Provo Post | 1922-07-04 | Page 4

4 4 4 4 4 ,4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Jt, ! V"U'ie the !"y. a1"! grumbled hM hat few of you- - ,n i to yore Hint to the cauve h.uis wore their gniy You kie'.v with vote fioinvone way a goo ami gut you yore But I III dallied if I like H'1-cook thing nl t w o no als a day ore iIUite- - to l'i i la1 lit lilgld ill other u iiiailei pnt twelve, IlkeW i' al Id. M lied k'l middlng W n" H I'f' I' n Would ' have h i e II fi W e e i e -w bn-aio- I ' of '' horseman-ship,-perfectl- timed, as pel fcctl) y , . . wash. , On the breeze there floated to him the faint. Insistent bawl of thirsty cattle. The car leaped forward again, climbed the hllf, and closed In upon a rernuda of horses watched by two wranglers. The chauffeur stopped the machine and shouted a question at the nearest canrider, who swung his mount and a tered up. He was lean, tinned youth In overalls. Jumper, wide sombrero, d boots, and shiny leather A! girl In the tonneau appraised chaps. with quick, eager eyes this horseman of the plains. Perhaps she found him less picturesque than she had hoped. vHe was not there for moving-pictur- e man purposes. Nothing on horse or reason except held Its place for any high-heele- utility. Wheres the round up? asked the 'driver. youth gave a little The the to right. He was his heajJ lift of apparently a man of few words. The car moved forward to the edge of the mesa and dropped Into the seat gave ley.-- ' The girl lr. the back at last Here a little scream of delight. in about read had was the West she coffee-brow- n -- books and seen on the screen. This was Cattlelands hour of hours. The parada grounds were occupied by by two circles of cattle, each fenced nearer The horsemen. eight or ten one was the beef herd, beyond this and closer! to the mouth of the canyon ..from which they had all recently been driven was a mass of closely packed cows and calves. men werq busybrandlng and ' Several the calves dragged to them marking who from' the herd by the horsemen blatlittle were roping the frightened ' ters. the With a movement of her wristdown and stepped girl opened the door from the car. A man sitting beside the chauffeur stay turned In his seat. "Youd better an had He where you are, honey." was pot exactly the Idea that-thi. s, .- shout of warning startled her.' Above the bellowing of the herd she heard another yell. 1 steer, tail up, was crashsmall brush toward the ing through was a wild scurThere brandors. the men dropped Iron ry for safety. The saddles. Deto tied their and roptVand turned. animal the flected Jv pursuers, thundered it straight for By chancesund on the spit. the girl She stood paralyzed for a moment nut of tin gathering darkness a voice came to her sharp and clear. "Don't It rung so vibrant with crisp move': command that the girl, poised for flight, stood still, and waited In white terror while the huge steer lumbered toward her. dolA cow imny, wheeled as on The an to infant gallop. lar, jumped man riding it was the one who had warned her hack to the ear. Horse and iadino pounded over the ground toward her. Each stride brought them closer to each other as they converged toward the saml spit. It came to her with a de-pthat they gust of panicky where irnlllde oiithe spot ery would d i vv It I reaT theres a-- lo ll o i I i H M Dll i.l I w llvi ' t Ini v i "1 " i ll.'l W I ll ) ,, b . - half-grow- n .1 : i , ,il -- I ! ' j" -- "f In I i 1th e 111" s'' wn- - him -- h. ly and yet iac"ilv. Mlie iiiiiti was a vaii'ith'ii of a type kt.'.wn to Lindsay. That type w,i ih" man. If this epen-)- v ' A Arii'iiu l'n i..t nl mo fVilow rn en-te- V! 1 1 wide-rimme- d ar y well-packe- d v. d g smile. The hard faced guy 'with the llt'le he asked attir the girl? one with th' "The of eiguJ. proffer muscles bulging out all im r hm. Coin!,,. T! ca-il- lv prlie-llghte- Yep. f hon- Iceil to he. 1 - Un-sp- on ' h r ' ' ; ' t I , , I . l , I,'.. l ,, -- Je-- . ho iiough liild.v n rai-rl.- toih'-- t- the if v t m-- - cv - - Hec-- ! r glrj Hushed, it1 ! I 1' site told eiif, sir. i A ' I i ,f - 1 it . ' " li i.i'" a ml .!" ' ' . i - l'' I - 1. ' ' : h"- a " r .I, . i.t : ! lu a i nl tin a. You M" n'.'l " og ; h i.'1" .1 oiJ' 1" r .iH.-i.- ht ,, v I - i . . . i ) t , v. . tv,1 I i can look out for, myself, " ' I tiut jilt slu to-.i- i t CHAPTfR M i n a "1 i t a Is i .i !.. d. truculently. to me, but a good deal to you. Im aimin' t drop you in the river when we cross. "Nothin Durand. aint you? Well, But Jets suit m. get this clear so we'll know- where were at. Whats idlin i"tt, rube? I dont like the color of yon.-- hair or the cut of yoie clothe-- , drawled Y'otive got a Lindsay. bad ,cje, and Im tired of travelin in yore company. Let's get off, me or - that so.? snarled You're quite a joker, - j j J sure-enoug- h you ope. In the slitted eyes of the I.owerv graduate there was no heat' at w. They were bleak as a heavy winter morn. Suits me fine. Youll not travel with me much farther.' Heres where you heat the place. The professional lashed out suddennot at ly with his left. But (May was . blow-Alw ays the receiving end of the and quick as lightning, he .had ducked arm- - tightclinched. His litr buck on t. 111 j i Qzri. topped fronhlhn station lia '1 nil t lourth Stifet entrance W.ih Imi- -t upon hiW with what -cel,,. .Uiltiio-- t a threat, IlS could hear, j tlie f hi .of' If like a river rushing down a can op. (May had faced a cattle -tinnpedi. Hi had ridden out, a blizzard hunched up with Jne driftpg Iii idTle had lived rough all hls young1 and-jo..it- - life. But for a moment lie felt a (bin firnneh at ids heart that was almost dread. He did not know a. soul in this vast populace. lie was alone among seven 'or eight million cia.v human beings. He had cheeked hl.m suitcase to be free to 10 k about. He' had no destination and", was in no hurry. All the day wa- - bet ore hint, alJ of many duys. Il dnited down the street and ierots to . Sixth av etmi1., Herto him Chance swept up Sixth in the He 'was ald caught river of hum, unity that races up Broad- - ; wav. He wondered where all ..this rush of going. What crazy lm- - -pulses out them surging to and fro? And the girls Clay .surrendered - to . them at discretion. He had,, not sup-po-d there vere so many pretfy, In world. the girls FI rat off Irn goin to get me a real , city suit of clothes, he promised him-' 'l'lils here wrinkled- - outfit is self. -nine too woolly for the Mg town ItS most as good as when a good suit yet I bought it at the Boston store in Tues lit throe years ago. But I reckon . ILl save, it to go home In. He stopped in front of a store above which was the legend I. Bernstein, Ilf I Tin tiain was on. ping through the thieklv settled qimrti r whole the poorMay er people are honied when touched Durand on tin shoulder. Like to see nu,a moment in the vestibule." ho said .In hls g nth voice. The ej es of t h two tiivti met. and the gambler knew at once Hint thiswere destined to be enman and he r emies. 'No man lunl ever said that Jerry iMirund was not game, lie ros prompi-l- j and follow ed the westerner from the ear, swinging along with The light, cut like tread acipdred by many pugilist-- . The floor of file vestlhuh had h. on raised and 'the outer door of the eiy opened. Durand found time to wonder vv hj . turned on 1dm with The cnwpuiji-JicCan you swim? an abrupt question. df the wind boss narrow Tin eves Whats that to juu? he demanded I- tuiruMl lilt). ' " ! ' i ' " ' - them. .. U ' ' vv 1 'I I" t, . Ill attend ..fids Interfenmee. t ' ' v S'i" 111! 'in rose at once. He knevv Ai' I was Intending to Knew.' th.,' she vore o von )f wirl,f grips," he said. help flamed into passionate resen t-she ! r tin-office- r. and seen . hjm it a ! . m . hnjvRid tin what he had Mack ! . .man o. ,i .i. ;,V-- I yi and took the girt in Jo dinner with him nlnl they sat not far from Lindsay. Kitty was lost to any mem- Again Clay sought the smoking compartment and was led into talk by It was well jJast eleven when lie rose, yawned, tjnd announced, Im goin to hit the hay. Most of the berths were made up and it was with a little shock of surprise that ids eyes. fell on Kitty Mason and her new friend, the sleek black head of the man clpse to her fair curls, his steudy eyes holding her like a charmed bird while his caressing voice wove th& fairy tale of New York to which she yielded' herself in strange delight. y - . i .y I.aiu-- she asked breath-1 I . w jiey the pdrter took eak ito hrusli In- ! i , - I,-- ' -- against him. i : . ... ! M that o'." ' , - it ts-geth- th Wli.h nal. - ,, . ! . 1 Kitty Was Lost to Any Memory of Those About Her. ory of those utmut her. She was flirtlug joyously with a 'sense of newlyawakened powers. The man from (irahum county, Arizona, felt uneasy in his mind. The girl was flushed with life. In'a way she was celebrathg her escape from the narrow- horizon in which she bad lived. Iq her unsophistication danger lay. For she was plainly easily influenced, and in the heat of her healthy young blood probably there was latent passion. They left the diner before Play. He passed them later ,in the vestibule of the sleeper. Thej were looking out on ..the moonlit plain through which the train was rushing. The arm of the man was stretched behind her to the railing and with the motion of the ear the girl swayed ba k slightly thorn. W h.-- ij cheok did S oriii-- I lay I . . ' i a gang now. Kiiii,-- a own, Ive 1" d. 11 ij ' He's M I ,s ,. 1 I - -- ' rr 1 I o i , ? r v . - o !i P I To loader In Nevv York gambling house of Ids You cant prove It by hie. When Lliinlsay returned to his pl,n e he settled himself with a magazine in a seat w lierq he could see Killy ai her new frlepd. The very vitality f Jie girls yeitug life was no doubt a lie suit, this man. temptation cheeks oval the rounded throjit line, ' so to ebb moved rich coloring easily ted full d tin t of no rn a anl flow, - tjci the conUnn to fiefnll helped everylips;' r, . t.f II s, Is ll "11 N.'lllie l'"t wil'l tlilnu '1 tli tun-- , limoceiit ns forests and 'ns jot uku"-- t as1 1 ' oiksf'lmd the the tt " who Is he?1" The ' ill" I I A - ' i ' - s , .. 1 i !uM ii nmr- - sol f, "Why would we i'eachi'd tin- de- a I i is . o saw- - -- -- . o! bow-legge- d fore he left the ruuch. At Tucson he shed his chaps und left tiierp in care of a friend ut the Longhorn corral. which he had shot The rattlesnakes lie packed into ids suitfelt case at El laso. llis hat flew off while the heAd beneath it was stuck out of a window of the coach somewhere south of Denver. Before he passed under the Welcome arcli in that city the silk kerchief hud been removed from his brown neck and retired to the hip pocket which formerly held hls forty-five- . The young cattlemun began to flatter himself ttiat nobody could now tell he was a wild man from the hills who had never been curried. He might have spared himself the Illusion. The lightness of hls stride, the breadth of shoulders, the frankthe ness of the steady eyes, all advertised him as a son of Arizona. It was just before noon at one of the small plains towns east of Denver that a girl got on the train and was taken by the porter to a section back of Clay Llml-aThe man from Arizona no-ticed that she was refreshingly pretty CHAPTER I In an unsophisticated way. A little later he had a chance to A Street Twelve Miles Long. for the jlinlng- I like yore outfit, Red Hollister confirm this Judgment, o. lilmi und. island it, !she I,. o . I , 'co ti"!l. little puncher looked The at his friend and gasped. Clay flushed on him the warm smile that endeared him to ull his friends. Im goin to ride down Broudvvay and shoot up the town, Johnnie. Wuut to come ulong? Clay Appoints Himself Chaperon. As he traveled east Clay begun to slough the outward murks of his culling. lie gave his spurs to Johnnie be- d -- ,,i; ! - t i .1 an angry-- , I. toil upon l.K ohi ok. It had; not been t i - ' sit jasked. Is K V " in I . i, ih - w "- I lie comes by that tough mug estly. ThaCs Jerry Durand. ' li ' 1 New Y'ork. II ,s 1, r ml 1 o , , ( j i , y ' . I was imt the western gunnian, of the equivalent' was badly at t.iulf experience ''lay's (May hieil alie.nly made friends i t' h t" 'he J'uIJnuliU eindu"t"i. fie drill lii now I'.h the starch for tutorm.i li i I,,", - CHAPTER M h.-- c r. 1 , i.ii lii"iilng t" --- ed i. i!,o train hasn't stopped. wind along, mud he was ,sj Ih ' tl"ii making talk lit an as--red, far,ul!lar way, and the ghl was tin" - t OV es ! I" go! 1 J i i 1 -- Hi I I i e hal'd fa "'1 mvl li"l" (hall ll hll'l" Urn-- h 1 . i A ting resiling w h'xldes, 'll i' ii ' Iran liiul'YaHW! him .lii., U"l an 'Imur (a fore, lie ii.-i'H hls pa ssougeis aihl i.ld ' i'll, g, m i.T. of , Killy Tuid Would hiivV,. lb .j o 'she In Ihe k.ng lor tiansfj-,'i w.is i,o loojj ShijJiudj chi that jhud ll.il'ed ' hat rnoijneiit w lien iher lib' ininiite.sj 1 ! f r V. ho had vv about g Vi . v 5 it In i y i -- i w . hi j III lit gill I r ty : , . 1 1 !.i .1 -lie clc" r , h a U 111!" red IJj.iliufu' r w k or lw o. " w I h "I " - i ' , i i p v i i ' I. returned t' J pul him Oft' I oo n III" cer and ' ' I I i H hi I .1 pi. lined a dollar nil'll Imii'b'il It id as he piissqd lido poll olflelill n Dial oillniged .' r him rie lioiil, of rule f he'tl sure he salivated before in reached the other end of it, Staee said w 1th- a grin. Wonder If a fellow could gef a Job there. They wouldnt he no use for a I reckon, Slim drawled. pum-her"Beteha (May could get u Job all right, answered Johnnie ( liven Hed he top hand anypromptly. where, (May would. Johnnie was the lost dog of the ranch. It was hls nut lire to follow somebody and lick hp hand whenever It was permitted. The somebody he followed was Clay Lindsay. Johnnie was hls slave, the echo of hls opinions, the booster of' ids merits. He asked no greater happiness than to trail In the wake of hls friend and get a kind word occasionally. The Hunt had chosen ns hls Admirable Crichton a most engaging youth. It never had been hard for any girl to look at (May Lindsay. Hls suntanned good looks, the warmth of his gay smile, the poise and the easy stride of him, made Lindsay a marked man even In u country where inen of splendid physique were no.exceptlon. Ills eyes now were watching the leap of file tire kIovv. 'Ilie t it it of Ni-- Yoi k liatl curried him liurk to u iilxlit on tlio round-lithree years before. He was thinking about a slim girl standing on a sand spit with a wild steer rushing toward her, of her vVarm. slender body-lyinin Ids arms for five Immortal seconds, of her dark, shy eyes shining out of the dusk at him like live coals. He remembered and It hurt hint to recall it how his wounded prjjdehad lashed out in resentment of the patronage of these New Yorkers. The younger man hud insulted 1dm, but he knew in hls heart now that the girls father had meant nothing of the kind. Of course the girl had forgotten him long since. Question is, could you land a job In New- York If you wanted one, explained Stale to the dreamer. If Its neck meat or nothin a fellow tan most always get somethin to In the gentle voice lo, ka id Llnd-iii- y he used. Tie vague Impulses of many days crystallized suddenly into a resolution. "Anyhow Im goin to try. Stsin ns the rodeo Is over Im goin to hit the trail for the Mg town. "Tucson V" interpreted Jolmnie dubiously. I et. lie n! i, H I . If ts a 1 id " ' liliollol'l street then twelve miles long. If a fellow started at one end of that street with a thirst d saw-onl- I Iiiy imt nnn n "l a1 tjtiiie to iiiiing a hut vvheii Well, hilt. Ho looked remained a fifty-dollat It helplessly for a moment ; then, beneath the brown outdoor tun, a flush of anger heat into hls face. Without a word he leaned forward and pressed the note Into the mouth of the bronco. The buckskin knew its master for a very good friend. If he gave It something to eat well, there was no harm The buckskin In trying It once. a for few chewed placidly seconds, dea was this cided that practical Joke, and- - ejected from its mouth a slimy-greepulp that had recently been u treasury- - note. The father stammered, hls thanks to the rescuer of the glrL "1 dont know what I can ever do to let you know . . I dont know- - how I can ever . pay you for saving . . ." Forget it! snapped the brown man curtly. He was an youth, us genial and friendly us u pup, but Just now the word "pay irritated him as a red rag does a sulky bull. If theres anything at all I can do for you Not a thing." The New Yorker felt that he was not expressing himself at r11 huppily .What he wanted was to show this young fellow thut he had put him under a lifelong obligation he could nev er hope to wipe put. If you ever come to New York Im not lluble to go there. I dont belong there any more than you do here. Better drift hack to Tucson stranger. Take a fools advice and hit the trail for town pronto before you bump Into more trouble." The rider swung round hls pony and cantered hack to the beef herd. He left behind him a clubman, a perplexed and distressed father, ami a girl both hurt and indignant at his brusque rejection of her fathers friendly advances. The episode bill had taken place of the flfty-dollcover. The man who under entirely had given the note and the one who had refused to accept It were the only ones who knew-- of It. The girl that this splendid horseman wlm had snatched her from under the very feet of the Iadino had shown a bom isli discourtesy. The savor had gone out of her adventure. Her heart was slc.k witn a'sappoiutment and indignation. much-annoye- i t r 'I ' Wallis grlf?Wed. "So would my hook. Ive heard till how a felpocket five low can pay as high as fou-- or dollars for an eat at them places. You hoys tluy- I.lmUay laughed. know a lot about New York, just about as much as 1 dm Ive read that a guy can drop a hundred dollars a night in a cabinet if he has a friend or two along, and never make a ripple on Bmadw ay. ur A ah I , ' I ' .puf ti red, '1 Ms bent r n lint . pi in oii ev pi I iilioWl'i h ppi n tip llui I 01 lit lit v lit' H'lHibla? a i I St ace In even-tempere- ' p- all wore out. Steer. ex-clted- red-eye- I, l(l."VUl to ' . . I eab-'hy-re- He Guided In Such a Way as to Bring His Horse Between Her and the e, Hi-yl-ya- V . ! p o A ea oll.lle'lll helped !(lliielf 1(111,1, i I - , 1 " ? - led 'Clay, ntnl o u hi tint keep J'fotlt 1 1"' ci U , ' It- the-street- t The driver of the big car throttled dftvn.v Since he had swung away from the dusty road to follow a wagon track across the desert, the speedometer had registered many :mlles. Ills eyes searched the ground In front to see whether the track led up the brow of the hill or dipped Into the sandy tiieih, I scene a glrf of seventeen ought to see at close range. "I want to get the kinks out of my muscles, Dad, the girl called hack. Ill not go far. She. walked aong a rhlge that ran from the nesn Into the valley tike an outstretched tongue. There was a touch of Unstudied Jauntiness In the way the tips of her golden curls es capedifrom beneath the little brown toque she wore. A young man guarding the beef herd watched her curiously. Something In the poise of the light, boyish figure struck a spark from hls Imagination. As she sdood on the spit of the ridge, a slim, light figure silhouetted against the skyline, the young man guarding the beef herd culled something to her that was lost in the bawling of the cattle. From the. motion of Ids hand she knew that he was telling her to saw-nget back to the car. But the girl a of orders reason for obeying the seen never before r had she range-rideand never expected to see again. Nobody had ever told her that a ridercat-tJ-is fairly snfe among the wildest hillto atbut a mun on foot Is liable tack at any time when a herd Is ji it i 4'j- ofTn this train. ll'i.' d, i I. 1022 dD v m o i , ' i, ' I ed -- . -. i,-- i 11 j HERE Every one who has read The Big Town Round Up and says it is by far the best novel Raine has ever written will surely place him once and for all in the very front rank of , writers about the West. ' . - ' th" y instead of is a reversal of the usual situation easterner going West, Arizona goes to New York; Arizona is Clay Lindsay as fearless and desert resourceful a sou of tlie as ever swung a lariat or mixed in the perils of a stampede . unspoiled man Cunning as a fox and11 hard as nails, this the metropolis, outwits and outfights the worst bad men of Bueven Arizona meets its match In the person of a and girl as game and resourceful as Clay Lindsay himself, the ensuing events will satisfy the most romantic reader. t Th u on Johnnie was always oins motlou-dthe Jiil. The-- i hell New Yorkers Jnll't ho, awful hardy, he ventured, apropos of, Seems like tlie,v'ie night .nothing. birds for lair. Never do go to ."d, tar as I enn make out. They trump all day and dance at tnem all night. My feet would ho He found something else, for after the pink nund had gone there FOREWORD' e I'ow-liali- paw. sun-drench- i'll ll flank New York. Nobody on Broadway could order a dinner better than he. The latest dances he could do perfectly, lie had the reputation of knowing exuctly the best thing to say on every occasion. Now he proceeded to say t. Corking hit of riding never saw better. Ill give you my hand on that, my man. The cow puncher found n hunch of munleured fingers In his rough, brown wind-swep- t, ,r ' i . the euted, The util lay breatljh'ss In the arms of the man, her heart heating against his, her face hurled 111 his shoulder, She wit da.ed, half fainting from the reliction of her tear. The liet she reineiiihei ed clearly U us helng lowered Into t tie arms-o- f her father. He held her tight, tils face tortured with emotion. She was the very light of Ms soul, and she had shaved death, by u hairs breadth. A intrude had suved tier, hut he would never forget the terror thut hud gripped him. The girl snuggled closer to him, her urn as round Ills neck. A young mun descended from Jhe car, hundsome,- trim, and well got up.s He had heen tailored by the best man outlltter ' I for - as a superb, p!s' A i (,i r '" t w; ' l the nnnplts, itmL swung her In front if hllll to the M$l of the horse, 'I lei Steer pounded past so dose behind that one of Its horns grazed tin tail of I the cosv pony, st car at a her ' she stood. Yet she did not run. The rider, lifting his bronco forward at full speed, Avon by a f ruction of a second. He guided In such u wuy as to bring his horse betwveen her und the steer. Without slackening his pace In the least as he swept past, the tnun stopped low, caught the girl beneuth It : z 5 Jl'LV Tl'KSDAY, THE PROVO POST V New v -- i ed well-dresse- . -- steel-muscle- d ened about the waist of tlaz other. A short arm Jolt to the cheek ,he disregarded. Before Intrand Invd set, himself to nn-e- t tin plunge he found himself fly; lug through space. The gambler caught at the rull, missed it, landed on the cinders beside the roadbed, was flung instantly from hls feet, and rolled over and over down an incline to a muddv gulJy. Clay, hanging to the brass railing, leaned out and looked back. Durand had staggered to hls feet, plastered with mud from head to knees, and was shaking furiously a fist at him. The face of the man was venomous with rage. The cowpuncher wavd a debonair hand and mounted the steps again. The porter was standing In the vestibule. looking. aL him vyith amazement. Might You Would Want a Good Sult of Quality Clothes, My Frlendt? He Suggested. (Continued Next Issue.)