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Show TIIE ST IN A SUN". less. River Copyright by th McCall Company Hi J 1 By VINGIE 1 1 CHAPTER XV MM I I'll II tl l-H H - Hill Continued E: ROE -- ! - HH 1 -- -- store at .Cordova, heard something toward. It was a rapping that seemed "un- . 14 jthe floor nrfthe porch Aid right, then, when there as to an outside odd, Irregular 6troke, as most "need, the good tjay who had aerved him go long and faithfully, be- If the hand .that made It was uncer' tain.. ' , . ' trayed him,.copie-froi- p - He rose, -- drew on "his phnts and 'hooking his suspbnders over his shoulder's as he', went, opened, the front . . . ; door, A bay horse, gaunt arid, bedraggled, shoulder-higstood at .the port-hedge, '.and hanging. half 'out.tjf its saddle, held only by the right spur still caught in- - the hair cinch arid one arm around tlie pommel, whs .the sheriff. His ghastly face was red with blood frpm tlie long woflnd which Bad split his scalp from just above the. .left ear across the temple to the' end of the . eyebrow. .The" trader Leaped forward, jumped and caught him' in to the ground " ' . arms. ; . "he ,crled, G . Price!. d, .good say you aint dead-!- ' You aint bad . hurt Oh, my Gi--1 d!" Selwood 'looked at. him- with eyes ," that seemed dull ;as ashes. solved mystery .he said thickly. ..rustlers raid caught .'with the . goods they are-- -The thick voice failed arid Sheriff Price. Selwo.dd slumped dow-rf Heavily on the shoulder, of his erstwhile friend. It was. ldng. before .tie. would ' . fimsh his "cryptic sentence. ' . . He threw up hisr head, flung around toward the ' strange horses he was leaving, and nelghe.d a- - sharp, shrill" sound, that "carried up. the Blope like ' a bugle. . At the mouth of tjie Flange Big Bas-for- d . " . stopped. . His . answered. Once more came that .challenge from b'elow and Sud Proine back out, of "the" hidden passage on the h own-mour- . V Jump." ' ' ... -I i. WNT7 - H - - l - H - -tl - 1 I I Service, II shy carcasses could lighten tlie load. And so It was that presently .she d fell to laughing in her old way, sluing back on her heels on the clean' white 'floor ant rolling the child this way and that. Screams of delight from Sonny' punctuated tlie strokes of Ills Bure feet as he kicked in the hystericaf ecstasy-o- f Nance's fingers ereepiuousMng up his . little ribs. . They did, not see Bud standing in the door, so absorbed in their, game were - they, until he move.d and his sliadow fell across them. Nance tunned her laughing face up to him and stured with the laughter s.et upon It.- - . '.. , . The boy was white as milk, his eyes black with- - terrible portent! . VBud," .she cried, whats up? ' light-hearte- - d.d n i Be shouted", .thaj afh't a . Sky .Line- - horse I" cahght ! Come quick-- ! . . ; . . Selwood, faf down the trail, .knew The. rustlers "were out last night, with a surge "of rage that, the gAme was up and t.hat he vvah in for it. he, said slowly .with a. straifge hesitaI met. Old, Man Conlari going tion Mrl .the.-ftfiisecond, however, (ioWn to .Cordova a fnan was Shot that- - his own horse was. fresh, while they- - tliink it . is the prospector- Jhose others front Sky Line word not!' Smith. . '". He had. a fair, staxt and meant- - t6' '.For a moment. Nance sat still on .make the most of n. . her heels, her mouth open the sickly And he' k.new--hlhorse." lines of JaugKH-- r sti'fl arotind it. I.t ".was- dangerous work taking" the Then she--. put out a 'hand that wAs of but there Mystery at slope beginning th'shake like an aged hand was? danger .behind .he "chose the with palsy. . . lesser evil. . t Smith?' site gasped, .thats Brand AS if "to make up for its- defection Oh oh dear Fair! Lord Braird thq lean bpy.; stretched, and doubled. FalTP . like; a greyhound and Selwood leaned t For the, first time in her life low-oits. neck .as best" he' could for Al.stln out and faded fiance CHAPTER XVi ". the pitch for-- , he', was Ushering.- fqr' lison, who had fought-se- f long and Ira'rd .. . iepd. . . . i against tremendous odds, who, hu'd- held . .... The' Ancient 'lie kpdw he was. out of ' e mountains he knew also Irat Sud travels fast, her battle line an'd borne- all things News in the range, .but with 'the a of courage strong man carried a rifle? plvyayson' by mysterious ways,, and in .places 'back the floor.. swayed upon seems 'die. Also it . where it impossible. Bud. sprang forward to lift har up, Th"e roar, pf horse? running under has ..mafvelqus powers Nf mutation. ' blit down already the weakness was passing Lit-, out oh far difficulty leaping, sliding What .may start her innocent prauk, and she put hiin .aside, getting-tdam. here "and tliere canie down like- wa . . feet. . reach the". . of sound, but" there. were no is .'liable .to. Upper Sweet She forgot the child at tier- - knee.. scandal. . voices nilngle'd with It. The .Sky Line water aS a His ehemiefl, !. fihe was muttering 'So' it was on Na.me'iess that" drowsy . then" were riding. in' a silence sp grim "to herself, tfiey got him uf thift It'sdnt a cliill to Selwoo'ds heart. day in August. "to. et me as last h,t Just tried they NanCe Allisoh.was Jbusy about .her meant death and were .'avid Thfey rose and went and Jelioshapftal In" scoured the . for. It--. with WorH kitchen, . . his enemies and the Lord was The trees sailed by againsf the stars, Sonny Fair following her like a small- agajnst with hi; A I I Bud, give me that . shadow. .. . di'fli sized be. darkness rushing'. thp ' . .. . ' . low to disappear Into it aboVe,' end . Jn the dim regions, beyond Mrs. Al- gun.. She took out of his hands rifle the . the wincf sang inhis-ears- . like a harp'.' lison was In" b.ed with a' sick heacl-adhwith a savage motion apt went frma ' Incredible- jhat the "tedi"Thq ball? of the carpet-rag- s . It 'seemed the cabin, jswaying like a drunkard. all '.finished been" . sadly. put. away, ously .climbed slope could be so qulck-- had r At ot the stable1 she came for lie saw Ihe thlcken-- . and ready for thq loom; but 'farther fa'ce l.V descended to face 'with Fair, who wad just that desired, ..from goal than Ihg shadows pf the. mountains foot away from river on Huhorid. the comingup .racing up" toward him, the pale gle'arh ever. It seemed to Naflce Ihat that She stopped an'd stared a$ him like was last ridicuthe the straw, of water beyond which meant the carpet "one In a daze. . . rived. And then he heard what lie h a d. lous. small, pressure, that hafl all but You? she said presently. You . tlie of thread her control. been dreading the. snap of a rifle, the .Snapped, . Brand?. ..-.'whine' of a bay. Sky Line, giving tip' Whenever sfie thought tff Kate CatV The-masaw at onee th'at there was capture, was 'trying for destruction.-- ' rew she 'thought riot of her pappy, no't and disIt waS Irovine be who field of Bud; with. "his sagging shoulder, 'not something gravely wrong' ' mounted' of her fftrttkly. burned fieltPof 'her and stacks' the gun. . flodrs . He came forward and larld a- - fiamj 'of the.-bar- e - li-- dug.ih .his spurs cruelly and the. growing corn,, but, on hers where It grasped the tfeapon. home:' . poor Kay responded .with a surge-ospeed Sure--m- y . Raid carefully, dear, There ner a frown between wa9 which seejiied certain.. death, bbt kept Ifmk so,- - Nance dont Im. all right. aghl'den .brows these days, grim set .Its feet 'miraculously. . 'Onee-'morLAt nle have this, and took the' gun came the snap and whineagain' and to her lips, and .she spent rfiany hours ..-.' . . 'again .and again as fast as"the" mart op her knees' beside her bed praying avf.ay. his lie wm put for. gently to around, right for to. guidance, keep behind it oo'u'ld pp'mp the rifle. strength 'her. and' looked ovqs her head at her '. 'Ajnd then, just as th.e bay struck "the her mfrroiy 'way. But the stirrings" inside her "in the spring-ha- brother.- - !. waters of Naqieless. with a letp" and tjiat '.Tell me, hiS eyes comma nde.d. become a sefetjiing lurmoll of 'pas'a.rdar, it seemed. to Selwood tliht tlie : I Just told "her what I heard "tills . 'harff to hold sion, . -. I pawns opened up", .that. all the fire said Bud that a ipan was morning I'm like the patriarchs of old, she . i'n tlie. universe- - flamed in' his .brain, d shot byu&Uers-nthat it was iSmith righteous with to filled herself, lip swung far 'out to "the ieft a ter- thtroght She said sAmAthing about- - one" .you. have fvratli. It wasn't 'If rible lever of weight to "the gallant thatj of the New Testament Im of the Bible men whe went out find l floundering beneath .him, and theHight slew his enemies anJ file was starting enema.de the 'supreme' physical effort of afraid Id go forth ' ".and.plgy my for "Sky Tine, I thirik. mies, nrtry to.. . . The.re" was no" need' to ask. more, for What ' "oh about, . whimpering Nance had covered hdr face with her child the Tell me, tpo," said .Nance bending forward "on hugging her kneeh and looklfig ador- shaking was breast. Fairs "with" Weeping ids terribly. soft brown eyes. ingly up Thq inatf drew her close and . held . My gracious! Was I. whimpering, Sonhy.?. she asked ghtst, I must lier, and'tlie dark eyes that gazed down be getting pretty far gope, as "Brand at her' shining . head wirti Its .neat says. - Nance was thinking, that's all' braids', were grave end' very tender. . At last he saicj quietly, was o.ur thinking about bdd things that make , . her peart ache.. friend, Sheriff Selvwod, but Ire is. not Our enemies? he asked quaintly. (lead! Hes at.his ranch, but'iie caiuiot . . She' nodded. talk apd.no ane knows who shot him. Yes t Bey Ire ours, all right. Yours Sk'y LJrie drove down this rooming all ' ' . arid fjrand' regular 'and fiumdruih. Mclyane says There was a vague cqmfort- - la this Selwood' knows that hetcied to tell-hiithe rustlers pf Nameless are. association,- - in the. common xause that seemed to bind her and'bers to Brand But that lm.could hot. When lie comes " round .'therell he solnething doing in and Sonny Fair. , tills neck of; the. woods, or 1 miss m'y Btand pnd Sonhy Fairr-h- er tli'ougfits went qff on the tangent . which thdse .guess." 'ConiQ, Nance aren't you going I've- gof four . to invite me to pinner? , tiro ha tnes a"iwa It was payt of. t he trouble wlric.h. prime gnly iniirrels in . ihy. saddle-ia.gs- . rnafie the frohn habitjiar the frown, ariij my cantee.n s fufl of luiney 'so '.alien-tthe sweet and open face foupd a bet 'tree flown. t.iie river. .And with, tlie gefiile tact, of deep . of this girl. and something iuore, . Always there was under the. 'surface, understanding of lier. mind the "running question 'Fair drew Nance back irmn (lit, edge What was Brand Fair "to Sonny? And of tragedy to tlie safe ground of the ' . .. . . Haclp always there lurked in She straightened '"up. wiped" her ground the- word Pitther." Was it ahd who was he nlotlier?. Jiiutds Sown across lier cheeks' and Brand truewherd Smith 'She Gaspedfc.ilThat 'A-- . : ' ' terrillle'aflie seeinetl to looked at. him" with eyes' Ip which Ji and. . Fair-!deep . tears fftTfl gtidtenefl.,' take hervery boneS at thi.4- thought J .' .s.iie Said-, unsteadily,' whiefi slie' could not" under-- ' il Thought, .ills, life to get back, into his. saddle. " V His fipgw-r. 'Hlmt Rare Catlirew had bad. you shot. Hug into the vwet'mane like stand. Shell have ft) get up earlier than I She shook herself. 'and sighed 'hnd taipns. In? clawed desperately, with. his felt tlie spur hoiik. tried, to smile- down at .the boy, but do' if she pulls 'chat' trick, lie laughed, right i've been ttio long on- guary.1 the effort was a failure. For v hat reason lie could not , . ; lie opened.' hi said', .mouth "and Nance, he fisked solterly; don't wild sound, like you love hie any more?. Two dayTTater Namelesk whs ring... . syroiinied The girl dropped on hep knee's and ing with the news of- tlie raid jind 'Bos-- ' the soul's 'farewell to Its flesh. . Per-- . .Imps lie thought gathered hlm tbher breast in' a fierce 'sick wfls grim and. silent. . Kud Provine, sitting bis shivering gesture,.' back .When the Sky Linq. riders Horse' where he had drawn it to a slidLqve "you? Honey ctilTd, Nance, from their driye tliey rattled. Into Cor-do- v for- - tlie 'mail and stood on the on tne trail-- . abovfe, deliberloves every Inch of your little body! ing . . She loves, yon so well shes scared to porch! ,. ately. shoved his gun into Its- saddfe-strap" - . Still watchin your range? queried . death Brand .will come hlong some day I gue?ss that's th last of you, my and' want .to tnke you away again! Provine Insolently as Be swung out of She sat back', on her heels and his saddle and without .a . word the buckko,' he gritted, thats your last ride, d n you I , See' how you like th smiled. at him, this time successfully. rancher leaped 'for him. He caught . ' water. If there was one spot of light in the him by the neck and they both fell unAnd he turned back up the slope. darkness of her troubles it 'was' the der Silvertips feet The horse sprang ' A: dawn McKane, who slept in the child. Always bis pleading eyes, hla away and In a second the two men 0 Boys'-r-were- " . Iie-kne- - - to-b- - . - SVUNA, UTAH were trying to kill each other with all the strength therewas In them. You d d dirty thief! gritted Bos sick, If the law wont get you Ill take a hand! He was a heavy man, stocky and square, with tremendous thews, but the other was the wiry type and younger, so that they were not so unevenly matched, and It bade fair to lie a lively affray. But Big Basford, temper flaming as usual pulied his gun from the holster and flung it down in line. Roll tver, Sud! he shouted, Ill " tfx . . hjm ! ' Provine endeavored to roll away from Bossick, but the rancher held him. pounding hint the while with all the fury of outraged right, and the blue In Basford's hand traveled with their convolutions, seeking a chance to kill his man. l'he.huge unkempt body leaned down from its saddle, the red eyes glittered and that traveling muzzle stretcb.ed closer to the men on the ground. It Jooked like certain death for Bossick, when there cume the sudden crack of a gun from the doorway, and the weapon dropped from Basfords broken hand. The horse he was riding screamed and reared with ;i red ribbon spurting from Its breast where the glancing ball had seared It. Tm, sorry to hurt the horse, sftld-- ' Smith the prospectqp, watching the group with narrow dark eyes above the barrel, 'but Im riot so WeH see with assassins. . . fair play.. , And they did see fair plny a tertse nnd silent gathering, the feky Line men sitting their horses on the one side, MeKane, Smith, the bearded ntan fronf the Upper Country who had witnes'sed another fight on the same spot, and several more, on the other. fair play .without It. was stone-harquarter, and when It was over Bossick Color Chart Freethis that tells how to decorate any room in the house for less than $1.00 A Writetodayr Before you spend a single penny for decorating, learn all about King Wall Finish the remarkable wall finish that is making it easy for home owners to decorate. . 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Fair Play .Without Quarter. would pay on permanently paved highways. ,s improved Think, too, hovy many roads have 'gone to pieces within the past few yeaip, thereby piling, up huge maintenance and . ' rebuilding costs.. Contrast all this with the recorcTof Concrete Roads the roads that have repair built out and maintenancebuiltln; Firm, rigid and unyielding, free of bumps, ruts, holes, mud and dust, they are, in every way,- the most economical roads. .. Tell your highway officials you want more Concrete Roads. Such an investment will pay dividends yeaj after yeaf. . . you big . . ' - ' disheveled flgurq, rose, a bloody-anand glared at (lie riders," . Take him home, he saitl, to S'our ! rustlers nest, you Thats fighting talk, Bossick, said" Caldwell In a thin voice, b'ut", this ' aint tli time or place., . Youre d n "right It ain't! said Bossick, not when there-s even jiuifii,-lier- s and no odds for you ! Youll wait alone like Price. for dark and one man " " Selwood was. Sud Provine, getting dfzzlly to. his feet, ishot a lightning glance at he speaker, Ilis pulpe'd face lost a?haile Uf'TTllor. '.No one. spoke and' Bosslc-J" . went on; . When Selwooif comes round Im lay-Is theres. going to.be jsuch a this couptry never saw and dont you .forget It ! Comes round? said Caldwell, fas. If the words were jerked fjqm him pgui'nst. ' - . '' . . his will.so JiA can talk t can he knows t the rustlers of Nameless and who was the diry skunk that shot him" In the back. Theres a "good coil rope fnside this store "t ha t.s jjnfeg-t- o make history' for thq Deep Heart cattle country: "II IS- sai"d Ciiblvveil, and laughed .in thin treble as be pulledliis horse around you'fe amusin',. Bos-- , . sick. Yes,, snapped Bossick hatefully, 'your whble bunch "seems qalia hilarl-- . ouo. . Now, get out of. Cordova." . .. Without another word, being passed on either side tlie Sky Line men rode out- - In' a compact bunch, ITovine Hnll .Basford nursing their hurts, tdie rest silent. d ....-- . - . . Lft u give you all the fact about Concrete Rol,ihcludmg the R-experience of other communities. Ask for our free booklet, . PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION n " .... '. turned 'to the stranger.-."I- . v CHICAGQ . . A National Organization to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete . I ... . . " .' Office 3 d ' Not Far Away ; .Ci-tie- j . . Jot Necessary Mother I'll teai-f- you fo'stoal cook-Ip- r ' foodstuff's. allowed "a in.Hit"Hip in "the pontr.v.. Willip-v-Nhf Well, we. deliver dont, rriusli,1 iinsvv pretl "tbp postiiian. motlip'r! I know how alrcudv. ' Art mails? . i o, vp , too . ocmpiptl vvitli. That. which is rallptl Urninoss . thirik eitlipr of king is callpd obstinacy, ln.11 things tbpinsplv-ps- . th'pir lipginnltig nr. fbpir end. (inplhp. rord Erskine. . I 1 bet-- innt-to- - ..'. don-key- EN Cry for . want to thank you, MisteV he' said, for being here. " .. s.i.ld was a very great pleasure I Brand Vnir, alias Smith. thought. pe.rliiiis Id forgotten how toslibot. With, .that he iiiouiilciL-- Uvintul 'nod-roifwny, lint two 'hours later lie was on his home trail., waiting where he intercepted him. Mr. Bossick." lie said, I. think ypu're sol?d. so I. take 'tills liberty. 1. want to- tell you that'Slieriff Selwood 'and myself have picketed Sky 'Line 'for some weeks, alternately so It. Was a Ca'tlrrew iniip. who shot him, beyond question. 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