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Bah Lake, Twpk KODAK FINISHING PRINTS 16 D. APPLETON - CENTURY CO. I- "Babe" Conaughtor,, guard on the Georgetown eleven of 1926, probably was the heaviest college football regular player. ar math. i Z- 280-pou- wart n CHAPTER XX Continued. Heaviest Black fraai Taenia. U 2 BaB Drvaieptd and IS prlnta Me, IS Re. artata See, BEX fHOTO II Ortaa Utah. Bitterly Walt Candy said. "Oh. Lord. oh. Lord! Helen thinking all the time you did itl And Cash letting you carry the guilt!" But then he stared down through the flicker of candle light "Or actually believing you did. 1 wouldn't say even yet that Cameron pulled off those killings." "I don't think he did f 1 P By He northwest this time of year. kept his face into that Every move Walt Gandy made was mechanical, with a cold deadly calm. Never had his feelings been so cluse to those of a killer. He looked forward with no fear nor misgivings. The thing was merely fact if there came a hitch in the business ahead, he would kill. His greatest concern was that he might stumble upon the cattle and Jump the herd before finding the men who guarded it He want ed the men. One man. Jeff myself, now." Hollister answered. "Do you know about Jeff Stoddard being at the house lately?" Candy tightened. "When did you find that out. Bill?" It was perhaps an hour, half-pa"Only this morning that he'd three, when the biting wind came been there, and what he had baited laden with something besides the Helen into promising. Walt, don't cold the odor of cattle, not unyou see!" pleasant to a cowman's nostrils. "I do." said Candy. "Stoddard Gandy drew his horse in. He rested nas been almighty certain of the the hide roll across his saddle. His way things were going to fall. Only wounded left leg bothered him and they haven't quite.. What is It he he let It hang straight for a can hold over Helen?" He sat absolutely still. To one un "Nothing, if Cameron isn't guilty, and I'm not As long as I suspected initiated in working range cattle, it Cash. I thought Stoddard might have would not seem possible that head might be lying there got hold of the truth somehow. He made Helen believe it that he held within a stone's throw. He could proof against someone on the C C." imagine them with noses tucked Hollister drew a sudden choking back against bent forelegs avoid breath. "Wish to God I'd reached ing the cold, the herd giving off no Stoddard today!" He turned his sound whatever if it was comforta head into the light. "Any more cof- bly bedded. An outsider would not fee?" know, either, the lightning swiftness In the opposite of his true feel- with which these same animals ing. Candy turned back to the bunk could rise and hit the ground, runwith a burst of anger. "Why the ning. Any foreign noise could start hell did you come out alone like that Jump, or even the unexpected this. Bill! You could have told me!" stamp of a horse's hoof too near Hollister smiled faintly, reaching some light sleeper. Walt Gandy sat waiting for some for the tin cup. "I have other plant for you, boy." time, until certain he had the bed He lifted his head, drank and lay ground located straight in front of back. His voice hsd weakened when him, off perhaps a couple of hundred he said in a few minutes: "I wanted paces. to clean it all up myself without Stiffly he drew his left foot up w you getting Into any gunflght, be- the stirrup. He shifted the rolled cause you're going to carry on this hide over and let it down onto the ground, leaving his rope looped place. You and Helen." about it There might be some "What do you mean?" "The C C" HoUisters smile light- difficulty in finding the hide again, ed at Candy's puzzled stare. "It's yet edging forward once more, he yours, most of it anyway. My part could mark the gray blob it made What did you think I got you into against the dark prairie. A little later, certain that he was this country for!" Walt could say nothing. close to the bedded herd and in the "What's the difference?" Hollister route of night guards who would went on. "Things have all been the be riding circle, Gandy halted, slid same, haven't they, yours and mine? from his saddle and dropped the Helen He seemed to be switch- black's reins. The horse stood anchored, head ing onto another trail, but managed after a pause: "I was too solemn a lowered into the unbroken sweep of cuss, that's it You're her kind. fall wind. Gandy moved back half Walt I knew." Then later. "That a dozen steps and crouched down. two hundred dollars you gave me Now from this position, melted into settled a Hen and cleared your title. the earth, he could faintly make Papers are In my war bag at the out the animal in front of him and a sector of prairie horizon lined ranch." Walt Gandy had risen, not want- against the overcast heavens. He did not have long to wait ing to show his face, aa strangely in a single moment there appeared Cowhands riding night herd don't before him every detail of the years sing altogether to amuse themthat he and Bill Hollister had been selves. They want to let the cattle together. Camps. Times they had know they are moving around, and fought their border battles side by by the familiarity of a human voice side. And now He glanced avoid the sudden Jump and stamdown. Hollister had shut his eyes pede that Gandy himself had been and rolled his head over as if to wary of. In less than five minutes sleep. after he had hunkered low, he beard For a long time Walt looked on, the swish of a rider coming through then moved to the stove and put dry prairie grass, and the unmusimore brush stems in the fire. There cal monotone of the man's wss no need for light, and he blew out the candle, leaving only a red The rider was bearing out of the flicker from cracks in the stove. He northwest along with the sweep of remained standing and after a while wind. Cigarette smoke drifted ahead held his watch down to one of the of him. Then there came a pin cracks. point of red light that alternately Hollister had not spoken again, glowed, faded, and presently debut at the creaking of floor boards scribed a downward arc as the butt he opened his eyes. "Midnight?" was thrown away. "Yes." Walt told him. "Need anyfor Gandy drew his thirty-eigh- t, thing?" if the rider continued direct apThere came no answer. It was proach he would discover the black all of half an hour later when Bill horse in another two or three minHollister struggled suddenly, trying utes. The tired animal had lifted to sit up. his head, but then dropped it withHis voice grated. "Walt! Bent out nickering and now remained moLavic knows something! If you can tionless. get him to talk . . ." He dropped The looming form was within five back, rigid as steel under the re- paces when Walt Gandy spoke withstraining pressure of Walt Gandy's out rising: "Reach up. you! Quick! hands. And quiet Don't spur that horse At one o'clock Bill Hollister was of yours, either!" dead. There was a split second in which the figure Jerked, and if he could CHAPTER XXI have located the voice, guns would have flared. Then Walt saw two LT OLLISTER wss dead: but what arms go up. "Drop it!" he snapped. 1 he had started to do could still A revolver spun downward and thudbe done. He had wanted to settle ded. He stood up, giving orders d while moving across the this trouble single-handewithout short C of space between himself and more C peorisking the lives pleyoung Champion, Horscthief the mounted man: "Turn and slide Fisher, Helen herself. Walt Gandy down, facing me. Don't grab anybelieved he could carry it through. thing. I don't usually play ball this one way. Now stand there." Some time between half-paHe stepped up to a lean range and half-patwo. riding Hollister1! black, he returned up the west cut rider of about his own height, thrust in close and felt and topped out upon the prairie. The the thirty-eigstiff steer hide that had been hang- for more weapons. There were none. He reached out and slid the rifle ing on a limb of the water-hol- e cedar was now in a roll beneath his from its saddle scabbard. left arm and held by loops of his "Now," he said, "gather up both rope. His right hand guided the horses and walk the way I tell black away from the ravine head in you." The arms came down. "Look a course quartering sharply northward. here . . ." "Shut up!" said Gandy. "Turn The drive of 77 cattle which he had seen this afternoon would move square about and go straight toward the sink st about two miles ahead." In time, walking behind his prisan hour. That gave them perhaps five miles before they had bedded oner and the two animals, he came down for the night They would still to the steer hide, angled on a short be a couple of miles short of the distance to the left of it and halted. sink rims. Yet there was consid- Rapidly he took down the man's erable chance for error, Gandy own rope, ordered him to stretch full length upon the earth and bound knew, in this figuring. Hera on the prairie top he could him. His voice was quiet; every action hardly see his hands in front of his face; his northward course was cho was in that cold deadly calm. "Lissen more out of instinct than any ten, you. Carefully. Because I'm thing else. Only faintly, at rare going to kill you." He paused, then times, could he distinguish a divl finished, "Right here on the spot sion between the level earth and unless you give me the dope. Is the overcast sky, and know at least Jeff Stoddard with the herd?" He bent over. 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He reached down, yanked the man's coat tail up over bis head and tied rope ends around it muffling him. In the course of half an hour two riders approaching warily from opposite directions across the black prairie, came to a stop. "On guard," said one, "Hands down." replied the other They closed In. "Up!" said Gandy, gun whipped into startled eyes. "Quick! No sound, you! Keep 'em like that kick your foot out and come down facing me." He followed to the ground, added to his collection of guns and then, afoot, drove this second prisoner back in the same direction as the first but not within sight of each other. These men all looked alike to him, hard, tight low-tone- d. I u than the night was flooding before PERSONALS his eyes. He braced both arms back heave to the trying ground, WOMAN'S FRIEND upon Hygienic Poarder. Sample br the weight from his body, managed mai" 10c (coin). MURRAY MED. CO.. only to rise a little without being ttSt Melreee Aa., HOLLYWOOD, CALlk. able to turn. And then his outflung right hand touched metal. He closed PHOTOGRAPHY upon a gun and put all strength into a blow aimed at the back of the gouging head. Twice he struck. The crushing W4m mm awn im,mtmmmh mi mwMmmkwim mi weight went limp. Gandy rolled M WMHNOli Maui and struck again. Dizzily he groped I and onto knees crouched, his up MMkall swaying over the inert figure, drawMta OltuO, CAHFOSWa ing painful breath into his lungs and fighting through a moment when the prairie top tilted and threatened to throw him down. The man was breathing but did ' not move. Gandy felt over him, lift- -' ing a revolver from the belt holster, and knew then that the gun he had By RUTH WYETH SPEARS recovered first was his own thirty-eig- SO MANY of you have written letters of appreciation In a moment he located a sound of horses munching grass not about the new SEWING BOOK f far off. found the black and the oth- that I want to thank you all here er animal and brought them to the at one time. In Book 1 is sketched motionless form. and described methods of making Calm deliberation was gone now, slip covers, curie ins, bedspreads, an eager haste flooding over him. dressing tables and other things Neither of the othr two prisoners for the house. Next came Book Z had tried a desperate break as had with gifts, novelties and a glossary this one, and the savagery of his of embroidery stitches. Then, in fighting seemed all at once more Book 3, 1 began to share with you than an ordinary fear of capture. The eyes were opening narrowly, up at him. Gandy whipped downward with the thirty-eig- ht "Don't try yelling! Sit up!" As nothing happened he reached over and yanked the man upright "I said up clear up; get onto your feet!" He helped with a prod of his ilillSBBtBSl right boot toe. The man rose grog-Kil- twit m An Old Washstand Becomes a Sideboard ht I BfT" 31 Fir y. long-backe- d, "Now walk," said Gandy, jabbing forward with the gun. He followed, leading the two horses, and took a course still to the left of his other captives. Far enough, he halted. "c IpnaMj'j OMH6C CRATES OK SOXtbCLV "Stand some of the human interest side of this fascinating job of mine, and to tell you about the adventures of many clever women who make the things that they want for their homes sometimes from almost nothing. There were more of these adventures in Book 4, and there are still more in Book 5. There is nothing that pleases me legs, knotting the rope behind out of so much as when you tell me that reach. He secured the wrists hard my sketches are so clear that you together, and yet allowed for slight can see at a glance how to make freedom of the fingers, then cut the things. I am glad that everything rope. needed is in today's sketch about Feeling in the inner coat pocket this remodeled washstand behe found an envelope, drew it out cause I have used up all my space and cupped a match close. Under now; and the frill around the top the flick of his thumbnail the match shelf is five inches deep. Books flared once and died in the wind. are 10 cents each. Send order to: Gandy did not strike another, but put the envelope back in the coat MBS. BUTH WYETH SPEABS Drawer IS pocket Bedford Bins New York Very deliberately he took the Enclose 10 cents for each book man's own gun and emptied it of ordered. all but one shell He tied a there!" In rapid movement he pulled the man's rope from against the saddle horn, made a loop and dropped it over the bare head, letting it fall to knee level before jerking it tight His Jerk was sudden, the man lost balance, tripped and sprawled face down. Gandy sat 'on him, bound his ... d, gSsf WNU SERVICE WIRE ..." cow-lullab- y. OFFICE EQUIPMENT KC I I Fil 552? ten-fo- It was a gloat of a man he had met here. mouthed. Yet his cold words brought talk enough, and he left this one as he had that other, bound flat and head swathed in a coat He still had no definite news of the 77 owner. Whether, his approach to the herd this time was a little misjudged, or an animal bad shifted its bed out from the edge, he didn't know. A lone critter rose suddenly almost under his horse's nose. The black wheeled. The steer d Jump, plunged off in a then circled to see what had broken into its sleep. Split hoofs had rattled unnaturally loud in what bad been dead silence, and now. about-facethe animal took a snorting breath. Gandy waited, his horse pulled In, praying the fool steer would quiet down and not start the others. Then next moment at his back a voice stiff-legge- d, said: "On guard." "Hands down," he answered, shifting his horse around. Immediately the voice snarled, "What's the matter with you, you damn fool! Jumping a cow like that! Want to start 'em running?" The rider came close, growling, "Time to change the guard. Go on in." Gandy's gun flicked into the dim face. His words rapped the night "Put your hands up! I mean it, you! Put . . ." The upward flick of his gun continued on in a slashing blow at the man's jaw, and his left hand shot out and grabbed the rider's reins; for here was one who took a chance. He had tried to draw. Gandy felt his gun strike bone. The head snapped backward. Then the startled horses broke apart and he could only grab a handful of clothing, losing both his grip on the reins and his thirty-eigas he was yanked from the saddle, still holding to the other's coat front. They struck earth together, Gandy's arms around a thick body, huge in size and heavily muscled. It was a giant of a man he had met here, fnd the next moves were those of a skilled fighter. Twice they rolled, clawing, and then he felt himself suddenly in a scissors lock between powerful legs. He wrenched. The legs held. Iron arms were crushing him backward. He recoiled from a savage head butt His wounded left leg went numb; his fists lashing in curving blows seemed unable to con- ot length of rope to the gun butt and laid it out on the prairie; brought the free end back toward the prone figure. Then he stood looking down. "Stoddard," he said, "your game's up. Two dead men are going to sit beside you on this prairie top tonight, Drake and Powell, maybe one more. Now listen. Straight along this rope is your gun with one bullet You can roll to It but if there's nothing on your conscience stay where you are. I've caught two of your guards and now I'm going to send your herd back to the bills. After that I'll come to see what you've done about this bullet" He muffled Stoddard also with a coat tied around his bead,' then left him. Unbroken darkness still hung over the prairie, but morning light could not be far off. Gandy swung the black into a fast walk until he located the steer hide, picked it up, mounted again and circled toward the bedded herd with the roll under his left arm. Not long after that any who were guarding the 77 drive must have thought they were back in Indian days, for it was an Indian stampede trick that Walt Gandy launcnea witn tne abruptness of. a INDIGESTION the nay a fleet Heart Gal trapped lathe mitt a art IBna oa tfaa scan. Attn, nrac turn of ta encad aa art aafrw.NelantiiaaBt BNMttai in iniaf ii ln.li.il hi. If tka aw-trijq- tf doant pane la at and main LXAJULX FIKKT DOBB BOUla Mooa? By Way of Disagreement Agreement exists in disagreement. Lucan. Salt Lake's NEWEST HOTEL old-time- rs thunderbolt In a burst of drumming hoofs his black horse came down along the pool of cattle, and at the end of a forty-forope the stiff steer hide, ot now outspread, sailed and slapped the earth, sailed again and slapped a startled cow. The cow jumped, bawling. The thing sailed on, rose swooped, a gray shape that darted crazily into the air, slammed into the herd, and an the while set up a rattling and crackling of dry leather. Two thousand head of cows were on the hoof. Their rising sounded like hail and then they were on the run. They knew only one way, back in the direction they had come. ' The earth vibrated and gave off a rolling thunder. Guns crashed suddenly up ahead . . . guards trying to turn the herd back upon itself. But the animals were in full move. The gunfire lasted only a moment The thunder and earth vibration continued. Twice Walt Gandy crossed behind the galloping white-face- s, until a gun blazed close and a bullet winged past He wheeled, throwing two slugs blindly, then was carried out of range by the onrush of his horse, He cut the hide loose and rode for a time following tiie stampede, certain at last that it could not be nect checked, and that these animals All breath was rapidly being cut were headed for the 77 home range, off from him and a blackness more (TO BE CONTINUED ht Name Address Hotel TEMPLE SQUARE On Baal la Mai mm a Taenia BICHLT BECOKHEKDED Rates $150 to $100 Irs a nark of distinction to stop st this beautiful hostelry ERNEST C BOSSITEB, Mge. 'All the Traffic Would Bear" There was a time in America when there were no set prices. Each merchant charged what he thought "the traffic would bear." Advertising came to the rescue of the consumer. It led the way to the established prices you pay when you buy anything today. |