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Show Thursday, September 20, 193 i THE They disappeared behind a corner of tank. Jim sank down In a cold sweat Perhaps tties men were Indiana or similiters from lUiikvllle. or prospectors. But be bud aot seen any pa'k animal. After a long anxious watch bo saw the three reappear In the The wash, considerably closer. one In the middle rode a gray bom and otherwise contrasted sharply with the dark mounts and dark clothes of the other two. A second time the trio disappeared. Smoky was peering about In a desultory manner, but be was too low down to sight the riders. Jim was now shsklng. An awful premonition attacked hi in. He had met It and almost overcome It as snotber unaccountable attack of nerves when the foremost horseman emerged from the bank. He recognized the BERS' ROOST TIMES-NEW- "Hays, baekl" S. your Jig's on. NEPHI. UTAH PAGE THREE She goes Walt a minute," the robber re plied, stridently. "Stick or quit, if you want I fetched this gurl fer ransom. She come wtlllu. 'cause If she hadn't I d killed Herrlck. He'll pay twenty five, mebbe fifty thousand for her." Jim Interposed aguln: "Huys, you're a dirty liar. You didn't steal this girl for ransom." he culled out fiercely. Then, turning to the dejected figure on the gray burse: "Mls Herrick. 1 be telliiiK the truth?" Scenes and Persons in the Current News : 1 : .nf U . in fciie jOIil Ln r :d'inA i 1 1 it- ! - 'Yes, he stole me for ransom," she replied, with emotion. "They broke Into my room one through the window, the other st the door. : i hxX- : -, i They threatened me with guns. , . . If I acreamed they'd kill me. If I didn't come with them they'd kill --4 COPYRIGHT W.N U. SERVICE I agreed." stalwart figure, Che wide, black my brother! 'We tied Herrlck up before we got In bis breast, banted Jim. He knew sombrero, the poise la the saddle. CHAPTER VI Continued the gurl," said Hays. "An1 sfter. be waa glad never to see Helen Her That was Hank Hays. i rlck dared shift bis Jim scarcely again. gate not 'Tin through here," replied was second but be back the to rider, About midnight Smoky turned the the robber. -forced to. A slight figSmoky, why don't 70a ask nays pack anlmala up the alope Into the irresistibly what this mysterious deal la?" queroodj, and after a mile of rough ure in tan, drooping In the saddle I "So help met" he whispered, and ied Jim, sarcastically. going emerged Into an open canyon y s, mmm sank down on the stone. That cen "Hank, what's got Into joaV bead. was Helen Herrlck. For ter rider "Hyar we air," said Smoky. a moment a bell rioted In Jim Wall's queried Smoky. "Smoky, the boas la op a tree," "Throw things an' git to sleep. I'll breast How be cursed himself for alii Jim caustically. "lie meana stand first guard." a vacillating Idiot I His Intuition onronea oea to rob Merrick all right But that'a a nis beside jim I bad been right He bad seen blind. It'a the glrll" rock, and pulled off hla boots and only a robber leader's be "Thet gurl we seen unbuckling hla gun belt be crawled through at this Star ranch. But like a havior under the blanket. you drlvln' hyar?" Crack of ax and Happy Jack'a fool be bad not trusted himself. "Yea. Herrlck'a sister." 1 Textile workers In a mill at Concord, N. C., running the gauntlet of Jeering strikers. 2 View of "Haw I ilawl So thet'a what'a voice pierced bla slumber, both rec-- Jim grew cold to bla very marrow, the Morro Custle and a lifeboat and const guard dory being rowed away with survivors of the terrible burning did not wholly eatln yon, Hank?" orgnlzed before be opened his eyes. Yet his Intelligience catastrophe. 3 Model of statue of King George of England which loyal ruling princes of India will erect at He to strove to his succumb fury. Haya bad reached bla limit, and Jim sat np, stretched, and reaching New Delhi. This bound had gotten probably, but for Smoky's mirth, for his boots he gazed around. The think. Just bow. It was useless to would bave started hostilities. He men were stirring, two around the Helen, But to kill him then, conjecture. hesitated, but there waa a deadly camp ore and ottiera among the on the spot? That gave Jim Wall Hare In the eyes be bad fixed on horses. Hays' men would roar at WalL Wal, long past sunup," said Slo- pause. deal. this Involving them In the abas them. Jim "See fire. the between cum, got approached Smoky a woman, still they would '.of duction s.: j V .'W4 2?fL?'X I was It Brad bet Who So An' thet Hank that's the dealt hyar. Hank. so aa to him. resist far go bardly show bewouldn't op?" you'd do fer pore Jim hyar jest Jim crushed down his deadly lm cause he'a onto youT . . . Wal, If "Nobody," replied Lincoln. He would wait "Jim, suppose you take your rifle pulse. you're so keen as thet to draw on Well Indeed had It been for Jim startdown me. I over sneak an' It an' knock a make somebody, why, to espy this trio long before they ed this. I dragged Jim Into It An' deer," suggested Smoky. I ain't goln' to let you take It oat Three hundred yards down the reached him. He had time to re cover, to think what was best If on him." slope Jim emerged Into the open. Then Hank Hays came back to There were no riders on the wind Hank Hays had come upon Jim sud Most of the Riders Inclined to the denly It would have been his doom. himself. ing, white tralL Opinion That It Was Just Haze. One of the pack animals neighed "JIm'a Stealthily working back Into the Smoky, you're right. then all horses stuck the and we shrilly made him promise to pay hand right," be declared hoarsely. "I'm timber he soon espied two deer I ears. some. An " bullheaded, . . . An' I've lost my about sixty paces distant, long ears np their I beerd a hoss-shoring on "Say, "That's enough," snapped Jim. bull head over Herrlck'a sister." erect. He killed the buck standing. who had ears "Give me a man or two. We'll take a called Mac, stone," to dereturn bis a man." "There Spoke op like camp Smoky as keen as a horse. Upon her back and get the money." clared Smoky, heartily relieved. greeted him with a grin. "What's that?" queried Smoky, "Hold on. Thet was somethln' How far to Red canyon?" asked "Why didn't you come thet clean sharply. He leaped up. had In mind," drawled Hays. "But long ago? Neither Jim nor me nor Jim. It didn't work. I had to kill Progar. I don't know. About fifteen any of us blame you fer admirin' CHAPTER VII thet gurl. And If you'd gone crazy, miles. Don't yon remember thet heavy An'" "Who's Progar?" and dragged her away into the grove of cedars leadln down Into a OOK1 Riders comln'l" brakes with us, we'd auit you red holer "Wal, he's Heeseman's right-hanANow it happens thet foxy man. -' claimed Brad Lincoln. "Reckon I do. If Hays Joins ns cold." Jim leaped off the rock, crash Heeseman was plannin' the same Hays bent to pick np the roll of there It'll mean be comes by another trail, doesn't It?" bills. Ing down behind the watching men, trick I pulled. Progar an' another "If I So you flgger he might not? startling them. "Smoky, It's Hays. feller ketched us takin' the gurl out "Fall to, men. I've got to do The other feller got away." some tall thlnkin'," he said, and left Course he'd come around the moun I saw him a mile off." "Thet's wuss than ever 1" screamed them. "Why didn't you say somethln', tain, or mebbe over another pass. Before they were half finished He shore knows trails thet we then?" retorted Slocum gruffly. Smoky. "Heeseman will find out" "Huh. - I should smile In with their supper Hays entered, "I was too flabbergasted," replied don't" Aw ITank'H show op on time." thet he will. We seen his out "We're shakin' the dust of Star Jim, coolly, as he Joined them. "It's Hank all right," said Mac. fit on your trail I" 'Wonder If he stayed back to plug ranch tonight," he said, deliberate Striking mill workers giving way before the bayonets of National Guardsmen after a riot at the offices "Shet up I Hosses comln'!" ly. "Pack np an' leave at once. I'll Woodside mill near Greenville, S. C. The workers became unruly as they received their last pay at the of the was rush The come later. If I don't meet you at ensuing quelled by THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING office before going on strike, and the troops, on hand for Just such an emergency, were forced to use mill "Hold order. onl Smoky's ringing Smoky's camp I'll meet you shore bombs before the riot could be quelled. tear gas It's Jeff I" at midday in thet cedar grove above Jtm Wall, young- - cowpuncher from Wyoming-- , seeks a new fleld In An opening In the grove showed the head of Red canyon." Utah. He meets Hank Hays, who admits being a robber, and tells Wall No one asked any more questions is working for an Englishman, Herrlck, who has located a big ranch. Bridges plunging upon them. "Heeseman's outfit trailln' us," he COMANCHE LAUNCHED and others are plotting to steal their employer s cattle and money or made any comments. Whatever Hays saves s life by bluffing a gambler. With Hays, Happy Jack and announced. "Back about five miles Wall Hank they thought about Hays' peculiar Lincoln, Wall arrives at Herrick's ranch. Hays unfolds hla plan for getting way of leading hla band they kept possession of Herrick's 12,000 head of live stock. He and his lieutenants when I left my post" "Fellers, grab your rifles an take to themselves. Jim Wall was not ride away to drive otT the first bunch of cattle. Jim remains behind to It out. If necessary, with Heeseman, Hays' rival among the cattle to cover," yelled Smoky. greatly relieved, still he concluded shoot rustlers. Heeseman tells Wall Haya was once his (Heeseman's) partner Hays made a dive for his horse that Hays roust abandon any plot and double-crosse- d him. Herrlck delegates Jim to go to Grand Junction to he might have concocted toward meet Helen, Herrick's sister. Jim gets Barnes, a young cowboy, to tell her and, mounting, leaned over to take he (Jim) ts a desperado of the worst type. Barnes does so, but the up a rope halter round the neck of Herrick's sister. At any rate what that treats the Information lightly. On his arrival at the ranch, with Helen, the horse Miss Herrlck was riding. ever was in Hays' mind Jim could girl Jim is confronted by Hays, who betrays unusual Interest In the coming of "You lied to me," she cried, an not further risk alienating him or Miss Herrlck. Jim goes riding with the Herricks and greatly Impresses his men. Jim would have to ride Helen with his revolver shooting. Jim Wall finds himself .rilling- in love grily. "You assured me that If I'd with Helen. He coaches her In riding western style, and finally kisses her. come without resistance you'd soon out with them. If he stayed be- She dismisses him, but relents and asks htm not to leave the ranch. Hays' arrange for my freedom. Here we hind to spy upon Hays or frustrate men return from the drive. The leader has sold the cattle and brought back are miles from Star ranch." to make call the money. any attempt he might Hays paid not the slightest atten upon the Herricks, he would have tion to her, but started off, leading to kill Hays. Heeseman? He hates thet rustler." "Shore, I see him now. Thet's her horse. Dusk was mantling the valley In less than an hour the riders Hank." "Jim Wall, are you going to per Under the were on the move down the mounwhen Jim went out. "Jim, what flabbergasted you?" mit this outrage?" bench the shadows were dark. From tain. Packing on the deer Jim had demanded Smoky. "I'm powerless. Miss Herrlck," he the shelter of the pines he' looked slain occasioned a little delay for "Three riders I" flashed Jim. "If Heeseman replied, for Hays, expecting to find him all, because Smoky kept them close So I see. What you catches ushurriedly.be worse off." "Wal. you'll ' standing guard. But the robber was together. At the edge of the timber make of thet?" ejaculated Slocum. -The leader headed down the slope, not on the porch. He was stalk belt he halted them again while he The three emerged clearly from Miss Herrick's horse. Jim ing to and fro along the brook, and peeped out to reconnoiter. Then he behind the cedars. A blank silence dragging he was no more watching for Heese-ma- called: "Come hyar, a couple of ensued. Jim at last got the tigerish could hear the girl's protestations. v,. The other riders made haste to line than was Jim. His bent form you nerves under control. His thoughts the fellers." horses. up brought pack Smoky his stride, his turning at the end The new coast guard cutter Co They all rode out to Join him, were whirling. the rear. of his beat, his hands folded behind where he sat his horse, pointing to manche taking Its maiden plunge at In between," Little rider "Humph. Jim kept unobtrusively working his back- - all attested to the mood & Jones In Wil" of faint blue on the purple valley commented Lincoln. ill - ' ' U ahead until there were only three the yardsDel. Pusey Katherlne of a gloomy, abstracted, passion floor. "Is thet dust?" Miss Leary, mington, "That's behind." Sparrowhawk In front of him, and he horses pack man. driven "Who's the third party?" daughter of Judge Timothy A. Leary Most of the riders Inclined to the could see Hays and the girl at of White Plains, N. Y., cracked Whereupon Jim repaired to his opinion that It was Just haze. "Somebody with a mask on I" bottle of champagne on the prow overt, rolled his bed and made a "An' 'a long slicker." "Ten miles or more back and hard Hays yelled back for his riders to of the boat to christen It as It slid pack of his other belongings.. Then to make out, spoke np Jim. "If "Fellers," rasped Slocum, "thet's hurry. He pointed to the left wall down the HlflihW-- " Hi he carried his effects down to the this was my range I'd say It wasn't a woman with a veil 1" ways Into the water. as If any moment their pursuers cabin. All was cheery bustle there. haze or smoke." Jim thought the moment had This woman passenger of the Morro Castle Is being helped along might appear there. The men were glad to get away from SENSATIONAL JOCKEY "Wish I had Hank's glasses. My come. "Men, Hank has double-crosse- d the deck of a rescue vessel to which she had been dragged after having next sign from Smoky was a The Star ranch. They talked of the eyes are no good any more fer long us. He's stolen Herrick's rifle shot Jim espied something Jumped from the blazing liner into the rough sea. robbers', roost Hays had alway shots. Wal, let's mosey." sister I" the flash and far rim, up high along promised them, of idle days to eat Hank Hays led his two followers When they reached another turn and drink and gamble, of the long from which It was possible to look to within a few feet of the cluster back, out of range, If It were a pursuer. months 'In hiding. JIm'a llghtnlng-swlf- t back for five miles or more Smoky of riders. "Rustle!" shrilled Smoky. "I seen d "Wal, you all ready?" queried halted while the others caught op. glance took the three In, their riders. They ducked back. They'll horses, and flashed back to aim to head us off." Hays, appearing In the doorway. "Jeff, you hang right hyar," he ' t "Yep, an' bustln' to go." Miss Herrlck. Her fasten fea on npon said, "an' keep your eyes peeled Hays bawled back an order and "On second thought I'd like one the back trail. I ain't so shore thet tures were not visible through the aloft. pointed How me. to with about ray patch back on the valley was veil. The linen coat showed the of you stay riders popped In view Suddenly Maze. It sort of moved to me. An' wear and tear of contact with brush. back on the jou, Latimer?" point of an Intersecting "All right," replied Sparrow there wasn't a lick of wind. Wal, She bad on riding boots and over canyon. Hays and Latimer opened alls. can corner hawk. 'rom round this you easy fire with their revolvers. The riders "Wal, you're all here but Jeff," be began to return the fire with rifles. In a few more minutes all the ,ee the cedar grove where we'll men leaving were mounted, tb mng up fer the boss. An' If you gan Hays. Jim saw Latimer knocked off his "JefTll be comln by now," replied pack animals, wltn packs gray ketch sight of any more'n a couple horse, apparently not badly Injured. Iders on the back stretch you come Smoky. "Whar you almln' fer?" against, the darkness, straggling ui He raced ahead after Hays, who 1 of "Brakes the Devil." . h Don't election. bent fer tdin' , Dirty the trail. rode fast, dragging the girl's horse, It "I fetched take you've Herrick's and at "Walt at your camp till sunup tay long after noon." the Bame time shooting at Jim tied bis horse In the shade of sister." ald Hays, conclusively. "An" If I'n the riders until he passed around a "You're a bright boy." not there I'll meet, you about nooi i cedar, and climbed a Jumble of corner of the canyon. Latimer soon "uank nays, after all you disappeared after ocks ao he could command a better ' shore at head of Red canyon." him. Then the double-crosse- d roared once he at os," Almost lew. Smoky, riders above turned their attention sighted Without more words or ad iders coming down a wash about a "You're a liar. You're a cheat You to the rest of nays' outfit Smoky' led off behind the pacl i nlle followed away, and he had opened his think you can drag ns In on a deal five riders and the Jim had a quarter of a mile to horses, r I v I t this. like acted you the to shout pow thought good ,iouth tidings horse all brook the to pass the corner ahead to Once across Paul Kester Is the Jockey who erful queer. So It was this gurl you ride . hen something checked him. The pack horses were scat" has created a sensation by his nu took a brisk trot Jim Wall looke safety. . . . You os I" tricked fer? looked and his rubbed He eyes buck. Then he saw a bright llgl tearing up the canyon. Jim merous winnings, especially at Lin Here are the members of the special board appointed by President Jim Wall strode forward and tered, sain. Three riders Assuming on them. Then he began n the bench. That was from Her gained to try to mediate In the great textile strike. They are, left U Roosevelt a He hns coln good Fields, Chicago. his swift action menacingly to shoot lat two of them were Hays and aside, Tick's house. An unfamiliar sensa Marion Smith of Atlanta; Gov. John G. WInant of New Iltopshlr season at finish the to chance the right: TO BB CONTINUED. .ntlmer, who could the third be? significant ion. 116 a weight of cold lea chairman; and Raymond V. Ingersoll of Brooklyn, top of the American Jockey list V"?y$lJJty -- - zi ... 4 - A fii'-r'- w , gold-heade- Riotous Strikers Held Back by Guardsmen - ( .Jaw mwm e ! iT d Saved From the Burning Liner - ... fh ft:. i " A': long-sighte- d Vlf L s'l' ; . dust-cake- Trying to Settle Textile Strike r xn pf hi w J 1 1 f fe vfiff;;;: 'r'-- |