Show f ff arc arcY D II IS LItI- LItI 3 UI p 1 x ll TOT lt u tJ i WI Y iwu Mi i K f i ii wic T 1 ri ri ir on E i 1 I J Ii r TLe F Fighting s v vw l f II F w s By y V W Wn Nt n e ll i ett m u t a MadLe a L a dl aine JI a a R Copyright by R William dt Raino r i n g a U q c i ie I U THE STORY Garrett 0 young la cr law on his hia way Kay ay to r practice at Concho wll wild l western town la Is shot ahot hot at from Crom ami arnt by Shep Sanderson on who ca es him for Cor Judo JudEo Io Warner Vuner whom ceria certain In cattle Interests wish to pro present holding hol court Barbara Steelman who thought the shot hot wa wag w dl- dl directed di directed re nt at her warns Garrett Garr tt not notto notto notto to fco bO o to Concho because of oC tho the thoY thes s Y big biff cattle war sar ar O orrall tell tells Garrett at aft atut u act t the cattle atlle w war r between nn and l Steel Steel- Steelman Steelman Steel man rather of oC urn Dart Bob Dob Quantrell Qu young killer for In- In Ingram Ingram In gram save Garrett 0 Hara Barn and an Smith Smith-Beres- Smith Smith-De ford res- res ford rord from being shot allot by San San- an- an rho three t 1 friends Garrett accidentally witnesses a ame meeting moUng t I Barbara Darbara and Ingram They are 10 losers lovera Garrett and the tho buy a 1 a ranch Ith Steelman ft as silent I itch man kills an In Ingram Ingram InTrain gram follower follo A posse Including Ing Quantrell and Sanderson an J and hang hanc 1 Pitch ritch Sander Sander- eon on starts a 1 fight dent at tho the ranch and Garrett and the 1 I are ro wounded Quan Quantrell trell changes ch sides ard and joins with tho the two ten tenderfeet lerret A lull In the cattle war r follows Quantrell kills Sanderson and amI another Ingram gunman A tentative peace Is patched up through Garrett Garretts a s of eC forts Corts Quantrell the peace prospects by b leading an r 1 unauthorized raid r on the Hughes ranch Barbara K tv to marry m un Quantrell Is la horse shipped hipped by Ingram Ineram and swears o CHAPTER IX Continued IX Continued 11 n Smith hl of oC h hu huas 1 UJ as she rode Cor In ant and came to Innet ct et herIt her It Its s been a thousand sears vears since v I 1 sa say you he lie protested smiling up at ut at the girl 1 he diy day hs li s turned aI alot a 11 I lot brighter Won on t vou sou ou alight I I want ant to cec cc Mr 1111 a 0 a a He ne lie helped her from the saddle inthey in they the themo liev mo nosed moved ed together to toss toward art ard the Hie l hO lion Barbara waited on the porch while ss hue III went in to get t hl his 11 hen hen 0 hart joined her the girl nosed ed with nith Ith him is though I toward the hitch rack It II was as like her to tu begin without delous I I c e just left Divid 0 H Id ram Ingrain Ill Ies ready to mal coal c e peace leHe on Uti au uni reasonable reason reasonable able aille terms It she He lie looked quid ll at nt her A Grim Grimson son Ron slain i streamed through h her duel si s i I sent him a note by tint that le Me Garell Carch she slie went sent on I I sl ed ell him t to meet me e 11 c se e t It all over I lIe II do ss hate Bates er S right ht 0 In In spite of Quantrell s les Yes lea I can cant t go to I ither et set I m not ready to explain e e everything thing Hall III l Sou ou meet Mr In Ingrain Ingram end ind then tal take takeI his mL to I 1 other ather I or Of Of course e I I will will wl lIe He felt as a though the bottom had dropped nut out of hits his There was ns more to thin tinn she hind lind told him hum In her lier soft nn and hining eves vES was as the lIht of l i idear idear dear come true truee e had n a till tall she should at al almost most In a n murmur dropping her hu long lon lahs la hes Before he lie spoke po poke l aln he lie mide sure that none of the emotion which surged In him would show sho In Ins his voice olce 11 hen hen am i I to meet him and and where here he lie ash e eJ She She give gale J e lam bin directions of them to what was In both hoth their minds his 10 love lose e for her and hers heN for another man discussed c the peace terms between r III- and In Ingram ram lIe He saddled a e horse horce and rode rode with Ith her until the path forked Pt l fore they separated s panted slit land had one last lIst s word ord to say iy to him and lie and the slid said It with her hand hund on ou hits his hl coat s se e ee e I I want ant peace more Ii Inn in lO in else In the world Garrett lou till III do o yore best lIest si un wont un t you you t i Ills His brown bron bro n eyes eves e lS rested on hers here is 1 lie promised III Ill do m bet best Pal tiara bara Perhaps P hits his smile w is 1 a n little tittle a as he lie added addell I want scant you iou ou to ha hae e what J you iou ou want wint more than any an thing anything lI else e In th this world Would you JOU ou want wint m me to hive hale It If IC r rf you thought It n 11 t best fur for me f h he ash edo ed cd o o 0 but hut I t went wint to stand In the way of or your our hm baling haing In itlie ItlIe It ItHe lIe He thou thought ht many times time s later luter of that 18 last t of La Ba bara she s he hes s some me p p In leer her mind of short hort a lived happiness 3 some Intuit on thin her how Itne e a craft ss vis lS as Ij to be lit ms ref rec oed ed by edby stormy teas feas cas In the liht of nf sub suu subsequent he lie came to think c so sn t S 1 hie he peace now heat Ingram had trade made up his mind to in them turned out to be uh Confronted by Iy this new situation a 1 foe willing Milling to mail male e a lon j Wt Wl V M made n It mental right tight about 4 face He lie did not want scant to be bt outdone In hut generosity Therefore he lie met hl foe at Ica cast t hol half f way slay ny four months of the date of o C tho the treaty Lund had to wallow a hitter pill lull II He lie e stood tood up bl bt- bt E tide ld Ide hl Ills his crilly dau liter the child lie he and siw tier her married to na ld ld a One of the mat mater Jer er troubled Barbara She bhe he Lund thought It would be a gre bre It blow to 3 Lis pride but she saw It was ties his hs lost l lo that was wag hit He lie ed eric because he bc hi LQ Ift V was sure thit hit she slie would Mould be unhappy In her marriage And before lie clue had been ld Da Oa Id In ingrams Ingrams grams wife t s Barbara knew he was right She summoned her pride and her hu coura courage e to keep heel him and others from finding out nut CHAPTER Xu XA X A CIA u A Man With Sand It was OS agreed In a at attended attended tended by t the h JO governor of the lor the sheriff of the Hie lie county I Ingram and the United States mar shunt that the slite should he wiped clen of ill all offenses committed commUted during the Jefferson on Counts war ar unless Indictments In h hid 1 been found against og tile the law breakers In the e ent tint any of I these he c latter l acre re recon con consisted the gO governor promised a pardon Bob Itoh Quantrell l wis is no party to the armistice T Tacitly he lie refu refused ell to rec the lie news new conditions He lIe sent wonton ent enton on nn the Hie dodge and into Inlo the ch emerging merln from flOm It onh to get et food fond tied and supplies or to gild some ranch and rustle stock Three or four de desperate n ch hail had rallied around him ham men ho rho ho preferred to rather Ihan to s work ork for Cor i 1 thing Deemer er MIS lS op nn of these as n SOS The depredations of the Quantrell gln gang ging a ns as the outlaws s came rame cameo rameo o n h be h bi by common con consent ent were ind m d flagrant They ThC I 1 hied I t i clerk it ut the Ilie Indian i enc an Inno ent south from the th i I let art who chanced ch to come on nn them 1 is they were sere driving ln dra a 11 hunch bunch of horses Ilor belonging to rite rhe go o They preyed pre panic partie upon h hll an the he mond Tail Tall tin lit nife or the Cur Clr Circle rte cle S c 0 The s tt S were sere prole lv h their friends oung loung oun was popular the Mp lp In ss s's organ or ed bT by ingrim and Steelman n nom rI 1 11 Is 1 under tile lie der eldership of or tile the III tiff could not ant mo mole mo e against 1 him burn hoot hout warning sarning n retching the outlive w hue I lie lie- ref pen een Steel Steelman man manI tad IOd nd nm In-nm wis sus a ii stiff lIff and formal nn though in 10 tills this in m utter liter of the thc cattle cs thle out of Steelman Ine knew there must be lie co op 01 lIe He discussed the situation with Smith one on day flay We Ye re not gottin any here herer r i he slid said rr fr I we e son wont on t with this Tim What s his Ills none mme lies got ot ot no guts gute He lie son wont on t go out after Quantrell an nn sleep on his lIis trail till tall he gets ets him I hind hall a talk with Ith him es He lies to resign reign If Ife If e se e can find a good man to tat tal tale e a his place ell 1 I I vc we found fount the lie good goad man man hat hat 11 hat would could J iou Sou oU think thin of our put part partner ner Garrett 0 Hira 11 hit kind of ofa ofa ofa a sheriff do o you vou think he hed d nil t c lied lIe d make a bulli h bull one lints s not the point I m thinking blinking about Garrett mud his Ius D Dish Ish It ill III I Id d rather go bunt e from that young oung scoundrel Quantrell ell s raids on our stock Some ome one Ins his to stop this tills rustling I m too butt bus busM M I boy hoy Is too J oun Inglam is 11 the logical 1 0 I nun min but lie he Harms lie he h hl n t time for It Hun yore J ore mind 0 user o er the men menou ou sou I 1 now in the nel neighborhood then lien tell me who ho Is best lIet qi 1 stifled for it But But Lanett ull Is 15 no truler lIe doesn t know tills thus country well sell ell pro protested protested tested Smith ell Heil game glie him deputies who rho con follow Collow i t trail to lac I h I an back Ile sides this tills probably on wont t he be a u jr jl b 11 lint hilt it needs is a n in m in to a Ith sand In his Ills craw who II ne er qUit c 1 iC e t itched Garrett Garntt Garn tt nn an l e I 1 se e noticed one oue tiling bout him him-he he rises to his hI 1 I opportunities 11 hen tile the emergency hail hrell s lie lies Ices s ngit on tile this job joh 1 I rights If son ou go 60 LO b lI lo logic he lie to e base been killed 11 hilt a 11 doyen time since Inu he lie came carne to Jefferson county countr Some Come folks say he lies lucky luchy I don Ion t tIll tHe Ill all alas allI ali e c I 1 e lie he lies s the unest III II I lighting ng cock coel on the ri cr an e eho lie ho ue uses Ills his head 1 lint hilt lust last I Is ms here he hell 11 II e lia the edt ed e on Quantrell I I see e ou souse c got ot lion lum ip 11 pointed the Ilie slid said In I nt t Garrett oln oln to hate e aO an thin to Say sai sa about tills He lie ion wont on t want the job joh of or course in admitted t 11 ho But If lie he thin s It Its s his big duly duli tic lie II take It 1 I don lion t eee see ee that It Its sills Ins his duty nn an more titan tinn yours our or thine or u other othu men I can n tone Ime I I m t thus his Steel Steelman mun lies Iles Ill too good to he killed h 11 l i that hell ll Quantrell Thou ht ou sou II liked I ell hI I III e a bette 11 lint s that tot Jot to do with lIh It If Its Id III I II put lut mi rm 11 0 son con on the job If IK III w a n is old enough h and good gool h I Im m Pl piling In Gur Garrett rett relt a hi big t t This Timis has got ot to tn bf bt made mrie safe from such euch men is Quantrell Some one 1111 has lias to take tahe law Into luto the Ilie nn I f he- he helIe lIe Ilese e Garrett man to duit du It Am Aus how he lie 11 II g gt t n a chance to 10 sayo say suy No o o If h lie he mil miles es good there thul sa s sa a aa a hilt 1 I future for him here the 1 he e younger mm min smiled Glad Glad Glud to know you iou and m ingrim an art so keen heen on tot finla la lay law enforcement I Im m jolly well sell fur fui tur It m myself clr but Lut- but Steelman Interrupted him Don Oon t class me roc with Hh ingrim boy I I c me e nl al always ways been tor for la law has elen een U l I 1 woul u t I I ta J J JV V 14 II r stand for lettla him run over me Start to finish you ou on cm can t point to athing n a thing I did contrary to law atura I 13 I wouldn t take tal-e the law lass dished out 11 by his Ills hind picked scalawags cala Im I'm surprised to heir you ou talk ly I The I l situ u ed hi Ills his tiers ders I r I don t me in 10 to get et jour your hick up old chap but hut I do sour our our ideas lit of law Ins out In tills till country countr are ore a hit bit thistle lI I Ih h V mt ant nt me to see ace nm about G s t tte ne better talk is ith first ell e II see him right now o Haras s first Impulse was Bas to refuse refue but hut he waited to hear Steelman Steel Steelman man out Before BeCore the older oIlier man mall had hell he was ae not so eo sure eure Some orne n t c r 1 1 r 1 tl r rel el b i Jul t Z You You Will Do Yore Best Be t Won t You one Olle Ind hlll to tat til e a the place as i 1 public duty lIe He was extremely c v rei reluctant u tant to he the one and hp he had Ind reasons tint thud seemed to him hum to ha tease lia e u weight s eight ht lie Ill put them into words cords Bob Hob Bob s si cd n ed cd my life from Canderson once perhaps t twice Ice Until lie he tine the IJu fluhs hp phe pure e we e were era eri friend Iv If I were sere sheri sheriff IT It would he lie my tints du to hunt him do n perhaps to kill 1111 him lum I don llon t to do rho It It doesn t t seem teem quite sporting for me togo togo to too go o after i 1 mm man in whose debt I am Crt Cert tinly not agreed rEed Smith I r errs ford t think of it Garrett GarrettI I ft pt some one olle el else e do 10 It Steelman took tool another slew lew of oC it lIe He He Interfered with Sander on he hec c of a whim The Thies didn t Ill III e each other 1 ou ou nu ss u cue e Incident illy ill III benefited Tills This isn 1511 t i personal mitter between iou Sou OU and nd him lIe tell Hell under understand stand that perfectly ii l sou ou ure re zip fir appointed pointed sheriff If he keeps peps h li tints thus not J yore nrc fault tault 1 let et him go So straight in II not trouble him III I I lie he tang long lon in he short of It is b h tint that hero here s a plain public dots duh to some ome none he lie nun min I don dOli tv t siv v sou re that min Up to moil ou OU to 10 sai sa l whether ou sou Oll are or not I lit ut I do si sus thit tint oie sole Ole ref rel loons to Qu treil dont don t n figure In tile the tee c-tee ci e 0 lira Hin thought tho It o cr end ind d II titled that Steelman s wis is n rl lit ht He lie hind lind no right to tn 11 pus am nun lI debt bt lie hl 0 owed li to Qi Ill I'll ii it the expense e of the public Gho Ghe me tent four hot IS to 10 It o cr of 0 er lit lie soldAt sold s At the end ellel of tin ill it time lime he hp told the thenh theold old nh cattleman that lit lie h would could tale tull toil a the Q loA i tr It if It was as satisfactory to Ingram is Within thin a 11 week cel the governor of the territory hid Ind appointed him himAs As a poling young bride at the Di 1 1111 ill ranch Barbara was sas tern cr smith Ith the riders In her nd s employ em ploy 1101 In women omen here ere scarce carce and charming oun ones ho bloomed like me wild lid roses rose could be counted on the fingers ringers of one with se Cl ral digits its to spare would h line 1 ne e been heLD les less thin tinn human If clue haul hall not appreciated the lie homage of the these e tins bow legged lesell young bipeds Rune None the lie less les she slie was sins not happy Tile The one man whose homage she wanted antell offered It rarely e Die Ingrim In grim helon belonged ed to the old school of lit ht nd b ms regards ass a n wife ICe ife as i 1 He lie had won her lier and It sins as not In for Cor him to keep heel on winning her She he was isas his Ills wom n won n under tile the lie 1 I iw r she would take it fur for granted that lie he was fond |