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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA. UTAH beat, while the warm surge went I through her again. No I know It but sometimes I do feel well, tired." Youve had enough to make you he said, and laid his hand on so, hers. At his Infrequent touches Nance always felt a glow of returning strength, as If once more she could wtwli and fight for her own. She counted it one of her scant blessings that Brand Fair had come Into her life at Its darkest hour. a . ATNGIE E. ROE COPtRIOTT BY THE MCCALL COMPANYWa'U brvic. Continued CHAPTER XIII - . Tell me, he gritted, tell me It did not hit you! I cant, my whispered Nance, I know a lot from the other end arm it feels all full of needles." left I to want of her 'operations. make, Fair slipped his fingers down along sure at this end. I want to get in firm young arm beneath its faded the L touch with Sheriff Selwood and want you to hold hard on your battle sleeve and found it warm and Wet. Sonny was awake but still as a little line, knowing that It cannot always be in the grass at Its mother's as It is now, that other forces are quail hid whistle. warning as .lined up with you that if all goes There was the sound of a soft opIt should Cattle Kate will be caught door beyond, and Mrs. Allison's ening I to in hpr'own trap and the hope terror-fillelow and voice', said, Lord.it Is soon. . Nance girl wonder-to Is a Why why, this Dont fret. Mammy, she whispered me! said Nance, "a wonder and a a scratch. Im all back, In for light my darkness! I felt you on Fin window before the something good that first day I set eyes on you ' .you make a light.. in the canyon. Now .1 understand Buds shuffle came round the table you are the messenger whose feet are beautiful on the hills, as the Bible and he knelt beside her, feeling Tor her hands. My says who bears good tidings Mammy I" he .cried with .restrained faith has. never faltered," she went Ill have my pappy's gun passion, on earnestly, I knew always that the You hand of God was lvforenie, that my now oc go with bare, hands to it! got gimme ways were not hidden from Ills sight Nance gbt to her feet with- "Fairs and that some way, some 'time, till arm about her and puslred the door would b'e well with us. "But sometimes Then the mother struck a light shut. It has been hard. . , restored the lamp to the table. and Fair sat thinking .deeply. . In Its yellow flare they peeled the Yes Cattle Kate would make it arm and found sleeve fro;n the hard.-'-ishe had areason, he said a shallow wound girls straight .and there was a note of bitterness three inches above the elbow. 12 , right--Ju- st ! . f across,-abou- Sheriff Selwbod. had a visitor. The prospector, John Smith, rode Into ids ranch" yard Hnd sat Judging him with shrewd ejes. Sheriff, he said, Ive a notion you and I could have a pleasant and perhaps a profitable talk. Will you saddle a horse and ride out with me a way?" "Sure," said Brice Selwood readily, und asked no questions. lie went into bis stable and soon came out leading the lean bay, mounted and followed as the other turned uway. Thats a pretty good horse you ride, stranger, he said, I've noticed it at Cordova a time or two. he has Yes, returned .Smith, blood and bottom also Intelligence. They rode for a while in silence. Then the stranger slouched sidewise in his suddle and looked at Selwood. I'm going to tell you several things, Sheriff, he said, and show you some more. And I want to make a. pact witli you. Its about Cattle Kate Cathrew and the Allison family. Shoot, said the sheriff succinctly. Im' a stranger hereabouts, but Im not a happen-so- . Ive hunted Kate Cutlirew for two years. . At that Brice Selwood became alert in every nerve. What?" lie ejaculated. On 'horseback, by train from New York to this side the Bookies. Are you willing to let me line up with you in tills matter? Im willing to do anything under Heaven thats square to get that bunch of rustlers for so Im convinced they t in-hi- s only God anjl I know . . '.Has. she " Nance asked umd hesi: tated, has she. made It hard for for you? Somehow she drfaded his replj. 'It was long ' in coming, and then it ' was cryptic. For one .'other 'site Vicariously. 'mkde it hard to the last bitter dregs 5 .to tha't unfashionable but kometitnes existent thing., a broken heart, and t . last to death itself. To .death In black . dlsgrae'e. Nance caught her breath in dismayed sympathy. Site is cold as stone, went on. the mah; brilliant, strong and ruthless She sets. herself a point and cleaves straight to it .regardless of whom or what she tramples on the way." Yes. like .wanting our land. She meam-- to get it, one way or another. Exactly. That rope you told me of was a hold stroke for it. Your father . was gone your brother was the only male of your family. JVitig hint gone, too, you should have been easy. Jt . was murder, she meant, said Nance, no less. .Weve always known low voice, how hard. , . ... Jkt. what And about your TeHme about that deatkJ fathers If 4t is . not too painful. , . much We know It. Our about dont t the pappy was a mountaineyr-rborn.- ln Kentucky hills,. lived in Missouri, a man who loved the (outdoors. He was He was a hunter and a wpodsinan Thats careful, never took chances. why weve never been reconciled to thfe accident that killed him he .was found at the- Toot of Rainbow cliff, us if he'd fallen down it. And 10 one in lids hountry. has ever been known tp reacli the tap of that .spine. Have you- - ever thought that per- baps he didnt fall. That lie migtrt nave been put tlihre as a way. to cfiver . . a crime? . . Nance" shook tier head. Loud in his body wffS Every broken, she said sadly, he was as loose as hag of sand. He fell dowp Kaiqhow cliff all right but how it to happened, thats what wed .love ' ' know. .llAod probilbly never wjil, sakPPair. -- . No. They sat for a while The little wind blew- in silence. - In. their faces, sweet witli Its fresh and nameless suggestion Of fiQjving water. Out in the shadows the big black horse'stood per- fectly still, his peaceful breath seance lifting his sides. The collie was sl- lent, though bis hundsomg bead was up, . W.T. sharp ears lifted above kls ruff. The. child in Fairs lap eon- tinuetj to sleep- It seemed to Nance Allison fhnt the night had never been so calm before, the stars so bright, the unspeakable majesty of the heavens, so. apparent. "She wondered how It was possible to feel so safe and at peace in the ace of .this last disaster, to. look to the future once more with hope. The little smile was pulling at her lips again, her long blue eyes .were soft with hidden light. ' And then, out of the stl!ness and starlight, from 'somewhere across the river, there came the clear crack of a gun, the thud of a ball In wood. With one sweep of his right arm Fair flung Nance back upon the floor, himself and the child beside her. He slipped Sonny from hjg.jijp with a low word and rolled clear. Quick as a rat he threw his body to the table, raised n arm above its edge and swept tbe lamp to the floor, -- . high-pow- it instantly Then be crawled back and the bands he laid upon th; girl's shoulder were shaking Tor a long time Bran'd at It. Then looked . he- - raised somber eyes to her face. i Fair-- , . Eight inches to the right he said slowly, and it would hpve been your hear!. She nodded. Cattle Kate means, business now, she said, but I don't thiuk she'll ' ' ' . . get jne. . said vNot If I can get her first Now lets have some Fair, grimly. hdt water strong with salt. Mrs. Allison set about preparing this, while the. bitter tears, of one wlro had seen fend before, 'dripped her weathered cheeks. The boy Bud stood by the, table opening and closing Ids bands and muttering under hlrt quick breath Pappy's gun its good and but 1 can Not hide and wait close close "If youd forgive a stranger, Irs. Allison put In Fair,, straightening up and looking pt the mother, Id say give him ids fathers gun.. And I'd say. Bud dont go to pieces now after such a hravtt and Conservative fight. not a murderer." Be a'lefendcT The boy turned Ids dilated eyes to 1dm, wetting his dry lips. In the long look t.huf passed between them something seemed to break down .In Bud, the antagonism he 'had felt fqr Falr.seemed to melt away. The mysterious comradery of honest manhood fell upon them botlg and the inan held out his hand- The boy took it and his eyes became sane.. out for Weve gofa'-W- g and must be us, spld Fair gravely, Well Ip tfie right at every poinf. dig out the nest. of vipers ' at Sky 'Line, but well . do the Job cleanly: Now let's get busy With o'Ur first-ai- n, ment. "Great Scott!" he said, theyre blowing out from the wull! Theres wind behind .them I' Fair moved forward and dismounted, leaving DIumond in the. stream. The sheriff followed. They stepped lightly aefoss the strip of sand which lay between the wafer and the willows and Fair turned to the right, circling the clump. "Here, he said, that red ateer and drove 'It went into the the man wall. I found their tracks that day.. Theyve been obliterated by the shift. ing sand since then. He. pqslied aside a feathery branch and the sheriff af bis shoulder craned an Incredulous head to look into what" seemed the moilth of a cave. No its not a cave, .said- Fair at his surmise, ita .a prehistoric underground passage. It leads straight into the heart of Mystery ridge from this end, und lt has un opening somewhere, attested to by this current. of wind. This mouth is Just wide enough to admit one stee'r ut a time,- - one horse and rtder but what mote do - you want? "Great Scott ! cried Selwood again, And "of all the impossible things not a soul-- ' on Nameless knows about w-h- - I ltl" True-sighte- high-pow- Now, Lets Get Busy With Our First Aid. are, said Selwood, and to do. It quick, for Im afraid if we dont, something will happen to the folks on Nameless that cant be mended. So am I. Miss Allison was shot In her doorway a few nights back. G d! cried, the sheriff, whats ' that? .Just' a scratch on lipr arm but It was meant for her heart. 1 was there at the time. The ball came from across the river a gun. The sheriff groaned! Thats it! The same old stuff shoot from ambush no evidenci nothing. It. makes a man wild ! I've done all a man could do. and T can't (Jit my finger on a tiling.- I heard' about the. disappearing-cattle- , CHAPTER-XI. said the other, "and I've done a bit on. my pwn book. I may as well . Light on the Sheriffs Shadows. tell you now, that, my name is not From that night fprth Fair qame Smith, and that Ive been In Blue frequently. to the homestead oh Name-legs- , Spoue canyon for nearly two months. It. was a dull spot now and ills Selwood looked at him in astonish advent was a saving grape. The light ment. . . o hope, the Joy of labor and accomknows it all, even about one "No plishment, had in a measure depa.rtell. Ids own. doorstep, he said. I thought There va little or nothing to do, you were Just passing through. less to loo"k forward to. .For a little If you will, Id like you to ride wliile Nance kept to th'e cabin as a with me,", said . Fair, up- the canyon piatter of precaution, hut. soon shy to where the right wall fklls away began to pick up the. odds and ends the mouth of Little Blue. Its of her- - pointless work to mend the beyond a'nd we can make Lt by noon, I early to fence which hud been, cut, a'nd . . think. make readytb harvest the crop of hay They fell silent for a whlie, thread across the river. . . the bills that rose in a Jumbled ing Though I Stipposqlt will bfe Just mass to the south of 'Nameless valley, that much work thrown awq.v, .slip and after an hour or so. reached the said, .f.or the stacks will burl) some river.; .They crossed on the riffle like they did before. night where Nance was accustomed to ford " Take a chance," counseled Fair, oh her. way to. Blue Slone, and entered wont this time." piayhe the mouth of the great cut. "You bet well take the chance," "Well keep 40 the water as much said the girl with a flare of her old as. possible," said Fyir, "because spirit, weve neveFTald down yet." there are other eyes than ours here Rut try as she would, there was a .sometimes. dullness In her, a desire to stop and They passed the empty cave where rest a bltv. and the hatred that was Nance had found Sonny and Dirk and slowly growing in her stirred anew followed the' stream on' up to the Tach time she raised her eyes I if The uiquth of Little Blue. distant line of Rainbow cliff gleam"From up in there, siiid Fair rid ing in the fifcliT like fairy stuff. ing ahead. I suw one of the Catlirew If It wasn't for you now, M.r. Fair," riders a man named Frovlne driv she said to him, I think Id almost Ing a red steer up this way." "Ah!" said Hie sheriff, adding to be ready to give up. You give me and so did Nance' Allison. new co.urage as Sheriff Selwood did himself when he stepped behind me that daj These young folks seem- to know each on McKanes porch." other pretty well." "He. went on north and disappeared. No, you wouldnt. It Isnt In you I followed next day and came upon a reinforcements to give up. Perhaps do have their effect but youd never mystery some more of t his water travel which leads nowhere. leave the line, Nance. We've had a lot of that, said SelThe girl smiled. wood first time the he bad used was It bitterly, ita what has baffled given name and her heart missed the whole hlgb-pow- Job---eu- d' ... nr now Well HI jour something said Fair, "that may set you guessing." The keen blue shadows were cold and the voices were murmuring in the high escarpments. Through pools and over shale, wherever they could, they put their horses, avoiding the. sand, and presently, when the sunlight had trept almost down to the floor of the cun-yothey came out at the spot where the right wail fell away abruptly, showing the plain stretched out like a dry brown floor, dotted with sparse bunch grass.' On the left the great precipice continued unbroken. Fair went on ahead, still keeping to the water, though both horses were pretty well winded with the hard going lt afforded, and at last drew up to let Selwood come alongside. . He sat still for a moment. "Listen a bit,. be said, "do you hear anything different from the sounds of water und the murmuring of the big cut? The sheriff listened sharply. I do. be said presently, Yes, Sounds like wind. Exactly. Y'et there Isnt any wind, more than the draft which always draws dowu the canyon. Now look closely at the wall. Watch that clump of willows yonder. 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On this pito cul Spirit to Be Cultivated tu red men lived when the battle, of Real sportsmen find more pleasure Marathon was fought, nil (luring the i catching fish than in counting them, rise and fall of the Roman empire although they take pride in it good, and through t lit Dark ogs. catch. . If all men who work with brain or hand had the sportsmans Couldnt Kill Romance . spirit tii oqe would he accomplished bad toward maintaining, national . prosForty years to t ho day after-li. planned to ws-- Miss Emma Ahlrich, perity. Grit. John G. Gilylartin married her. Tliwir cngapeintnt was broken off when she Appropriate , wnsMifteen, lpcn( of parental, olijec-- . When I spring lamb I feel like tions. Both married oilier persons, who died h few venrs ng. . ; Try the rnper sauce with It. ld 35-19- 251 - Wrong! said Fair, "Kate Cathrew and lief riders know. Tliat open plain yonder it leads out.to a tovtn, doesn't, lt? On the railroad?" Marston yes. A long way across. Water? queried Fair. Yes at intervals. . Springs. Do for driving yes not for range to'o far ' apurt. said Fair. "Exactly, "Now, sheriff, find the other end of this subterran- ean passage and I believe jou'll hivve solved the mystery Of thfe disappear. .' ing steers. iffice Selwood held out'JiTs hand, it, was trembling. . I .cant tell-yowhat I owe you for this information, Mr. "Smith yes" said' Fair smiling. Smith. It. m duns more than 1 carl . say to rue.. It means as much or more to. me," returned, the other, Tve given two years of my life to a. stiil-htm- t for Kate Catlirew. Ifl give' two more to ,.sed tier brought to justl.ee. And we'll, get', her ! Bald the sheriff 'grimly; though with fl lilt of Just joy In his voice. ."Oh, wont we.. get her!- We'll follow this . tq jts-- " If. I rylght suggest, out In .Fair, Id say weU hack out now even brush .out our tracks and begin a systematic, picketing of. the Cathrew' 'bunch. The- cattle are fat. -- on- the ranges itll soon lie time to drive. Dont you think ft likely that abother idg bunch might disappear (Jown Nameless riv.er? Say, said Selwood,. smiling. "Mister, you Just move in my bruise w.tth me. You can think faster and st.ralght-e- r than any niun 1 ever met. Let's . . go right now. Fair laughed arid turned away, leading Diamond back down the canyon. "Fol- - the present, he said; "1 11 keep to the background as 1 "have been doing. Tills' woman would racognls'.e.me and be instantly alert for prouble.. Another thing, sheriff those men with" . . her are not cattlemen. -- iqy-Lor- Hole-straig- -- e (T Permanent r oa'ds are a good investment not an expense lie Mirse Tw ye 2 Any commurTvty whose streets are not dur- ably paved is going to be known as a tme . CONTINUED.) . Dogs .Has a dog Hie. right to select his own master? This question arose. In a chsc brought before a. 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