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Show Juana' THE SALT LAKE .TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MORNINO, MAY 22, TRUE ADVENTURES QF BUFFALO BILL , By COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER, Friend and Associate of Americas Greatest Plainsman. CHAPTER S. Cody of the Pony Express now rE He wandered In the crowd, a bit doleful, hands deep In pockets, head down. Hi dream had not turned out all too late he reulised that it required a certain amount of capital to become a gold keeker. Honey for the pack outfit to take him into the hills, for bta grub, and too), and. beyond all this, a certain knowledge of minerals which he did not posses Now, if seemed, there was nothing to do but to cal) it all a failure, to hire out to th first returning wagon train and go home again, disheartened, disillusioned A familiar voles nailed to him. A friendly hand caught him by th shoulder. Will Cody gnnned. h said Hello, Mr, Ohriirman1 I m sure glad to see you I happily. Then, boyllke. he merely stood and grinned some more, as a boy will do, gazing upon a friendly face suddenly where streets of Auraria, " lener, Colorado, wer athrum with life. Along th graveled thoroughfares, bearded prospector made their way, some with their park-jac- k and pick and gold pan bound for the rich height nenr the of near and Chicago fonfluenr creek for Jiussell Gulch and Idaho Spring and Central City; other down from the digging and sending their wealth of gold dust wherever pleasure ehould beckon. From ramshackle affairs of log and alabwood of the crime pianos, in saloon banging and dance hail. A doxen sign finny buoyant upon the falss front of tiny building proclaimed that her the Goddess of Chan os awaited to amlle or frown, as the can might be end d gentlemen to aid her as they fondled the faro bank, or dawdled with the tiard of Mud poker, while men, erased with the search for gold, risked the fruits of exertion of labor and of danger hat they Tntrht ek to win against impossible odd of Murphy Lumbering train each with their trailer with wagon their cursing bull whackers and plod their alow way ding oxen, made along, caked with dust from the In the plain terminable journey jicro to new Eldorado,- - PraJHw echoon er loaded with the every possession of the families which occupied them, moved In line of fifteen or twenty, their owner undetermined, at 4h-sea .their they had reached the object of their endeavor Crowds thronged every where; gathering in knot before the Utile newspaper office, or extending In line which stretched for block Wore the headquarters of the stage line as the mail came In it was i town of taadnes of seething excite ment, of willy-nill- y hurrying here and there, of purposeless endeavor For this was the town which typl fled to all the east the "Pike's Peak this was the place toward region which thousands upon thousands of Ajpoki seek ere were flooding across the plains In the early spring of llbO This the new K1 dorado, the place where gold to be crusted upon every rock and forming the bed of every d mountain stream; this wgs Auraria, and toward ft whole nation had turned Its eye FRIEND IN NEED. A year before, two men, Jackson and Gregory, had ascended the can yon of Clear creek to a distance of about thirty-eigmile from Den xer. There, digging in the frozen gravel at the juncture of Chicago creek, Jackson had panned the dirt in his coffee cup and found gold Ten miles away, In higher ground, Ores - nry had accomplished a like object. The word had gone flooding forth and a nation had answered. Now, where a abort time before there had been but sand and cactus and s city seethed with nondescript life along the banka of th Platte Gold seekers by the thousand were flooding across the Great American desert nie of them even walking the entire distance from the Missouri river that they might reach thi place where gold was supposed to lie the very grass root -atThe town Itself was a teeming, where resolving Itself out of the fog of lone brawling, noisome thing, homes were few, where men slept un Hn A friendly and kindly face der the stars and thanked their luck George Chrtsman, former chief wafor even a blanket and w here the gon master of the Ruasell, Majors and one roved the tlnv WUridell disappointed company had sidewalk heeds deep between their more than Freighting once j&Jten Will Cody un shoulder hopes gone, disillusioned. der hia wing. Now, he asked the natboy. Wil Among them a and received the natural Ham Frederick Cody had heard the ural question, answer. - He laughed call Ilka all the rest. He had an- GOOD FOR BOTH. swered. Now, like many another gold for 'Maybe thats a , good thingWe're seeker, he was broke. u he said. Willie, of both was f It only natural that the boy, Who later was to be known to the going to need fast riders on tbs pouy whole world as the greatest plains- express V a A statement which needed man of history, should find his way a mJaeure- - Jt had for months to the new Eldorado Flrst.the trail to Colorado had led past his home, been a magical, yet mythical, thing-thitremendous plan of spanning the carrying in its every wagon train the Missouri river picture of new adventures to a high- distances between Now on men horseback. by speeding ly imaginative boy. Then, too. ther had been need of money' Will Cody it was about to become a reality, of route men the following had dreamed of a fortune in the new with the the Russell, Majors and Waddell stage digging to St. Sacramento line from Joseph TERRIFIC LABORS. The plans called for a distance of The last few years had been a pe- S50 miles a day to ba covered by the riod of constant grubbing, or terrific various riders an average of a litlabor md danger that his every tle more than ten mllea an hour. If the country were mountainous, penny might be turned to aid In a new project. Hi mother had. by cutting the speed of one rider to five borrowing and by trust in the future, mib an hour, then that loss must sought to provids for her family by be made up by other men, wSrktng A- small hotel near thVr In smoother territory, more condu-clv- e buildlng home-sitto swiftness It meant that for and, es usual, It had been Will, her boy. who had stood tir the I960 mile intrepid riders must be breach, going forth upon trapping ready and waiting to swing Into their expedition working with wagon saddles with the s4ght of a speeding train guiding hunting expedition form In the distance, take from him leathern pouch on and whatever elm lay In hia path, his twenty-poun- d that he might aid with the project. the fly. and be off, without ever the Inevitably, the Jure of th Pike' waste of a second, and, at top speed, had exerted it pull upon ride through hostile Indian oountrv, Rook region Now he was there and money through lands Infested by bandits les and holdup men, through storm and rv . beating rain, or blasting bltssard through streaming sunshine or starlit night, that the next station might be reached and another man sent speeding upon the grueling rack toward the opposite coast. Not an easy task, and, as thev talked of It. Chnsman repented of what had been a thoughtless remark; for Will Cody was begging ftr the right to take his place in this new order of thing boy pleading for the dangers and the trial that made mors than one man hesitate before accepting hia task. Lhrieman shook hia head. stream heightened hr th mountain cloudbursts, ag.unat the possible attack of ruffians who infested the otagellnes and the trail of the gold seekers. In hiding for those whom they might wavUy and rob, a rider of the pony express would receive all of 1)25 a month. It represented a fortune to WM1 Codv he hung to hie determination against every argu- ment which the older man could of fer On the third day of April, 18W, the pony express carne into existence. At the Missouri, great throng gathered to watch the start from fet, Joseph, a a train rolled In from New York, and specially filled pouch, CODY SWINGS INTO ACTION. with letter ontJqs of New York T? newspaper printed upon tissue f mi per. T dont know. Will, he said I massages from vou were a few veers older, prominent men and But there a not greetings from one coast to the other, wouldn't hesitate. only the work of pounding a saddle was placed upon the waiting horse. A for fifty mile but there 'the dan- - rider swung into the saddle, shout smooth-fingere- the most spectacular of All western He had proved himself occupation In the one great test, and he continued to prove himself in others for th youngest rider of the pony ex- press more than once found that mere speed wae not the only requisite of on him a ho would carry the mail tliu There were such things as dan- than once Will Cody rode into hie station with the news of Indians lurking along the trail, and upon at least one instance with an arrow in hit arm the first wound of hie life to prove hie assertions. One day he came in late. His relief curbed at him a he stamped the saddlebags Into position, suited to hia aaddis and dug deep his spurs In an effort to make up fur lost time. The stationmavter scowled a he asked for an explanation. It cams simply; I was held up." said Will Cody. The stationmaster stared. --vHut you brought In the bags, ha Use This Ad for li Mail Order Catalog Prompt Service Assured. ' i said. Codv nodded. I brought in the men, too, he with" boyish pride. Has laughed, w back at the last station head done up 3 ears and ream later, as Colonel Codv and I drove around town behind his Arabians following the afternoon show, and I was asking a usual for a story, he told ms about f that adventure, softening It, as Colonel Cody usually did, by his chuckling laugh and his humor. STRONO ARGUMENT. Tujol Just ..naturally he said f was coming shoulder' llekety-spl- lt around a curve when this fellow jumped out from behind a sandbank and pushed a gun at me, to putt flmrtrttd yelling Ybr-m- e hold up my hand There a an awful lot of argument In a d old Colt and I did Just exactly what he told me to I figured it wue bet- t. ter to gain time than it was to try to run and get shot off my horse. Specially since there was money in tne bage and M long as I could keep alive I .had a chance to save em. Scared Course was scared. I was fc -- was Thinking Taster is a X 4th South at State Street. Moxum Bdg. Where You Bava on Hotel Y y eswiaati-g.xwAv'-- Need Automobile TEBrJENPOUD DAVSHGC CAE OVWEEG FOE House With Guarantee The Accessory re gers-mo- 1D26.- tUrtotj. - . a Money-Bac- k M Located right at the crossroads of the city enormous Atocks to accommodate the summer motorist' at prices that are un beatable in the intermountain west. . Dick Morrison11 ZENITH STORAGE BATTERIES Own Column RUBBER CASED Horee raoing I again ivt In Utah, Parking pace la at a premium at the race track. Protest your ear with tha right Uimpor or taka out more Inauranoe. 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WORTH YOUR TIME. personal aarvloe your car at your requeal anv time FREE We ITS WELL Get the Extra Protection of white-foame- Plato Glace Vind-vsiac- s More comfortabl than s closed car in warm weather. ht V maybe he'd try to send a chance shot me. But them wasn't a shot left in him the ponyd pretty near scalped him with that kick and he lay there in the trait, dead to the world. The Colonel chuckled. Look kind of funny-no- w in the But It was Just What retrospect There was any kid d do, I sues I d got nlm. ifry bear And I forgot aH shout the malls for a mlnuto I I do ut get nit my horse, tie up that fellows head, hunt around untU I found where hed staked his horse, load him on U. nd then him into the next station just drag to show what I'd bagged big day for Pretty Will Cody, that lay,H he mused hap- after 'That pony gave a. jump like Itd been shot out of a fun, ger And every rider's got to be arose, mingled with t ho excited counted on to carry that pouch of hoof and the first race if clud-din- g of the pony exprew had begun At through to his station no matter he comes in with enough Indian ar- Sacrament?, Calif , the name procedrows In him to. nmke a human pin ure was in operation like th startcushion! ing of Companion train upon given TI1 come in begged the boy. eqjiedule 'Pleas please give me the chance! ACROSS KANSAS. Then, he hgnn to beg anew. as. only a boy can the beginning of more the westward-boun- d express, than one session In which Chrisman lay of man shook his head, and strove to argue every striving tp hold t r the the bov out of his determination. But schedule which had been given him upon the success of this first rac the Job of riding pony express was meant much of the prowess of the lucrative affair; for risking one pony express. That was the great life constantly, Ut undergoing the the proving that would deterracking torture or speeding hours In teat, an organisathe saddle, with the hovering danger mine the worth of such of death In every day's task, for tion for the handling of costly mail In letter speed delivery was a factorrential gambling amUnM storm tor of human life even In distant business when existence was day supposed to follow a far more placid course than it doe at the present time Onward onward out Into the short grass montry and to Jules-burnow a city of Colorado. And there A boy wnJted beside his hors, eves trained upon the cloud of dust In the Hi face was grim; again and again he looked anxiously toward his mount and toward the man who stood near him. At last Chrlemazt pily. . BUr-IPEHO Cant Afford to Be Without One at Theee Low Prices DOUBLE FORD DOUBLE BAR or BUMPERETTES BUMPERS DOUBLE BAR FORD, CHEVROLET, STAR $7.75 or BUMPERETTES, BUMPERETTES TRIPLE BAR BUMPERS or BAR 1V4CH DOUBLE BUMPERETTES., All light cart over copper.-- In smart design. AH Yon mill race I just had to save mail bag So. I lust fait them with my hand up and let this fellow com straight to my home. Then, just as he got in front of me, I got an Idea, and dug my spur as deep as I could tend em. That pony did exactly what I wanted it to it gave a jump like it'd been shot out of a gun, knocked my .holdup friend galley west, and then, as it jumped over him. threw In a kick for good measure. Naturally, ones I saw I was dear, I turned in the saddle and pulled my gun figuring that LoactSiBG 513 BAR-BUM- PERS BUM-PER- S 2-I- $175 niclde-plate- $10.23 SI2JC3 $ 1 0X3 d HEW ACCESSORIES To Improve Your Car Appearance 01 CEYETAI, ONYX GEAR BEXFT EAU.S ach Aborted colon. Jf.Wi.XJU) DASH ULMP VI W OOVI1K3 AUrAIUMIN'iXM fcTOP LAJdPS ELEcrBJOCIXfR XJOHTJSBfX Wkth awitch and wira. CI Oomploto fMtag to ybhJ dh; $225 EDfraTMO BOARD STEP PLATES Small tlxo, I C I Large klaa, j pair VI pair ' LOCKHfO RADIATOR CAPS Small olio. Crystal onyx balls on ends. . . LOCKING RADIATOR CAPS Pmall type; arent mat . p rJ fe 4 r ' -- rJ ic5 Hinsdale SOCKET SETS For Every Purpose Nickel finish;' made of hig& carbon steel. Every tool guaranteed to give Mtiif action or money back. . VFEAT, For of such waa the timber of William Frederick Ondy, even in the day w'hen crowds followed him the rtreet. or waited outside hi along COMBINATION SETS hotel for mere glimpse of him when even Suitable for AH Can. kings and queens sought his company and were proud of his acquainMetal Box Tee and the The that hits mark light For even then, he was tanceship Offtet handles. still the boy and a modest bov takwithout 10 socket ing no greater glory for his exploit than tho mere facts deserved, volunglare. SOCKET SET teering no hemic; hs left that for Complete... those who, in their jealousy, atrovwto set. Short long outdo him. William Frederick Cody had no need for Imaginary memories and long Offset T, (hort spoke the truth of Ml Ilfs waa better than Itfl help A lot. Ttrm. ff road dip any Complete with fictloir off a few minute will not rust er taraloh. With witch. he said 45 A leatherette Instance, when, following bov nodded. The Then, with Jin- a- - threeformonths low the three Note price, 'absence due to the he moved to a position illness of his gling spur mother, he again apfrom which he could receive more plied for a petition a a ponv express the rushing packet that was rider readilyb&mA under the to him Nearer came the Slade at Horeeahnwidely chronicled Alf being. station, near old firing flgur of the d lata noe-th- en. Laramie. Hers, his routs lav Rear View stiff from riding, he Fort seventj-alx from Red miles, lurched from his horse, allow tug the for Mirror on Butte the North to matte Three animal to run free, sprawled In the on the Pweetwater seventy-direction of Will Codv and tossed him Crossing Fine Motor six Deleon SMOrimentj miles thrmigh country that the precious saddlebag K L A X O N suitable sixes for ' A springing Heap and Codv seemed even today is not nior than sparsely Smell HORNS every settled and In whhh. of ths days to have affixed hi jNtddlehag the and make 0110, was a favorite rmdx-vo- u xprs mounted In th same instant soon pony for car... ech. tt.s hunting parties of the he was only a dot in the sandy dust various Indian And Up. tribes who kept the of ths plains as he moved away from Lorgo district lo a $4.45 constant turmoil .. the stage station, using everr trick iln On dav in the autumn of 1IKW Will of Hdmg which he had learned from childhood to force his horse to its Cody pounded into the station at the X9H end mute, and kicked in vain and greatest speed yet conserve.lt for ofhia hi relief The horan . were energy Fifteen miles sped by, and about, the statlonmaster wltf It the sight of a relay. met A boy Crandall waa elected president of the tlon, male quartet from the clan of standing A box, oeekln to one side, looking from who, tlrd Cody was out of ths saddle and into gloomily without relief without sleep emsoriatloxi for tha enauing year, with IS2H, toael, Victor Frandaen: reeponsn, a new on then gone furain. almost one man to another. Cody asked the urin In leon his slinoet Mias Float Harmer a vite president, Ruel AfhcraH piano solo, horses twenty-on- e The sUtionmaa before the shouts which had greeted inevitable question vocal sol, ills Cathhod carried tho Mta Ruih BmMh aa secretary-treasurGudmundeen; superhuman Joumrr, spread his hand We Coffman and How-ar- d erine R DmxgsH. piano duet, Mr him bad died away Th'rty mile and ter OL hUJ nd buUO and over D, plain. malt fast -l- ojtHis, he said Thsr got him, hs changed again then on he went, A Hnaith and klua Louuse C'oT'uan hollow, ptwlrte and rooky trail, Thom, executive committee in from the othsr station and his frothing horse tearing awav the coming hsH of 121 nillrs ao a part aiao wera given Ted Haymond was matter of cere, a Toaata 4' by for D dlstsnr, Ate. Don't know which of hia miles on the last lap of hts journey Kart and Harold - Hat a kid was nroefeck, Hannab Rowland monies man to dytake hers Faster faster matter (Yandaii. Mary M Oak and principal Dont take auv of them, said v IN THE BACON. BRING 1'2.. hr thot Bell Byndl-- - tne' II K. Knuden ?he program was Vs follows the boy. I oaa make It. -rloc. w.'.-T -- ".? : t A shout - The- srmddlcd form of s of Buffalo the NEW JOURNEY BEGUN. (The fourth rtispter waiting ride ateadjed fur the ehork next will ) oerlea Bill appear Saturday a seventv-atwere of the beg thev mils already And, with flung to him. The orah of the baking as the behind him, he moved awiftlv to anbov swung to the ground, toseir a other hvrse, upon the teginnlng of a Mutual of North Davis forward his preelMje fright as he did pew and addiUnnaJ jouroev of elghty-Hv- a FH-BE- ! , the Cred snort log of M horse -mbe Onward plugging away Plans Annual Field Day then, ss the new riltr galloped aw ny the mile hs went, to the cud of hte of th Journey Will journey. And there with but little npou another leg tw TN. rY4ne. dr locked St the watch held In the ret lo start back again. MtU ClPng May tl The annual, KATftVILLK, hand ff the gnrnvng eta? ton master the place of the wounded man Horn atake od And 1V1? day of the North MIA. moving toward the after home, relieved from it gruelDavie County high at the heid be will elation for With Each Used Car Purchased grinned ing work of eped. went to the cor-r- school 1 h $ a?w Tueadav, Mar pro He had beeten hia sched lie by a the various etatkme were gram will bw n at 11 a m ard con- minutes Minutes meant much tn rachct Hut the rider was )way During Our Bale. tn the day and evening !tb Pny evpreea the same a bov now. Untie througnout cone a of via prog-aThe parade, After thaf there wm no doubt raimt. reeling and dtxzy aa he dr.ppe t lum heofi. feb ut odr preum w ltn the rr man-ti- e from hie caublMt and moved toward with boiLe pta,! wht'h linked h ee t aid hie new mount, but fighting un ward stunt pageant and an at him-- meet, the wreet v imeedlng mall sen tee un r.evertheiem. BtaUon after etatkn and will cloee with a gand hail 445 SOUTH MAIN ST. he wtl of chairlavton D D Hand til th he reached the Sweetwater, It was telrgraph eht uld be put 11. Khf- and Kenneth man to end of wrhst wa the hia a !n bait day teertfus through Jmimer prhr orly Fifteen nole more and a change of feld of Kayville, maater ef ceremo- home Fifteen again and again and Tne Seavty lee of C'ie'ri dragged by Dae again The minutesmov-rnt of the the every hour Given pontes as thy sped along Venee'h Annual Banquet him waa racking agwiy At last, tne F A Balk Ynth CALIF, (at fh feel I T euvr.me a ght ( Red hu?'rs-- stagIMKlLfy, by Alumni Association e nit g r On the 'W ore- edg of tbe berkWv h a -' ger rg dut gTmed boy fU from hi I ,c 4 a the with vonlf,rc sbubu THwe th blurred gper? tw n t mgveed toward of i e a Pan aa nataed. Frncim Rar r4pa rkthe r.ioa rtel li g f r tr of tie S! FINOMLLL. May fl -- At the fe'fef and Ka . g beautiful S pmae 4 h m the sedd t. tne t nruvi banquet of the o eheg Lmiv fori v minute frw Pan k mn, eor d swimnitrg shout him he sham- StTflt gvi ,e Afijmm awciat,n held at I w c M Aetffif b " ; ti Kart bled Into the 'Stih. t Sieew hit. iaet evvnrg the high A STUPENDOUS Silverbeam SPOTLIGHTS 212 . 2 M'ri-T.r- New Courtesy Lantern $1 $2.75 L) $4.35 $3.75 duM-oske- i cjpa&MeE3 it shines like a diamond. But oh, what a difference! , Brocse Fittings. Steel Fittings. DEOT RIIID OF expl&na-tUmr-i- -- Beveled 0S.7S 06.75 00.45 sage-brus- e, Plat Glaas Edfe Plate Glass. Beveled Edge. Plate Glass Snappy Style. Extra Solid Make. - Many a bright piece of glass is sold as a diamond. And sometimes cheese of lesser value is sold as Krafts. In either case the deception is Dot for the benefit of the , purchaser. Decidedly not. When you ask for Kraft Cheese and get it that merchant is accepting less profit than he could make! to give you greater value. Thats another meaning of the Kraft . Label greater value. 4th So. at State St., Moxum" Hotel Bid?. wucura 111 Gui - Selec-arjA-- V ? x !! rt White-face- VAJtXETXESi ... eet-e,- - d . one-ac- - SO Gallons Gr h V7EETEE r.ICTCr, CO. , TPT73 s Baby Lores, (71 HOTEL CLAREMONT v JL i ! i t mTJ Cuticura,1 Soap T-- Tn. V -- brwt t 'f -- II I! t i a |
