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Show THE SIX. Sleep consumed most of the time. The the meals, the ry$t was taken by chores and the effort of keeping, warm. The line of calico covered books helped to vary the moof notony., So did the visits SquawCharley' But these were becoming more brief now. Not that Lancaster made them unpleasant Charley was necessary to him but that the Indian was always in a fever to be gone. Since the council his eyes jvere less downcast, his face was less stolid. One day brought "a totally un expected visitor, whom Lancaster misgivings recognized with-som- e e ar-thUnitedStates land. agent The section boss Bismarck. at was soon reasurred, however. said The agent that, having business near Brannon and remembering that" Lancaster wished to file an entry on the bend when the first claimants six months were np. he had come by In the ease of a man who was hurt, he said, the law allowed such a course. The section boss,- - thus saved the arduous trip, sighed scant hours of light. list walked up and It was not long before the,sil-ene- e told on the section boss and Ef yoq-aforced him to talk. got anythin t say, he snarled t presently, y might as Well spit ll it-ou- t1 y ELEAflO'R GATES, Author of "The Biography of Pnirl Girl. a eomiCHT. Ah got jes this t say, he continued: Ah aint goin t hev no lubbef o a storekeeper slaver-m- y COMEANY. elfins XX While David Bond'andvDJlgj rereaking --Shadrach.fromthe snow pung a boot crunched the behind them. .They turned, and there was Lounsbury, fairly burst ing to tell his good news. When he had told it he was an,, xious to get away again, for by a quick retreat the two girls might be saved the knowledge of the - Clark episode. But the evangelist having uo wish to tattle about -yjnenKfer, yet hopingthat-the-eder girl would learn -- what -- her father had done anff administer a deserved, rebuke, urged him in. The storekeeper did not conthe sent her invitation, added until Dallas and then he went reluctantly He was 'accustomed to courtesy there on the frontier. The plains bred ' men that he knew instinctively took him at his real valuation and The treated him accordingly. . L hack-however, to-ent- er No one answered. . men of a more conventional strata (the professional men of Bisraark and those who officered at the posts up and down the their river) freely bestowed friendship upon him. The lawless element respected him, too, Thursday, January 9, JOURNAL, LOG AX, UTAH i TRI-WEEEX- gals- - Again no one answered, but Dallas proved, all hes got to do is to David Bond as he watched determined tp be sihang on to It dont have to ras-sl- e questioning with any fine points of law. lent no longer, . He paused in his he said My - friend, This far west of stuffed chairs walk. Vs a whole lot of public sen-i- solemnly, you talk like a madHe crossed the room and man. For shame! Dallas stood stock still,. her picked up toat and ap.- Davil eyes lyermiag him. But it was too Of course, Bond, following the law would late.' Her father snickered, drew on strengthen the case. his pipe once' or twice and then Of course The Section boss adjusted hi grinned up at the ev&hgelistIt8 gittin light outdoors, he said crutches and stood up. Yon-a-ll could seem t be settlin it thout any 0 significantlyAAreckon y cross river. th he said and laughed my lip. And so David Bond and the' mockingly. white horse went the way of We have your interests at Lounsbury. heart, replied the storekeeper. an hour passed before Lancaster ground his teeth. Nearly the section boss addressed Dallas. Now that all dangeri was past he Wa a i,'v aalwaal ? felt no gratitude for the routing She was wrapping up to do the of Matthews and the strategy at chores. Just as well, I the Troopers Delight. He could morning she said wearily. guess, dad, only feel that his authority in his The meal and bacons pretty own home was threatened. He low. Ive been cooking out of turned his back. the seecFsacks lately. Lounsbury glanced at the girls Th meal anbaeons got t They were watching their father seed he answered.-Us-e h. J - the necessary-paperlant mark. s withajubi- - Then - came old Michael for time or two. It seemed at first as if he were to be a favorite. lie could adapt himself with all the art of his race. And before Lancaster he was intensely southern r the north in many a broguey strife. Until it befell through a slip of the tongue a slip that sent him packing off, for he boasted how in 62 his freckled hands had helped in piloting the Federals to Island No. 10! in his th las, appealingly, V- ' want t an don give the I should say, went on Louns- efy so much. We shant ast Injun, bury, that we have the interests tick oLno lallygaggin, of your daughters at heart.nis dandy. hand reached for the latch. -- views,-whippin- g" -- Dallas sighed, found Marylyn Dallas made to kiss her and gratefully breastJbyJet a swift step toward him. ed the chill air beyond the'doorr was an outcome that gave ting him severely alone. He Now the section boss came His dismissal from the shack It ' himself about. Dallas little concern. reminded Marylyn Lounsbury was ahrank from placing brought no hardship upon David The was her girl of on the worry. the younger Lancaster a like man plowed strip, Bond. lie found an old acquainwhere day' , Now was and belistless, pale for he saw that Lancaster was tance in Colonel moody. crippled old and therefore Cummings, who believed she saw Dallas and then if all as and the could have panting yond disciplining joyfully greeted him as interprechance to repeat an affront. And spent with a hard run. M gal! ter in the absence of Matthews. a look of actual suffering in her in the he shrank at the thought of a he cried sternly. He found familiar faces ' among eyes. Once, awakening sob. she heard her touchDallas stepped back and clash it meant pain for two help the hostages, whose sullen reserve night, he ed her fathers arm. And her re- in his less women. Nevertheless Marylyn was unhappy, and the presence he laid to jtheir ' made the elder girl desremonstrance monstrance was the yielded. , imprisonment. At barracks the thought t The streamers were gone from of that other day. No, no, dad, enlisted men chaffed him,(j mis- perate. This led her to a plan: the skyJby tben They had faded she cautioned- - in a low voice ; chievously christened him Me- Lounsbury must be asked to forcome again as quickly as they had come. Once no, no. thuselah and installed him asof give their father and be told of must Lancasters breast heaved, He ficiaL doom sealer of the- Marylyn s con- more, under a dome of cobalt, the post. river flowed black between its swallowed with an effort and But when he passed them by to fession. fringe of trees and the prairie scowled from one to another of give every hour of his days and Soon afterward a second worry the four. one fully as seristretched white and still. nights to young Jamieson young presented itself, adDavid Bond came forward ous. The provisions were dwindA bright fire and a swinging Jamieson, battling with all his Will you might against collapse the men ling, the seed sacks shrinking coffee pail welcomed the, three as dresing Lounsbury. iJie door swung wide, and the tell me your name! he asked. ceased chaffing and listened to fast, and, estranged from Lounssection boss, who was urging I want to remember you. You him with respect. A crank y re- bury, they had nowhere to ask are not a soldier.Do you belong at credit but at the fort. Marylyn to rustle some grub, ligion was one Jthing, a man with Clark V When Dallas spoke of it to her turned with a testy word. But he one eye Tjn the Bible and his Did y size him up fer a cow sleeves fell silent when he saw LounsWaal, we rolled up for hard duty father, he chuckled. in broke Lancaster. punch? was another. The troopers cared got Simon, aint ive? he said. bury and edged Into the dusky IluhlWaal, Ah never did. That same night Marylyn put shelter of the bearthside. little for sermonizing, but they s a face to Lounsbury dyed The storekeeper nodded to him, honored serviee. Then, it was down her fork and stared across he said. Jamieson for whom the evangelist the table at "Her sister. xhook' hands -- absently "rwitlrnhe deepsew!tt.--Np?!- 1 Why, And why? was earing. And Jamieson held Dallas, you dont eat- - she comyounger girl and took a bench His face looked less fnlHhan usu- - Again the sectionrboss gave-- a the very heartstrings of the gar- - plained. al andwas lighted by no hearty shrill, mocking laugh.' Too fat nson. Dallas laughed.I dont work; an too mouthy, he answered. amiles. onAs for Lounsbury, Brannon honey, she answered, For an instant Lounsbury tertained him no less Little was said until breakfast The question of fuel entered llis gladly, was ready a quick breakfast of waiered. In that instant the deep was the rare good humor that and became a grave one. So scarlet coffee. his and The three faded, eies opened, livens eiery occasion. He prac- - fatj the weather had been fairly bacon, pone men warmed themselves. The his nostrils spread. tieed at target shooting iiith the mild for the place and the season, It fire moved between li PalPa!" dace Mari uas n.half girls enlisted men; he plajed Dillards Now it took a more rigooous turn, and table. But wheu the plates weeping. with the officers; he dined, made The bitter cold was intensified by Louusburi s enu ioied eleared were set and the coffee poured np sleigh rides, lent himself tola stiff wind. Snow began to fall, David Bond asked for the story the air. I'm ,1 Bismarck man, theatricals, furnished a fourth at and the wind, growing, drove the of Matthews doings, of the affair he siml to the ei amHist. J ve got j cards and at the frequent dances flakes level, so that they cut the at the saloon, the meeting with a store there. My name is John led out homely and pretty alike. face like filings of steel. CharColonelCummings and the council. Lomisltun ."lie held out his hand To David Bond it seemed as if leys trips became' uncertain, then Dallas and Marilyn heard it from to Dallas the storekeeper were indifferent impossible. The ivork of getting lie adi aimed where they stood together, beagain and took to his own dismissal from the out hay for the stock was a desfore the blaze. Lancaster heard it. Oh, thank 1 on, thank 1011 shack. But-on- e morning the evan- perate tax- .- It was so difficult it, though he pretended not to. she breathed. gelist accidentally came upon the that Dallas dared not spare a Bismarck man, It was younger man. He was watching straw for the fireplace and Ben eating and drinking the while Lancaster mu'e more. with angry smacks. Waal, the bend through a telescope, and and Bettys ma'nger had to be n the devil no don to v attention y Lounsbury paid his face was anxious and troubled drawn upon for wood. When stay thnr? Loiinsbnrv took no notice o the section boss i Lfllfea s ter h nsn t startedf Of thissoufee-ofuppIyTiIfthis recital was done, he had for- him. I'll be hoofing it. he said the land office he said. benches were sacrificed one by again, gotten him. lie talked quietly to Dallas. But if I can do any- Then, after a moments silence, one, the cupboard was tom down, and turned to David Bond, now thing, 1 011 understand, and went I 1 e about "decided to go and the bunk and part of the just out. to the girls. Bismarck way myselfltoday. table were split into kindling - And yon think, David Bonds keen eyes stud- When said the will you let me can, you evangelist, when the ' story whs ied the elder girl. He expected know how they are over there? (To Be Continued) finished,- - you think that s an outburst of anger and blame. Charles will keep me postwill drop his claim to the ITe. was surprised when, without ed, answered the Good resolutions. The best reevangelist, ' bend? i speaking, she brought the benchd I shall send you .any. news solution is to make some money if togo,and es to the firiTand satabout .clear- V the mail Lounsbury arose the sleigh. Stock makes coming year. for the first time since his en- ing the table. Lancaster seated Thank you. said Lounsbury you money while you sleep. Send trance looked squarely at Lancas- himself and sucked moodily at simply. 15c a share for a block of it to And the at Goodby ter. This is what I think, he his pipe. Marylyn flitted behind noon mess he was missing. the Lee Comstock Mining com answered. 14 Dakota, if a man him to disappear the Ak the through shack the days were pany, P-- O. box 258, Rhyolite, jumps land that hasnt been jtn swinging blankets. The evange- - numbered slowiy for all their Nevada without delay. Mr. Lounsbury 1 , 3 , - -- The business that has HAVE YOU A COUGH. not nt Horehound A dose of Ballards commenced to advertize Syrup will relieve it. 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