Show ar si A STOY STORY off OF efen UTAH I 1 JV ritten especially for tho VERNAL EXPRESS by harold L douses CHAPTER 11 II HIS 1113 FIRST finst LOVE when fred griswoldsr Gris wolds cry rent the midnight air frank was sitting bitting up in bod 49 s 1 ehg out ij lighted litof the lan ian torn a anat grasping ho alio gun hast hastened boned to tho the soon boon comin coining to tho the ghostly y prostrate pro strato form of his brother lying under mhd limb of a codar broo ho he was waa still dazed and had had a bruise across his forehead whon when lie ho had fully recover recovered od fred took tio the lantern i ard and started back toiva toward rd I 1 lj djs sheep on his way passing the 1 1 bo boar ael a dwarf cedar that did o ablai bear then you know night givis thin things ap gs stran strange go looks on the mountains in ilie ilie mean ti timo no the dogs had ro roun dd up the sheep and had them nearly to the bod bed ground tho the brothers slept tho the rest of tho the night without interruption on the next day the camp mover came with a team and moved the wagon five miles onto bettor better food feed while F red fred and frank followed slowly with the he sheep freds brow had swelled until it looked liko like a purple eggplant egg plant and when tho the lambs saw him they briod s auw Pu poff and ran to their ma mit maar 1 frank allik picked ji pa ins us pony boido beside the trail arail and lod him to the now new cam camp P on the following day FranS rank 80 sao 41 died his cayuso and bidding fred goodbye good bye byo turned his face toward tho haunts of civilization after awhile ho he struck a road which wound round 9 steep dug ways and through narrow gorges As dusk bogan began to gather a broad populous valley spread before hian no comfortable well improved ranches dotted the plain and broad highways provided a path for the traveller frank halted before ono one of the francl cabins and after taking care of his steed stood pushed open tho the door and anter pl the interior bounded by whitewashed logs was was divided by a curtain 1 into two apartments in the first of those rooms an old blady and two bo boys ys wore were eating supper A cor iti tam lu rosom blenco showed that they were franka frank mother and brothers brot liers afar tho tha salutations ho he sat down and divided his cinfo between eating a big supper and talking of fred and his narrow escape it was several days before our hero had another adventure worthy of notice but it was worth waiting for 1 in this country at that particular time the observing ring tourist might have seen groups of men and teams at one sido side of the road the former loaning on spades and shovels spitting tobacco juice 04 04 each others boots smoking cigarettes and pipes and telling stories if the aforesaid tourist was in inquisitive as well as observing and would take tho the trouble to inquire ho he would learn that this was the way the people of that section paid their poll taxes I 1 now a committee commit teo of this kind wont went to work near franks franki place of buco and constructed a corduroy bridge over an irrigating ditch tho the bridge was made by laying two planks across tho ditch and thon laying in D crossways of tho the planks T tho he poles then covered with earth and behold the architect of the pyramids in it A week or so after franks return homo ho was nas plowing a f field near tho now no b bridge rid i go when ho he hoard heard someone scream it sp screamed reamed again and frank recognized that IT was a woman and ho he alwa always y S had hoped and wished for an opportunity to aid a beautiful young lady in distress so eo wrapping his lines round tho tao plow lio lie ran to the fence through tho the willow hedge out into tho the road and there camo came faco face to faco face with a young lady with one foot in a dilemma or in plain english a polo bridge one of her feet was caught between the poles in such a manner that sho she could not release herself she wore a sunbonnet sun stin bonnet and a calico gown As sho she turned her faco toward him frank thought sho was as pretty as an actress lie he had seen in butte montana 1 a and hia bicart heart eliho be aliko 4 a filp hickory ory club on a parlor carpet during spring house cleaning approaching her ho he re removed moved his hat said gi miss gilliss can I 1 help you out L tho the maiden looked down at her imprisoned foot and blushed then looking angat jit frank and blushing again said 1 I guess you y ou will hafto 9 got ot mo me loose you soe see I 1 was riding horseback and I 1 got off to take up tho the and when do down my iny foot wont tho the bridge and the poles wedged it in and my horse boo o hool hoo I 1 hoo I 1 hoo 1 ovet overcome over colde como by y the burden of her many trials faial she began to woop weep and would avoult have lost lier her balatico balance had V brank rank not supported her and lot her head fall over his right shoulder As tho the scalding tears ran down the back of his U nock 0 v ic I 1 ho io almost wished lie ho had kept out of the rescue business but at last tho the fountains of her grief wore were sealed scaled up and the modo mode of escape began to be considered frank prospected pe cad the location I 1 of her foot and ascertained d just tho the anle angle that would could free her then lie he his cour age agnand and clasping her ankle soon had her little no 5 foot out of the clutches of tho bridge the maiden was very profuse with her thanks thank sand and then asked frank to help her catch her horse if sho she had asked him to lio liola lp 11 her er catch cold lie ho I 1 would ha have ve been glad to try by the time tho time tho the horsa was caught frank fraak was also ca caught tight his fair enchantress was named hatsio selwyn she ghe was 18 years old weighed lbs ibs and best of all only lived two miles away frank made good uso use of his time and his heart thumped with joy when he remembered how graciously sho she had promised to go with him to a danco dance at on the following week in this I 1 cheerful frame of mind ho returned to his hia plowing and worked liko like a dozen men CONTINUED NEXT WEEK |