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Show UTAII TITK WT'F'K'T.Y HFFT.FY. KAYSVILLE. 1'K e S' . v ,x t . t ' '.,' y v ' i '1 , ' A - . - - 1" ' . ,s p V r ' f Is .. , i Jf . n Youre not under arrest Miss says her father has no charge to bring against you. So you can light a , x . '4- - S f v IVi XiVi? fx. N" CROOKED TRAILS LZV27 STRAIGHT c5" IUlJsm JVkcZeodJPaine COPYRIGHT. DY G.W.DILLINGHAM CHAPTER VI Continued. ' 13 No use you getting crazy with the heat, Cullison. Your daughter asked me to bring her here, and I brought her. Of course Im not going to break my neck getting her home where She can phone Bolt or Bucky OConnor and have us rounded up. That aiDi reasonable to expect. But 1 aim to do whats right. Well all have supper Then together like sensible folks. Jose und I will give you the eubin for the night If youll promise not to attempt to escnjte. In the morning maybe youll see things different." Fendrlck calculated, not without reason, that the best thing to do would be to give Kate a chance for a long private talk with her father. After supper the door the caldn was looked and a son try posted. The prisoners were on parole, hut Cass did not on that account relax his vlgilnnee. lor long he and his partner could hear h low murmur of voices from within the cabin. At length the lights went nut and presently he voices died. But all through the night one or the other of the sheepmen petroled a beat that circled around and around the house. Fendrlck did not broach the suhjort at Is'ue next morning till after break-- I fast. he asked at hist. What Is It you offer? Luck demanded gruffly. You sign the relinquishment and . igree not to make us any trouble wt brought you here, and you may go by two o'clock." Well, I accept your terms. Ill make you no legal trouble. But I tell you straight this thing aint ended. Its only Just begun. I'm going to run you out of this country before Im through with you. Go to It. Well see whether you make gowk "Where is that paper you want me to sign?" Luck dashed off his signature and pushed the document from him. lie hated the necessity that forced him to surrender. For himself he would have died rather than give way, but he had lo think of his daughter and of his bqy JSiun who was engaged In a plot to hold up a train. Ills stony eyes met those of the man achiss the table. No need for me to tell you what 1 think of this. A white man wouldnt have done such a trtcit. It takes sheep herders and greasers to put across a thing so damnabl as dragging a woman into a feud." Fendrlck flushed angrily. Its not obstimy fault; youre a nate chump. 1 used the only weapon any possible mistake. Nobody could have forged the signature. It Is like Luck himself, strong and forceful and decided. Sse you later. Curly. Bucky rose. Sorry I have to hurry, Mr. Thomas, but I've thought of something Ill have to do right away." Bucky followed El Mollno street to the old plaza and cut across It to the Hotel Way land. Among the arrivals of the day whs the entry he had hoped to soe : (ns Fendrlck, C. F. Ranch, Arizona." 'The room that had been assigned' to him was 12. OConnor turned away and went up the stairs, Ignoring the elevator. On the second floor he found 212. In answer to his knock a voice said Come In." Opening the door, he stepped In, closed It behind him and looked at the man lying In his shirt sleeves on the bed. Evening, Cass." Fendrlck put down his newspaper, but did not rise. Evening Bucky." Their eyes held to each therewith the level even gaze of men w ho recognize a worthy antagonist. Ive come to ask a question or tw o." claim." You better ask Cullison. The law says that If a man sells a relinquishment he cant file on another claim. If he surrenders It for nothing he con. Now, Luck rosy have notions of filing on another claim. You can see that well have to take It for granted he gave me the claim." It was so neat an answer and at the same time so complete a one that OConnor could not help appreciating It He trailed and tried again. That leaves me only one thing to do. Youre undgr arrest." "For what? demanded the sheepman sharply. For abducting Luck Cullison and holding him prisoner. Lazily Cass drawled a question. Are you right sure Cullison aint at home attending to his business?" Has he come back?" Maybe so. Im not Luck Culllsons keeper. In Bucky thought he understood. return for the relinquishment Cullison had been released. Knowing Luck as he did, it was hard for him to see bow pressure enough had been brought to hear to move him. May I use your phone?" he asked. Help yourself. O'Connor got the Circle C on long distance. It was the clear contralto of a woman that answered his Hello!" Is this Miss Cullison?" he asked. O'Connor Almost at once he added: of the rangers Is speaking. I've heard your father is home again. Is that be-.au- se i pig-heade- d, left me. Kate, standing straight and tall behind her fathers chair, looked at their common foe with uncompromising lie Is not to blame, dud.-'scorn, cant help It because he doesn't see how despicable a thing he has done." At exactly two oclock Ihmringuez set the Culllsons on the homeward road. He fairly dripped apologies for the trouble to which he and his friend had been compelled to put them. Blackwell, who had arrived to take his turn ns guard, ktood in the doorway and sulkily watched them go. From the river bed below the departing guests looked up at the cabin hidden in the pines. The daughter was thanking God In her heart that the affair was ended. Her father was vowing to himself that It had Just COTTPADThT Kick them out First, I would like to know what you paid Luck Cullison for his Del Oro - Well, what have .you decided? He true?" An Interval following during which the ranger officer was put Into the role ; , be-gu- shuck soon as yon want to." "Which won't be In any hurry." Dont make any mistake. Lnck Cullison Is a dangerous man when he Is roused." The sheepirian looked at the ranger with opaque stony eyes. "If Luck Culllsou Is looking for me he is liable to find me, and he wont have to go into the hills to hunt me either," Bucky understood perfectly. According to the code of the frontier no man could let himself be driven from town by the knowledge that another man was looking for him with a gun. There are In the Southwest now many thousands who do not live by tlie old standard, who are anchored to law and clviliiatlon as a protection aga!nt primitive passions. But Fendrlck was not one of these. He was an aspirant to leadership among the tough denizens of the sunbaked desert. That being so, he bad. to see his feud out to a fighting finish If need be. There are points 'about this case you have overlooked," Bucky told him. Maybe so. But the important one that sticks out like a sore thumb Is that no man living can serve notice on me to get out of town because he lg coming on the shoot" Luck, didnt sen e any such notice. All his daughter knows is that he is hot under the collar. Look at things reasonably, Cass. Y'ouve caused that young lady a heap of trouble already. Are you going to nnload a lot more on her Just because you want to be pigheaded? Only a kid struts around and hollers Who's afraid? No, Its up to you to pull out, not because of Luck Cullison but on account' of his daughter. Seems to me a white man wouldnt make her any more worry," It's because I am a white man that I cant dodge a fight when ita stacked up for me, Bucky. J, tell you straight Im going to see It out Buckys Jaw clamped. "Not If I know it Youre under arrest." Fendrlck set up In surprise. "What for?," he demanded, angrily. "For robbing the W. & S. Express company. II You dont believe , Bucky. hard-bitte- with him." His nmusemOent mocked fashion. Most as good as a play them both. of the movies, aint It? But wed ought all to have our guns out to make it stained. They hud combed the without having mef hide or lialr of the men they wanted. Early next morning they would leave town again and this time would make Soupy Stone's horse ranch. After reaching town the first thing each of them did was to take a bath, the second to get shaved. From the barber shop they went to the best restaurant in Saguache. Curly was still e busy with his pie a la mode when land United States Thomas, Bucky OConnor and his prisoner swung dowu the street side by side and turned In at the headquarters of the rangers. The officer svvltcl ed on the light, shut the door, and Indicated a chair. Relaxed In his chair, Fendrlck spoke with rather elaborate Indolence. Whats your evidence, Bucky? What have you got that ties rue to the W. A S. Bur-ridg- er Luck Dashed Off His Signature. Yes Cat opposite and told to O'Connor a of a listener. His occasional Yes Yes punctuated the rapid murmost Interesting piece of news. They heard hm to an end without mur that reached Fendrlck. Presently Bucky asked a question. Interruption.' "Then Curly'spoke one On his way to town now ? word. Fendrlck." Yes, sire Cass Fendriek. Came in - Again the rapid, murmur. Fll attend to that. Miss Cullison. about one oclock and handed roe the I am In Fendriek room now. Make feHnqulshrnmt Just asTve been Jelling you. your mind easy." Then filed on the claim himself, yon Bucky hung up and turned to the aUd." Cullison is headed for sheepman. "Yes, took It up himself." town and his daughter Is afraid he i "Sure the signature to the on the against you. - You and was genuine? Luck mustn't meet yet. Get out of Td lake oath to it. As soon as he here and hunt cover In the hills for a ' ' got out the original filing few days. You know why bettei than M two. Couldn't be I do." for that district, took the -- relin-gai'hme- 1 nt urath the sheepmaus eyes.- GOOD Confidentially what? Highway Improvement le a Business Proposition With Farmer and City Dweller. n -- ou wo t ,) i I the bridge. INDISPENSABLE ROADS id Cor.fi, lontlnlyr pi 'tuUifiii. debris from wedging In -- v-n;- e me?" j - J "I!ie during a flood, and either crumble or are made unsafe. A simple remedy for this Is to provide a shallow wall running across the upstream 6lde of the opening, and part of the bridge. This should extend to the bottom of the side walls and should not be over five or six Inches above the low water level. This checks any tendency toward undermining and prevents - the dictionaries cuU co nc!de:ice. Bucky." Ive a notion it will take ex pin 'rung. " , j Plash-rc-i- , u i mechanics. Employment guantm iir, d - -- at union wage scale and hours, Ur 0 ! ccr American Plan Contractors. , Address F. J. Bosiner, Assoomu-Industries, Ogden, Utah. - h.l AND KITTEN CHUWMt Really Remarkable Case of Friend. ahip That Is Vouched for by Woman Writer. Remedy for Undermining. 4 That's wist - CITY ? cracks. this typ 4 The illustration shows how construct of culvert or bridge Is In Mtesouri Horn Van R. Dale writes If HEU WAITED end Kansas Farmer. be towns need barbers: rosy this drained, onJ good oiiuortum land is to be tor men over drafUfe. Bsrbers tn anny bi rood aa olAeers commission. Get iren.JJ In few weeks. Call or write. Motor Bariw. 3 8. Wait Temple St, SairTske city CoUego, y , Carpenters, Lathers, ' -- J robl-ery?- " frequent , Why, that haT'play, Cass. You let on you bad Shot Cullisons hat off his head while he was making his getaway. Come to Etui out ou had his hat In your possession all the time." I'K'es that prove I did It niysetf?" Looks funny you happened to be right there while the rubbery was taking- place and that you had Luck'S hat with you." The sleepy tiger look lay warily j a UU lAKl Men Wanted at Ohce , Three-fourth- realistic. k MAIN STKLLT con-cret- When It takes four horses to pull an empty wagon to town and wheat Is going off In price each day; when the mall carrier gives up In despair, and So? children cannot get to school, the the Thats not all. Curly and I found cannot help wondering how farmer too the old shirt from something else, much this condition Is , costing him which the cloth was cut.- And I have each day. a witness who saw a man shove that Figure as he may, he cannot gel old shirt down in the barrel after tearfrom the fact that good rosds away a off. ing piece are Indispensable to agricultural prosYour witness got a name, Bucky?" perity. I'll not mention the name now. If The city dweller Is alike concerned. It became too something Tha farm on a good road has scores to witness. my might happen of possibilities for the development of Fendrlck nodded. Youre wise Its resources to every one open to the there. She wouldnt be safe, not if a certain man happened to hear what farm on a poor road. Increased expenditures greater buying powers. you've just told me. In the early days of poverty many a I didnt say she, Cass. bonded itself for hundreds of I county Your No, said It. witness is Mrs. of dollars to secure railthousands Wylie." Maybe, then, you can guess the roads to promote agricultural develos ofalTthe freight criminal, too. Ill ask you a question. pment' Can you tell me where I can find a pa- the railroads haul must sooner nr later move over the public highways, and roled convict named Blackwell? Fendrlck shook his head.1 Dont every ton so moved Is costing at an know the gentleman. A friend of average rate of 23 cents per mile. Verily, road improvement is a busiyours?" The officer rose, not one whit hS ness proposition a matter of dollars c I didnt expect you to tell and cents. amiable. me. Thats all right. Ill find him. But In the meautime I'll have to lock PENNSYLVANIA NOW LEADING you up till this thing is eettled." Fronf his inside coat pocket, FenState Led Nation in 1919 in drlck drew a sealed euvelojie, wrote Keystone of Contracte Let for Mileage the date across the front, and handed Road Building. It to O'Connor. Keep this, Bucky, and remember Pennsylvania led the nation In 1919 thatlgave If to you. Put It la a safe In mileage of contracts let for road place, but don't open the envelope till construction, according to the state I give the word. Understand?" highway department Cp to January WhaUs back of it?" isnt Intended that you should 1 the state awarded contracts for JJt know yet. I'm protecting mvself. Thata the building 'of 679.26 miles of durable highways. Its nearest competiall." Fendriek rose, and the two men tor was Illinois, which contracted for 610.70 miles. passed into the street. Pennsylvanias 1920 program calls I TO BE CONTINUED.) for the construction of approximately 800 miles of roads. The department How Needles Are Made. It was not until after 1SS5 that says that Pennsylvania is . far ahead of other' states In the organization needles were entirely made and finishIt has perfected to bund durable highed by machinery. The present-daprocess of making needles may be ways. descriltod ns follows; The first operation Js to - cut 4he needle wire into BETTER. SCHOOL ADVANTAGES eight foot lengths; this Is done by winding It Into a colt of sixteen feet Average of School Year Is 180 Days In Five States Having Best circun iterance ar.d then cutting this Road Systems. . eo'l into exact halves with powerful eail ing of the wire cutting he,rsv-Th- e Good roads make it possible Jo have Is so menaced that there are school adantages. In the five better in half each when pieces cut. states of the Union v filch have the best system of public high ays the A Backhander. average length of school year U 1S0 shavv n photograph) VP.erTin In the fite states that lsve Svl licit days. L husbnn Is your t? I the lejit auction tn rai. ipt im'w he must lw good gi'en looking yi;r -r te si ji J.- pnnemen!!UN k,.a' than hi'tf t!.t bmg. ,i; well-know- step aside for the time. MAKERS OF JEWELRY 6 and Instead of going to the trouble e the for expense of making forms culverts. If the ditch la temporal and tamped, these tly filled with earth no forms at HL may be made with was made several One such culvert time and withstood years ago that bas use and Is still without any - enough to cinch him?" Not enough yet. But I'll take uo chances oq his getting away." Thvrcattlemans countenance reflected bis thoughts as his decision hung in the balance. lie longed to pay his debt on the spot." But on the other liana be had been a sheriff himself. As an outsider he had no right to interfere between an officer and his cup-tl- v e. Besides, if there was- - a chance to son! Fendrlck over the road that would be better thaiflriiling. It would clear up his own reputation, to some An Arrest. Alter half a week tn the saddle lieutenant Bucky OConnor of the Arizona rangers and Curly Flandrau o shaped up like I reckon pot," fendrlck No, grinned. Meaning you won't tell?" Tlint8 not how I put It, Bucky. Youre the one that says I recognized him. Come to think of It, Im not sure the fellow didnt wear his mask till he was out of sight. I am. The mask was found just outside the office where the man dropped It before he got Into the saddle. The sheepman laughed In his Ironic Rln-con- A S. k. The latter rose quickly from the bed, but OConnor flung him back. Ikvnt forget youre my prisoner." Hes your prisoner. Is he? This was a turn of affair for which Luck was manifestly unprepared: Well, Ive come to have a little settlement Ill to-D- tha Man, Cassr The ranger looked quietly at Fensquare." Who was the man. Cass?" drlck, Youll stand for it, my friend. I I thought I told you chafice to clear out and gave you a "You did. But you lied. It was a you wouldnt take 1L" moonlight night. And theres an arc There came a knock on the door. at that corner. light By your own It opened to admit Luck Cullison. He fellow took his mask off as the story, shut It and put his hack to It, while he to his horse. Yon saw his his eyes, Jiard as hammered Iron, faceswung as just distinctly as I see yours swept past the officer to fix on now. What for?" "For robbing the W. & S. Lucks face lit. Have you evidence BOYD PARK Con- Away With struction of Forma Remedy for' Undermining. Plan Outlined foot-ine- ts Luck, you say?" In a general way." or BUILDING CONCRETE CULYERT built first and the ditch dug afterward. If an old ditch is to be bridged, the fill may be made for the time being and later removed. The concrete Is mixed In the right proportions and laid on the rounding surface to the proper thickness, and with suitable reTrenches should be dug enforcing. at either side to make a good footing to hold the culvert rigid and to take the weight of loads passing over It Many concrete bridges fall to stand the test of high waters. If the too shallow, they undermine the raid of the W. watched him warily. Cant le any too soon to suit me." Clear cut as a pair of solx-through paper Bucky snapped out his Nothing stirring, gentlewarning. men. Ill shoot the first man that makes a move." Are you In this Bucky?" asked Cullison evenly. Youre right I am. He's my prisoner. ilEWi How Culvert Is Constructed. Who Waa Fendrlck, tense as a coiled spring, To pleasantty y, memory of those partic should be marked by an trdjri. remembrance from our store. S.,ver Jewelry, Clocks. Our rearonab: prices ease the way. HEN Never mind what I believe. Theres some evidence against you enough to Justify me. I wont stand for It. That aint him -- low-dow- that." Fen-dric- June Weddings endure -- d extent under a cloud. All right. Bucky. If the law wants CHAPTER VII. -- hold- "Not if yoo werent op." I wasnt This Is the way It happened: You know Cullison was go ing to prove up on that Del Oro claim I on Thursday. He bad me couldn't see any way out but to eat crow and offer a compromise. It waa up to me to hunt Luck up and aee what he would do. His hat gave me an eicuse to call. So I started out and came round the corner of San Mateo street just In time to see the robber pull out. Honest, the fellow did shape up a little like Luck, Right then I got the darned fool notion of mixing him op in It I threw his bat down and Shot a bole In It, then unlocked the door of the express office carrying the bat In my hand. That'a all there was to 1L" n trick, wasn't It, to Pretty play on an innocent man?" He was figuring to do me up. Z dont say It waa exactly on the square, but I was sore at him dear through. I wanted to get him into trouble." Bucky reflected, looking at the long adi on dils cigar. The man that made under arrest? Cul-llso- t. v V , T i v f ,it " v xM .4 j ITow can I when Tm Fendrlck mocked. Tbe strangest friendship that tha writer bas ever seen was that of a young Plymouth Rock lien and a white kitten. When the kitten was about tw months old she was very fond of be lng around In the chicken park, or wherever the chickens were. She was the friendliest kitten alive and slewed adispositlon to chum with eve: hy. lng thing. But the chickens pool no attention to her except to get out of her way. The hen in question, met her "advances kindly ani they soon became boon comiani..io. bow-eve- r, Many times a day they were to be seen walking together around the place. The hen would frequently tmil still while kittle would rub hak und forth against her breast And while Biddy scratched for bugs and wonnv, the little white kitten 'was never f.ir away. We do not know what wm their means of communication but. They evidently had u satlsfjing one, for they never seemed to tire of each other. They associated together lo the exclusion of the other fowl.- - and cats on the place. One seldom s.iw Biddy with the other chickens and little white kitten absolutely her little white twin. We sometiinw wondered If the kitten thought she was a chicken or the hen believed herself to be a cat. At all events, they were most congenial. This state of affairs continued until tbe sale of the farm necessitated their being parted. Mabel J. Mcllwane. la ' Our Dumb Animals.. de-erte- GREAT MAN NEVER HESITATES One of the Most Impon Self-Relian- tint Poesessions That Can Be Acquired. Insist on yourself; never Imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole lifes cultivation; but of th adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what It Is, nor caa till that person has exhibited IL Where Is the master who could have taught Where Is the master Shakespeare? who could have Instructed Franklin or Newton or Bacon? Every great man la unique. The of Sciplo Is precisely that part he could not borrow. If anyone will tell me whom the great man Imitate In the original crisis when he perform a great act, I will tell him who else can teach him. Do that which Is assigned thee and thou canst not hope too much nor dare too much. Dwell np there In th sample and nohle regions of thy life, obey thy heart an! thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Scip-lonls- Ethic and Epigram. "Theres nothing holler In heave than your own little job, and Tb man who fills Ills little niche on earth-I- n the very best way that It can b filled, la as good as any angel la heaven." are two sayings which sound like different versions of the same ?!! cram of Rev. Robert J. MacAlpine 1 his address to the Klwanis club. Yhether Pastor MacAlpine said b things, or only one of them, fora a grand truth in a crisp pnt Honest, efficient work Is not only worldly utility but a high moral fuu both-thes- tioo. Buffalo Tiroes. Why Despotism irks. the government of We bow to but we turn against the despot God, N man likes to share in the shirwrect of a vessel In which he has been eur barked by violence, and wfeich b been steered contrary to bis wish aad opinion. AmieL ..... Rather Slim' Excuse. Celia and Bobby disagreed, where upon Celia slapped her brother. A w3 broil gl.t their mother. Only after long and severe reproval did the suw girl's" spirit melt and then she "Oh 'mamma. I'm sorry I slapped I didn't mean to. My hand slippy Jud Tunklrts. Jud Tunklna says farming ha J come 'such a scientific proposition t a man has to learn to use more dir ferent kinds of tools than be does golf game. e |