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Show I THIS PAGE SIX. go on, she paused for breath; then lifted her voice and sent back through the night a long, inviting call. Down the wind came instant an swer, a great howl of glee. And as if her presence ahead was unexpected, as if it tempted to a better speed, a jargon of cries swelled. hideously and drew on. Shes safe! shouted Dallas exultantly. Charley, shes safe! Ws Plow Woman Hy ELEAflO'R CATES, Author of Tha Biography of Prairie Girt COM I ANT. For all that the way was hard, rough with stones and choked by a tangle of rank growth, the three in the coulee made fast progress over the first two miles. Charley led. After him came Marylyn, to whom the loathed split in the plain was become a place' of refuge. In the rear, covering her sister against possible attack, folj lowed Dallas. The sl rain told first on the younger girl. Before three miles had been traveled, as she sank in a shallow pool to wet her lips her strength utterly failed her. Rot rise and pleaded She -- ( - - ... they had . x whoops. ' terror They scrambled up, stricken. Like hunted deer they whipped away again, knowing that theii wake, instead of the one man they had seen, was a horde ! Once more, though after brave effort, it was Marylyn who compelled a haltVJ Dallas strove to rouse her. Try a little longer, Come on, come on! But honey. the other only sobbed hysterically until Charley put his hand up on her mouth. Cant we crawl out! demand ed Dallas. Quick, theyll pass! The outcast shook his head, coming, close that she might see his answer. No use! He shook his head again and signed that their pursuers had horses. It was a moment of supreme despair, She laid her rms upon her knees, her face upon her arms. Their puny human power had failed. Where else could they look for succor! Would Louns-buror the troopers come in -- Kills i The wear and tear of business and the cares and worries fall upon every-da- y the nerves, and bring disaster to (he stomach and brain. Nervousness causes loss of sleep and draws heavily on the vital forces. Increase your nervous energy by using PILLS "'r Relieve that Charley ed to the front and as if to Nerve Strain pointa van- Sold Kvirjrwhcr. In bos le. and tSe. tage place. Dallas looked and caught him about the waist. saw at the end of sheer walls an Oh, youre wounded! I ., oblong opening of grayish light. laintly for rest Yes glancing blow. But She hailed it dumbly. There was ;Just a minute, Dallas, please. tied it up. where the coulee narrowed until I cant go. My side hurts. Wounded? It Lounsbury! a a man standing in its bed with Dallas helped her through was Oliver. arms outstretched could place the hindering weave of pond weeds coulee captain! Give some laid lilies and and hereupon tipaof his fingers 'against either .HUpthe. me a horse! , marsh grass beyond. Meanwhile rocky wall. There a last stanl The captain turned, shouting might be made. The Throat-On- e Charley stole back ' a short dis orders The other tried to follew, tance. But the respite was brief, helping the other, they Fraser supporting him. for he returned straightway and dragged themselves on and into Here, somebody, a horse for the opening. twitched flt their dresses, when Lounsbury! the elder girl lifted the younger The time had narrowed. Close A third man dismounted Jami Jq h$r foot, whispering encouragebehind, crashing through a thicks eson. He put a rope in Frasers ment. et, were the warriors, announcing hand. time! ;4f jjj, .nquaiv ,w: themselves with shrill whoops. Once more they pressed forTake my horse,' he said. Ill Then, tearfully, prayerfully, in Dallas waited, propped against ward. The lightning had ceased. this utmost she raised her Ride like the devil, Lounsneed, stone. The words of the old Stay. With a last grumble and a scatter eyes to the not for and soak em one for me! sky. Its Texas song began to run in her bury, of drops the clouds were pulling me, she faltered. for Mary-'I'lir- 1 Its They helped the storekeeper .. jniud; part. Ilere and there a few mount. The command had gone. j ptars shone, These thijped"the We saw the Indians coming, He and Fraser followed. That upward glance was not in iarknesa considerably, and at a We heard them give a yell. vain. In front of her, lifting their Half the troopers were travelat that moment point where the coulee shallowed My feelings heavplumelike tops against the ing the farther brink, half the Dallas was able dimly to see the No mortal tongue could tell. near. The two caught up with ens, she saw the clump of burial She was spent. She had no the toiling shapes ahead. Marylyn trees. she took latter detachment. Instantly heart, was wavering. of being spared from' death. hope for her quick tmain devised , a Progress was slow. The men urged Spunky little girl! to hide in the cottonwoods ! Yet she was strangely calm and were tired from the fire fighting. plan the elder girl. Lifting the rifle to But all three unafraid. The horses were all but blown. might not stay, came She shoulder. alongher left she IP be happy, Mlarylyn for however much . the Sioux Nevertheless not a moments side to give the support of an arm avoided the laden boughs they said. "I know John Lounsbury halt was taken until, after six 'Wheres the cartridge belt! would wearisome miles, the troopers stop to search them if well enough for that. he whispered. She became conscious of thirst. came opposite the cottonwoods there were not those ahead to Heavy, panted the other. draw them past. And pne of A branch of wild roses shining where the Indian dead were lashDropped it. those ahead must be a woman. with raindrops bobbed above her. ed. ' aid And now despite Dallas So she decided. Bending tocher She bent the flowers to her mouth By now the darkness had liftMarylyn straggled weakly. An- sister, she lifted her to a sitting one by one and sucked their mois- ed considerably, and a scout, who other mile and with scarcely a was of the firmThe ture. she said sky position. Honey, gray was riding the southern side, adigh of warning she sank again ly, you see the a lift- vised a hunt for tracks. big trees there! turning to pink. There exhausted. The Indians are afraid of em, re- ing foreglow in the east. No tracks were found on the The Dallas. called Charley, member. They 11 go by. Well she said, near brink. The horses moved See, Charley, You take put you up on a limb, and Indian joined them. you therell be good light to fight in. forward again. Oliver and Fraser one arm thats it. She took the keep quiet. Youll be safe. Well But but theres just one charge. waiting behind to hear from the other. Thus they proceeded. go on for help. As each man of the rescuing opposite side. Yes,-ye- s, Finally Dallas stopped. Hide, Dallas nly-1 Cant party "splashed out upon the All at once as they waited she - counseled - between walk hide,- Town before beach Fraser began -- peering down into Shanty. sandy, ' breaths.-- 4 A dark place The elder girl bade he headed for the. open level. the coulee. Whats that? he Charley h e ad vie I gnorin he out- him assist. Without understand- There was no comfor Whats thattllark! waiting whispered. cast thrust his bow and arrow inWhatV ing fully he obeyed. Together mands, no attempt at order only to her hands, then, squatting beJust then came a shout, No they carried Marylyn tOivard the, the sound of labored breathing of fore Marylyn, he seized her cottonwoods, out of which several frantic urging, of the playing of tracks, captain. wrist, drew her, limp and half lank, gray bodies shifted into heel and fist. Oliver kicked his boots into his dead, upon his hack and stagger- view and shot chose side'. Dallas bend Come on, come on, the the horses away. company Crossing ed on. a tree that grew close to the steep was strung to a long, bedrabbled he said and went hurrying after Hold to" Charley, dear, beg- bank. Here in the narrow space line. It was slow going. Already his men. lies carrying you between trunk and rooty wall she the horses had stood haid usage ged Dallas. Fraser was But, captain pickapack. ordered Charley to get down on the detour with Matthews, the holding back. There was a cry. The younger girl murmured all fours. Then, taking Marylyn return and the severely trying I heard gratefully and locked her hands upon her shoulders as before and swim. Fraser, given the lead., still Come on, Fraser. Olivers beneath the Indians chin. This steadying herself with both hands kept it, dinging hoarse persuasion horse broke into a trot. left his arms free to part a path she stood on the Indian's back. into Buckskin's flattened ears. Captain through the thickets of burweed Little by little, bracing with legs A third time Oliver called So far the troopers had kept sil- and plantain that choked the de- and arms, he raised his load. ent through fear for the girls sharply. Behind he heard the file, and for fully a half hour he Marylyn was now below a thick safety fear that the" hotsages if eayuse following kept a good jog. But, well worn branch. By reaching up and aware of pursuit would wreak inand hampered as he was, he be- summoning the remnant of her stant death. But now, as their gan then to wabble. strength she was able to clasp it, lieutenant d aimed .to the shack, Dallas gave him the weapon to put a foot over, to get astride. the men behind, while trying rider. Lie down. continued Dallas. their utmost to gain, sent forward and received Marylyn upon her own shoulders. Notwithstanding ell upon yell to startle the In-They wont stop. Dont speak. (To Be Continued) the long way her vigor remained Hurriedly she and Charley re- dians into dropping their captives splendid. And when there Came sumed their way up the wolf and seeking cover. The best bargains to be had a tendency to lag she fought it haunted bottom, over rocks, No whoops replied, hut from any of the stores are always into pimv for- the doorway, unheard, the voice jin stoutly. Not until her limbs re- through puddles, advertised and ad. readers" are ' fused their service did she drop ests of cherry and plum. lint of a man r Oliver, Oliwn Here- - the only people who can keep down. now, careless of lost time, Dallas As the line swung up and hv posted. ran with backward looks and in a circle Fraser, weapon in hand Under her wild rye made a wn and pressing forward. cool, stiff couch. She reached frequent baitings, giving strict was A man who loves his kind forheed the to 1 thereabouts of inthose and found Lounsbury seated bn gives his brothers slips! A man through oit dug her fingers , to the wet earth. Marylyn top- behind. .e sill, from" which he rose un- who loves his kind doesnt have overbac disk and had a beside traveled her pled They good lay occasion to. He puts ashes on steadily. prone. Charley leaned on an el- tance when she judged that the Lounsbury Lounsbury.! his pavement. bow breathing hard; savages werenearing thelburial Quick ! The coulee ! 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W pursuers Gradually .but surely whenever the system is weakened by the rods decreased between quar- overwork or worry, and needs to be toned and strengthened. Beechams ry and pack. Pills equalize flteiiculation, carry o9 The sweat dreenjng from their the waste materials, help the stomach, faces, Squaw Charley and Dallas and carry health to the nerve cells. strained forward. A little while They are quick to restore normal conditions, enable the brain to recover its and she whispered. Cant go poise and unfailingly ' stop cant 4 Every breath was swing at her sore lungs. She tottered, pitched forward and went down. was theq Thursday, March 5, The Pace Thai throats. ; . ; And now .began a ratje. From the start it was unequal and the gafin 'on the side of the It ? JOURNAL; LOG AX, UTAH TIU-WEESL- Y s, nt Li-bra- ry M. & Lr COAL AND WOOD COMPANY store-highw- ay ' i y r - PRICE . .til! $5.50 AT THE YARD. 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