Show e W aal R BEARE t by I 1 J ALLAN DUNN author of f A MAN TO ITIS IHS MATE aur dy dodd mead 6 co AmOCK Rl TRAIL service HERO AND HEROINE heres a new kind of story atory of 0 the he west wes t a romance of hydraulic i neer ng mining ining bl ranch 1119 lumbering and railroad a h have va b been t the e fa favorite fame me a bjella of 0 the and many a rood story have they liven us heres a new kind of 0 here a younk new englander elander Un bor biorn u under 1 ider the zodiac blen of 0 1 u s and d to be in very truth t 11 tit a witter bearor the is in a native daughter of california albiter it a and around tile the avater ater bearing exploit bof of tile the L batern tern nan inan an and I 1 tile wes tern bill revolve v f scina ting adaven turca jures by flood and field and a i story of true love that runs runa far far from smoothly at times As for or the author why hes J allan bunn whose western stories have deservedly won tor for him a wide popularity and here east aneeta gestand We W e st stand and a stirring ro emilce grows out of the in eating CHAPTER I 1 I 1 the canyon caleb cartier conscientiously conscientious ity nahed vory every foot of tile the ilk likeliest vilest looking tug hole lie had eon on ller manns creek bu bit there catine no rise no eager tug no gleam of a rainbows 8 klitin it 1111 merl til flank lie ile willed weded ashore put up rod red and to tackle le climbed through the thick tall terns and brambly undergrowth to the lie narrow trall trail and turned upstream all tile the day wits was tits his the next for that matter and lie fancied the fishing would be bolter better higher up tip caleb talked tits his coat tucked between tile blin 9 of ills fits creel his shirt open sit it the throat threat lean long well tiered and flanked tanned of skin springy of fiction action generally genei ally good to look at fly by the canons of moving pictures and magazine illustrations Il lustra 0 lie was not flat handsome new eng england nd an all vestry lind anade him too aquiline of feature but lie he had youth and strength Ws ills gray eyes wore were clear ills hh forehead fore liend high to tits ills straight close cropped hair ht ills lips clean cut anil and ills his chin well forward not too narrow ills general ianke up was typically american yankee american tin mi marred by inbreeding 1111 reed ing below him creek sting halt half hidden by the undergrowth ills ilia economic new england brain saw potentiality allty going to a waste in massachusetts chu Iler marlos creek would long ngo igo have been harnessed mills and factories would have sprung up tip along its banks here wnm ivna water for steam for turbines for commercial find and domestic use for irrigation all unused its energy seemingly doomed for thare was a A pecullar peculiar tiling thing about tile creek that caleb ns as in an engineer had tin noted contrary to the habit at 0 most moat well mannered watercourses water courses its volume diminished us its it flowed ile he was twenty seven sl six years ou out t if t the college chrysalis vint lie bad t pun at columbia ile he lind had served in gun the t c war liard hard practical service in tasks that were low grade but ut necea sary tile the crude swift work of building nod and repairing war roads and bridges and in ili it caleb warner lind hall in ID large measure found himself lie lind lid acquired initiative resource command of if men it if nothing rise else and lie he had come out unscathed unwounded ung awed sed reduced to tin an acme of coordination sane mind find sound body ile HB had been granted wider vider horizons horl horI zoda so lie had come west to ond find his oyster ond to open it S swiftly the woody rave cave of the canyon became it tunnel the creek now far below him lit in a water gorge the tunnel became a sut gut A bridge it shivery thing of wire rope and short planks anchored with wire cables to hilgh walls of rock crossed ross fd the lie gorge it alir shook ok under ili alg tread read and hung trembling us its lie flopped to look fit at the gush of compressed katr surging through tile gap twenty feet down there were signs on tile llie rock that at times the creek rose roie close to the flooring before him to tile lie south lay tier her ananos valley a green bowl lipped by rolling hills lillas their crests bronzed by tile llie sun suit blazoned with great of golden copples pop ples with clumps of purple lupine the lower alop slopes furred thick with wild oats waving in III tile the wind oats as high as calebs head a shimmering sea oi of emerald and silver ile he for a while undecided to adventure on oil to tile the waterfall or to stay where lie was until it was time to 1141 n di down the canyon with theli thelxiope the hope ope of 0 better results than tile the three lils hla persistence lidid lured from the creek ile HB had a bool tucked into ills fits but lie he was not tired and lie he had lunched an hour before tile the view held him looking town down he baw that the stream was a in agrant grant that stint it in tile lie rains ono one bed was yn not to convey its waters A secand nw now try dry and partly grown over erratI erratically cully ow ali actual creek will bulowa olvis bordered it along tills tale raring w 0 o fast cast IL it deemed ed a gray astrea head binin foo lo red it coyote ran at jap tl jop teil pursue pursued tL not cov jin buind itt a frabee pace tn ita ill 1 lir laff 4 raw away but gaining nt at every bound sped a gallant beautiful hound white coated taper oper muzzled bearing its tall like a great plume overhauling the coyote with tremendous leaps going nt at n ter mile rate yet so smoothly that its speed seemed effortless ti russian beyond the willow fringe come her mate bound for bound lovel level with the bitch unseen though perhaps riot not unknown to tile coyote then from a thicker growth of trees but traveling fast a pinto lashed flashed into calebs view it a boy cl crouched ou clied low on oil tile the withers welded 0 to o the horse urging it on caleb thrilled llull led to the chase its as it swept on beneath him birn nd admiring mirIng tho the horsemanship of the figure in breeches putters puttees and fluttering blouse a little envious of it gad lie can ride ode lio lie muttered A cap blow blew off n long tress tresi of chestnut hair ruddy its as a lame whipped I 1 out was reached for and tucked lucked in ill by its owner only to stream errant again the alie boy wits was a girl I 1 the bitch was almost up tip with tho the okyo coyote to the lie dog watchful through the alie go ps in the willows cattle came circling lit in cs agape rendy ready for tile kill 1 the rhe c coyote rondo made a lust last do effort the bitch with will one enormous beup come canio abreast dihe lunged limped tier white neck like if ff snakes for speed wid ind on tier her teeth clamping down on the forefoot of the coyote caleb saw the latter checkel checked tumbling heard a broh broken brohen en annii anni I of defiance find then the second hound sprang lit in n white glean of fury too swiftly tor for bilm to catch the action its powerful jaws bred for the work crunched through the vertebrae of the coyotes us neck tile hunt was engled the girl rode up at it gallop checked I 1 decked tile the pony tn lit all and slid Z to 0 the turf while the two hounds thrust their muzzle nt at tier lier with one the poy was a girl hani site she patted them while with the other site she strove to coll coil ill up tier her hair now fairly down tier shoulders reaching to tier lier bat ix lt good boy I 1 good girl sival caleb heard tier her faintly but plainly and shouted down ills his own meed of tip applause lie ile lind had left most of liis its innate reserve behind him in ili europe all and I 1 the stir of the hunt still bield him bully for both of klicin 1 lie cried and waved tits ills hat as the girl looked ill up slie she smiled waved back nn all hand nt at him in western friendliness and finished the of tier her hair without embarrassment caleb started down through the oats ile iio loved logs dogs ile he did it not know so inucci about girls but tins tilts one seemed different and lie he fill lind left the conventions behind it in massachusetts slie site smiled at him again its as lie ho crime out on tile the level half waded half jumped the creek and went toward tier lier the wolfhounds wolf hounds looked nt at will with their dark brown eyes ees sniffed accepted tits his pats and turned their heads away pointedly aloof the girl laughed nt at its his evident chagrin they re ie disdainful beasts nv bor bov 70 she suld said you must excuse them they tire are marvelous roan clous runners I 1 lid did not suppose anything anns thins could over haul a coyote hut but it hardly seemed fair up there on inn alm hill tw to one olle I 1 mean she looked nt at lit r aliv she was frankly surveying summing him blin lie noted that lint she he was about six inches shorter than lie he was which made tier lier ho five feet six that site wua wits nt at once slim and rounded that she lind had a short straight glit nose and a mouth that was wai delther small nor large lare neither full lipped nor narrow a round chin a dimple in one check and that thai tier her eyes were tile the exact color of the ho lu pill pines also that there was no nonsense about hex her A part of calebs curriculum a 1 majority ity of its experience lied had con conflated plated tn ili the lie training tit of tits his powers of observation in the brief glances lie he had permitted hi HI fait f lt lie had bad done ery cry byell well there fire are not very ery many coyotes chero wh ere you come from site she queried how do you know she laughed and lie added that and tier teeth to the catalogue loth both were to tits ills taste perfect illow how do I 1 know I 1 am sure now does docs antono but a yank reply to 0 H a qu question eMion with alth nn another other one dankl are arc you n southerner luiere llie re you go again walt wait I 1 must answer your charge against my logs dogs rf if you ion think it was not sporting to set find and siva iva against coyote how about my helpless hot p to ss calf that was butchered last night flight and half a dozen others tills this summer an and a colt there tire arp probably fifty coyotes who make tilts this valley their lart larder ler Mi fc holters elters scores of 0 thein and these two have accounted for nine of them it Is sheer justice administered mercifully the coyote always tills hns the it Is killed instantly st not worried not touched afterward my barola dont eat carrlon carrion i acquitted 11 answered caleb 1 I hog beg their pardons I 1 am a yankee from massachusetts I 1 tin ani a dill civil en gincer como come west to seek tr my ky fortune my name Is caleb wrner warner I 1 live in I 1 golden and I 1 was recommended to creek for trout fishing ashing she had lit a trick of looking through long lon lushes la hes was w is a bit unfair cai kb 11 thought hut but they did not tilde hide a twinkle that lurked behind them did you sou catch atty any trout mr war tier ner site asked lie showed tier her his 1114 basket I 1 we have trout in new england lie ho sot said 1 I ans hoping to do better i later in the afternoon did you say I 1 you iou we were re from the south 1 I ani am it californian lie ile was certain that sho she knew lie had hoped slie she ifould give ehe him tier tiame name in return tile the lost best hing Is in the canyon back of the waterfall at the head of our i valley alley she said you can easily climith tile the dirt CHIT you own it the valley she opened tier eyes a hit bit in acknowledgment of tits ills persistence and speed to take tile lie opening my father does ills name Is clinton slie she had evaded it cleverly miss clinton that was as far as she would go caleb bowed to hla his defeat well then miss clinton do you think your father would have any objection to my fishing through its ills mando later after I 1 have baen above tile fall 1 I am quite sure lie he would not perhaps you would like to meet tiling mini the house Is not very ery far from here caleb laughed find and she elie with will I 1 him 1 I should be delighted lie he said and I 1 din am very cry plad to have met you ou miss clinton she took tits hh hand and shook it ns as a boy might have shaken it more strongly with fingers that were viero farm and cool there was nothing of coquetry about her her suggestion that caleb meet tier her fattier father held lie ho felt no hint of flirtation it showed that she liked him a little aare sufficiently to dispense a nl measure of hospitality that lie had come to recognize as a western attribute tile the house Is there site she said pointing tIng hack back of those eucalyptus eucalypts fattier father planted them for a win mine break tile the girl lind had left the pinto p pany ay iy stand standing hig with etli its ruins reins hanging straight front from bit to soil an effective haltering now slie site placed thern them about its nook neck their buckle back of the saddle horn find and as she and caleb walked along tile lie stream toward tile the house tile the pony followed as closely and sedat sedately elS as the wolfhound wolf hounds a evident if miss clinton Is what we americans call a nice gli alil 1 11 with individual attractions attraction does the yankee measure up I 1 TO BE CONTINUED |