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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH WOMEN CAN 11017 DO MORE , CHAPTER X hie pocket, whats yon and John Selwood? 11 The shock to Christie was perfectly hidden In her astonishment. She opened her eyes as if inviting the most rigorous Inspection. Why, nothing! Why do you ask that? At least, she went on and then a little hateful telltale color rose, nothing that I know of why, Bill? his Pardaloe, having discharged fowling piece, chewed his fresh morsel of tobacco Into place, looking no longer at Christie but at the floor somewhat to one side of her, his mouth drawn down to a gloomy curve. He dont come here no more, he observed at length. Christie tossed her head. "Well, hes a very busy man, anJ, of course, has lots of friends besides us Pardaloe groped steadily ahead. Are you his friend? he asked with nasal skepticism. She professed astonishment. Why, Christie raised yes, I hope so. Bill her voice what are you asking all these questions for?" Then a panic seized her. What do you mean, Bill? Is Selwood hurt? For an Instant the book of her womans heart lay open before the big fellow her look of sudden, deadly fear. Bill had a pretty good idea now. lie shook his head to her question. No. no. Nothing like that at all, Christie. But wliats wrong tween you and John? Pardaloe was trending on thin Ice for a mule boss; and among the dangers he hnd not counted on was the reaction in a woman's feelings after she has betrayed her secret. With a flush of anger Christie sudIm sure Ive no idea denly chilled. what youre talking about, Bill. And It's very silly to keep on talking about It." So saying, Christie became very s e and left busy with her looking after her retreating heels and studylhg the floor w ith even piore than his habitual concentration. But he was not easily discouraged. Having thought seriously over the situation and braced himself slightly for a second attempt, Pardaloe returned to the store an hour later to straighten the girls for so he called Christie troubles out. Christie," he Insisted gravely, it aint no use our heatin around the bush. Theres trouble tween you and John She protested, denied. Interrupted It was all one. Pardaloe probed until poor Christie took refuge In a womans last weapon tears. ThU argument threatened to reduce Pardaloe to the same state, but It cleared the atmosphere, anJ Christie, touched by his honest Interest,, told him the story of the scene between Starbuck and Selwood and herself that eventful morning In the store. It wouldnt have been so bad," trembled Christie, grieved and resentful, If he had even tried to explain or excuse It lie said himself," she murmured In final reproach of Selwood and his pleader, lie was Just a common gambler." This seemed to give Pardaloe a favorable opening. Dash it," he thundered, not loud, but deep In his reverhe aint no common gamberations, bler. Theres no man on the Overland Trail dast set up against him In a game of poker all night If he wants to play. I tell y I know Ive tried It. And why he cant talk up to you, Christie, is because, dash It, hes In love with you thats why. I tell y. Im a married man, Christie, n I understand such things." She refused to hear another word, and Pardaloe went away not exactly knowing whether he had helped his favorite young man In Sleepy Cat or hurt him by extolling bis technical skill, Selwood slept later than usual that day. After his solitary ineul In the dining-room- , he went down to the barn, where Carpy found him later and took him to the doctors office In the hotel. There he sat for some time with Selwood In serious confab. I'll agree, John," he said, countering a contemptuous remark of Selwood's, "there's been a good deal of loose Vigilante talk here, different times. But this time It Isnt going , to stop with talk. This towns got the worst reputation In the mountains. "Whom are they going to clean It up with?" demanded Selwood These old Indian traders Roubldoux, Van Tanibel, Otto Kick-buse- h and the real estate boomers? I want to tell you It's a mans Job to clean out Starbuck and Atkins crowd. Well" Carpy hesitated and summoned a twinkling smile they thought maybe you might take a small personal interest In the enterprise I shant, declared Selwood without hesitation, and you cun tell 'em so. Im getting to be a pretty fair hand at minding nty own business. The drift now, continued Carpy, is that If the town aint cleaned up, the raHroad will go clean around It and leave us out In the cold. The real estate men here say their business Is ruined Its got so bad folks Is afraid to buy property. Then theres the merchants John Cole says If this keeps up they might as well shut up shop and ship their goods to Bear Dance or Medicine- Bend." "Well," exclaimed Selwood with an Impatient expletive, let era clean the town up. Clean it up I've no objection. I cant say alls In my mind, John, But without betraying confidences. things Is set. This Is Saturday night, and on Saturday night, you know, and horse-thie- f from every cattle-thte- f Pardaloe Turns Diplomat. General Roper waited only till he was able to travel to go west with his location engineers. He said very little to Wentworth before he started ; only that when he came back he would have a talk with Selwood. Wentworth himself spent the week between Sleepy Cat and Thief River, disturbed only and surprised by resignation as superintendent of the freighting line. It required all of Wentworths and Carpys powers of persuasion to Induce him to hold on till an acceptable successor could be found. Neither Doctor Carpy, despite bis blunt common sense, nor Wentd master of fronworth, the tier transportation, was capable of analyzing the mystery of the change that had come over Selwood. They wrongly surmised that his settled moodiness was due to the fresh outbreak of his grievance against his grandfather; had they been, ns close to Selwood as Bill Pardaloe was, and as good an observer, they would have known that less than a hundred pounds of Sleepy Cat femininity had wrecked his good nature, his optimism, and his peace of mind. When they saw him finish, with libations of wine, the recital ' of his fahilly wrongs, they did not realize that he would likewise have been glad to drown all recollection of the last scene he ever expected to' have with Christie Fyler. Bill Pardaloe, watching Selwood unobserved, knew better than to ask questions, but he himself had a soft spot In his heart for Christie, and though his duties no longer took him to the store, where Fylers business was dwindling, Bill made It a point to drop around at times and see what he could see and hear what he could hear. ne always loungod Into the store in the same manner with the fingers of one long, ungainly hand resting on the heft of his bowle knife, stuck at bis hip, and with his arms free for action. Invariably, too, with his head poked Inquiringly forward which set his long nose well ahead of his centre of gravity, with the corners of his mouth pulled down to suit his pessimistic mood, and with his small, piercing eyes wide open with suspicious ' gloom. , Such a man would hardly be expected to ' make much of a hit with Christie Fyler. Yet Bill Pardaloe came to stand higher in her favor than any frontiersman In Sleepy Cat. Honesty underlay his crudeness, his great strength Inspired respect, and Christie, with a womans instinct budded on a girls heart, liked him. A fortnight had gone by since Christie dismissed Selwood, when Pardaloe, puzzled by the gamblers behavior and looking for some explanation, dropped In on Christie. She was in the middle of the store with a feather duster In her hand when he arrested her attention, lie did not know why her greeting was so very cordial that morning; but next to seeing the man she wanted to see nnd did not want to see, she was delighted to welcome BUI to see him was closest to seeing Selwood, anyway. She laughed heartily at the condition of his boots. "8111," she exclaimed, If you dont take some time Sel-woo- long-hende- off and black those boots 1 wont speak to you again. Honestly. Bill, she asked In pleading tones, did you ever black those boots? Pardaloe grinned; every time Christie said Bill be melted like a roll of butter. Christie, when I was In the army I had t black my boots every day. I swore If I ever got out I'd never black a pair of boots again in my life 'n, by cracky, 1 kep my Word, too. But, Bill, wouldnt you break your word Just once for me? d Pardaloe looked at his footings, shifted his cud, and .oun-lere- d What difference craftily. would It make to you?" Christie, nonplussed for an Why Instant, looked up Innocently "It would cheer me np so. Bill Im blue! And Christie laughed. asked Pardaloe, Say, Christie, of tobacco from 4 plug piece psing dust-covere- dry-good- - Frank ESpearman tween Pnr-dalo- Copyright by Charles Scribner' WNU Service. Son. Cnlabasas conies to town for a spree. Tonight theyll all get In; but they wont many get out. Theyre going to finish with every blackleg nnd had man and gambler in this town within the next twenty-fou- r hours thats exactly wlmt's coming." Selwood bent a piercing look on his Informant. Does that Include me. Doc? There's no objection to the way you run your place, John If yours was the only place or the other places were like yours. And youll have friends among the.Vigilantds, anyway. But when the thing starts there wont he no tine lines drawn, John ; you know that, continued the doctor, trying to convey his warning Inoffensively, and there may he mistakes when the torch gets going. My advice Is for you to pull out till this thing Wows over, nnd come back when you feel like it. Selwood rose as to end the talk. Carpy had seen him angry more than once, but never hnd he seen the gambler enraged. In language so violent that he would have been ashamed of It In cooler moments, he expressed his opinion of all Vigilantes In general and Sleepy Cat Vigilantes In particular. Carpy tried to Interrupt, tried to listen, tried to calm him down all was useless. Dash It, John, he exclaimed at length, testy himself, If Im nothing else, Im your doctor hold on! I expect to hold on, retorted Selwood rudely. Tell your Vigilantes theyll find me on the hill. And tell em to come fixed, for some of em will stay there with me. But heres another thing I want resinned you to think of, John, What Carpy, who was pertinacious. about Dave Tracy In all this? Youll have your fight youll damage some Vigilantes; maybe some of 'em your own friends; maybe get damaged yourself. Even supposing you make your getaway, what about Dave? Hes helpless. How should you feel, John, If Dave was dragged out and strung up with that river bunch? Dont you owe It to Dave to get him out of the way before this thing begins? The suggestion came like a blow to Selwood. It struck home. Selwood had forgotten his wounded partner, nis mind worked fast. lie looked at Carpy but not with less determination. You're right, he said tersely. Ill get Dave Into the clear. But Ill be hack on the hill by the time your friends get started. He rose, very angry, to go; then he turned suddenly on the doctor. Theres one thing Ill ask of you. Doc; while Im getting Dave away, I want you to promise me to see that no harm comes to Christie Fyler John, Ill see to that If Its the last thing on earth I see to. I dont care much about her father hes no protection to her; but hes her father, and no harm must come to him In this mlx-ueliher. "Youve got my word, John, dive-keep- mild-tnnnner- Selwood was not a man to let his anger override his common sense for long. Most 'of all, the helpless condition of Tracy, like a relentless curb on a willful horse, forced him to consider what must he done to save him from the mob fury. None knew better than Selwood what would be let loose when the fight started. He knew the men on both sides of the town and knew that once under way there would be no quarter for anybody that behind the masks there would be more then one personal score to even up, regardless of right or Justice; that there would be, In that mob, personal malice set on personal vengeance, and that Cnrpy'8 warning could not be disregarded. Christie had been In the habit for some time of visiting Tracy In the and taking him such little delicacies as her ingenuity could supply. She realized how close he was to Selwood, and whoever was a trusted friend of Sel wood's Christie, somehow, liked, Iardaioe, feeling that help was needed in his efforts to straighten out the differences that kept Selwood and Christie apart, had taken Tracy Into his confidence, and the old man was ready to do what he could to help. On this Saturday afternoon he held Christie for a little chat, and as soon as he could Introduced the delicate subject that Pardaloe had already brouehed to her. Rill Pardaloe, he went on, continuing his remarks, snjd you was afraid of Selwood because you thought he was a gambler. Christies eyes 'fell she would not comment on It; besides, Tracy himself was a gambler. Mr. Pardaloe. she said Impatiently, says a great many things about mutters that don't concern him or anybody else, for that matter. IIow is your back today, Mr. Tracy? Tracy was not so easily thrown off. He said what he wanted to say. I don't coll Selwood a gambler nnd Ive been trying long enough to make him one. He aint built for the business. The lee Is too thin around his heart. Any old woman can come along to him with a tale of woe and hell upset the whole dura town over It. lies fillin In for me, at my plaee up on the hill, explained Tracy defensively, thats about all. Selwood, knowing nothing of the if misdirected activities of his two crude but stanch defenders, started for the horse barn, after Carpys talk, and for Tracys tent, reflecting that with Tracy himself he should have a delicate job on his hands; to Induce the old man to move at all would he a triumph. He stopped at the warehouse first to tell the wagon boss, hrlefly, what he had heard and what to do. If theres going to be trouble here I dont want to get caught with a warehouse full of goods unprotected, he said to "Get hold of every teamster weve got In town and hold every man here to protect company property. Work fast. Ill have em all rounded np In half an hour by the watch, returned Lefever. What are you going to do. yourself. John? It was the second time Selwood had bepn asked the question. He did not know; but he flung some kind of an answer to the wagon boss. And crossed the street to the barn. McAlpin. in the front gangway, was washing a harness. Get Selwoods orders were brief. up a team of saddle horses, Jim. Hitch em to the light democrat wagon the Muzzle Chine one thats covered. carefully and put her under the seat. And give me the best team In the barn thats saddle broke Nance nnd Jim, , Interposed McAlpin, and theyre crazy to go. Saddle my horse, added Selwood, nnd put a couple of good saddles into the wagon, fill the bed pretty well with hay, and throw a couple of clean army blankets over It. Put in two canteens and enough food for four of us, two days. Pardaloe walked up Get hold of Bob from the stalls. Scott, Bill, said Selwood to the mule boss. I want to use him right away. Hell drive, explained Selwood to McAnd as soon as you find Alpin. Scott, added Selw.ood to Pardaloe, report tOj me at Tracys tent. Bat dont talk before Dave work quick, will you, Bill? '' Pardaloe hobbled briskly out after Scott, nnfl Selwood spoke again to McAlpin. "I suppose youve heard this talk thats going around? , Vigilantes? "Theyve been talking n good while," continued Selwood. purposely Ignoring particulars, hut Dave must V be taken where he'll be safe. He must, John." siek-te- nt The ideal age for marriage is twenty-nyears for the groom and twenty-four for the bride, according to a report in the Journal of Social Hygiene. Deviations of four years on either side for the groom and of two years for the bride make little difference, but marriage In which either purty Is nineteen years or younger are front ten to a hundred times as risky as at the Ideal age. These conclusions were reached from a study of 1,000 Impartially Selected cases from the domestic relations court of Ihiladelphia. The two most plausible explanations for the findings are either that premature or delayed marriage Is a symptom of Slitting Parrot's Tongue It Is a widespread superstition that to enable a parrot to talk (in Imitation of human speech) It Is necessary to split the tongue, snys Atevander Wetmore In the Scientific Magazine. "This, however, has no foundntion In fact, nnd when practiced only Inflicts an unnecessary cruelty. Birds make sounds In a little organ known as the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea or windpipe, nnd as the tongue has little to do with the process, splitting it has no connection whatever with tbs ability to Imitate sounds. Because Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Keeps Them Well few Fifty years ago there were taught occupations for women. Somesome did school, housework, some found work to do st home and a few took up nursing. Today there are very few occupations not open to women. Today they work to factories with hun-- d r e d s of other women end girls. There ' are also women architects, legislawyers, dentists, executives, aandwoman lators. But all too often wins her economic independence at the cost of her health. Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain who works in the Unlonall factory making overalls writes that she got wonderful results from taking Lydia E. Pink-ham- s Mrs. Vegetable Compound. Chamberlain lives at 600 Monmouth St., Trenton, N. J. She recommends friends the Vegetable Compound to her answer In the factory and will gladly any letters she gets from women asking about it. If Lydia E. Plnkhams Vegetable OiTnrttnnri Tins tlGlUGd Otll6F W01HQ1L well-mea- Dr. Scholls Zino-pad- s stop all pain quicker than any other known method. Takes but a minute to quiet the worst com. Healing starts at once. When the com i3 gone it never comes back. If new shoes make the spot touchy again, a Zino-pa-d stops it instantly. Thats because Le-fev- Early Marriage Not Best for Happiness ine If things should get going well have dur hands full looking after company property." "Youll be going with Dave? Ill be back sometime In the night, returned Selwood, evasively. "Youve nothing to fear, McAlpin. If things start, get the hostlers together youve got guns and ammunition." McAlpin. as Selwood walked away, flung one question after him. Just the question Selwood did not want to hear; Whatll you be doing, John?" Selwood chopped him off. Whatto be done! ever he answered, snappishly. McAlpin scratched his head as he studied the retreating footsteps of his taciturn boss; he had ventured one question. But he had forty questions that were burning the tip of his tongue. Who would lead the Vigilantes; how far they Intended to go in their cleanup; when they meant to strike first nnd where; whether they could handle Starbuck and Atkins and their friends for whose prowess McAlpin had a sneaking and canny respect; Just where Selwood would come In In the fight; what measures he would take for his own safety; and lastly, what was to become of the big place on the hill that had cost so much money these queries the Scotsman revolved rapidly in his mind, until Selwood. treading the path lightly permanent character trails that are unfavorable to success In family life, or that the boy or girl under twenty-on- e has not a sufficiently broad experience to select a mate with whom a successful home can be established. If Immaturity ruiher than permanent Instability Is the cause, postponement - of marriage and educational guidance may do much to eliminate domestic disaster. 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He Sat Down on a Camp Stool Beside His Friend. and with the briskness of unreekon-Inmanhood, turned the first corner and disappeared from view. But fate, greatest of all gamblers, quite under- g stood how to upset a poise Indifferent to the threats of men; just as Selwood turned the corner It presented to him, almost threw Into his arms rounding the comer from the other way and walking as briskly as he was Christie Fyler She started visibly as he did Invisibly. Then in the suddenness of the encounter Selwood never quick to adjust himself to meeting the woman whose mere glance could upset him stiffly, almost ostentatiously, stepped aside, touched his hat. and hurried on a little faster. But after that, with his heart beating harder, he began to tlilnk nnd to surmise and to question himself and, of course, to regret. Their eyes, In this sudden and unexpected way, had met. It was only an instant, but the picture came hack to him now of a sad expression In Christies eyes sad, at least, until she woke up and realized that she bad run Into Selwood, and then her eyes had quickly dropped; site had passed jftesmoi For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, etc. Relieves Distress alter Hurried Meals or Overeating. Being a gentle laxative, It keeps the dl-- A gestive tract working normally. 30c & 90c. At all Druggists. G. G. GREEN, Inc. WOODBURY, N. j. Old Fashioned -- First Girl Mary nmkes me sick. Second Me, too. She tries so hard to be feminine. on. It was his fault, he told himself, not even hesituted he might have given her time to speak. He cursed his stiffness and contemptible pride for not having given her even an' opportunity at such a time a lime pregnant with threatening possibilities for. them both as well as for Sleepy Cat. He longed for a chance to meet her over again ; still, his vanity would not allow him to turh back. So wiiile Christie was reproachtng herself for not making the quick advance she wanted to make and now felt It had been her place to make when she saw the only mails face In the world that meant anything to her both, unhappy, passed on, little reckoning of when and where they should meet again. Selwood quite knew that his mission to Tracy would cal) for tact. Il sat down on a camp stool beside his friend, and after a few conventional passes opened the one subject of his visit with an abrupt question. "Dave, how much do you figure youve got It our Sleepy Cat place? Whatever It Is. he continued, as Tracy disclaimed any equitable Interest in the hail that Selwood had paid for, Ill trade you my interest In the Thief River mine for your Interest up at Sleepv Cat." Tracy was taken aback.. What you tryin to do? he asked presently. Rob tne or rob yourself? 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