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Show Jlslc Me Jinoiher CATTLE KINGDOM By ALAN LEMAY Wheeler forgot hia own weapon, which he had never drawn on any man. He Jumped his horse at Kid eattie young wealthy 1$ wheeler, the M ranch, aum- - Bender, striking down an the Kids lta nDunn, Mend Hohand with hie qulrtAThe quirt .tempered owner, be-la- gun whistled and bit; as he) Jerked it murder. Billy LDunn' nleca Marian, whom back Wheeler felt come thgun r two year. She had with in the of it, tangled the Dunn snap aloot a to till and synopsis ISJSt LklwdL by enemies, Pinto HaUlday tnclua-f'iBSde- r. and h,d whom build a cattle kingdom. cow hands, Val and other, to aearch !t had tha morning before athe Short bloodstained ground found the trail of a shod and a rider horae ahod The flfSued. The body had dtoaprntaano one was reported at the Cf lST Bender had arrived read the aigne the way he reveal. that becauM. of Ina ZJa ertiia the ranch may be trou-I- S hi enemies may make Sheriff Walt Amoa to friendly He aaya he haa asked Old the country, best trailer, tSthein Dunn and Billy meet the Kid Link Bender, hia aon an Indian trailer, done Cayetano. found the haa Bender tin', horse, but the saddle to miss-Almo- st PL, Z Zt. ! & supernaturally, cattle to the scene by the jump out all the tried at-- btood-statne- d CHAPTER II Continued trail of the killer turned Dunn laid. "It from here, crick. I tried to find k to the tr it come out of the crick. rc was too many horse tracks in the range stock; I never found While I was cn it come out. n to trad it. Link Bender come After I showed d 1 hailed him. i what I found he took off after dead man's horse. This ber waa a long pause. the you fellers got to show? said at last Thats all, Dunn said, "I lost jik Bender nodded. a of the dead fellert horse, lath. In the same lnetent a gun roared behind him, end he whirled his pony. Horse Dunn held the smoking muzzle of hia gun skyward, end steadied his horse with his other hand. In his face wee such e white blaze of fury as Wheeler had never seen. He was not roaring now; his words cam ea through hia teeth, hard-edgebroken rock. I could have killed you, he said, almost as If he were And Id have done it, strangling. if only Link Bender sat straight up, his faca the dusty gray-greeof the brush. Evidently he rode a horse, for the reins hung slack on its neck, but it stood. Benders left hand gripped hia right arm; he ewayed slightly, but recovered himself and the color (lowly began to come back Into his face. Sheriff Amoa brought his hand to empty away from the gun-buwhich It had dropped, end let both hands be seen in plain eight upon his reins. His face was discolored You all right. by a red flush. Link? Link Bender said between set teeth, Good enough. You go on home, Walt Amos I cant take you in said to Dunn. d n gun-pro- of tt he wide and er seen it pretty bad thing, Amos said tentatively at The big end of the Red Hills men are pretty well stirred up. Dunn said dryly, Funny, how ck the word got round. hey had come to the forking of if trails, where Dunn would turn irard toward his home ranch. 7 pulled up their horses. Hunn, the sheriff said, you ml figuring to go any place, is Thj m? a L t i you Amos," said Horse i mean by that? he sheriff met his Dunn, whet eye directly, pleasure. Ill have to not to leave the county, without fou nn." line Dunn a as visibly angering, Billy Wheeler remem that Dunn was facing out iddenly nething 0 00 greater than two or three Link Bender stood horses. whole ring of wolf ring, waiting hope-- v its haunches; Sheriff Amos lreinted a county. Behind these ere numbers and strength latest the many the Old Man M stood opposed as a power mmnb opposes the fingers of d Kk-- the on 3,1 so, Horse Dunn take It on yourself thundered, to tell me go and cornel plenty stuff has to be fod up," the sheriff said stub-- ! One thing, why wee those lunknown fellers riding toward 80me fanch of the 94? a do I know that? Dunn de ' .f4 ,"If theyre ' of the like the ever Red Hills, they was J,!rely hiking for something to more reason w have to you .re, the sheriff its a cow thief thats , 0 wuld shoot him on your 1Put you or one of your boye? one of my neighbors. Horse mJ ,hls eyes drift to Link ,ac- No, not them! , eJer make a move unless hand the feller his brand- where v4 IV hat do Llnk Bender tnean by that? ithe hit,? bn's ut himP a. (w said, jnoment before Horse y ,Bllly Whee,er glanced notng the position of the PPrTd3? Knly CayUS Cay armed. Link heTll but crated Sng,,4 ed ?m h,m by Wk r saw hin exchange LhinCt Wlth hI oo. who V'hed a kttle to one aide. Wheeler woke his I moved sideways, rer Kid Bender- - No one hr noticed; iL, ewpreasionle.e but 10 nderl!? e.d W y.'P", ChLHorse ril lo tehma swrun Ilr Dun slowly Bender. in his My whatImen. . Kd Bender, Wheeler mak his Play: but Bend bolster ,hand drPPd to r kncw toat the bad Lken hia cu from In , Link, must have gone ki Sf the fn shock of action not Kid .Dont indiscriminate character. you find riding a mule kind of slow? Marian ventured. Coffee exchanged a brief glance with Horse Dunn. Oh, eure, he said; A but whate time to a mule?" mule makea mighty good time in the bills, with a good mountain man on him, Horse explained to his niece. See? Marian glanced at her big old uncle but didnt answer. To the best of Wheeler's knowledge she hadn't spoken to Horse Dunn that morning. Something had come between Horse Dunn end hie niece, Just since the day before. Horse bad a baffled, apologetic look whenever he looked at her. It was wonderful how gentled and saddle-brok- e the tough Old Man seemed in the case of anything this slim, pale girl was mixed into. Old Man Coffee, Horse Dunn, and Billy Wheeler sat In Horse Dunn's room end talked It over. Well, Old Man Coffee came to the point, who shot who thie time? Briefly, Horse Dunn explained to Old Man Coffee the curious circumstance by which they knew, or supposed they did, that a man wae dead by violence while still they did not know who he was. He described In some detail the ground marks which the cattle had now ef ap-ent- S d, Coffee nodded. Billy Wheeler noted that Coffee, the man of dim trails which only dogs could find, did not question Horse Dunn's interpretation of the sign. And since when, Coffee inquired, "do you get so stirred up over a possible cow-thishot? It isnt that, Dunn told him. Horse Dunn now tried to explain the on, but I the saddle. he sheriff sat his horse for al-- it s full minute, as if in thought seemed about to speak, then lj thought better of It SI lly he led back the way they had it They were nearly; back to ;ck Box Wash before anyone d erased. tJT 1 i shortly. swung cd die horse further faded blue work clothes were like those of the cow hands, but he wore shoes instead of half boots, and Instead at the broad Stab son of the cowboyi, the mountain man wore slantwise ,pn hie bald head a battered hat of a narrow-brimme- to Old Man Link Benders coyote ring could be counted on to make the most out of a mystery killing as a weapon against the 94; but Coffee interrupted him. I take It, all you want me to find out, laid Old Man Coffee, If wha happened to who, what-fo- r, end who done it That cover it? And where is the killer now, Dunn added. Old Man Coffee locked bony fingers behind his bald head, and sat staring out the window. Whos been over the ground? he suddenly demanded. Walt Amos, the sheriff. Link Bender. His boy, they call the Kid. My cowboys here though I didn't let them trample the sign. An Indian deer hunter by the name of Cayuse Cayetano, Whs Shot Whs This lime? Coffee pricked up his ears at the for this because I cant prove you last name. Cayetano." be repeated. How long has this Cayetano were first to draw. But Dunn said, You know damn welT been over here? About two years, going on three. who was first to drawl Had relatives among the Pintwater Maybe I do and maybe I dont," Piutes; they took him in. the sheriff said. But let me tell He used to be over in the Frying you this, Dunn: youve Just about Pan Country, Old Man Coffee said. win out your ropel By God, if What a ' sweet character be is! ever a man overplayed his hand, Got nm out of the Frying Pan by youve sure overplayed yours! You common consent That was about go on heme, and see that you stay a year after he beat up the Chinese where you can be got, until you hear girl He from me! Can he track? He couldnt track a barrel of Horse Dunn grinned, showing his Coffee stopped. He I am home, he answered. tar through a teeth. "You fellers ere the visitors here. looked angry and disgruntled. No, Set off easterly, and ride steady, and he corrected himself, "that aint so. hours you'll be Hes a good tracker. Hes betmaybe in three-fooff my rangel Id start at it, ter than that hes a great tracker. Maybe the best Ive ever seen. if I was you. Hes pretty good, is he? asked into the little off a He moved way scant shade of a Jeshua stalk; then Dunn. I think be can smell a cold sat where he wee. Presently, still like a bound, Coffee said trail watched them ride sitting there, he grouchily, and make a fool of the away, losing shape in the heat hound. Or maybe he just guesses. waves and the dust But I can tell you this Cayuse this case Old Man Coffee surprised them Cayetano will go through an hour a on mule in all by coming Whats the answer then?" after breakfast next morning. The Oh, I suppose Ill have to go out which he from Pan Country Frying came was beyond the all but inaccessible Tuscaroras, and to reach the 94 by road or narrow-gaug- e would have called for nearly 800 mile of traveL Coffee, however, Agencies seeking to promote forhad apparently come by unsuspecttrade might profit from the eign come had fast he and ed short cuts; annual report of the American Bible and and hard, .to judge by the ribby condition of his black society, observes the San Francisco droop-tippe- d Chronicle. Year in and year out, mule. the society goes on with increased an seen never Marian Dunn had hard Depressions, outfit like that of Old Man Coffee. distribution. indusupsets, wars, political shuffled times, it mule black the Around ai trial activity or unemployment do to a stop, no less than six not disturb the distribution of Bibles. to d of a type dropped dogs If people are In trouble, they need leadof the One these, the ground. Bibles. If they are not In trouble, enorer, a big spotted hound with mous jowls, wore a pack which a Bible makes good reading for leisure hours. seemed to contain a tightly-rolleThe society agents put a touch blanket, a frying pan, and a coffee bale. 'Another, of zeal In their work that might be can with a hay-wir- e envied by a sales manager in any a grizzled ancient hound, astoundencounter was ed Marian because it wearing other business. If they thoudeer skin rock moccasins, whic) a tribe of a few hundred or looked to the girl as if the dog wore sand aborigine!, they do not try to force Bibles by teaching the savshoes and socks. The mules saddle bore a high-pow- ages our language. They just settle and rifle, a pair of hobbles, a down to a few years of study and first know, you translation thing Old and cowbell stuffed with leaves, Man Coffee. The old lion hunters there ere Bibles in a language of d leather, vbich even the name la unproface was of out nounceable. looked which deep-sfrom eyes Also, there Is no waste motion in penetratingly, but not unkindly His ur Coffee-wh- y ", Good-bye- A General Quix O garllnf, uaker State 1. What state dkl lasts! the Indians give outright to one man? 2. What is intercolonial tUng? 3. In the early days of railroad (AluLiUi; WNUSenrke building, how much land was donated to the railroad companies? 4. What writer is said to have aroused the American public to the necessity for the Declaration end take t look, and mess around, of Independence and the Constituand make a fool of myself, Old tion? 8. What is the total value of all Man Coffee growled. First thing, ru get It ell right if Cayetano farm machinery manufactured in hasnt got it already. After that FQ the United States last year? find out where the killer's horse 6. How much did the late Sir come out of the crick. That ought Thomas Lipton spend on Amerito be enough for one day; when I've ca's Cup races? done that Ill come home to sup7. How is the word salth proper. nounced, in one or two syllables? When you going? Now? 8. At what age are women most Sure Im going now. When did successful? . Answers you suppose?" "Well go with you as soon as 1. Rhode Island to Roger Wiyoure ready to start I lliams. The hell you will," said Coffee. 2. A standard time, an hour I only got one dog that wont call faster than eastern standard, in me a fool if I tell him to trail a use in the extreme eastern provhorse. That's old Rock, and hea inces of Canada. funny. If he thinks people Is watch3. Approximately 138,000,000 ing him he flourishes around trying acres of land was donated to the to look smart and dont get anyrailroads by the federal governthing done. Glva me one cowboy ment and approximately 40,000,-00- 0 thaVs seen the ground one thatll acres by the various states. come home when I send him. And 4. Thomas Paines pamphlet, you stay here." Common Sense, is said to have Horse Dunn grum- had a Oh, well, great influence on the drawbled, suit yourself. Fm only the ing up of these documents. victim in this case. WelL give me a horse, give me a horse we going to lit hero all day? For once Horse Dunn did at he was told. Glumly be watched Old Man Coffee go jogging out of the layout the black hound dogging it at the ponys heels. , ITI love you es long as a quart of r, i ' BEFORE YOU NEED A QUART How long thould oquort of oil loot? can answer that question specifically because driving habits differ. But there is one thing certain . . .you will go farther with Quaker State because it gives you "an txtro quart tf lubrication in rvery gallon. You can easily prove the economy of Quaker State by making the "First Quart Test. And remember. .. the oil that stands up longest is giving your motor the safest lubrication. Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation, Oil City, Pa. No-on- 8. $487,273,000. 8. From 1899 to 1930 the tea magnate raced five Shamrocks e taws 3i- - and spent more than $4,000,000. 7. Saith, the archaic form of the verb say, in its present tense, a singular number, third person and indicative mood, corresponds to says, and Is corto seth, rectly pronounced Retail prict ...iUn quart errobeth. is with It rhyme two in syllaneously pronounced bles, say-etOn the Way n Self Lost 8. In the biographies of What I am to be I am now The man who loses his opportuwomen given in American Women, the majority of nity loses himself. coming. Anon. those listed were born in 1890, making them "Will he find the saddle? Wheeler asked. . I suppose so, said Horse Dunn gloomily. But damnation! Much as it means to me. I pretty near hope he wont The cocky old snort! 1 guess FU saddle e pony and forty-seve- n. take a look around here myself," Wheeler said. Horse Dunn Undeserved Wait a minute, Compliments said. Theres something different Compliments which we think I want you to do. are deserved, we accept only as Billy Wheeler waited, but Horse debts, with indifference; but those Dunn seemed to hesitate. I wish, us we he said at last slowly, I wish youd which conscience informs do not merit, we receive with the talk to that girL Wheeler jvaa startled. - "Talk to same gratitude that we do favors given eway her? About what Horse? Welt Ill teU you, Horse Dunn Its his way. He hesigroped. tated; out among the barns could, n hullababe heard the loo of the bounds Coffee had left behind. You two had some kind of a fanout didn't you? Wheeler asked. You might caU it that" Horse She doesn't unDunn shrugged. derstand the way you have to handle things on this range. And now she's down on mo for blasting Link Bender free of his gun. Marian Dunn had been born in this house in which they now sat; she was the daughter of Horse Dunns brother who had once run the 94. But her father had died when Marian was five years old, and, so far as Wheeler knew, Marian Dunn had since visited the 94 but once in her life two years ago, when she was eighteen. Why, she cant hardly even believe that this country is here, Dunn continued. "They've taught her that the country is all settled up and they're right Only, they dont understand this dry country, where a steer walks a rod for a blade of grass, and a hundred square miles supports one outfit When they think of the West they think of some place like Montana, where you can fence a whole herd on five sections of grass and watch em thrive. She cant see her 94 as part and parcel of half a million miles of range. "Her 94? Wheeler questioned. Horse Dunn did not hear him. "Ive fought this country since time out of mind. When you got enemies in this country youve got to rough em and force em. If a man tries to smash you, you got to smash him first She tells me we got law here to take care of that, nowdaye. I tell yos the law we got hasnt the teeth in it that it bad in the old days, even! h. well-know- grief-stricke- (TO BE CONTI Advertised Our, readers should . always remember BARGAINS that our community merchants cannot afford to advertise a bargain unless it is a real bargain. They do advertise bar- gains and such advertising meant money saving to the people of the community. mniii WED) Year In and Year Out, Bible Society Finds Good Outlet for flop-eare- d d er deep-seameet Best Seller competition. The American Bible society, finding British Bible society agents actively at work in South America, promptly hands over Chile to the British distributors and takes Uruguay instead. Some of the agents are paid, some are volunteer workers. Among the n paid workers there are no strikes, no organized mass demands. The chief incentive is to get Bibles into the hands of people who have none. 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