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Show THE SALINA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH I stole quietly Into the open. The breeze was now coining down the valley. ZEN 1 By ROBERT STEAD 1 u 1 n The Homesteaders" " Neighbors " etc. on SYNOPSIS. Transleys hayoutfit, after stacking cutting 2.000 tons, is on its way to the big Y.D. ranch headquarters. Transley is a master of men and circumstances. Linder, foreman, is substantial, but not George Drazk, one of the men, is an irresponsible chap who proposes to every woman he meets. Transley and Linder dine with Y.D. and his wife and daughter Zen. Transley resolves e. Zen. Y.D. instructs Transley to cut the South Y.D., an' high water" spite o h and a fellow named Landson. Drazk proposes to Zen and is neatly rebuffed. Transley pitches camp on the South Y.D. and finds Landson's outfit cutting hay. Dennison Grant, Landson's manager, notifies Transley that he is working under a lease from the legal owners and warns Transley off. All of which means war. Y.D. and Zen ride to the South Y.D. Zen is a natural vamp, not yet halter-brok- e and ripe for mating. Y.D. has taken a liking to Transley. Zen holds Transley off and encourages Linder. Zen enjoys the prospect of a race between Transley and Linder for her favor, but secretly laughs at both. She has another and more serious encounter with Drazk. Y.D. mowing machines are ruined by iron' stakes set In the grass. 1 i Transley's men bad repaired such machines ns they could and returned to work. The clatter of mowing machines filled the valley; the horsea were speeded up to recover lost time. Transley and Y.D. rode about, carefully scrutinizing the short grass for iron stakes, and keeping a general eye nimm DRAZKS GREAT IDEA marry I Vy ROBERT STEAD 1 1 1 1 to Yo ED o A Novel of the Foothills The Cow Puncher" Author of CorrHght Ti i n ti in 5 tilto CHAPTER V CHAPTER IV these machines, Transley ordered. Linder, make a list of what repairs are needed and Drazk will ride to town with it at once.? Some of them may have to come out from the city by express. Drazk can get the orders in and a team will follow to bring out the repairs. In a moment Transleys men wert busy with wrenches and hammers, re placing knives and appraising damages. Even in his anger Y.D. took approving note of the promptness of Transleys decisions and the zest with which his men carried them into effect. A that fellow, Zen, he If hed confided to his daughter. blowed into this country thirty years ago, like I did, hed own it by this time plumb to the sky-linWhen the list of repairs was completed Linder handed it to Drazk. "Beat it to town on that Iete-hors- e of yours, George, he said. Burn the grass on the road." "I bet Ill be ten miles on the road back when I meet my shadow goin', said Drazk. making a spectacular leap into bis saddle. By, Y.D.!; by, Zen! he shouted while he whirled his horses head eastward and waved his hand to where they stood. In spite of her annoyance at him she had to smile and return his salute. "Mr. Drazk is irrepressible, she remarked to Transley. And irresponsible, the contractor returned. "I sometimes wonder why I keep him. In fact, I dont really keep him ; he just stays. Every spring he hunts me up and fastens on. Still, I get a lot of good service out of him. Praise that Iete-horsand George would ride his head off for you. He has a weakness for wanting to marry every woman he sees, but his infatuations seem harmless enough." I know something of his weakness, Zen replied. I have already been honored with a proposal. Transley looked in her face. It was slightly flushed, whether with the summer sun or with her confession, but it was a wonderfully good face to look in. Zen, he said, in a low voice that Y.D. and the others might not hear, how would you take a serious pro- he-ma- Continued. So thats the way of it, he said. Thats the kind of war Mr. Land-somakes. Well, we can fight back with the same weapons, but that won't n cut the hay, will It? By this time Y.D. and Transley, with four other teamsters, were observed coming in. Each driver had had the same experience. An iron stake, carefully hidden in a clump of grass, had been drive'n down into the ground until it was Just high enough to intercept the cutting-bar- . The fine, sharp knives were crumpled against It; in some cases the heavy cutting-bar- , in which the knives operate, was damaged. Y.D.s face was black with fury. "That's the lowest, mangyest, cowardliest trick I ever had pulled on me, he was saying. "Im plumb equal to rldin' down to Landsons an driv-i- n one of them stakes through under his short ribs. But can you prove that Lnndson did it? said Zen, who had an element Of caution In her when her father was concerned. She had a vision of a fight, with Lnndson pleading entire ignorance of the whole cause of offense, and her father probably summoned by the police for unprovoked assault. No, I cant prove that Landson did it, an' I cant prove that the grass my steers eat turns to hair on their backs, he retorted, but I reach my own conclusions. Is there any shoot-i- n Irons in the place? "Now, Dad, thats enough, said the Therell be no shooting girl, firmly. between you and Landson. If there is to be anything of that kind I'll ride down ahead and warn him of whats swnl-lowe- cut-ban- k. hay-mnke- well-traine- d half-spoke- n 'By, Y.D.; 'By, Zen! posal, made seriously by one who loves you, and who knows that you are, and alwuys .will be, a queen among women? If you had been a cow puncher instead of a contractor, she told him, "Im sure you would long ago have ended your life In some dash over a cutbank. Meanwhile Drazk pursued his way to town. The trail, after crossing the ford, turned abruptly to the right from that which led across country to the North Y.D. For a mile or more it skirted drive through the st'eam in a park-likgroves of spruce and cottonwood. Sunshine and the babble of water everywhere filled the air. Sunshine, too. filled George Drazks heart. The importance of his mission was pleasantly heavy upon him. lie pictured the impression he would make in town, galloping in with his horse wet over the back, and rushing to the implement agency with all the importance of a courier from Y.D. He would let two of the boys take Pete to the stable, and then, seated on a mower seat In the shade, lie would tell the story. It would lose nothing in the telling. He would even add how Zen had thrown a kiss at him in parting. Perhaps he would have Zen kiss him on the cheek He turned before the whole camp. that possibility over in his mind, weighing nicely the credulity of his At any Imaginary audience. rate, whether he decided to put that in the story or not, it was very pleasant to think about. Presently the trail turned abruptly up a gully leading into the hills. A huge cutbank, jutting into the river, barred the way in front, and its precipitous side, a hundred feet or more la height, kept continually crumbling e ... bolt-sti- ll your local dealer to a practical dec- orator. If you are unable to secure one you can do the work yourself, tinting and stenciling your walls to give beautiful results. on his horse. Then, In a low voice: he said. The rancher turned and followed the line of Transleys vision. The nearest of Landsons stacks was ablaze, and a great pillar of smoke was rolling skyward. Even as they watched, the base of the fire seemed to spread ; then, in a moment, tongues of flame were seen leaping from s stack farther on. Looks like your prayers were anI bet swered, Y.D., said Transley. they haven't a plow nearer than the ranch. Y.D. seemed fascinated by the sight. He could not take his eyes off It. He drew a cigar from his pocket and thrust It far into his mouth, chewing it savagely and rolling it in his lips, but, according to the law of the hay-fielrefraining from lighting it. At first there was a gleam of vengeance In his eyes, but presently that gave way to a sort of horror. Every honorable tradition of the range demanded that be enlist his force against the common enemy. II 1, Transley! he ejaculated, we cant sit and look at that! Order the men out! What have we got to fight with? For answer Transley swung round in ills saddle and struck his pa'.m into Y.D.s. Good boy, Y.D. ! be said. I did you an injustice I mean, about your prayers being answered. We havent as much as a plow, either, but we can gallop down with some barrels in a wagon and put a sack brigade to work. Im afraid it wont save Landsons bay, but it will show where our hearts are." Transley and Y.D. galloped off to round up the men, some of whom had already noticed the fire. Transley dispatched four men and two teams to take barrels, sacks and horse blankets to the Landson meadows. The others he sent off at once on horseback to give what help they could. Zen rode up Just as they left, and her fine horse seemed to realize the tension In the air. Ills keen, hard-strun- g muscles as she quivered brought his gallop to a stop. How did it start, Dad? she demanded. How do I know?" he returned, shortly. Dye think I fired it? "No, but I Just asked the question that Landson will ask, so you better have your answer handy. Im going to gallop down to their ranch; perhnps I can help Mrs. Landson." The ranch buildings are safe The enough I think," said Transley. grass there is close cropped, and there Is some plowing. For a moment the three sat, watching the spread of the flames. By tills time the whole lower valley was blanketed in smoke. Clouds of blue and mauve and creamy yellow rolled from the meadows and stacks. The fire wns whipping the light breeze of the nfternoon to a gale, and was already running wildly over the flanks of the foothills. Well. Im off," said Zen. "Goodbye ! , Be careful, Zen! her father shouted. Fire is fire. But already her horse was stretching low and straight In a bard gallop down the valley. Ill ride in to camp and tell Tompkins to make up a double supply of sandwiches and coffee, said TransI guess therell be no cooking ley. in Landson's outfit this nfternoon. After that we can both run down and lend a hand, if that suits you. As they rode to camp together Y.D. drew up close to the contractor. Transley, lie said, how do you, reckon that fire started? "I dont know, said Transley, any more than you do. 1 didn't ask you what you knew. I asked you what you reckoned. Transley rode for some minutes In silence. Then at last he spoke: .' A man isn't supposed to reekon in tilings of tliis kind. He should know, or keep his mouth shut. But I al low myself just one guess. Drazk. Why Drazk? Y.D. demanded. He has nothin to gain, and this prank may put him in the cooler. Drazk would do anything to be spectacular, Transley explained. He probably will boast openly about it You know, lies trying to make an Impression on Zen. "Nonsense Of course its nonsense, but Drazk doesn't see it that way. I'd string him to the nearest cottonwood If I thought he Now don't do hint an Injustice, Y.D. Drazk doesnt realize that he Is no mate for Zen. He doesn't know of anv reason why Zen shouldnt onion Idm with fa' or; Indeed, with pride Its ridiculous, I know, but Drazk 1. built that way. "Y.D. ! 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Such winds are primarily produced by the upward current of heated air at the equator, and vary considerably In their position and in their direction, according to the senson of the year and the influence of the surface of the land of different regions. They are steadfast In the Southern Hemisphere. Did people ever pat you on the head and make remarks about your being a bright boy? Oli, yes, replied Senator Sorghum. They said I might be president some day. In fact, those happy childhood hours brought me about as pleasant, and also a reliable, a presidential boom ns any I have ever enjoyed." Washington Star. A . "I reckon I could get a great view from that cutbank of what Landson is doin, he suddenly remarked to himself. He took off his hat and scratched Linder his tousled head In reflection. said to beat it, he ruminated, "but 1 can't get back tonight anyway, an it might be worth while to do a little scoutin. Here goes ! 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Up I who are constantly in direct touch with st Bayer-Insithe valley lay the white tents of Transthe public, there is one preparation that leys outfit, almost hidden in green has been very successful in overcoming Headache For Pain foliage; the ford across the river was these conditions, The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t is distinctly visible, and stretching south Rheumatism Neuralgia soon realized. from it lay, like a great curving snake, It stands the highest for valits remarkable record of success. the trail which wound across the Colds Lumbago An examining physician for one of the ley and lost Itself in the foothills far to the south ; across the western horiAccept only a prominent Life Insurance Companies, in an interview of the subject, made the aszon hung the purple curtain of the Bayer package tonishing statement that one reason why mountains, soft and vague in their so many applicants for insurance are resetwith touched but noonday mists, which contains proven directions jected is because kidney trouble ia so tings of Ivory where the snow fields common to the American people, and the Handy Bayer boxes of 12 tablets beat back the blazing sunshine: far Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists large majority of those whose applications down the valley was the gleam of are declined do not even suspect that Aspirin is the trade mark of Barer Manufacture of MonoaceUcacldeater of bulky Ucacld Landsons whitewashed buildings, and Dr. Kilmers they have the disease. of nearer at hand the greenish-browSwamp-Roo- t is on sale st all drug stores The Wrong Retort in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. the upland meadows which his had already cleared of their was reading the newspaper. C. Mrs. if wish test first to this Ilowever, you crop of prnirie wool. This was now Listen, John, she began excitedly. great preparation, send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a Here is a story that begins Young arising in enormous stacks; it must where they have been three miles sample bottle. When writing, be sure soldier finds wife he lost In war. and mention this paper. Advertisement. lay, but Druzks keen eyes could disYes," Mr. C. replied, it does seem tinguish ten completed stacks and two that those soldier fellows never will The Very Thing others in course of building. He could stop having bad luck." even see the sweeps hauling the new The man entered the store and Now there are strained relations In looked around with a rutlier puzzled thnt family. Indianapolis News. hny, after only a few hours of sunmanner. drying, and sliding it up the Inclined "Is there something you wish? a platforms which dumped it into tiie form of stacks. The foothill rancher clerk asked. "Well er yes, the man replied. "1 makes hay by horse power, and almost am that is, I would like to pet n without the aid of a pitchfork. Even as Drazk watched he saw a load skidbook suitable for a man er about to The Quality Product ded up; suw Its apparent momentary get married. "Yes, sir," the clerk answered. poisq in air; saw the DEATH horses stop and turn and start back to Here, Mr. Buford, show this genlle-mato ats, SMice, the meadow with their sweep. And some of our large-siz- e pocket-book- s ! Cockroaches, up the valley Transleys outfit was at Anti, Wttrbufl,Et. a standstill. the greatest known destroyers of food and Drazk employed his limited but exWOMEN CAN DYE ANY alto camera of disease. It creates a , property: was It against desire these pests to run from the building foe in vocabulary. pressive DRAPERY fresh end GARMENT, water air, dying outside in e few momenta. on a such to all human nature look Ready for use. Better than traps. Money back if it He recalled Y.D.s scene unmoved. fails. 35c and $1 50. Enough to kill hundreds of rata Dye or Tint Worn, Faded Things and mice. Sold by ell druwistt. Refuse substitutes. wish about a random U. 8. GOVERNMENT BUTE IT New for 15 Cents. Then Drazks George suddenly cigar. mouth dropped open and his eyes rounded with a great Idea. Of course it was against all the rules of the range it was outlaw CANNOT EXIST in the human body if you will use Trunk's Prescription. business but what about driving iron It is a shame to suffer with inflamstakes in a hay meadow? Drazk's matory, muscular, sciatlo or any form can Dont wonder whether you dye of rheumatism. philosophy was that the end justifies This prescription does not ruin the or tint successfully, because perfect the means. And if the end would win It does not depress the heart. borne dyeing is guaranteed with Dia- stomach, the approval of Y.D. and of Y.D.s Eat all the meat and (rood food you mond Dyes even If you have never wish while taking Trunk's Prescripdaughter then any means was justition. Contains no mercury, salicylate fied. Had not Linder said, "Burn the dyed before. Druggists have all colors. Boda, oil wlntergreen or narcotics, but Directions In each package. Adver- positively overcomes any kind of grass on the road? Drazk knew well rheumatism or trout on earth. What tisement. more do you want? There is nothing enough that Linder's remark was a his but of eccentric just as Rood, and it is impossible to speech, figure tret somethin The greatest better. What It Usually Means mind found no trouble in convert'ng It uric acid solvent known and also a liver Instructions. medicine. into literal Shell make a good wife for some- superior Prescription sells for 11.75 I understand. Shes plain orTrunks Drazk sniffed the air and looked at body." 3 for onlv $5.00 at drug stores. Trunk Pros. Drug Co., Denver, Colo. the sun. A soft breeze was moving and unattractive. slowly up the valley; the sun was just past noon. There was every reason Wedding Was Delayed A Lady of Distinction to expect that as the lowland prairies Mrs. Short (to cook) Mary, you look Is recognized by the delicate, fascinatgrew hot with the afternoon sunshine ing Influence of the perfume she uses. ns though youd been sitting up all a breeze would come down out of the A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot night again reading novels. mountains to occupy the area of great Mary Yes, ma'am; It was such a water to thoroughly cleanse the pores Drazk knew atmospheric expansion. followed by a dusting with Cuticura beautiful story, but they didnt get nothing about the theory of the thing; Talcum powder usually means a clear, married until nearly four oclock this him was the fact all that morning. sweet, healthy skin. Advertisement. the wind would that by probably change to the west. Unless Rut Not All a Dry Smoke Two miles down the valley he found You smoke a dark cigar, don't you? Mabel Does your fiance know your a gully width gave access to the wa"Not entirely. It is light at one age? ter's edge. He descended, located a end. Muriel Partly. ford, anil crossed. There were cattle trulls through the cottonwoods; he might have followed them, but he He feared the telltale elected the more difficult route down the stream Itself. The South Y.D. ran mostly on a wide gravel bottom : It was possible to pick out a course Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages which kept Iete in water seldom Zen has a desperate encounter higher than his knees. An hour of with Drazk. How do you think Castoria has recommend It. The kind you hav Mother! Fletchers this, and Drazk. peering through the it came out? in use for over 30 years as a always bought bears signature of been trees, could see the nearest of Land-son'- s pleasant, harmless substitute for stacks not half a mile away. Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drcps The Landson gang were working far(TO BE CONTINUED.) and Soothing Syrups. Contains no ther down the valley, and the stai-narcotics. Proven directions are on Itself covered approach from the rher. "Appeal to a mans reason is apt to each package Physicians everywhere Drazk s'ipped fro n the saddle and be made too late. n coming. Darter, said Y.D. It was only on momentous occasions that he adI brought dressed her as daughter you over here as a guest, not as manager o my affairs. Ive taken care of those affairs for some considerable years, an I reckon I still have the If you're to act qualifications. up obstreprous Ill get Mr. Transley t Imd me a man to escort you home. "At your service, Y.D., said Georce Drazk, who was in the crowd which had gathered about the rancher, his That Pete-hors- e daughter, and Transley. an ine would jus see her over the hills "I dont think it would be wise to take any extreme measures, at least, said Transley. not just yet, Its out of the question to suppose that Lnndson has picketed the whole valley with those stakes. It is now quite clear why we were left In peace yesterday. lie wanted us to get started, and get a few swaths cut, so that he would know where to drive the stakes to catch us the next morning. Some of these machines can be repaired at once, and the others within a day or two. We will just move over a little and start on new fields. Theres pretty good moonlight these nights and well leave a few men out on guard, nd perhnps we can cntch the enemy at his little game. Let us get one of Landsons men with the goods on him. Y.D. was somewhat pacified by this suggestion. "Youre a practical devil, he said, with considerable Transley, admiration. "Now, in a case of this kind I jus get plumb fightin mad. 1 want to bore somebody. I guess its the only kind o' procedure that comes easy to my hand. I guess you're right, but I hate to let anybody have the Y.D. looked down the luugh on me. valley, shading his eyes with his hand. has got a dozen or "That more stacks down there. I don't wish nobody any hard luck, but if some tenderfoot wns to drop a cigar In that case I suppose youd pray for a west wind. Dad, Zen suggested, "but the winds in these valleys, even with your prayers to direct them, are tone too reliable. Everybody to work on AxIda vo and falling into the stream. These cutbanks are a terror to inexperid enced riders. The valleys are sameness of the in up tawny the ranges; the vision catches only the higher levels, and one may gallop to the verge of a precipice before becoming aware of its existence. It was to this that Zen had referred in speaking of Transleys precipitateness. Drazk followed the gully up into the hills, letting his horse drop back to a walk in the hard going along the dry bed of a stream which flowed only in the spring freshets. Pete had to pick his way over bowlders and across stretches of sand and boggy patches of black mud formed by little springs leaking out under clumps of willows. Here and there the white ribs of a steer's skeleton peered through the brush; once or twice an overpowering stench gave notice of a carcass not w holly decomposed. It was not a pleasant environment, but In an hour Drazk wns out again on the brow of the brown hills, where the sunshine flooded about and a fresh breeze beat up against his face. After all his winding in the gully he was not more than a mile from the operations. Suddenly Transley sat ASK con'-erne- Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It ot Say . 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