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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH Don't Forget Cuttcura Talcum When adding to your toUet requisites. Aa exquisite face, skin, baby and dusting powder find perfume, rendering other perfumes superfluous. Ton may rely on it because one of the Cutlcura Trio (Soap,, Ointment and Talcum), 25c each everywhere. Advertisement Dy VK-IGI- BOY AND DOQ Copyright by the McCall Company SYNOPSIS. Kat Cathraw, "Cattle Kata, owner of the Bky Una ranch, on her way to Me Kana'a atore at Cordova. aaam the alKht of Inxly Infuriated a Ctrl plowing In a valley below, placea a rifle bullet near the boraea feet. The girl Ukea no notice. ' Kate coca on to town, whera her preaence bridge on a fight between McKane, the trader, Alll-aoand Sheriff Selwood. Nance Cath-rathe girl on whom Kate had vented her aplte, la with bar widowed mother and crippled brother Bud farming land taken up by her father, killed a abort tlma before la a myaterloue accident Bud la the victim of a deliberate attempt to malm or klU him. Kate Cathrew wanta the term for paature land, and la trying to frighten the AlUeone Into leaving. Big Baaford, Sky IJne rider, desperately In love with Kate, plcke a quarrdl with a fellow rider, Rod Stone. Kate, to part them, lashea Baaford aoroaa the face with a quirt. WNU Service, ir w CHAPTER IV Continued . With a snarl and a whins the owner of the tall faced her In the low mouth of a cave, his pointed ears fiat to his head, his feet spread wide apart, his hack dropped, his jaws apart and ready, and round his outstretched neck there stood up in quivering defiance, the broad white ruff of a pure bred collie dogt d The girl stared at him with amazement and at the more astonishing thing which lay along the pebbled earth beneath him for this was the thin little leg and foot of a ' small child. ' In utter silence and stillness she stood so, her hands on the rocks top, and for all the length of time that she watched there was not a tremor of the little leg, nor a movement of the dogs crouching body. The only motion In the tense picture was the ripple of the stream, the quiver of the Ups drawn back from the gleaming fangs. When the tension became unbearable Nance spoke softly. "Come, boy," she said, "come boy-co- me." open-mouthe- She ventured a hand across the rock, but the quivering Ups drew back a trifle more, the big body crouched a bit lower and the Uttle bare leg drew out ofs!ght behind the caves edge. Carefully the girl slipped back from the rock toward the pod, gained Its Up, and dropped swiftly away down the canyon. At a Uttle distance she drew a deep breath and looked back. The mouth of the cave was black and vacant There w as no sign of the fiery eyes and slavering jaws, of a thin Uttle leg under a fringe of blue jeans rags I With eyes dilated and Ups closed In amazed silence Nance Allison made her way back to Buckskin, mounted and returned to the flats of Nameless. She had found Mystery with a capital, but she knew that she must wait with patience Its unraveling. Those pale eyes between the flat ears held a challenge which only a fool would disregard It would take time and patience. ,r But, for the love of humanity, Why was a child hiding like a fawn In Blue Stone canyon with only a dog to guard It end with no sign of camp or people? ; . CHAPTER V "Not one chance In a thousand of No some one else is there, thats sure. An I dont believe I'd meddle. But Nance rose determinedly. "Ive got to, Mammy,! aha said. "Id never sleep another night if I didnt, Tomorrow Ill go back bright and early," The mother regarded her with troubled eyes. Let Bud go, too you never know-m- ight be a trap or somethin. "With such bait? No. That little leg .was so thin like Its owner was wispy. I wish It was morning." All the rest of the day and the tranquil evening Nance felt a thrill and stir within her, a trouble. She milked old Whltefoot and her sleek black daughter, Pearly, to the remembered sound of the fairy voices of the canyon, and when she sat to her nightly reading of the Word beneath the coal-o- ll lamp on the table there Intruded on the sacred page the gleaming fangs above that motionless small leg. With gray dawn she was up and about her work yiat she might get an early start. ' Bud was all for going with her, but she would not have It ao. HI have trouble enough getting near," the told him, "the best I can do. Another stranger would make them wilder still. The boy caught her hand aa she swung up bn Buckskin. "Be careful. Sis, be said, "look sharp on every side." He had never forgotten that stretched rope. Neither had Nance, bnt ahe walked bravely In a faith which made her serenely bold. " Commit thy way unto the Lord, " she said amlllng. " Trust also in Him. Dont you fret nor let Mammy, if you can help It Ill be back soon as I can. Then she was gone down across the flats with Buckskin on the lope, one hand feeling carefully for the package she had tied behind the saddle. This that. n, : E. D.QE E : What Nance Found. Nance pushed Buckskin hard and rode In early to the cabin and her mothers counsel. She put the Uttle horse away In the stable and fed him his quota of the precious hay, for Buck skin was not turned out to graze. lie, along with Dan and Mollle, was too necessary to the life of the homestead to take chances with. JXhey would miss him sorely should be go the way of the six steers. She hurried up and pulled open the . kitchen door. "Mammy," she said excitedly to the gaunt woman shelling peas by the table, "Ive found something In the canyon. I wonder should I meddler Mrs. Allison laid her wrinkled brown hands on the edge of the pan and looked at her daughter. "It's according," she said soberly, "does It heed meddlin?" "Thats what I don't know, I found a collie dog a savage dog for hat breed and a little . child hiding in a cave. I couldn't get near to them, but they act like they know what they're doing they had watched me from behind a rock and crawled to the cave In line with It when I turned. I only saw the child's foot but It was a thin little was thing and the' old jeans pant-le- g weathered to rags. There wasnt a sign of camp nothing. What could It . mean?" The anxiety of a universally loving heart was In Nance's voice. "Did I do light to come away or should I have tried some more to see them? It couldnt be done, though tne dog Is on guard. Hell have to be handled slowly, Bra sure of that." Mrs. Allison considered this odd In formation gravely. "It means some one else besides the child and dog, thats certain. They never got there by their lone selves." "But maybe they got lost from some one and they may be hungry" the at that thought, her girl half brows gathering In distress "though . whoever could be In Blue Stone can ' yon, and what for, I dont know The 'der woman shook her head. "Corns, Boy," Sht Said. Come." "Coma, Boy, contained a goodly piece of boiled corn beef and two slices of her mothers bread, fresh baked the day before. She was going armed with bribery. The whole Nameless valley between Its great escarpments was fresh and cool with shadow, for tha sun was not yet above Mystery ridge and the rim ruck that marked the way to the canyon. . The liver Itself talked to the botil den In Its bed, and the little winds that drew up the myriad defiles were aweet with tha fragrance of pines and that nameless scent of water which cannot be described. All these things were the joy of life to Nance. She loved them with a passion whose force she did not comprehend. ' They were what sweetened her hard, and ceaseless toll, what made of each new day In her monotonous round something to be ipet with eager gladness, to be lived through joyfully, missing nothing of the promise of dawn, the fulfillment of noon, the blessing of twilight. They had stirred and delighted the nomad heart of her father before her, they had filled her own with con r tentment. Eager as she was to be in the canyon she did not miss the pate pageant of light above rimrovt, or fall to watch the golden halo come along the crest of Rainbow cliff. But she soon crossed the river and entered the mouth of the great cut leaving behind the miracle of burgeon Ing day. fur here the shadows were still thick, like gray ghosts. She pushed on up for an hour or so, listening to the voices which were still talking, while the shadows thinned between the , dusky walls, At the point where she had left the pony the day before she dismounted and dropped hla rein. "Tou wait here, old nuisance, she said, darkly, rubbing his restless ears, "for I may havs sudden need of you. If you see me come flying out with streak of tawny fur behind me, dont you dare break when I jump. So long.' She took the bread and meat from the saddle and started on foot. She - went carefully, picking her way, eye canning each turn and boulder. At the pool'a edge ahe stood a long time, watching, listening, hut there was nothing to be seen or heard. She went Jo the mouth of the cate and peering In cautiously, called softly. She waited, hut there waa no answering growl, no whirlwind rush as she had half expected.- - The shallow cave was empty, save for some ashes of a dead fire and blankets. She circled the rock and began bunting for tracks In the white sand of the canyon bed and presently she found them small tracks of childish feet, set close beside the padded narrow prints of a dog and they were going up the canyon, deeper Into Its fastnesses. She trailed them easily for a distance, then lost them In the foaming shallows of a rlfl1e,'and search aa ahe would she could not find where they came out There was a flat Up of rock on the other aide, to be sure, but beyond that waa sand again, and It lay clear, unAbove the riffle waa a long ruffled. deep pool, swift and flowing, sod she stood for a time contemplating It It hardly seemed possible that th two outcasts could have swum It, and yet where were their track! If they bad not? She circled the pool and went on, trailing carefully, hut the bed beyond waa composed of shale; blue and sharp bard going for a childs bare feet, she , thought compassionately and gave no sign of a crossing. For another hour she went on, scanning tha walls, the fallen stones, the stream Itself and every nook or corner where anything might hide. She waa far In Blue Stone canyon by thla time and wondered at the endurance which could have brought a child ao far. Or had some one come find taken It away? That waa possible, of course, and yet grownup person would have left marks In the soft sand assuredly. She would hut st this point In her train of thought, ahe came around a sharp jut In the wall and face to face with her qnarry, or at least with part of It. Startled, the dog she bad seen the day before was crouching in tbs narrow way that led around the jut, his body half turned, one foot raised, tall lowered, and the face be turned back across his shoulder was the most vicious thing Nance had ever seen. He waa crouched to spring, and the fury of hla snarls, audible above the sound of the stream, made that odd clutch close her throat which always accompanies sudden horror. . Nance Allison was a brave woman, but she was scared then. She stood rooted to the spot and could not tear her eyea from the dog's pale flaming orbs to look st the little creature which she knew was running with a flurry of rags and naked arms np along the canyon- wall. , For a long moment they eyed each other, then, without other warning than a flicker of those flaming eyes, the collie sprang. He came high, Balling up and forward, hla forepawa spread, his head thrust out and downward, bis jaws gaping. In the second that followed Instinct acted In Nance, not reason. Instead of recoiling, she surged forward to meet the onslaught, her right arm raised before her like a horizontal bar. The faded denim sleeve was down and buttoned at the wrist, where the gauntlet of her cheap leather glove made a cuff. Into that gaping mouth went the arm, jamming bard, while ahe flung her left arm around the ruffed white throat Uke a clamp. If eho waa surprised at her own Instinctive and prompt action, the collie was more ao. Down on the sand went girt and dog, a rolling, tumbling bundle. In the half second which served to make the dog the victim Instead of the attacking force, his outlook on the situation was completely changed. He had charged la a fury of rage. Now he fought frantically, but It was to free hla mouth from the choking bar that filled It, to get Ms head out of the vise which held It. But Nance found herself in a dilemma, too. She waa afraid to let go. As she rolled over In the struggle she cast desperstg eyes up along the wall wherq she had seen the eerie small figure running In Its raga. True enough. It was there, stopped, facing her, bent forward. Its little hands clasped In n curiously old fashion of distress. Little boy she called, "come here Come and talk to your dog come quick 1 1 wont hurt you. Come and call him please come For a moment she lay panting, looking Into the dilated Byes ao near her fare. "Old chap, she said softly, "whats all the fuss? Fra your friend If you only knew It. Nice doggie" She glanced at the child again, who had not moved. "Come on, sonny, she called coax-Ingt"come on please." Slowly th child came forward, hesitant, afraid, hta small face pale with fright. Us sidled near and put out a dirty hand to the dogs right eat The little hand closed pulled and Nance fell the dog'a body twitch In ai effort to obey. She knew at once time that was the way they traveled together the child holding to tie ear. Slowly el , 1 1 1 relaxed her grip, let go the backward pressure. The collie jerked free and backed off shaking his head, and Nance sat up, folding her feet beneath her. Then she smiled at th two waifs of Blue Stone canyon. That Isnt a nice way to treat folka who come to see you, la It, aonny?" ah asked, to set your dog on them?" I didn't set him on," said tbs child In a high treble, he set himself on you." I guess you're right," answered th girl, but don't let go of him again. Go over there and pick up that package and bring it to me. She pointed to the package of bread and meat which bad been flung wide In the recent trouble, and the child obeyed, dragging the collie along, who went unwillingly, hla distrustful and baffled eyea turned back across hla shoulder to keep her in sight The child, too, waa wary, reaching far out, stretching hla small body to the utmost between her hand and hla hold on the doga ear. Quickly Nance unrolled the doth. She counted on the aroma which now arose on the clear air. , I'm hungry," she said nonchalantly, are you?" ,, The boy nodded. "And your dog, too?" I apect eo," he answered gravely. She broke the food Into section and handed a portion over. The dirty Uttle hand reached eagerly this time. Feed him some," she said, indicat. ing the dog, bat already th child waa dividing ae best ha could without releasing his hold. The dog grabbed the fragrant meat and bolted it, watching her the while. Quickly ahe tossed him a bit of her own. ne snapped that up also and she fancied the expression of the pale eyea changed. She remembered now the extraordinary lightness of th great furry body, as If there waa Uttle beneath the splendid tawny coat save bonea and spirit Plenty of the latter, he reflected, smiling. Whew I but wasn't he a fighter? Bnt trained to the .last degree though he regarded her as a foe, atlll at the touch of th smaU hand for which he had fought he stood obedient Pretending to eat herself, she managed to give the greater part of the food to the two before her, and they devoured It to the ultimate crumb. "Where you live?" ahe asked the child at last but he did not answer. H waa picking the crumbs he had dropped from the front of his bleached blue shirt the pitiful excuse for a shirt, without sleeves, If one excepted the strings that hung from tha shoulders, without buttons and aU but falling from the scrawny Uttle body underneath. Aa aha watched him Nance's heart ached for hla poverty, for hla woebegone appearance, She waa filled with a cautious excitement. The collie had sat down beside the boy, who had loosed his hold by now. It seemed that hostilities were relaxed, though she took no chances. T live down on the flats by the I get lots river," she said presently. of fish from thfese pools. Theyre awfully good, too." The child nodded. "I know," he laid, w do, too." "Who catches em?" asked Nance. "Not you? He shook bis bead. No. Brand does." Whoa Brand?" she followed quickly, but once more the child shook hla unkempt head. "Just Brand," he said. Nance saw that further questioning aould not do, therefore, ahe fell back on the wllea of woman, the blandishments of sex. She forked on her heels; holding her nklea In her hands and smiled with the winsome sweetness which so few In the world knew she possessed. I like Uttle boys," she said,. and t haven't any. But I've got a pony. Name's Buckskin." , TWICE 111 THIS WOMAN'S LIFE , i i - -- Lydia E. Pinkh&mt Vegeta? Me Compound Helped Her ' from Sickness to Health SHORT SAYINGS Time Is the surest judge of truth. "When I Ellensburg, Washington. was first coming into womanhood 1 sufI ; fered terribly every month. My mother did everything ahe Fool questions usually beget fool could think of, ao ahe answers. took me to severs doctors and they only AU spirits are enslaved which serve helped me a little. Mother waa talking things evil. toanother lady about Who bathes In worldly Joys, swims my condition and she told mother of Lydia In a world of fears. E. Pinkhama Vegetable Compound. Our care should not be so much to Mother got me six live long, as to Uve well. bottles and at the end of the first month I waa much better, ao I kept on taking , Every man must fashion bis gait it until 1 had no more pains. When! got married and had my first child I was . . , according to his calling. in terrible pain ao that it was impossible for me to do my housework. I The less work a man has to do the thought of how the Vegetable Compound more he tires other people. had been of ao much benefit to me when I waa a girl, so I went to Periers Drug-Sto- re and got six bottles. It sure did . Fools throw kisses, but the wise help me and I still take it I am a well men deliver them In person. , woman today and I cant aay too much about Lydia E. Pinkhama Vegetable A good law without execution la Compound. I will answer any letter that like an unperformed promise, cornea to me to answer about what your Mrs. medicine has done for mo. No. 2, Ellens- -' There are moments In life that are William Carver, R. F.D. burg, Washington. worth purchasing with worlds. Is There nothing Insignificant-noth- ing , AU great alterations In human affairs are produced by compromise. HINDERCORNS rmbotm con, oi-ioobm, te.' aiopt 11 pill, entoras contort to tbo loot, oikM but. Ito by noli or ot Irag UMi Hi boos Cfaonlnl Work, Psletouguo, kL I. . Reflection sometimes shows yourself aa you really are. : Its tad weather that reveals a seaman. S. easiness College L D. school or crncicNcv good trie-her- oine, boy and dog. Will Nance solve the mystery of the two wild things? (TO fifi CONTINUED-- ) Hit City of Refug CatatoffiM. AnommareialbnnehMk BALT LAKE CITY. UTAH People who are overwhelmed with 00 N. Mato fit. sweetened praise and flattery think DATKE TIRED EYES they are understood. WHS Ir. TbotnpaosW Irmut. or Bur at rpiilnnlii'i JlTY. Booklrt. Gentleness is revealed In the last DO OlTar.Tror. analysis of greatness. The blusterer Write or cell for an appointment to Is always weak. made have your photograph WILCOX STUDIO Clap an extinguisher upon yonr Irony, If you are unhappily blessed with a vela of It. 122, So. 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