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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH ZEN of the Y. D. A Novel of the Foothills ' 4 fusl. few men, stationed along a furrow or a trail, can keep the small back-firfrom Jumping It, although they would he powerless to check the momentum of the main fire. This was Unders position, except that he had no furrow to work against. All he could do was tell off men with sacks and horse blankets soaked In the barrels of water to hob) the backfire in check as best they could. So far they were succeeding. As soon as the fire hud burned a few feet the forward side of It was pounded out with wet sucks. It dldnt' mutter about the other side. It could he allowed to eat hack as far as It liked; the farther the better. Good hoy, Lin! Transley shouted, as he drew up and surveyed operaShe played us a dirty trick, tions. didn't she? and Linder looked up, We ran hold It here, he coughing. said, but we can never cross the valley. The lire will be on us before we have burned a mile. It will beat around our south lliiuk and lick up everyA By ROBERT STEAD Author of Tht Cow Punchor" tteadm" Coprnght br "Netihbon, r QBERT "Tfc ole. e STEAD "YOU FIGHT WELL, ZEN" SYNOPSIS. Transl.ys bay-cuttlr.- outfit, ater stacking 2,000 tons, Is on Us way to the big Y.L). ranch hendquat ters. Transley is a master of men and circumstances. Under, foreman, Is substantial, but not George Drazk, one of the men, is an irresponsible chap who proposes to every woman he meets. Transley and Linder dine with Y.D. and his wife and daughter Zen. Transley resolves to marry Zen. Y.I) Instructs Transley to cut the South Y.L).. an' high water spite o' h and a fellow named Uindson Drazk proposes to Zen and Is neatly rebuffed. Transley pitches camp on the South Y.L) and finds outfit cutting hay. Dennison Grant, latndsnn's manager, notifies Transley that lie Is working under a lease from the legal owners and warns Transley off. Y.I). All of which mians war. and Zen ride to the South Y I). Zen Is a natural vamp, not yet halter-brok- e and ripe for mating. Y.L). has taken a liking to Transley. Zen hplds Transley off and encourages Linder Zen enjoys the prospect of a race between Transley and Linder for her fa-- i vor, but secretly laughs at both. She has another and more serious encounter with Drazk. Y 1). mowing machines are ruined by iron stakes set In the grass. Zen prevents open war with Uindson. proposes and Transley half-waIs turned off. Drazk resolves to burn out the rival outfit. Dire blazes tip In the Landson stacks. The Y.D. outfit hastens to aid the enemy. Zen rides off alone to e. 1 y help. CHAPTER V 6 Continued. e "Then Fll change Ills style of the first time I run Into him, Zen Is ton young said Y.D. savagely. to think of such a thing, anyway. She will always he too young to think of such a thing, so far as Dnizk or his type Is concerned, Transley returned. Ilut suppose Y.I)., to he quite frank, suppose I suggested' "Transley, you work quick," said Y.D. I admit I like a quick worker. Hut just now we have a fire on our hands," I!y this time they had reached the camp. Transley gave his Instructions In a few words, and then turned to ride down to I, Hudson's. They had gone only a few hundred yards whim Y.I). pulled Ids horse to n stop. Transley! he exclaimed, and his voice was shaking. What do you smell?" The contractor drew up and sniffed the air. When he turned to YU), his face what white. The Smoke, Y.I. ! he gasped. wind has changed !" , It was true. Already low clouds of smoke were drifting overhead like a broken veil. The erratic foothill wind, which a few minutes before had been coming down the valley, was now blowing bnck up again. Even while they took In the situation they could feel the hot breath of the distant fire borne against their faces. Well, Its up to us, said Transley Well tunke a light of It. tersely. Got any speed In that nag of yours?" nrehi-tectur- would red-eye- thing !" lumped from his horse. He seized Under in his anus and literYoure ally threw him Into the played, hoy! he shouted in his foreltide down to the river man's ear. and get into the water, and stay there until you know we can win!" Then Transley threw Idmself into the fight. As the men said afterwards Under fought like u wildcat, but Transley fought like a h n of linn' When the wagon galloped up from the river with barrels of water Transley seized a barrel at the end and set He sprang It bodily on the ground. Into the wagon, shouting commands to horses and men. A hundred yards they galloped along the fighting front; then Transley sprang out and set another barrel on the ground. In this way, Instead of having the men all coming to the wagon to wet their sacks, he distributed water along the line. Then they turned hack, picked up the empty barrels, anil galloped to the river for n fresh supply. Soon they hud the first mile secure. The back-fire- s had all met; the forward line of flumes had all been pounded out ; the rear line had burned hack until there was no danger of it jumping the burned space. Then Transley picked up his kit and rushed It on to a new front farther south. At in tervals of a hundred yards he started fires, holding them in check and beating out the western edge as before. Ilut his difficulties were increasing. He was farther from the river. It took longer to get water. One of the barrels fell off and collapsed. Some of the men were playing out. The horses were wild with excitement and terror. The smoke was growing denser and hotter. Men were coughing and gasping through dry, senred lips. You can't hold it, Transley ; you ennt hold It!" said one of the men. Transley hit him from the shoulder, lie crumpled up and collapsed. A mile and a half had been made safe, but the smoke was suffocatingly thick and the roar of the oncoming fire rose above the slmus of the fighters. Up galloped the water wagon ; made a sharp lurch nnd turn, and a front wheel collapsed with the shock. The wagon went down at one corner and the barrels were dumped on the ground. The men looked at Transley. For one moment he surveyed the situation Ts there a chain? he demanded. There was. lllteh on to the tire of this broken wheel. Some of you men yank the huh out of It. Others pull grass. Pull, was nfter you! like h They pulled. In a minute or two Transley had the him of the wheel fiat on the ground, with a team hitched to It and a little pile of dry grass Inside. Then he set fire to the little pile of grass nnd started the team slowly along the buttle front. As they moved the burning grass in the rltn set fire to the grass on the prairie underneath; the rim partly rubbed It out again ns it came over, nnd the men were able to keep what remained In check, but as he lengthened his line Transley hail to leave more nnd more men to heat out the fire, nnd had fewer c null grass. The sacks were too wet to hum; he had to have grass to feed his moving Tian-'e- y 1 They Mad Gone Only a Few Hundred Yards When Y.D. Pulled His Horse to a Stop. Without waiting for an answer lie put spurs to his hofse and set forward on a wild gallop Into the smoke. A mile down the line he found that Under had already gathered his forces und laid out a plan of defense. The valley, from the South Y.D. to the hills, was about four miles wide, and up the full breadth of It was now coming the fire from Lundson's fields. There ywis no natural fighting line; Under had not so much as a buffalo path to work ncalnt. liut he was at intervals already starting back-fire- s of fifty yards, allotting three men to Is a fire starteach tire. A back-fir- e ed for the purpose of stopping another. Usually a road, or a plowed strip, or even a cattle path, Is used for a base. On the windward side of this Is started and albase the back-fir- e lowed to eat Its way back against the wind until It meets the main fire which Is rushing forward with the wind, and chokes It out for lack of little gurgles nd etioklngs. But she did not let go. When you insulted me this morning I promised to settle with you; I did not expect to have the chance so she thought she caught the shouting of men, but all the heavens seemed full of roaring. When Zen reached the water the smoke was hanging low on It, and she drove her horse well in. Then she swung down the stream, believing that by making a detour In this way she could pass the wedge of fire that hud Interrupted her and get back on to the trail leading to Lundson's. Khe was coughing with the smoke, but rode on It In the confidence that presently At length he had only a teamster und himself, and his fire was going out. Transley whipped off his shirt, rolled It Into a little heap, set fire to It, nnd ran along beside the rim. firing the little moving circle of grass Inside. It was the teamster, looking back, who saw Transley fall, lie had to drop the lines to run to his assistance, and the horses, terrified by smoke and lire and the excitement of the fight. Immediately bolted. The teamster took Transley in his arms nnd half carried, half dragged him into the safe And a few area behind the hack-tireminutes later the main fire, checked on Its front, swept by on the flank und raced on up through the valley. In riding down to the assistance of Mrs. Landson Zen found herself suddenly caught In an eddy of smoke. She did not realize at the moment that the wind lind turned; she thought she must have ridden into the fire area. To avoid the possibility of being cut off by fire, and also for better air, she turned her horse to the river. All through the valley were billows of smoke, with here and there a reddish-yelloglare marking the more vicious rtlons of flame. Vaguely, t times, w Dyo soon. or Tint Any Worn, Shabby ment or Drapery. Gar- water. . . . Suddenly she realized that he was drowning. She let go of the thong, clutched lipr horse's tail, and was pulled quickly ashore. Sitting on the gravel, she tried to think. Drazk had disappeared; his horse had landed somewhat farther down. . . . Doubtless Drazk had drowned. Yes, that would be the explanation. Why change It? Zen turned It over In her mind. Why make any explanations? It would be a good thing to forget. She could not have done otherwise under the no jury would expect her to do otherwise. But why trouble a Jury lift. s; about it? He got what was coming to him," she said to herself presently. She admitted no regret. On the contrary, her inborn her assurance that she could take cure of herself under any circumstances, seemed to be strengthened by the experience. She got up, drew her hair into some kind of shape, and scrambled a little way up the steep hank. Clouds of smoke were rolling up the valley. She did not grasp the significance of the fact at the first glance, but In a mo- - xjmm .After Every Meal It's the Ills head had gone under It did. A whip of wind raised It like a strong arm throwing off a blanket. She sat up and breathed freely. The hot sun shone through rifts In the canopy of smoke ; the blue sky looked down serene and unmoved by this outburst of the elements. Then as Zen brought her eyes hack to the water she saw a man on horseback not forty yards ahead. Her first thought was that It must he one of the fire fighters, driven like herself to safety, hut a second glance revealed George Drazk. For a moment siie had an impulse to wheel and ride out, hut even as she smothered that Impulse a tinge of color rose in her cheeks that she should for a moment have entertained It. To let George Drazk think she was afraid of him would be utmost humiliation. She continued straight down the stream, but he had already seen her and was headed her way. In the excitement of what he had just done Drazk was less responsible than usual. 'Hello, Zen!" he said "Mighty decent of you to ride down an meet me like this. Mighty decent, Zen! "I didn't ride down to meet you, Drazk, and you know it. Keep out of the way or Ill use a whip on you! Y.D. all over! "Dli, how naughty! Never mind, dear, I like you all the better for that. Who wants a tame horse? .' n as for cornin down to meet me, whats the odds, so long as we've met? He Imd turned his horse und blocked the way In front of her. When Zens horse came within reach Drazk caught him by the bridle. Will you let go? the girl said, speaking as calmly as she could, but in a white pnssion. Will you let go of that bridle, or shall I make you? He looked her full in the face. Gad, hut you're a stunner! he exclaimed. Im glad we met here." She brought her whip with a biting cut around the wrist that held her bridle. Drazk winced, but did not let longest-lastin- g ' confection you can buy and It's a help to digestion and a cleanser Each package of Diamond Dyes contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thing new, even If she has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug store. Advertisement. 15-ce- Full Particulars in Conductors Report Maurice A. 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Your grocer can supply you. -- Yacht (ub George's View George, age seven, nnd his aunt were walking homeward when an April rain cloud appeared. Georges aunt hustled him rapidly toward shelter, hut after a few rumbles of thunder the clouds passed over. Soon another small cluster of clouds apThe aunt, renewing her peared. I wonder speed for home, asserted: where those clouds are going? George, being vexed from the precedI think ing rush, quickly replied: they are going to thunder. As It Looked to Him go. "Jus' for that, young Y.D., he hissed, jus for that we drop all formalities, so to speak. With a dexterous spurring he brought his horse alongside and threw an arm about Zen before she could heat him off. She used her whip at short range on his face, but lmd not in which to land a blow. in water, nnd They were stirrup-deeas they struggled the horses edged In deeper still. Finding that she could tmt heat Drazk off Zen clutched her saddle and drove the spurs into her horse. At this unaccustomed treatment he plunged wildly forward, hut Drazks grip on her was too strong to he broken. The maneuver had. however, the effect of unhorsing Drazk. He fell In the water, but kept Ills grip on Zen. With his free hand he still had the reins of his own horse, and he managed also to get hold of hers. Although tier horse was plunging nnd jumping, Drazks strong grip on his rein kept him from breaking away. You fight well, Zen, d n you vou fight well, l.e cried. "So you might. You played with me you made a fool of me. Well see who's the fool In the end." With a mighty wrench he tore her from her saddle and she found herself struggling with him in the water. If I put you under for a minute I gmss you'll he good, he thieateued. "Ill half drown you, Zen, If I have to." Go ahead, she challenged. Ill drown myself. If I have to." "Not just yet, Zen ; not just yet. Afterwards you can do as you like." In their struggles they had been getting gradually Into deeper water. At this moment they found their feet carried free, and the horses began to swim for the shore. Drazk held to Doth reins wiclt one hand, still clutching his victim with the other. More than once they went under water together and fame up half choking. Zen was not a good swimmer, hut she would gladly have broken away and taken chances with the current. Once on land she would be at his mercy. She was using her head frantically, but could think of no device to foil him. It was not her practice to carry weapons; her whip had already gone down the stream. Presently she saw a long leather thong floating out from the saddle of Drazk's horse. It was no larger than a whiplash; apparently It was a spare lace which Drazk carried, nnd which had worked loose In the struggle, it was flouting close to Drazk. Don't let me sink, George! she cried frantically, In sudden fright. "Save me! I won't fight any more." "That's better," he said, drawing her up to him. I knew youd come to your senses. Her hand reached the lash. With a quick motion of the arm, such ns Is given In throwing a rope, she had looped It once u round his neck Then, pulling the lash violently, she fought herself out of his grip. He clutirieTJ at her wildly, hut could reach only some stray locks of her brown hair which had broken loose and were floating on the water. She saw his eyes grow round nnd big and horrified ; saw his mouth open and refuse to close; beard strange WOMEN! DYE FADED THINGS NEW AGAIN A Half Hour's Hard Riding Brought Her to Lints. ment it Impacted home to her. : The wind had changed! Iler help now would he needed, not by Mrs. Land-sobut probably at their own camp. She sprung on her horse, recrossed the stream, nnd set out on a gallop for the camp. On the way she had to ride through one thin line of fire, which she accomplished successfully. Through the smoke she could dimly see Transleys gang fighting the backfires. She knew that was In good hands, and hastened on to the camp. Zen had had prairie experience enough to know that In hours like this there Is almost sure to he something or somebody, in vital need, overlooked. She galloped into the camp and found only Tompkins there. lie had to proalready run a little back-firtect the tents and the chuck-wagoIIow goes It, Tompkins? she cried, bursting upon him like a courier from battle. All set here, maam," he answered. "All set an safe. But theyll never hold the main fire; It'll go up the valley h beggin your pardon, ma'am. Anyone live up the .alley?" There Is. Theres the Lints squatters about six miles up it was from them I got the cream an fresh eggs you was good enough to notice, maam. An there's no men folks about ; jus' Mrs. Lint an a young herd of little Lints; least, that's all was there las night. I must go up, said Zen, with instant decision. "I car. get there before the fire, and as the Lints are evidently farmers there will be some plowed land, or at least a plow with which to run a furrow so that we can start a back-fire- . Direct me. Tompkins directed her as to the way, and, leaving a word of explanation to he passed on to her father, she was off. A half hours hard riding brought her to IJnt's. but she found that this careful settler imd made full provision against such a contingency us was now come about. The farm buildings. Implements, stables, everything was surrounded, not by a fire, guard, but by a broad plowed field. Mrs. I.int. however, was little less thankful for Zen's interest than she would have been had their little steading been in danger. She pressed Zen to wait and have at least a cup of tea, and the girl, knowing that she could lie of little or no service down tlie valley, allowed herself to he persuaded. In this little harbor of quiet her mind began to arrange the day's events. The tragic happening at the river was as yet too recent to uppeur real ; had it not been for the touch of her wet clothing Zen could have thought It nil an unhappy dream of days ago. She reflected that neither Tompkins nor Mrs. Lint had commented upon her appearance. The hot sun had soon dried her outer apparel, and her general disheveled condition wa not remarkable on such a day ns this. arm-roo- p She says she married him to mend his ways. It doesn't look as If she even mended his clothes. 30 DAYS 2 I- e Having Killed Drazk, what is Zen going to do about It? j I 1TO BS CONTINUED.) a - Lot to Contend With Mr. Gnaggs Do you remember the woman in the Bible who was turned Into a pillar of salt? Airs. Gnaggs Yes, and I also remember that she had a lot to contend with. FttlAHg to Fay Practically every farmer at one time or other has wanted to try a SHARPLES Cream Separator. 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