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Show THE SMITHFIELD SENTINEL. SMITH FIELD. UTAH sway. 'Tm through with hovering on the outskirts of my own Ilfs." For a moment he wondered what provision he could make for her safety here. He no longer doubted that what she determined to do she would do, and could not be dissuaded from. He thought 'of consigning her safety to Old Man Coffee, or to the cowboys now searching the hills for her; but he was deeply concerned. surprised as Marian how not CHAPTER XII Continued 15 You still think the killer's horse was here in the 94 layout after the killing, like old Rock seemed to think? Old Man Coffees answer was a grunt; it might have meant one thing or the other. Youre stalled, son. You got no lead. Sure weve got a lead." "And where is that? Just a minute ago we were talking about the peculiar way Bob Flagg kind of eased into the Red Rock, coming in through the back way, bumming it in a cattle crate. From what we know Bob Flagg had foreknowledge that somebody was going to make a try for him. Now, how did Bob Flagg come by that " Man Coffee did not re ply. Out by the corrals a hound moaned in its chest; the dog called old Rock awoke by Coffees feet, raised its head to listen, then blew out a long breath and went back to sleep again. Coffee I'm thinking now that when we find out how Bob Flagg we'll come by that Old have caught our man. With an impatient movement Old Man Coffee knocked out his pipe again. You want to know what I think? I think, Oh, hell! You better go on to bed." Obviously Old Man Coffee was tired of arguing. Wheeler had been trying to lead the old man out, and it had got him nowhere. He rose lowly and stretched. Guess youre 'right Seems like you might need wome sleep, too." t, Slept all the way from Pahr on the top of my mule. Ill get plenty rest sitting right here with my pipe." He added irascibly, Or I will if the everlasting talky-tal- k dries up." Looks like it might slack off soine, Wheeler grinned. He went in, fumbled his way through the dark house to his room, flung his Cun belt on the floor, and lighted his lamp. I now came and joined him here. To think about any phase of this killing case, or of the imminent ruin of Horse Dunn's cow kingdom, was to think about her. After all, the 94 was her brand, and her future was interlaced with its future. So now as he looked up at the sound of her light quick step it seemed a natural, somehow expected thing ts see her standing there in his door. This is a lonely night," she said. Nothing anywhere in this night intends to sleep." I guess that's so. But it's near morning now." Without high heels and with her hair light and loose about her shoulders she should have looked smaller, but she did not. He thought he had never seen her so slimly tall, so gravely steady. Perhaps that was partly the effect of what she wore. Because he had never seen her dressed as she was now, he had a sudden sense of how little he knew her, after all; just as he did not know what she wore when she slept, how could he know what went on in her mind when she was alone or ever? She was wearing pajamas, but their black silk was cut like a Russian smock, with a high collar of soft black silk about her throat, and close cuffs at her wrists, so that standing against the dark she was all a part of the dark, except for the bright ivory of her face and hands and the loose shimmer of her hair. About this costume, which was strange to him, there was a barbaric dignity, as if it were not something to sleep in at all, but the ceremonial dress of some forgotten It was strange to see priestess. this vision here, standing beside a spare saddle that had been flung on the floor under a tangle of bridles on a wooden peg. Everything around her was cow country, but she she was something else, something lovely from beyond the hills a daughter of two worlds. She came and sat beside him on the bunk. Did you find out anyCHAPTER XIII thing more from Old Man Coffee? I thought get more out of It was very late when Wheeler him if I leftyoud you alone. left Old Man Coffee. Without checkNot very much. Old Man Coing the hour, he knew that morning ffees been a disappointment to me could not be far off; and he had in a way. Sometimes I think he supposed that Marian was asleep. doesnt know anything about it. ridden not a to She had long way, I wonder." count that long climb of theirs Marian, what are you going to through the dark In her own way do? she outlasted the leathery strength What is there for me to do? and came One of two of men and horses things stay here or go and through clear-eye-d to Inspiration to be near Horse. Of untouched. But she apparently to be out of there in course, he seemed so fragilely made that he al- a few days.ought ways underestimated the young I wouldnt count on that, Marian. strength of her vitality. They cant make a case against So, he was thinking of her as him not even the beginnings of a asleep, as he now sat down on the case. They know that But what edge of his bunk and rolled a ciga- they want to do and can do is to d frame rested tie up the 94 finances by making the rette. His relaxed, but he did not look tired. All case look as ugly as possible. his life had been spent in the saddle, They'll point out that Dunn was the simply for the reason that the dry main one who would be expecting country has few roads few places Flagg there; and probably make for roads to go and the horse is the Flagg's share of the money the moonly means of cross country trans- tive. Of course that's ridiculous. portation across mountain ranges But for their purpose, all they need and sand dunes and the vast gulch-c- to do is to raise the question and plains. Ten thousand miles in then cause a delay in clearing it the saddle had hardened him until up." Her eyes were on distance behe was made of braided leather, and no less enduring than the runty, yond the walls smoky eyes, unkillable range ponies. A few more drowsy, even misty on the surface; miles on the horse trails and a few but behind them was that continunights short of sleep could not tire ing deep glow of slumbering fire, d him now. His face the smouldering light of a great rewas as awake as ever, and his serve vitality. I'd go east now, if I were you," gray eyes, made to look lighter than and he told her. "Well fight this thing they were by his d skin, were as out, and save out of it what we can clear as they had been when he aryou can count on that. But this rived at the 94. He let his ciga- isnt a good place for you any more. rette trail from a corner of his There wont be anyone here, except mouth, rested his chin on one hand; a couple of cow hands to keep an and, squinting through the thin eye on things. And it would drive rd-moving line of smoke, considHorse crazy to have you in that ered his next moves. hornets' nest in Inspiration." He must travel that was certain. But you? What could be done here was done 'Til be gone. I have to backthe finding of Bob Flagg and Lon track Bob Fla eg a little further. Ill Magoon. lie must trace Bob Flagg have to go to Flagstaff; then maybe back to his sources, back through God knows how long I'll be gone. It looks like a dim, Flagstaff, perhaps to the sold-oArizona ranch itself, seeking the crooked trail." She considered this. truth, for he was certain that Flagg When are had shown more than a premoni- you leaving?" Now before daylight. tion of his death. Ill send And he must find time to run down a note to Horse. I don't even dare the 94 debts, seeking ways to avert see him in Inspiration, for fear its bankruptcy, at least for a time. they'll hold me there on some He was wondering how far he dared trumped-ucharge." go against Dunn's order that no They were silent again. Through penny of Wheeler mor.rv k'uiuM the window came to them a cool, ever be chanced in the 91. Dunn fragrantly clean breeze from the would be game to split the wurus uplands, with a fall tang in it that wide open, if he didn't like the way promised frosts before long. He sudsalvation had been obtained. It was denly thought she might be cold. up to Wheeler to find ways to get There was a clean Navajo blanket around that, taking care that the on his Led, and he put this about She smiled faintly, girl would never guess any obliga- her shfiiiMf-- s. tion to him. That last was what but did not look at him nr move She said, It will be queer and Dunn feared most. But though his n.ind was laying lonely here, with you gone." But you'll be leaving too " out routes and plans far outside of She her head, her v i the Red Rock country, he was some ana-ga- , light-foote-d, long-bone- ut leanly-musclc- wind-burne- d weather-leathere- upwa- down-countr- y. ut p "Sometimes I think," Marian said, "that the answer to everything is to be found right here here at the 94 and no place else. A man He nodded moodily. ought to be able to figure it out, if he was smart." There isnt anything more you could follow up, here? When time is so important "Theres one lone, slim possibility, he said. In heaven's name, what is it?" Theres one thing in this case that I cant swallow. It stands out above everything else one unbelievable thing that couldnt possibly happen. I'm thinking of those two shots that have been thrown at you." She was silent, and after a moment or two he went on. "Somehow those shots at you are mixed up with these other shootings; it would be too big a coincidence if the shots at you and the killing of the men were separate, yet happening at the same time. "I can see that, all right "But the shots at you eliminate nearly every suspect we have. Take Val Douglas. He hasnt proved very dependable, Marian. Hes been caught in lies as to where he was. Even just now, when he was sent to Pahranagat to check up Bob Flagg, it seems from what Coffee says that he didnt even go near there. Sometimes Ive suspected Val. Even if he didnt kill Flagg to rob him, still he might have killed him by mistake, thinking it was somebody else. But one thing is certainly plain Val Douglas would never fire on you. No, Marian said, Val could never do that. Or take Link Bender a hard, bitter, violent man. Once he was boss of all this range, until Horse Dunn took hold. Link Bender might go to any length to put down the 94. But he controls this kid sheriff, and back at Horse for the death of young Deane. Billy, if youre right if you can prove Thats Just the trouble. Suppose Were Im right Rufe Deane did initthe beno bettereff than we were there's You Marian, see, ginning. two parts to these killing cases. One thing is to find out who did it and why. The other thing is to prove it and get a conviction. X havent one single thing to show against Rufe Deane; and until I can show evidence, it won't matter how sure I may be in my mind When he looked at her it was past his power to imagine how Rufe Deane or anyone else could ever look down the sights of a gun at Marian Dunn; she was so gently and sweetly made, so precious in his eyes. He didnt believe in Horse Dunns weed of gun justice, for he thought that the use of violence outside the law was a costly thing, defeating its own purposes in the end. But he knew that if ever he faced Rufe Deane with anything like a decent proof in his hands, he would destroy the killer as he would destroy a sidewinder or a vinegaroon. Ill never be able to believe in Gods world that anyone would set Yet out to hurt you," he said. somebody has tried. What naturally comes to mind is that somebody, some enemy of Horse Dunn, has gone out of his head. But-h- ard as it is to believe, there is one other possibility we have to take account of that without knowing it youve heard something, or Been something, which would give away the Short Creek killer if you remembered it, and recognized it for Niftiness for New Year' that" what it was." She said, "Ive thought of that. Marian, if you can remember seeing anything a rider in the distance-some horse coming home at a strange time one of the guns missing from its rack here in the house even an empty shell that you thought nothing of that one thing might give us the answer!" Ive racked my brain over and over; but I can't think of anything, Billy." "Not even a chance word, overheard somewhere" She shook her head. "Billy, I just can't remember anything that would answer the purpose at all. She pressed her palms against her eyes for a moment; then lifted her head sharply, shaking out her loose It's no use. This isn't the hair. first time Ive tried to remember; Ive been trying hard for two days." "I thought it would most likely be he admitted. Ill have hopeless, to go to Flagstaff. "I know. I've seen that coming. Im ready to stay here alone; without you or my uncle, I mean. Marian, if I could get you to pull out of here, until this is over "This is my outfit, Billy. It shouldnt be my outfit; it should be my mother's, or Horse Dunns. But nothing can make Horse see that. And I see now that if youre going to run cattle on a big scale out in this country, you sometimes have to be willing to fight for your range." He stared at her, marveling. The girl who was talking to him now was not the girl he had known two years ago; she was not even the girl he had known at the beginning of the week. It was as if some false outer cloaking of ideas and habits, put upon her by her mothers seaboard world, had suddenly fallen away, leaving her revealed as what she was a daughter of the dry land. Under the pressure of the dark days and unquiet nights since the killing of Bob Flagg she had come nearer to him, becoming one of his own through the sheriff hes bearing down on the 94 through this killing; and he's getting away with it. His whole way of attack is orderly and thought out. He wouldnt try any such crazy thing as shooting a girl. Its pretty hard to see in what way I could stand between Link Bender and his plans. The same thing applies to Pinto Hall id ay; hes a shifty crook, but he isnt crazy. Sam Caldwell is another that it doesnt fit in with. The thing just wont fit together, will it? "Marian, its in my mind that I know who killed Bob Flagg." Billy I If you know that Theres one man in that Inspiration crowd that is too savage bitter to wait for Link Benders plan to pan out. That man is Rufe Deane. Rufe Deane blames Horse for the death of his son, years ago." Yes, Marian said, Tve thought of him. Rufe Deane tried to raise a mob in Inspiration to see that the 94 people never got away from there. If he had started in time, thered have been a lynching before midnight. He threw down his deputys badge because he thought the sheriff was going too easy with Horse. And when you testified for me at the hearing Rufe Deane was looking at you like a wolf waiting. Marian, I believe Rufe Deane is one man thats crazy enough and bitter people. enough to try to kill you to get IKE to give yourself a lift for the New Year, Milady? Then spruce up the with easy way to chic. 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The Menthol Cough Drops 5t magazine is reported to be a nonprofit publication carrying no adMost of Mercury Is From vertising but such matter that is of interest to the people of the world Almaden, Little Town in Central Spain who are seeking answers to their soothe a own problems. It is said that these Since the Fifteenth century a little III. the caliph of Cordoba, had the raw throat instantly. town in central Spain, Almaden, in famous moonlight fountain made for problems are covered without reArabic simply The Mine," has sup- his favorite wife, the moonlight be- gard to race, class or creed. plied most of the world with mering mercury. The knights of the cury, the metal which is liquid at Middle ages got rid of vermin with ordinary temperatures and which the aid of mercury. The gold makdissolves other metals. It is needed ers of the Middle ages used merICHE in obtaining gold and silver from cury for their tricks. Physicians their ores, in scientific and manu- in those days prescribed mercury facturing processes and in phar- for any digestive trouble. For centuries thermometers and macy. California and Oregon, Texas and barometers have been made with LIFES LIKE THAT By Fred Neher Nevada are intermittent producers the aid of mercury. Rabbit skins of mercury. New Almaden, Calif., are prepared with mercury before mines half of what is produced in they are turned into felt hats. Many the United States, tiiese mines hav- dyes can be made only with mering been established about seventy-fiv- e cury. The Christian kings of the houses years. Southern Austria and Italy also have some mercury ores of Aragon, Castile, Hapsburg and but the Spanish rock is far richer, Bourbon, who had fewer riches, containing about 13 per cent com- warriors and slaves than their pared with barely 1 per cent, says Phoenician, Greek, Roman, West the Milwaukee Journal. 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