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Show TJIE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH of CROOKED TRAILS AND STRAIGHT By (Copyright William MacLeod Raine by O. W. NO! NO! WO! Dillingham Company.) Synopsis Adventurous and reckless, rather than criminal, and excited by liquor, Curly Flandrau and hi chum Mae, both practically boys become Involved In a I ns post tig of adventure. the stolen stock In the town of Saguache, Aria., the band separates. Curly and his partner staying in town. They are awakened and told a posse Is in town in pursuit of them. They elude their pursuers. Overtaken next day, Mac Is killed by the posse and Curly made raptlve, after he has shot one. and himself been wounded The man allot ta Luck Culltson, a former fighting sheriff. horeo-ateallii- He K -- aa CHAPTER I. Continued. 2 "There's a picture In hi pocket, anil some letter, I reckon. Send them to Miss Mjrn Anderson, Tombstone, pure of one of the restaurants. dont 1 know which one." Send nothin," sneered Dutch, and rmipled it with a remark no decent man makes of a woman on a guess. neeuuse of poor Mac lying there with the little hole In his temple Curly boiled over. With a Jerk Ills right urm was free. It shot out like a pile driver, all hie weight behind the blow, Dutch went down as If a charging bull hud Hung him. Almost simultaneously Curly hit" the runjd hard. I Wore he could stir three men were straddled over his anatomy. One of them ground his head Into the dust. You would, ph? ! WeH ee about that. Juke, bring yore rope. They tied the hands of the hoy. hauled him to hs feet, and set him nstrlilettJioJrse.ItLJhe distance a windmill of the Circle C ranch was shining In the morning Run. Toward the group of buildings clustered around this two of his captors started with I'landruu. , As they rode along, a fenced lane which led to the bouse a girl came flying down the steps. At sight of those coming toward hH she called, out ( Rut Ruck would not have It that What about him?" he demandWHy. ed out loud, fils voice grating like steel when It grinds. "Is he how Is he doing?" Whats eattii you? Ain't be dying fast enough to suit you?" Flandrau shrank from the cruel words, as a schoolboy does from hi teacher when he JumpH at him with a cane. It was then that Maloney made a friend of the young man for life. He let a hand drop carelessly on Curlys shoulder and looked at him with a friendly smile In his eyes," just a If he knew that this was no wolf but a poor dog up against It hard. Doc thinks hell make It all right." Rut there were times when Curly wondered whether It would make any difference to him whether Cullison got well or not. Something Immediate was In the air. Public opinion was sifting down to a decision. Most of these men were up to the average for the milk of human kindness. They were the squnrest citizens In Arizona. Rut Flandrau knew they would snuff out his life Just the same If they decided It was best. Afterward they might regret itr but that would not help him. .Darkness came, and the lamps were lit. Again Curly ate and smoked and chatted a little with his captors. Rut ns he sat there hour after hour, feeling death creep closer every minute, cold shivers ran up and down his spine. They began to question him, at first casually and carelessly, so It seemed to Curly- - Rut presently he discerned a drift Id the talk. They were trying to find out who had been his partners , lu the rustling. i "And I reckon Soapy and Bad Bill left you lads at Saguache to hold the sack, Ruck suggested sympathetically. Curly grew- wary. He did not Intend to betray Ills accomplices. Wrong guess. Soapy and Rad Rill weren't In this deal, he answered easily. The foreman of the Rar Double M Interrupted Impatiently, tired of trying to pmnp out the Information by finesse. You've got to speak, Flandrau. Youve got to" tell us who was engineering this theft. Understand?" The young rustler looked at the grim frowning face and his heart tqmk. Out with It, ordered Buck. Oh, I expect Ill keep that under my hat," Curly told them lightly. They were crowded about him in a half circle, nearly a score of hard leather-faceSome of plulnsmen. them were riders of the Circle C outfit. Others had ridden over from neighboring ranches. All of them . plainly meant business. "Think again. Curly," SweeThe hoys ain't trifling ney quietly. about tills thing. They mean to find out who was In the rustling of the Rar Double M stock." Not through me, they won't." "Through you. And right now." A dozen times during the evening Curly hud crushed down the desire to beg for mercy, to cry out desperately for them to lot him off. He had kept telling himself not to show yellow, that It would not last long. Now The fear of breaking down sloughed from his soul. He rose from the bed and looked round at the brown faces circled about him In the shine of the tamps. Til not tell you a thing not a tiling." his Ups lie stood there chalk-faceso dry that he had to keep moistening them with the tip of Ids tongue. Dutch had a new rope tn Ids hand with a loop at one end. He tossed it over the hoys head and drew It taut. Two or three of the faces In the circle were almost as bloodless ns that of the prisoner, hut they were set to see the thing out. Will you tell nowTRonfils asked. Curly met him eye to eye. No." Come along, then." One of the men caught his arm at the place where he had been wounded. within a few hours. These men would take no chances with the delays of the law. . The men at the Jmnkhotise had offered more thau once to look at Curly's arm. but the young man declined curtly. The bleeding had stopped, but there wus a throb in It as If some one were twisting a red hot knife In the wound. After a time Doctor Iirown showed irp In the doorway of the mens qunrters. "Another putient here, they tell me," he grunted In the brusque way that failed to conceal the kindest of hearts. "Lets have a look at your arm, young fellow," the doctor ordered. "What about the boss?" asked "Jake presently. Tell yon more tomorrow morning." Do you niean that he that he mny , not get well?" Curly pumped out, his voice not quite steady. Doctor Drown Kicked at him curious ly. Somehow this hoy did uot fit the Klieolticutlons of the desperado that had been poured Into bis ears. Dsnt know yet. Won't mnke any promises." He had been examining the wound In a businesslike way. Looks like the bullet's still In there. Have to give you an anesthetic while I dig It out." "Nothin doing, retorted Flandrau. "You round up the pill In there and Ill stand the grief. When this lead hypodermic Jabbed into my arm it sorter gave me one of them for me." and ones "It'll hurt," the little man explained. "Expect I'll find that out. Go to It." Drown had not been for thirty years carrying a medicine case across the dusty deserts of the frontier without learning to knbw men. He made. no further protest but set to work. Twenty minutes later Curly Iny back on the hunk with a sudden faintness. He was very white about the lips, but he had not once flinched from the Instruments. The prisoner glanced toward his guards and his voice fell to a husky "How Is dad" The quiver of fear broke In her voice. Dont know yet. Miss Kate, answered one of the men. Hes right tell you for to Says though. peart, uot to worry. Weve got here the mangy son of a gun thnt did It. Before he had finished she was off like an arrow shot from a how, but not until her eyes had fulleti on the youth sitting bareheaded and bloody between the guns of his guard. Curly noticed that she hud given a shudder, as one might at sight of a mangled mad dog which had Just bit a deur friend. Long after the pounding of her ponys hoofs had died away the prisoner could see the startled eyes of fear and horror that hud rested oa . d i ad(l bUn. Ills guards put Flandrau In the and one of them snt at the door with a rifle across his knees. The cook, the stable hoy, and red headed Rob hunk-hous- e killer." Rob's blue eyes were wide with In- Ill bet hes a regulnr Hilly terest. the Kid, murmured the hoy to the other lad. lmlf-grow- n Course he Is. Sure. Hes got had eyes all right. hes got notches I'll bet Rob left Say, If Untie Luck dies the result to the Imagination. The excitement at the Circle C Inc- cantered-u- p. reased.-Horses Men shouted to ench other the news. Occasionally some one came in to have a hwk at the bad man" who had shot Luck Culllson. Young Flandrau lay oh a cot and stared at the ceftTngT paying no more attention to them than If they had ben blocks of wood. The crunch of wagon wheels over disintegrated granite drifted to the bunkhouse. Theyre bringing the boss back," Buck announced from the door to one of his visitors.' The man Joined him and looked over his shoulder. Miss Kate there too?" lep. Say, If the old man dont pull through It w ill break her all up. The hoy on the bed turned ills face to the wall. He had not cried for ten years, hut now lie would have liked the relief of tears. A big lump rose In his throat and would not stay down. The Irony "of it was .that he was staged for while he felt more like a little child that has lost Its last friend. After a time there ymie again the crisp, roll of w, heels., Doc Itrown, announced Ruck ually to the other men. In the cas- bunk-hous- There e. more than one anxious w tno Circle waiting for the verdict of the howlegged. buldheaded little man with the satchel, hut not cv-- of them no, not even Kate heart-a- t -- Cul-hso- than il.e i- n fir ns In g colder c)(tndrau. for If Culllson should iuw that h would follow him herself--- - Say, Doc. Pull Cullison Through." CHAPTER II. At the End of the Road. Curlys wooden face told nothing of what he was thtnktng. The first article of the creed of the frontier Is to he game. Good or had, the last test of a man Is the way he takes his medi- cine. So now young Flandrau ate Ids dinner wth a hearty appetite, smoked cigarettes impassively, and occasional- ly chatted with Ids guards casually and as a matter of course. Deep within hlui was a terrible feeling of sickness at the disaster that had overwhelmed him. hut he did not Intend to play the quitter. As the day began to wear out two riders from the Rar Double M reached the ranch and were brought in to Identify him ns the horse thief. The two were Maloney and Kite Ronflls. neither of them friends of the young rustler. The foreman in, particular was a wet blanket to his chances. You've got the right man all right. he said to Ruck without answering Flamlraus coot nod of recognition. What sort of a reputation has he got?" Ruck asked, lowering ids voice a Now look-a-her- This Medicine Recommentfed by a Doctor xr doctor nses a medicine a self besides prescribing ,lt ' he must know that It has merV This is what Dr. J. IL Wagner inent physician of Skate. Kenturtv to say about Dr. Hartmans well I' tiU remedy, I have uli RU-Nmyself for catarrh ar2VE -given it to others for catarrh 'TT after eating and other ailments bloating It hi proved d success In all la and young men and women ah r-f- Kate," Miss e. Sweeney began to explain. But she swept his remonstrance aside., PE-RU-N- A: A , No NoP Her voice gathered No strength with each repetition of the word. I wont have IL What are yon ' thinking aboujT Hes a rustler. Miss Kate; belongs to Soapy Stones outfit," Sweeney answered the girl. Can you prove It?" We got him double cinched." "Then let the taw put him In prlsonJ He shot yore paw," Buck reminded hpr. Is that why youre doing It?" Thats why, YeKni," and Dr. Wagner, out of the fullness of t., own personal experience, for Bick and alj suffering, recommend f medicine which he knows to no? You mar bq Bure a doctor-woul- d danger nis professional reputa'ion k unless satiated hi endorsing yond a doubt of Its value. Whether your trouble bo a con-- h nr cold, or a more subtle catarrhal effect of the stomach, bowels or other trial. . The sly. e,J 0- PE-RU-N- they nodded. Like a flash she took advantage of their admission, Then Ive got more against him thun you have, and 1 say turn him over to the law." Kite pushed forward, rough and Now see here. We know overhearing. what were doing and we know why were doing It. This aint any business for a girl to mix In, You go back to the house and nurse your father that this man shot. So It Isnt the kind of business for a girl, she answered scornfully. Its work for s man, Isnt It? No, not for one. For nine eleven thirteen seventeen big brave strong men to hang one poor wounded boy. At that an amused laugh rippled out. It came from Maloney. He was leaning against the door Jamb with his hands In his (tuckets. Nobody had noticed him before. He had come In nfter the girl. When Curly came to J. H. WAGNER isfy beyond a doubt that DR. . PE-RD-- wffi Improvement which you .will see wm is what you need. be purchased anywhere In tablet or liqmj PE-RU-N- A Politeness may be the freezing point In the atmosphere of lovet HEAD STUFFED FROM. CATARRH OR A COLD Bay A ona Needn't Economize Is your daughter g,i,g r'mak. debut this season. Mrs. Con.e.mrNo, maam; pushed yet that thing homemade. Cream Applied In Nostrils Opens Air Passages Right Up. Hi we so haftf have tBT. have to RECIPE FOR GRAY To half pint of water add HAIR. Bat Rn. small box of Barbo Compound, mdu .Instant relief no waiting. Your oz. of glycerine. 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They brought him here as their prisoner. Do you think well let you come over Into this county and dictate everything we do? I've got n notion tucked away thnt you're trying to do the dictating your own self, the Rar Double M man d. perfect health, of the system. It is then that yon should promptly take a few bottles of S. S. S. It will aid in cleansing the blood and build up and the whole system. strengthen and are enjoying a strong and vigorous vitality, it is then that your blood is free from all impurities. You should be very careful and give heed to the slightest indication of impure blood. A sluggish circulation is often indicated by QUEUE IS SIGN i,ine.s:nthemLan.j)ath. I nt dont Luck grudge! hold . -- TO BE CO.NTLNi:KD.) any of weakening OF BONDAGE S. S. S. is sold by all druggists. Valuable information about the blood supply can be had free by writing to the Swift Specific Co, 50 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga. BELIEF IN LUCKY PIECES Remarkable That Chinese Have Come Superstition That Seems More Gtv eral Now Than in the Days Bto Look Upon It With a Deefore the Great War. gree of Pride. That Is my lucky piece." a Veteran If the Germans had won the war, as he pulted a shapeless little bit would they have made us wear pig- said, of metal out of his pocket with hi tails In order that they might have a buregular small change. That's burto us around And and something yank by. llet that just grazed my ear would they have applied their rowed Into a wall right behind me. to a new system of punishment, What sort of luck has It brought effl-cle'-- perhaps with a different number of yanks for each offense against our conquering masters? The zeal with which cultivate patriotic Chinamen the queues that they consider a sort of national distinction, and the fact that those Chinamen in other countries who discard them are forever considered outcasts is indeed paradoxical. For the pigtail is a sign of bondage, the earmark of a conquered race. Centuries ago ancient China hud a civilization all its own. Rut on every side she was surrounded by warrior hordes that coveted the riches and luxuries of the more advanced and people harassed them - vontintially. Finally overcome by a barbarian host, the Chinese were reduced to a state of servility. One of the exactions of the conquerors was that the men grow long queues, by which, as they flew by on their horses, they actually took hold of the helpless creatures to swing them before them to the saddle or to cut off their heads. la Six months He laughed. the very bullet another from hospital t a married next day. . . . Rut I me oil good nurse, and she's a bit f ar" you bet! I got Into the habit the TS rylng this about ; roost all kin o some carry a pocket piece of o luck whether they believe in luck a not. One man always carries by inside In an pocket dollar nappe that If his spending pocket he not to get empty he would anot er gether destitute. There Is sews a $10 bill la the fob . every pair of trousers he that way he can never havehis n luck of forgetting to change when he changes his clothes, he might have the bad luck to to remove It when he sent thee ers to be pressed, but as that osophically expresses it tailor. the for he good luck mam Late hours may tell on a t he to his wife doesnt have you? I1 1 Kale CuHi-o- n of surprise. stimd In the d.Mrvay. all out of breath aud panting. W bat is It?" a word to The bml iy for jl,eujsvio!. In that mhuh were w - Most women arc gcnci-mi- ' the hc .1, soothes the Inflamed or swolto a fault len mucous membrane and relief comes If !t Isnt one of their liudiand's. Instantly. Its Just fine. Dont stay stuffed up with a cold or nasty catarrh. Adv. half-cocke- little. Kite did not take the trouble to lower his. "ITad. Always been a tough character. Friend of Rad Rill Cranston and Soapy Stone." I don't know anything against, the kid. barring that hes been a little wild." Maloney TcstificiL And I, reckon we ain't any of us prize Sunday school winners for that nmtter. As I.uck turned to leave the hunk house the hov touched him on h arm. How about Cullison?" he usked very low. the ter- Im not. Rut I won't stand by while you get these hoys to do murder." Kile laughed sareastlcnlly. You hear your boss, hoys. "You've had yore say now. Miss Kate. I reckon you better say goodnight, advised Ruck. She handed Buck and his friends her compliments in a swift flow of feminine ferocity. Maloney pushed into the circle. Shes dead right, hoys. There's notlv ing to this lynching game. Hes only a kid. The tide of opinion was shifting. Those who had been worked up to the lynching by the arguments of Bonfihs The rustler flinched. began to resent his activity. Flandrau "Careful, Ruck. Dont you see youre was their prisoner, wasnt he? No hurting his bad arm? Sweeney said use going off Some of them were discovering thnt they were sharply. T didnt atm to hurt hhn, Ruck denot half so anxious to hang him as fended himself. they had supposed. The girl turned to her friends and Curlys senses had never been more alert. He noticed that Ruck had on a neighbors. oughtnt to have talked red necktie that had got loose from his to .you that way. hut you know how shirt and climbed up his neck. It had worried t am about dad. she apoloblack polka dots and was badly frayed. gized with a catch In her breath. Tm Sweeney was chewing tobacco. He sure you didnt think or you would would have that chew in his mouth never have done anything to trouble after they had finished what they were me more just now. You know I didnt half mean It." She looked from one going to do. Aint he the gnmest ever? some to another, her eyes shiny with tears. I know that no braver or kinder men one whispered. The rustler heard the words and. live. than yoiLYhj. you're aiy folks. they braced him as a drink of whisky I've been .brought up among you. And doe a man who has been on a had so you've cot to forgive me." Some said Sure." others told her to spree. Better do It at the cottonwoods forget It. and one graw widower drew down by the creek," Ruck told Ronfils ar lauch by saying that her little spiel In a low voice. reminded him of happier (Jays. The foreman of 'the" Rat Double M I'm so glad you've, changed your AH rights moved his head In assent. minds. ,1 knew you would when you Iets ?et it ioer quick as we can." thought it over. she told them chatA sound of flying feet came" from tily and confidentially. Full Culllson Say, Doc. Dont let him die." "limp! Do my best, young fellow. Seems to me youre thinking of that pretty late. Drown took up his medicine ense and went hack to the house. whisper. through. on his gun. In ritory. Not one man In a million could have fazed them, but this slender girl dumfounded them. Her gaze settled on Ruck. His wandered for help to Sweeney, to Jake.' to Kite Bonflla. - quickly: Cullison. a nephew of the owner of the raucli, peered past the vnquero at the captive with the same owe they would have yielded to a cuged panther. Why, hes only u kid, Ruck, the cook whispered. Ruck chewed tobacco Impassively. Old enough to he u rustler and a the most callous hearts A Morning- Dish Of - certainly does hearten one up forthedrWlshouldntii?- is ready-cooke: ready- - sweetened, and contains just those good elements nature requires for the strength to do things. Make Grape-Nut- s your home cereal Grape-Nut- s d "Theresa Reason |