Show I J MA MARCH 26 26 19 1 2 h J THE E SALT LAKE TELEGRAM M J. J v 44 X R MJ Jl j r. r t SUNDAY SN MORNING MORN g g j U UN N SI G H T. T P A S S 0 0 o 0 0 By ment with William Houghton 7 pe Ma companY of and by Rano Ran 1 All rI I. I o 0 S 11 It W BEGIN EGIN HERE IlEnE TODAY D i t vil SANDERS range rider on the D Lazy K R. out outfit tit and his paU al aL aro In hot pursuit of ot a a. earn earn- l S. S l V AI D M MILLER and hi his confederate rate George f ble who have stolen Sanders Sanders' pete pet Chiquito I In response o to an ap- ap p. p e f Vi 5 n. n r i from S I CRAWFORD they rescue her father S EMERSO CRAWl CRAWFORD ORD ORD owner of tho the D It R ranch who has been capS cap cap- Ba Bat Lazy by his enemy S BRADLET STEEL STEELMAN IAN a a. rival ranch j owner Bob and Davo Dave resume the hunt thieves fo the horse f T- T TCO ON WITH TH THE E STORY I v CHAPTER IX the riders across The pursuit took toole T-a T vt e und undulating lating plain above which danced the dry heat of the desert lizards LIz sunned themselves on flat Vp A rattlesnake slid sUd toward the tl dV ofa a prickly kly pear The Thel bleached bleach d i bones boie of a cow cow shone shona white S th trail the jJ C Q use ise se Bob said Dave while n e coo cooking ing supper c m made dE their getaway M Might as well Malapi dont don't you to drift draft back bacle reckon v Atthe t the DelmonIco restaurant they 6 found foid Bu t and Steve Hussell ss The trail herd had been driven In tn an hour before t u Dugs payin off today boys Russell BUsell told them find him himi i f to the Boston Emp Emporium The he reman reman settled first with Hart S which h he turned to the page In his po pocket ket notebook that held the a nt of Sanders He stopped to look down Vally at the new boots Sanders was S wearing etring V l I see youve you've bought you a new pair pair pair-of of boots he said in a heavy domineering ering voice r The Tho big fellow laid a paper on n the breast of the cowpuncher Heres a abill bill for a pair pali of boots you charged S to the old mans man's account account eIghteen eighteen n dollars dollar I got It ju jut Just t now v at the store You'll dig up I 11 It was the custom for riders who S- S came to town t to W have the the supplies they needed charged to their emT em- em T lors IS against g wages due them f Doble I took it for granted that Sanders j done this which was contrary to toK K the orders he had given his outfit outi not know the young man had lost ost his ls boots while rescuing Craw- Craw ft SS fora r arid and d had been authorized by him to get another anoter pair in place of them S Nor did dd Dave intend to tell tel him Here was ws L chance chanco to even the score scoreS S st the foreman See See you later he shouted and leaped into his ha saddle t The T-he foreman wasted no breath inS In S fute futile rage He strode to the nearest hitching post and his horses horse's hoofs pounded down the road in pursuit Sanders was riding the sameS same S bronco ronco he had used sed to folo follow the thieves It I had been under a a. r saddle most of the time tIm for a week and was far fr from tom fresh Before he gone ha had gone a mile he knew that h t the foreman would catch up with wih him He was riding for Gunsight Pass It I was necessary to get there before Doble Dobe reached him Otherwise he would have to surrender o ot or fight and neither of these fitted in with his plans S S In S By the he time the foreman showed agn t. t the skyline at the te entrance to th the pass ps the younger man had disappeared Th The D Bar Lazy Ly R It foreman forman found out at once what had become of him be e far enough Stop right trouble where pop youre you're at or you'll youl notice The words came it seemed to Doble out of the air He looked up t l Two great boulders l lay y edge to edge beside the the path Through a narrow rift if the blue nos nose of a forty-five forty pro pro Ba Back k of f It i glittered a pair of steady steely eyes Come Coine outa th there re and and shell shen out that eighteen dollars demanded D Doble bl t I doin doln Dug I The foreman cursed fluently ex expertly expertly ex- ex pertly erty passionately Suddenly Doble gave up He wheeled his horse and nd began to tc descend the steep slope His soul w was s filled fled wits chagrin and f fury r at at the 5 defeat t this stripling had given Ilven him Later in the day the foreman met the owner owner of the D D Bar Lazy R 13 brand i That Tat young scalawag Sanders anders Sander beat you outa eighteen dollars he said with wih a sneer seer of triumph Doble had heard the story of wh what t Dave and Bob had had done for Crawford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- Craw Craw- ford and of how the wounded wound bo boS boy S had been taken to the cattleman's home and nd nurs nursed d there Sanders he gets a pair of eighteen eighteen- dollar dolar boots then jumps he the town town before I find out about it Crawford started to I. I speak k but Doble finished his story Funny he didn't tell tel you I gave him the boots boots 5 You You what what The foreman snapped the question queston out out with angry in in- in credulity The foreman treman was was' as fur But some fome Instinct warned him ilm lm that unless he wanted break to-break with I wih Crawford completely he must he-must must r restrain his Im Impulse S pulse to rip loose CHAPTER X X Dave stood on on th the f fence nce of one of the shipping pens pens pens' Af the Albuquerque stockyards stockyards' and us used d a to guide ide the bawling cattle cate below Th The The four Fifty Quarter Circle was loading a train trin of beef steers and cows for Denver Just how he was was' going to 1 manage it i Dave did not know but he Intended to be aboard that freight freigh when it pulled out for the milo mile mio high town In Colorado A middle aged man Jn in wrinkled winkled corduroys corduroys and and a a. pinched In white hat drove up vp to the fence the they ha coming Sam am he ask asked d th the foreman forema In charge Wed ought to be movin by noon noon Mr Ur W West st st. 5 Fine Fine Ive I've decided Ive to send Carrison Garrison Garrison Gar Car rison In charge If I know knew where to find rind a good manThe man man- man man- S The lea lean Arizona Arizon horn born bor youth slid from the fence S 5 Im Im the theman m man n youre you're lookin for tor Mr West West An hour later he ho was in the caboose of a cattle catte train rolling eastward S He Ie wa was wa Becq second d in in command of ofa a shipment ship ship- ment pent consigned to tb the Denver nver Terminal Ter Ter- S minal Stockyards company p S STIle TIle The Te stars ss were o out oitt t long long before Daves Dave's train drew into Dv's tra the suburbs of Der Denver It I crawled Interminably through squalid residence sections warehouses and small manufactories tories tore coming to a halt hal at at last In a wilderness of o tracks on the border of a a small smal narrow narow stream flowing sluggishly between wide banks anks cut In the I r clay 3 S CH ER XI Davo knew he was stubborn ot Tot I II I 1 JLe S' S SIm Im th the e man youre you're I looking k g for Mr A W. W I ri 00 I many men would have hav come ome on such u h a wild goose chase o D Denver nver in the hope hopoI I of getting back ace acle a favorite horse hore worth orth so little In actual cash But ho he meant to move to his end Intelligently If I and Doble w were e in the city they would be hanging out at some seine sa saloon saloon saloon sa- sa loon or gambling house His knowledge of their habits habis took him to that part of town below Lawrence Law Law- renco rence street While he chatted with his his' foot on th the rail ral a glass of beer in front of him he made Inconspicuous inquiries of bartenders It I did not take him long longto to strike the trail Two fellows I knew In the cattle catle country said they were comin to Den Den- I ver Wonder If i they dl did One of ems emsa fat o 0 Miller Miller kinda a bIg big guy gy name liller I rolls rols when he walks Others Other's small smal and arid has ha a glass eY eye Called Caled himself himsel George Doble when I knew him Come in here most every ever day daY both both bothof of em for the Festival of Mountain and nd Plain to open open up Got some kinda concession They look to yours truly like like like- The bartender pulled himself up up I short and began polishing the top of the bar vigorously He was was' a gossipy soul and more than once his tongue had got him Into trouble They been a good deal together I expect the combination Is about ready to bust up he whispered whispered whispered whis whis- confidentially What about Oh I dunno They act like Ie they're sore as as a boil bol at each other Honest jonest I thought they was gem to mix It yesterday I breezed up wit a bottle botte an they cooled off off Dave did not care how much they quarreled or how soon th they parted after he had got back his horse Until i that time ho preferred that they would I give him only one trail trai to follow Instead instead in instead In- In stead of two Lter Later in the evening he met Henry Henr B. B West S Say Mr West If i I find a h that's been stole stol from me how can I get it back Some Somo one steal a from you Dave told his story stor West listened to a finish S I know a lawyer here Well We'll ask him hm what to to do the ranchman man said They found the lawyer at the Ath letic club West stated the case Your rem remedy dis is to replevin If I thc fight you'll have to bring witnesses thc to prove ownership Bring witnesses from Malapi I Why Wy I cant can't do that says Dave staggered I aint got the tha the money Why Wy cant can't 1 I Just take the h Its It's Is I's mine The law lav ayr doesn't know its it's yours Dave left much depressed Of course the s o would od d go to a lawyer and of curs course he would tell tel them to fight The law was a a darned queer thing It I I make mak the recovery of f his property so costly that he ho crooks who stole It could laugh at him I The way to recover flashed to to his I I brain like a wave of lg light t. t He lie must get All Al he had to do was to steal his own horse and make for I the lulls hills his If I the Hie thieves ves found him I I later later and and the th chances ances were that they would d not even een attempt pursuit if he I I I let them know who he wag he wan he would force them to the expense of going to law for Chiquito What was s sauce uce for I I the gose must be for the gander too Daves Dave's s tramp had carri carried d him across 1 I the Platte Plate into North Denver On his way wy back he passed a corral close to the railroad tracks He turned in to I look over the horses I Tl The first one his eyes fell fel on was Chiqui Chiquito o. o k S I I CH CHAPTER XII XI I Tae Dave whIst whistled d. d The pony pricked up I Its ears looked ed round and came I I him The young man laid I i j his f face fico ce ag against the soft silky nose I I fondl fondled d It i whispered endearments to his his' pet He put the bronco bronc through its Is tricks s for forthe forthe the ben benefit fit of the corral attendants I Well Wel Ill I'll Il that youth S commented The little pinto sure Is a wonder Acts lik lk like he knows you mighty well welt Ought top I trained him Had Haa him before Miller got him MIer I v Bet you hated to sell sel him You know It i. i it Dave moved forward for for- ward to his end the Intention to get possession of the horse le Ho spoke in a voice easy and casual Saw Miller a casual while hie ago They're about MIer the paint him and his partner seln I Doble Im I'm Im to saddle sadde up and show what Chiquito can do Dave cinched swung swung to th the saddle and rode to the gate gat of the corral Two men men were coming In Jn and by bythe corral the sound of their voices were quarreling Th They y stepped aside to let him p pass ss one one oh each side pf of the gate so that It was necessary to ride between them I They recognized th the pinto at the same moment Dave did them On On the the heels of that recognition came an an- other S Doble ripped out an oath and anda a shout of warning Its Is Sanders Sanders' A Ag A g gun n flashed as s the pony Jumped to a gallop The silent galop night grew noisy with wih shots voices sJ the clatter of ot hoofs Twice Dave Daye ave fired answers anwer to tc h the challenges which which leaped out of the darkness at him He raced across ou the bridge spanning the Platte and for Plate a for I moment drew up on the other side to tc listen for sounds which might tell tell him him whether he would be pursued One last last L solitary revolver shot shot disturbed th the t stillness His flight had no definite objective I except to put as much distance between I himself himsel and Denver as possible Da Day broke over valleys of swirling mist far below the rider The sun rosand rose ros roseand roseand and dried the tho moisture Dave Davo looked down on a town scattered up an and I down downa a gulch S He left ler Chiquito at a livery lvery barn after having personally fed and wa the pinto and went himself to wa- wa watered a 1 hotel hotel Three or four men were standing on or I Ithe the steps df dr the tho hotel talking with the th proprietor t him the hotel keep keeper said In an excited whisper A brown faced man without a co coat t turned quickly and looked at Sanders Ho He wore a belt with cartridges and a revolver J S ho he demanded your name Sanders Sanders Dave Dave Sanders Sanders I want you jew J So SoT So Who Vho you are you Sher Sheriff of the county mo rae for Murder D Dave ve gasped His heart be beat t fast with wih a prescience of Impending ter Murder ho he repeated dully duny S Yo Youre re charged with the murder ot of George Georgo Doble last Jast night In Denver Denver S The boy st stared ed at him him with horror stricken yes Dobl Doble My God did I 1 kill him He clutched at a porch post to steady himself The hills hUs were sliding queerly up into tho the sky I I CHAPTER XIII XI All AU the way back to D Denver nver while the train ran down through through- the narrow narrow narrow nar nar- row crooked canyon Daves Dave's mind dwelt In a a. a penumbra of horror It I was Impossible he could have havo kU killed d Doble he l kept ept telling himself He had fired back into the night without I j aim Ho He had ad not even tried to hit the men who were were shooting at him It must be some ghastly Joke jOlce It I remained with wih him hini in the background background background back back- ground of of his mind up tp to and through Ss s dal What shook his nerve was the fact that he had taken takena a life not the certainty of the punishment punIshment punishment pun pun- that must follow It I did not take tako the lawyer whom W Wiest est engaged long to decide on the tho theline line lne the defense must take Well Wen show that Miller Uner and Doble were crooks and that they had wronged Sanders That will wl count a lot with witha wih I a Jury ur he told Y West st st. Well admit me for M Murder the tho killing and claim self sel The day before the trial Dave was sitting in his cell cel cheerlessly reading I In a. a newspaper when visitors were an- an At sight of Emerson Crawford Craw- Craw Crawford ford and Bob Dob Hart he choked 1 in his throat Tears brimmed in his his' eyes Nobody had been kinder to him than West Vest had been but these were homo home folks folts He lie le gripped their hands but found himself unable to say anything In answer to their greetings He lie was I afraid to trust his voice and he was ashamed of his emotion I I The boys are aro for you strong Dave 1 Stove Steve nys lays he wouldn't worry WOr none If it Bob breezed on you'd got Miller Mier too no way to talk son reproved re reproved reproved re- re proved Crawford But dont don't you get down hearted Dave Were We're to stand by you to a finish It I. I aint Doble as If you'd got a good man was a mean hearted scoundrel if ever I. I met up with one Hes lies no rio loss to society W Were We're |