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SIXTH INSTALLMENT
Hiree weeks after a cream color
ed roadster had been found wreck
ed In the sea at the foot of a cliU.
a girl calling herself Anne Cushing
appears at the desert town Marston.
?he has bought, sight unseen, a
ranch locafbd thirty miles away.
^ Barry Duane, h#r nearest neighbor
and his man Boone Petry procure
a reliable woman for her and .in
Barry's car, loaded down With sup
plies, they start across the desert.
In Marston her reticence has arous
ed suspicion. Barry and Anne be
come more than neighbors, and
when Anne is lost in the hills and
rescued by Barry, each realizes that
something more than- friendship
exists between them.
A quiet mood seemed to have de
scended on Barry. When the coffee
was finished he smoked for a few
moments. in silence, his eyes com
ing back every few seconds to the
clear little profile turned toward
him. Anne felt that restless scru
tiny.
"Weren't yoii," she asked sudden
ly, "going to tell me about the town
of Duane?" ...^
"So I was." He shifted his 'posi-'
tion. "It's Just the story of a man
who wanted to turn a desPrt into a
garden. He was my uncle, Robert
Duane. He worked like a giant for
it, and died broken and ridiculed,
and discredited."
His face was black as he stared
down at the lake.
"He loved this country. He came
here from the East years ago, and
he came across this lake and took
over a big tract of land. He saw
that this lake was the biggest body
of water in mlies, but useless to
those dry plains down there, and
he began dreaming of the things
that could be done."'
"I see," said Anne softly. "It was
a big dream."
"Yes. it was big. It was particu
larly big for one man to swing. He
built this place, and after that I
came and lived with him every
summer."
He stopped, frowning reminJ
scently.
"When they actually started
work on the dam, poople began to
take serious notice. They remember
ed what was being done in the Im
perial Valley. Eagle Lake swarm
ed with worker:, and the dam grew.
And then the big day came.
"It was a great day. No matter
what came" of it, it call never be
anything less than that. The signal
was given and the water rushed
down the sluiceways to make his
wilderness blossom. Everybody cheer
ed, and Uncle Bob gripped my
shoulder and said, 'Barry, you and
I believed in this when other people
laughed. When I go, this is to be
yours.'"
Barry looked at her with a
twisted grin .
"So this is my inheritance, and
anybody down in Marston would
tell you that it's no better than
Junk. For after the first big mo
ment, the tragedy came. The irri
gation was there, but it didnt irri
gate. The valley was full of gravel
sinks that no one had suspected,
and the water drained off as fast
as it was run in. It was a complete
slashing failure." V"?
"Oh, how dreadful!" It wagtail
that she found herself able to say.
Barry threw away a half con
sumed cigarette and arose.
"The Pinos isn't the only stretch
of arid land around here. There's
the Junlpero, bigger and better, and
with a. soil?it isn't really sand
that will give Its very heart to you
for a steady supply of water. I
want to use this dam to irrigate
the Junipero."
He ran a brown hand through
his hair and laughed abruptly.
"I suppose you think I'm chasing
an elusive rainbow "
"Why shouldn't you, if you've
found one that's worth chasing?"
"You darling!" His eyes kindled.
"For these kind words. . .
She jumped up and gave him a
prim little marionette's bow. "Come
on, lazy, I want to go down "by .the
lake again."
He arose obligingly' and followed
her, overtaking her in two strides.
They went down side by side, and
where the pitch was steep he caught
her arm in his. within a few yards
of the waters' edge he spread out
his coat for her to sit on and drop-'
ped down beside her. , - i_
"Anne, will you marry me?" * ?
"You're a sudden person, Barry."
She hedged for time. "Don't you
realize that we'd never met until
a few weeks ago? Just four "
"Four days was enough for me.
Anne, darling. I don't want to rush
you, but you know how I feel, don't
you? I love you. I keep,seeing
you here all the time, every day,
every hour. You and I together.
. . . Anne."
Warmth flooded over her; there
was a singing tingle in her veins.
Why not? Who in that distant
outside world would ever know?
Just the two of them, here in this
secluded place.
Temptation tugged at her. "Take
your chance!?', It whispered. "Take
It! . ... ." - -
And then recollection flooded
back, crawling over her like an oily
wave. ?
"Anne, look at m*fn'
Her throat felt stiff and dry. "Oh,
Barry^ .please! We've been such
good friends. Don't let's spoil It."
"Oh-jpoll It!" The warmth died
out- of his- face. ^ He lookeijl.stung
and hurt, and suddenly tight lipped
"Sorry!" he said curtly. "I must.
have got the wrong Idea. I thought |
?well, it's been rather nice, going
around like this, I had a feeling. . .
, a hope .... it was getting to mean
something to you. too . . . my con
| celt, probabiy."
I The words came Jerk1'./. He
I looked up suddenly. "See here, is
It because of somebody else, or Just!
because I'm myself?"
She shook her head. "There Isn't ?
anybody else. And I hate to hear
ypu talk like that. Barry' Isn't it
possible to like?to be awfully fond ;
of somebody without "
"Not for you and me." Barry
looked at Iher moodily, softening
because she really did look unhap
py about it, and becaushe .she was
] so lovely?so damnably lovely.
"All right," he said, and forced a
smile. "We won't let it spoil things.
It's not your fault If I don't make
a hit with you. But don't think"?!
he reached out and laid a Arm clasp |
on her wrist?"don't think that I'll
give up without an everlastingly
good try."
She would not look at him.
i Couldn't he see that he was tear
I !ng her heart out? "It's no use,
; Barry, I like you awfully, but "
"I don't want to be liked," he said
savagely. "I'd want you to be just
as crazy about me as I am about
| you. I'd never be satisfied with l
just possessing?I want all of you." j
All of her! She felt desolate and
a little frightened. It occurred to
her that no matter what came to her
now?love, friendship, trouble?she
would always have something to
hide.
I x\ icoticao wcci^ utawicu uy
'other, flat and uninteresting, trudg
ed stolidly at its heels. The days
were just days, one of them plod
ding stupidly after another. Barry
still came down to Trail's End, but
!he seemed always to be on his way
somewhere else.
| Playing around with Barry was
dangerous, but letting him go left
a blank emptiness. Anne worked
violently, indoors and out, but the
zest had gone from it. Warmth and
I color hafl gone,
i The day had-not been of the kind
, to encourage a still morale. A hot
wind had been blowing in from the
desert for hours. Anne sat for a
while beside her tinkling little creek.
! "Miss Anne, are you out there?"
"Coming, Martha. Anything I
can do?"
"I wish you'd do up that package
Boone's going to stop for. I've left
some paper on the table."
Martha had left a sheet of news
paper spread out for her. Anne
looked down at it, idly.
A heading caught her eye. It
was two months old. She leaned
over the spread-out sheet. Then
she w'as very still,
j To Martha, out in the kitchen,
there came the sharp sound of
I tearing paper.
"Oh, ? Martha; I've torn this!.
Have you any more?"
The voice was careless, but her
eyes were brilliant with excitement
as she came to the kitchen door.
She tied the package up swiftly, and
then vanished into her own room.
The newspaper went also.
Once behind a closed door she
spread it out again with shaking
Angers. She read again, more care
fully this time, scanning each word
for some hidden meaning. Relief
was creeping all through her. warm
and lovely.
"Thank God," she whispered. "I
don't have to be afraid of that!?
The last words were shaky. . . .
Mustn't get hysterical.
When she came out a few mo
| ments later there was a lilt in her
! voice which Martha had not heard
I for days.
| "I'm going for a little run before
| supper," she called and weht out
I toward the corral. A few moments
later pinto and girl flew past the
kitchen window with a clear call
and a scurry of hoofs.
"Somethln's cheered her up
mighty quick," she commented.
At one side of the room hung
two of Anne's dresses, freshly
Ironed. Martha went into Anne's
room to put them whefe they be
longed. Then, arms akimbo. She
I looked around. On-a chair, half con
! cealed by an orange cushion lay a
folded newspaper .Martha picked It
jup.
! "I do wonder what started her off
j like that. Well, if it's in print it
cant be any secret. .
| Marsha sat down to read. There
jwereyonly two sheets of It and the
' npwS would be stale, but she plod
I
a? through It carefully. There *11
political news, which she skipped.
Somebody had been brutally shot
down in a hold-up. A bold headline
leatured the latest divorce scandal,
and a "mystery woman" who had
vanished Into the blue; much
smaller one noted the death of a
once prominent financier. ?Jome
young girl had been drowned and
the body had not yet been recover
ed, and a very rich man had offer
ed a reward for It. A brief two Inch
es of type said that the man found
badly wounded in the outskirts of
Ventura had been Identified, but re
fused to name his assailant. A
screen . luminary had Just received
his final decree of divorce.
Martha read patiently. ~
"Murders and suicides and di
vorces!" she sniffed. "I don't see
much In them tb cheer anybody_ up.
Hmp!" ?
There was a spot on Barry s
homeward way?or rather, , out of
his way?where Trail's End was In
full view. ? He detoured until he
reached it and pulled up, half
tempted to turn and ride down.
Out from the modest group of
low buildings a dancing speck came*'
a girl and a pinto horse. How An
ne did love to ride!
The pinto was sweeping on glori
ously. They would pass almost be
neath him. He turned Captain
about.
"Old man, if we go around by the
trail It will take half an hour at
your prettiest, but if we take the
old slide we can join the lady
pronto."
Pronto was a word the Captain
understood. He took the steep
plunge valiantly and without a
pause.
"Hello. Any objection If I ride
along?"
"Reckless cowboy, aren't you?
Do you usually slide down half a
mountainside to meet your friends?"
"No, this is something special.
Movie, stuff." he added, deprecat
ingly. half ashamed of his dramatic
plunge.
"It was a real thrill, anyway, but
for the first few seconds you had
me well scared. Suppose Captain
had stumbled, or anything?"
"Captain doesn't stumble or any
thing."
"Comet doesnt stumble, either."
Barry glanced up with a quick
frown. "Pinto, we cant let these
two beat us, can we?"
"Don't think of trying such a
thing!"
anxiety.
"You did it."
"I've done it before," he said
doggedly. "It's a fbol trick anyway.
One misstep, and you could be kill
ed or crippled for the rest of your
life. And I'd always have to re
member that it had come about
through an act of mine."
Barry swung close, his fingers
reaching for her hand.
"You're precious to mefl Anne,
whether you want to be or not.
Please promise that you won't try
it. Not unless It's life or death."
?vf might promise that. I wasn't
really going to anyway." 'She did
not take her hand away, and he
gathered up the other and held them
together. _
"Is that all you can promise?"
She looked slowly up at him.
"You won't Just be friends,
Barry?"
"No. There's nothing to It. I've
tried, but it won't work."
The hands seemed to snuggle
down contentedly.
"I've tried too, Barry, and it
doesn't work at all."
"Anne! Do you mean it?"
Anne looked at him.
"You darling!" he said huskily,
and gathered her Into his arms.
Time lost its meaning.
She looked up and caught his
eye* on ber.
I "There Isn't the least reason why
! we shouldn't be married right away,
, Is there? How about?tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow! " Anne sat upaSjMight
i at that. "Indeed I won't! Do give
I me a minute to feel engaged."
j "I nearly lost you once, and I'm
I not taking any more chances. Wed
nesday. then." ?
"Just quietly. Barry? Without
any fuss at all?"
"As qulelty as you like. That suits
me. We'll have a honeymoon at the
Perch and take a trip later."
"I" don't want a trip. I'd rather
stay right hiere."
"No trip? Maybe you'll change
your mind. There's lots ot time? .
About that wedding day .
"tikes his own way, doesnt he?
fm taking an awful chance.. . .
Monday? 1 -f
"Monday. You know .... It's
going to be pretty nice, isn't it?"
She nodded quickly: They sat
there together like two children,
suddenly shy.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
"X
NOTICE SALE OF
LAND
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred - upon us by a
certain deed of trust' executed by
Cy Winstead and wife, Mary Win
stead, on the 1st day of March,
1919, and duly recorded In the of
fice of the Register of Deeds of
Person County In deed of trust
Book 2, at page 560, default having
been made In the payment of the
note secured by said deed of trust
and as In said deed of trust pro
vided, the undersigned administra
tors of T; C. Brooks, trustee.-wlll on
Monday, I October 8, 1934, at 12
o'clock Noon, In front of the court
house door in Roxboro, North Caro
lina, sell to the highest bidedr, for
cash, the land conveyed In said deed
of trust, to-wit: -
Lying and being in Roxboro
Township, Person County, North
Carolina, bonded on the North by
i the estate of J. A. Long; on the
Blast by the lands formerly owned'
by Geo. W^pamett; on the South
by heirs of J. C. Clayton and on
the West by lands of J. S. W. Long,
containing 63 acres, more or less,
and being the land sold and con
veyed to Cy Wlnstead by Lester
Clayton, administrator of Jim Clay
ton. Also 1-6 undivided Interest in
that certain tract of land lying and
being in Person County, adjoining
lands of John Harris, Will Carver,
J. A. Long estate et al, containing
, 25 acres, more or less, and known
as the George Winstead place.
This September 6, 1934.
Mm. D. L. Brooks,
T. Carlyle Brooks, Admrs.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Under and by virtue of the terms
of that deed of trust executed by
, Willie Bryant and wife Bettie Bry
j ant on August 30th, 1933, to the
undersigned Trustee, and recorded
in Book 7, page 264, Register's Office
of Person County, default having
been made in the payment of the
note secured thereby, and upon re
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