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Show THE SMITHFIELD SENTINEL, SMITH FIELD, UTAH attle euauuv 12 The sheriff looked doubtful. dont suppose sn hour or Well, two" Dunn said. Amos shook his head. "No I cant do that." "Amos, Said Dunn, from the first, youve played into the hands of the people that are against the 94. Thats your lookout, if you want to do that; I don't figure to make any trouble for you in any way. But I got to have today and tomorrow to put my affairs straight. You give me 30 hours and I give you my word Ill go with you tomorrow night. "I don't question your word, Dunn, Amos said. "But I doubt if the people of the county will stand for it. Theyre sure hollering for an arrest. "Its you that's sheriff, Dunn pointed out. "This is the last thing Im going to ask of you. But I sure got to have until tomorrow night. Sheriff Amos studied him, and appeared to consider for a long time. "I want to be fair, Dunn, he said. "Public opinion is awful strong against you stronger than is reasonable, in a way. This isnt an easy thing for me to do. You know "Thirty hours, that. Dunn said "Tomorrow night, stubbornly. "Tomorrow night, then, the sheriff agreed at last. sure are going backl What are you talking about? "I found this trail, she said with an odd, tremulous stubbornness, and I mean to follow it out. "Look here, Marian! This man is mixed up somehow with the killing of Bob Flagg. He may even be guilty himself. For all we know, he'll fight like a cornered wolf. sighted Lon Magoon up Tia Cara told me all that. But I'm going on, she said again. look here where in the world are Wheeler saw that the girl was they hunting for him now? Ive rid- grave, nervous. He said suddenly, den all over these hills back here "Are you afraid to ride back and never saw a sign of them. alone? If you were going back, I would They're probably hunting a little farther than you went. still go up this trail. Then, she said, theyre huntIn Gods name, Marian, what's ing too far away! Because Im sure the matter with you? I saw Lon Magoon not more than Nothings the matter with me. three hours ago. She was pale and quiet, and she Much riding and the heat of the sat very still in her saddle; but, day had made Wheeler drowsy, but strangely, he thought he had never now he snapped sharply awake. seen her more alive. Suddenly it What did he look like? seemed to him that a great unsus"A scraggly little man with a rifle pected strength linked this girl to in his hands; he was on a good sor- the desert hills and that behind it rel with a blaze face and one white perhaps lay fires he had never seen. leg. The twilight was deepening in the Good lord! Did he see you? broad reaches of the canyon, and "I dont think so. After he was time was left Even a worn-oout of sight I got back here as fast littlehorse could get away if foe dark as I could. I was praying some- - closed down. "Take my word for it, he said brusquely, youre going back now, right now! Are you ordering me? "Call it that "I think, she said, "you c:,n't do that. ut You think I Horse Dunn watched the dust of the sheriff's car settle reluctantly upon the dry flats until he was sure Walt Amos was on his way. "Saddle up, he ordered. "Get a fresh horse, Tulare. Out at the corrals they roped hill running ponies. square-buil- t, "Horse, Billy said, "how big a fool -- Is MagoonT Uagoons a queer one, all right If it werent fen: that I'd say he must be clear of the killings, or why aint he in Mexico by now? But he hasnt got all of his buckles and thats a break for us. Because we sure need to catch us a witness. Tulare put In, his mouth full of bread and meat he had grabbed from the kitchen, Witness, hell! I bet he shotgunned Flagg himself, for the dough he had on him. He probably sold Flagg the horse and saddle in Pahranagat, then rode along with him, waiting his chance. Then late er he downed Cayuse because caught up to him. Get it7 "I cant swaller any set-u- p that doesnt show the Link Bender crowd at the bottom of it, Horse Dunn said flatly. He jerked tight his latigo. is most likely headed out of the country. But heres what we do: Tulare, you got the fastest horse. You circle to the head of the Tamale Vine, by way of the upper bench, and try to beat Magoon to the Pass. "Billy, you strike northwest into the Theres a bare point country. chance that Magoon will skirt alqng the foothills, picking a pass north of where were figuring on. Get yourself a good high lookout, and camp there until tomorrow. . "This is as good a try as any, Tulare approved. Then let er buck! And if either of you meet up with Marian, you send her home Billy, leave word with Tia Cara where weve gone. He put his horse out of the layout at a sharp jog, Tulare beside him. Wheeler held back long enough to urge his horse to drink, and get himself a canteen; then he also struck out, northward, along the outer edge of the brush. Two hours before dusk he took his post on a high rocky point far to northward of the 94. He hid his horse, sprawled with his back against a hot rock, and swept the rolling country. Quickly his eye picked out the trails a rider would follow in moving from the Tamale Vine toward the northwest passes. Far out on the dusty flats he could make out dots that were cattle; but in all that vast visible range he could find no mounted man, and nothing moved on foe trails he fruitlessly watched. Dusk came on. cool and clear and utterly still, and after a long time the twilight faded, slowly giving way to the faint light of appearing stars, and Wheeler had sighted no one. An hour before dawn he was watching again, awaiting the first light. But morning showed only the same vast empty range; and three he knew he must hours after sun-u- p give it up. He saddled his pony and dropped down from his lookout. One by one he sought out and examined the trails he had picked as the ones Magoon might use. This took time; trails easily visible from his high lookout were many slow miles apart for a rider on the ground. Still he found no sign; and he at last turned toward the 94, disgusted. It was deep into the after-neod by the time his pony brought him in, disgusted, to Cay-us- Ma-go- . ' n thirst-frette- .foe 94. WMU Marian came running out to him as he unsaddled. "In heaven's name, said Wheeler, "where were you yesterday? "I was out with my horse what of it? When's Uncle John coming back? "Hell be back by tonight; he gave Amos his word. Steve and Tulare CHAPTER XI . om mg By ALAN LE MAY CHAPTER X Continued ! 1 Im Not Going Back. would be here. But Ive been body here over an hour. I thought nobody was ever going to come. Can you find the place? where he But was? Of course." It cost fresh ponies an hours hard work to take them to the place where Marian had seen foe armed rider; yet Wheeler was astonished. The 94 riders were casting wide, blocking off distant passes and if Marian was right,' Magoon had doubled back to take cover almost under their own roof. Marian led Billy to a vast, gulch, in a country heavy with desert juniper and scrub V-c- ut HOW cant? "What can you do? For a moment it seemed to him that there was nothing he could do. In the face of an immediate necessity he found himself helpless. Then it occurred to him that there might, after all, be one way, only one. His mouth and eyes set hard, and he kicked his pony sideways, close to hers. "You think I cant send you out of this? he said. He leaned out of his saddle and with one arm clamped her hard against him. With foe other hand he turned her face upward; and he kissed her mouth, certain that she would ride with him no farther. For a moment she was motionless except that he felt a sharp quiver run through her body, and her lips trembled under his. Since the first only time he had kissed her, two years ago, he had thought that he could never forget the soft warmth of her lips, the fragile resilience of her slim body but now the actuality of the girl in his arms half stunned him, she had been untouchable as a dream for so long. He thought he swayed in the saddle, and foe twilight about them turned suddenly dark and unreal. A strand of her fine hair touched his eyes, lightly as foe touch of a breath; he folt the faint pulsation of her breast He did not know that his arm tightened about her so that he almost broke her in two. Then her body twisted and she struck spurs to her pony, so that he had to release her to avoid dragging her out of foe saddle. His voice shook with the curbed pressure of an emotion he mistook for anger as he said savagely, Now go on backl She sat a little apart' from him, and her pony stood head high, very shaky from foe sharp unsteadiness of her hand upon the curb. She said, "I suppose thats the bitterest thing that ever happened to me. Cant you ever do anything but hurt and destroy and break up? 4- bered bitter, came him. This had been his position here ever since the beginning-box- ed in without weapons and without choice. Now, unable to manage this girl, he still had to go on. Without a word he turned his ponys head up the gulch. He put his horse into foe soundless sand of the dry stream, and pressed into a shuffling jog; and they rode for a long time, while the slow twiWheeler thought light deepened. that he had never seen any desert country so bleak and lifeless not excepting foe Red Sleep, where Coffee had found Bob Flagg wrapped in eternal stillness under the red rock. And although Marian's pony trailed close behind his own, it seemed to him that he had never been so utterly alone, in a vacant world. Once as he swung crosswise in his saddle to turn to Marian, Silk Shades Give a Soft Glow he caught her brushing tears from her cheeks with her gloved fingers. THERE is subtility in the light glows through a silk Presently, he said in a low voice, If a gun cracks, go to the ground, shade, and many decorators are and take any cover there is. using them for the room that They plugged along another mile, needs the softness of plaited folds while the canyon narrowed. The and the mellowness obtained by light was failing fast. placing two tones of fabric one Marian whispered, Billy over the other. He stopped his horse and she Two tones' of China silk, one to came up, stirrup to stirrup. Her be used for a plain lining and eyes were fixed on foe high south foe other for a' gathered outside rim of the gulch. She said almost covering will make an attractive inaudibly, Theres a rider up there. shade. Before you buy the maI saw him cross between those rabbi- terial it is best to experiment t-ear rocks. with samples one over the other They sat still for a long minute, trying them both in daylight and listening. The gash in the rocks over an artificial You will that Marian indicated was no more also need a roll light. of silk binding than a hundred yards away on a matching the top color of the line, and the dusk was tape This tape is to wrap the shade. could detect wire frame. very still, but Wheeler And fancy braid eino least sound of a walking horse. or a. harmonizsilver in ther gold, "It must have been a trick of the tone of silk is used to bind the ing said. light, Wheeler and bottom of the shade. Use "Billy, I saw him as plainly as I top cotton thread to match the outsee you here, now. He hesitated a moment more, then side tone of the silk. Slip the binding tape off the roll stepped to foe ground. and wrap a rubber band around Hold my pony. it as shown here at A. Working from the inside end of the tape Billy Wheelers eyes were sweepas shown at B. ing the upper levels as he stepped wrap the frame of silk is put on out of the saddle. In the ragged The outside layer both top next. This is gathered brush and upthrust ledges above that forgotten, nameless canyon, a and bottom and pinnedDto the wire so that it thousand horsemen could have been covering as at C and hidden within the quarter mile. His is stretched quite tight. Joinings not eyes were griqi as he passed his in the outside covering need unbe sewed but may be hidden reins to the girl. Marian, for the last time wont der the folds. This material is anything I can say or do make you sewed in place as at E. Next, cut a straight strip for the go back? No! She smiled, faintly, a lit- lining and fit it around the outtle grim stubborn smile. You can't side of the frame as shown here at F. Trim the joining allowing a seem to understand that I A sharp report sounded above, seam as shown at G. Sew to the and Marians pony suddenly folded frame at the bottom as at H. Trim at the knees. It went down on its quite close at the bottom. side like a great sand bag, and was Turn lining to inside as at I. still before foe echoes had died from Slip stitch the joining. Turn the rifle in the upper rocks. Whee- in raw edges at top and whip lers pony reared, tearing free its around top of frame. Pin the head, and bolted down the canyon. binding around and then sew it He sprang toward Marian. She with stitches buried in the mesh had swung herself clear, and was of foe braid. already getting up beside her fallen Every Homemaker should have horse. "Get down quick, behind a copy of Mrs. Spears new book, the horse! She hesitated, but he SEWING. Forty-eigpages of did not. He seized her shoulders, directions for making deftly kicked her heels from under slipcovers and dressing tables; her and laid her flat behind her dead pony. 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INSIST ON GENUINE NUJOL GHElLONGfBILISNAVmOBACCO, LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Ncha Palm of Hawaii Food, as Well as Drink, Buttons, Ornaments water. remembered. he There's some sort of old shelter Hawaii has a native skyscraper up here some fool mining men had that stands as an excellent example it once. Theres a little water there, of a economy, notes not much good, and stock can't get a writer in the Chicago Daily News. at it; riders dont go through there It contains most of the elements once a year. Marian, if I can work including food, drink, clothing and this right we've got him! scenery that minister to mans He has nearly force hours start, physical and aesthetic Billy. The name of the skyscraper is co"But his horse is close to played cos nucifera. Translated from the out. He'll figure to hide out up scientific this means a coconut there and rest. If I can come on palm. him before dark 1 can catch him in While most of foe complexities of a straight run. modern civilization operate in conMarian's eyes shone with a queer, nection with Hawaii's and Now? Tonight? fearful light. progressive commercial life, foe now within foe four graceful coconut palm still stands Right miles. as an interesting contrast to modYou will be careful, wont you? ernity. "Sure. By the time you get back In many cases, where tall palms to the ranch your uncle should be line the walks next to the modern there. Tell him buildings of Honolulu's business disBy the time I get back? trict, the two types of skyscrapers "Of course he told Amos hed be stand side by side. back. Tell him to send somebody The milk and the meat of foe inwith a fresh led horse. I'm going ner nut provide food as well as to drink. Hats and other articles of "But Im not going back. clothing can be fashioned from the He stared at her a moment. "You tree's leaves. These fronds can also Suddenly Ruth Wyeth Spears Service oak. He was riding down here, headed He pulled his gun and moved five west. I was in those upper ledges. In the broad canyon the' ground' yards to one side, standing up to draw what further fire there might was flinty, but in the bottom of a be. A minute passed, two minutes, slender ribbon of gravelly sand while he watched for movement on wound a crooked course, marking the upper rim; but there was no of last winters rains. the run-osound or shot. Wheeler presWorking The desert hills were as silent and found what he was after: the ently empty as before, except for the dytrail of a horse crossing a twist in ing rattle of hoofs down-canyo-n the sands of foe vanished creek. Will you go back? he said be- from Wheelers stampeding pony. "Marian you sure seem to have tween his teeth. Marian's voice came to him. done what failed us all! Can you No! I most certainly will not! "What in the world happened? read that trail? Her voice was repressed, but took your pony "Somebody No. was smoky fire in her eyes, through the head with a rifle, there is "A tired horse, unshod, ridden and the twitch of her eye- all. A crazy red anger was on him. over rocks for three, four days; brows asupward she spoke out of her an- Loose in these hills was a man as trying to hurry, plugging along ger was strangely suggestive of dangerous and unaccountable as a steadily, and straight Horse Dunn. He looked her in the wild animal with hydrophobia. For He let his voice trail off. Some and he knew that he could in the first time he inclined to Tulares isolated memory from far back was eyes, no way bend her will. belief that Magoon was the killer. troubling him, trying to make itself A great sense of fatalism over- (TO BE CONTINUED) known. He knew this place; once before, years ago, he had ridden here, but only once, for foe poor Coconut Yields feed called few cattle. He rememff - SEW nt well-bein- be woven into thatches for shelters. The outer husk of the coconut and oils derived from it can be used as fuel ; and the earliest Hawaiian candle was made by stringing kukui nuts on foe rib of a coco frond. After it has surrendered its beverage and meat, foe coconut shell can be highly polished and utilized for making dishes, bowls and other receptacles. Today buttons and small ornaments are carved from this material. Rope woven from coconut fiber found many uses in the olden when island fishermen made days, many of their nets and lines in this man- ner. As an important item of island scenery foe graceful, swaying palm has become a regular trade-mk of Hawaii. For every d Hawaiian lad the section rings that circle the palms at regular intervals provide an automatic ladder-typ- e elevator to the top "story of these island skyscrapers. at nimble-foote- "Would you say dear Mrs. Doles er Just dear msdsmf |