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Show 1 r THE JORDAN JOURNAL, MIDVALE. UTAH Nameless River ---By--- VINGIE E. ROE Copyrl~ht • by the McCall CompanJ' WNU Service• CHAPTER XVI-Continued -15A llttle later Bossick knew all that Brand and the sher11I knew concerning the hidden passage that opened Into Blue Stone, and he was softly profane with amazement. Fair laughed. "I've set a guard around the shel"lff's house,'' be said, "put six of his cowboys on double shift. I knew they would find out that be is still alive and might try to finish the job-so be would never talk-Sky Line, I mean. And now, Mr. Bosslck, I think we'd better go talk to Jermyn and the rest. I'm only sorry Selwood isn't able to be wlth us_'' • • • • • • ways In m1 118Cret heart there has been a place all swept and garnished -and empty, Nance. "Since the day in Blue Stone canyon when I first beheld you rocking the child In your lap-this secret place has been gloriously full. Nance-Nance - I have peen like a worshiper without, laying my forehead to the s!U. All the things I have dreamed of I find In you-the strength, the sweetness, the courage. You 11re beautiful as few women ln this world are beautiful-and you are too good for any man. But I-have dared to love you." He ceased and turned bls lips against her cheek. For Nance All1son the stars were singing together at the dawn o( creation, the glory of the spheres had appeared before her. "Answer me, girl," said Brand Fair tremulously, "tell me what's In your heart." "1-I-" said Nance, "I-th!nk It ts the ltght from the open gates of Paradise-the smile of God Himself-because I am so happy !" •·sonny, old-timer," said Fair, "here's where you take a back seat for once," ' and he rolled the child, still sleeping · like the healthy little animal he was, over on the floor. • * • • • • When the man arose to go some aeons later he gave Nance the package which he had taken from a pocket. "Keep it, sweetheart," he said, "'a.nd open 1t if-anything happens to me. It contains iu:t;orrnatlon vital to Sonny's life and future-the address of the New York lawyer who knows all my afl'alrs and his, and also copies of the proof he holds which can send Cattle Kate and Arnold and all their lot behind the bars for life. Take it straight to Sheriff Selwood if you have to act for me, and If he Is alive and consciouS- If not, Bosslck will do In his stead. He's a good man. There's a picture In that package. Nance-the face of Sonny's mother. But I'm not figuring that you'll have ,any call to open it-not by a long shot. This Is all by way of wise precaution, you know. Now give me one more kiss." Brand Fair rode away and the girl he left upon the cabin's step was too far adrift on the seas of happiness to realize that he had not told her the one thing vital-who was Sonny's fatherl "This Is a .P retty bunch to bring back to me, Caldwell," said Kate Cathrew, tapping her foot with a whip, "one man disabled and another poundeu into jelly. Who's this d-n stranger wh1.1's .so h&.ndy with his gun?" "Name's Smith," said the foreman l't:lklly, "and I'd better tell you right no~, that Selwood isn't dead. He's alive and they're waiting for him to come round so he can-talk." C'uttle Kate's face flamed red. "Not dead? Bring Provine here!" But she would not wait as was lmr wont when summoning her men. She whrrleo and strode along the veranda to meet Provine who came 1n n:l good grace. "I've a notion to k.lll yon on the CHAPTER XVII spot t" she cried furiously, "you fool bungler! Of all the crazy, wild, linThe Face In the Package. possible things I Why didn't you get At last Nance Allison knew the that man? '!'he one person in the world meaning of the great light that seemed who knew of the Flange and Rainbow's to glow upon all the world of the Pot behind! You let him get away l" Deep Heart hills. "Done my best,'' said the man evilly, Instinct awoke In her and she be"and to h-1 with those who don't held the face of love. llke it." . Abasement seized her. Quick as a fiash tllAl woman raised What was she in her loneliness and her whip and struck him. poverty, that such a man as Brand With a roar he returned the blow, Fair might find her worthy? and Big Basford who had followed, What had she ever done of valor leaped for him, clawing wlth his good that one might admire her? hand, but Caldwell knocked Provine She had merely been a drudge, work· down Instead. lng out her soul to carry on her fa· "Take him away,'' said Kate Cath· · ther's dreams of empire, to hold :tast rew coldly, her hand at her cheek, the place which he had left to her and "Lawrence Arnold will be here soon. hers. I'll let him deal with this." She had only labored and stood firm, • • • • • watching with anguished eyes the It was night again and the stars fruits of those labors being destroyed were hung like lanterns ln tbe sky. -she had made no efl'ort to strike back The little wind was coming up the at her enemies. river, the l!ttle soft wind that Nance And despite all this, Brand F~tlr loved her 1 Allison loved. Once more she sat in the doorway Loved her and had laid hls l!ps to tvith Brand Fair beside her. There hers ln the first love-kiss of her life 1 was no light on the table thls time, so Verily was she blessed beyond all that she could not see hls face wlth reason and she lifted up her heart In its quiet dark eyes, Its thick hair above praise. and the straight line of his. lips with It was a holy night she spent upon their gentle smile. But the feel of his her knees In the soft darkness with ,,, arm against her own as he held the sleeping chilj, set up that nameless her work-hardened hands clasped on longing In her, the glowing glory of the ancient coverlet and the long gold unknown joy which had become of late lashes trembling and wet upon her a sadness. cheeks. It was an offertory, an adora· tlon and a covenant. She was filled with vague sorrows and premonitions, as If, having found She felt the hours pass with benedlcthe priceless possession o:t this man's tion. companionship, she was about to At the first gray light she lifted her lose it. face and with a smile at her lips' corIt was not death wholly that she ners she murmured the ancient words feared, but a more subtle thing, an of David's Immortal thanksgiving: Inhibition of the spirit, a gulf that "The King shall joy in Thy strength, seemed to lie all shadowy between Oh, Lord; and in Thy salvation how them-a dark, mysterious gulf where· greatly shall he rejoice! For Thou In the Imperious face of Kate Cathrew hast made him most blessed forever; swirled amid the shadows. Thou hast made him exceecl!ng glad "" But presently Fair spoke and she with Thy countenance. 'l'hou hast ' shook off her depressing forebodings. given him the desire of his heart. " N ance,'• he said softly, so low that Sela"." " his deep voice was scarce more than a "Mammy,'' she said at breakfast. ~·hisper, "I have wanted to tell you "I've got to tell you something-you more o f my life an d S onny's for a long and Bud. " ~ 'tJple, but somehow it seemed too bad '!'here was a soft radiance about her to add another's burdens to those long blue eyes, a helpless surrender to which you already bear, even though the smiles that would keep coming on vicariously. However, the tlme seems her features. nearly ripe for me to reap the reward, Her mother looked on her calmly. one way or another, of those years of "We117" she said. effort and hardship which I have spent But over Bed's young face there running Kate Cathrew to earth. What passed a spasm of paln. this reward will be I don't know, of "You needn't tell it,'' he said sharpcourse. No one can foretell. The men !y, "we know-don't we, mammy? It's of Sky Line are a hard bunch, crim- Brand-" lnals and worse. They'll never be dug "Sure, we know, Nance, honey," said out of that nest ot theirs without a Mrs. Alllson gently, "an' we want to fight and a hard one. Somebo!.ly's go- tell l'OU, Bud an' I, how pl11mb happy lng to be killed, that's certain !" we are-how glad we are to see happlHe heard the girl catch her breath ness come to the best daughter, the In a little gasp, and shifting Sonny, he best sister, two people ever had on this put his arm around her. here earth. Ain't we, Buddy?" "However It does come out, there's The boy swallowed once, then looked one thing I want to tell you, a pack,age at Nance and smiled. I want to give you for safekeeping. It was not the least courageous Wlll you listen, Nance?" thing he was l!ver to accomplish, that "' The big girl nodded dumbly. Her sm!le, and his mother knew 1t, for he heart was throbbing painfully, the adored the girl, and she had been his breiith labored in her lungs. A trem· only playmate all his life. bllik set up along her muscles, and But at his mother's subtle words the star~J seemed to dance on the black jealousy ~led and love stepped back velvet of the sky. triumphantly. Gently Fair leaned d.,wn until hls "We sure are, Sis," he said and face was against her deek, tightened kissotd her on the cheek. bls ,f..-..sp. 'l"be chlld sl~>pt late that morning. .. ~ have been all over this land of P~rhap5 be had been more or less dl!l.. urs,'' he ~ml(! presently, "and In some turbed by Nance's wake,"ultV!SS. She >SeYeral t•thers. t have met many stepped to the bedroom door ouce and wom<>n-of many rlas'l~. I have been looked at him, but left him there. nn Rfl.1U' nnd no §l"lilat ~er. B11t al· l "We might as weU sit down.'' abe • • said, "he's fast asleep yet and I can feed him when he does get up." They talked gayly all through the meal, reviewing the wonder that had come to Nance, and it seemed a new future was opeulng before them all. "Brand seems !lke one of us already,'' said Mrs. AI11son, "an' I think with joy what a help he'll be to you an' Bud-th' land is rich an' wUL keep us all In plenty with a man like bim to manage an' to stand between us an' Sky L!ne. An' he's like your pappy was-kind an' stlll, a strength an' a hope for us. If Bud 1s wlllln' we'll o:fl.'er blm share an' share." "Sure,'' said the boy decidedly. When he had once capitulated Bud stood firm, wholeheartedly backing his decision. "I just don't seem able to grasp lt all," said Nance happily, "It seems like our whole life has changed overnight. There is light where darkness was, hope again where l'd about given lt up--and now we'll never have to give up Sonny." "That's sol" cried Mrs. Alll,son, "an' I hadn't thought of that. Never seemed like we would any way-bless him." "Me?" asked a fresh llttle voice from the doorway, and the child stood there. rumple-headed, In his small nightgown made from fiour sacks. The faded red lettering still stood frankly out across his diminutive stomach. "Yes--you," said Nance, "come here to your own Nance." Sonny sidled in, holding up the hlnderlng garment with one band, the other shut over some small article. As Nance l!fted him to her lap he laid thls on the table's edge. "See,'' he said, "the pretty lady. She Cattle Kate Cathrew Sat on the Broad Veranda at Sky l..lne. She Was Clad Lfke Sybarite. a was in a bundle on your bed-where'd you get her, Nance7" And Nance Allison looked down into the p!t;:tmed face of-cattle Kate Cathrew. For a moment the laughter still drew her lips, the soft light of happiness still Illumined her eyes. Then the light and the laughter were erased !rom her features as if an In· visible band had wiped them. In tbelr place came first a blankness, an lncredu!lty-then, as realization and memory struck home to her brain, the anguish of death Itself swept across her face. She stared with dilating pupils at the small picture. "Nance!" cried her mother, "Nance t" She raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Allison and the latter felt a chill of fear. "Take-Sonny, · Bud,'' she said slowly, ••and get Ills clothes." Bud, tactful and ql)iet, did a!l she asked, :mG when she was alon~ with {ler mother the girl held . out the picture. "Brand told me--last night," she said haltingly, "that a package he gave me-to open In case anything happened-to hlm-held the face of-ofof Sonny'1:1 mother. This ls Cattle Kate Cathrew." "'My good Lord A'mlghty !" ejaculated Mrs. Allison. Nance nodded. ''Then-who's his-father?" "Who d'you suppose. Mammy?" asked the girl miserably, "I'm afriad It's Brand-the man who says he loves me!" The _gaunt old mother came round the table and put an unaccustomed arm about her daughter's shoulders. Caresses were rare with her. ''No," she suld decidedly, "Brand Fair ain't a cleceiver. I'd !itake a lot on that. I feel to trust IJ!m, honey. Whatever is wrong in this terrillle tangle, it ain't Brand-an' you can take your old mammy's word on that." The girl straightened her shoulders, lifted her head. "I do trust him, Mammy,'' she said gallantly, "whatever has happened In the past I know it has not made him a liar-and I feet to be ashamed of myself." "Needn't," said Mrs. All!son succinctly, "It's naturul-th' age-old Instinct of jealousy. Come down from our naked an•~estors "·hen th' man was th' feed-getter an' th' woman fought with tooth an' nail If another female hove In sight. You•a like t0 go right out :now an' scratch that woman's eyes out, wouldn't you?" A 11lckly smile trembled on Nance's lips. "I guess I would,'' she said unstendily, "because-you see-If-if she's his wife--why-he can't take !mother." ''There's divorce laws in this coun- I try, llln't there? How do you know she's his wi!e now?" "Mammy,'' said Nanee gratefully, "you'rE' the most wonderful woman I ever knew l You've got more reason than a houseful ot lawyers. And I'm going to take beart right now. I'll put this picture away in the package and walt till Brarfd is ready to tell me all about Jt-and I'll stand steady ln my love and my faith." "That's my big girl!" said the mother, "now get to work at somethinc. It's th' best cure-all on earth." • • • • • • • Cattle Kate Cathrew sat on tbs broad veranda at Sky Line. She was clad llke a sybarite, In shining satin. Rings sparkled on her fingers, lights sparkled In her hard eyes, a close-held excitement was visible In her whole appearance. She looked down across the vast green-clad slopes of Mystery and held her breath that she might tho better listen for a sound Ill the still· ness. For she was waiting for the writer of those letters. the man from New York who came at regular intervals to bask in the peace of Sky Line-for Lawrence Arnold himself. It had been months since she had seen him, and the passion In her was surging l!ke molten lava. She was in a trance of expectation, as exqnlslte as the fullest realization. She had been so ever since the departure at early dawn of Provine with a led horse-none other than B!uefiro whose proud back no one but this man ever crossed, except herself. For three hours she had sat In the rustic rocker l!ke a graven image, her bands spread on the broad arms, her Immaculate black head seemingly at rest against the back. And not a soul at Sky Line would have disturbed her. From a distant corral where he tinkered at some trivial task Big Basford watched her with wild red eyes. At these times the man was a savage who would have kllled Arnold joyfully had the thing been possible. Minnie Pine, busy at the k.ltche:q window, watched him. "The Black Devll Is In bell, Josefa," she said guardedly, "he knows the master's . coming-and that the boss w111 lle !n his arms." "He pays for his sins,'' said J osefa calmly,. "which is more than the others do." "Rod," returned the half-breed, "has no slns." •~He-ugh I He-ugh !" laughed the old woman, "so says the young fool because she loves him." "I know what I know," said Minnie, "the Blue Eyes has a clean heart. One sin, maybe, yes--or two, maybe--but he sits sometimes with his head In hia hands, and be mourns-like our people ror death. He says lt is for deathdeath of a man's honor killed by mistake. I know, for I've sat with him then-and be has put his 1'ace In my neck." There was a high beauty about the simple words and the ancient dame looked at the girl with understanding. For a moment the cynicism was absent. · "You speak truth," she said softly, "tl1e man Is a stranger to these others. Also he Is of a white heart. He should have been a Porno chief ln the old days." Noon came and passed and Kate Cathrew 1ild not eat. She "Watched the sun drop over toward tbe west, the pine shadows tt:.rn on the slopes. ' And then, far down, she caught the sound of hoofs and rose straight up from her chair, one hand on her thundering heart. '!'he action was her only concession to the fierce emotion which was eating her. When Sud Provine came out of the pines below w!th Bluefire and his rider in convoy she was seated again in the broad-armed rocker, to all intents as calm as moonl!ght on snow. Lnwrence Arnold dismounted st!fHy and handed the rein to Provine, then raised his eyes and looked at her. Over hls whlte·sklnneg, aqulline features there passed a smile of the coolest understanding. . He knew 'the volcano covered in and shut from sight under this woman's cool exterior-this woman who was his woman. Cattle Kate rose languidly and came to meet him and her bril!lant eyes returned the understanding to the nth degree--they were full of passion, of promise. "Man,'' she said under her breath, as their hands met, "Ol1, man 1 It's been so long!'' That was all for the prying eyes that comvassed them. They entered the house and Minnie Pine served the meal which had been waiting and which was the best Sky Line could produce, and afterward Lawrence Arnold reclined on n blan· ket-covered couch ln the living room and smoked in smiling peace. There was a step at the door, an<1 a dusty rider stood there. "Want to report,'' he said, "that I've just come up the Pipe and I found tmcks-brushed out-at the mouth in Blue Stone--there were two men on foot. No hoof marks. They looked ln behind the willows." Kate Cathrew rose straight up to her feet. "H-I's fire !" she said. (TO B.Hl CONTINUED.) Set Civilization Back The Vandals were a Teutonic race formerly Inhabiting the southern shores of the Baltic, who, about the bf\dnnl~?a of the Fifth <"entury, rnvaged Gaul and overran Spain and northern Africa. In 455 they pillaged the city of Rome, mercilessly despoiling it of Its treall' nres of art, literature and ctvlllzatlor:. 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