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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH Kathleen Norris Says: wIlliam MACLEOD' rj Help Middle-Age- d imm INSTALLMENT in tt. of STORY SO FAR: Ellen Carey, ''istmaater' daughter, seem InteriIn two men, JeU Brand, rustler, 'Ppllajsaihoun Terry, manager o( a big who la regarded InlmlcaRy by Skustlers and small ranchers- Four I CHAPTER XXIV Gaines asked. Save us some time and trouble. Let em surrender and then hang em? McFaddin asked harshly. No, by Jackson! I wont stand for that If were going to hang em weU have to dig em out. We dont even know they are on our list, Collins said. "We know damn well they are. They are the same scalawags who brought Turleys body back. The forted man with the rifle served notice he was not to be taken too lightly. He wounded in the arm a ranch foreman who exposed himEllison self rather carelessly. passed the word among his men not to take any unnecessary A few moments later a chances. bullet tore through the calf of one of the Texans. The men who had pursued the cowman returned after a time. On account of his long start they had failed to catch him. This was disturbing. It meant that news of the invasion was bound to get out. The leaders held a consultation. We cant fool away the rest of the day here, McFaddin said imTo heck with this siege patiently. stuff. I move we charge the cabin and wipe em out. ElliLosing three or four men! son scoffed. That would be dumb of us. Collins then made a suggestion. Youre both right. What say Clint m 1 Texan led the packhorse back camp among the pines. r.ij OIII(iuple of fellows brought some roomnt In for Mr. McFaddin and ugh FrcUt out like the heel flies were The other ,. . them. he said. 1,tLlare chasin them. They acted KC funny. i Faddin and Ellison stepped Texan released the diamond and whipped off the tarp. A Those pres-- , OfTit, slid to the ground. od staring at what they saw. b 'son leaned over him. Its Hce. 'Turley, one of our stock de- MSi'8 he said' God, they got the double- lira!:;!!; McFaddin said ng killer, ily 9, shot h "Os the coat pocket Ellison drew 'an .'.Vi Thte Morgan had written. swt re js yore kjner," he read, cpteys, back to report. a r,H had better move fast," ?' s said. After being chased off nS diei ep these two fellows must McFaddin said with go, We dont have (onic laugh. sorrel it It any longer for Turley to weedy ius. He"s here. A little late on lulp appointment with us, but I ;s Problem he couldnt help that." regulators, as the invaders re com themselves, looked to their From the an mountedgTassit wourd up through the ired br into a country of open range The ild for homesteaders. was too rocky and too hilly a .te settlers. Presently they he lrontcrosg a mountain spur from ; they would drop down into a oping Di; 0j gulches, rock rims, and iry in alleys where at not too intervals a few nesters and held the fort unmolest-o- r 5 and of.'.eves their ?ept when posses from the Derating .ches came hunting stock that free, sell ssing- - On Ellisons list were who lived hats, ,.ies of a dozen men section gifts ;ks, forward in no for- er3 (jjj. straggled vve'rs v:: Ellison and McFaddin in From a long, rocky slope ions aa. ime into a little mountain lot far from the summit rinkage , iddm lifted a shout of warn-tow- n aij whipped up his rifle. Two rman-ocrappeare(j on the rim and gan payito ride down, but at sight of al proceigc company pulled up and cemeter One of them flung up a mourner protest as the Flying V C The echoes of gun cracked. j. ot rolled across the valley. Not Uesl horse stumbled and flung en racec across the slope s' r.e not The man flying wild. 8 jonins 1 given the Indian peace led to his companion. It ' ... ir7st as though the dismount- : jhad bounced back from the red so was he on his rad day , ran a few steps along the r, aeind vaulted to the back of hilling injured horse behind his Three or four Texans fired, and its double load .the rim and vanished, the cowboys brought his and pursued. The owed him. horse, carrying two men, eling fast down the side of LAKE HOI but was already showing distress. n1 Coff" got 'em! yelled McFad-OTEh.- v me on, boys. lead was a little clearing HOTELSjg cabin on the edge of a man had aPPeared from I. van1 Jen-rdriving a few cattle. He m" popujaHiasual ease, in no hurry . At the sound of the roar-his head, took in EQUle - ,,tion,sung and instantly forgot KD deM such a thing as leisure inv mcb'i. 35 w. Brorld. While the fugitives a good two hundred yards JTY SCH' jumped his horse to a T,d vanished up a draw. atd men flung themselves m dr" back of the horse and ran yttme. s:- .souse. The door slammed 'em. The pursuers dragged oN0ses 10 a halt and mary f pw inounted. Frightened by the horse of the men in the There'!1 ter flashed through the creek ir m, . Df wae,i n or g.i - .j .jhorse cow-cant- E , iown lid . took Command. He named ive men to follow the cow-Ehad ds appeared up the WAT Th others he d.stributed "o'er place most of Diem in or dis barn, which was over e yards from the house across the PR lOFt:he stat,nncd the brush near the edge of A steady, intermit- saving. 1 NIF'l on the cabin. centered ;ng , ts do"s were shattered. K iders had dug spaces in the the logs of the msulat ichbetween used as loopholes they One had a rifle , guns. y the other was armed ' -- . '' revolver. )r of the cabin opened a e ,:'ll5aiJlv'S and a hand came out fla? A voice called Anor I'1 l'wk jjhing that was drowned in K111'-Quickly the arm jt, fag were withdrawn, the rr ' juT-an- d 't bolted let them suTender? Have you heard, Jeff? The big outfits have done brought a bunch of Texans here to run us outa the country. Paul Vallery told me this moning. He got it from Lane Carey who pead it in the Denver Republican. Well, sir, I seen them cornin down the hill and lit out just in time. They was chasin two birds. Brand swung from the saddle to Chasgo forward to meet Ellen. ing who? he asked over his shoul- t, . ready sent a messenger. Better stay and gather a relief party to ride over to your place. We'll need every man we can get. When do you aim to go? Weve got em! McFaddin. Yelled stays here with ten or twelve men and attends to this business while I take the rest and sweep the hill I can get back before pockets? dark. After some discussion the Antelope Creek mans plan was adopted. McFaddin said he would ride with Collins. There were some thieves in this district he had been wanting to get a crack at for a long time. Be sure not to let yourselves get cut off from us, Ellison cautioned. "And dont waste any time. Weve got about four hours, I would guess. Five at the most. By that time we'U have fb be on our way, or we may not get out of here at all. Whatever happens, dont be tempted to swing too wide a loop. CHAPTER XXV Ellen was making up a report that had to be sent to Washington when she saw a horseman emerge from a fissure in the hills and come down the long slope to the ranch at a gallop. He was flogging his mount with a quirt. Jim Budd was at the door, leaning against the jamb, resting from the post-offic- e exertion of having swept the floor. It was in his horoscope that he would go through life as easily as he could. Seems to be a genelman in a hurry, Miss Ellen, Jim drawled. A faint unease stirred in her. Men did not usually ride like that except to carry bad news. The rider drew up in front of the and flung himself from the horse. The man was Lee Hart. He spike to Ellen, whq had come post-offic- e uu! to the porch. "Where's Lane?" he demanded Father is down with the men fencing a new pasture. " Ellen answered. "About three mfles due . west from here Do you have to see him?" Hart mopped his perspiring forehead with a bandanna handkerchief. "Never saw it faff!" he cried bitter"Need a man and he ain't ly there. "What's wrong. Lee? the girl wanted to know. Wrong! Everything " The heavy-set- , bov legged man slammed his dusty old hat on the poren floor "A bunch of w.ld Injuns is ra.dm' this country They came bustin' down on my place with forty guns "Irdians? the girl repeated i) Ail A At take Tablet. Their bismuth and Carbonates reheveQUICiCLY. Druggists have ADLA. Influence of Church The churches are the greatest influence in this world of ours to overcome the present tendency toward greed. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. anybody else. No, Ellen said promptly. "Im not going to get Jim mixed up in it. Mixed up in it? You tellm me yore black man is too good to work with us? Hart snarled. "I'm telling you it is none of his business. Hart fastened his gaze on two horsemen coming down the road at a slow trot. In his eagerness to tell the news to Jeff Brand he forgot his He bowlegged indignation. through the dust to meet the riders as they drew up at the hitching-post- . How do you know? We hid on a ridge and counted them, Morgan said. A bunch of warriors brought in to shoot down innocent men! Hart cried angrily. Well see about that Im on my way to tell our friends at Round Top. No need, Jeff said. "Weve al- . home, would never if it werent atoinai its! ,lf A (ill JTft'T Nervou strain emonr,Kei formation nfeztru acid, indigestion, gas df scorn f rt can make people say things never intended. Uefore it happens to YOU get ADLA Old "Who were they chasing? 1 dunno. Theyre likely wiped out by now. They hadnt but one horse between them. When I took my last look they were making for my house to hole up." What do you want with father? "Well, we got to spread the news to everybody. I'm headin for Round Top. Someone has got to ride up the Alford road and let the settlers there know. Tell em to meet here. Send the cook if you havent got 1ft 'V II Bakers Dozen laws penalized grocers and others for shortweight sales. Out of this grew the "bakers' dozen, when the baker put in an extra bun or doughnut for good measure. Well, these Texas warriors the paper was telling about. They was chasing two guys. I lit out lickety-split.- " der. "I dunno. Couldn't wait to find out. I burned the wind getting away from there. You dont know what became of the two men? They got into my house and forted up, but I reckon they couldnt hold out long. Must of been a hundred in that army. Fifty-eighBrand corrected. g Li (. Negro General Brig Gen. Benjamin O. Davis became the first Negro m history to be appointed to that rank, when the appointment was made by President Roosevelt in October, 1940. killers I UGE (1 k. note to F.llen. She thinks it's Jack Turley's writing. Jeff confronts Jack, who had posed as a rustler though really a spy for one of the big ranchmen. Jeff kills Jack and sends the body to the chief of the big ranchers. the : 1 TWELVE rusUer had been mysteriously killed. officers have A lot of Texas been brought In by the big rancher to kill off rusUer. Terry object and bis ranch is offered (or tale In small parcels to small ranchers. Jeff shows i(,, Women Learn to Earn RAISE Vitamin Deficiencies Matty of Chinas children are sail to sufLr fiom vitamin ffelicu no s, as ill t a ,.s g SUCH cnnff.li.ies s. rich' ts an b "a Allla, T.l, Mill I.ppy c.ik oul !:u u ,i. p, P ail electric ant.. Lull m is still burning up the n ads in Es- sex, Mass. The auto a lt.iket, stiff has pen enuu-ff- i to pet its imner. . : ey Burnham, to the station and I Weve got to get off right quick if we're going to save the boys they have trapped. Say inside of an hour. "We cant get together seventy or eighty men that quick, Hart protested. Dont need more than ten or a dozen. WeU lie in the rocks above and shoot down at them. Not me." Hart answered prompt1 ly. just got out with my skin, and I dont aim to try it again. Jeff looked at the man contemptuously. "Go hide under a bed, you louse. The pale blue eyes of Brand burned into the man. But not tiU you've done your job. Ride up the Alford road and send down all the men you can find. After that you can go jump in a lake. Jeff turned away and joined EUen He grinned at her. on the porch. a newspaper Well, sometimes piece turns out to be true, he said. Morgan joined those on the porch. Id better ride Deep Creek and warn the folks up that way. From what Lee says looks like these fellows are headed there." Better rope one of the "Yes horses in the corral. Jeff added casual information. "I'm going to Lees place to see what has happened to the two trapped in his house Maybe I can make a diversion from the rocks that will help them. "Must you. Jeff? asked Ellen in a low voice. He nodded Cant desert two of our men without trying to help them. His manner was cheerful Dave has picked and nonchalant. the tough job. Hes liable to meet a bunch of these Texans any turn of the road. But someone has to warn our friends." "I suppose so. But you don't have to go and attack fifty men, do you?" Brand's gaze followed Morgan as that young man swung on his horse to ride to the corral. "Hell do it, too, if they dont get him first. Thai guy will do to ride the river with." His attention came back to whai the girl had said. "1 don't see what you can dt alone. "Can't tell till I get there Soon as a bunch of the boys roll in tell them to hop over to Lee's place fast as their broncs will bring them " She watched him, aiways spectac u!ar. fling himself into the saddli Ht with 'ut touching the horse. waved his big white hat in farewei as he rode away (TO fih COMIM f.l An elderly woman, tvhe it now rich became of a certain pickle she pul on a cook's job at $35 a month seventeen years ago. At 43 she went humbly into a younger woman's household and experimented in canning and pickling. the market, took By KATHLEEN NORRIS doesnt someone a school for WHY women? can wreck you-yo- ur car-yo-ur pockethook Women who want to earn money or who are forced by circumstances to support themselves, and have no idea how to go about it. In any sizable city such a school probably would enroll 200 students on the first day. Classes would be in simple bookkeeping and budgeting, cooking, housekeeping, personal appearance and cleanliness, order, sewing, selling in shops, serving in tea rooms and beauty shops and dentists offices and a score of other lines that would help women to become useful and and self-supporti- ng dentally citizens. infinitely inci- happier Hard Test of Character. But women of 40 and older, essaying real work for the first time, after 20 or more years of being their own mistresses and arranging their own hours, are not often ready to take jobs on terms equal to those girls get. Girls are brisk, smart, modern, clean. Yes, clean. A woman employer of hundreds of women told me that one great trouble with older women is that they dont observe personal hygiene which, in plain English, is that they dont bathe daily. Their clothing isnt fresh and dainty. Then they are apt to be sensitive, suspicious and resentful. To be ordered about, at 55, by a girl exactly half ones age, is a hard test of character. But many a woman, If she could have met that test with sweetness and amiability, would be in a good job today. Conrplaining at great length of the change in her fortunes, and going over the head of the office manager with complaints to the higher boss, are only two of the things that make the employment of older women risky. Higher bosses havent time today to listen while the widow of some old friend, coming smilingly into the office, proceeds to tear the entire organization of the mail order department to pieces. A Pickle Made Her Rich. One woman, who Is now rich because of a certain pickle she put on the market, took a cooks job at $35 a month 17 years ago. At 43 she went humbly into a younger woman's household, experimented in canning and pickling for the benefit of the family, sold a few jars of this and that to friends, found her market, and won success. She says that she went to work to save a devoted son and his burdened wife and small family the extra care of Ma. It is a satisfaction to her now to be putting the two older sons of that son through college. And there are hundreds of such women, revelling in modest successes. glorying in their work, forgetting that they are getting old and that the children have flown away to live their own lives. One woman apron developed from one great factory that makes hundreds of aprons every year. Scores of women have learned how to manage roadside eating places and have prospered because of the simple truth that we, in America. eat nearly 409,000.000 meals a a day Mary of the finest saleswomen 'lie best shops are gray-heade- '1 tic big hotels rTgn'fied, of in elderly Your problem this winter is not whether you can afford Weed Chains but can you afford a skid smash up? The best skid accident insurance is the kind that prevents them. 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I mean someone whn won't depress the patients with her own troubles, and who is willing occasionally to carry a tray Unnatural Affectation genuine and easy, wanting the or answer a telephone. Affectation is an awkward and beauty that accompanies what is Last year, she further confidimitation of what should be natural. Locke. ed, the night cook was ill, she was forced off for a month. I used to get the girls something to eat about midnight dam chowder or club sandwiches. I loved to do it, and they In SALT LAKE CITY were so appreciative! Sometimes I help them with their charts anything to have things work smoothly." That is the answer to success in any job. Opening a door, filing a letter, running out for stamps, wiping tea cups, brushing crumbs, filling in for the absent cook or nurse or elevator boy or telephone girl, "anything to have things run 4-,- , smoothly." Choice of theDiscrimmatingTrareler But that isn't the answer that TUMf at ij most middle-agewomen find. 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