Show VAL VALo of o c PARADISE b bj G S Roe j I y n w larOT l Prided j b b bt frang mn with ian Hr r tp tA MI HE I TOD TOO ti W 1 JOHN HANNON HANNO wealthy ranch OD owner r his blind wife Ite ife BELLE DELLE and theIr beautiful VAL vAT Ih e happily together In Hannons Hannon's w tul lul ranch hom honie lionie Paradise the king ot of the Red Rd Brood or of o hon hon- honea es ea disappears from front li-ATHEn li I HILLAIRE In charge chare of 0 the MI illusion lon Introduces Val at al to his friend from the tho Border Borde An Interesting friendship springs up u ip between tile the two young oun people Whilo John Hannon Is on a mya mys- mys mysterious journe journey BOYCE I 0 G c calls lle at p o lonch He lie is isa 1 1 a suitor for tor Vals Val's html hind h ty by hut hur hu DUt u UI U U Uby by the tho girl Clendenning offers to head a Ing lag party to try to capture the I lert iere who hu ho ma may have hale 0 stolen Val Vai aska to go with lIh them GO ON ON- WITH THI STORY TOllY Oh Oh ho he told SAid I told him hint It would woul be bethel be for tOI his hIli health It he came cam along alone quietly n asked Val laughing j I I Instantly sobered In his io 10 I Zot ot 01 exactly e he ho l ld aId ld I speech l lh though V might be e too 1 on occasion Q I I ca 09 said oid Val I mIght be loo too 1 My h dad lad is I T asked od with In- In Inci In Intel tel ci est ost No ono one she ms answered proudly proud the Iho the best beat and arid quickest st shot In til countr When hen I b e from i thit range ranse they le lei lee e Paradise alone r it U i Is Is until late hotel latel I looked at the bro bron brown n handon on her pommel ye yc- yc ho he bald eaid I I 1 think lou ou might be also Are lou ou like lIe sour OUr dad Chip off orr the tho oh oil block Look like linn think like him 1111 act like Ilka hIm bird man do de- de then hes he's a mighty I and strong said ad- ad admiring ad miring You Youia ie dead light he lie Is s said ld Val VIlI John s a the tho be beit t and biggest inin n all Mais In these parts Like him him a lot I take lake It If and the smile smiled while hI hia hll blue C 0 osca es CS her lier fa lures I I I sure Ur do oo ind so does doea Belle That Thal al mother she explained e and there re all bound up In each h other I II INe Nes Ne Neel el ci In her hel life bore Ole had she sho told I 1 1 stranger or any one ono Use Iso bo o much life lite at about tIe the I 1 t tell fell bet between een them and the girl looked oft off across the tho thoI I stretches the to-the to the south while thile the man looked at her Then the they fell ell to talking ot of tho cat I cat cat- cattie cat cattle tie tle country and tho long Ions dry spell pell and Val told him thil th the springs ue ci tre holding out prell ell sell and that thai her If lather ther hoped to tn drIe dr e carlY and get the best e t front from the stock he ho could And AndI Ithe the Ito sun suti ent went swiftly S do down n the tue heM heM- heMens heavens I ens and the tho purple lI ells began to I ea 0 their thell magic oi on the stretches the Little An An- An An lt 1 rat Eat beside and forgot that Time was tas as after atter the manner monner or of o south since Binco the orld began My IY gracious said Vail 1 at last startled Its ll's getting late 1 ii ba base haic 0 to torun torun run for tor It 11 no now nos Looks Loohs like ot oit ou could do It on this boise said admiringly 1 1 I wish Ish I t had m my 0 own on n mount here Id I'd like iou OU to see The t h he lie like 0 I I 1 couldn't describe him You'd You aha aha- ha hae e to sec pee ee him to know lenow I 1 could say the tho t same me said sald Val quickly fol for 1 I said that rustlers nev- nev never luv-er luv eV- eV r er uele at until paradise paradise until lately 1 he took tool the greatest horse that ei c e er ran these pl II a n short abort time lime back back- back rind and Ill Id kill 1111 the man who did It lIe i I 1 would a I Yes the Yes the sa the Rustler Ru has hos been seen In Santa Lout Loin 1 lra lla this summer ummer and I 1 mate make no doubt IL Li was us he who ho 1 lifted tt d i I mused You rou i him Hed Redstar tar I And mines mine's The Comet That's tl a I coincidence Isn't lant It Doth Both meanIng I the light the hea ens ens a stal atai the Why hy so the they do I cried Va Val Yal and from OUI our own 0 n words olds they are ara both treat great horses What color I Is this Corn Corn- Corn tl tt eL Deep blood ha ba bat With It 4 II- smoky black cloud ld across i his lila shoulders and dim black block dapples i shining through The rho smile faded slowly front from the thenan's theman's nans nan's face faco A A perfect description lie he said sald hale hse you seen The Comet at rather when hen I 1 was as thoro She shook her head No co 0 Im I'm telling you of Redstar Well sou OU might be telling of ot the theother othel ther I Can he run persisted Val Yol Four Foul years back s said ld of ot the I ho as two seconds worlds world's record at Now New ho Orlean-ho Orlean hoard ird ard another Ties Tics Tics and Ties Ties and blood brothers I i leno know cried Val forse tor r we e bate hae ha e I I a mar r marrI I I I I 1 the tho honc t t liand ill illa a ehl clap p that would has ha c e t all an illI I woman oman I a a pall like UkI I Hill Firebrand and The flame Vie Ve e 0 own osun n the tha Red Hed Brood ou know Inow ItOW and l wis tua It king e I I 11 e 3 iou 00 had him long I I grew up on him hint raid pall ald the girl and ano thought she he spoke the truth ruth for It had seemed far tar back in ier short life that d da in spring 1 hen the he Do floss Doss of r Paradise had I the red king In Ie 1 who ho ha had str straightened ur up In lit la 13 s rol od again and drew n a Jeep deep breath of or something like said Miss las Hannon ho he Ian non non- Yes Yes said saM Val Yal aI obedient s ass swept opt oft ore hi his hat hilt and the tin thes s sweat seat eat had started on his forehead 1 his Is my last lolL lt to tile the range range- land and he lie I Im I m 10 IWI i uv Ing ng this part of ot the country t Why hy Val al al straight for I ardi Because I 1 must Wh 1 she asked again Why Why hy well ell perhaps Im I nt needed town down onder and ho waved aved an arm am tem toward Ih the distant south Vals Val's fingers ers tightened on the sad sad- saddle sad dle 11 horn holD Perhaps youre you're needed here too she said Mid simply ou Ott seem some somo- somehow ho how to belong here somehow I-somehow-I I somehow 1 like to meet ou In tho the padres padre's gar gal de den n to lo hear ou sp speak c a The rho man shook his head o o he said ld it is best that I 1 Idon don t ride this way tsay again ask Fathel helI heil hell he'll tell 3 io OU wh h All the light was as gone from the th girls girl's face tace a t faint paleness como come In- In Instead Instead stead tead Now No she re reached ched out a hand a a aim aim- plo pIe action aa as ono one man to another and 1 laid It on his Ills upon the pommel No co the she said dont go and come no more more moree e 0 are arc Jut just get get- getting getting ting to be friends 1 I dont don't wont want you to go Vel caught the honest hand handIn handin hancin In in a clasp that e bu hurt an ar Indoor woman but Val Vat Hannon re- re returned returned re returned turned it closely For a tense tenso moment the tho they sat so looking deep dep Into each others other's e c esIt It l Is wrong rang said the m man n at last I I ha e no right to be friends with th a girl like ou Not that my heart is Ii isIt rong w It rong toward that omen w 1 n omen that at nt least I 1 Ican can deny with honesty but honesty but I 1 am black with Ith other sins alas Miss llannon- llannon sins among men Yale Vals look did not change So are lots of ot men I I 1 know she sho said This country y Is full tull ot of ol such Hut But a mans man's heart can be b I made o oer oter 0 er I Lord Lord said I 1 set see setI I I the padres padre's life lIte work life ork You like the good priest would raise the tho sinner on your tory ory ory heart But Dut In my my case It cannot be There Thore isa Is Isa isa a a reason why sometime ot f the Border DOlder cannot cannot ch change Don t trouble about me I am nm well nell and at al peace with myself Gently he laid down the tho hand band he tad hod held beld so BO tightly clasped in his lila But I thank my stars Miss lInn Han Hanion Hannon non ion that for tor that night at 1 I told you then I 1 should not forget torget Thore are some things that aro are part and of ot ones one's life In- In nd parcel upon an n- n stant slant That moment there was isas on one If I go I shall not forget But you iton wont on t go said Val Vai not noto not notto I Ito to sta stai Tou You will conic como back back- sometimes back back sometimes to to the tho padre padro padres s a lO garen garden Eirnest honest simple as aa a child she forward and searched his hi I I and features features and the man mans s a heart teapot leape J I thundered at his lila temples set a II sud- sud sudden sudden sudI den tremble In his lips ups His Hia blue eyes eye grew soft and luminous lummous as summer I lights In windows Indo 9 Yal Val leaned neal fouler I ct her hand han reaching out unconsciously You will come come sometimes'S come Yes Ys said thickly lo to to the tho padres padre's garden There Thore can be no long in looking at a your face tace In the tho shadow shado of ot tho Mis IUs- Mission tIIs- tIIs slon sion walls tails Yes Yes-I Yes I will conic como back backI And with a a quick and graceful motion mollon as It if without ho he bent beat I 10 low loss from his saddle and kissed that reaching hand Then he whirled his horse and as was gone toward the south and VaU Val Vai Hannon lannon ran all the way say to I Paradise while the purple sells draped all the spaces of or the tho open I countr and the mesas stood like an- an dent clont ghosts 1111 1 CHAPTER XII The Cr In lit the tho Wind Trill hills Rimming the world orld of ot the thc r rangeland range range- I I land at the lie east the Blind Trail Hilts Hills rose lore stark starle Into the heavens ens their western face tace a band of ot rugs rugged cuffs that shut them In completely back bacle and to tho the left lost In I ii amaze maze of ot gulches peaks and canons there lay a tiny bailey balley fair as ns the tha fields of ot P Paradise thoI I It looked like a bit of Eden set et do down n In this prosaic world innocent ot of man Hut But m man n had found It out and left his the mark mark the solid gate of th fito e slim saplings set et square across I the mouth their thell end ends lot let Into the 11 lit Ih- ing rock Itself where fitted slots hall hal been cut with aith Ith some sharp instrument ment meat ment These saplings Mere ere strong straight and trimmed A neat an and I thorough hand had bad done the job iob They Thoy rose in the pass Poss to a height of ot some soma sl six sia le feet t and closed the glade elide corn como corn And Ano what was isas as thIs A t rigged fringe of ot gnawed ed and shining fibre clothing the two top ones from end endI I to end ond as with th a garment I And wh what t was that rimming the green floor loor on all nil tides bides Ides A narroW trampled path worn orn to tho the dusty earth beneath the grass by running feet teet that circled tirelessly the binding stalls Balls In Inan inan Inan an endless search for tOI freedom And what wondrous thing stood picked boldly out In the th I green floor as aa the tho long red redella sells ella ells ot of the early twilight came stating wa a Ing ng do n the tho rock rocks Continued In an 00 Our OUI Next Issue nI I |