Show Z ZEN ea bof of the Y do Aji A lowel 0 the 1 I 1 HAD TO KILL HIM SYNOPSIS T nir a beit liay cuttles outfit 1 a s tona la Is on its way to the big I 1 D ranch anoh headquarters headquarter Tra Tro naley weary b 1 ft all mabler ot a in nien nd ad S linor under rano r ernan ano I 1 u fut 01 but not net belt ell aaser if e george r a dk D k ono ot of the tn me en 1 la an ir P oh chap ho pro ponee I 1 to 1 every woman I 1 ha aeta t ru lia naley anil ad ald under dlo dano with ith TH T D and ad ufa his wile ire and ad AS ga zen Tra naley alres to zen CHAPTER I 1 catl IL perhaps you will bill eve excuse eves s A us now ow slid the tha eichers wit wile mi HI wish to ilk A business YD rd 1 I 11 I 1 show you yen lH embrI and ad ve me will expect pact TOU too to be with us ua for or ber berest sSt wit a be bow khe b left ill alie oom ime tol fol I 1 lowed ad by hir bur dio din liter bler linder had a sense sanse of D ifield it was ns As the b A ahl mashine ml shine meal A had bad been fiand d n hunan hegr man mail and only it its aroni had ad ched we tits it 11 had bad b ban 1 1 n 11 awai v ell it pro cited yoked tile the AppI till the barchet tile hie hut bill left ba his un OR bell and I 1 T in der did tile abc same there lete cie hicl ness ms matters to di cuss ind d t was M e awal fo fair contest to dilli I 1 i ill iness in tin course conree of a drinking bout till lib an uld old stoner like Y D I 1 got get to have beethar another ill ool tons the rancher archer waa arm C cm t 1 take chances 0 on sol less mal and I 1 nr 1 you I bobs to put it up ill for we me suits it nie a said old trail if you ran it 11 8 show he me where to get the hay you know the south tv 1 1 1 nei neer er been on an it it well it its a brach of the YD TD which runs rose southeast cast ate from the trucks forks gnes it got get it its amnie I 1 fr froin nie a bu be cause I 1 built my first cabin at the forks that me aa about the time you wal 0 en a amlak alik diet 1 lr I ansle ate and us old timers had all outdoors to play with yoi yell seed bee the alie YD Is a cau can took rous mus bream like its godfather at t the forks yond you d ImP na trally rally suppose Is ill where bran branches h es joined an on forth in d double 0 able har bar aass well ell that aint it at all tills this trick liaa bas colern ideas an at the reeks forks it devives itself into two an he hikes for the gulf a 0 Afe mexico libs an him ful for hudson bay A AB I 1 ft us nay any as I 1 built my first cabin at the forks a sort eort a 0 peak a has cabin it w was Us mere the wolret uta come ahlook an look in ill at high nights welt I 1 custe I 1 usta look out dot through all the same holes I 1 had bad the a 0 man language an I 1 reckon we w a about equal scared there was no wife or AT kill kid in those dav flags the ranched ranch paused took a long draw on his pipe and his hia ees 3 8 gin glowed w ad mcolee with the lilot liht if old recollections 1 hjlma aall ell so as I 1 v as adyln e he continued presently to in its got to cattle tile stream the H Y D after me that s what list you get far or be abeln in first on ill the gr ground it a monument t for ever an ever A till alila but abeln the main irmin a stream t got at branch the name proper an the other branchi aln b smallest an ri running kind 0 south ali ta rOhm nat rally Y got called tile the south Y YD D I 1 run ran st stock ck in both valleys when I 1 we was at the forks buu but not but much it since are I 1 came do down A he well wall ther ballue maibe V ther thousand sand tole tois a 0 hay bay oer iner in the i perhaps va you will ella excuse Us ui now new baid ald tho the ranchers Ran Rc cherB he wife south seat Y YD D an you a b bob att better trail 1 r t there iner tomorrow m an putzar plath into it t that la IS it if youn you re iol bithal with the price lm I 1 m payin you tina I 1 price el r Is all right eight old trans trana Is ley mid m we well H hit the unit nt at san sunup up Ili therell erell be no trouble no A autto of interests I 1 mean aih hobb later interests d demanded the ill bandier cher belligerently ain t 11 I 1 the is fa the ot of the Y D at AID t the whole what lal 1 I ley m named md d fat far me met when it 11 com coches to infers interest tee of couche a agreed anit at wanted led to know knew bow things thing it I 1 in case we ran up at ome bous thing g quite proper said bald TD ED quite proper praise A an now the matters matter under order isen silo ill 1 II 11 jun UH bow allow YOU yon my 1 head I 1 B it fellow flow named lead landgon dw down he allej Is of at the he saba I 1 ID D that aaa a by ROBERT STEAD arr author 0 TA r C cof fth ftc no HAMIS ba 0 11 1 STEAD 1 been flir flirten tin with that hay meadow tor far years year but he be SIR t got get no an claim to it I 1 was wag first on the ground an I 1 cut it 11 whenever I 1 feel like it OR an I 1 m get coln to go A on atun it it anybody corm comes set out raisin trouble vou von just shoo em oft off an a go on coffin that her hav stilt spite a 0 h b I 1 an high I 1 ell water star Y D 11 stood stand behind vou ma th thanks said thata that s sets what he I 1 wanted led to know 11 Tra naley and linder LIMIA were so BO e early r 1 1 w about next met morning idaa 8 after or their sir con vers atlon with till Y YD D that there am waa no opportunity of 0 another meeting with till the r he 8 w tilte ire or daughter tilly they nere or slipping quietly out at of tile the house to take been breakfast fast with the men when Y D intercepted them breakfast Is a waltin bivs he said gold in ind it led chem back into the room where the had had supper the previous ers evening Y D ate with them but the mail ft as served b bi the chinese boy in all the yard nil all mas jingling excite in ment ent the r he men mail ot of the Y D were tra ira ter nally assisting lian slay gg in hitching hit thing up and getting so aaa and nd there was much bustling tactility to a an accompaniment ot friendly profanity it as not net yet six IT a 0 clock but the rho sun me was well up oer mer r the e eastrin rid g ZI thit lint flanged the valley Y and ed to the well ill ih snow allow capped summits of tile the shone like polished ivory tile the A 1 in the clr 11 was nl 1 most net intoxicating I 1 inder bitter did quickly kly coner concerted ted the ap mirent met ell chios of her horses as wage wagons As and ad implements into order tr 1 I r y had nit a last hoit word with fill YD and ad the r ranch h er ar shouting good luck lack boys I 1 wall hake it a thousand tons or more waved them amov linder lander g glanced I 1 alced back at the house tile the bright smi sunshine shine had bad not awakened ened it ft it ley lay dreaming I 1 in it its vale giova of cool green tree the trill lav not dot up the valley later but across the w U edge of foothills which ill di vided aided the south Y T D from tile the parent stream the ascent was therefore much more rapid than the feels which followed follow ed the general course of the stream huge hills shouldering to getter gether left at times only wagon magon track room rome between at al other an places they skirted dangerous cutbacks cut rutt banks imiL worn wn by spring freshens esbeta fr and ad again 91 trekked tor far long dit distances less over gently curving uplands in an hour the he horses il area were showing the strain of it and linder halte baited them tor fora a momentary rest it was AS at athe that moment that draak red rode up oil his face a study tn in obvious annoyance may a danged if I 1 sint aln t left that pete horse horses a blanket dm down n at the Y D 0 he exclaimed oh ob well ell you yen can an badly ride bulk back f for it and ad catch up on us this after noon said I 1 bod inder who a was not m in the adl leit leat deceived elemi tile thanks ike ln lin said old dask ill beat it down in an catch R up on in you A this 1 afternoon fi evea sure and ad he we was off down do the trall trail as all fast a as that fete Pefe horse could 1 carry him at the Y D george conducted the search for his horse blanket in the strongest strangest places place it took him film mainly about the yard of the house and even to the it kitchen t ell door where he he be later inter viewed ad tile the chinese boy oi all catchen lor horse a blanket around here bam ile he hun inquired tred with appropriate gesticulations you losee boas blan blanket ketto 1 I lep ell uh kuhnt t und kind hoss boss blanket jus a brown blanket for far that pete horse libe hoss mine proudly morere sou on raised ill liim good h boss 71 you betchan huh i PUS pause I 1 oa A no blanket heyt no I 1 1 said d the ile chinaman ab whose manner rally d 1 in this tort arlet he had clas alneil round crayk and it el idled h him im you catches MIA him thau though gh some low b 1 too toa you rim ficken I 1 lound it bs here be beat it sij and diak found the om kitchen door or d ded ed 1 in his face drak war dd dered d slowly ned at around it the side its of the house and was a not above a surreptitious t ill glance alone a through th the windows dowl q ibea reveal revealed d nothing ue lit rol ll louerl ml n pill path out net by a I 1 little I 1 tile gate his ruse had find proven a blind trail and there was nothing to do but go am down 1 to the stables take the horse area blanket lie aiom the peg where 1 be a had bad hung tt it and ad set out again for the south Y D As he turned a earlier corner of the tha term fence the sight eight of a young woman burst upon him bhe was a hatless hatle AS and fal fac bensio LIZ ing it the I 1 sun drak it for far alt it his bis ad astr mi ration arkin of the sex see had little a eve for detail dilson A sort an of hudt beat about sixteen hands band high and ad with the look of a he afterwards de scribed lie lier to I 1 linler bola slie she turned at the sound of his font feet steps step and draak ho Rom dommond mond a rk which match sot set life ilia homely face with good humor pardon me meant maani lie be said wit watt A an elaborate bow I 1 am M mr drnek sir mr georce creak mr aa talent blatant no doubt he spoke of me khe he a as lebid inbode the inclosure formed 4 bj it uie retire and ad he be ouilda she turned on an him eyes which eel at creek s unless pulses strangely a tingle and subject ed ad him to a deliberate but not un on friendly inspection net man no iso I 1 don t believe he did she sold aid at length dw draak it cau cautiously thandy approached ap pp caux clux US as though wondering wandering how ban near he could come without frightening her away Y he reached tile the fence and leaned his hill elbows on it she showed no an disposal film to move more he ere cautiously raised one toot foot and tested rested it on an the lower jewer to rail it s a dr fine morning milli moore ma am he vent ventured ad rather she r replied api b ad why aren t Y you on with mr air a gung gang lb the question gal gave george an OR open bl ing g tt IN ell 11 you see saw he said laid its it s all ail on account A t of that pete horse 1 chats I hot lail linn down lol the there I 1 rode do awny th this a baw morning and plumb forgot hla his blanket so NO when ill sir Tra naley asi been it I 1 he SO ears arak draak take the day off UP nn go be back tor far bour our blanket lie he says aiom I 1 no hurry he be caas etva under an me A it 11 manage he be sets sais oh ohl V so here I 1 a am it he glanced at her at she was showing allowing no disposition to mn runaway a ay she was about to two dmd yai da fron from him along the force fence cmrk won tiered lum how long it would take ankh h in to beah bridge that distance E elm en s Is he looked looked she leaned her elbows on the fence and rested one mm of her feet on the I 1 lower kiil 1 I drak fancied he siw W it the clitis muscles about be her on month 11 pulling ing her face into little laughing chivies curies but she was gazing soberly into the ill dis tance ilea he a some horse that pete horse he md taking up the subject which ley lay we most at ready to to his tongue lies hes sure some he horse so 1 I have no doubt lep D drask it continued him an me im has boen so some limes late who whew I 1 things I 1 coul tint tell iou oil about at all 11 well owell aren arent t you going toe to deack glinted at her cir this thia girl showed signs of loading leading him if out of his depth but it was a very delightful sensation on to feel one onen 4 self being led out of lit his depth by such a girl her face was we leas her eyes fixed dreamily up upon A the brown prairies poultice that swept up the flanks of tile the foothills to tile south far tied and tway away on am their haab curving aring crests ts the me dark snake line of TrI naley a 9 could be are been apparently motionless on am the rim me of the horizon draak changed its ilia foot on the rail and OM motion brought him six inches nearer a r er her well fr f r instance he said spur spin ring his big imagination into action there was aa the fellow I 1 run down an shot in the hills shot she exclaimed and the note of sued admiration r often in her vole voice stirred him to iff fuetter further filah flights is yep he renti continued proud proudly ly suc A an burled buried him there right b by the road where he fell only me an W t that hat pete Pell horse knows the spot george sighed sentimentally its awful sad havin to kill a man an he fec went on an it makes yon feel strange age on an 1 specialty specially at nights that Is the first one me street affects you that way but you soon get used to it you see he insulted the first lie 1 one have sou sea killed am more than 0 re oh ob yes lots of them A man like me am what at knocks or around da ail oer A with all sorts of people has to do IL k rheu there theres the police after y you oil kill a few men mail net nat rally the police begins to worry you I 1 always hats hate to lull kill a policeman it must be fin an interesting 1 life it Is 13 but bar its it s a hard one he sold said of after a U ps pause during which idah he h had changed feet again and taken up an A other six fl inches oftie distance which separated them be was almost afraid afi aid to cont continue I 1 no e the c nuit conversation ile do was finding pm progress areas BO 00 much b easier caster the than h he had expected it was evident that h be had made sits a tremendous hit with YD Y D a diug liter what h et a atoo to tell tel 1 I 1 under inder NN what hat we would 1 l it T say guy he was shaking kg with busiest it 8 rn an awful hard life he went art on an an A t there here comes a time nil miss when nhen a man wants to quit it there comes a time thus when every decent decant man wants want t to settle tile din down A I 1 b been as ill ki A about that a lot lately IN ft 11 hat of do you think about fir dk D k had bad gone gets white he felt that he actually bad Pr proposed ormed to her might bright be a good idea aishe she replied demurely he ere changed feet again he had gone too far to stop atop ile he must strike the iron ab when it was hot of course ile he had no dashe to stop but it was vias all at a so it he mal could I 1 it speak P it 1 to her i now in a lit whisper taper I 1 how haw about iou on miss how about ou on an me a jus JOE down she did not net answer for a moment th then 1 in a low law nia it he be fair to accept you 11 like le this sir air break I 1 lou on do don t know it now any anything ing about me a an I 1 dont a want out to ta I 1 mean sao I 1 do dont t care call what hot short vou im I 1 but it he be fair until you ion know knew she continued cautioned there are things thing I 1 d have to tell you soo and I 1 no don t like to sly she was looking downward now and tie lie fancied he be could see am the color rig ing about her cheeks checks and tire tier fr frame trembling he turned toward he her and ad extended his arms tell ne me tell your own george he ha coned no ahe said with it shifty rigidity 1 I ran rant cant t contest at c come on he pleaded adult tell me rat I 1 ve e been bad man too she seemed in be weighing agh ing |