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Show have a talk with him. You cant salve Jim with soft she soap. Did I mention soft soap? tevaded, and added by way of diver-- , felon. I heard some one most killed Jerry I always liked that kinda goldDurand last night, said Annie abrupten down on your cheeks.1 The stores are full of em. An we ly, staring at Lindsay's bruised face. aint talkin about my whiskers not Was It you? Yes, said the Arizonan simply. right now. Did you get the. girl? Youre a nice old thing, she whisThey dropped 1er to save thempered, flashing Into unexpected dimOffice selves. My friend Hund her with a ples, and she rewarded him for his lisL man him. from her and a In uiceness way he thought altotjok I I did A you up desirable. right hope Jerry eshop, gether Rail-create- d cried Anni0, a vindictive flash In her A crisp, strong step sounded outa employ side. The door, opened and Clay came dark eyes. I havenJt called him up this mon-i- n Into the room. ' by to see how hes feelin, said Clay He looked at Kitty. Thank heaven, Miss Annie, were worwhimsically. youre safe, he said. tormain- is Johnnie rescued .me,- she cried. ried some about you. Mrs. Muldoon Is right anxious for us to get you to He got shot in the shoulder. bene- f come and stay avhile with her. Shes The men looked at each other. honin' to have' a liT girl to mother. Bad. Johnnie? suppublic. Dont you reckon you can go? Nope. A plumb lil scratch. Whas I I wish yuhd come, Annie, jancU the matter with you? A gleam of humor flitted into the blurted out Tim, looking down his comeyes of the cattleman. I ran into a nose. door. Im an alley cat youre offerin to who Say, Clay, Johnnie burst out, I take In and feed, Tim Muldoon, she betcha cant guess. charged suspiciously. His friend laughed In amblable deYuhre the girl my mother loves. - - 1 rision. Oht you kids in the woods. I He choked on the impulsive avowal he - - . new it soon as I opened Jthe door. had almost made and finished the senHe walked up to the girl and took tence awkwardly. The girls face softened. Inside,' her hand. You got a good man, Kitty. ' Tm wishin you all the Joy in the she was a river of tenderness flowing toward the Irishman. Ill go to your world. Her eyes flashed softly. Dont I mother, Tim, if she really wants me, The foremost thought in. the Constitution is the' right to freedom and know Ive got a good man, and Im she said almost in a murmur. Miss Youre shoutin now, the to Annie, be happier than I, deserve. going pursuit of happiness. Men it ust be free to live and achieve. Liberty j She sure wants said Clay, smiling. is gone in America when any man is denied by anybody the right to work you. I'll hit the trail to have that talk Tim Muldoon, in his and to live by that work. It does not matter who denies. A free American was busy over a late breakfast when with Jim Collins. ' has the right to labor without anj others leave. He found Slim Jim at his stand. his mother opened the door of the flat , It would be no less an abrid jement to deny men the right to bargain That flashily.dressed young crook eyed to let In Clay Lindsay. collectively. Governments canno tolerate any class or group domination The policeman took one look at the him with tt dogged and wary defiance. through force. It will be a sorry ay when group domination is reflected in damaged face and forgot the plate of He had just come from a call at the our .laws. Government and the aws which government is charged with ham and eggs that had Just been put bedside of Jerry Durand and he felt a healthy respect for the man who before him. enforcing must be for all the people, ever aiming at the common good. Yuhve been at it again! he cried, could do what this 14s Irish eyes lighting up with antici- young fellow had done to the chamW. of New York. The pion rough-houspatory enjoyment. . 1, 1922, said I had a little set-t- o with friend story Jerry had told was of an assault Colwith a club, but this Jerry last night, the westerner ex- from behind Regardless of any question of the right of the men to strike, the men not at par. There were did lins accept plained. too many bruises on his sides and cuts merely accepting the wages and working Another? Whets the trouble now? in any You heard about the girl abducted on his face to be accounted for ipient Tribunal and are performing a pub-th- e e a hard fight. way except by in an auto from the Bronx? wages and working conditions which Monin, Mr. Collins. I left you In Was Jerry in that? reason Public Sentiment and full 'or this He was. Fll tell you the whole a hurry last night and forgot to pay men will Government who remain in their positions and the power protect my bill. Whats the damage? asked story, Tim. men new come who in. may Clay in his gently ironic drawl. Meet my mother first. Mothei Slim Jim growled something the Mf. Lindsay. Ytihve heard me talk av him. meaning of which was drowned in an Mrs. Muldoon's blue Irish eyes oath. You say it was a free ride? Much twinkled. She was a plump and amher was handshake and obliged. Thats sure fair enough, ple woman, ' BOILERMAKERS ; MACHINISTS , Well, I didnt firm and strong. Clay went on easily. BLACKSMITHS I have that. Tim thinks yuh a come to talk to you about that. Ive , ELECTRICIANS ; got other business with you this monSHEET METAL WORKERS PIPE FITTERS wonder, Mr. Lindsay. Clay told the s:ory of his encounter in. CAR REPARERS TINNERS The chauffeur looked at him sullenwith Durand on the train and of his MEN ROUND HOUSE SERVICE COACH CLEANERS subsequent meetings with him at the ly and silently. SS AND HELPERS APPRENTIC Suppose we get inside the cab, Sea Siren and on the night of the we can talk comfortably, Clay where Standard Wages will be paid under rules and working conditions With seniority5rights datpoker party. He made elisions and proposed. emendations that removed the beding from time of employment as prescribed by the United States Railroad Labor Board. Slim Jim stepped into the cab and room scene from the tale. down. Clay followed him, closing So thats when yuh met Annie Mil- sat door. tbe I was wonderin likan, Tim said Have you seen Jerry Durand this D. G. Cunningham, Asst. Supt. M. P., Salt Lake J. C. Richmond, Foreman, Ogden, Utah. t how yuh knew her. with asked monin? Lindsay, sunny Local Agbnt, Price, Utah. Utah. City, Thats when I (met her. 'Shes one surface amiability. Local Utah. Provo, Agent, h a fine girl, Tim, thoroughLocal Agent Aspen, Colo. Wots it to you? demanded Colbred. She has fought against heavy C. Stevens, Shop Supt.; Burnham Shops, H. G. C. Gates, Foreman, Montrose, Colo. lins. odds all her life to keep good and honHerman Weirick, Foreman, Gunnison, Colo. Denver, Colo. a Nothin Not thing. agreed est. And shes done it. W. E. Higginson, Foreman, Colorado Springs, F. T. Owens, Master Mechanic, Grand Junction, be somethin to you. She has that, agreed Mrs. Mul- Clay. But it may Colo. Colo. whether wonderin have kinda Ill Annie is a good girl. Im to C. Master E. Colo. Walter doon, heartily. Mechanic, Roberts, Howerton, Master Mechanic, Alamosa, Colo. Pueblo, to do you what I did to him. Local Agent, Trinidad, Colo. C. E. Quant, Foreman, Durango, Colo. I always liked her. Local Agent, Florence, Colo. C. B. Carpenter, Superintendent, Ilidgway, Qolo. "Slim Jim reached for the door Id bet my last chip on Annie. So Local Agent, Canon City, Colo. Local Agent, Telluride, Colo. , last night I went straight to her. She hastily. E. G. Haskins, Master Mechanic, Salida, Colo. on A fe?ll his " strong, sinewy hand wouldnt throw d,own Slim Jim, but Local Agent, Leadville, Colo. Local Agent, Santa Fe, N. 31. she gave me an address. I went there arm and tightened, slightly twisting the ilesh as the fingers sank deeper. and met Durand. H; YOUNG, Collins let out a yell. Gawd! Dont With his gang? asked Tim. ; The Denver and Rio Grande Denver, Colorado. No; I waited till they had gone. I do that. Youre killin me. An accident. If . 1922 Beg ; Western Railroad Company yore a room pardon. locked myself in alone with July 12, him. He took eight shots at me in the I get annoyed Im liable to hurt without moanin' to. Clay, apologized dark and then we mixed. 25 3 come to down brass Ill suavely. right see in You bate him! I can it your Youre through cried Muldoon, pounding tbe tacks, Mr. Collins. eye ! with Annie Millikan. Understand? But its liable to be for you If you table so that the dishes jumped. Say, wot fells this stuff youre pip- monkey w ith the Iruzz-saYou'll have to ask him about that. Im no gun Who d you t'ink youse are? but no man who cant empty a sharp, Clay passed to more important facts. in?Never you mind who I am. Youll revolver in a shade better than two When I reached home Kitty was HEALTH, COMFORT and ECONOMY from Annie from now on away keep in the seconds and put every bullet Inside the there. They had dropped her INSTALL A absolutely. If you bother her if any- rim of a cup at fifteen yards wants to park to make a safe getaway. to her go well, you z5 thing happens throw lead at me. You see, I hang up Thats good. But Tim when Annie Millikan and take a good long look at Durand my hat in Arizona. I grew up with a HOT BLAST n you fiiake any mistakes. by my side. gave me the address where Jerry Du- before me an You touch croak Ill you. rand was, tbe driver of my taxi saw FlEL SAVING SYSTEM 4I should worry. This Is little old See! hissed Collins. lier. The man was Slim Jim. New York, not Arizona, the gangraan ? Insures an een heat A asked Clay pleasantdap and night thruout the borne Muldoon sat up, a serious look on answered. doWn. and shootin-gallerPerfect a heating control. Use V3 to Vi less theres upstairs Say, his face. Man, yuh spilt the beans ly. what yore boss Durand Thats fuel than etfer before. When in our store again be ure to I corner. Come round the along. that time. Row'd you ever come to ask about this Wonder Furnace. thought. What 1ms it brought him do it? Theyll take it out on Annie, wantta show you somethin. trouble? Lemme give you somebut Aw, go to h the dogs. Tbe eyes of tbe policeman to chew on. New Yorks the bigThe sinewy hand moved again to- thing blazed. gest city of the biggest, freest country Unless we stand by her. First ward the aching muscles of the gun- pn Gods green footstool. You little weve got to get her away from there man. Collius changed his, mind hur- sewer rats pull wires and think you to some decent place where shell be riedly. run it. Get wise, you poor locoed All right. Ill come, he growled. safe. You run it about as much as Clay tossed a dollar down on the gink. on the wheel of yore taxi Mrs. Muldoon spoke up. And that fly counter, took a .22 and aimed at the drives the thats easy. Shell just take out spare row engine. Durands the whole of rucks sailing across the galhis works bedroom and welcome. Sure the way of it, but when some by girl went down as it one Bach : duck pool. lery bluff see where he gets a a I his home. calls An mother and needs appeared. He picked up a second rifle off. dont doubt that shell pay her way. and knocked over seven or eight mice He aint through with you yet, Then thats settled. Will you see as they iscampered across the target growled Slim Jim, sulkily. Annie, Tim? Or shall I? screen. With a third gun he snuffed 3Iebbe but you youre through We'll both see her. But theres the eye from the right to the with Annie.not, Will she be safe left flaming another thing. Clay caught him by tbe side of the face that grinned at : him round. His shoulder and here? swung him, then with another shot sent it I'm gbsin to have a talk with Slim bored the other man. into chilly back again. He smashed a few clay eyes to not to Dont remember Jim and Iry to throw a scare into him. you forget pipes by way of variety. To finish off alone. Let her that. Dont Ill report to you what he 6ays go forget with, he scored six center shots in a They took a trolley to the lodging target and rang a Dell each time. Not near her or play any tricks to hurt house where Annie lived. one single tyultet had failed to reach her. Lay off for good. If you dont well, youll pay" heavy. Ill be on the The girl looked pale and tireef. Clay its mark. personal to collect. job never guessed she had slept little. The memhad York New The gunman Clay sung away and strode down ory of Slim Jims snarling face had seen such speed and accuracy. He was d stood out in the darkness at the foot impressed In spite of the insolent the street, and lithe, the of her bed. of vital sap youth in every rippling sneer that still curled his lip. muscle. Is this a pinch? she asked Tim, a fohty-five- ? Got a THE BIG DEPARTMENT STORE with a pert little tilt to her chin. Slim Jim watched him, snarling owner of the the of asked Clay galYuh can call it that, Annie. Mothhatred. If ever he got a good chance lery. er wants yuh to come and stay with at him it would be curtains for the No. us. Youre not safe here. That gang Fm a not with from Arizona, he swore savagely. giuch guy rifle, Srry. It is a little discouraging somewill make yuh pay somehow for what but Im a good average shot with a FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING six-guNext did. to It take I times kinda (Continued natural. Issue.) yuh ;to think bow easily unshocked I suppose the young men do not a community is after it has been proAnd if your mother took me in They turned and walked back to the A The beautiful shocked. thought: biggest foundly regard 3Iiss Banks as so handsome theyd make her pay. Youd maybe cab. Godins fell into the Bowery liars, like the biggest fish, usually now that her father, has lost his lose your job. strut. The? man who boasts of his AmeriId flnd another. Im'thirikjn of Tryin to throw a scare into me, get away. canism and then preaches intoler- money. ' he argued feebly. quittin, anyhow. Well, they .dont think she has much praise to call him ance, Is not any more of an American It isnt I don't think theyd get TimJ put Me? Oh, no. You mentioned soft one man in a So is every- than (he a during the war such a fine figure' as she once miliiotj. had,' in Clay. Im goin to see Collins and music and the preacher. Mebbeso. body else. T who also said they were Americans. Boston Transcript. - matter with tomorrow? "I havent any clothea' made, jthe own BUM by rillifimMacLeodRcq EhistraHoiw btj JrwiM layers iW? C- the President forces of this company large number of as protest against th decisions of the United States an Act of Congress for the road Labor Board, which was purpose of settling disputes between railroads and theirj employees. The officers of this company recognize that it their duty tain, if possible, uninterrupted transportation service for the This can only be done with the apprqval and fit of the port of the people in the communities served by the railroad, particularly with the cooperation of the peace officers in those have remained at work and the munities in protecting the men property of the company. - - VsULam. MacLeod Rauve Copyright by The Denver :& Rio Grande Western Railroa d Company about the private little war he naa started. For his arms were full of a sobbing Kitty, who clung to film while she wept and talked and exclaimed all In a breath. CHAPTER XIII I knew youd come, Johnnie. ' I knew you would you or Clay. They Johnnie Comes Into His Own. left me here with him while they got When Clay shot off at a tangent from the police. . . . Oh, Fve from the car and ceased to function as away I didnt know I been so scared. a passenger, Johnnie made an effort thought to descend and Join his friend, jbut alS all jrlght. S all right, UT girl. ready the taxi was traveling at a Dont you cry, Kitty. Me n Clay speed that made this dangerous. Be wont let em hurt you none. We sure leaned out of the open door and wont. ed to the driver. She nestled closer, and Johnnies Say, lemme out, doggone you. I heart lost a beat. He had become wantta get out right here. aware of a dull pain in the shoulder The chauffeur paid not the least at- and of something wet trickling down tention to him. He skidded round a his shoulder. But what is one little corner, grazing the curb, and put his bullet In your geography when the foot on the accelerator. The car sweetest girl In the world is in your Jumped forward, sweeping down the arms? wet street, now and again skidding I aint nothin but a hammered-dow- n dangerously. It swung Into Fourth 1IT "haysed of a cowpuncher, he avenue, slowing to take the curve. At told an her, his voice trembling, the widest sweep of the arc Johnnie an an awful pretty youre stepped down. His feet slid from unA flag of color fluttered to her soft der him and he rolled to the curb cheeks. The silken lashes fell shyly. across the wet asphalt. Slowly he got think I youre fine and dandy, the up and tested himself for broken bravest man that ever was. He was sure he had dislocated . bones. Do you you could ? I I figure a few hips and It took him some time could ever I reckon dont you to persuade himself he was all right, He abashed. To him this stopped, except for some, bruises. curves was of heavenof soft creature But Johnnie, free, had no idea what All the beauty and vitalto do. Be was as helpless as Johnnie sent ofcharm. called to him. It her youth ity Imprisoned in the flying cabQ Of what seemed to Johnnie that God spoke Clays plan had been he had not the through her. Which is another way remotest Idea. Yet he could not go of saying that he was in love with her. home and do nothing. He must keep She made a rustling little stir In his searching. But where? One thing arms and lifted a flushed face very stuck in his mind. His friend had tender and appealing. In the darkness mentioned that he would like to get her turned to his. slowly lips a chance to call the police to find out chose Johnnie that Inopportune mo-whether Kitty had been rescued. He the stomach. i to at ment get sick was anxious on that point himself. At to I he anIm faint, thf first cigar store be stopped and nounced, andgoindid. was put on the wire with headquarWhen he returned to his love-stor- y ters, He learned that a car supposed Johnnies head was In Kittys lap and to be the one wunted had been driven was in the forea mounted policeman Into Central park by the police a few minutes earlier. ground of the scene. His face was a Johnnies mind carried him on a wet from the mist of fine rain falling. Dont move. Some one went for a straight line to the simplest decision. He ran across to Fifth avenue and car, she whispered, bending over him climbed Into a bus going uptown. At so that flying tendrils of her hair the Seventy-secon- d street entrance brushed hl3 cheek. Are you badly Johnnie left the bus and plunged into hurt? He snorted. the park. The impish gods who deIm a false alarm. best-lai- d In Nothin down the He jes creased me. light turning upside Youre so brave, she cried, adplans of mice and men were workovertime ing tonight. They arranged miringly. It that a girl cowering among the wet He had never been told this before. bushes bordering an unfrequented He suspected it was not true, but to path heard the Hi yi yi of Arizo- hear her say It was manna to his hunna and gave a faint cry for help. That gry soul. call reached Johnnie and brought him The cab stopped at the house of a on the run. doctor and the shQulder was dressed ' A man beside the girl Jumped up The doctor made one pardonable miswith a snarl, gun in hand. take. Get your wife to give you this But the Bunt had caught a sight of Kitty. A file of fixed bayonets could sleeping powder If you find you cant not have kept him from trying to res- sleep, he said. cue her. He dived through the brush Ybetcha, answered Johnnie cheerlike a football tackier. fully. A gun barked. The little man did Kitty looked at him reproachfully not even know It. He and the thug and blushed. She scolded him about it went dovn together, rolled over, after they reached the apartment clawed, furiously at each other, and where they lived. Her new fiance defended himself. got to their feet simultaneously. But Hes only a day or two prema-churthe cowpuncher held the gun now. The crook glared at him for a moment, honey. It wasnt hardly worth while and bolted for the safety of the explainin, he claimed. A day or two. Oh, Johnnie! bushes in wild llight. Sure. I ajnt gonna wait. Whas Johnnie fired oucqL then forgot all CHAPTER XII. At the place. Clay oon-n- i. him self to awatt the arrival of Durwith Kitty. 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