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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER 1 tSSSSSS8SSSSS9SSSSSSSSS3SSSSS3SSSSSSS9SSSSSSSS8SSSSSSS3SSSS8SSSSSSSSSSiiSSSa SNAPPY FACTS sS EWING Cl F2 CEE ABOUT RUBBER ts98ssssssssssssssssssssssssasssssssasgsssses8ssgs8ssssssssasssassssssssssi THE STORY THUS FAR: Mary Suth. Is lured to by the advertisements of the Wagon Wheel dude ranch, operated by Ma and Fa Burdan. She is met at the station by Len Henley, rodeo rider, who tells her that the Wagon Wheel has gone out of business. Len takes her to Phoenix, Where she meets Lens Aunt Margaret Maxwell. Hearing that the Wagon Wheel Is broke, Ham Henley, Lens dad, pur chases the Burdan notes from the bank. While at Phoenix Len enters the rodeo, drawing a krone known as Mad Hatter. Ham Henley bets his son three to one that he wont be able to stay on the horse. At a dance Mary learns that Len loves her. trland, an eastern girl, Art-to- CHAPTER VII I dont know, Ham. Im not as smart as you on the woman quesshe replied with profound tion, Irony. He gave her a sharp sidelong glance and decided that, like of her she reasoned with ?iostemotionssex, instead of her head. After the parade had passed she partook of a quick luncheon with him and they drove out to the rodeo field, arriving in their box in time to see the colorful riders form on the field in a long front. About twenty paces in advance Len sat his horse. Look at Len," Ham HenRight out ley almost moaned. where everybody can see him. Aint there no such thing as modesty left In this world? Over the public address system the announcer said: Ladies an gentlemen, the show is about to start with the bronc ridin. This bein the first show o the year to be held unn der the auspices o the Rodeo of America, the rules o which will govern all contests at this show, It is customary to announce the champion cowboy of the world for last year. There he is, out in front Len Henley, of Arizona. Take a bow, Len. His horse genuflected to the audience and Len lifted his sombrero. Instantly the ranks of riders broke and with shrill yells galloped off the field. Mary dismounted and gave her reins to Len, who cantered over to the chutes while she crossed the field and entered a gate under the grandstand. A few minutes later she entered her box and found Ma and Pa Burdan sitting there. She made them welcome and a motion picture camera man came into the box and set up his equipment. Mr. Henley is the first rider up, on Mad Hatter, she explained to the Burdans. Its to be his last professional ride so I thought he might like to have it filmed for a souvenir. The light is excellent and the operator will use a telephoto lens. Over in chute thirteen, Len Henley and Pedro Ortiz were getting an Association saddle on Mad Hatter. This was an old experience with Mad Hatter and he stood quietly Until Len drew the bucking strap tight around him far back toward his flanks and from the top rail of the chute slipped into the saddle and got set, the heavy rope halter shank clasped in his left hand, his sombrero in the other. He wore leather chaps, as required by the rules and his spurs were taped until only the tips of the rowels showed, in order that in raking the horse the animal would not be cut he called to the an"Ready! nouncer on a platform built over the chutes. "Len Henley of Arizona, champion cowboy of the world, is coming out of chute thirteen on Mad Hatter, champion bucking horse of the world. He has never been ridden and you will soon see why? Here they come! Mad Hatter made his entrance according to formula. Mary could have ridden him out of the chute. Forty feet out in the field he went Into his act. Three jarring jumps high in the air. Len Henley stayed. Then Mad Hatter towered and Len leaned forward, threw his weight on the horses withers to overcome any tendency of Mad Hatter to lose his balance and fall over backward-e- nd Mary saw him rake the horses flanks. Then Mad Hatter was practically standing on his head and Mary saw Len lean far backward and rake the horses shoulders, . Again the horse repeated his sea-Len and Henley again taw tactics faked him In flanks and shoulder, but he had five seconds to go before the presiding judge should fire the pistol. He had to "make time and Mad Hatter had gone into his whirling dervish routine. Four seconds for that Len knew because he had often clocked the start and finHe ish of it with a stop watch. counted the whirls, leaning right At with the force of gravity the beginning of the sixth whirl Len leaned to the left and got set, his taped spurs dug into Mad Hatters hairy sides. Simultaneously the horse jumped to the left and Mary gasped as daylight showed between the saddle and the riders posterior; then Mad Hatter started to run and in the sadpitch and Len got back dle again and the girl heard the sharp bark of the judges pistoL During the second trip around the field Mad Hatter began to tire and every only pitched five or six strides; the third time around he loped lumberingly and vented his despair and anger in ocHe casional grunts and squeals the below and trot a just to slowed Bur- box in which Mary sat with the dans, he stopped. The crowd, sensing the horse was conquered, cheered, but Len Henley did not seem to notice the ovation. Mary had expected he might wave his hat, triumphantly; she saw, instead, that he was weaving a little in the saddle, that his head hung low, like Mad Hatter's. It was time to dismount now but he did not seem to realize this until with a supreme effort the horse reared. He seemed to balance a moment on his hind legs too late Len realized it was time to leave him. He was sliding down Mad Hatters withers as the horse went over backward. Len fell clear. Evidently the fall stunned Mad Hatter and he lay supine a few seconds, then turned over and his hind legs lay across Len Henleys body; he commenced kicking and scrambling awkwardly to regain his feet and Mary saw all four feet strike the fallen rider repeatedly. The force of the blows rolled Len over on his face and out of range. He was lying very still when the horse got up and walked away. Mary climbed over the front of the box, clung a moment at arms length and dropped five feet into the deep dust below. She landed on her feet and ran to Len, knelt, got her arms under him and lifted him until his shoulders rested across her knee and her left arm supported his head. He was limp and unconscious and she saw a greenish hue creep over his countenance blood was trickling from the comers of his slack Asso-tiatio- . , f 'l long-shanke- d k ... ... y ... Ten Henley of Arizona, champion cowboy of the world. mouth. Then Ham Henley was kneeling opposite her, his mouth twitching in a spasm of fear and remorse and hate. "Give him to he dude, me, you interferin cracked. "Between us weve killed my son for the triumph o winnin a bet. "No, no," she said, with amazing steadiness, I shall not give him to you, because he belongs to me and you dont deserve him. You never did. She bent and kissed one green-hue- d cheek; with her bandanna neckerchief she wiped his bloody mouth, she smoothed the black disordered hair, dank with sweat, back from his dusty brow, and she crooned to him: "Well, you rode him to a standstill, darling, and you left him without the aid of the pickup men. Im sorry I didnt know youd be so exhausted youd drop with weakness and not be able to roll out of his way. You were too much of a man to tell me and your father wasnt . . . but we showed him, didnt we? We had to kill you to win but we won and now he' wants you. She glanced across at Ham Henley and said: Go away! Arrived at the hospital Mary went up in the elevator with him and saw him disappear into the operate ing room. There was a bench in the hall and she sat down on In about an hour an it to wait ifiterne came out. "He's pretty badly mauled but not A he said. necessarily fatally, broken arm, a broken leg, some broken ribs and possibly internal a rib has punctured his lung, hence the hemorrhage from his mouth. He has a cut alongside his spine but we dont think the vertebra is injured; his collar bone is fractured and he has, possibly, a basal fracture. He is unconscious, of course, and will probably remain so for a long time unless . . . Ill report again after weve developed more radiographs. She nodded, descended to the lobby and asked the girl at the switchboard to telephone for a taxi. She went to her hotel and lay face down on her bed and was very quiet when Margaret Maxwell came in and looked at her. The older woman unbuckled the out-sid- ... waist strap of the girls new chaps and removed them; she pulled off d cowthe pretty little boy boots and untied the scarlet neckerchief and washed the lovely d face. What time is it? Mary asked. "Seven oclock. "Nearly six hours since he was hurt She had been oblivious to th passage of time. "Has he died? No, my dear, but be is still unconscious. Where is his father?" At the hospital, sitting by his bed, staring at him. "Its his right I left the hospital in order not to embarrass him. I spoke to him rather cruelly this afternoon please telephone him, Mrs. Maxwell, and say I'm sorry. . . . "I found this under your door, Miss Sutherland. It was left at the desk and a bell-bo- y brought it up. Mary sat up and opened the long envelope. It contained Hamilton L. Henleys check for three thousand dollars, signed by his executive secretary, Jess HubbelL She tossed it on the bureau. "We killed him for that, she said drearily. Til send it back. Its blood money, but his fathers guilt is greater than mine. Hes a pretty sturdy human being, the other woman defended. "A long time ago I ceased condemning human beings for making normal errors. Len was a party to this. He could have killed your bet by declaring he would not fight that horse to a finish. Had he been able to stand when he left the horse he would not have been hurt. But his legs were numb from gripping the horse; they buckled under him; he wanted to rest a minute and he was, for the moment, unable to think as fast as usual, or he would have rolled clear. It was one of those things, my dear. Len Henley was unconscious four days, and it was characteristic of him to take up his life at the point where it had, temporarily, been blacked out. Mary was standing beside his bed when he said softly but very distinctly and with some irritation. "Somebody tad that horse off me! He did not open his eyes. Mary said: Here, you men, tail that horse off him. Thanks, he murmured. "Thats better. Pretty big horse to hold in ones lap. He did not speak again for an hour. Then he said, IU be darned if Ill die. Mary went to a telephone on the desk of the floor superintendent and called Ham Henley. This is the dude speaking, she said. Your son says hell be darned if hell die and somehow I think he means it. Anyhow, Im not going to worry about him further. Thanks for tellin me," he answered coldly. Ill quit worryin too. An I wish youd accept that check. It aint blood money now. If Id won from you Id have sent your check back but when you won an sent back mine you got under my skin. "Very well, send it back, if that will relieve the itching. He said with vast pride, That boys some buckaroo, aint he? "Hes a real champion, Mr. Henley. By the way, Mrs. Maxwell tendered you an apology from me at a time I wasnt equal to doing it myself. Now that I am, I want you to know Im truly sorry I was more or less feline to you when Len was hurt. Want to be forgiven, eh? Well, I aint the forgivin sort. "I dont require your forgiveness any more than Id require your permission to wash my hands. Telling you Im sorry for my intemperate constitutes a language merely cleansing of my conscience and thats all that interests me." At that Im glad youre salty instead o sickly sweet. You put over plenty o mischief in the first twelve hours you knew my son, an if, as you claim, you got a conscience maybe it could stand some more cleanin. I submit youd ought to say to my son, Miss Sutherland. good-bHell be flat on his back for three months with nothin to do but think an Im bankin hell think straight an realize if he married you, or any woman out o your world, hed be messin up his life for fair. "Let me get this straight. Do you disapprove of me as an individual or as the representative of a class? "Both, he replied firmly. "Youre a Youre precious, she said, and hung up. The following morning Len was fully conscious and was declared out of danger, whereupon, for the first time since his son had been injured, Hamilton Henleys thoughts returned to business particularly unfinished business. The rebuff he had suffered from Ma Burdan had not in the least ruffled him, because he understood the reason back of it; indeed, the thought had occurred to him at the time that he had been too precipitate. He should have given her time to cool off, for he knew Ma was peppery and he knew, too. 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