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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE Frank Beeson, from Albany, N. Y. reaches Benton, Wyoming, then ? 1868 ? western terminus of the Pa cific Railroad. He had been ordered by physicians to seek a climate "high and dry." He is robbed of most of his money in his hotel and loses his last twenty dollars at monte in "The Big Tent," a dance hall and gambl ing resort in the "roaring" town of Benton. Edna Montoyo, companion of a gambler, is believed by Frank to have cajoled him purposely into the game. Broke, disconsolate over his discov ery that "the lady of the blue eyes," as he calls her, is what she is, and finally humiliated over his gllarmg "greenness," Frank repulses Edna when she begs him to go away with her, sobbingly telling him that she had made a mistake in letting him ' lose his money. He goes to take a job with George Jenki, a teamster in a wag on train about to leave for Salt Z.ake Ciiy. i Capt. Adams, a mormon, is in charge of the wagon train. Rachel Adami, an attractive young woman, one of his wives, is in the train, as is Daniel Adams, his loutish Son. When Edna, who has shot, but not killed the gambler, Montoyo, comes a fugitive in "britches" to join the train, Daniel tells his father that she is seeking Jenks and Beeson. Capt. Adams shouts, "No hussy in men's garments shall go with the train." Daniel, by a spectacular gun play foils Monotoyo's attempt to take Edna back with him. CHAPTER IX 1 Don't Want to Kill Him One night after we had gone on some time, the soifeid of revolver' shots burst flatly from a mess be yond us, but the shots were accom panied by laughter. "They're only tryin' to spile a cpn," Jenks reasurred. "By golly, we'll go over and l'arn 'em a lesson." He glanced at me. "Time you loosen ed up that weepon o' yourn, anyhow. Purty soon it'll stick fast." I went with him, glad of diversion. The men were banging, by turn, at a sardine can up on the sand about twenty paces out. The heavy balls sent the loose soil flying but amidst the furrows the tin can sat untouch ed. "What you thinkin* to do," Jenks smiled. "Hit that can or plant a lead mine?" "Give him roam! He's made his brag," they cried. "And if he den't plug it that pilgrim sure will." Mr. Jenks drew and took his stand banged with small preparation and missed by six inches ? a fact that brought him up wide awake. "Gimme another try, boys," he growled, but they shoved him aside. "No, no. Pilgrim's turn" Willy-nilly I had to demonstrate my greenness so I drew, and stood, and cocked, and aimed. The Colt's exploded with prodigious blast and wrench ? jerking, in fact, almost above my head; and where the bullet went I did not see, nor, I judged, did anybody else. "He missed the 'arth!" they clamor ed. "No; I reckon he hit Montany 'bout the middle. That's whar he scored center!" '"Hold down on it, hold down, lad," Jenks urged. "To hit him in the heart aim at his feet! Here! Like this ? " and taking my revolver he threw it forward, fired. The can p linked and somersaulted, lashed into action. "By George," he proclaimed, "when I move like it had a gun in its fist, I can snap it! But when I think on it as a can, I lack guts!" Now somebody else shot, and some body else, and another, and the can gyrated, spurring us to haste as it constantly changed the range. Pre sently it was merely a twist of rag ged tin. Then in the little silence, as we | paused, a voice spoke irritatingly. "a 'laow yu fellers ain't no great ! shucks at throwin' lead." Daniel stood by, with arms akim bo, and beside stood My Lady. He towered over her in a maddening I atmosphere of proprietorship. She smiled at me ? at all of us; at me, swiftly; at the rest, frankly. And I knew that she was afraid! Daniel laughed boisterously, his mouth widely open. "Set me up a can! That thar one wouldn't jump to a bullet." A can was produced. "How fur?" "Fur as you like." It was tossed contemptuously out; and watching it I heard Daniel glee fully yelp, "Out o' my way, yu-all!" ? half saw his hand dart down and up again, felt the jar of a shot, witness ed the can jump like a live thing; and away it went, with spasm after spasm, to explosion after explosion, tortured by him into fruitless caper until ~;th the fiHii baii peace came ; him against an impending something, of which she had priven him a glimpse. So we eft them somewhat subdued gazing after us, their rugged faces sobered reflectively. Daniel was angrily shouldering for thc Mormon wagons, his indignant figure black against the western glow. She laughed lightly. "You're not; afraid, after all, I , see." "Not of him, madam." "And of me?" "I think I'm more afraid for you." I confessed. "That clown is getting insufferable. He sets out to bully you." "I'm afraid, too," she breathed. "I never have been afraid before, I didn't fear Montoyo. I've always been able to take care of myself." "You have your revolver?" I sug gested. "No, I haven't. It's disappeared. Mormon women don't carry revol vers." "But you'ri. not a Mormivn Weir, an." "I'll walk over with you." "Do." she responded readily. II e're going to have singing." v to it, and it lay dead, afar across the twilight sand. Verily, by his cries and utt?r sav agery and malevoler.ee of his bom bardment, one would have thought that he took actual lust in fancied cruelty. "I 'laow thar's not another man hyar kin do that," he vaunted. There -was not, judging by the sil ence again ensuing. Only ? "A can's different from a man," Jenks cooly remarked. "A can don't shoot back." "I don't 'laow any man's goin' to, aeithei." Daniel faced me in turning away. "That's somethin' for yu to l'arm, young feller," he vouchsafed. His gaze shifted. "Come along, Edna," he bade. We'll be goin' back." A de\Sl ? or was it he himself? ? twittered me, incited me, and in a moment, with a gush of assertion, there I was, saying t a her, my hat doffed: "I'll walk over with you." "Do,'' i she responded, readily. "We're to have singing." The men stared. Daniel whirled. "I 'laow you ain't Mister." "If Mrs. Montoyo consents, that's enough," I informed. "I'm not walk ing with you, sir; I am walking with her. The only ground j-ou control is just in front of your own wagon." "Thar ain't no 'Mrs. Montoyo'," he snarled. "And whilst yu're l'arnin' to shoot yu'd better be l'amin' man ners. Yu comin' with me, Edna?" "As fast as I can, and with Mr. Beeson also, if he chooses," said she. "I have my manners in mind too." "By gosh, I don't walk with ye," he jawed. And he flounced about, vengefully striding on as though punishing her for a misdemeanor. She dropped the men a little curtsy. "The entertainment is concluded, gentlemen. I wish you goodnight!" Yet underneath her raillery there lay an appeal, the stronger because subtle and unvoiced. It seemed to me every man must appreciate that, as a woman, she invoked protection to | -? "Not yet." She caugh quick breath. "Do you know," she queried with sudden glance, "that Daniel means to marry me?" "But you're not free; you have a husband !" "Oh!" she cried, "why don't you learn to shoot? Won't you? Let me have your ipstol, please." "You must grasp the handle firm ly; cover it with your whole palm; but don't squeeze it to death; just grip it evenly ? tuck it away. And keep your elbow down; and crook your wrist, in a drop, until your trig ger knuckle is pointing very low ? at a man's feet if you're aiming for hi3 heart!" "At his feet, for his heart?" I stammered. The words had an ugly sound. "Certainly. We are speaking of shooting now, and not at a tin can! You have to allow for the jump of the muzzle. Unless you hold it down with your wrist, you over shoot; and it's the first shot that counts. Of course, there's a feel, a knack. But don't aim with your eyes. You won't have time. Men file off the front oiVht ? it sometimes catches, in the draw. And it's useless, anyway. They fire as they point with the finger, by the feel. You see, they know. Some men are born to shoot straight; some have to practice a long, long while. I wonder which you are!" "If there is pressing need in my case," said I, "I shall haVe to rely upon my friends." "Those gentlemen of yours are Gentiles with goods for Salt Lake Mormons," she retorted. "Are they going to throw all business to the winds?" "You yourself may appeal to his father, and to the women, for pro tection if that lout annoys you, I ventured. "To them?" she scoffed. "To Hy rum Adams' outfit? Why, they're good Mormons, and why should I not be made over? I'm under their teach |ings; it's time Daniel had a wife ? or | two. for replenishing Utah." She paused. Then resumed. BE WISE We read in the Good Book that Solomon was the wisest of men and when he built that great structure, known as "Solomon's Temple", he went to Lebanon for CEDAR. If you wish to be guided by the wisdom of Solomon you can buy the CEDAR SHINGLES from us. X X If you can I laugh, smile at others ? X If you can't smile, laugh at yourself. 1 CHEROKEE MANUFACTURING CO. I y ? "THERE'S A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE" Phone 95 Murphy, N. C. ?? "But now if I may lend you a little something to keep you from being shot like a dog, I'll feel as though I had wiped out your score against me. Take your gun." I took it. "There he is. Cover him!" "Where?" I asked. "Who?" "There, before you! Oh anybody! Think of his heart and cover him." "See that little rock? Hit it!" I fired. The sand obscured the rock. She clapped her hands, de lighted. "You would have killed him. No ? he would have killed you. Quick Give it to me !" And snatching the revolver she cocked, leveled and fired instantly. The rock split into fragments. "I would have killed him," she murmured, gazing tense, seeing 1 knew not what.. Wrenching from the vision she handed back the revolver to me. "1 think you are going to do, Sir. Only, you must learn to draw. I mustn't stay longer. Shall we go to the fire now? I am cold." -We walked almost without speak ing, to the Hyrum Adams fire. Dan iel lifted his upper lip at me as we entered; his eye3 never wandered from my face, I was distinctly un welcome. Accordingly, I said a civil "Good-evening" to Hyrum and rais ing my hat to My Lady left for my own bailiwick. Friend Jenks joined me. (Continued next week.) Copyright by Edwin L. Sabin. NOTICE: SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of a certain deed of trust made and entered into on the 24th, day of May 1926, by P. C. Edwards et ux to D. H. Tillitt, Trustee, which trust is of record in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cherokee County, N. C., in book No. 93 page 455, I, D. H. Tillitt, Trustee, will on the 18th, day of April, 1927, at ten o'clock, A. M., (Murphy time) offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Murphy N. C., the fol lowing described real estate: Being a part of tract No. 31 and\ adjoining the South boundary line of * the corporate limits of the Town ofj Andrews. Beginning at a stake on the West bank of a road; and runs West 134 feet to a stake en the bank of a branch; thence East 129 feet to a stake on the West bank of said road; thence with said road 115 feet to the beginning. Berir- all of that parcel of land conveyed to the said John Ellis and wife. Flora Ellis, by Sam R. Amnions and wife, Jane Amnions, by deed dat ed April 26th, 1922; and also con veyed by W. T. Forsyth and wife, Zena Forsyth, to the said parties of the first part, the same bearing date of November, 9th. 1922, in book No. 79 page 322 to which deed reference is hereby made Dated and posted this the 16th day of March, 1927. D. H. TILLITT, (33-4t ) Truxteo. Ye Snake Dance There was a young flapper named May, Who shook a mean bale of hay. Though not a Hiawaiian, She was always trying ' To out-wiggle our own Gilda Gray. BROKEN REST Caused by Bladder Irritation Is Nature'# Danger Signal. C. R. Kidney. Ontario, N. Y. sayst i "Lithiated Buchu has done more for ma ! than all other remedies combined. Soma days 1 had almost a constant deeire with a terrible burning sensation. Would ba bothered about six timec at night. Will tell or write my experience to any one." Don't take astringents for this. Ton may fret the habit or be foro*d continually to aid nature. Lithiated buchu. (Keller ? Formula.) acte on the bladder as epsom t . salts do on the bowels. Drives out foreign * matter, decreases excessive acids, tt?r?oy relieving irritation. The tablets cost 2c each at drug storaa. Keller Laboratory, Meohanicsbuxg. Ohio. R. S. PARKER, Drug Co. DR. E. L. HOLT DENTIST BR1TTAJN AXLEY BLDG. Offica Phono 154? Rao. Phona 106 MURPHY, N. C. MURPHY MONDAY APRIL 4 DOUBLE ITS FORMER SIZE. EVERY THING NEW BUT THE NAME, THE wuudb ? MB P.M. DAILY J t**aw wvvnff Pont forget the Dfte TENTS LOCATED MOORE'S FIELD VALLEY RIVER BRIDGE
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