed shifts and she estimated that It must be near morning, the fmrtb change of guards. The sounds ceased as the men who had Just been relieved turned In for their sleep. A horse neighed shrilly within a few yards of her feepea Another took it up ant an answer sound ed from the flats. There was a crash of pistol shots, a rumble of hoofs and the Instant command of Harris. he called Boll out! Roll out! "Saddles i On your horses I" Even as he shouted there came the swish of wet canvas as the men tumbled from their bed rolls, the Imprecations of the suddenly awakened. Billie thrust her head from the teepee flap, the water cascading down her neck. She saw Harris, buckling bis belt as he ran, and the next flash showed him vaulting to Calicos back. The thunder of hoofs drew her eyes to the bed ground where a black mass surged, then bore off up the valley A scattered tine of riders hose down on the herd, two ghostly apparitions among them throw iug the cows Into a panic of fear. She knew these for riders flapping yellow slickers In the As the light faded she saw wind. three horizontal red streaks cut the obscurity and knew that one of her guards wa in the midst of the rusbest tlers. doing bis single-handed p (TO BE CONTINUED.) Was Not Impressed by Chaunceys Tales During an Atlantic voyage Chaim-ceDepew was entertaining a group of friends one evening In the smoking room with some of his inimitable listeners the stories. Naturally, showed their sense of amusement with one solitary exception. This man maintained on aspect of indiffer ence. and. Indeed, almost of gloom. Mr Depew, of course, could not help observing this and was prompted to trot ont even additional anecdotes But In vain, at least with regard to the melancholy man At Inst Mr De pew rallied him by saying: wont you contrlb . Well. Mr ute something to our cheerfulness?" The muD thus addressed pretend ing to heave a heavy sigh, replied: have been ruminating a bit Well, as to what constitutes the difference 1 between me and a turkey; and 1 have come to the conclusion that it s Just this that a turkey hasn't got to be stuffed with chestnuts until after Kansas City Star. he is dead. Improved on Invention Galileo was not the original Inventor of the telescope; that honor goes to Johannes Lippersb-- y, in 1008, an obscure optician of Midilleburg. But when rumor of the Inventioc reached Venice, Galileo succeeded tj producing a telescoe of threefold magnifying power In lw.9. Started by Comet The apparition of a marvelous com et In 1843 led to the estubllahmeft of the Harvard observaf ry. 7 News Notes It's a r rivilege to Live In J UTAH RANCOLPH Rih county produced in 1('"S 3", 000 tons of wild hay, or more th..a one third of the trap of this state of Utah. PLEASANT GROVE Commercial cannint' faxtmies in Utah cold packed about 0000 ban els of strawberries in Crab Four Feet Long King crabs measuring four feet In length and even longer have recently been found In the Alaskan waters and they are being taken in great quantities and their meat shipped to the United States, where It is highly esteemed, ns evidenced by a rapidly The irahs are growing demand. caught in nets sunk deep In the water of Cook inlet, and when brought to the surface and dressed, the aver-ag- e yield of meat is six and a half pounds per crxib. These are said to be far superior to the great crabs which have been taken from the Japanese waters. 1928. BRIGHAM High-Hande- The counties of Caihe, Utah and Boxdder eaih produced more than 100,000 tons of alfalfa hay in 192s. CITY HEBER CITY The counties of Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah, together produced 1, 70S, 000 bushels of potatoes in 1928, or slightly more than half the total crop of the state of Utah. VERNAL Uintah county farm bureau wool pool of 25,00 fleeces was sold recently to Silborman & Co. of The sale constituted the Chicago. largest sale in this county this year, and the price at 33 cents was the top price here for the season. RICHFIELD For the past week an almost continuous line of wagons has been loading wool at the Elsinore station. Much of It was hauled from Monroe, which Is becoming a feeding center. It Is estimated that approximately 25,000 fleeces were clipped and sold for approximately $71,000 LOGAN Seed beans sufficient to plant more than 125 acres of land were distributed in the southern part of the county during the past week by the Utah Packing corporation. About 75 acres of beans will be planted In Ilyrum alone. The beans wil be ready for canning about August 1, when the plant at Ilyrum usps two shifts of employees. HEBER During the past week 5000 young turkeys were received In Wasatch county from California. The birds will be marketed through the county and state pools at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The climatic conditions In Wasatch county are ideal for turkey raising. Another new Industry which may be started this year is the raising and canning of string beans. OGDEN Shipment of tomato plants from Moapa valley, Nevada, for Weber county and vicinity are arriving and will continue to be received all week. The plants are unusually fine, according to LeRoy Marsh, district agricultural Inspector, who says that he has not found it necessary to reject a single plant. Some 350,000 were received recently. The plants average about 3200 to the acre. This was the peak of the seasons shipments. One-hal- f PAROWAN hour Is not a very long time to water a lawn, and so the citizens of Parowan are complaining at the recent ruling of the city council limiting them to that time. Nelson Marsden admitted In court that he had watered a longer time, and paid a flue of $2.50. Some of the citizens have asked that water meters be Installed, so they can use more. Marsden said he did not want his lawn and flowers to burn up. EPHRAIM The Eastern Utah Fish and Game club directed the planting of 3G.000 rainbow trout in Burlington creek recently. The fish, from the state hatchery at Sprlngville, were five to six Inches In length, and, according to reports, reached the stream In very good condition. The plantings were made along the main stream between Crandall canyon and the forks. Members of the club from both Price and Huntington assisted with the planting. RICHFIELD Walter H. Olin, supervisor of agriculture for the D. & R. G. W. railroad, was in Richfield re- cently conferring with farmers and County Agent S. R. Bosw'ell concerning the planting of corn for sheep pasture. Last year an experiment was conducted and seed corn matured by August 31. Seed is being secured from southern Canada. It Is hoped that the difference in altitude will be comparable with the difference in altitude and enable the local farmers to mature a good crop. COALVILLE With the establishment of camps at Henefer and at Hoytsville, the Uinta Pipe Line company is entering upon the placing of the last lines of to connect with the line being constructed from Coalville to Green River, Wyoming. The camp at Hoytsville will employ approximately 450 men while the Henefer camp will have about 350. Seventy-fivcarloads of pipe have been shipped into this station the past two weeks, and work of distribution and placing will be pubh-e- d as rapidly as possible, compary officials state. h pip-lin- e PROVO Plans for making Utah countys exhibit at the state capitol In Salt Lake one of the most outstanding are fast taking form, according to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Eastroond of the committee in charge of the exhibit. Several transparencies showing the natural resources, the Industrial development and the beauties of the county will be exhibited at the booth, while several oil paintings by the countys prominent artist will aluq be shown. d Conrad McG. Merton, t he Hollywood movie magnate, was talking about a film difficulty in the International trade. he We were very conciliatory, said, but oer there they were almost offensive. We were like the chap who was courting. They were like the girl. The chap said to the girl reproach: fully It May Be believe youre out on purpose whenever I call. 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