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Show TIIE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH r The Settling f thc , Sage By HAL G. EVARTS Copyrtgt W bv Hal O NL .Strike CHAPTER VIII EarU Continued 16 Rut Carlos DiMiie could not see. It Ills last ewuiug alone with her and after the meal they rode across the hills through the moonlight. In that hour she was ery near to doing as he wished If only lie had suggest ed that she come W him as soon as the Three Bar was once more a pros perous brand; had only pointed out how she could spend months of each enr on the old home ranch then he might have won his point without waiting Rut that is not the way of man toward woman His plea was that she leave all This behind for him. And Ids hold was not quite strong enough to Induce her to give up every link of the life she had loved for long yeurs before Carlos Deane had been even a part of it. I cant tell voti now, she said as .Not they rode back to the corrals. It would take something out of Dow. me the vital part if I had to leave tlte old Three Bar In the shape It's In today. Its sort of like deserting a trippled child The next day her stand was unaltered and in the evening, when the whole Three Bar personnel swunr to their saddle and beaded for the frolic at Brills Deane had been un able to gain her promDe. There were but few horses at the hitth rails when they reached the post As the Three Bar girl entered at the head of her men she saw Bentley and Carpenter leaning against the bar, well toward the rear of the room. Within the last week she had heard that Carp, after being let off by Harris, had started up a brand of his own down in Slades range. Harris' remarks about Slades mode of acquiring new brands recurred to her that he fostered some small outfit for a few seasons, then bought It out. As the men scattered site commented on this to Harris. The Three Bar foreman noded. Likely the same old move, he said Like 1 told you, there's no way to check Slade up on the number of our rebrands. If Carp gets caught Its his own hard luck. A dozen men from the Halfmoon D swarmed In the door. Mrs. McVey, the owners wife, stationed herself in one corner with the Three Bar girl while thc men gravitated to the bar. Harpers men came In, the albino standing half a head taller than any other on the tic or, and they mingled with the rest as if their records were the most Immaculate of the lot. Two of Slades foremen arrived with their families. Bart Epperson, a trapper from far back In the hills, bad brought his family to the frolic. Mrs. Epperson was a tiny meek woman who bad but little to say. Her two daughters, in S' their late teens. La glossy black hair, high cheek b ne and faint olive tinge of skin wtiieb betrayed a trace of In dian ancestry. Lafe Brandon came at the head ot his tribe. Two of lis sons were married and living ut the home ranch They came to the dance with the rest Lou Brandons wife, of tlte family girl of Dolly, was a former dance-hal- l Coldriver, and A1 Brandon's better half, Belle, was the daughter of a Utah cowman. An extra stagelond rolled In from Coldriver and four couples joined the throng. was J an was with torn. Harris In tPnchers, formed. They marry them so fast that Irs hard to keep one on the Job Instructing the rising generation in Hie Coldriver school. Deane shrank from the thought ot the Thtee Bar girl in such a mixture. Some way site seemed many shades "Ex-scho- finer than the rest Harris If couldnt be otherwise, this said when Deane expressed Site was raised at the knee thought. of one ot the finest women Id the remember her mother myworld. self a little; and Ive beard my own mother sing the praises of Elizabeth Warren a t ousnnd times. Tlte albino interrupted them. The Cnl how come? he greeted three men conversed in the most cas ual, friendly fashion as if there had never been a hint of friction between Harris and Harper in the past. A great voice rose above the buzz of conversation, filling the big room to the very rafters Choose your pardners for the dnnee! Wadd'es bellowed from the makeshift plntforrr at one end of the room. Gc get your ga a a Is! Deane moved across to the Lhree Bar girl There was a general rush here for tlte side o; posie the ' ai the ladles had gatnered Couples squared off for the Virginia reel, the shoitage of ladies rectified hy a uand kerchief tied on the arm of many a chap clad jouti tnsiinfy that he was fir the moment, a girl Waddles picked hit guitar 'wo fiddles broke 'nto "Turkey in the St raw. and 'he dance 1 Waddle calling the All throug ' the room they ghuf-fleand bowed, whirled partners, locked elbows and swung, Jie shriek of fiddles and scrape of feet punctn ated the caller's boom Slade came In alone as the first darce was ended A croupier und lookout, imported from Coldi Her for the event, opt tied Iaills roulette layout in one corner the rattle ot chips, the whir of the ivory hill um the professional chant of look tit and crouj ier sound ed between dances The full enlc.yment of a nove scene wite speehd for Deane by the bicktn ing realization that the Three Rar girl w is part of It rubbing elbows with the nondescript throng He looked again at liaiper, the rustler chief; at Slade, with fils peculiar turtlelike ace, Slade the cattle king the killer. Willie Warren stood between the two Epperson g'rls whose faces betrayed die taint of Indian blood, un artn about the shoulders of each of them Tf sheriff who had said that men must humor womenfolks wa I there any on restricting mj If there range? Morrow demanded i Id like to know. Then I'll tell you, Harris an swered "The road la open as long as you keep on the road Any time you stray off ttie beaten trail you're on tlte Three Bur range. 1 don't figure to gt gunned up from ttie brush more than once hy the same niao. Every Three Bar hoy has oriiets to shoot you down on sight any time you heave in view anywhere within t'ven.y wouldnt miles of the Thtee Bar; so stray olT 'he main traveled ro.td any time you re going through. Lanky Evans had detached himself from a group and Morrow Inc ked up to find ttie tall man standing ot Ins shoulder. So y hrnt in pairs, Morrow remarked. And later in picks, Lanky returned. Wh. dont you ever come up and visit us? Every ime Im riding north I keep looking buck, expecting to see you come cautering up Horn the south. Whats tie object of all this conversation? Moriow Hared. "If ycuve leaning against the bar Deaae turned got anything to say to me, why, get to Harris hut found him looking across the room. He turned his own eyes it over with. 1 Nothing special, Evans said that way and glimpsed a dark man 1 could Just you goad thought maybe with an ov'rlong, thin face and a set into being imprudent enough to come bleak store. Morrow had just come up our way which I'm sure hoping In. to observe you north of the line and Five minutes later Harris stepped somevvlter wititin a thousand yards. out the hack door and Deane followed Evans turned away and Moriow tiim At the sound of a footfall be hind him Hi rris whirled on his heel rejoined the two men he had left at the bar. Deane looked about him. Apparently no one bad noticed the little Evanr didnt exactly mean quite all of that, Harris explained. Of course if Morrow does come up our way Lanky would prefer to see him first but he would rather hed keep away. He staged that little talk as a safeguard for me If Morrow acquires the idea that several folks are anxious to see him up there, hes apt to be real cautious how he prowls -- ound the Ttiree Bar neighborhood looking for me. Deane crossed over to Billie. The music started but she shook he head as lie v; uld have led her to the floor. "Sit do n. I want to talk with you. Long Jm no see um after tc night, she sad. It'll be daylight soon and Ive a lonp tale to tell. As the others danced she gave him a dozen messages to Impart to various friends. Tell Judge Colton that Three Bar And that stock is rising, she said. as soon as things are all smoothed out, he cun expect me for a boarder. Through an opening in the dancing throng Deane suddenly had a clear view of the open rear door one brief The Next Day Her Stand Was glimpse before the c owd closed once Unaltered. more nd shut off his view. He had an idea that he had seen a face, hazy and when he confronted Deane the and indistinct, a few feet outside the dim light from the door glinted on le wondered if it eu id be the door, something In his hand. Im get- friend for whom Harris had search d. Sho, Harris deprecated he Make the visit soon, Billie, I thought it was some ting spooky. Its been a long month since urged. He slipped the gun back one els . In its holster. There9 one or two w'eve had you with ns. We thought yodd deserted us hack there. tlat would like right wel to run maybe How soon will this visit start and across ae from behind. how long will it last? I fc'loved you out to tell you It It will start as soon as the Three was decent of you to insist that 1 stay And It Bar doesn't need me, she said. over a few days, Deane said. was a white thing to do, considering last a long time. Again a lane opened through t'8 that we both wont the same thing. crowd, affording a view of the door. We both want het to have whats the face outside In the And I Deane sanest for her, Harris said a foot or more below It and dont know as she could do any better night, some bright object glinted n the dim than to take up with you. It may sound rather trite coming light which filtered through. The music ceased and the chant of the rouRut anyafter that," Deane said. way, I'll have to say that I feel the lette croupier began, mingling with the smooth purr of the ivory ball same way about you. came a sudden hush from the There In our both es were if Then, right tlmates, why she cant go very far vicinity of the rear door, a hush that spread rapidly throughout the room, wrong, either way she turns, Harris so swfit are the perceptions of a fronSo 1 reckon we're both con said. tier gathering tent. Old Rile Foster stood Just Inside, Harris moved on and motioned before him. Can-fielhis gun Deane to accompany him. I man stood and knew a I thought together in the Lang glimpsed a few minutes hack, Harris said. I'd center of the floor, apart from the rest and with no others in line beyond like right well to have a talk with the-i- . Rile tossed a boot heel on to him. They wandered completely round the the floor and as It rolled toward the post and looked In the shadows of two men he .hot Canfield through the the outbuildings but could find no chest Langs gun crashed almost with his own. Riles knees tagged untrace of life was mistaken," Harris said der him and he pitched face down on Likely saw a face just outside the floor, his arms sprawled out before at last. the door. He was more or less on my him. mind the party I thought it was. The surge of the crowd pressing Some one else I expect, and hes gone back out of line, threw the albino on inside. tiie edge of It. his big form towering alone. They returned to the hall. Morrow stood with two Halfmoon D t en at The old man raiseo his head from the end ot the bar. Harris motioned the Hoot and crooked his wrist with him aside and Morrow withdrew from the Ins: of his ebbing strength. the others Four for Bangs, he said, and shot This is pretty far north for you. Harper between the eyes Harris suggested. 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