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Show THF PAV2fVV CHWONTrLR. PAYTON. ITT AW The Settling of the Sage KLIVE By HAL G. EVARTS - CHAPTER X Continued Gepyristit by Hal 20 O. Bvarta WNU Servlc I'm sort of expecting maybe the Three liar will make up the deficit," AIiIod suM. "It's cheaper than paying rewards. Thnts nnother reason I don't think Cal had a hand In this blacklist report." The storekeeper grinned. "Surely not. Surely not. Id never suspect him of that." he said. "liut ell the same It's working just hs well tis If he really had." The first warm days of spring had drawn the frost from the ground. Bll He rode beside Harris down the lane to the lower field. A tiny cabin stood completed on every filing. Two men were digging post holes across the val ley below the edge of the last full's plowing and the mule teams were steadily breaking out another strip. "Almost a year, she said, referring to the commencement of the new must wait till then. You two cau't drive me away till after I see that first croj In the stack. If youd go now you'd likely get tmek before were through cutting, he And the Judge hus written urged twice In the last two weeks. Before she could answer this a horseman appeared on the valley road. The furthest Irrigator, merely a upeek lu the dlstanee, exchanged shovel for rifle and crossed to the fence. The rider, a If expecting some such move, pulled up his horse and approached at a walk. Harris saw the two confer. The horseman handed some object to the ness work. "Just a year today. Harris correct ed, and he was thinking of the day he had first met the Three liar girl This I out anniversary, sort of." She nodded as she caught his mean tng. The anniversary of our partner You told me there ship, she said. were millions of miles of sage just outside. And millions of cows und girls." I.ater 1 told you something else," lie said "Arid I've been meaning It Is ever since The road to the closed If was to start now I'd lose the wuy." She pointed dowi the valley as a drove of horses noved toward them under the guidance of a dozen men The hands would start breaking out tbe re mu da the following day. The spring work was on. Off to a running start on nnother And sure to hold our year, he said. lead. From today on out, you and Ill be a busy pair, he prophesied. His prediction proved true. The Three liar was a beehive of activity and It seemed that the hours bet een dawn and dark were all too short for the amoun oj work Harris wished to crowd Into them. The cowhands were breaking out the horses in the corrals while the acreage of plowed land In the lower fields steadily Increased. Tbe day that Evans ted the men out on the calf round up, the mule teams made their first trip across the plowed land with the drill. The fields were being seeded to alfalfa and outs so that the fuster grow lug grain might shade nnd protect the tender shoots of hay. Before the g a In ripened It would be cut green for bay. cured and stacked. Early ruins bad moistened the Helds and they were faintly green with liny shoots of oats. These thickened Into a rank velvety curpet while the homestenders were hauling a hundred loads of recks to form a crude dam across the stream below the take-ou- t The water was gradually raised till It ran almost flush with the top of the bend gate. The gates were ll'ted nnd the diverted waters sped smoothly down the ne'- - channel to curry life to a portion of tbe sagebrush desert As the tangible results of the work became more apparent Harris vigilance Increased. There was now more tb an plowed ground to work on ; crops to be trampled at a time when they would not lift again to permit of mowing; fences to be wrecked go that range stock might have free access to the fields. A single night could upset the work of muny months But as he stood with Billie at the mouth of the lane he allowed none of his thoughts to be reflected In tils speech. Billie Warren her eyes and vlewe the broad expanse of rip pllng green In the bottoms. How many times she had stoot, here In the past with old Cal Warren while be visioned this very picture which now un rolled before her eyes In reality; the transformation of the Three Bar flat Jrom a desert waste to a scene of abundant fertility . rnler the reclaim Ing touch of water. It was a quiet picture ot farm life If one looked only upon the blooming fields and took no account of the raw, barreD foothills that flanked them the gaunt, towering range behind She found It difficult to link the scene before her with the deviltry of a few months past The killing of Bangs and Bile Foster's consequent grim retaliation; the raid on Three Bar bulls and the tampede of her trail herd; all those part of some life so long In the past as to form no part of nm-id- 1 half-dose- her present No man In the field ever strayed from the rifle whld was part of equipment But even this was an denee of vigilance which had met eye every day for months and far It. "Not go non " she said till I' ve seen one whole season through Wn-- n toe first Three Bar crop is cm and In stack HI go All ufhci bus! referred t I cant Its Cheaper Than Paying Rewards. other and urged bis burse on toward the house He was one of the sheriff's deputies. He grinned as be tapped his empty holster. One of your watchdogs lifted my gun, be said. He banded Harris a note. After reading It Harris looked at his watch and snapped It shut, glanced at the sinking sun and turned to the girl. I have to make a little jaunt, be Alden wants to see me. explained. Ill take Waddles along. As we go down Ill send Buss or Tiny up to cook for the rest." The deputy turned Ids horse Into the corral und five minutes luter Harris and Wa Idles rode away. Waddles was mounted on Crenmer, the big buckskin. Well have to step right along, Harris said. "Its forty miles. They held the horses to a stiff swinging trot th .' devoured the miles without seeming to tire their mounts. For four hours they headed south nnd a little east, nevtr slackening their pace except to breathe the horses on some steep ascent. Tha buckskin and had lost the first snap the paint-hors- e of their trot and it was evident that they would soon begin to lag. Another hour and they bad slowed down perceptllbly. The two men dismounted und tied the horses to the brush In a sheltered coulee, then started across a brond flat on foot. Out In the center a spot showed darker than the rest the old cabin where Carpenter had elected to start up for himself after being discharged from the Three Bar. When within a hundred yards of the cat In - horse, tied to a hltcu post In frout, neighed shrilly and Harris laid a restraining hand on Waddles' arm. They knelt In the brush us the door opened and a man stood- silhouetted against the light After a space of two minutes Carps voice reached them. Not a sound anywheres. he said. "Likely "ome horses drifting past. He went Inside nnd closed the door. The two men circled the ahin and came up from the rear. A window stood opened some eight Inches from the bottom, ihiough the holes In the ragged Dour sack that served as a cur tain Harris secured a view of the In side Carp and Slade sat facing across a little table In the center of the room. I want to clean up and go, Carp was saying. This d n Uarrls put me on the black list" Youve been on It for three morths, Slade said. Nothing has happened hi evl her had ceased to Impress. They walked to the neat edge of the field and Harris dropped a hand on her shoulder and stood looking down at her. Billie, don't you think Its about time you were finding out what Judge He's been Colton wants?" he asked. bark to on Insistent going your right confer with him." The girl shook her bend positively Two months before Judge Colton had written that he must advise with her on matters of Importance and suggest Harris ei ttia' she come on at once. had urged her to go and almost dnttv HOW TO LIVE LONGER yet. But dont let me keep you from pulling out any time you like." "But Ive got a settlement to make, Lets get that fixed Carp Insisted. up." Settlement? Slade asked. Settlement with who? Carpenter leaned across the table and tapped It to emphisize bis remarks. Listen. Morrow gave me a bill of sale from you culling for a hundred , head of Three Bar rebrand ed Triangle on the hip. Slade nodded shortly. I gave Morrow that for two years hack pay when he quit. He could sell out to you If he liked. And now 1 want to sell out, Carp suld. And be gone from here." How many head have you got? Slade asked. Three hundred head Carp stated. "Youve Increased right fast Slade remarked. I'd think youd want to stay where you was doing so well. How much do you want?" live dollurs straight through," Carp said. "Cheap enough, Slade answered. "If only a man was In the market. lie looked straight at Carp and the man's eyes slipped away from Slades But Im not buying steady gaze. Likely Morrow will buy you out. Morrow ought to he here now, He's corning tonight. Carp stntPd. Then I'd better go. Slade said. I dont like Morrow's ways." The (hud of horses hoofs sounded from close at hand. The two men outside lay fiat In the shadow of the house. A shriP whistle, twice repeated. called Carp to his feet and he crossed to the door to answer it. Morrow dismounted and came to the door. He noudeA briefly to Slade, hesitating on the sill as if surprised to find him there. Carp lost no time in stating his proposition. He spoke Jerkily. I want to get out," he said. Ill sell for five dollars a head." Morrow held up a band to silence him. I'll likely buy but 1 never talk business Ir a crowd." He crossed the room and sat with bis back to the window. Theres plenty of time." 1 take It Im tho crowd," Slade reSo Ill step out marked. Morrow stiffened suddenly In his chair as a cold ring was pressed against the back of his neck througb the crack of the window. At the same Instant Carp bad tilted back and raised one knee. The gun that rested on his leg was peep'lng over the table at Slade. Steady! he ordered. "Sit tight I" The window was throwD up to .ts full heigh: by Waddles and the curtain snatched away from the gun which Harris held against Morrows neck. Carp flipped back his vest and revealed a marshals badge. I'd as uoon take you along feet first as any way." he said. "So if you feel like acting up you can start any time now." Slade's eyes came back from the two men at the window and rested on the badge. So thats It," he said with evident A real arrest when 1 figured relief. It was an murder you had planned. What do you want with me? Waddles bad reached down and removed Morrows gun. A number of things," Carpenter said. "Obstructing the homestead laws for one. Slade shook his bead and smiled. Youve got the wrong party," he You can't prove anything on said. me. I dont count on that," Carp said. "Youve covered up right well. We know you work through Morrow but can't prove a word. Weve got enough I expect maybe to- hang him; but you'll get off. There was a scrape of feet outside the door and the sheriff entered and took possession of Slades gun as Harris nnd Waddles moved round from the window and went Inside. I'm a few minutes late," Alden said. I wasn't right sure how close I was to the house so I left my horse too far back." "Here's your prisoners, Carp said. Captured and delivered as agreed. I havent anything en Slade myself but If you want him hes yours." What do you want with me?" Slade demanded a second time. I'm picking you up on complaint made by the Three Bar, Alden said. I'll have to take you along. Slade turned on Harris. What charge? he asked. (TO BE3 CONTINUED.) Sweetness Found in Lifes Little Things It Is as great a mistake to expect too little of life as to expect too much. No one Is Immune from trouble and no one has a monopoly of It, even If self-pita most Insidious form of mental indulgence sometimes appears to suggest It, So many of ttie sweetest things ot life come almost unnoticed. We look forward, says the Loudon Chronicle, all the year to our holidays, but ofteD despise the hours of leisure which, perhaps, are really more Itnpnrlaut to our well being. Retrospection will sometimes make leai how much quiet pleasure a a letter by Ingle day has brought he morning s post, a word of encouragement which has formed an underline of harmony to the melody of toll, i i a child's gratitude for some trifle, even the welcome of our dog with the soul In the shining eyes of him." There are, of course, days when duties pall, when friends seem to full us, when we grow weary of ourselves. There are times of disappointment and hitter sorrow. Yet, on the whole. It Is a glad truth that In small measures life mas perfect be Revolutionary Heroine Elizabeth Zane was one of the most fatuous young heroines of the Bevolu tlonary period. She dashed from an Inclosure where the American colonists were fighting, to a log hut, where she secured gunpowder and returned with the ammunition under fire from the Indians. t ON HEAD OF HOG Icy Liquid on Animals Body Will Do Much Harm. When a hog gets overheated, pour cool water on his head, but not on his body, warns J. W. Wuichet, extension specialist In animal husbandry at Ohio State university. Pouring water on the body of the hog is for some reason very likely to kill him," says Wuichet. Touring water on his head cools him off and helps him." Hogs should be protected from any necessity for violent exercise during hot weather, Wuichet says. There should be no reason why they should be compelled to run about or even to move more than necessary. They should have plenty of shade, and cool water available at all times. The hog has very little natural protection from the sun, and consequently some artificial protection must he provided, says the specialist. Natural shade probably Is host, but it Is not always available in the hog lot. Where It Is available a covering about four feet from the ground nnd open on all four sides will usually prove satisfactory. In some localities it may be advisable to give additional protection on the side in the direction of the prevailing storms. The shelter need not he elaborate. Almost any sort of open framework over which straw, fodder, or similar material is placed, will suffice. "Many hog men use a wallow as tin additional protection against overheating. If properly constructed and handled, the wallow is a great aid. There Is one possible objection to Its use for the man who is shipping hogs in the summer time. The hogs which are accustomed to the wallow will suffer more severely when they are loaded In cars for shipment, and the loss from this course will be greater than If the hogs had been itmured to hot weather. Give Additional Feed By JOHN CLARENCE X POUR COOL WATER . to Pigs in a Creep When about three weeks old, the pigs will begin to eat grain from their mothers trough. It Is important that they be now supplied additional feed, where the sows cannot get at It. This Is best done by providing a creep" lu a corner of the paddock oi pasture, with openings of such size that the pigs can run lu and out while the sows are excluded. At first a little cracked corn seems about the most palatable feed. Later they may lie fed a suitable mixture of concenall they trates, either being hand-fewill clean up twice or three times a day or else being fed by means of a For young pigs skim milk and buttermilk are easily the host of all protein-ricfeeds. Nothing else aids so greatly in keeping d s"t"XX"X"X"XHX,'XX"X,-X'-X"- X CHOOSE WELL them growing lustily. The concentrates fed pigs at this time should consist of the farm grains, with a considerable proportion of protein-ricfeeds like middlings (standard middlings or preferably flour middlings), linseed meal, nnd tankage. If there Is an abundance of skim milk or buttermilk, relatively little of other feeds need he used. h high-protei- 00000000000000000000-000-00- 0 Live Stock Notes America is a "going Just now. Millions of automobiles containing millions of are on the road. Many of the tourists travelers are and now vast group that who enjoy the marvelous scenery, the fine highways of the days ride and end up hy erecting tents for the nights repose. Lots of folks who think they hav Many will find themselves In attrachave only an acid condi"Indigestion" tive pine wooded automobile camps. tion which could be corrected In five But even In the more elaborate ones, or ten minutes. An effective anti-aci- d patrons should satisfy themselves as like Phillips Milk of Magnesia soon to the purity of the water supplies. restores digestion to normal. While some Jurisdictions protect travrhilllps does away with all that elers by testing the possible sources sourness and gas right after meals. It of Infection, by no means all of them the distress so apt to occur prevents do. It therefore pays to investigate two hours after eating. What a pleasa bit on this Important point But ant preparation to take! And how the suggestions to follow concern It Is for the system! Unlike a good those who are likely to avoid the esburning dose of soda which Is but tablished places and seek seclusion temporary relief at best Phillips and nature In more remote spots. Milk of Magnesia neutralizes many In thus becoming exclusive gypsies times Its volume In acid. certain personal obligations arise, the Next time a hearty meal, or too rich fulfillment of which is a diet has brought on the least disand protection for others. Here they comfort, try are: 1. See that your camp site Is well drained. Keep away from marshy land. Of course, get among the trees, but avoid heavy growths or underbrush-mosquitoes hide in deuse cover. 2. You will doubtless choose a spot that attracts because It Is clean. Keep It that way. Ierhaps you will want to come back to it. Then, there Is the other fellow to consider. Burn Speaking Well for It or bury garbage, papers nnd other litBently Why dont you try my taiter. 3. Iut out your fires. Burned lor, old man? forests are neither good to look at or Branson Does he use good material? pleasant to camp In, Be particularly careful about discarding lighted ciBently I should say he (loos? Why, gars and cigarettes. The best way to I had a suit that lasted almost up to do this Is to put them out before you the time I paid for it! throw them away. 4. Keep your sewage out of the streams. Remember that many foolish folks are likely to drink this water. Dig a shallow pit, cover the wastes with earth. Both HANFORDS typhoid fever and flies will be disap5. where See this by practice. pointed the water comes from before, not aftAll dealers. Money back for first bottle if not saited. er, you drink it. In any event, dont drink from a stream. Many thoughtMoney From Cotton less people have likely polluted It When James Coats began to make to drink not It does pay Moreover, from a spring unless It Is In a re- thread In the little town of Ferguslie, mote place. Not even then If there Paisley, Scotland, 104 years ago, few could have realized the enormous profappears to be any possible source of its that would accrue to the family. contamination. Nine cotton kings, headed by Lord these about unreasonable Nothing who left an estate valued Ideas, Is there? Yet, thousands will Glentanar, 4,G24,2C3, died millionaires, and at them of one violate every deliberately the recent death of Mrs. Coats-Boyd- , every day throughout the season. who left 748,118, brings the total to Many of them will get 111, some will for ten members of the 21,293,274 in die, consequence. Live to enjoy your automobile ex- family. Of this amazing sum amassed cursion next year, too. Follow the from the sale of reels of cotton, the state has claimed 5,104,528 In death rules duties. Montreal Family Herald. North rs WhenFood e ever-growin- g Sours PHILLIPS & Milk of Magnesia Mosquito Bites Balsam of Myrrh ' 1 HAVE A HEART! self-feede- h FUNK hot season is babys danger It Is also the time of year In which he Is most uncomfortable. To many of his tribe, the thermom- plIE A period. eter means absolutely nothing, though Fine Art William McFee, commenting on a very famous case before the California legislature, said with a smile: Liars are born, not made. A good liar is almost as much of a rarity as a strictly honest man and I firmly believe It takes more talent to be a liar than it does to be honest. For one thing, a good liar must have a good memory." through no faalt of his to be sure. Suffering In a woolen band, heavy shirt, thick socks, petticoat, dress, with the woolen sack crowning all he yells, he cries and he frets. While his superior parents, Boy Burglar Spanked entirely oblivious to his feelings run An spanking, the vaaround In shirt sleeves and thin In riety popular grandpa's day, was dresses respectively, at the same time the sentence meted out to two younga such of their possession bewailing sters by a judge of Alamosa, Calif. disturbing child They had broken into a grocery store. A little less attention to their own comfort and decidedly more care' of The court advocated similar procedure In the case of other juvenile offenders. the little mite who cant help himself would be much more sensible. For ex Dem Angel Voice Calling ample, when the temperature Is above Has your new play an unhappy 85 degrees It is only fair to permit ,, hour to lie ending? baby during the mid-daYes, It closes Saturday night. around In diaper and band the shoulder strap variety, or the single hot Life. weather garment. True, In such a common sense outfit the young man (or lady) will not be In formal dress, but there will be plenty of time later on for that The overdressed child on a tropl cally hot day Is weakened and depressed by heat. Moreover, disease, especially summer diarrhea, is more Helped By Taking Lydia E. Pink-ham- s likely to mnke him Its victim. Outdoor sleeping Is advisable, If Vegetable Compound safe, unless the house ts cooler, which Is frequently the case on still superAfter my first child Gretna, La. heated nights. Again, If the house Is was born I took Lydia E. Pinkhama Comcooler than outside In the daytime, Vegetable pound for a runkeep him Indoors. Otherwise seek down condition. I outdoor shade, avoid direct sunlight, could not walk and by all means protect him and his across my room at food from files. times, I was so After all, a baby Is a pretty sensiweak. A friend induced me to take ble creature. He doesnt ask for luxthe Vegetable Comury, looney, for fine clothes, for exotic ne does demand, and should pound. Since that foods, time I have also receive at all times, comfort plus comtaken E. Lydia mon sense treatment. Pinkhams Herb The next time baby sets np a howl, Medicine and tha get behind the noise and locate Its Pills for Constipation, and I have used cause. And remember In torrid weathLydia E. Pinkhams Sanative Wash. er one of the most common causes for I am a housekeeper and I am still taking the Vegetable Compound as a his vocal exuberance Is a superfluit) tonic to enable me to do my work. of clothes. Have a heart! Mrs. E. F. Vicknaib, 829 Hancock St, ((cl. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) Gretna. La. Reclaimed by Ocean The islands od the western coast ot Scotland w re originally part of the mainland. .The whole western coast An N? -- NATURES RIMECT of Scotland has sunk. The fjords are Tablet will promptly start thw subwhich land submerged valleys needed bowel action, clear waste and poison from year sided to a considerable depth below system, and brim welcoma their former level. The Hebrides were relief t once. Tbe mild, JuflFuHl Vv h the mainland, hut one laxa- formerly safe, the land between sank und was cov bv. Try it Z5c. ALRIGHT ered by the ocekm. For Sale at All Druggists long-sleeve- d 1 oooooooooooooooooooooooooc The sow and pigs should not be kept In the Individual pens longer than ten days. y will usually begin to eat a little feed when they are three to fonr weeks old. IMgs Cattle and alfalfa make the best combination to keep fertility on the soil so let both he taxed alike. buttermilk gain Pigs fed semi-solifaster than those fed skim milk. A possible explanation of the fact may be that the skim milk was too bulky. Calves that have had no grain, hut have suckled good milking cows, may he sold direct to the butchers at seven and nine months old at attractive prices. A latuh that Is kept gaining birth until rendy for the market produce Its gains at a lower cost If It Is allowed to fool away its on part of a ration. from will than time Barley, In an experiment recently at Colorado Agricultural completed college, proved slightly superior and a little cheaper as a feed for hogs than corn for making gains. Cattle feeders surely do need a little protection been ihp the cattle market fltntunfps so much. Hogs are very susceptible to both Internal nnd external parasites. They must he guarded against these, or profit may be easily turned Into loss. As soon as ti e lambs are able to nibble at grain and hay, provide n creep for them where they can eat undisturbed by the ewes This Is very Important from the standpoint of economical returns. SO WEAK SHE COULDN'T WALK |