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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS W 0? B Y ACKSON'COLE Michael Valdez, who protects the poor under the guise of El Caballero Rojo, tracks down and kills two of the men responsible for the murder of bis moth er and torture of his father and the murder of the parents of Juanita, a Spanish girl disguised as a bo; who, after the demise of her family Insists on riding the trail with Valdez. They discover a young boy shot and nailed to a wooden cross. Juanita follows the trail of the killers horse. Valdez meets new settlers and warns them of the dangers ahead One of them, Clark Weber, tries to shoot him. Juanita finds Straw Aldman, the brother of the boy on the cross, and discovers that his father was also killed Straw goes to see Russ Bartle. CHAPTER XI All this stuff you hear about him being a sort of Robin Flood is maybe just talk. Ill bet hes worse than any of the others around here when you get right down to it. If there is any IC1 Caballero Rojo at all and about that I'm not so sure." insisted the young farmer. No, There is a man who rides to help others, and everybody will tell you he is not made that way like you were saying. I know, from what that Mex told me, that he saw the fire and he saw Sam. I'm sure hell do something about it. And even if he dont, news about him being here gives me a couple of new ideas myself. Bartle shrugged resignedly. No use arguing with this stubborn boy. But he did I wouldnt ask any man to shot out. sit twiddling his thumbs while Bartle brings in more farmers to squeeze him out of house and business!" You're The sheriff scowled then. not advising anybody to keep his bread and house and business with the and torch, are you? help of a I'm not til! Im driven to it. Meanwhile I've got another pair of cards to play. Might as well be done now. As Haskell turned from the bar he read the questions in Lande's eyes Im going to see Russ Bartle, he said. Maybe I can get him to meet us cowmen halfway. And if he won't?" asked Lande. naskeil did not answer. He walked out of the saloon and down the dark, deserted street like a man bent on a dreaded errand be knows is useless and still must make an effort toward its success. A light glowed in a window of the bank where Russ Bartle did bis business when he was in town. sii-gu- n insist: You'll Gad he's working hand in glove with Pete Haskells crowd of beefmen. "Thats the first thing Ill do find out if he's hired out to them. And I know how to get at the truth, too. But Straws confidence in El Caballero Rojo seemed a little shaken by Bartle' glass-panele- d e middle- A Cattleman An Offer for Pays a Visit Haskell was burning with anger. No, Tim, he said sourly, without looking at the cowman beside him, I don't know what to do. The devil of it is that all those tobacco farmers have as much right here as we have. ' But this has always been free and open cattle range !" blasted Tim Cal-laanother rancher. First come " Ain't always first served or best served, either," finished Haskell. Callan scowled. There ought to be a law There is a law, said a man who had come in the door behind Haskell and had been listening, unnoticed. It sys if you own something, lock, stock and barrel, you can do as you see fit with it, without consulting anybody but yourself. But unless you Lande walked over and stood between the two cowmen at the bar. There were certain things he felt he must say to them. You gents are scared over nothbe told the two ranchers now. ing, I wouldnt howl Wolf! till there was one in sight.' Haskell siowled heavily. You've been away from the range for three yearn, Ijiiide, he reminded. the wolf has moved in Russ Bartle has announced that he is going to fence in moie land for toluuco farms In the north end of Deep Mater Valley! Our end! The sheriff looked surprised. Then be shrugged I don't h'ame any man for kicking aver the when bread and butter U taken out of bis mouth I Ilnskell n, do" Menn-whil- tres All our ranches and ter, belligerent. stock put together wont fetch that. Why, I always thought you lords of all creation were worth millions, Bartle sneered. naskeil tried to keep his temper, but it was difficult He felt the hot blood of resentment suffusing his face. Listen to me ! he made a final WTe ranchers can raise plea. maybe seventy five thousand cash between us. Well buy Three hundred and fifty thousand or nothing. Bartles smile was infuriatingly triumphant. Haskell could stand no more of the banker. He turned and trudged heavily to the door. Ive had my say, be growled over his shoulder. Im telling you that no tobacco man sets himself up in the north end of Deep Water Valley and thats flat. Now go on with your blasted plans! lie stormed downstairs and out, slamming the outer door after him until the glass in it rattled. Bartle smiled. He knew the imminence of open warfare between cattlemen and tobacco farmers, but what Let them fight! matter? Nothing could fit Into his wn plans better. For under the smoke screen of battle there would be safety, profits for him ! As the cold gray of daybreak paled the eastern sky, sober-facesolemn, bitterly silent riders converged on Pete Haskells Half Circle H Ranch in the north end of Deep Water Valley. Pete naskeil himself, with Tim Callan, who bad ridden home with him from Gold Creek, solemnly greeted each new arrival who swung down from his horse and entered the Twice Haskell surveyed the big room which, huge as it was, soon became uncomfortably crowded with these men of the range who had ridden here at his behest and were waiting for him to tell them what he had in mind. I have been palavering with Russ Bartle," Haskell began seriously. But I didnt get anywhere. lie knows hes got the whip hand, and he alms to use the whip. Luke Wallace edged closer to the table over which Haskell spoke. "Did you offer to buy all the north end of the valley as we suggested? he asked. Haskells lips tightYeah, I did. ened grimly. But Russ has been bookkeeping so everlasting much that he hasnt got any respect for anything less than six figures crowding one behind the other. The price of the north end of the valley he says is three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Cash ! Thats plain highway robbery I" cried Wallace. Did you tell him there wasnt that much money in this whole half of the county? Inquired Callan. Of course I did," Haskell answered. "But I should have known enough not to. It didnt mean anything to him, and he cared less. Did you tell him we wouldnt let any tobacco farmers squat in the north end of the valley? asked a whiskered oldster from the back of the room, hia voice quivering with emotion. Yeah I told him that." And that if one fence went np to keep our cattle away from the water weve got a right to, that wed take the law imo our own hands? urged Luke Wallace. No ! Haskell cut him off. Ive been hoping that some of you men have thought of something less maogy than riding roughshod over farmers that are only trying to make a living, after all. ranch-hous- attitude. Bartle saw that, also, and spoke quickly, pressing his advantage. Ill try and find a buyer for your farm. Burr. Ill write right away tonight to a man I know who might be interested. IIe11 probably give you anyway two thousand for whata left of the place." Aldman was startled. Two thousand dollars? be cried. With only the shed missing? Bartle nodded. And Id take it son. Then Id head back to Quick. Kentucky and my friends, and Id be glad to get away from a place like this valley with my skin whole Maybe you would," Aidman said defiantly, flinging open the door. But 1 won't ! Somebodys going to pay for Stluesqucly still, ominously siDad and Sam! lent, he let the sight of him sink As the young tobacco farmer galInto every mans mind before he loped off into the night, Russ Bartle moved a muscle. went back to his desk, sat down, took Haskell knocked, and a mans shadow up a pen and chewed the end of it. door. I haven't done badly," he thought appeared behind the slide bolt the Haskell heard spring Fifty-fivhundred profit exultantly. back. lie went In, ignoring the man on Mike Chapmans place, three thousand on Steve Ransoms and why, who had opened for him, and headed Im just starting. Wait till I have straight up the bank stairs for Bartles the north end, the cowmen's end of office, well knowing that he was not the valley, to bring them in and drive welcome. Bartle went with him and sat down them out. There's thousands in it. at his dec-- in one corner of the room. Thousands! I'll be rich rich! man who Thanks to Sheriff Lande, Gold The sharp eyed, Creek, in Deep Water Valley, had far was turning gray at the temples looked No longer was he the outstripped cowtowns In any of the himself now. benevolent friend ; this time he was bordering towns in being bitter enemy and he No sensible outlaw ever lingered there facing long. Here cash and goods were safe, knew It women respected, and men quickly apYes, naskeil?" he said at once. Whata on your mind? praised and treated according to assay. Yet Gold Creek could be fooled The fact that what youre going In the Western Sun Saloon a to do in Deep Water Valley will bust -aged man in cowmens clothes Hasevery cattleman in these parts. leaned heavily against the bar. Tall kell eyes bored straight into those of and thin, Iete Haskell, who held Cattlemen won't take the landowuer. coveted place in the ranks of cowmen this latest action of yours sitting of the neighborhood, had a face down, Bartle. browned by sun amj storm. lie was The banker laughed shortly. Then a pioneer cattleman, a man who had all I can see is that they'll have to fought his way up from a small betake it standing up. lie drummed on ginning, and now was the unanimously a with impatient fingers. That ledger selected guide and counselor of pracvalley is mine. The law bolds that. tically every ranch owner in the There is nothing you can do to change couuty. that Bartles Land I know. You know. Haskell hunched forward in bis chair and But men can be spoke earnestly. driven to break laws, Bartle. Ive already kept several of them from doing so till now. But I'm like a dam holding back too muck water. Sabet Im going to get washed aside when your first tobacco farmer sets himself up in the north end of the valley. Then, remember this! Me, you and everybody in Deep Water Valley will suffer." I'm not afraid of Bartle frowned. Let your cattlemen do your threats. wbat they like. But Ill tell you this for every tobacco man you beefmen drive out, or kill off, Ill bring two A clinking sound issued more in! from his throat. "Your outfits burned Mike Chapman's drying shed killed He glared at HasSteve Rausom. kell. But it didnt do you any good, did it? Didn't 1 bring in four new men then? Nothing you fellows can do will stop me. I'm mnkiug this valley a tobacco farmer's land, and you might as well make up your minds to that Will you sell us the north end of the valley? Haskell cut in sharply. Every inch north of Don Atteros Cross ? ligures flashed through Bartle's qtiuk brain. Thru bis niou'h opened. Hut it'll "Why uot?" he drawled. cost you exactly three hundred thousand dollars cash. Haskell waved hi bands angrily Twenty times what It's worth! You must think youve got the whip haud, He got up from his chair, bit uh? He paused for suggestions, glancing from man to man of the ranchers in front of him. grim-face- d Were going to do something! Luke Wallace barked. "Im not a young man any more, and Ive been here too long to be driven out of house aud home by any barbed wire. And since theres no hope of help from the law, then weve Just got to forget about the law and use Force? asked naskeil, Well, he temporized, "we can do one thing. As soon as a fence goes up around sweet water that we must have, that fast we rip it down. "And if that way wont work?" Wallace snorted. , Well cross that bridge when we come to it, Haskell said firmly. lie had just opened hie mouth to say more when the front door burst open so unexpectedly that Haskell himself, as well as every man present, swung around as if yanked by wires. Eyes Jaws dropped. Men were popped. speechless with amazement. For on the threshold stood a man in the garb of a Spanish don of long ago, a man with flaming red hair beneath a cone shaped sombrero, and with a red kerchief drawn up over the lower part of bis face ! still, ominously silent, he let the sight of him sink into every man's mind before he moved a muscle. Then he took two stiff steps forward, and the eyes visible above the red krrikief fastened themselves on Pete Haskell. Youre boss here? be demanded. The veteran beefumn had never known what real fear was in bis life. And no man whose face wa hidden by a scarlet neikerchief was going to spook him now. (TO EE CONTINUED) --Afternoon fl'0USgti0U mkhi , . , j m aa a If. lAJo, SliJe I s a A A A. " 1617 ting afternoon dress has a of charm. The diagonal do edged in scallops, softly r A CASUAL, neatly tailored shirt- - the smooth skirt has an it waister popular the country ing hip treatment. over. 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