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Show t i LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHL UTAH SEWISG CIRCLE PATTERNS Scallops Trim Junior r jsyWM''V' THE STORY ' ' u THIS FAK: A vaite coU ranch is. Wjo-- Goose Bu sore aiinf. BU color Indicate that be li a throwback to the Albino, a wild stallioa. Oilter a hi ancestors axe all thorouga-re4Thunderhead, or the Goblio a ha K commonly known, I rows from a stun--j foal to a sturdy year-tu- t. and One day bo wanders sotuhvard ioto 0e mountain. Bo reaches a river tad fellow It ever higher. Suddenly eagle darts at him, ripping hi flesh. Goblin fight It off, but t badly fright-tmt- 4 r, snd run home. A week later, he return to the river, and finds a valley, accessible by only one email opening in high cliffs. Goblin' nose tells aim that horse live within the valley. l .. s. u how-ove- CHAPTER X Goblin stood motionless, his eyes scanning the valley, his muzzle lifted to suck in and savor and read all the messages it flung at him. He This knew much about it already. was the country that had called him and he had answered the call. Those horses over there, the big, loosely-fian- g herd, grazing quietly, were the had been hunting. Mares! His nostrils quivered. He The mares raised neighed loudly. their heads, the foals faced around. What magnificent animals big, smooth, glossy the very smell of them was sweet and strong with health and power. The mares were blacks and bays and sorrels, and the colts were the same, except for a horses he J. FEATURE.S edged and attempted to destroy his heir. The stroke was delivered with lightning speed. From his great height, if the blow had come down on Goblin's head, as was intended, it would have killed him instantly. But Goblin was endowed with the same speed, and reflexes that acted quicker than thought. He swerved. The great hoof glanced down his neck, ripping the flesh at the shoulder, and sent him rolling. To complete the attack, the stallion dropped ncse to earth, turned and lashed with hind feet to catch the body of the colt as he fell from the blow and finish him off. But the Goblin rolled too far and too fast, landed on his feet, and whirled to face his antagonist. The stallion plunged toward him head stretched out like a lethal missile, the twisted mouth open and reaching to bite the great teeth, like slabs of yellow stone bared and in the wild and terrible face, two eyes blazing like The Goblin whirled and streaked toward the band of mares. They were bunched, watching, fascinated. They opened their ranks and let him fire-opal- s. in. They scattered at the impact of the Albino's head-orush. Goblin dodged. He felt the rake of the Albino's teeth down his haunch a chunk bitten out he squealed and lew piebalds. Nickering, they lifted their heads doubled behind another mare. The and trotted toward the newcomer. Albino's charge knocked her off her Goblin rushed happily to meet them. feet and Goblin went down under He felt a burning pain in his He was at home with mares. Most her. of his life had been spent with them. ! ornnnH him TVirillorl f'l and excited by the advent of a fk stranger, ne lost ail tnougnt 01 fear or caution in the happiness of having arrived. He met and smelled and talked to them one by one. ; The squeals and whinnies, the jumps ; and snorts and playful kickings were all delightful fun. Some of them : tried to drive the intruder out, but I their bites and kicks were half- n y1 hearted. On the summit of a near-b- y hill stood a great white stallion. He was upwind from his mares, which was fortunate for the Goblin. As it was, the Albino noticed the 4 I in his harem and lifted head to observe it. ; This animal stood sixteen and a , half hands high. He was pure white. 3 His body had power and strength rather than gracefulness. He was not smooth. He was gnarled like an old oak tree. His coat was marred by many scars. His great age showed in the hollows of his flanks and shoulders and face. Behind the 3 dark glare of his eye, a blazing fire burned and on this flame was projected an irresistible and a personality that was like the core of a hurricane. He looked over his kingdom. He had stood there for looking years, ' over his kingdom. And if horses 1 think wondering who would take over when his end came. He had i no heir. How could he have? He permitted no colt older than a year to remain in the band of mares, nor ; any stallion older than a old to be in the valley. Here and j there, in the deep grass, were the polished bones of those who had : challenged him. And if any attempt- ed to return after he had driven s them forth they did not try a sec-- I his - 4 1 will-powe- r, ' two-year- ly time. i When Goblin caught the unmistak-- I able strong scent of the stallion he ; totted out from the herd to find m UP there on a 'vU1' Hfi S3W Wl-j- ust where Banner would have ond with a joyful nicker, ' started toward him. l The Albino came down to meet wen-a- . nd ' Goblin, a creature of fire and magnetism himself, felt the oncoming stallion in terms of and it voltage, as almost too much to be borne, - twi 1 1 sledge-hamm- er - 1 kV r The stroke was delivered with lightning speed. ear and tore it loose. He was up again, shouldering into a group of mares and foals. When he came out the other side, the Albino had lost him for the moment. It was his chance. He fled toward the keyhole in the rampart, Albino in thundering pursuit. Entering the passageway, the Goblin followed the zigzag path which led through it, and here his smaller size gave him an advantage. Emerging on the other side, the Albino was some distance behind, but still coming fast. It was a long chase. Goblin's youth and his quickness at dodging and doubling and the cover given to him by the rocks and clumps of trees saved him. Six miles down, the river, he was alone at last, as the afternoon light began to fade. He was limping from the painful wound in his shoulder. He carried his head on one side, favoring the torn ear, now and then giving it a little shake to shake the pain away, scattering drops of blood. He ached all over. To move, now that he had stopped running, was an agony. He stood under a tree, twisted and quivering. He ate nothing all night. The memory of all that had happened was graven in him. He faced the rampart, cocked his one good ear, turned his head until he caught the wind, and stood straining, listening, smelling, bringing to his consciousnessalmost as strongly as if he could see him the terrible monster that had terrified and bested him. He had the impulse to neigh not the and challenge him-b- ut Never the nor courage. strength mind there would be another day. Wait. He had wounds to heal. Goblin grazed until he had filled his belly and renewed his strength, then took the way home. i all." Nell was kneeling at Flicka's head, sponging her face and mouth with goblin came to a stop. It occurred cold water. Now and then the mare nim that he was going in the gave a spasmodic heave. .wrong direction. But he held his Presently Doc was pulling on something. Flicka groaned and la?e waiched. He had never seen or bored mightily. Ken groaned and " anything like that before. The strained too, but Howard watched awon was so his power contained, every move the doctor made, keenly ,as so gathered and held within him interested. Two tiny hoofs and a at he was all curves. His great muzzle appeared and the doctor got eck was so arched that his chin to his feet and mopped the sweat from his face. T in 811(11 under, the crest m Iead was hih and rounded "She may be able to manage the wnh long ears cocked like spear- rest herself now I've got it in the IIi3 face was terrifying right position," he said. Ierocious expression But Flicka couldn't. Most of her Those And his huge, heavily-- , was gone and it seemed strength nacied legs for-that something still impeded the decurving flung high, so that the livery. great body floated tne massive McLaughlin looked at his watch. airwien W been going on three hours ana "It's irom up th It Bounding with that6 now." He and Doc talked together in blows e ine hiUs tremble and low voices. It frightened Ken to tel, woedJ hke thunder in the valley! hear them so casual and fatalistic. Ken touched the protruding hoofs. krA..obun still held his ground. slowt,d hi3 Pace, came They were not hard yet and were tW covered with rubber-lik- e Tneir noses were pads. He hn,;TsU)ppedVM two feet tried to pull on them and was dumbapart. ind0' 88 long as a minute they faced founded to find that it was like tryeyed each other. was demanded of Ken ing to pull a bough from a tree. Fortitude m 1!ey Wrro. K c McLaughlin sent Gus for ropes. fcranrk V oaul:. arunK- anaj next day when Flicka went unex.n .f the same tree. And from Rob said They tied a rope to the foal's legs pectedly into labor anda bad time and Doc and his assistant put all timJw 8,ng identity-ea- ch seeing she was going to havethe vet. 63 in a distorted mirrorneed would their weight on it. The foal moved a -? and they Driving over to the telegraph sta- little, the head was nearly out. Then . ,i"ed terror 6nd 'ury- his mother, Ken's face it stuck, and when they continued leion Tf8pectm s'allion would tion with and furious. "God made to pull the only result was that was white sudMminis:evhlrn serl0y enough to the world, didn't He?" he asked of Flicka's whole body slid across the much think I don't floor. They tied her forelegs to a "Well, Mld.mf. heayy punishment. But denly. and pulled again. Flicka's body post Wln'y the Albino raised his right the way He made it. I could have awthink can I out straight and taught, ave up stretched better. one it done terrible pawing rok. truBH. accmpanied by a short ful nice worlds."down at him. What ropes at each end of her, but the foal did not budge. sc"eech of Nell glanced iid fury. w Flicka Goblin-- no " BO flOinifmi hmw unearthly (TO BE CONTINUED) KnK .xknAiuL wwuj Bbftuvnr could she say? 11 ! .t.y it was" a pretty big dose of trouble for him. "Why do all the horrible things have to happen?" he asked passionately. She must answer him. "We can't understand entirely, Ken" "Why not?" "You can't understand something that's so much bigger than you are. Not wholly understand. You can't even wholly understand your father or me only one side of us. And even less, your Heavenly Father, the Father of all of us. It would be as if a small circle, like a nut, could get outside a big circle, like an orange." Ken was silent, composing an important prayer. "Please God, make me have fortitude. And don't let me lose my grip. But if you could manage it to have the Goblin come back, and Flicka get through this foaling all right, that would be just keen. For Jesus Christ's sake, Amen." There was a flash of radiance on his face as he looked up at his mother. Arrived at the railroad station, Nell entered the telegraph office, and Ken stood listening to the mysterious dots end dashes which asked the telegraph agent at Laramie if he would be so kind as to do Captain McLaughlin of the Goose Bar ranch a favor, and telephone the veterinarian, Dr. Hicks, and find out if he could start to the ranch immediately to deliver a foal? Within five minutes the message came back that Dr. Hicks would come. On the Goose Bar ranch the weather was hot really hot for only two or three weeks in midsummer. On this day, the thermometer stood at a hundred and one with a burning, dry heat which lay on the land in shimmering waves, reminder that it was not far removed from the desert. Inside the barn, in spite of wide open doors and windows, everyone was soaked with perspiration and Dr. Hicks had constantly to turn aside and shake the water from his forehead. Rob and the boys were naked from the waist up. Flicka, exhausted by hours of unavailing labor, lay on her side. It was a dry birth. For a long time before the veterinarian's arrival one of the foal's forelegs had been protruding. "Which means," said Dr. Hicks when he arrived, "that the other leg is curled back and makes birth impossible. The foal is in the wrong po--' sition, it will have to be straightened out." He asked for a gunny sack, cut holes in the corners for his arms and one in the middle for his head, removed shirt and undershirt, donned the gunny sack, greased his arm and went to work. Ken watched him, vowing to himself that never again should Flicka be allowed to have another foal. The doctor puffed as, holding the tiny yellow foreleg, he slowly forced it back into the mare. Ken saw it vanish with a strange sensation. Could the foal still be alive after being handled like that? At length the doctor's hand and wrist disappeared too, and Ken, watching his heavy brown face with its humorous expression, as if at any moment he was going to crack a joke, tried to read on it just what was going on inside there. Lucky, thought he, that Doc was so big and husky. To be able to straighten out a foal inside of its mother took strength! While Doc worked he talked in short grunts. "This mare'll never foal again that infection she had when she was a yearling injured her scar tissue it's a wonder she's as good as she is. All right for saddle ah, there, I've got it now" "Got what?" breathed Ken. "The other hoof. Both of them. This isn't going to be so bad, after x commotion - i- r S i- -8 er Tot's Dress for School or Play Farm Accident Costs Continue to Mount Most Losses Can Be Prevented Entirely By W. J. DBYDEN Accidents to farmers, in a typical year, lost double the amount of time needed to produce the average annual wheat crop of the United States. 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