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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH RIVER - By VINGIE E. ROE "CATHREW? Kate Cathrew, "Cattle Kate, owner of the Sky Line ranch, on her way to store at Cordova, seem Infljr Infuriated by the sight be-of a girl plowing in the valley low, places a rifle bullet near the horses' feet. The girl takes no notice. Kate goes on to town, where her presence brings on a fight between McKane, the trader, and Sheriff Selwood. Nance AII.Ibou, the girl on whom Kate Cathrew had vented her spite, is with her widowed mother and crippled brother Bud farming land taken up by her father, killed a short time before In a mysterious accident. Bud is the victim of a deliberate scheme to malm or kill him. Kate Cathrew wants the farm for pasture land, and Is trying to frighten the Allisons Into leaving. Big Basford, Sky. Llne rider, desperately In love with Kate, picks a quarrel with a fellow rider. Rod Stone. Kate, to part them lashes Basford a across the face with quirt. Nance discovers In a cave a fine collie dog. evidently guarding a child. She goes home mystified. Next day Nance returns to the cave with food and makes friends with the dog and the small boy, He tells her "Brand'' Sonny. takes care of him and "Dirk," Selwood Is certain the collie. Kate Cathrew Is the head of a "cattle rustling" gang, with Lawrence Arnold, her partner, who rarely visits the ranch. Minnie Pine, halfbreed at the Sky Line ranch. Is In love with Rod St'one. Ranchers complain and criticize of cattle-stealin- g Sheriff Selwood for his seeming Nance, visiting Son'Inactivity. ny and Dirk In the cave, meets Brand Fair, Sonny's protector, aifd' promises to keep their secret. Copyright br the McCall Compeer WNU Service BTNOPSIS. CHAPTER IX Golden Magic. Something had happened to Nance Allison. For the first time In her healthy young life sleep refused to visit her. Even her terrible grief at the death of her father had given way to sleep at last and she had forgotten her tragedy for a blessed time. But-othe night following her Interview with the strange man of the canyon she was wide awake till dawn. She was not uncomfortable. She did not think she was ill. But an odd Inner warmth surged all through her. a pleasant fire ran In her veins. She lay In her bed with her hands beneath her head, and thought over and over each phase of the day she had spent .with Sonny, each Incident that had led up to the appearance of Brand Fair. Then, w'th a peculiar delight, she went ov his every ' word, every movement. Si. remembered the look of his b'rown hand on the black horses bit. the tilt of his hat, the way the chin-stralay along his lean, dark cheek. She recalled the. direct glance of his eyes, the slow smile that' creased his lips corners: He was like no other man she had ever seen. There, was' a sweetness In the tones a sense of restfulof his de'ep-volness anil strength about him. He seemed to fit In with her dreams of the best things to be had In life like lace curtains and the rag carpet which was slowly growing .In her Mammys hands. His name, too Brand Fair. She liked the sound of It. And It was Sonny's name. Suddenly ' she sat bolt upright, staring at the darkness. Fair Sonny Fair! Could It be that Brand was Sonnys father? For 6ome Inexplicable reason a cold hand seemed to clutch her heart, a feeling of disaster to encompass her. "Now, why, she asked herself slowly. "should that make any difference? Wouldnt he he Just as nice Just as .pleasant to talk to? She sat a long time holding her two braids in her hands, twirling the ends around her fingers, thinking. Why was she so pleased with this stranger, she wondered? She nad seen many men In her life there were the cowboys from the Upper country whom she saw at Cordova, nearly every time, she went there, there was McKane. and Sheriff Price Selwood. She liked the sherllf. He was a kindly man under h s stern exterior, she knew. His eyes were direct, like Fairs somewhat, and he had the same seeming of qnlet strength. He had been at the cabin quite a few times after her father's death, asking all sorts of questions about his manner of life, his experience In the hills, and to forth. Yes Fair was a little like the sheriff, only more so oh, very much more so quiet, steady, one whose word you would take without question. Re was different,, that was all different. He had not always lived In the hills, that was certain. She lay down and tried to sleep, but her eyes would not obey her will. They came open each time she closed them to see this man standing at the Jut of stone, his hand on the black's bit at the pool by the cave below where he bade her good-bstill there when she looked hack from far down the canyon. She heard Old John, the big Plymouth Rock rooster, crow for midnight from his perch in the rafters of the stable and again at false-daw- n a little while before daylight. Well, Id like to know what alls she thought to herself as she me, got up with the first gray shafts above Mystery ridge, I never stayed awake nil night In my life before. It 'd indicative of the great good p ce, . y health and strength there was In her that aha felt no U1 effects from the unusual experience. She brushed her hair and pinned it neatly around her head in a shining coronet, put on a clean denim dress from the clothes-pres- s In the corner, laced up the heavy shoes she had to wear about her mans work, and went softly out to tight the kitchen fire, to draw a fresh pall of water and to stand lost In rapt adoration of the pageant of coming day. She washed her face and hands In- the basin and came blooming from the cold water, content with her lot. happy to be alive and to' know that Brand and Sonny Fair were In Blue Stone canyon, and that they called themselves her friends. She had never had a special friend before not since those llttle-glk days In Missouri. Mammy, she said .at breakfast, I never slept a wink last. night. I kept thinking about Sonny and Brand all the time wondering why theyre hiding, arid" what relation they are. and why they live so hard and poor tike. It seems dreadful, dont It? "Seems funny. If you ask me, said Bud shortlj-mayb- e this Brand feller knows something of-a 11 this rustling thats been going on up and down ' ... Nameless. Nknce laid down 'her .knife and fork and looked a't him. . Of all things! Bud!" she said, Its not' like you to cast the .first stone. And you've never seen .this mans. face, or you wouldnt say that. Well. Im not so sure of It," Returned the boy, I hate to see you take up so. with a stranger. T trust your feelin for him, Nance, said Mrs. Allison, somehow theres somethin in a womans heart wtrea she looks into a mans eyes, most times, which sets th stamp on him for good or bad. Seems like its seventh sense which th Almighty gives ns woman-kin- d for a safeguard. I trust far-bac- rl -- It Of course 90 head of cattle couldnt go down the big river Indefinitely but ahe didn't like the suggestion. "No," ahe said, It dont. Thats what the rustlers seem to think." She looked him square In the eyes, and was satisfied. There was no consciousness In those smiling depths, not the faintest flicker of a shadow. Whatever mystery might attach to him, this man felt nothing personal In her speech. And so she sat down again with Sonny In her lap and Brand sat down opposite, and they fell to talking there In the whispering silence, while the late sun glided the high blade of the rlmrock and the cool shadows deepened In the gorge. It was strange to Nance, and all the Inner fairy-lan- d country of her spirit shone and sparkled under a fire of stars. She had never felt so before never known the excitement which filled her now. . When this man spoke she listened avidly, her blue eyes on his face. He seemed the visible einDodlment of all she had missed In life, the cities, the open seas, the distant lands and the As he sat before her In pleasures. his worn garments which might have denoted a poverty as great as hers, he peemed rich beyond compare, a potentate of the world. He smoked smalt brown cigarettes wliicfiThe made from a little old leather pouch and rolled with the dexterity of long usage, and he burled euch stub carefully In the '. sand. He was a marvelous person, Indeed, and Nance regarded "him In a sort . Ive' been In to Cordova a time or two, he said casually, and have met the sheriff and several others. To them I'm a prospector. There seems to.be a lot of unrest in .the country." Its the rustlers," said Nance, a . lot of cuttlg have. disappeared, and some folks blame the sheriff. I dont. I think .he docs all he can. . Its a great . I guess I do, too, Mammy, said Nance, leastways I felt to trust Brand Fair the first minute T laid eyes pn him. Hes different."' Mrs. Allison said no more,' but she was thinking back over the long years to that tlnfe when she ing. As she . . sat in the bam door miming the straps back and forth Ihrough her hands she cast smiling eyes .out at her field of .corn. Its going to be a big crop. Bud,;1' she said, therell be three ears on every stalk and theyre mighty strong. We'll pull the suckers next week and cultivate it again In ten days more and you Just watch it gro.w and wave its green banners." Ttsalready waving them." said Bud working beside her, Vit sure ' looks fine. There was the- pride of possession in the two young faces, the quiet. Joy of satisfaction in : simple work well, done and Its reward. I hope," said the girl dreamily, "I hope. Bud, that therell' be enough left over after we pay McKane to get the carpet woven. Mammys got nearly enough balls already, and we can take it In to Bement In the early fall and go back after It about' two weeks . . later. Buds eyes sparkled. Gee! But that would be good," he a regular holiday. I'd said- wistfully, like to see a town, again. One trip I'd go with yon and the next wed make Mammy' go. Itd 8et her up, give her. something to think about all winter, planned Nance,-Shdon't get out like we do. So. they looked ahead to the meager Joys of their poor life and were happy. Two days later Nance again rode Buckskin to the canyon, and this time she went in the afternoon. The eager gladness of the 'child, the vociferous welcome of the collie, gave her a feeling of guilt that she had stayed away so long, and she made glowing holiday with tier cookies, her songs and her laughter, so thnt the hours flew on magic wings and Brand come home before they were even beginning to look for him. He came upon Them silently, as he had done before, and Nance sprang up in confusion. How do you always get here so quietly? she asked, I never heard a sound. Look at Diamond, he replied smilingly, we always follow the water. A stream tracks leaves no tell-tal- e Even Sonny can swim like u fish. Nance sobered quickly. A disturbing thought of Bud's about rustlers came Into her mind and she thought of those HO steers of Bosslcks driven Into Nameless and whisked out of the country - k s Beading Is seeing by proxy. . . emergency," she said quickly, thata w hatd loose It, danger to some one-love, like Bud or Mammy: I. know it, and am afraid." "Why afraid? asked Fair quietly, 'If you had to do It, Vby fear the necessary Issue? "Because," she answered solemnly, the Bible says Thou shnlt not; kill,' A certain embarrassment seemed to Overtake the. man for a moment and he dropped his eyes to his- - cigarette, turning it over and qver.ln his fingers. Thats as you look at it,. I sup-- : pose, he said, "to every person his . limits and inhibitions." ' and killj 'But lets not talk of feuds bHglitiy as ings, said Nance,-laughinihe hugged the child tind. rlibbed his tousled head. 'of What do our country Nameless river and the 'Deep Heart hills?" .. ' Beautiful. Sonny and I have trav-- . eled over many a thousand miles In the last two years, and we have Jet to see a place more lovely or lonely. And can you hear the voices In the ennyon? You have to be still a long time and then, after a while,- - they get louder and louder, as If a great concourse of people were talking all at - . ' once. You have a. strange and weird conception, Miss Allison,"' said Fair, but 1 know what yoq mean. We hear them at night. Sonny and I."-.- ' And that's what .1 ' want to Rpeak about, Mr. Fair, said Nance, hesitatingly, I've thought at night about alone bearing the voices. Sonny Have you thought wha't it might mean to a child?" ; The man smoked awhile in silence. But Yes; he said at last, it seems unavoidable. . I ha.vA no place else to leave him. . Leave him with rael"' she cried, stretching out a hand Imploringly, "Oh, leave him with me pleased Id take such good care of him. . But Brand Fair shook his- head: "It does not- - seem, advisable, much as I appreciate your dffer. I. cannot tell you how much I do appreciate' It hut I dont vant any cine to know that I have Sonny that .he is In the . Nothing spreads so fast by example as laziness. your car Ban Francisco, Cal. fable Is a moral attachment. A lie with a stem-windin- g An empty purse is responsible scene matrimonial failures. . Matrimonial where roma.nl . history often begins 1C courtship ends. Be prepared to lighten others ness, ns well as their enlaiultles. Sad- ail. at him wonderingly. dont understand It, she '.said slowly, but 'you brtow best. Perhaps It Is best that I dont understand.. "Perhaps, said Fair; .but- I hope youll come to see us often maybe some day youll take a ride with us "Cathrew? He. Said,- - Whos. She?" up to the hOad 'of Blue. Stone. 1 do a hit of exploring around and We lost some ourselves. quite mystery. about. Will you come?, Jve ridden' myself down looking for Ntmces face flushed with frank them, and 'so has 'my hroth'er. Bud; and . Why, I'd love it I she said.. pleusure. hoof-marnever a found weve " Well cut up tliroug.1 Little Illue and Strange: Isn'r there any one 'you I'll show you Grey spring and the might suspect In these hills?" I named them. We Circle. IHid heard that Sheriff Selwood Is foundthem three years ago. watching Kate Caihrew, but the others Then well consider ourselves, enlaugh at him." eh. Sonny? smiled Fair. .EnFalra eyes narrowed Just a .fraction gaged, to Miss Allison for a long'day's gaged . of an Inch. rider . Cathrew? Ke said. Whos she? And. will you bring some chore The woman who owns. Sky Line cookies? asked Che boy, lifting eager ranch.-returneNance grimly, eyes ,lo his adored.' . . my enemy. to Honey, said Nance,- knee-linWhat? Your enemy? Hows that? kiss him good-by- , since she was mak-- . Simple ns two and two. Shes- a ing ready to' leave, N'ariced bring you cattle, queen they call her Cattle Kate anything site's got or could get. Sicell .. Cathrew and she runs her stock on bring us all a- - whole big lunch, the slopes of Mystery. Shes rich said .Fair severely, "Im. lives In a. wonderful house up under ashamed of you. We'll furnish some, the edge of Rainbow cliff, and rides a fish ourselves. beautiful horse. Her saddle alone Is He held out a hated and the girl laid worth my team and harness my new her own in It. . . harness that I had to buy. to take the 'For. "a little space 'they stood so. place of the one that somebody cut smiling Into each cithers eyes and to pieces in the night. She wants our neither knew that magic' was working land our great fine Hats on Numeless among the gathering shadows. They that'd feed her cattle through. Shes seemed to he old friends, as If they scare had known eac!(. other ages buck, and always wanted It. ..She tried--tmy father off, and since he was found .the grip of tlielr hands was. a kindly dead at the foot of Rainbow 6he's thing, familiar. tried to scare us off Bud and Mammy Then a sudden confusion took the and I. But we dont scare, she fin- girl and she' drew her fingers quickly ished bitterly, not worth a cent. away. 111 come, she said, next week on Brand Fair leaned forward, and this time his eyes had lost their pleasant Tuesday, morning1 Nearly. ' weU be all said Fair, Good smile. 'and hud narrowed to slits. The . fingers that held his cigarette were ready. tense. ' ' Tell me,' he suid. what does this woman look like? Ive heard of her a Theres nothing more interestlittle, but Ive never been able I've ing than a girl, who has fallen . in love and doesnt know what' never seen her. said Nance "She's handsome," alia her. .What next? . frankly, "not large, but pretty-mad- e os you find them. She. hawhlack hair (TO BE CONTINUED.) .' and bluck- eyes and a mouth as red as is she a flower, and always frowning. Sussex Has Rare Kernel Shes a good shot so good that I'm In a pleee of pottery discovered lb not much scared when she sends a bn i thought to date whining over my head as I plow my Ntissex, England.-and- ' back at least to 7(H) R. C.. there Is a field.. Good G d! shot out Fair, "does kernel of wheat stiff embedded aml'in a good stHte-o- f she do that? preservation. The tint seems to prove that agriculture' was Nance nodded. She's done so twice. She's m.v ene- pursued In that part of England si. my, I tel! you. And so are all her that time and Is therefore regarded s riders. 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MsasHda Oil gsessx ... camp-meetin- had meant to frail the stronger, young John Allison, apd how his smiling eyes coaxed her angry heart to peace a peace which stayed with her always, through hardship and poverty, through many western moves, and which softefied now .the sorrow of. his. absence. John Allison bad seemed to her different" ulso. ; For some subconscious reason Nance stayed away from the canyon for several days. She busied herself with odd Jobs about the place. She mended the wire fence around the big flat where, the wild hay. was waving thick, Its green floor flowing with sheets of silver where the light winds swept, andgave the- - harness a thorough oil- th last years hay and there harness. It seems 1 cant forgive that harness it set us hack In debt to McKane at the store. Bud Bud hes out of It. There could be no thought of forgiveness In that. If I was a man Just an ordinary man " The girl leaned forward with a doubled fist striking the canyons floor. 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