Show the settling of the by aby HAL G EVARTS copyright by hal 0 kvart WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE at the t warren astren ranch the three nar bar a at nt stranger ranger a up p p piled lied to 0 o work as a a rider wit It arnette ann warren known to lo all an 01 billie Bl llie 1 the be taw owner ot 1 the ranch the girls father cal warren had been the original owner the newcomer to Is put to work cattle rustlers he haie been troubling the ranch owners ale the new hand kites gies his name as cal harris by his announcement in favor 0 of squatters he incurs incur the enmity of a rider known as morrow the will mado mad by cal warren stipulated that halt half the property should go to the son of his old friend Will william itina harris under certain conditions the new arreal Is the man suo anil he discloses the fact to billie slade blade a r ranchman lach main with an unsavory de r reputation a lion visits nil ballie ile blade endeavoring d boring to embrace billie billic Is interrupted by harris while the riders are at thet evening meal far out on the range six outsiders join them bellie knows thorn them to be rustlers lo in test harris courage th girl appoints him temporary foreman suggesting that he be ordia the visitors to leave somewhat to her surprise lie he does so tile men depart making threats billie makes harris permanent foreman catching morrow leaving cattle heie they can be stolen harris discharges him riding with billie a man presumably morrow shoots at harris three bar riders start in pursuit of morrow forrow one of them bangs bang Is ambushed and killed harris outlines his file plans plane for or bringing st settlers into the country billie decides to arite ft rite to her lav layr la yr judge colton for advice the tha settlers begin to arr aarle le all welt well armed meu meal CHAPTER VI continued 13 there was a clatter of hoots hoofs slid and a rattling of gravel as be horsemen put their sure footed mounts bild the steep slope two hundred yards ya ads back of the house and abd followed along tile lit fence of elie die corral tile the five elie Bran brandona dons hail had cut across the shoulder sli of the lie mountain the girl murdered non mun dered at this visit as she lic heard iril lare lafe brain don tile f ither find and head of file tribe ask barris to put pul them up for the night S ara an hour later harris and lafe came to her door and slie elie let lei lu in y Z the Laran dons are riding down to lu file on a quarter apiece harris said art quit tile the wagon below their place as we me came la in and told tile the rest re st that thai were going to farm the three ear then youre joure doing the elie same she late lafe with sudden hope that her brand would mould have ciani paDy in the moie old tuan man brandon shook his head N not it right off 11 lie he suld said until we see eee how you folks pan out we cant Us fix to handle it the way you do were illig filing to protect our ourse hes before some nester outfit turns up at our front rici floor door nut but the otiler other small outwits feel he file laine way barris suit said it if two of if us start the rest will join in claibe so the old man loan suld said doubtfully hut but noa flys lakel likely y too set on the file other side the thought was deep routed rooted and tie be could not dot be moved well let it out its only fur or pro that ue nil all are filbig he fie said and that thai we dont film aim to pron up the rhe that dout don t hie file now will luge lose out tills will always be open range more than ninety ty per pel cent of it and those liose who tile on of their wales will control hie flit grass As soon sina as the lie squatters see one outfit bill blurting 1 take out om papers rn on evera of dirt they can get water to ali have six months Illon the to move on oil then a six fix months stay hahl louria round I 1 nailing alting tor for filings to 0 o open up ii so 80 the can cai dubla to lo heie tile hrand brand owners who rho hedged fledged teiei wives s IL f re hand mill run lown down to tile und and and ald that hae had bad on all the good pieces right in their door dibir yard for or have on only ly the plots left that thai their heir towie holne ranch sets on oil and likely no later eten een for that thal the brandone Bran dong dons staged for or the t tie nigh alghi 1 md and rude rode off at u dalight dh light the lie 1 morning while the three km bar tile prepared for a trip to it brills 3 AS I 1 the he rest were ere dillIng su fur for the start stan liter 18 saw old arlle foster seated by himself gazing off across the hills better come and aar ride ovo ovel wl alrh ih us itile lie he urged bangs would want lint yuu you to try and forgot forget the old tuan man shook bis big head ini im drifting drift lug today I 1 he sold ill likely be back before ong long I 1 bick back tracked blue in their camp and trailed then them twenty miles to If liere tin thi 3 joined bunth it wap wi of harpers Har pern devils I dont kniat kni w which four one way or fl ethe I 1 get tile right four oi of not I 1 ni going to play piny even fir f ir imons there were less than ilion a doan if oth in baill store when aln n lisp tl arp rat but urn tuen fla lirou rough gli fill ion flout fie fhe sat mil at al tine one ill it flit lir tahle in the big rom and indulged in a gume of blad harper anil and lung lun thein un ui two awot of them harak us as burned und and the alie fifth was unknown it u the falm nos ees botet harris biond sit ad lit illy a as be tuter il V th the hend 0 f tile ln three flat griir meta le 1 1 the news that hiat the three rat bai had fall M 4 wout acer outfit had ilen I len widely noised abroad from behind the flip bar brill covertly studded the man who uhn was responsible for aulm nil change four men front from the half moon 0 stood grouped at al one end of 0 the room split up op nud and among the others drill moved up ond and down behind the bar it with a towel one after another he fie diew each of tile the men frow froia the iluff niron jollon D into conversation with the hie elret pat bar foreman to whether vili ether oi 01 nut not they resealed ills mote ti ere was no evidence of it to lo their speech the men froin the two outfits aln glod ns as as beforehand before ani and at lust hist hirris smiled across at al brill well have you sized it all up he asked the looked up know in that read his our he motioned to evans and lanky joined them pose iose in drawing liim film into conversa lion alon mith tile hie four men lie polished the hie bar thoughtfully then lien nodded A ninn fainn in my buc business iness bas h is to kep keep putted cioth ways he said 1 I 1 jim wanted to boake suie state five years ago every man would have bace quit the three bar like a stiche feeling was that stating but tile lie boys stift front plate pimp to fo place bud and seen both eol ead if it they dont give a d n one way or tile other now nov why should they they got nothing at ai stake five years ago you have tilted a man to ride for you now nom be pouring in asking for jobs bibs juba because bliey figure liere flie rell 11 be some soine excitement on rap the nien fieo from hie file halfmoon D were vere due back and inside of an bom benr they rode off leading uny harris men and the card in the place barris walked to the file la in hie ble and the three bar men shiflet positions slouching tit at tile the har or leaning with their balks to it 11 alertly alert lv move as the fore foreman ninn spoke to the albino lets you and I 1 draw olt off and hive a little talk he said if you can spare tile hie time aarper tilted tilled up the corner of ill hi dole hole curd and peeked at al it then hien turned his ollier oilier curds cards face down or the table hiis Ii is he suld said and rose to face harris blead tile way harris moved over to another eithle and the tuta io nit lien n sat linari 1119 oilier afros it it lip hr mollo ned to in unity them alln ni liar far rig plunged plunK fl abruptly into nh ahat he had to fo suy say off harper I 1 want you it to yei gel 11 II light lit ini im nil 1101 ral 1001 hough to you fur for I 1 kilow r not nil any more inure afraid of me file than I 1 am ut ot you tills Is just a little explain ing a talk so nell all both know filiere u ln re we lvis ui nil in 10 pan yeii li ether ie e let eal other alone or gilt good start the albino comment ed go right on t all ali right its tt 8 like this harris resumed im going to have my mn hands full without you hiring out to tn petter pester us ill not out to reform the lie country they set the fashion of doe eat dog in and every man for himself no BO the three bar la Is all that interests tile me you h keep cep out of my affairs and lot get aou ou go 0 o your join own galt gait if f you falls 1113 in I 1 II 11 have hare your men hunted bullied down like rals harpal glanced toward th the group tit ill the bur you were prudent enough to igich a time male when you lie ie three to one to tell me file about hint flint be suld said 11 it II id kill you in y yubi 0 ui chair hair I 1 have some trouble getting out ul the file door of course id tale take every chance to lo play safe harris Arris admitted but that Is beshle the point id lillie fold you the hie sume tibia if the balds ads apen reversed youie youe got BOI brains or have been dead tor for twenty beirs if I 1 ou were a hip hap hazard barbard lion alcide I 1 N b sitt lil here put but you full kill a man without looking a few weeks beeks allaead and sure it was mus safe go ahead lets hear bear the rest of it ft harper urged youve got an original line fille ut of tall talk youre playing one game and I 1 in placing alai ris said boore in tile endille nun like you baie bae been once or twice before cut but you know that the sentiment of a community re I 1 terses erses almost overnight youve youre stepped oui out just attend ahead of a clean ap a time or two in n the past ive got a hard bunch of terriers ers OUT or at tile the oliree hir bar nil and you raid us without a battle big enough to go down to id history us its lie three ear war either way lose for or it stir folks up and m nhen hen thebie llie yie storied youre through vo 11 you re member what A moody did up nil on tin flit alad what old con IC istine starting sprung on oil the nations trail that mill mil happen again right here the tu ino well leaning tom toward a rd euch each other oilier elbows resting on off the ta la ble harper ll urier relaxed and leaned imek comfortably in his bis chair us as lie it awoke eales propped his bis feet beet 0 on lie taule table and barris hung one knee oer the hie arta arni ot of his chair the wen nien at tile the bui bar knew that clial some crisis bad been barel babeli passed you talk as if I 1 was runn running iii un ULI of my illy ou oli and had a bunch ot of riders that could swarm down on oil you objected object rd 1 I 1 dun i beij run a braud of my own ova or llie hue onu one ulan man riding tor tile me tile bilu liuni Is riding for yu y u harris staled suppose ube that hat was mas true carpel sall then alint in ili one country after the elie next aliey K bit the elie toboggan milel level they alliry got to feeling too it if you line up against tile me that lime lillie has bus come collie again if I 1 get pulled potted fruaja roia the bruell le e it bo thill that those bos that filed over choie boltl be le lull I 1 I 1 I 1 in I 1 I 1 lie luich aliete 11 ll liu be a re ward ot of u thousand hung up for elie bacall of each of clifteen meal chobe buiu I 1 henle hile I 1 was prowling round I to it curry oo on ve ie beguin tiff cun ait anil ll ikker than files to hi the im home sledd sli il liln filings on oil tile hie three bar then it twilit liv lie bud bad 10 0 o you fuu you evil 11 go i bour ou B bl Il arlia suid As long loii us tuu vu lui a oil three tl iree bit ajr cuvis yuu you willed me file oue little tu to conie deij to lu in lie III breaks I 1 ent eer usuke mill tall lal adless jou bu rail cull oil im elie eat fir firt lilot t then just out of politeness ill ride alile ver ut ul the head of a buit dref niel ilien it dont took as it ned gel ashing back stid forth harper gaid now dont ili laluk liili im throwing a bluff ur or ilo JUN jul ju l telling I 1 aou you vuu chuli reele u H ul of things that could happen to lu tile me in re euln nil n atil hi ul of eta flue I 1 iiii m just juht coult coul t ing elij elul ajoue ii tf gill fin und gun set its it s not dot KIC to lu help either une one ul of ulf to gel lined up nil wiling what do you say we e cull call it ljung of ual Iel tile lie three bir bild iiii yuu you ru BE CONTINUED |