Show t gs f ettler ETTl Jr N c OF F r va E SAEL by HAL by SERVICE hal 6 EVARTS WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE at the warren ranch th three bar a stranger fit an plied piled toi for work as a rider wl wit melle ann warren known to lisi all it BB as billie i Is the owner 0 of the ranch the girls father ski al warren had been the nal owner the newcomer iv I 1 put pui to work cattle rustlers hav been apen troubling the ibe ranch owners owner rhe new hand gives given his name as a at harris by his announce mont ment in favor of squatters squat tera h ht incurs the enmity of a ald alrie j us As morrow the will trail mad oy by cal cai warren stipulated this iha half the property should go do ti I 1 he son on of his old friend ts harris under pertain certain conditions rhe new arrival Is the man anc he discloses the fact to biall slade a ranchman with an no flavory reputation visits glade tile endeavoring to er embr billie to it interrupted by harrip while the riders are at thel evening meal far out on th range six outsiders outsider join them billie knows them to be rus rua H hrs ri T to 0 test harris courage I 1 th h irl appoints points him temporary fore ore nan an suggesting that he he 1 visitors I igors to leave somewhat to 10 her surprise he does so fo tinen depart making threats ril ri lie makes harris permanent tore fori man inan catching morrow leavirn j mule jilts chere here they can be stolen warris karris discharges him with bidlle a man presumably borrow orrow shoots at harris three oar start in pursuit of no lorrow one of them bangs it ir and killed harris Harrl sout out III inn isep ills his plans for bringing set alry into the country billie de dc eldea ampf to rite to her lawyer luige lu ige colton calton for or advice CHI CHAPTER A t V continued 12 well wel I 1 try it ii she said 1 I 1 know it ft it tal it warren would sold rather see the rhe 1 l I ipe ilar go EO to pieces from its own pr n uie iiii fighting from lie is tc im iu thun than to see it whittled divin I 1 fi hip outside without willi out our ft hillig ii 1 he classed to tier her to write the iriks judge cottons colton s ad sill nil elds matter which would nipan lip HP duj ong in three far bar allaire an ali hur liler later iloine rode away from if ills fits bed roll on a ivil 11 hore I 1 ore heading for r rills with the that lifrant so much to flip time 1 I irac liar bar As lie left harris handed him two to letters letter he had written weeks before leaving the ranch aresu i ilia lily ants file lie three of them of llie file intended inove but bill in tile burp ettlie of the next tew few days if had hegmoe dired d binting the hie men aten that tin the amr I 1 air wasi was to turn into a cirii ains cuttit tile the girl lear learned tied griat was tile source of these a fily pers ahei tile llie departure of 51 morrow orro i cirp ip bull 1 sullen twive twice he be hall ohen exceptions to sone some order ot of folzman alanis hul bill the ibe new foreman had tin bewly Iri illy hie flip fast fait however on oi llie flit fifth day after tile di departure of 0 I 1 1 rup with the it tetter tier to anilee tol of tion lin il dried on the mno milo OR lir lie un an squat lei remark when thi hir linial vere nere gathered for the noon nonn ille al be all tie he sald said ill tills time imp yu you folk op dp alit re morrow left off IT now you ran 81 in gi latini hirn him up and compare notis miles noti s binl a speak his mind 1 iri rl tit alp lip ilp ran talk ills his head olt off harrl kill hees he nt oer overlook look tiny ni korep 1 ii 11 nhe on no ills his cicele abille im ill r v wing w i ing ins he flip layout morrow tried I 1 ti i on laile he wits was breaking von in irp irl aneed the he faces of alie tie men assist nicil to but chanced ili hi file und for foi llie flit nip cimral if irdill dill to leale us chort clarris suld to 1 die 1 e eirl morion 0 I 1 aw carl and bit anns nag lire flierl H ought to fo get buirk from froin I 1 trill rill ft imlay weve were only aly one more awk out so I 1 gued we CUD can worry how did you kilow knowl she asked turp 1 I adeall iii 1 film a kmitch ol 01 if cows will fulves hindls lanky Is north riby llillie ll irlie rump bark back from brills in tile lie s en alii and another inan rode alth him Alde ii wille suld saiu 1 I ariit the sheriff slier lff Is in doing out here ohp sheriff tripped the cadille sail ile frimin hla his li lairse arse and the wrangler swim ilen lo ili hayo lia file die lit in with hir fill demudd as an alilen alden olied herrl anti aari the tie air he was HUB a fall gaunt nun man with vilh a slight stoop ills liven kren gris tes peered forth from a maze ot lit ran in jimps surmounted by busby bush eye eve tins tile drooping gray jau rather than detracting frim ilif ili linw MiLe strength of counte dilice ile he dropped a hand blind on the 1 I coolder I 1 and looked down at as her lav r itil nut breaking tilts this sea ea sun lion le lie asked running aboul tile lie same canie slie she said they a abie pie old arli and tile girl know that alden would help her in any pos sallile way the sherill sli erill turned to fl harris arris 1 I 1 see youve settled bellied down to t a steady job cal at instead of browsing around the he jilts hills alone I 1 run across home fit at billis and lie was telling idling me lite about s aniie aine one for iou froio the HIP brush narrow morrow lie he says ill ho you anni ani rite me to pick mairow nil cupl it would only ansie your tittle hunis said we bouldi prove ll it op on the lie way things tire tact alden n greed 13 but ut I 1 could hold him blin til ill after you re back nt at the flip much some day folks may inny wake ur up and rid need a shet sheri lT its Cs hard to say the men had finished working the held lidid ond and were fr cr around tile ngon fu fat their meal you tou so go abend and eat cal billie at al ilen den said cal at and ril ill food feed a lifter ja will try it she said litter inter on ive got a fuss to palk with ca I 1 billie left eft then them to gellici and the liff on liis ills lipets s tills this rumor about your farming the three bar lie asked Il horne lorne sald bald all the hands were guess ing hut but I 1 haven I 1 beard any thillA about it outside arid and I 1 dont aimini un it leaking out be fore we start fiarris said 1 hut were golub to break out the flit I 1 had the plans all auld and sent ent i wort word ott fr things tire are moving if lon ward ird the I 1 start right now bow itil stir bilings up alden predict el butth irh title forefinger ile he bract if a in tile lie debt then blotted it H out ill III ila to lo it h you t alie lie best besl I 1 run were giol to niche a clean split llanas said let get tile hie bild knoot deft set sel apart then they can br bi handlen handi cn aldan D BUS at alil tile F loa lis ter nr n r who had drawn apart gium alir lit rest resl slid anil wis ijas eating his anew in loll coll I 1 buile Us le the old mall eliken a 0 amot imel from ilia III borki 1 l mid var n study ing ll it US ati if 11 by bv tile sill otel ei renei lions it if rufed rou ed in ID him blin alden aarli 51 osk ills heno us its he rose anti cionea the wagon Hiiri iv war telling lulling me lite ital aboul ut ilni ll ni taso i he said prelly alnut roy itile aliel alif win us as close Ks HS fallier fil liei and son two harris mid hild flip J gilld iii ind iff ul at hie flit wagon anti anil held out oui stolid and ups to Vad hiles ites nile girl war emited lus rol fm tile lie 1111 couf that tile the apil slun had open made inside ilow long will it ake to get gel thi rigi jolus after afler stegel e get has link k slie she asked not nol wore more than is week at af like out side flarrie said bohly less toe rino I 1 olean thill the she stated mated 1 annl nt to lic he truth you lime it be hempst her 1 I hod had tile plans all lold lain our trev crew tre v to li sil vir ready aay beaded for or ita lh throe bar before they pet get there every arr inac will linte brise filed died on a quarter I 1 designated I 1 fur or him hills inside a week well have covered file ht long LOII lifter after 1 the lie hands had turned in rr for tile night she heird beard a faint murmur ot of und looked from tier her teepee tile the brilliant I 1 moonlight showed harris and tile sheriff kitling illy at by thein themselves seles cor no BO apparent reason she thought of carlos caring Il plearse liei earse ine tind and nini by point site die contrasted him with the man wio willi sat talking to the sher sheriff kach was almost super in his owr chosen line end and tile ought herself on dering what each one would in do it if suddenly trans planted to u tile hip of tile the other then tier het mind occupied itself aith hirris who would soon break out lite hie first plow furrow that had eer en r scarred the range within a ra dius 1119 of fifty salles miles and she pictured again ui aln a sign she had seen that day adny squatter let lc your wagon wheels keep turning CHAPTER VI three heay wagons each drawn liy fly four lilg hig nicles traveled bortl cleria ilie elie Col driver stage trail every wagon was as loaded to the brim of tile hie lipple put box two enen were mounted on oil cm cash h wagon seat the man beside HIP flip driver lin lanIng a rifle across his knees nice place to camp tiny said the guard on the lend lead wagon ile he pointed oft off biross a flat beside the rond road to ward a sign ale u that loomed in the cen ter the black giant besig bated as tiny swung the inkles off the road and headed tor for the sign rhe three wagons nere ivere drawn up soure some fifteen yards apart to in tile the shape 0 of a trl tri single iii iRle the lite leri and given a feed of grain front from nose tings bags tied to the wagons and supplied with fill baled holy hay tiny walled walked over and viewed the elie sign squatter Sual Squat tei tet dont let sunset find you here he be read its about that time now he ob ser sered ell squinting over his bis shoulder be it jul mistake stake to leave Tl dence like that around tie lie tore lore down the sign and worked it ft into firewood with an aa ax now they cant do nothing to us fur drifting in here by error lie he remarked led to fits companions it be fair ili n the morning the three wagons lumbered on oil neur sunset they passed another sign where here the three bar road bralic branched hed off to the left tiny pulled up the mules uproot that little beauty busset he adl sed were getting close to home bitne the carrot haired guard dese descended ended noil and threw ills englat el glat against the sigu sign it aiom side to side until until the uie posts ere loosened lu a the ground pried it up and loaded it on the wagon quick work hass the elie big roan may for a little sawed oft od runt youre real spry and active ue lie clucked to the mules and they settled steadily into the collars and moved on to ihu ahe three bur the three var hur men viewed the tae freighters curiously us its they beung the mule team in front of the blacksmith shop noted the rifle la in the hands ot of nub each guard and a second one in easy reath of each driver they lihew that tills portended the freights ri had find oil off the wagon sheet lashed laslie il ai across robs the top of each loud load and elie three bar wen enen moved casualty toward the ceilous to view the cont contents ersts you bozif get to each oth er suld said these intile skin skies lieis will be g out ut at tile the ehret bar frow from now on all the line hue the thies bat ineil ele getting hah ith the freighters A thousand pounds of outs were tossed the elie top lop of th the slid and alien hen the sucks sacks were ere denied li ined town awn there aln re wert heavy plows showing under neath tile he spie belliero bellie eo then fillen till bli ining culls ot of fenie fence ire lh ei onil load tit ot is drill a crale tit lit long handled shovels and more inore barbed wire ire llie file third helu belo 11 rule raku still a in ming dorp morp wire legs kegs of fence staples ies anti ami u V size forks tile the abree lini flat hlll ill be lie middle tit a ty dyllone llone booie prophesied us its lie he 16 aed file just us us HS tills leaks ul e eclied felt lied our oui cyclone cycle ne opener Op etlen wills us stub assured him lel 1 el hei bet buik imm chii dout door the girl thebe allu M then turned hei fiet eta et a to u tile flo and latoney lato nev it with a vair carpet liet of rippling hay buy TO RW BB CONTINUED |