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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Out of the Book Thats Governmint A friend asked Buck Jones, Hows And what are you going to do your Ma? when you grow up, Thomas? Terrible said Buck. Shes got Im going to grow mint, teach- chronic frontal sinusitis . er. . Mint? Yes, mother says thats where all the money comes from. I CHAPTER Shucks! Far to the West,- Doane .could trace the highland divides and - peaks of the Sierra Nueva, marking the boundary of the state and the San Loreto County line. The ranges had the mirage-lik- e quality of seeming to float, ridge on ridge, upon some upper crystalline stratum of g the atmosphere. miles of dust haze concealed the massive base of the foothills. Sierra Nueva held for him a strange, magical fascination, as it held for anyone who looked upon it. But the fascination lay really in the fact that the mountains were real, and not another of the false, shifting desert mirages that formed and faded ceaselessly in other quarters of the compass. Doane could trace the k creases of canyons in the skyline divides.. Water raji down those canyons. In his fevered imagination Doane could hear the gurgling music of it. ' His parched throat cried for its taste. He resolutely turned his eyes away. The upper ranges he saw so e clearly were all of thirty miles away; traveling to them, the distance would be twice that far. Two days march over the desert for a strong man with plenty of food and water., Doane had neither, and he was no longer strong. The instant his fevered brain forgot that, and his legs turned west, he was Low-lyin- blue-blac- life-givin- g, x air-lin- he had said, when the a minute, then turned to his proalarm reached him at eight oclock spective deputy with the expression on the evening of the crime. of a man about to make a clean Shucks! Mighty little use watch-i-n breast of things. Shucks! I hate the roads. All them railroad to tell you, Jim. For a fact I do. dicksll do is to pull half a dozen Truth is, some o them big Eastern assorted bums and hoboes off the papers is plumb anxious to get my freights. The outfit that pulled personal opinion on this holdup, an this trick looked farthern its nose. if I told em Id be a laughin stock Flick sent a hurry call for help to from here to both coasts. The folks the one man he wanted, above all around hered laugh themselves others, on this job. He sent for Jim sick. Doane. When that lanky, gray-eye- d What is there in a holdup to individual sauntered into the office, laugh at? two hours later, the sheriff of San Flick fidgeted. Fact is,' I got a Loreto County leaped to his feet. hunch that a girls had a hand in So here you are, you loafer, you this job, an everybody else that d Hold up knows about its got the same breed Do you solemnly o hunch. You know, that Alvaro your hand! swear Wouldnt that make some girl. for them papers, if it Wait a minute, wait a minute copy juicy No! I dont swear a thing. No! turned out to be true? Somethin Blame your hide, sheriff, whats like: Southwest Sheriff Foiled by eating you? Im not ready to go to Schoolgirl! Thats what theyd say. work, least of all on an outfit of An thats what theyre all thinkin. wristwatch thieves. Let the rail- Thats why all the rush, Jim Doane. He ran a warm and trembling road round up its own bad men. No, but Jim, pleaded the sherfinger around his wilted collar. Shes been raisin Cain, Jim, all iff, I gotta have you on this case. I know you said six months ago you the time you been east. Star La wasnt going to spend your life hunt- Rue was in to see me again about ing down your fellow citizens. You her, just last week. He claims shes run off half his fat beef stock of this spring, an about his calf crop as welL Stars got dad-buste- some That thought in itself was steadying. In the quart canteen at his hip there remained perhaps two full swallows of warm, stale water. He could sometimes hear the faint swish of the infinitely precious stuff within the canteen. Doane was a man of strong will. He knew the utter necessity of holding one thought and determination. He had to hold out for twelve or fifteen hours longer, walking continuously to the south. Perhaps it would take eighteen or twenty hours. He had to make it! ht d hours earlier that an train had made the customary halt at the Sand Wells tanks for water. As the train moved on again, four men stepped from the dusk shadows along the track and swung gingerly onto the rear platform of the last car. One moved swiftly through the train until he stood at an entrance four cars ahead. The man who followed on his heels caught the conductor and the brakemap, forcing them into a washroom at the point of his gun. The porters were intimidated as easily as the passengers. The four rear cars were plundered with a swift efficiency. A hatful of feminine jewelry was flung into the bandits Stetsons; the final checkup of the currency taken to- taled better than three thousand dollars. The jewelry estimate ran almost as high. Two miles out of Sand Wells the emergency cord was pulled, and the train screamed to a sudden halt. The four bandits dropped as suddenly from the coaches and melted into the night. The alarm, of course, had been swift, and Sand' Wells was an isoRailroad detectives lated point. closed in on the two ends, of the line; possible roads of escape were carefully blocked. Distant city newspapers, next morning, ran lurid accounts of the daring crime. Arrest of the four highwaymen, the papers stated, was momentarily expected. But sheriff. Sam Flick, reading the headlines in his office, wasnt as sure as the editors about that. east-boun- . i heads. 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Upon emerging fully matured from the film encasing them, they mate, lay their eggs and usually die within 12 hours. n cowhands good the special features you have been himself, but theyre just naterly tied looking for. to a hole in the ground when it The folding stand is the right height to comes to catchin her. use with comfortable chairs and the plywood tray with a gallery around three Anyhow, one of us is just about sides and openings, fits secureforced to pay a visit down there ly over this base. The construction of both pieces is so simple that you will pretty soon, Doane, if only to stuff want to make a number of them. somethin in Star La Rues mouth an shut him up. Thats why I sent fer you; youre the only one of that worthless bunch I can count on. Doane stared at him. The Alvaro girl! You think the Alvaro girl was mixed up in a train holdup? Shucks, Sam, I know that kid. I met her at a dance once. She wouldnt dance with me, and I nevTo remove scratches on wooder found out why. But she wouldnt work and floors, rub with a little stick up a train. Anyhow, all the off with a clean lard, passengers say it was four men. cloth. then rub saw What about Nobody any girl. that? In order to get much Vitamin The sheriff answered with a quesC, turnips should be eaten raw. tion of his own. Reckon youve sticks or slivers really are Turnip of Rancho heard mention de the old delicious in the relish dish or salMebbe-slos Tres Hermanos. ad bowl. youve heard the name of Senor don Pio Miguel Alvaro hisself, in conWhen the edges joined in a seam nection, eh? are cut on the bias, it is helpful to Doane. drawled Yeah, sure, baste a piece of paper in with the He was her father. He sold the ranch to La Rue. I know all about two edges of fabric. After the seam is stitched tear away the that. This little trick keeps the paper. old some There is Pio that says bias edges from stretching. Miguel Alvaro didnt exactly sell to La Rue, said Flick slowly, his eyes A broom that is sprinkled with glued on Doanes expressionless kerosene occasionally will gather Them same hints at someface. thin else. . . . That La Rue might dust more easily. even a stole the place, more or less. Put some cologne on cotton and Howsomever, that aint exactly nei- tuck it into your clothing for a dether here nor there, fars this business is concerned. But I reckon you lightful scent. might as well do some thinkin bout the connection between old grandee of To give your dinner party an air the unusual, serve a small scoop Pio Miguel Alvaro, and this here of sherbet floating in chilled orange daughter o his youre goin after. apple juice. Also bout some o the things Star La Rue has been right determined to 1,1 On small apron sew numerimpress on me. Star says shes got ous any Into these your pockets. e sip some of the vaqueros from Rancho de los Tres Hermanos ridin toilet articles. Fold the apron and with her. If so, theyd be pretty put it in your suitcase. Then when smart saddlemen. Mighty likely be you need a freshening up, toilet smart in other ways, too. Ysee? articles are where you need them. indiscretions, Mebbe things isnt going so good DUE TO ofdietapr drinking water or with this here Miss Alvaro. Mebbe sudden changes in weather can be JaldJL CttwurL them riders is back in their wages. quickly relieved by Wakefields Blackberry Balsam. Sold at all drug Mebbe with the right sort o brain Brown was a very light sleeper. stores. Be sure to ask for genuine tellin em just how it oughta be One night he was obliged to stop worked, they might be smart at a small hotel, and after much enough to hop the express as it pulls trouble finally succeeded in getouta Sand Wells. ting to sleep. Yeah, I guess that might hapTwo hours later came a loud But shucks, knocking on his door. pen, Doane replied. sheriff, a rustled herd of stock or Whats the matter? he asked, two is one thing, if shes sore at sleepily. Star La Rue about that ranch Package downstairs for you, business, whatever it is, but stick- sir, came a boys voice. ing up a train is something else Well, let it stay therej.lt can due to MONTHLY LOSSES? again. Even if she has a little wait until morning, I suppose? nerve You girls and women' who lose so The boy shuffled down the corriA little!' interrupted much during monthly periods that Flick. dor and after a long time Brown you're pale, weak, dragged out Say, if you think shes some sort fell Then came anthis may be due to lack of blood-iroo common spineless Mex, you got otherasleep again. 8o try Lydia E. Plnkbams TABLETS knocking at the door. another think cornin. The Alvaros one of the best home ways to Brown now?. whats Well, up build up red blood In such cases which is demanded. were Pink ham's Tablets are one of the as white of skin as you and me, a for you! tonics you can buy) That taint best blood-iro- n package sight handsomer an pounds prouder by disposition. No matter, replied Doane. N F.ORQUJLCKR.E.L! Lets say the girl has nerve and friends Down there shes known as ACHY an Alvaro, which means things. She o two or russtock a job engineers BRUISES STIFF JOINTS tlin from Star La Rue because shes sore he owns the old Alvaro ranch; she gets her friends to do the work, NEED figurin she can use the head; Then comes the big idea of a train robbery. That what youre trying to tell me? hard-ridi- d o, ... The desert can strike with appalling swiftness. It was, in fact, less than forty-eig- ears. hand-hol- gone. His stride became more de termined and steady with the hard, driving force of his will behind it. But it seemed that the count would continue in the very beat of his pulse. Miraculously, after a quarter of an hour, the count popped into his brain . . . one thousand! He must have underestimated the distance, for the rocky nubbin seemed far away again He stumbled. Anger at himself flooded through his brain. He pushed himself up, stood there trembling, fists clenched. He was giving fatigued muscles, weary flesh, the upper hand. That sinewy, hard young body of his that had once been so strong was betraying him . . . No, it wasnt! Doane didnt give up. He had never given up. After a while, he stumbled again. Cooling Off Why do you wear your socks Turned Him wrong side 6ut, darling? I hear your son is studying denWell, dear, it was so hot, I tistry. Didnt he say he wanted to just turned the1 hose on my feet. be an ear specialist? Yes, but I reminded him that Story writers are funny folks. man has 32 teeth, but only two Their tales come right out of their globe-trotte- r! two-thir- Good Lord, where did she get that? From her cousins medical book. I gotta have you on this case.' said that when you resigned and went east. But now youre back, and I gotta have help. The sheriff dropped back into his chair. Why did this have to happen to me? Sufferin wildcats, if theyd pulled'it a mile down the track, itd been in the next county. Only just He jumped up and paced a mile! the floor, fuming, while Doape dropped into a chair. Without warning Flick stopped dead in the middle of the room and shot a question. Youre going to do just one little scout down that end of the county for old Sam, aint you, Jim? Raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear Jim Doane leaned back in his You chair and laughed heartily. he said at know, Sam, length, if you were a girl and this was leap year, youd have me bothered. You sure look bothered yourself. Now just supposing I took this case for you, which Im not saying I will, mind you, what would you want this n posse to do? Raise your right hand! Tell papa the truth! A broad grin of relief swept over the sheriffs leathery, sunburnt face. He wiped his forehead with ah' old I knowed youd red bandana. stand by the old man, Jim. So I talked with the railroad. Theyve got a box car over on the siding for you, right now. Get your horse and a spare mount if you want it, an git aboard. In half an hour the expressll pick you up. Theyll drop you off at Maxmilla City, off the end of the express, some time before midnight; from if this division superinthere tendent aint a liar . . . you get your own engine down over the cut-oto the other straightaway, an so back to Sand Wells. You oughta get there by sunup tomorrow. Youre in a powerful hurry, Sam. Whats all the rush? Flick stared into empty space for one-ma- east-boun- d ... ff . old-tim- (i mssam n. 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