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Show THE Thursday, December 25,1930 Copyright by Wllllam MacLeod Raine THE STORY Garrett O'Hara, young lawyer, practice at to his way on Concho, wild western town, ls shot at from ambush by Shep Sanderson, who mistakes him for Judge 'Varner, whom certain cattle Interests wish to prevent holding court. Barbara Steelman, who thought the shot was directed at her, warns Garrett not to go to Concho because of the Steve Worrall big cattle war. tells Garrett about the cattle war between Ingram and SteelBob man, father of Barbara. Quantrell, young killer for InJrram, saves Garrett O"Hat·a and Smith-BeresEnglishman, an ford, from being shot by Sanderson. The three become friends. Garrett accidentally witnesses a meeting between Barbara ar.d Ingram. They are lovers. Garrett and the Engliahman buy a ranch with Steelman as silent partner. Fitch, Steelman man, kills An Ingram follower. A posse, Including Quantrell and Sanderson, capture and hang Fitch. Sanderson starts a fight at the ranch and Garrett and the Englishman are wounded. Quantrell changes sides and joins with the two "tenderfeet." A lull in the cattle Quantrell kills war follows. Sanderson and another Ingram A tentative peace Is gunman. patched up through Garrett's efforts. Quantrell jeopardizes the peace prospects by leading an unauthorized raid on the Hughes ranch. Barbara agrees to marry Quantt·ell Is horseIngram. whipped by Ingram and swears vengeance. CHAPTER IX-Continued -11- Smitb-Beresford caught sight of her as she rode forwat·d, and came to meet her. "It's been a thousand years since J saw you," he protested, smiling up at the girl, "The day has turned a lot bt'ighter. Won't you alight'/" "I want to see l\lr. O'Hara.'' He helped her from the saddle and they moved together toward tile house. Barbara waited on the porch while he went tn to get his partner. When O'Hara joined her the girl moved with him, as though unconsciously, toward the hitch rack. It was like her to begin without devious explanation. "I've just left David Ingram. He's ready to make peace on any reasonable terms," she said. He looked quickly at her. A crim· :son stain streamed through her cheeks. "I sent him a note by that Mexican Garcia," she went on. "I asked him to meet me. We've talked lt all over. He'll do whatever's right." "In spite of Quantrell's attack?" "Yes. I can't go to Father yet. I'm not ready to explain everything. \Vill you meet 1\fr. Ingrum and then take his message to Father?" "Of course I will." He felt as though the bottom had dropped out of llls heart. There was mo•·e to this than she bad told him. In her soft and shining eyes was the llght of a <lear dream come true. ''We . . . had a talk," she said, almost in a murmur, dropping her long lashes. Before he spoke again he made sure that none of the emotion which surged tn him would show In his voice. "When am I to meet him-and where?" he asked. She gave hiiP directions. Neither of them referred to what was in both their minds, his love for her nnd hers for another man. They discussed the peace terms between Steelman and Ingram. He saddled a horse and rode with her until the path forked. Before they separated she bad one last word to say to him, and she said it with her hand on his coat slee,·e. "I want peace more than anything 4!1se In the world, Garrett. You will do yore best, won't you'/" His brown eyes rested on hers as be promised. "I'll do my best, Barbara.'' Perhaps his sm!le was a little wistful as he added: "I want you to bave what you want more than anything else in the world," "Would you want me to have it If you thought 1t wasn't best for me?" she asked. "No, but I wouldn't want to stand In the way of your having it." He thought many times later or that last remark of Barbara. Had she some prescience In her mind of shortlived happiness, some intuition that her love craft was likely to be wrecked by stormy seas? In the light of subsequent events he came to think so. • • . • JOURNAl.. ig e • MIDVAT.~E • The peace negotiations, now that Ingram had made up his mind to them, turned out to be absolutely simple. Confronted by this new situation, a foe willing to make concessions. Wes Steelman made a mental right-aboutface. lie did not want to be outdone tn generosity. Therefore be met hili fpe at least half way. Within tour months of the date ot the treaty Wesley Steel man had to swallow a l:>itter pill. lie stood up beside his IHlly daughter, the child he idolized, and saw her married to David Ingram. One aspect of the matShe had ter troubled Barbara. thought it would be a great blow to his pride, but she saw It was hi.s love that was bit. He grieved because he TURKEYS RAISED IN CONFINEMENT By Willia.n MacLeod Raine was sure that she would be unhappy In her marriage. And before she had been David Ingram's wife two weeks Barbara knew hQ was right. She summoned her pride and her courage to keep him and others from finding out. CHAPTER X "A Man With Sand" It was agreed In a conference attended by the governor of the territory, the sheriff of the county, Ingram, Steelman, and the United States marshal, that the slate should be wiped clean ot nll offenses commltted during the Jefferson County war unless Indictments had already been found against the law breakers. In the event that any of these latter were convicted the governor promised a pardon. Bob Quantrell was no party to the armistice. Tacitly he rl"fnsed to recegnize the new conditions. He went on the dodge and disappeared into the chaparral, emerging from it only to get food and supplies or to raid some ranch and rustle stock. 1'hree or four rallied had desperate ch:.tt·acters around· him, men who preferred to ;;teal rather than to work for a living. Oeever was 'lne ot these. Pankey was another. The depredations of the Quantre\1 gang, as the outlaws came to be called by common con1<ent, were high-banded and flagrant. They killed a clerk at the Indian agency, an lnno· cent youth from the East who chanced to come on them as they were {]riving a way a bunch of horses belonging to the government. They preyed particularly upon cattle bearing the Diamond Tail, the Hashknlfe, or the Circle S 0 branrts. The outlaws were protected by their friends. Young Quantrell was popular among the Mexicans. Posses organIzed by Ingram and Steelman, nomInally under the leadership ot the sheriff, could not move against him without warning reaching the outlaw. The relationship between Steelman and Ingram was a stiff and formal one, though in this matter of putting the cattle thieves out of business Steelman knew there must be co-operation. He discussed the situation with Smltli-Beresford one day. anywhere, gettin' not ""\Ve're Lyulph," he said, "Nor we won't with this Jim What's-his name sheriff. He's got no guts. He won't go out after Quantrell an' sleep on his trail tul he gets him. I bad a talk with him yesterday. He's willin' to resign if we can find a guod man to tal;:e his place. Well, I've found the good man. 'Vhat would you think of our partner, Garrett O'Hara? \Vhat kind of a sheriff do you think he'd make?" "He'd make a bully one. That's not the point. I"m thinking about Garrett and his safety. Dash it all, I'd rather go broke from that young scoundrel Quantrell's raids on our stock." "Some one has to stop this rustling. I'm too busy. 1\Iy boy is too young. Ingram is the logical man, but he claims he hasn't time for it. Run yore mind over the men you know in the neighborhood, then tell me who is best qualified for it." He "But Garrett 1s no trailer. doesn't know this country well," protested Smith-Beresford. "'Ve'll give him deputies who can follow a trail to b-1 an' back. Besides, this probably won't be a trailin' job. What it needs is a man with sand in his craw who'll never quit. I've watched Garrett an' I've noticed one thing about him-he rises to his opportunities. When the emergency breaks he's right on the job. By rights, If you go by logic, 'he ought to have been killed half a dozen times since he came to Jefferson county. Some folks say he's lucky. I don't. He's alive because he's the gamest 11'1' fighting cock on the river. an' because be uses his head. That last is where he'll have the edge on Quantrell." "I see you've already got bim appointed," the Englishman said drily. "Isn't Garrett going to have anytll!ng to say about this?" "He won't want the job, of course," "Who would? Steelman admitted. But it be thinks it's his duty he'll talce it.'' "I don't see that It's his duty any more than yours or mine or a dozen other men I can name. I'm against this, Steelman. He's too good to be killed by that young devil Quantrell. Thought you lll,;ed Garrett?" "Nobody I like better. What's that got to do with it? I'd put my own son on the job if be was old enough and good enough. I'm paying Garrett a big compliment. This country has got to be made safe from such men as Quantrell. Some one has to take law into the chaparral, an• I believe Garrett il'l man enough to do !t. Anyhow, he'll get a chance to say 'No.' It be makes good there's a big future for him here." The younger man smiled. "Glad to know you and Ingram are so keen on Ia w enforcement, I'm jolly well for it myself, but-" Steelman interrupted htm. "Don't class me with Ingram, boy. I've al· ways been for law, even lt 1 wouldn't stand for lett!n' him run over me. Start to finish you can't point to 11. thing I did contmry to law. Naturally, I wouldn't take the law dished out by !1is hand-picked scalawags. I'm surprised to hear you talk thataway, Lyulph.'' The Englishman shrugged his shoulders. "I don't mean to get yom· back up, old chap, but I do thin]{ your Ideas uf law out in this country are a bit elastic. Eh, what? Want me to see Ingram about Garrett's appointment? Hadn't we better talk with Garrett first?" "We'll see him right now." O'Hara's first impulse was to refuse Instantly, but he waited to hear Steelman out. Before the older man had finished he was not s~ sure. Some "You Will Do Yore You?" Best, Won't one bad to take the place as a public duty. He was extremely reluctant to be the one, and he had reasons that seemed to him to have weight. He put them Into words. ''Bob saved my life from Sanderson once, perhaps twice. Until he raided the Hughes place we were very friendly. It I were sheriff it would be my duty to hunt him down, perhaps to kill him. I don't want to do lt. It doesn't seem quite sporting for me to go after a man In whose debt I am.'' "Certainly not," agreed Smith-Beresford. ''Wouldn't think ot It, Garrett. Let some one else do it." Steelman took another view of lt. "He Interfered with Sanderson because of a whim. They didn't like each other. You were incidentally benefited. This Isn't a personal matter between you and him. He'!( understand that perfectly. Say you're appointed sheriff. If he keeps h-Un' Let around that"s not yore fault. him go straight an' you'll not trouble him. The long an' the short of lt is that her2's a plain public duty callln' to some be-man. I don't say you're that man. Up to you to say whether you are or not. But I do say that yore relations to Quantrell don't figure in the case." O'Hara thought it over and decided that Steelman was right. He had no right to pay any debt he owed to Quantrell at the expense of the public. "Give me twenty-four hours to think It over," he said. At tHe end of that time he told the old cattleman tbat be would take the appointment If It was satisfactory to Ingram. Within a week the governor of the territory hall appointed bim. • • • • • • • As a young bride at the Diamond Tail rancb Barbara was very popular \vlth the t•lders In her bt,shand's emIn Cattleland women were ploy. scarce, and charming young ones who bloomed like wild roses could be counted on the fingers of one hand with several digits to spare. Barbara would have been less than human if she had not appreciated the homage of these bow-legged young bipeds. None the less, slie was not happy, The one man whose homage she wanted on:ered It rarely. Dave Ingram belonged to the old school of husbands which regards a wife as 11 property. He bad won her, and it was not In character for him to keep on winning her. She was b!s woman under the law. Naturally, she would take It for granted that he was fond of her. He never consulted her about business. He rarely told her where he was goin;I or when he would be back. It did not occur to him to kiss her when he left or when he returned. There were hours when his passion for her flamed like tow. Yet Barbara, hungry-hearted for affection, re· sented these as much as his days of absorption in affairs fl·om which she was excluded. Barbara withdt·ew Into herself, narrowing her life. A hard, fierce pride welled up In her. and bitterness lay llke a lump of lead in her bosom. Not a girl given to self-pity, she did her share of weeping now when alone behind bolted doors. Sometimes she told herself that she was to blame, that she expected too much of a man. But since she was what she was this was small comfort. For she knew there could be no happiness for her in being less to a husband than his IoYer and his comrade. At breakfast one morning Ingram lifted his eyes from the newspaper. "See yore friend O'Hara has been appointed sherilr,'' he said. "If he's no better th!tn Jim, might as well have none at all.'' "Thought yon favored the appointment,'' she answered. "I did. He's got guts, if he Is a But Quantrell's a lot tenderfoot. more likely to get him than be Is to get Quantrell.'' "1 noticed that everybody was urgIng him to take the place an' that nobody wanted It for himself,'' she "I think it's a observed sharply_ shame to let him go out against that Apache Quantrell-for that's all he is -knowln' no more about trailin' and such things than a cllild. You say yoreself he hasn't got a chance. I don't see what Dad was thinking abont when he let him take lt." "Yore friend is a full-grown man, ain't he?" her husband asked lndlffer· entiy. "An' I didn't say be hadn't a chance. I said the odds were against him 1! he really goes after Quantrell an' doesn't lie down on the job. Maybe he'll just make a blu!t an' let it go at that." "He won't,'' she sa!u decisively. "He wouldn't have taken it If he hadn't meant to do his best." "Hope his best Is good enough. I'll sure not do any mournln' if he gets that young killer,'' Ingram replied. O'Hara rode across to the Diamond Tail that afternoon. Barbara came out to the porch to meet him. At sight of her a wave of emotion crashed through him. After the usual banalities of greeting he told her that he came to see her husband. "Dave is not here. I don't know just ****************************************************i Ancient Cannon Linked With Japanese History An old Dutch gun was recently lo· cated in the Kanzakl shrine, Saga, by Prof. Chozo Muto of the Higher Commercial college of Nagasaki, who is an authority on the history of the early Christian civilization. It bas for a long time remained unknown to the publiC', but' when Professor Muto visited the shrine and saw the gun, the marks it bears were declared by him to be those of the United East India company. The gun has also a letter H on It, and Professor 1\Iuto believes this to stand for Hoorn. a city in the Netherlands, wher-e there was a branch office of the trading company. History records that on the outbreak of the riots in Shlmabara and Amakusa by the Christians in 1637 against the Tokugawa government rule, the government ordered the governor to mobilize 100,000 troops to When Washington Fled In 1818, when Trumbull exhibited in Faneuil hall (Boston) his famous picture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, he prevailed upon the venerable John Adams to insvect Jt. Approving tbe painting, the latter pointed to the door next to the chair of Hancock and sald, "There, that Is the door out of which Washington rushed when I first alluded to him as the man best qualified for commander in chief of the American army." ..- Idea That Large Fields Are Needed Disproved. WN1J Service bring to an end the civil disturbance. The governor succeeded in defeating the rebels the following year with the assistance of Dutch men-of-war. which were then anchored off Nagarnki. Professor JI.Iuto connects this historical fact with tbe gun that has stood unobserved in the grounds or the Kanzaki shrine.- Osaka Maini<:hl • Japan. Orchids for Ever,. One The middle of May is the beight of t11e orchid season fn the tropical countries to the south of us and at that time it Is possible to buy orchids by the bunch on the streets of the City of Mexico at a price which would make the American girl er.v!ous. The blooms grow wild ln the Mexican couutry and are gathered by the peasant people and carried into the cities. The promenades of the City or Mexico are lined with men and women from the country districts ,who have come loaded with the blooms. These rival in size and beauty the flowers which are readily sold for several dollars each. In the City of Mexico one may buy a bunch of about two dozen flowers for a price about equal to 25 cents of American money, Curb Market Old The curb market In New York city had its origin in 1792. where he Is. 1 hear you are our new sheriff." "For want Of better," be said apologetically. "I wanted to speak to Mr. Ingram about that, but there's something else on my mind, Barbara, Quantrell was In Concho yesterday for a little while visiting the Gomez girl. He headed this way when he left town. It was after dark, but Steve Worrall saw him for a moment. I don't want to worry you. He's got friends on Buck creek, an' maybe that's where he was making for. But I think Mr. Ingram ought to keep a careful lookout. Quantrell is dangerous.'' "Dave knows that as well as we do. But he's so sure of himself, and anyway, he Is a sort of a fatalist. He says he'll not die till his time comes. I wish you'd stay an' talk to him. Maybe he'll listen to you more than he will to me.'' "I'll stay if you like. I want to discuss my deputy with him, It's important to get a good one.'' There drifted to them a sound, a faint pop that might have been the explosion of a far firecracker. "What's that?" she cried, lifting a band so that he would listen. The breeze brought two more shots. and presently after an interval ot seven or eight seconds three more. The blood washed from Barbara's cheeks. She caught at her fl"iend's arm to get strength from personal contact. "Some one shooting at a deer, or more likely a bear,'' O'Hara said. But her fear bad Infected him. He felt no conviction that his guess was true. Barbara ran to the bitch rack and mounted a saddle horse. It was not a side saddle but she did not wait to have a change made. ".Come on," she cried to O'Hara as she wheeled the horse and put it to a gallop. Already be was hard on her heels. They dashed down the road In the direction from which the shots had come. • • .. .. .. • • On the day that O'Hara rode to the Diamond Tail to warn him Ingram had gone to a gather of beeves with Roche. He was rounding up a trall herd to drive to San Jacinto. The two ridet·s cut acro~s the connu·y. They could hear the bawling of cattle in motion, and after a little, from a summit, three or four bunches of cows converging toward a common point, Behind each bunch rode one or two men. A faint "HI-yl" drifted on the breeze to them. "Shorty combin' Horse Prong," Roche said. A trickle of cows emerged from 8 draw just below them. These merged with those already on the roundup ground, a pocket In the hills where they could be held easily while being worked. The beef herd, cut out from j the herds gathered during the past week, were held apart from the stock now dl"ifting in. Ingram superintended branding and cutting, gave directions to his men, and personally kept the tally. He left the beef herd with his segundo tn charge. As he headed toward home Jack Phillips joined him. For a mile or two their way was the same. Roelle cantered after them and joined the two. "Better look out, Dave," Phllllps said. "It's come to me three-four times that Bob Quantrell is tayin' for you. He made his brags what he was gonna do to you .fn the Square Deal saloon at Agua Caliente Saturday. One of our boys was there an' heard hlm." ''No news to me that he's sore,,. Ingram replied, with a thin grim smile. "He's got a license to be, accordin' to bis way of It. It this new sheriff ill any good he'll put Quantrel! outa business. No use arrestin' him, O'Hara has sand in bts craw, but he's a tenderfoot. I've a notion to throw In with him an' clean out the gang, Trouble Is I'm so pushed for time.'' Phillips ruminated aloud. ..If anyone was to ask me what was the most important business Dave Ingram could attend to l"lgbt now I'd say it was runn!n' down Quantrell. If he ever gets the deadwood on you, Dave-" "Why then I reckon I'll be number seventeen for him,'' Ingram finished carelessly. Phillips drew up to deflect for the Circle S 0. "Well, they claim threatMaybe so. ened folks llve long. Adios." The other two struck a road galt across the mesa. They talked casually of one topic and another: the number of beeves the gather woul~ total, the need of rain, the best route along which to send the San Jacinto drive in order to get good grass. As Ingram talked, his keen eyes searched the wooded btU slopes and the arroys filled with scrub oak. He might appear to take Quan· trell's threats lightly, but he had no intention of offering himself as an easy mark. Tiley were dropping down a hill to the "toad whid1 swung around a blutr to the ranch. The horses picked thefr way slowly through the rubble ready to start sliding at the least pressure. Knowing how sure-footed their mounts were, both riders leaned back and gave them tbP.ir heads. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The poultry department of the Penusy I vnnia State coJ lege recently published some interl"stlng ·work on feed consumption ancl cost of raising turkeys In complete confinement. Apparently the Idea that turkeys require large fields for range bas been diS· proved. E. M. Funk, who conducted this work at the Pennsylvania State college but who Is now with the poultry department of the Missouri College of Agriculture, summarizes the experiment with turkeys as follows: 1. The average weight of the Bronze toms at 24 weeks was 19 pounds and the \Vhite Holland toms averaged 16.4 pounds at the same age. 2. The rate of growth obtained was greater than that heretofore reported. 3. The mash and grain consumption per blr.d for the first 24 weeks was 58.05 pounds and f\6.12 pouuds tor the Bronze nnd White Holland varieties. re:'pectively. 4. The feed cost of producing a pound of gnin was 14.7 cents for the Bronze and 15.3 cents for the White Holland. a. As the birds approached maturity. the feed required to produce a pound of gain increased from 2.56 to 7.71 pounds. 6. 'l'!te p1·oteln intake remained at a high level untll the eighteenth week, vn1·ying around 20 per cent. From the eighteenth to the twentyfourth week the level decreased from 20.2 per cent to 14.8 per cent. 7. More than B3 per cent of all turkeys started were raised to market age. 8. The loss from blood and feather dressing for the males was 9.5 per cent: for tbe females, 10.4 per cent. The full drawn birds showed a total shrinkage of 24.2 and 24.7 per cent for the males and females, respectively. These differences are due to size, not to sex. 9. F.xcellent market birds were produced in complete confinement, Cod Ll·ver Oil Help to Breeders and Chickens and Experiments at the Kansas Wisconsin experiment stations have demonstrated that cod liver oil Is a valuable feed for both hens and young chicks that do not have an abundance of sunshine. This product contains 8 vitamin that helps to take the place of sunshine, in that it helps the birds or chicks to make proper use of the minerals tn their rations. With hens that are used for breeders this helps to develop a better shell on the egg. This seems to cause _the eggs to hatch better, as a better ltme content is fu.rnished the chicks and l~s~ e\:aporatwn takes pla~e. In a_dd1t10n 1t ~akes hens. healthier, th_e•eby improvmg the VItality and vtgor of the floc!>. ln the ~orthern part of the United St~tes it IS nee;ssary to. hatch some clnckens bef~re 1t Is possible for them to run out~tue where they get th~ benefit of dtrect sunshine. The addi· tlon of ft"Om 1 to 2 per cent of ~od liver oil to the mash will pt·event rtck· ets and help to keep the chicks tn tl.le best of health. -------- Raising Turkeys While Confined Is Practical The Minnesota plan of raising tur· keys in confinement consists in match· ing and rearing artificially and ranging them on l.'lean soil. One plan Is to build a roosting shelter in the middle of the range, containing four trap dom·s, one leading Into each fenced tOt. The entire fenced area contains about an acre of land over whkb no poultry have ranged for several years. Each one-quarter acre lot bas prov· en large enough for 200 or 300 young turkeys when they are turned out ot 8 dllre•·ent t•·ap door into a dil'ferent lot at least once each month. The plan calls for careful feeding and keeping the turkeys away from chick.· ens at all times. Some Heat Needed The Ohio experiment station Is advising the use of brooder stoves in • Lhose laying houses which are subject to extreme changes In temperature. Poultry raisers realize the disastrous consequencPs of a 40 to 50 degree drop in temperature, and can modify this change without cutting off the air necessary to carry off moisture. Shutting up the chicl,en house to the point where moisture accumulates, wen !;ens the resistance of the whole flock to disease. Get Fertile Eggs Most of the eggs are fertile within five dnys after a male bird is placed with the females, but lt Is better to mate the pens two to four wel"ks befo•·e one wishes to save eggs, so tllflt the b!Fds may become accustomed to their new quarters and to each other_ rn case another mnle has been wittt the ftock before putting a new male In, on-e cannot be sure the eg-g-s will all be fertilized by the new mala until at least three w~eks bavl! elapsed. |