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Show THE S ALIN A SUN, SALINA, UTAH ZEN of the A Jio'Oel B Yo of the Foothills open-mouthe- YOU AND I Transleys outfit, after stacking on its way to the tons, is Y.D. ranch headquarters. ft tighborj." 7As ore. hay-cutti- big Transley Is a master of men and circumstances. Under, foreman, is substantial, but not Oeorge Drazk, one of the men, Is an irresponsible chap who proposes to every woman he meets. Transley and Under dine with Y.D. and his wife and daughter Zen. Transley resolves Y.D. instructs to marry Zen. Transley to cut the South Y.D., "spite o' h 1 an' high water" and a fellow named Landson. Drazk proposes to Zen and is neatly rebuffed. Transley pitches camp on the South Y.D. and finds Landsons outfit cutting hay. Dennison Grant, Landson's manager, notifies Transley that he is working under a lease from the legal owners and warns Transley oft. All of which means war. Y.D. and Zen ride to the South Y.D. Zen is a natural vamp, not yet halter-brok- e and ripe for mating. Y.D. has taken a liking to Transley. Zen holds Transley off and Zen enjoys encourages Under. the prospect of a race between Transley and Linder for her favor, but secretly laughs at both. She has another and more serious encounter with Drazk. Y.D. mowing machines are ruined by iron stakes set in the grass. Zen prevents open war with Landson. proposes and Transley half-wa- y is turned off. Drazk sets a fire that attacks the Landson stacks. The Y.D. outfit hastens to aid the enemy. Zen rides off alone to help. The wind changes and the Y.D. people now have to fight the prairie fire. Zen rides into the river to escape flames. Drazk tries to abduct her. She drowns him or thinks she has. Grant overtakes her. In trying to ride through fire Zen is thrown and knocked senseless. Zen comes to after several hours of unconsciousness to find herself in the She has a dark with Grant. sprained ankie and both horses So she and have run away. Grant sit on a rock and tell their past lives. Grant, it appears, is a rich man's son who scorns wealth in order to live his own e. life. CHAPTER "Tht Cot Vuncbff' Copyright by ROBERT STEAD SYNOPSIS. 1,000 of VI Continued. Well, there was more talk, and the upshot was that I got out, accompanied by an assurance from my father that I never would be burdened with any of the family ducats. Roy succeeded to the worries of wealth and I came to the ranges, where I have been able to make a living, and been profoundly have, incidentally, happy. Ill take a wager that today I look ten years younger than Roy, that I can lick him with one hand, that I have more real friends than he lias, and that Im getting more out of life than he Is. Tm a man of whims. When they beckon I follow. Grant paused, feeling that his enthusiasm had carried him into rather fuller confidences than he had intended. Im sorry I bored you with that he said contritely. You harangue, couldn't possibly he Interested In it. On the contrary, I ain very much Interested in it, site protested. It seems so much finer for a man to make his own way, rather than be lifted up by some one else. I am sure you are already doing well in the West. Some day you will go back to your father with more money than he has. Grant uttered an amused little There's no sign of it yet, laugh. A ranch hand, even a forelie said. man. doesn't need any adding machine to count his wages. Besides, I am getting other tilings that are more worth having. What other things? Why, tills life its freedom, its conAnd health! fidence. When one's soul is what does all the rest matter? Rut you need money, too, she lidded, thoughtfully. .Money is power; it is a mark of success. It would It open up a wider life for you. would bring you into new circles. Some day you will want to marry and settle down, and money would enable you )o meet the kind of women " She stopped, confused. She had plunged further than she had intended. "Youre all wrong, he said amusedly. It did not even occur to Zen that he was contradicting her. She hnd not been accustomed to being contradicted. but then, neither had she been lecustomed to men like Dennison Grant, nor to conversations such as had developed. She was too interested to he annoyed. You're all wrong, Miss ? I don't wonder that you can't fill In iny name," she said. "Nobody knows Iad except ns Y.D. Rut I " heard you call me Zen That was when you were coming out of your unconsciousness. I apologize for tiie liberty taken. I thought it might recall you "Well, Im still coming out, she "I am beginning to feel Interrupted. that I have been unconscious for a very long time indeed. Grant was aware of a pleasant glow excited by bar frank interest. She was altogether a desirable girl. I have observed, he said, tnat orry over what they poor people haven't got, and rich people worry over wnat they have. It Is my disposition not to worry over anything. A for opening up a wider life, what wider life could there be than this which -- cu and I- - vhics j re iivinj" She wondered why he had said you and I." Evidently lie was wondering She too, for be fell Into reflection. changed her position to ense the dull pain in her ankle, which his taik had almost driven from her mind. The rock had a perpendicular edge, so she let her feet hang over, resting t he Injured one upon the other. He was sitting in a similar position. The silence of the night had gathered about them, broken occasionally by t he yapping of coyotes far down the valley. Segments of dull light fringed the horizon; tiie breeze was again blowing from the west, mild and balmy. Presently one of the segments of light grew and grew. It was as though it were rustling up the valley. They watched it, fascinated; then burst into laughter as the orb of the moon became recognizable. . . . There was something very companionable about watching the moon rise, as they did. Zen had a feeling of being very True, a certain haunting happy. spectre at times would break into her consciousness, but in tiie companionship of such a man as Grant she could easily beat it off. She studied tiie face in the moon, and invited her soul. She wus living through a new experience an experience she could not understand. In spite of the discomfort of her injuries, In spite of the events of the day, she was very, very happy. . . . If only that horrid memory of Drazk would not keep tormenting her! She began to have some glimpse of what remorse must mean. She did not blame herself ; she could not have done otherwise ; and yet it was horrible to think about, and it would not stay away. She felt a tremendous desire to tell Grant all about it. . . . She wondered how much he knew. He must have discovered that her clothing had been wet. She shivered slightly. Youre cold, he said, as he placed his arm about her. Im a little chilly, she admitted. I had to swim my horse across the river today he got into a deep spot and I got wet. She congratulated herself that she had made a very clever explanation. lie put his coat about her shoulders and drew it tight. Then he sat beside her In silence. There were many things he could have said, but this seemed to be neither the time nor tiie He place. Grant was not Transley. had for this girl a delicate consideration which Transleys nature could never know. Grant was a thinker Transley a doer. Grant knew that the charm which enveloped him in this girls presence was the perfectly natural product of a set of conditions. He was worldly-wisenough to suspect that Zen also felt that charm. It was as natural as the bursting of a seed in moist soil; as natural as the unfolding of a rose In warm air. . . . Presently be felt her head rest against his shoulder, he looked down upon her In awed delight. Her eyes had closed; her lips were smiling faintly; her figure had relaxed. He could feel her warm breath upon his face. He could have touched her lips with ids. Slowly the moon traced its long arc in the heavens. There was an eagerness and a relief in his voice which would have surprised many who knew Y.D. only as a shrewd cattleman. Zen accepted and returned his embrace, with a word of assurance that she was really nothing the worse. Then she introduced her companion. This is Mr. Dennison Grant, foreman of the Landson ranch. Dad." Grant extended his hand, but Y.D. hesitated. The truce occasioned by tiie fire did not by any means imply permanent peace. Far from it, with the valley in ruins . Y.D. was stiffening, but bis daughter averted what would in another moment have been an embarrassing situation with a quick remark. "This is no time, even for explanashe said, tions, except that Mr. Grunt saved my life last evening at the risk of his own, and has lost a night's sleep for his pains. That was a mans work, said Y.D. It would not have been possible for his lips to have framed a greater comIm obliged to you. Grant. pliment. You know how it is with us cattlemen ; we run mostly to horn and hoofs, but I suppose we have some heart, too, If you can find it. They shook hands with ns much cordiality as the situation permitted, and then Zen introduced Transley and Linder, who were in the party. There were two or three others whom she did not know, but they all shook hands. What happened, Zen?" said Transley, with his usual directness. Give us the whole story." Then she told them wlmt she knew, from the point where she had met Grant on the hill. Two lucky people two lucky peowas all Transley's comment. ple, Words could not have expressed the jealousy he felt. Rut Linder was not too shy to place his band with a friendly pressure upon Grants shoulder. Good work, he said, and with two words sealed a friendship. Two of the unnamed members of the party volunteered their horses to Zen and Grant, and all hands started hack e him. You see, Y.D., continued Grant, with provoking calmness, "Ive seen the papers. Y'ouve run a big bluff In this country. Y'ouve occupied rather more territory than was coming t you. In a word, youve been a good bit of a bully. Now let me break it to you gently those good old days are over. In future you're going to stay on your side of the line. If you crowd Read How Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Changed Conditions For These Housewives Back Don't Bother Me Now Lincoln, Nebraska. My back would bother me so and when I had to do any heavy lifting it made me sick to my stomach with the pains in my back. I have my housework to do and four babies to take care of so when I heard of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound I took it and I feel better. My back dont bother me and I can eat more and work. I do all my housework and washing for six in the family. I will tell other women to take the Vegetable Com- little boys and make my garden. I feel fine and I tell others what the medicine has done for me. I think it is the best medicine in the world for women. Mrs. THOMAS G KINDLE, Volga City, Iowa. over you'll be pushed back. You have Can Do Any Kind of Work no more right to the hay In this valley I had the Flu Fouke, Arkansas. than you have to the hide on Land-son'- s and after that I had a pain in my side and was not able to do my work I was steers, and youre not going to so weak. I found an advertisement cut it any more, at all. in a paper and it told what Lydia Y.D. exploded In somewhat IneffecE. Pinknams Vegetable Compound tive profanity. He had a wide vocabuand you may publish my letwould do, and I took it Now I can pound lary of Invective, but most of It was of Mrs. Charles F. Dolezal, ter. do any kind of work I want to. I the 1201 Garber Ave., Lincoln, Nebraska.variety. There Is think every family ought to keep it some language which Is not to he in the house all the time and I intend Mrs. Dora Philyaw,R.K. to do so. used, unless you are willing to have It Felt Better At Once No. 2, Fouke, Arkansas. out on the ground, there and then. I will tell you Volga City, Iowa. Y.I). had no such desire. Iosslhly a Over 100,000 women have so far what Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable curious sense of honor entered Into Have you replied to our question, Compound did for me. I was all run received benefit from taking Lydia the ease. It was not fair to call a down and could hardly be on my feet. E. Pinkhams VegetableCompound? I was so cold I could not keep warm. young man names, and although there I numb had then and heat 93 per cent of these replies are feelings In was considerable truth Grant reHashes would pass over my body. I Yes. mark that Y.D. was a bully, his bullyhad severe pains in my sides and was This shows that 98 out of every 100 ing did not take that form. Possibly, nervous. I saw your advertisevery for also, he recalled at that moment the ment in the newspapers so I thought women who take this medicine the ailments for which it is recomI would try your medicine. My husobligation under which Zens accident mended are benefited by it. band got me a bottle of the Vegetahad placed him. At any rate he wound ble I to and feel This goes to prove that a medicine Compound began up rather lamely. better as soon as I started taking specialized for certain definite ailGrant, he said, If I want that hay I have taken it off and on for three can and does ments not a cure-a- ll next year Ill cut It, spite o h 1 an' years now. I keen house and do all do good work. For sale by druggists high water. my work for my husband and two everywhere. "All right, Y.P., said Grnnt, cheerWe'll see. Now, if you can fully. A Broad Field How He Looked at It spare ine a horse to ride home. Ill andid you lend countenance t train become the of has What Why have him sent back Immediately. a proceeding? such nouncer? Y.D. went to find Transley and arI hadnt the face to refuse. lies In radio now. range for a horse, and in a moment Zen appeared from somewhere. Youve been quarreling with Dad, she said, half reproachfully, and yet In a tone which suggested that she could understand. Not exactly that, he parried. We were just having a frank talk with each other. I know something of Dads frank talks. . . . Im sorry. I would have liked to ask you to come and see me to see us my mother would be glad to see you. I can hardly ask you to come If you are going to be bad friends with Dad. No, I suppose not, he admitted. Toil were very good to me; very decent, she continued. At that moment Transley, Linder and Y.Li appeared, with two horses. MOTHER: Fletcher's Castoria is a pleasant, harmless SubstiLinder will ride over with you and tute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing bring hack the spare beast," said Y.D. Grant shook hands, rather formalSyrups, prepared for Infants ia arms and Children all ages. ly, with Y.D. and Transley, and then with Zen. She murmured some words To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of of thanks, and just as he would have directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. Proven withdrawn his hand he felt her fingers tighten very firmly about his. He A Big Task View of Experience answered the pressure, and turned Charlie Married yet, old man? To explore Britain thoroughly by quickly away. Edward No; hut Im engaged, and motoring over Its full length of highTransley immediately struck camp, would take 1,773 days, traveling that's as good as married. ways and Y.D. and his daughter drove at 100 miles a day. Its better. If you only knew It homeward, somewhat painfully, over the blackened hills. Transley lost no time in finding other employment. It was late In ihe season to look for railway contracts, and continued dry weather had made grading, at best, a somewhat difficult business. Influx of ready money and fxxxxxxxxxxxxxsxxxxxxxxxixxxxxxxxxrTTmTTmSfcrxxxro of those who follow It had created cona in siderable activity neighboring all means center which for twenty years had been the principal of the foothill country. In defiance of ail tradition, and, most of all, In defiance of the predictions of the ranchers who had known it so long for a cow-towand nothing more, the place began to grow. No one troubled to inquire exNever before has this world-famoSeparator actly why it should grow, or how. As for Transley, it was enough for film manufacturer offered such unusual terms that team labor was In demand. He to the American farmers to try out a took a contract, and three days after SHARPLES Allsteel Cream Separator. tiie fire in the foothills he was excaAll we ask you to do is write and say, I would vating for business blocks about to be like to try the SHARPLES Allsteel Separator. built In tbe new metropolis. We will send one, all charges prepaid. You use it thirty days. II you keep it, a small payment is It was no part of Transleys plan, made, the remainder in twelve monthly lose to touch wilh tiie however, quite Installment. Ii you do not want it, people on the Y.D. They were, in fact, return to us. Si pie, isn't it? simply lie the center atiout which had hern college professors and teach' Agricultural doing some very serious thinking. His ers call this new Separator a wonder Zen faand her outspokenness with a super Separator." It is the greatest ther had had in it a good deal of Separator ever made by this bravado tiie bravado of a man who manufacturing concern. Send ior details RIGHT NOW! could affoid to lose the stake, and smile over it. In short, lie had not rxxxxxn IXTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXIIIXXXXXXTXn: cared whether he offended them or not. Transley was a very contractor; he gave, even to the millionaire rnneher, no more homage than West Chester, Pa he demanded in return. . . Still, . Zen was a very desirable girl. As he turned the matter over in his mind Transley became convinced that lie wanted Zen. With Transley, to want n thing meant to get It. He always ft found a way. And lie was now quite and WOMEN sure that he wanted Zen. He had not flany at J.oo and 6.eo -- Boys at r4.jo & fj.oo known that positively until the morn W. L. Douglas Shoes are sold in 120 of our ii ii whin he found her in the gra own stores in the principal cities and light of dawn with Dennison Grant by over 5,000 shoe dealers. There was a suggestion of companionWHEREVER you live, demand W. L. ship there between the two which laid shoes. They are high class and u Douglas rut him to the quick. Like most ammade in all the popular styles bitious men, Transley was intense! that appeal to men and women who jealous want stylish and serviceable shoes at reasonable prices. , Corflex; for Vomtn I SELDOM have you had the opportunity to buy Black Kid will such wonderful shoe values as you Pj Blucher Oxford. No morn haying and the fight find in W. L. Douglas $7.00 and Corset effect gives Comfort ( cff. and Supports What is Transleys next $8.00 shoes in our retail stores and move to win Zen? good shoe stores everywhere. Only by examining them can you appreciate their superior qualities. FOR ECONOMY and dependable (TO RE CONTINUED.) Raja value, wear shoes thathaveW.L. for Men Douglas name and the retail A popular Fortitude Oxford stamped on the soles. Brogur price I True fortitude take to be the quiet in Mafvany If not for sale in your vicinity, Russia Calf, eyelets to possession of mans seif, nnd undiswrite for Illustrated Catalog 5 match. Also in Black Velour turbed doing of his duty, whatever evil showing how to order shoes by mail. PCalf, nickel eyelets Both STAMPING THE RETAIL Is are good value. $7.00 W.L Dooglaa Shot Co., 10 Spark Si., Brockton, Marl, ph icf AT THE FACTORY g besets or (lunger lie in the way, stand-and--tig- it CK1, ... By cow-tow- Y.D. Exploded in Somewhat tive Profanity. to Ineffec- nn-- i fa-.t- 1 sa-d- nn you will want to try this new n n l'.D. talked almost garcamp. rulously ; not even himself had known how heavily the hand of Fate had lain on him through the night. The haymakin' is uil off. Darter," voices borne across the valley. They We will trek hack to the rapidly approached ; he could tell by he said. the hard pounding of the hoofs that Y.D. as soon as you see fit. The steers they were on a trail which he took to will have to take chances next uin tie the one he had followed before he ter. The girl professed her fitness to met Zen. It passed possibly a hundred yards to the left. He must In some make Ihe trip at once, and Indeed the did make it that very day. Y.D. way make Ids presence known. Tiie girl had slept soundly, almost pissed Grant to remain for break , arid Tompkins, notwithstanding without stirring. Now he must wake tlu? demoralization tier. He shook her gently, and called of equipment and her name; her eyes opened; lie could supplies effected by the fire, again see them, strange and wondering, in excelled himself. After breakfast the the thin gray light. Then, with a sud- ol rancher found occasion for u word den start, she was quite awake. wjh Grant. I have been sleeping 1" she You know how It Is, Grant, ex he . You let me "Theres a couple of things that claimed, reproachfully. ain't explained, an perhaps it's as sleep 1" No use of two watching the moon, woll ail round not to press for npin lie returned, lightly. ions. I dont know how t lie iron stakes Rut you shouldn't have let me got in iny meadow, an you don't know sleep," she reprimanded. 'Resides, how the fire got in yours. Rut I give lull had to stay awake. You have had you Y.D.'s word which goes at par no sleep at all !" and Y.D. except in a cattle trade There was a sympathy In her voice laughed cordially at his llinitu-tio- i s "1 1 word very pleasant to the ear. Rut Grant you that my gie could not continue so delightful un don't know any more about the tire ." than you indulgence. I had to wake you, he exclaimed. "And f don't know anything more "There nre several people riding up about the stakes than you do," reMie valley; undoubtedly a search turned Grant. "Well, then, let It stand nt that. Rut party. 1 must attract their attention." They listened, and could now hear mind," he added, with returning Heat, I'm not eommittin' myself to anythe hoofheuts close at hand. Grant called: not a loud shout; it seemed thin' in advance. This grass ll grow little more than Ids speaking voice, again next year, an by heavens if 1 but instantly there was silence, save want it I'll cut It!- - No son of a sheep for the echo of the sound rolling down herder run bluff Y.D. , the valley. Then a voice Grant did not reply. He had heard and Grant gave a .rci or two of dienough of Y.D.'s boisterous nature to rections, In a minute or two several make some allowances. horsemen loomed up through An' mind I mean it, continued the vague light. Y.I)., whose chagrin over being baf"Here we are, said Zen, as she dis- fled out of a thousand tons of hay Gone lame on overrode, temporarily at least, Ids aptinguished her father. the off foot and held up for repairs." preciation of Grants services. "Mind. I mean It. Y.D. swung down from his saddle. No monkey-doodle- s next Are you all right. Zen? he cried, as season, young man." ( Y.D. we he advanced with outstretched arms. becoming i Locke. the first flush of dawn lowed the east Grant heard the pound ing of horses feet and the sound of ns For Women In Good Health Pays9 CHAPTER VII Just HOUSEWORK NOT DRUDGERY e By ROBERT STEAD Author worked up, and it seethed to Grunt that the time had come to speak. There will be none," he said, quietIf you come over the hills to cut ly. the South Y.D. next summer I will personally escort you home again. Y.I. stood It wa preposterous that this young upstart foreman on a second-ratranch like Landsons should deliberately defy self-relia- The Sharpies Separator .WLDOWLAS 8. SHOES I ! nne-veced- -- e, r ' |