Show the W al LR BLARE R by J ALLAN DUNN author of A MAN TO HIS MATO MATE 0 ily hy dodl doall stead cle ofa lUM nOCK TRAIL service THE RESCUE SYNOPSIS idly moiling iter her manos creek creoli in cal california I 1 fa ilia caleb warner cov civil I 1 I 1 on g or and a new Blander Is 9 ot of tile end 0 of a coyote pulled down by by two forged on oil by it i girl rider admiring the li hounds he introduces himself anti barns hor ber la Is clinton with fill west orn arn hospitality ulio she invites him to the ranch to meet her sillier father at tho t ile clinton 11 I 1 I 1 home 1 warner learns ills Is new lie v friend fr 1 ads s name ta is hetty betty lie he Is 18 welcomed by hr her athe r southern civil war v ete r ilo an and d owner of Iler Hcrman manos oa valley lie he tolla tells them thein something of ills 1114 nin nill hi tie ns and ills feeling that lie he lit IH dest toad to be a water hearer in the ile town of golden ahlden warner shar shares aai AH apartment with his bin old churn chum ted ilax ter carefree and morne what dlana paled youth only ohly child of tits his widowed mother who controls lie ho family fortune at it club luncheon cheon nailer introduces raid caleb to wilb wllbur 1 cov co leading business man anti and president of tile tho water ca comiano comi any which supplies tho the of golden ite gives cox A nn n inkling of its ills ambitions and cox impressed invites him to LU dinner that night during dinner cox arsics caleb to call at lila life office next day lie ile does so BO and cox arranges a meeting between cal caleb e b and the water con i panati chief engineer baxter tolls leis 1 caleb lie he la Is in with a girl mary morgan coxs who ins loots lie must mit rry her bar with hinckley caleb looks look a over the water com panya source so u ace of cf supply the crystal brings in Herro Ifer mallos anos valley P in valley cale cal j j meets a man avans who boasts of ills his ability through Kli divining rods to locale water without boring caleb cornea comes upon a picnic party the festivities being in honor 0 of betty clin tons birthday and la in welcomed CHAPTER VI continued 9 1 I dont know lie he answered 1 I have licen been given a chancre to go up to beaver lake on oil a new project but I 1 do not have to accept just juit yet mona time I 1 nm am looking around I 1 wont went a oica over them the crystal springs property yes ca berday did you brolie in the other girl ive been there it nn nil ideal place for it picnic or a n honeymoon caleb laughed 1 I nm nin I 1 was more in my mv imagination lie he sald said 1 11 I sup blip i pose being from new I 1 cont belp ehnot I 1 was calelly cli lolly interested in the water miter supply lint hut it was ns beautiful f u L I 1 lIeK tive thein hem it little description of the lie trip and of liow flow tile the danig lind had withstood tho earth pinke and lie added what lind told him of it crystal springs valley before it hit biad been turned turi iLd into a great artificial iche 1 I cant help feeling sorry for the farma fin nil that had to tie 10 abandoned said betty clinton Cl hilon it it a ill when wn you think of the fertile liel holds ds being turned to silt tile sell not house and tilt the fit little church that lind stood so BO long being torn down of what tile reservoir meant to golden I 1 it made a city possible returned caleb there Is sentiment on both skits sides of the matter where a dozen doyen fai nilles were displaced tile water kine gave opportunity to Rou sands public utility mutt bo the first con side rallon 1 I fipp nse so just the samp same if I 1 had bal owned it n farm there I 1 would not hae irve fola old if thoo rest were willing they might have fic compelled you to you von menu nip in by condemnation pro s well never do 10 tiny thing like that to valley for we UMI own the whole of it not even for the good of the many it if it wils was necessary asked caleb carmen cm nien looked nt at joint him curl struck toy by a soulden den eli chiango tinge in ills voice lie took things conc concerning erninA ills Itin very seriously did this young poling enzinger enz ineer she decided betty clinton shook tier lier head doter deter hilli edlY lit in answer to calebs query not white while rny my father lives nor IN 0 r while I 1 do 10 wo might soil sell n part of df the valley wo we have hac tallied or 0 doing so wo we do not lint use ilse much of it and the hie land has advanced in ili value hut nothing must touch el EI nido you did not inot see the little cemetery in tho cedar grove there are three generations of ClIn cliftons tons hurad there my ily iti others grave grac them they must never be hol carillon faw nw the uius j cles buttell bunzli in calebs s jaws tind and wondered won deret for a moment lie was mient for a part of lils ills cislon had seen valley i rc estora es stored to a lake inthe balti hold ing M adem betty callton Cl liston silt sat and caleb gazed nt at nothing through ough half closed eyes bica carmen ro re 1 carded them y ali g n pout youre a cheerful couple for a iv picnic she observed As for or Thi liston lie must be making chilt 1111 cra or gone ani in lown for a him flani she got kolup ajl and stretched lithely then she med suddenly Bud denly and kin shrilly illy burning to cling to betty clin efin A jog ilg bull had come into hla his pasture tile upland lacau that hint lie re yarded crded eq lila ills own a magnificent t areford Ur eford ed of oat loat rind white of race face lie HP stood downwind down wind from froin the group and it was plain that lie ho resented their presence the alio great hend head was malsed till mal lowered the ali wide curving horn horni i menacingly there was no shelter it if the hint bull meant inI mischief to run was to court disaster carmen cannon clung citing to her friend trembling her ter eyes big with fear betty clinton was pale hut but sho she faced the bull und and not it muscle had quivered 1 I dont know just hut wo we lind had better do slip she said quietly to caleb lles working vor king blin himself self up into it rage if wo we could make fladilla hear and understand caleb resen resented this a little lie ile did not that the girl wa hiis thi thinking likIng of mounted acting us its vaquero perhaps the resentment quickened tits ills wits evits to action carmen again just ns na ohp bull lowered ills his hend euid charged straight for them caleb snatched nt at caimens Car mens hair an and grubbed grabbed the beret its your our lint hut that bothers him he cried ill handle him blin min hun both of you ill told hold film ilung lie waved them off on with it a shout is as the bull came on oil lie ile saw carmen tier lier black hair streaming from ills careless tug for thi the hat snatch at bettys hand fill and start to run nin swiftly toward tile will wall lie ho saw for a split second thurstons Thurs tons startled face appearing over the stories stones us as lie ascend abc antl ed heard the girls cry out lind and thurston shout ile iio faced the bull the flati flaming beret in ills his hadid prepared to play toreador unarmed the bull roared ns as ills glaring eyes caught tile hare flare of the scarlet taunt waved by the man mail mind to everything else centered in the desire to glut his rage on the offending color tio tie raced over the turf leaving it a little cloud trall of dust stinking the ground with lila weight as lie he pounded it with his hoofs caleb waited not quite as coolly a ai 3 lie had wished warily judging distance As the sharp horns swept up scooping for the cloth lie he held bield out at arms amis length caleb sprang to one side and ran forward its as the bullied brute snorting and maddened plowed past him front legs lees stiffened in the it tit t tempt to stop mid and wheel the great 11 head end clumsily turned toward the roll rel beret bild caleb who halted twenty yards away and provokingly displayed the halt bait the alie girls hail had got safely beyond the wall in a second or so they would bo be out of sight lie he antl now now only himself to look out for the hull bull anti came caine racing baek back caleb knew that lie could not bodae forever ile he could distinguish bettys clear high voice calling for Pa tillia file words were in ili lie ho recognized it a rew few of thein toro 1 Caval cavallio hol 1 then tile bull bill tool took up all tits ills attention it cattle came on with avith incredible speed the lumbering calt see denied nud freed hy by rage As caleb leaped aside the brute swerved so swiftly that it a horn grazed calebs irm arm ripping cloth tills time little lie lind to turn and run down till hill away from the lie treed ills foot call lit it in tile hole 1110 of a 11 ground squirrel anti and ills his ankle was wrenched as lie stumbled and jerked it clear it was not it bail all sprain but it handicapped ilia him and would not get better with exertion the bull had halted more easily going up it was chasing him before lio for lie lind find got well into ills serl le ile he hit had to sprint to get tile the chance to dodge and tells time tillie lie ran for nil all lie was worth ile he had almost won tile trees tilt the bull caught up till tile distance dis between bet thern them catch caleb A over lila its ollor lie ile could hear alt snorts of the craze chard brute ile he saw tile luns massive sITO ha licad ld shift sideways for tile toss saw sair t alie 11 e roll rol 1 of the blood eyes lit and lit lie leaped 41 deway 4 with tile list last of 14 energy lila 1113 lungs straining and ills his hi uw arl pounding ami ald jig as lip lie jumped lit li made tile of the beret dropping it fairly lit I 1 the bulls course while lehe he felt it he sweep of clr ns as the boasts beasts head wn win tiling filing up tip backed by tile lie force of mighty shoulders one horn born impaling the beret alint dung clung there driving the bull to frenz frenzley led fury while caleb punting panting dodged among tile lne aspens and ami saw padilla mounted sivi swinging nging ills his rope top op the rise and tear in fit nt at top toil speed yelling us as ile he bame the bull liall rot got rid ald of tile the offending tanio tum tani o Sli anten lie ground it into thu the turf stamping on oil it and hollowing lie ile tore it to rags till and trampled and then lie he hung filing up ni ills head to see what ant hit and become of caleb lip he heard tile the yell of Iad llla it vigorous that eliut seemed to revive mem orles ories none too loo pleasant ne ile wheeled and surveyed tilt the rider uneasily to chase a i two legged creature was one tiling thing it antin woun mounted ted swinging a loop tile the sight of which also stirred hll sluggish bralit was quite another before the int bit was flung filing lie turned and trotted orf off disappearing at tile far end of tho plateau before beford dilla reined up lip anti offered to take back behind ills his saddle 1 I don theena senor knor that lie wool wed come lack hack ile he tins has been brand that toru toro nill nil lie remember let ept is buano that eliat lie ho does I 1 rope an tie tic lippin heem I 1 mus jillis let liepin go again hut ept weel be better araps poll you alde senor mp me I 1 like cot better foi myself ile he laughed and caleb essayed to retrieve what was w is to left f t of t ile ip baret r p t lie pave gave it up ili ns as n hopeless job and mounted behind belil nil padilla senor said the hie INlet mcilvan ican you havi hav save la III life she an all tier her padre weel thank you r thank you too luls luis indilla Ind llla weel not tori for ge get CHAPTER all the water mine they were all in the patio talking in tile the dusk the conversation had become general caleb was a listener 1 ile he had found to ills relief that after I 1 the earnestly expressed thanks of clinton of lila ills daughter and of carmen lie he was not regarded in the light 1 i of it a liero hero it seemed to be generally granted that any of them would have lone ilone or tried to do exactly a as lie he had done ani lie ile was grateful for tile the avny they took it carmen managed to infuse Boinet bing personal into her thanks a warmth that hinted that the exploit had been till all for tier her sake with betty a more inore or loss incidental accessory I 1 caleb was a listener from arom preference ile he wanted to analyze if lie he i could something of the stirrings ut of these i the talk wim mainly of Brom historic serle herles of panels trie the subject introduced fly by hetty betty clinton with the i itlen idea caleb thought of covering him from Ca rivens sailles it was very plain that the artist was head ovir beels lit ID love with tic vivacious hru bru i liette who kept him dan dangling gIllip caleb klag pondered over betty clin i tons todil attitude did alti slip she intend to muri thurston lie he wondered tile riu rati uhei chei was ans on oil eminently intimate terms with tilt family alio ile called him bilm by ills lil ali st name wendell ile he went early the next morning returning to gulden golden there lie he ij packed bretl i a grip alth clothing and some conle of ills his instruments it and n d left h ft a not note 0 for I 1 i ter saying saving thi that n t lie would be away for several days ile he took up ht lila olliah mari nt at it a coti country hotel near the sill bioni in coy cocote ote c allyon and ili hired it ilg il to ianke it a thorough hinves of caliente plain with lila ills pocket instruments lie ina tinged to get ed tolerable i surveys of and distance i I 1 lid to lind had proven eo to tits his own c tion that the upper end of tile the plain pla n was furnished with a basin of witter water at uniform level irvel a groat great supply 1 b t tomed and sided with clay and tilt cappe with W the sunn saino through gli which capi plug tho the arto sinn water spouted aher i g ever it wai ans bored for or the welsh waterfinder water finder did akl not have to toi bo a I 1 great wizard to score lilts ailts in tl t glon gunj lie d but lie had fur titer her use ilse in III mind for tile the man mail I 1 C catch ich Is evidently up against a hard alternative water or girl which way will ho he decide TO HK HE CONTINUED |