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Show HIE LEW RUN. LEH1, UTAH 11 ,.,. I'll 3 Ij.l fW YJ 1 lur ! ESwdUJl II I By WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE Copyright by William MacLeod R&lnt I' . 3 StMit w horse he r Spirit i rr:;rhvSe "VhVFrio Mw IV father. lord 01 me poontry cCann, w-- LoW cBT his 8Cat To he sorted part broomtall fell on me. Got scared at a diamond back, xest'day evenin', About two. I reckon. In Dry can von. I Been a bunch of wild hill cattle, an' was traUInV'em when the bronc piled me." "Couldn't et on yore hossr "It lit out for home. I'd klnda liked to V gone, too, but I didn't Miss Julia Stark, dauehter of old Matt Stark, who's such a close friend of yon and yourn." uver trie eyes of young McCann a curious film of blankness passed. His face set to harsher lines. There was a slight narrowlne of the Uda. Of course. He might have known It wno else could she be excent the Hw ,dfrom the . ..-t. KfAtrn face w.".rfavttigit JThts behind UJlnV i-crntable P: . ... for many ml L only of to own life bu ball living near. At times l jeverythlng It stood for-f for-f starvation, and bleaching fer struggle, temporary vie-Land vie-Land final defeat None U was a magnet to his k What was tne myie., Ument? How could he to to Its hidden meaning? L it la Muerte had come L early days as the name f desert Those who lived on L rarely used the Spanish ftioD for it To call this sand tie Journey of Death would La concession to sentiment fad that few cared to make. I desert was the word these Idtnra men preferred, ttfie Spanish name was well For everything within reach I ;rj winds fought for exist- f desert set the conditions for loo, young McCann thought I. To survive he must have ) something of the tough skin eholla, of the poison of the ffcder, of the pouncing lust J of the wild cat. He must s heat and thirst and hunger get to go. No, sir. I laid right oaugnter of the arch enemy of his thoro nn them rocks three vears till uouse, tnat daughter who hart hocn V.-w - I - ' -. ,, . I t MA M I Dtrn. , .-L..I 1 T 1 I 1 . Miss juna come uiuug u oeeuuic i iu ouuuui m uos Angeies nair It must have been awfly hot" a aozen years? During that time the girt said gently. ne ad not seen her. The last "Tur'ble hot an me dry as a 1 gumpse of her had been a charac- cork lalg. I sure got good an' leristlc one. Astride a bareback nr.nA Thnf nmintrv nn there la I UOfSe She had fin short nnat htm a ii.t.ln filial arlfh oheantaoa Hfvl8trln?V thlrfoon.vaai.vl1 rrli.1 all Inner prospects looked bilious when Miss legs and flying black hair and big j Ulia urapiieu ruuuu iuio uwuiuis ' n wuo uaru iu ucueve nn' said 'Howyd?" to me. I dlsre- member ever spendln' a night an a day so dawggoned long." "No water bag. Jim? Wasn't that klnda careless?" McCann said. "All of that Wlls. An' that ain't hnt half of It I'd run outa the makln's." He was a garrulous old fellow and the reaction of relief from the long hours of helpless waiting hours dnrina which he had not known whether life or death was In store for him loosened his tongue and lifted him to a mood akin to gay- .':h the stillness of the S land a shot rang out sharp- acCann listened, Intent and i In this wilderness the ,;id might mean one of many j: i man In a hill pocket his to i rock wall, flinging den it i circle of enemies ; a bnl- fcai from ambush and a d figure huddled on the dry i pilgrim lost and panic-so; panic-so; or the mere wanton exn- of I vaquero. Mrf and a third shot fol 5 at Intervals, evenly spaced. . i distress signal, a call for fm drew his revolver and Mo the air to let the one In bow that help was on the M swiftly, but without pan-pte, pan-pte, he turned and rode along fatly another shot echoed We ravine np which he was This was meant to direct licCann pessed and he fired aore for assurance to the one Sstress. f to It, Jim-Dandy," he urged, . f ms norse at the steep in steading up from the arrovo. -kle slope led from the edge arroTo tn th hon ' wlcj rose knohhllv mm ama. i wtebrae of Mother Earth's The quick eye of the rider for and found a wnv nr.. f '3 th enmml. irn t . . - M.um uicuun too Kea m I small grassy park. This Jim lerby's place. In -aw to thU young fellow 0878 he had settled . oynus mat naa ImuJ ""a years M7?h Amon8 the Uve oaks ? low adobe cabin. of the hnt . ,nmo- Wit cit . wvjm wy aa She had in her hands a . . . ' looked across the HtUe 'iUcovered that the worn- "moBtaglrl, slender moiDgare. He won-I1 won-I1 she could be. t?ierptroduct5on- "H' v 6 fel1 on hlm-" Sr .f thUght 8ti" ' 8lle con,e from? Willi S VI M IIHII Waiting for No Introduction. ety. He had broken his leg of course, but he had not come to the end of the passage. There would be plenty of time In the weeks when he was tied to a bed to "cuss" about the leg. Wilson McCann stepped outside the cabin, took some water fromi the olla, and washed his hands. This done, he examined the broken leg and made preparations to set It temporarily until a doctor could he brought He found some boards from the top of an old box and whittled them down for splints while the girl was rummaging in Yerby's war bag for a clean cotton shirt This she tore Into Strips to serve as bandages. "Ready, Jim?" the young man asked. "Sure. Wlls. Right d d now." Terbv endured without a groan a few minutes of Intense pain. He had the primal virtue of the frontier courage to endure quietly torture that would have set many a city man ocreamlns. whan tha nmntpnr sureeon naa 1 1 UfU V. - " w finished ?erbv relaxed with a sigh. "1 reckon the lid woulda come on n my private can of cuss words If yon hadn't been here," he tola tne gin, grinning cheerfully. She had suffered with him during the ordeal, but the hands that had helped McCann had not tremDieo. "I know It hurt a lot" she replied. "Now I'm going to wash your face with cold water. You'll reel Deiier then." As soon as she had gone out oi the cabin to get water from the olla the younger man fired a ques tion at lerby. "Who Is she?" Into the black beady eyes oi me old-timer a gleam of humor flickered. "Bov. ride yore own range. Ain't m. niin ludv done saved me through ticket for Kinedom Come? Ion go read yore story books an' see now u aiwu, comes out after that Ton darned , old alkali, that wild little hoyden had grown np Into a beauty. He remembered her a nert and cancv minx, hronerht np wholly among men except for an old Mexican cook. Even then there had been war between the McCanns and the Stark s. His Instinct now was not to let her know Just yet who he was He did not search for the reason of It The feeling was enough. It was clear she did not recognize him. ive years had transformed mm from a gangling boy to a man. "Unless you want a rookus In the house, better not tell her who I am, Jim," young McCann suggested. "She's a sure enough pepper box when she gets to going good." Yerby chuckled. "Tha's rignt Wlls. I dunno as there's any use startln' any thing. She'll find out soon enegh, anyhow." The girl returned with a basin of water, a towel, and a piece of torn rag for a wash cloth. The old-timer protested. "Now, looky here, ma'am, I'm a heap obliged to you, but I can wash my own face an not trouble you. I been dolne It a right smart time without a valley." "Off an' on for a hundred an' how many years, Jim?" murmured the younger man. 'HmnI I'm fifty-seven, u you want to-njw. An' I never was sick a day in mjNife. You young sprouts think" Jim became sputtertngly inarticulate. "I like mature men myself. Miss stnrk announced and sat down on the edge of the bed prepared for business. Before Yerby could master eirec tloa nnnnsltlnn H SOflDV rag WSS U' v viniwww-- - frnvpllne over his face. "Wash him good behind the ears, ma'am," advised McCann solicit vnn eo to Yumat" retorted the innu.nint homesteader. ma nurse took charge Imperious ly "RpttPr eo out and take the Boin off Mr. Yerby's horse. I put 1 in iMnn wpnt When saddle ana ' bridle were off, tne animai uuug up its heels and went flying rounu ha nnrrnl. Meanwhile Miss Julia stars was asking ber host a question. 4tn7ViA la hp?" m over the Frio way I get them young riders all mixed ho onawpred evasively. KJUV Ul . r - ci,oH nnlcklv. "I don't rememner Ui v. i "They're always drlftln In an' out Mostly their homes are under their hats." -Yes" she agreed, not wholly satisfied with this explanation. She had an Impression that she had seen him before and ought to remember who he was. ' r.n nnneared in the door- n Til hprrer so iur "Unless you'd rawer nue hive one of yore boys go for him. Maybe that would be better. "No, HI stay, em , - ; stop at the Circle aoss and el my father I wont db uum H?U get to worrying. TeU him not fo send for me. TU come back with he did not know nd he was at k -wm her Into the it wli Jfiar w,v room snacK, I !1TU' 8mall four-Hm, four-Hm, S , man laJ on a apart but distance could not obliterate ob-literate the hatred of the owners. They bad been close friends once. reter Meuann and Matthew stark. In their youth they bad side by side chased Texas brush-splitters over the salt grass bumps. Together they had followed the westward tide of migration to Arizona. ' In their hours off duty they had frolicked as side partners at the round-up camps and at the small tendejons of the border towns. Their comradeship had been a byword in the country where they were known. Into their lives a girl bad come, Jessie Farwell, daughter of the cat tleman for whom they both worked. They quarreled. - Stark won Jessie for his bride. The years passed, and each left both men more prosperous, more powerful In the community. Their enmity was known of all men even before their political ambitions and their financial interests collided. On opposing tickets they ran for sheriff sher-iff and McCann was elected. Their wandering herds overlapped. The punchers of each clashed over water wa-ter holes, over calves wrongly branded brand-ed by mistake. Charges of rustling ""ere bandied back and forth, at first out of animosity rather than any serious belief In their truth. Trouble followed. Then, dramatically, the curtain rolled up for a ' scene of grim tragedy. A Circle Cross rider was found lying face down at the bot tom of a cut bank. He had per- hans been drv-eulched. shot from ambush, but this was not sure. Who did It nobody knew, but at the Stark ranch suspicion flew straight to the Flying VY. This had been less than two weeks before the afternoon when Wilson McCann rode through TIncup Pass to carry word to Matthew Mat-thew Stark that his daughter would not be home till late. I7a traa 1 depend ins? Into a valloV. Before him were checkerboards of Irrigated grain and pasture meadow centering around the nouses or me ranch. Cattle were browsing the val ley. Leisurely a rider was moving across the plain toward them. All was peaceful as old age. Directly In front of Mct'ann horse a spurt of sand flew. The crack of a rifle shot echoed back from the walls of the pass. Instantlv McCann's brain regis tered Impressions and moved him to co-ordinated action. Some one naa fired at him. The V-shaped sand spurt told him the attacker was al- mia rfoni nhPiiri. witn oniv a re- tuvui u.w - w volver aealnst a rifle Wilson Mc Cann was as helpless at this range as a child with a popgun. He swung Jim-Dandy as on a peg and spurted for the shelter of a large boulder beside the trail. Before he reached cover a second explosion Doomea. McCann dismounted and stood be- .m hia horse. The second snoi BMV made It plain that the first couia have been no chance bullet For long minutes he waited, every nerve keyed to tension, eyes and ears alert for any sign of movement In the mesqulte. The ambusher might be riwiins round to get at him from the rear. There might be two of them. The only course open to him man ta let developments occur. Ont of the nalnful silence came sounds the trapped man knew at once the thud of galloping noois, of a horse crashing through the brush. 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He re-1 nanwa, 0f the house to the porch had bunt a irv Bimnn . . idoriv man. biz and fleeted that be wouiu - " "". and still strong. ruuBj. " . . . ., neciea u. " . Tnne baU STb. "ad" tfgo through now or come ! drag bis tall. TU. stop u be prom- .iAnn nrti la ehpT' wau. " " - s . . 9 smoke i lBK , " rings toward the celling. "My, tWs ,g ray9 streamed down tne li'l boy's a regular parrot, wn, througb wWcn know but one sentence, oom u , Sander8 roda By - Course I don't blame mm Uh, came to a slgnt oi She's ce'tainly a mighty easy young ; -- ghadoWS were stretcmng from the lomas. Mann drew i. j i i, at Rnt no use uuu i lookin. He's clear outa the runnin before he ever starts." -Why am I? She Isn't marneu "Not fnr'a I know." "Or going to ber Yerby looked at him reproachfully. reproach-fully. "Sure, she's going to be. Ever know one like her that wasnt when she got good an ready?" "Yon haven't told me yet wno k B," one corner of the ay-balred , nsJ"?- kady eyes. W, ' the newcomer 4 feTM " CJ lalg," the OIA Hnw : ant!y. -jjy a-d I grinned with friendly malice, no. "I reckon Mccann ' QpeTOO here's where we part, Doc See you . c.im a small plump n . tend of lank giants, gave roaa SSctory of the plains. bS the ILted. to follow -So long." t ... BIs a traU teamng anlnlt DUSQKU i"'- I u'V. -t him. goree m the Orcle email Flying Sfie IS." . . . The The old man looked at mm nrhes were ant. . rusa " 0U6 twenty miles with bard eyes In a barsh leathery face. This was Mattnew btars. 'Wbat'a the rumpusr ne asaeu .... Tl,. 1th a i- m tioart voice, j-ucu, - ill " . , M.-- flirt of a brown nana towara iuo w rtiter "Who l tnis ienow i laiiut. nnraned JD&n Wa oa me " . .K. in.oiij.rv" rne nue v. f " ... J Tf n B-ft. I tlgnuy "i .ihini, heavllv. ureal"'" - The nuncher irom iue . 1 SS. eet Br. Wilson McCann," be said hardily, ano mere w . til vnlna Ul two . , tl ,, I . .. - nMCDfll rilfW 111111. 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