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Show fRDAYnECEMBER 19, 1925 AMERICAN FORK 'CITIZEN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925 MNGIEKROE eortwcarr bv, thc mcoux combwty SYNOPSIS . - l Ki Cathrew, "Cattle McKane' a "tor Cor-ltoturlaUa Cor-ltoturlaUa br the , .IcM r,5Jln IB Taller btof frSS bSR.t near tha horae.' C TTNnc Alllaoa, the eU Cathrew bad wU4 lSVlS ber widowed mother hila brotb.r Bud farming land ''It her lather, kliUd a ehort ffJl'to a mVeterloue accident victim of a diibrau at-or at-or m him. KateCatb-the KateCatb-the tarm tor paatura ; land. KFSi lit Blf Baeford. Sky EJ d.fPr.t.Ty tn love will fil& a urrei wlth filow Sfstoni Kate, to part tta.m. J ?7 th fc with gggrnrg WMU Service. flke 17. Nance dlecovere In in, colli. do, evidently Mid. She trie. In vain to p, u "doga hoetiltty and com pttlfltd. Wk v. Next day Nanca re-it re-it tbe cave with food and makea fwltb the dog- and the email Lr H. t.lla her "Brand" La of blm and "Dirk." tha col-bMpromliti col-bMpromliti him to return next LiBor "tfoodlei." IpTER VL Selwood ia certain hthnw if the head of a "cattle k" Inf. w'tn Lawrence Arnold, truer, who rarely vlslta tha alaiUa Pine, halfbreed at the Viranch, la "IB lova-wttn-Ro CHAPTER VII Tha Shadows Thicken. mm Conlan was, as McKane U half crazy with the loss of rJt They were not so many. Bitter of tome twenty-two iut ther meant a lot to him. He r - . io patented land. He was i iquatter In the lower fringes Unoer country around at the i ad of Mystery ridge where j dlff stopped spectacularly. tt with his wife In a dlsrepu-1 Jldabln and worked beyond his ud itreneth In the white fir of ibltlon a laudable ambition, for i erlDPled ton back East In col- Bt ran cattle In the hills and he ery head of his brand to the ; Mibly calf, an easy matter, since I f few. I p it ore In Cordova he told his j to tlx countryside, and he had mtlT audience, for his Issue idn, and In a broader way. i pleasant day In late June, the C reiterated his grievance, pull-long pull-long pray heard and flailing nit arms In eloquent gesture. er they be that lifted my 1 kt laid grimly, "I d n their may Be That Lifted My r Ha Said Grimly, " D n mi n hi" thli . . .... - - iu a n their bodies, J?m men. If I knowed 'em thf my K,m on 'em. Shur- Wght take me to Jail next 2 Tir ,,appy-M rh K ut 14 tab,e dultor-nrth- P'hed back his hat H'l going t0 uke vou t0 Jall rustier, Jake," he suld, Hot " reward ,lf8tead. I'd have thP chanco fiivelf." tiJ?t ye hunt fer It, thenr was ald on ,,i.. . . ttin vi B ior a moment ,rf Wni. "what would you do xh.... : """rn' "to find a trace .''W nui....' . ' crept Into Sel-- Sel-- ' V'i jt nn n shen Jitie, a Caffdir." Wr, Wrti lnu-n f,tm t,.n. definitely and looked round at the ten or twelve men lounging In the room. ' Among them were Bosslck and one or two others who had suffered at the hands of the mysterious thieves of Nameless. "I know that Jake here voieer the feeling which has been growing against me for some time," he said evenly, "and this Is as good a time as any to speak about It." "You're our sheriff, Price, an' a d d good one," spoke up Rosslck loyally, loy-ally, "an I for one have nothing to say against you. I know no one betterwhat bet-terwhat you're up against. I trailed my own stuff Into that river with you, an' I know that they simply vanished. I've done my own darndest to onravel th' mystery, an' I can't see what more any man'd do, sheriff or not !" Selwood smiled, at him. "Thanks, John," he said, "I'll not forget that But I hate to have my friends think Tin laying down on the Job. I haven't said anything about what I've been doing, preferring to wait until I had something to show, but that time seems far off still. This Is the smoothest work I ever saw, baffling. baf-fling. It don't stand to simple reason. rea-son. We know beef cattle don't fly and yet that seems the only way they could have got out of the country. They go and they leave no trail. I know, for I've ridden the hills, Jake, notwithstanding, in dragnet fashion. Ask my wife how many nights I've slept at home since the last raid. Take a look at my horse out there. He's bard as Iron and lean as a rail. And there's another at home that looks Just like him. If I haven't found anything any-thing It's not because I haven't traveled." Several men stirred and one sioke. "I don't think nmny of us blame you, Price," he said, "but it does gall a feller to lose stock an' have to stand heinless." "And how do you think It galls me toT fall to catch the lifters?" asked Selwood quietly. "It's my Job my my honor." He picked up his cards again and turned to the table. "Hut nn inn ft. t what is said, or thought about me," he finished, "every day of my further hold on office will be given over to the same hunt until I find hat I'm after, or give up as a failure." Hlnk Helsey, the bearded man who had sat on the store porch that day of the fliht between Selwood and Mc Kane, now dropped the forward legs of his chair to the floor and sat up, doubling his knife and putting it away In a pocket "Sheriff," he said. "I'm stackln' on yon, along with Bosslck. I think you'll ketch yer game an' I think you're already al-ready on th' right trail." MrKnn looked at him as If he could kill hlra and his tongue Itched to flail both men, the speaker and sei-uwi sei-uwi far h knew that they mrtint the same thine. There was one listener, however, who eil.l nothln and whoso, sharp ei-onned each face in the room uh noin.toHner thoroushness. This waa SnH Provtne. a rider from Sky T.inA h had mm down for the mail. The Sky Line men never stayed long at Cordova, except as they came now and again for a night nt pm. whM h tnlk had changed from the all-absorbing topic of the stolen cattle, this worthy rose, took his sack and departed. Several pairs of eyes followed him Hut nn nns annke of him. Th... roa .nmethlne about the Sky Line riders which seemed to preclude discussion In the open. e e e e e e e Prloe Selwood had told the truth. There was not a night of the long warming weeks of spring which had him a shadow in the UU1 tTVV -a . art shadows, riding the slopes and flats j x- 1. SnmetlmeS he 88t for VL nnuiuiCT. hours high on some shoulder of the hllla watching the bowl beneath with the moonlight sifting down In a silver fleod. Again, when the nights wen-dark, wen-dark, he rode up under the very tip of Rainbow cliff and watched and listened, lis-tened, his every sense as acute as a panther's. There were times when ht sat for half a night within hailing d a-tance a-tance of Kate Cathrew's stronghold, and once her dogs, winding him. yammered yam-mered eicltedly. This brought oot a stealthy listener whose only betrayal was the different note in the dogs But'someone was there In the darkness dark-ness of the veranda, and Selwood on -STy'ad him; whoever he waut-stayed waut-stayed the animals' exciteme n t. thel curiosity, and left with the h Jt of coming dawn to drop back don th. Slants and sleep the day Away a. hTght again 8affJlm traveling, and always Ms one ..bsesn wejjl with him-lbe lcs2LfLi- nentTOTTeTathrew was the tan-. frlhttt .lami.nl t- .. , . ...iwui in me HmoKe-screen or mystery nhlch rode the country. It was not long after the talk at the tore, perhaps a week or such a matter, mat-ter, when he got the first faint Inkling of a clue. It was scarcely more, yet It served to sharpen his wits to a raior edge. It was not moonlight, neither was It clear dark of the moon, -but that vague time In between when a pale sickle sailed the vault and shed its half-light to make shadows ghostly and suhstance Illusive. Selwood had ridden all the lower reaches of Nameless that week, had skirted the western end of Mystery, and even trailed far Into the Deep Hearts themselves In an effort to find something, anything, which might tell him he was at least on the right track. He hardly knew what, It was for which he searched-i-perhaps an old trull, perhaps a secret branding fire, i'ut he had found nothing. So he fell hack on his night riding again, and as always this led hlra instinctively Into the rcKlon of 8ky Line ranch. He had erosti the river near the head of Nance Allison's tilled Jsfnd, and had sat a moment peerityr4own the length of the brown stretehvVhere the rows of young corn were springing bravely. It pleased the sheriff to see this promise of a fair crop, for be knew the girl, and had known her father for an honest, straightforward man. The hard effort of the family to get along was known to all the ranchers and earned Its meed of admiration tn a land where work was regarded almost al-most as a religion. Nameless could condone wrong, qut not shlftlessness. And this girl was not shiftless. Instead, her sharp management and her heavy labor were matters of note. So the sheriff took special cognizance of the look of her big field of corn and nodded In pleased satisfaction. Then he moved on up Into the bine-brush bine-brush that clothed the slants by the river and made for the heights, Three hours later he was sitting sldewlse In his saddle beside the well-worn well-worn trail which led up to Sky Line. He was not too close, being ensconced In a little thicket of maple about fifty yards back and" above." He had spent many an hour here before. It afforded a good view of the trail, and better still, a splendid chance to hear. Twice In the last month he had heard and seen a bunch of Kate's riders coming home from Cordova where they had gone to gamble. But this fact ha'd been unproductive oi anything sinister. They had ridden boldly, as behooves Innocent men', their horses climbing slowly with rattle of spur and bit-chain, bit-chain, the squeak and whine of saddles. sad-dles. Selwood had reached a hand to his horse's nose to preclude its neighing, and had seen them pass on up anS disappear. dis-appear. ,. Next day he had unostentatiously made sure that these men had played at McKane's In both Instances. And now he waited again, seemingly In a foolish quest. He knew It would seem so to an observer. It seemed so to him when he regarded It with reason. But reason rea-son was not actuating him. It was Instinct In-stinct hunch. So Sheriff Price Selwood whom Kate Cathrew quite frankly hated-sat hated-sat In the darkness and watched and listened beside her trail, a lost little thread on the vast expanse of the wooded slopes. A long hour passed, filled with the soundful silence of the wilderness. He heard an owl call and coll In mournful quaver from far below, another answer. an-swer. He knew that some hunting ani mal was abroad In the manzanlta to his right, for he caught thud and rustle, the pitiful, shrill scream of a rablt. A night bird gave out a sweet, alert note from time to time 'rfhd an Insect drummed In a pine tree. , And then he heard, or thought he did, another sound. '. It was so far off and faint that he could not be sure, and for a time he fancied he might have been mistaken. Then It came again the crack of hoofs on stone, and once more silence. He held bis breath, listening. Once again he heard that cracking of hoofs and this time he knew them for cloven hoofs. A cattle-brute was coming up the trail toward him. There was nothing in that fact to cause undue un-due excitement except one thing. Under ordinary conditions that steet would be lying In some snug , glade chewing Its cud. In no natural case would It be coming up a trail at a smart pace with a horse behind it ! Selwood leaned forward, gripping bis own mount's nose, and strained his eyes In the illusive half-light. Presently Pres-ently he saw what he knew he would see a rider, driving one lone steer up the trail to Sky Line. It was too dark to see anything else who the man was, or what manner of steer he drove, or what horse he rode. And though he waited till the cooler breath of the night warned him of coming day he saw nothing more ne spent the next day at Cordova, listening, hut though several rattle-men rattle-men came In. there waa'nothlng said of a loss among them. But thVday after old man Conlan was In and At for durance. He tbrew hts ragged hat on McKane's "floor wd ' Jumped on vlllng the law and all It stood for. -Two more!" he. bellowed with a break of tears In hU old" voice; ".v . f this ain't th' limit J .1 only had sixteen left an' th' two best out th' lot come up mlssln this mornln Aint no trail agin. They's tracks all over, sure-but th' other utock is on ,h. iope an' this time there Just ain t HEe etore-'ana 15 Tna McKane" tried ! to calm the old matt down, though the i cattleman's own blood was rolled. I "It Is a d-d dirty shame I" he said I Indignantly, "have you told Selwoodr "Hlmr grunted Conlan. "H-ir "He's' here bow," mid McKane, "Just getting dowu." Price Selwood - entered la time to hear the last of the old man's tirade, to catch the drift of what had hap pened ,and his eyes glowed for a see-' ond. He laid a hand on Conlan's arm. "Jake." he said, "hold In a little longer." "Hold h I !" said the other shaking off the hand. Til be ready for the county house In Bement In another three months!" W "I don't think so, Jdke." said the sheriff quietly, "tell me were those two steers branded P "Course. Plain aa day. J.C. on right hip, swaller-fork In left ear. One was roan an' tother a bay-spot" Selwood turned without a word, left the store, mounted and rode away. "Jest like him!" said Conlan bitterly, bit-terly, "goes a'rldln' off all secret-like an' snappy 's If he knowed somethln or wanted us to thisk he did." "Mebby he does," said Barman. e e e -e e Sheriff Selwood rode straight up to Sky Line ranch. It took him a good three hours, going fast and It waa far after noon when he pulled rein at Kate Cathrew's corral gate and called for her. She came, frowning and - Inhosplt able. "What do you want of meP sh asked cobly. "Nothing." said Selwood, "except to tell you I'm going to take a took around your place." "Look and be d dl" she flared. "Wnat do youthlnk you'll flndT" "Weil" he drawled, smiling, "1 might find a couple of steers branded with J. C. on the right hip." For one fraction of a second the black eyes burning somberly on hi flickered, lost their direct steadiness. Selwood laughed, though he wai alert tn every nerve and his right hand was on his thigh near to the butt of hla gun thai hung there, Cald-welt Cald-welt and several other riders stood close, their eyes on blm. He thought of John Allison, found dead at LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate .of Nephl Healey, Deceased. Creditors wilt present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at her residence In Alpine, Utah County, Utah, on or before the 1st day of March, 1926 MARTHA H. WILKIN. Administratrix of the Estate of Nephl Healey, Deceased. Dated December S, 1925. BOOTH ft BROCKBANK. Attorneys. First Publication December 19, 1925. Last Publication January 16, 1926. - 10S1 1083' 10S3 1008 767 1068 J. W. Hall.. J. W. HalL J. W. Hall......... J. I Craig....... Mrs. Frankie M. Hall . 1000 1000 ' 600 66S 10.00 JO.OO 12.00 11.SC 1000 20.00 IN THK DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICAL DISTRICT, IN AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE DF UTAH. In the Matter of the Estate of Janet Miller, Deceaaed. -Notice. Creditors will present claims, with vouchers, to the undersigned, at his home in American Fork City, Utah County, State, of Utah, on or before the 20th day of February, 1926. Joseph Miller, administrator. EVANS A SULLIVAN, Attorneys for Administrator. First Publication December 12. 1925. Last Publication January 9, 1926. Delinquent Notice Pacific Gold Mining ft, Milling Company, Incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah, principal place of business, American Fork, Utah. Notice There are delinquent upon the following described stock on account ac-count of assessment No. 63, levied on the 27th day of October A. D. 1925, of two cents per share, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders,, as fol lows: No. Name Sharee Ain't. 866 James W. Brown 1300 126.00 the 1016 H. C. Errett 300 6.00 Mrs. Frankie M. Hall . 1000 30.00 1069 Mrs. Frankie M. Hall 1000 20.00 1077 Mrs. Frankie M. Hall 1000 20.00 1078 (Mrs. Frankie M. Hall 1000 20.00 1079 Sin. Frankie M. Hall 1000 20.00 1080 Mra. Frankie M. Hall ... 1000 20.00 S54 W. A. Iilmstreot 4000 80.00 1033 W. A, Hlmstreet 3000 60.00 926 Mrs. A. E. Miller 1000 20.00 927 Mrs. A. E. MUler 1000 20.00 1033 Mrs. A. E. Miller 2628 62.66 1042 O. W. Shaver...:.... 200 4.00 931 Liiale SommervlUe 2033 40.66 933 LUxle SommervlUe 1000 20.00 911 (Mrs. A. B. Stevenson ,. - 11000 220.00 1046 D. L. Stlne 300 6.00 819 S. T. Young...,.... 2000 40.00 And In accordance with law and an order of the Board Of Directors made on the 27th day of October A. D 1925, so many shares of each parcel of inch stock as may be necessary will be sold at auction In the Bank of Ameri can . Fork. American Fork, Utah, on Monday, December 21st. 1925, at 4 o'clockI M. to pay delinquent assessments thereon, together with the cost1 of advertising and expenses of sale. H. C. JOHNSON, Secretary. First Publication December 6, 1925. Last Publication December 19, 1925. foot of Rainbow cliff, to all Intents 1044 h. c. Errett the victim of accident "What's the matter, KateP hs asked pointedly. "Suffering from nerves? Didn't think you had any." And he turned to ride over toward tbt corral. 200 4.00 Totid'$ Grtat Valu Some form of toad can be found In each state. Toads were formerly more numerous. They are now becoming becom-ing rare, for they are destroyed by alt rJaaes.ofifjrtelu:atei andbyflX9nght. in summer and severe cold la winter. Their value to man ilea In the number of Insect and other Invertebrate which they eat TAX SALE NOTICE Kate's flaming orb sought the face of her foreman. "Go with him," they telegraphed, and Caldwell went. Selwood covered every foot of the home place of Sky Line tn a grim silence, si-lence, looking for anything He looked Into corral and stable, brush pasture and branding pen, but found no sign of the stolen steeaa. When at last he rode away It was straight down along the face of Rainbow Rain-bow cliff toward the west. He did not know why he skirted the rockface, since It was hard going. The earth at the foot of. the great precipice was slanting and covered with the loose stone that was forever falling from the weathered wall. It was rough on the horse' feet but he held him to it and he was surprised to find that American Fork Irrigation Company Principal Place of Buataces, American Fork, Utah There are delinquent upon, the following described, stock, on account of assessment levied on the 3rd day of September, 1925, the several amount set opposite the names of the respective stockholders: ' No. 1 Shares 15 1 ' 16H , 1 2 9-16 2 15U 2 2-3 4 1 15 64-100 IK 24 4 45 4 M 1 1-3 1V4 2 8 2 -3-5 19-20 Think I Need Eacort, Caldwelir He Aakad Sarcastically. Caldwell was still with him, and riding rid-ing Inside next to the cliff. "Think I need escort, Caldwelir he asked sarcastically. "Mebby as much as we need spyln' on," returned the other and rode, along. Three mile further on the sheriff turned down the mountain and the foreman reined up, sitting In silence si-lence to watch hfcn wit of sight. "Wings Is right," said Selwood to himself, "those steers must have them but that woman's eyes were guilty, or I'm a liar." At the same moment Caldwell was heaving a long breath of relief as he pulled , his horse around and header! home.' "" " u " ' -- "This here sheriff Is gettln' a little rtto-lniirtrtwiie'-tliwigM..--llin grinned sardonically. "But If he never gets any wiser than he Is now he won't set anything on tire. In fifteen feet of th' Flange an never saw a thing! Holy smoke! Some sheriff! An' yet can't blame him the Mange'd fool th' devil himself." Name No. Cert. George Adams 1113 L. E. Adams 762 Mary A. Adamaon 1001 Mary A. Adamson 1003 Geo. and L. E. Adams 1187 Board of Home Mis... 32 Isaac Binns 910 Isaac Binns 67 v Kate Bryant 695 O. N. Barney .' 833 E. F. Birch 895 E. F. Birch...: , 82 J. Vern Beck 1077 Jay Ballinger 1126 Wllles M. Bromley 1163 Wllles M. Bromley 1164 Roseltha Birch 1172 Byron L. Beck 1250 Byron U Beck 110 Luclle C. Barber , 1311 Luclle C. Barber ... 113 Robert Baxter Est. 1331 Robert Crookston Est... 73 James Crookston Est 696 Samuel Dean, Jr 775 L. J. Durrant 1335 Alice Elsmore 0 Thos. Featherstone, Jr. 152 Thos. Featherstone, Jr. ,,... 5 Clarence A. Grant 1227 Martha Hamilton 215 R. E. Hunter Est. 633 Thomas Hunter 6u3 C. B. Halliday 725 F. L. Hickman 87 W. R. Holman 1102 Alva Ingersoll 1267 Jesse Klrkman 1315 Jesse Kirkman 1317 Joseph King Est 692 Wm. R. Klrkman 1314 Wm.'R. Kirkman 1316 C. J. Logie 261 C; J. Logle H67 Mary A. Martin 526 John Mlletlch 1286 Hulda C. Peterson 887 Geo. H. Robinson Est 366 Geo. H. Robinson Est 367 John J. Roberts Est 374 Nathan Robinson 1V........ 799 Reed H. Robinson 848 Jesse F. Steele 1342 Paul.Tamietti 433 Paul' Tamlettl 51 Oliver Thornton 712 Andrew Thompson 1014 Vern Walker 477 Vern Walker 1100 Annie C Zabriskie ; 706 Alfred Woodhead . 943 Johnall .v-IUJft'aJke.r-.s.mjJ And in accordance with la T;.may b? necessary will be sold at the City Kind of Stock Primary Primary -fcot Lots 'Lot Primary Lot Primary Primary 3rd Class Lot Lot Lot Primary Lots Primary 3rd Class Primary 3rd Class Lot Lot Lot Lot Lots Lots Primary 2nd Class Lot Lot 6 Prl. 2 Lots, 2 2nd Class -H- 10 1-3 -1-3 6 3 4 4 1-3 1-6 19 13-5 ltt 6 224 74 Lot Lot 3rd Class Lot Lot Primary Primary Lot Primary Primary Lot Lot Primary Primary Lots Primary Primary Lot Primary 1 Lot 64 Primary 9 1 114 T 1 Lot Primary 3rd Class Primary Primary Lot Lot Lot 14 Lots, 1 Primary Amt Due 122.60 ' ; tt.65 .75 2.06 24.75 - 3.40 1.60 2.00 .75 -; 2.00 15.25 1.35 1.20 1.20 " 1.50 15.65 2.70 2.50 1.25 4.00 22.50 ' .75 .75 1.50 .75 2.25 2.75 12.00 1.40 .90 1.40 10.90 .75 .75 6.00 .75 .75 9.00 3.00 .75 6.00 4.00 .75 29.65 1.60 1.90 6.00 27.25 1.10 6.25 7.75 .75 11.00 .50 17.25 T.00 .75 .75 1.50 r 4.no 2.25 Bal. Bal. Bal. To be continued; 14 . Lots bo many shares of each parcel of such sU;k Hall. - American - Fork, --Utah- bounty, Utah, on the 16th day of January, 1926, at the hour of 2 "o'clock' p! niT o pay delinquent assessments thereon, together with the cost of advertising ind expenses of the sale. - LEO T. SHELLEY, Secretary of said company. )(lice at American Fork, Utah, irst Publication, December 19th, 1925. Last Publication, December ,26th, 1925. .... i ' ' I T f 1, i ft T": s- ; J' . .1 I ( r-rji.v1a'viv. ' r it 1 a |