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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH shiping. when he appromhed th, talked with Jeffers nnd Rhone, saw couch where he was to Him shake his hem and S s:ep read his Ins night legs seemed to fa, an Hands as one will who has no an he half fell, half slump,., to fi . swer for a knees. lk let his face ,i,,.An prosing question. t!Old Tim turned to the crews and blankets and i.;s in..,.rs motioned them to him. Tie ni.n them, gripping, gripping until th, close and listened whde gathered knucklrs h.it He spoke briefly. Then t' e com a great, shuddering iicun' , k pnet huddle broke. J, 'tiers cm, rged from his deep chest. ami s li'tcd for the main st.e, t. that holy of shanty hoys falling In to Grimly, Rird INe Rdnine let move shoulder to shoulder behind Tincup that idjit. He had let .lo'm h m. Martin out as lie drove through the lu was a strange specta.de. for main street; then proceeded to a that peaceful Sunday morning! livery barn wheie he stahled hU Doors were opened; men and worn team. en veered out. Then they emerged oil the way he had sighted Ren and stood to Ilast-'watch. caps Elliott hut later, although t!e took and cuts were donned and along up a position before the post otlice the sidewalks followed a growing and watched passers on either side crowd of the curious. of the street carefully, he did not The breath vapor of the men rose see him. lie begun making In In a cloud. No one spoke. They qulrles and found that Elliott ha swung Into the main street, old Tim been about town hut evidently wallowing In the long drift at the Rlnlne wns always some little time corner, his men trampling It down behind him. behind him. On down past Aide's failing thus, he went to locate olliee, past the pool room and then, team Ren's and stood !n the swirl- without a word or signal they ing snow waiting. Stores closed halted. . . . The halt was before Rird Eve chewed and stamp'd to the hank over which Nicholas Kran-(l"keep warm and watched and lis had his offices and fiis living tened. And after a long hour's vigil rooms. proved fruitless tie moved aimlessly And then Tim lifted fiis clear, away, along down the alley. strong voice. At the rear of Joe Hi, 'He's ho'el Rrandott he shouted. "Nick he watched movement through a Erundon !" window which gave into a lighted Dome out, Nick! a teamster hack entry. A man was there, elos shouted, voice thick with repressed lng an itis'de stairway door behind excitement. Ay, come out!" an him. Ile turned and buttoned Irs other cried. mackinaw with hasty movements Movement, then, where they had nnd 111. line drew hack into the shad movement. expected Up above a ovvs. The man w .thin was Red face appeared In a window. NichRart Delaney. . . . The door olas Rramlon looked down upon opened; the nun stepped out. He them. They could see his lips comcrossed between Rird Eye nnd the press ns he discerned that crowd, lights, carrying snow shoes. Rdnine ome down, Rrandon!" followed as the other went swiftly Tlds was Tim again, his voice down the alley nnd then struck out edged with sharpness, as he might past the depot toward the tracks, speak to a rebellious mau of his Rird Eye muttered crew, Well, now! to himself. Saints . . . Why nil Rrandon moved and threw up the this rush, Im wonderin!" sash. A chill which had nothing to do "What do you men want? he dewith the temperature of the night manded sharply, In the tone of one struck through him. Red Rart. flee- who lias boon long accustomed to ing town? Surely, he went as a make demands. We want Ren Elliott! Jeffers frightened man might go. . . . Or answered. ns one whose errand Is completed Elliott? He Isnt here, Out Into the street, then, went the would he be doing here? Irishman, and Into the pool room. Has anybody here seen Misther could I know of him? A mumbling, a stirring Elliott? he asked loudly and men Tim. .at looked up from their games, the We want him. We want you to help us find him!" Youre d n right! . . , Tell . . . Show him to us, you skunk lis or well wreck your whole blame town !" Tint held up a silencing hand against this outbreak. Then he addressed Rrandon. Elliott came to town last night. He hasnt been seen since. His team wns found where lie left It. Thorps only onp man In town vvhod have an object In getting him out of the w ay. Weve come to that man : to We want Elliott !" you, Rrandon. Rrandons lips writhed. I tell you. I know nothing He slammed down the sash nnd cat the rest of his sentence from their hearing so those men did not know that his voire broke sharply as panic laid Its hold on him. He turned his hack deliberately to the vvindovv. Then, In a frantic lunge, he reached the telephone and rang the bell. (live me the Jail! he said exQuick! The jail!" citedly. Outside a growing, mounting roar sounded, like the voice of an apKnife!" Ben Gasped. proaching wind. Then came a sharp two man shout; a loud curse. Then quick Yes. this had, query. silence again as Tim Jeffers reastalked had butcher the hours ago; to him at about eight. . . . None serted tils leadership and demanded move only ns a unit Rut other. To the dance hall, next, and that they order this prevailed for a brief moThen his queries were repeated. ment. still team see Ren's to back hastily Smash In the door; It's locked!" standing patiently in the deepening someone cried. "Take him until he snow, past Dawn McManus' house to find only a faint light In the hall- gives I.en up! Good boy! way, and from there to Ahle Arml The hall of Ire, case In the street run. on a tage's novv picked Had the Judge seen Ren Elliott? from some horse's foot, and flung stoutly, crashed He had not; and excitedly El. line up an office window. explained his empty search, the through cowered as a yell of apRrandon the hasty departure of Tied Rart, went up, and pressed his proval team. DCglected face close to the telephone. Ahle dressed and they went out Art! This Is Hlckcns? Inquirthe town, searching together, Rrandon! There's a mob out here ing of late passers. an- dSomethins happened! Rird Eye seen It The sheriffs voice Somethins went wrong I Ive declared. saw em come In. I don't kn'tv fmnd We cant with th b'y, Ahle! what out what ut Is ontl! moriiln. Thin, "Get down here, then, and be have we'll help mo, believe Get down here and quick at, out It v XII CHAPTER 14 I t0" ard to t, .. r n ,i(tt3te,en it i:,mi ,u,nl 11 , fiaiikin? il "' the 1!'Hlt j'oie from ,i5 . HSTBT of haviri? h"i ,l,atmldrei.n-!1 to IE j, w. S dr for ffd - A Fcrrej, -- week. . . Top, l'thpr 1,irt!' a' ':id av rn the man Xnirn?" at pricy tho-e- ,:1 camp. figare .Blaine, and 0f the ruts ber (Mine a !.' hour bol.lnd from ,s jot '' r to drove lett' h1 ''m:- He felt l'ke a vvrii as this, ;w corner MPJ nd R- t!L iSTO! cu -' e UN..,- k! that -r- -- t ted his a 1. Hello, M.ii'Ui; Wlma . n sine lifted the heavy robes for clunked (mnkkeeper and then OP P in f Lak ACT M 'I'lDL' . ACTigu "Pt team on. t Srrj ' nsSss he cone In? Esther Elliott Nd . . ,;ei ile has, eh? ' eter Bed Hart Pel.u.e, still per--atlnth country wiili his pres-- f All, th h y. th byl likely. his team Into an Ben turned blanketed them, between then made his way principal Uinjts to the town's wighfare, which was lighted hy and I ' articles . Race irks nd rd Moi lilt WORK iki City WVW DRESSE SAKCALM KILL ct at cara p it i does r : place to place he went, tin behind him In the flying snow d when she had been following . tor half an hour, her eyes alert r others who might he watching Iiott, another fell Into the train lead of her. She saw this man ep from a store entrance and fol-- i Ben. She hastened to he close :S not until she was abreast of a did she recognize Ji hn Martin, tom she had seen hut once before, t did not turn his head and she 7?ed back. She had no doubts bis loyalty, from what Pen had 1 her s double of bis bookkeeper. For the better of erhooL clllbt JL LaltCr SJ i the X; oilmen the i J 400 03 i stalking continued while thicker and then fell turned Into a side street sle the next turn Into the El-- nnd alley ire he had left his team. ,wo figures followed him, hnsten-- I bit as he disappeared Into ( gloom. Martin folk .wed Pen, as iTn trailed both. And then, as Elliott drew close spote gruffly to his horses, an-te- r shadowy figure 8 0I1,f 1 blur in Appeared: It the shadows, whed and stealthy. The figure pt forward; an arm drew back upward; It struck and with a n ben Elliott turned sideways and backward un-- ? th Impact of a blow er voice ning lifted then In a ,s John Martin ran for-n,hp Indistinct flCTre poised over Elliott, about ? Idtl and an hour part ow JLTOT purchased clothing store McManus did not see Pawn and then with-,f?r, observe him, When he vvei.t out attain he not notice that the girl followed Tiounta I He store fronts. in a .ring ;ne d -- eh was h Dealer a 8n?" M:rt,n crle(i JjJ injs eft pndu ah a to his knees beside could come in handover manlns h!s namP a rPP.v Hen "ere . j eofl1 be nrd fjhSw1 In gasped. . unbnttn''l KlUotfs H 0riPn ,he sh,rt Lbar" n7n,T',a t,lrilSt istaae w the mbit1 faceaV'th6 !J' the . them Ah. son! thP ,)Par(1p1 '"1 f 1 .nd 8ny t:omp'vhJre Got lartln Hirt A -i- b erjek nfl Ob, ini'll - hurry:- 'r;,;:";'! thvar H!seithPyer1!r'H .kLl' T moan nst CA t Dn"n In a .irry," PhO i r"n t0 hs s!,,,t t0 kpea and n:rn,nst hmto get you f; k.k Ties rme1 Aje-- : ''WlSWoil-- the: throt".','''' ki,4 i , d .8 " 3.00 'v'h their s"I'port r ,r si ,i,v r Paw El- - 'Tn and "TTv n so ,e p i p14 ' 0 t buTV'1 bout jshe' so to tov, arT n. "r T' of hut and ,, he ') an his rt' nn,l pain h'Td ' ,PP:nBd to i Cv--' a""i r? n sr. the door way, was saying sharply: In here. . . . Your room, Dawn. . . . Ill phone the doctor. Emory Sweet worked rapidly, once there. Deep! he muttered. Missed the Gad, what a blow. jugular hy a hair. The wound was only a slender slit In the skin, but the blade had been driven deep, Indeed, and the blood that flowed from It had drawn the from Elliott's face, ttie bronze strength from the splendid muscles that lay relaxed now beneath clear skin. Now!" raid the physician when Hen finally lay hack on Dawns pilshallowly, breathing low, eyes I guess hell be all right closed. In a few days. . . . Hut what an escape!" He shrugged. Sweet looked at John Martin, The doctors brows drew a then. bit; he seemed to lean forward and blinked slowly. Incredulously. Then Martin moved and the oilier re laxed. Still, his expression was one of startled speculation. The doctor began gathering his Instruments. Martin stood staring at Ren In deep thought Then his right hand went to the lobe of his left ear and tugged slowly In that characteristic gesture. He did not observe Emma Coburn standing In lie did not look at the doorway. It her until the woman gasped. was a light, light gasp; so light that Emory Sweet did not hear. Rut Martin heard and turned and stood ns though frozen In the posture. Aunt Em's head was held rigidly hack, one hand pressed against a cheek. Martins finger went Quickly, against his lips in a sealing gesture, lie held so an instant nnd then slowly shook his head, a movement of unmistakable warning. Dawn entered t he hallway from the living room and these two relaxed from the rigidity of their strange pantomime. Now, the boys going to be all Ill look right, the doctor said. In tomorrow. Quiet Is going to he essential for a few days. You two women all right? A close observer might have noticed that Aunt Em's eyes were odd- averted from John Martin's searching gaze and that her breathing was quick. Why, it might he handy to have a man in the house tonight, she I'm . . . said, evenly enough. Im wondering If Mr. Martin would stay. He could sleep on the couch In the living room." Id be glad to, the man said and cleared his throat sharply. "There might be something I could do . . . for you. lie had looked at Dawn on this last and It seemed that his voice caught ever so slightly. So it was arranged that he should stay through the night and the doctor left Aunt Em carried the light out of the sickroom and placed It on a table In the hall. She bustled here and there, occupied with a variety of minor errands and finally drove Dawn to bed despite the girls protests of sleeplessness. Alone, she fixed blankets on the living room couch while Martin sat In the darkened That bedroom. done, she beckoned to him from the hallway. They confronted one another there a long moment. The womans face worked queerly and she seemed at a loss for words. What shall I say? she asked, In a whisper. t the man replied. Nothing," There Is nothing at all to be said How so? . . . Is there? Rave lit to me, Aide!" Oh, you gave me a start! Through the night, ten minutes You're the first one. . . . Tm later, a team went swiftly westI'm too full of things to talk, ward. They left town at a gallop; across the now, Emma. they breasted high drifts He made an odd gesture toward way in frantic plunges, enme to a Owl ham the wall and looked about. blowing stop at the Hoot Were In the upstairs front room A moment later Tim Jeffers sat up If we're needed, she said. "Is . . . and In sleeply bewilderment fought there anything you need yourself?" off the man who shook HI rn and do He did not reply for a moment. manded that he wake up nnd listen Then, heavily : Yes. . . . Your help, likely. . . . The storm suicided before sunA little later. . . rise. It was a vast, rolling country toThe woman did a strange thing, and across It. from Hoot Owl then. She snatched up her apron ward Tincup. went tennis. Five of and pressed It tightly against her them formed a sort of procession the eyes. drawing logging sleighs. Across and boon had placed She she bunks planks didn't remember! sobbed. . . . Oh. what'll happen on the planks stood nnd sat men; who dmvv on In this house next? they were silent men. were set faces whose I wonder." Martin muttered. Yes cold pipes, ex . . I wonder ! and grim, whose eyes betrayed thi crew Owl Hoot The She left him. and he moved almost cltement. nnd Rird Eve hesitatingly Into the living room. Up following Tim Jeffers stood a long time Just within the Rlnlne to Tiucp to solve a mvsferv they eft In an ordmdv threshold nnd then went slowly In g'"nps about, from picture to table, from the sieig' 5 and stood hook shelf to mantel, hands In his while te.iPHers 'ir.h'tihed and led coat pockets. Refore this old phototheir horses Ino a livery hirn. Able Arniitnge came hurrying and a he stood for long Interval; graph beside that worn rocker he re he, alone, was welcome In that of mat ned with bowed head, ns one phalanx of Intent men. 0:!,rs as he him saw gesticulate town might who la suffering . . or wor the ly ! ... .. rna'-nc- BOTH HUMOR AND POETRY EVINCED IN PLACE NAMES "die southern mountaineers whim steal humor Is seen not only In some of h!s sot gs nnd hoe downs hut In place names commemorating some Jest, some episode more or less grimly comical or tragic Erol.o Jug creek. Tear Rreochcs ridge, Ohtinky-Ga- l mountain. Seldom !Ven hollow, How vividly Rip Shin ridge ouch that recalls certain scrambles through Rurnt Shirt mounstony tain, Jerk Em Tight, Hanging Dog creek. Headforemost mountain, Rore-- j creek, Auger creek, the Devil's Courthouse, and an on. In Cumberland county, Tennessee, two beautiful brawling streams unite whose names are No Easiness creek nnd How Come You creek. Undoubtedly, there Is a story hack of each name. Rut the mountaineer Is often poetic, too, nnd gracefully descriptive in hts dace names. The touch of melancholy In Ids nature Is evidenced hy the frequent recurrence of such names as Lonesome nnd Troublesome. Desolation, Defeated, I'oor Fork, Kingdom Como, Falling Water nnd Lost creek are significant runncs of streams. Craggy Dome. E.iDorn Cone, the Elark l'.rothers, Lone Raid I.ltlle Thunderhead, Fnowhlrd, Grandfather; Hawksbtli; Grayheard and Wine Spring Raid are all mountains lyrically and named. I asked a mountain man tn North (Carolina whether a certain hold pro-- j montory had a name, and I have a pleasant memory of the slow lift of his eyes to where It towered 1 ,(KK) feet above us, and the soft drawl of his mellow, voice ns he answered: "Yns, hit's ended the Alvin F. Harlow In Winter Star. (the Saturday Evening Host. 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