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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH could not hide until Hampton been free six months before he kept am not sure they in Trevors swiftly through the fallen log and rose, cursing and callhim safe hands. courtyard. passed old got they murdered my and oath .poor his saw He the light of the ing: Then wed have the whole fight still to dad!" On his Chris! Lend a band. gleaming brightly. later. or our Its one W'ay down the knoll Well?" came the Interrupting snarl make, sooner That little change of an uprooted be came upon Tommy Burkltt of Quinnion's voice, like the ominous bet, Lee tree saved Hamptons life that night. And Bud Lee,, seeing no better way Whats Is It Mr. Hampton?" asked Tommy, Shorty, whine of an enraged anlmaU falling, bad dropped his gun ahead for them, blew out the candle, coming close In the darkness to the' word?" and nurt his knee. For a moment he peer Give us five minutes to think it forced Judith to stand close to the at him. for the lost rifle, then groped wildly the of fireplace, took his Yes. What is !t? Who are over, returned Lee coolly. And, in- rock chimney ran off without It. Hampton cleared you?" Im Burkitt, Tommy Burkltt, you the log and, with a credulous eyes on Judiths set face, he station near her, and answered Quinyell rather befitting know Bud Lees said gently : I was on the ranch when nion, saying shortly : I I am a victorious savage than the young helper. when ahead Come youre ready. afraid the acqjdent happened. He must have something has happened. Lee man whom Mrs. hoped to hasnt come In yet. They tried to pick call her son, threwLangworthy driven that heavy car a little too close Were waiting." about arms his long the crack of his him off once Quinnions curse, to the edge of the grade. The bank " know neck. you already, Shortys CB3 rifle, the flying splinters from the cabNeither has Miss Sanford come In, just naturally gave way. "I got him I shouted Hampton. "By Judith, her lips tightly compressed, in door, cnme together like one im- said Hampton quickly, here at glory sensing menace. shook her head. placable last a fear that was fellow to his own. Shorty drove a big brutal fist smashAnd now, Bud Lee, cried Judith You didnt find him under the car. They rode toward the Upper End. ing Into his mind I captors face. But Hamphim dont telling you, not You know did you? And the blow that killed quickly, ton merely lowered his head, hiding it the way, Burkltt? of we the some end with been dealt the are string heavy seeing might have He moved on toward the corral; against Shortys heaving shoulders, weapon in the hands of a man stand- playing, that you are a man to my lik- Burkltt turned and came with him. and tightened his grip. Shorty strugI it? know, behind him, mightnt ing ing! By Jackson Gregory Sure I know the trail," muttered gled to his feet, shaking at him, tearing Bud Lee, I know I My hats off," said Lee, with grave Tommy. at Youre see him, to whats one fist after the other goin driving old In demanded kind know? he And How do you of a any simplicity. wrong with em? Miss Judy, too! My Into Hamptons body. But, with a even.1 want a here You wouldnt werent man a better Insistently. fight G d Copyright by Charlai Sorlbnar'a Bona of to him as as new grimness purpose No. I was In San Francisco. But pardner than I can reach now, putting Bring out a couple of horses," was the whole of tonights adventure, the day before I had a letter from fa- out my hand. Hed want just a thorHampton ther. He expected me home very soon. oughbred! And now, little pardner, lost time commanded crisply. "Weve Hampton held on. JUDITHS SECRET Judith and Lee and Burkltt came to enough already. In his he I" said was He letter, lets give them fits going out, Ill go tell Carson an the boys them as they were falling again. Now to look at the road over the mountain, In horse the dark, SYNOPSIS. Bud Lee, reserving Crouching I have already told Carson. He with other hard hands upon ranch, Lake was suddenly, Blue the foreman of He wrote that the grade danger- their own fire while they waited for says its all nonsense. him him, Shorty relaxed, and Hampton, convinced Bayne Trevors, manLeave where the at than the more definite ous, bark very place especially something ager, Is deliberately wrecking his face bloody, his body sore, sank the car went over! He wanted me to of a rifle to shoot at, their hands met. alone." the property owned by Judith back. He had done a mad thing no Tommy, asked he not so cuse In he know that her could was, boy that woman; get Sanford, a young further questions, but ran ahead and but triumph lay in that he had done it. cousin. Pollock Hampton, and the work done on it before I came, as matters often It came about, quite brought out two horses. Timothy Gray, decides to throw A man never can tell, In a would be careful. On top of that would muttered ranch do, that at the up his Job. Judith arrives and he Bud had them the twinkling saddled and run he und his such car dan with into Lee, of less the capgo one who knew thought announces she has bought Grav? headquarters it was ger as that? Oh, I know! she crigd comparatively little of the ways of two riders, each with a rifle across his tive than of the captor never can share in the ranch and wll run it. She discharges Trevors, after again, her hands hard upon her rifle, this part of the, world who was first to arm, were hurrying over the mountain tell. trail. shooting him twice In I know, I tell' you I From the first I am thinking, said Judith The men on the ranch suspect that all was not well with JuIn the blackness which lay along I Quln-nioknew Chris that that I never quite did you suspected. dislike taking orders from a dith Sanford. To Pollock Hampton her had threatened a dozen times to failure to appear at dinner was signif- the upper river Hampton gave his justice. Pollock Hampton I" girl, but by subduing a vicious horse and proving her thorough horse a free rein and let it follow at get father. I knew that soon or late icant knowledge of ranch life, Judith heels. he Sawwould I wrote Emmet Tommys When, finally, they try. He learned from Mrs. Simpson that CHAPTER VIII wins the best of them over. Lee yer, our county sheriff, and told him in the afternoon Judith, after a hur- drew rein under the cliffs at the lake's decides to stay, for a while at least. Judith becomes convinced what I believed, asked him to go to the ried lunch, had taken her rifle and rid- edge all was silent save for the faint Just a Girl, After All that her veterinarian, Bill Crow-dand see what the signs told, spot den away. Where? Mrs. Simpson did distant booming of the river below is treacherous. She discharges them. Hamptons captive, known to them square man is Emmet Sawyer and as not know. him and gets back Doc Tripp, ; as Shorty, a heavy, surly man as only Now tacks. her dead fathers man. Pollodk which sharp said Hampton. Hurried lunch? whispered way?" whose small, close-se- t And he told you that you were mis Hampton, part owner, comes to eyes burned Hampton. did she? her Took rifle, stay "for good. Trevors accepts evilly under his pale brows, rode that taken? unwas In his head Tommy as had serious His very shaking the grown to visit eyes Hamptons invitation He did nothing of the kind I He he stared down Into Mrs. Simpsons certainty when suddenly from above night between Hampton and Judith ranch. Judith's messenger is held He mainup and robbed of the monthly there came to them the sharp report of down to the reported that the tracks of the car concerned face. a tained silence stubborn pay roll. Bud Lee goes to the after the showed that It had kept well away firea rifle. of Then, like a bundle Hampton sent to the mens quarters city for more money, getting first outburst of rage. from the stachad that it a of a dozen half bank, for to word crackers, Carson Lee evidently come his to and volley back safely with it, though Burkitt und Lee, despite Judiths obcato shots. horse is killed under him. Both stopped there, that again it had gone the house. hand he and Judith see Trevors because of Lees wounded leg, on, swerving so as to run close to the to Listen muttered jections He strode that, Burkitt, up and down the office, in the crime. Hog cholera, hard I at the cabin with Bill Crowknow remained : Father the frown what now edge at were it his Hampton. happened upon Theyre gathering to account for, breaks out on the usually out to had lost a deal of blood look got at on the smooth time Crowdy dy. brows. Plainly If something ranch. Judith and Lee investidangerous spot and to put up the sign he had brought had happened to Judith the present gate the scene of the holdup. A Tommy slipped from the saddle and, though he complained of little cleard cabin In a with him and that was found in the responsibility lay upon his shoulders wordlessly, came to Hamptons side pain, was clearly In sore need of mediing excites Judith's admiration. road. Chris Quinnion had followed him as next in authority. Crowdy, like Shorty, and tugged gently at his leg, whisper- cal attention. It is Lee's, though he does not Here I am, announced Carson ing for him to get down. Leaving refused to talk. perhaps to shoot him down from besay so. They are fired on from ambush, and Lee wounded. AnAw, h 1, he grunted as Lee dehind, Chris Quinnions way! Then he briefly., What is it? their horses there, they slipped into swering the Are, they make for I am a little worried, Carson, said the utter darkness of the narrow manded what influence had brought saw a safer came He behind way. up the cabin. Here they find Bill poor old dad and struck him on the Hampton, about Miss Sanford. Im chasm in the rocks which gave access him with Shorty and Quinnion into this Crowdy wounded. Dragging him let me alone, cant mad project, into the building, they find he head with something, or re- afraid to the plateau above. has the money taken from Juvolver. He started the car up and let you? Afraid? cautioned Afraid of Tommy Now," You what? guardedly, dont dith's messenger. They are beit run over the bank. ' nor- think she eloped with your Jap or as they came to the top, keep close to The events of the rest of the night T sieged in the, cabin. She broke off then. Bud Lee felt stole the spoons, do you?" snapped me if you dont want to take a header and of the morrow may be briefly fold: He Shortys modest request for a glass of that he knew what she would say if Carson. He had been Interrupted at about a thousan feet. Lookl the crucial she could There in and whisky was granted him. Then, his a to herself point pointed. that CHAPTER VII bring go on; game of nudged Hampton still bound securely by Carson, with hands Poker Face and the cattle- are two horses across yonder; Buds she would tell how crooked Chris he was put In the small Quinnion had thrown the unconscious mans weak spot was cribbage. He an Miss Judys, most likely." Pardrier house of logs. man down over the bank to lie, glared at Hampton belligerently. Hampton did not see them, did not a windowless, with its heavy viFrom without came the low murmur bruised and broken, admirable An this, "Where Is jail Lee? new, questioned Hamp- seek to see them. Something by the wrecked a into ton sharply. f mens voices. Judith laid her book car. Into his snapped padlock had suddenly swept Why didnt he come? tal, big, iside and drew her rifle across her with staple and the great hasp in place. Dunno, Youve got to be almighty sure beCarson, still life. He was at grips The nees, her eyes bright and eager. At fore you make a without at key safely In Judiths possession. forces. interest. I seen him, aint Theyre unmasked, pulsing charge like that, he to Burkitt. Shorty was left to his own thoughts Infrequent intervals for perhaps three reminded her. he whispered it now If Quinnion had done Wasnt In for supper to four minutes the two voices came it, were a tell cried shooting, while Judith and Hampton went I girl you, Hampton, angry Men yes, and why didnt Emmet Sawyer get the house. ndlstinctly to those in the cabin. Then deadwood on him? at Carsons quiet acceptance of facts not at just wooden and paper targets, the dlence for as long a time. And then In answer to Judiths call, Doc which to him were darkly significant, but at other men! At men who shot Because, quickly, a he, too, was out with his rifle i voice came without delay, left brief, kill. to again, this time quite near the man fooled shot Tripp and today buck, Sawyer! Yes, and fooled I saw him word that without the fdoor, calling out clearly: myself. Now he fails to Listen, said Burkitt. "Somebodys disconcerting me Quinnion established an alibi. A doubt the hogs were a of shadow I Hey, you In there! Pitch the mon-leoutside, see show somebodys Dont what all old this in the cabin; you up! man whose word there was no reason and went on with cholera, to awful be stricken out the window and well let Which is which? We got you to doubt said that Quinnion was with points to? to see what his skill little his with bag seldom who .go. lost his poise, careful. Carson, him at the time of the murder. And could do for Bill Crowdy. of his brain still given Theres a voice, said Judith quiet-ly- that man was with They began a slow, cautious ap"" Trevors!" Bayne to bush Ought to give him sulphur fumes, from bush, to "to remember! Ill be able over the hand he meant to play proach, slipping to Trevors? were his hands Lee. muttered But He shook with Poker Face, merely sighed and from tree to tree, standing motionless grunted Tripp. swear to it in court. his head. Trevors Is a hard man, Ju- shook his head. the wounded man, for now and then to frown into the folds very gentle with Certainly a voice to remember, just dith. And hes a scoundrel, if you the all that. came to curtains. as one remembers an unusual Abruptly Carsons of the nights Hampton swiftly face for want to know I But frame up a mur- side. Pollock Hampton had no thought of They left the Lower End this firing ceased. They made out vaguely years, though It be but a chance one der deal to murder Sanplan Luke that night ; didnt so much as go came on afternoon and the of sleep here. Then, the two forms seen in a crowd. A voice attackers, having inford No. I dont believe it I markedly both armed, they rode away again at located them a moment ago by the to bed. He lay on a couch in the livdividual, not merely because it was treIs he man the to miss a chance that four or five oclock. I tell you, man, spurting flames from their guns. Then, ing room and Marcia Langworthy, Jusomewhat for a mans the at recital moved lay (it his hand? The main chance for something has happened to them. Ibut rather for a Got enough In there? came the snarl- mendously quality not d him? The chance to hold a man like Dont believe It, retorted Carson. ing voice of Quinnion. If you havent, dith gave of Hamptons heroism, flutfined, which gave to it a easily certain Chris Quinnion In the hollow of his Not for one little I dont. 1 m going to burn you out an be d d tered about him, playing nurse to her unpleasant harshness, sounding Mrs. Langworthy to him do make to his bidding, to Whats hand, hearts delight. to you! happen? Huh? a. ost looked into the future rasPing, as though set him just such work as he is You as as complacently I know do he well little answer an expected. sort what He got with the hiss of steel doing surfaces rub- now ? Answer me Is Bayne Trevors of characters are about. The man who For Hampton, running out Into the and to the maturity of her own plans. bing. Altogether Impossible to describe above a deal like that? robbed Charlie Miller who shot at open, now that he knew that Bud and Before daylight Carson, with half a adequately, yet, as Judith said, not to Bud Lees answer was silence. Bud Lee " be forgotten. Judith must be in the cabin, was firing dozen men, had breakfasted, saddled to the Upper And there Is one other thing, went Whoa ! "Dont as he came. Burkitts rifle spoke with and was ready to ride grinned Carson. pLtUrn.et,trIUmphant,y t0 the girl, on Judith swiftly, known to no one you go and fool yourself. That stick-u- JiiS. End to begin the search for Quinnion. Run for it, Shorty! yelled Quin- But before he rode, Carson made the dtag!"hftWhIsperei3 o but Emmet Sawyer, whom I told, and her gent is a clean hundred miles from wlth that ice me and Chris Quinnion. In fathers let- here right now an still going real live- nion. Were up discovery that during the night the You know where. one nVt mnthS in me ter he told that a man had paid ly. If any other jasper lent him a against the Blue Lake boys. ag0 staple and hasp on the Rocky Bend? him some money the day before, and hand, why, hes on his way, too. Not shouted .Tommy. Bud Oh, door had been wrenched away and that Shorty was gone. Carsons face Wmfcrowdy'' dJown hlfWhlSPured back' that he was going to drive to Rocky stopping to pick flowers. Its the way Bud 1" a dull, brick red. Not yet had he came Buds to In was Bend bank It. the ringing cabin," kind the That who game." money, several them . plays of the em h 1, Tommy Give te rest hundred dollars, w.as never banked. It brought himself to accept the full sigCarson was so cheerfully certain, so answer. A hold-usuch was not found on his body. Where amused at the thought of Bud Lee and Coming! nificance of events. is had Miller of sound came the words With his Charlie experienced, as did It go? d'ne'ftae Sanford Judith requiring anybodys assr"'elyinciof series a continued the back door one the against thing; snapping Even that doesnt pen- - He8 been out less incriminate sistance, so confident concerning the year Ganman, Quinnion, you know. methods of outlaws, that finally wall, the reports of Tommys rifle and dents like these happening upon the stickup man Dce already Hamptons pumping hot lead after two confines of the Blue Lake ranch, was for No. The rest Is pure guesswork on Hampton sent him away, manslaughter forms. his to himself friends went racing In quite another. Only too plainly ha . the my part. Guesswork based on what I and Theyll get away! shouted Hamp- realized that Shorty had had an acshe know. Not enough to hang Chris Quin- living room. him. complice at the ranch headquarters IS0t Chris Quln- He let half an hour slip by in rest- ton, a sudden red rage upon nion!" nion, Bud Lee. But enough to make who had come to his assistance. me sure. Hes working at Trevors' less Inactivity. For, no matter what Curse It! Its too dark over shooting Then gave Tommy soft,y- game right now. If we can prove that Carson might say or these people here Theres nonuse Ur hand 0,1 it Is Trevors game it will go to show do, Judith had not yet come In. Hamp- and yelled to Lee to hold his fire. For to him. Yesed Chris Shortys escape shows there how worthless his alibi was. nlon. You don ton left them and went to his room Instead of two there were three flying is blurring, three hlm da You? treachery In Judiths ranks. forms, t incartridge-belHe Well? called Quinnion, the third for a rifle and with Is the traitor? the Who merging time. What about it? We aint goin tended to slip out quietly. Marcia met shadowy shapes rifle his Pollock Hampton, had night she heard his him in the hall ; to wait all night. with Tell him, whispered Judith, her quick steps and guessed that he was clubbed in his hand, was running eyes he thought (TO BE CONTINUED.) swiftly. Rather the hand on Lees arm, to come and get it going out. Now clearly, though she a college sprinters speed after Quinnion wltb and Shorty, calling breathlessly: order in his If he wants it i One of us can hold the was frightened, she was delighted with heart. Look out, theyll get away! Misconception the two of them while him. He had never thrilled her like cabin against thank od 1" whispered Ju- shouted come back! D. S. B. hands in this one : And they "Hampton, never had out She lu other the before. this the dark and slips guessed him. after me "Cfln Lee, tell e running could youre a newspaper writer," be so you keep rides back to the wVeme for help. that Pollock Hampton on the gurgled the sweet young thing. Thats was Bud no! ret tT But gaining Hampton 8he whisso Were Bnd in it were purposeful. Lee, If luck, for man callIn to us now, the bunch of them before well corner Do you know, Its Shorty and had no thought so Interesting! an entreaty that he be careful, heavy-se- t Luke pered daylight! a would be here Nor back. of of Sr ran thought anyof back me, but I didnt to coming our went Btupld out as awfully he the the she It's insisted. "If then, only way, Chr,s Qaianlon served we gave them the money theyd want others, her eyes shining. hlTimf? thing In all the wide world just then know there was such a thing. Ive an Pollock Is going to see what Is the but overtaking the flying figure in always thought they printed newspa-per- s father sent n.him Quentin because my Bill Crowdy next. If they got Crowdy there. And he bad not away with them into the mountains I matter, she announced excitedly. ! Cleveland Plain Dealer. front of him. 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