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r iri: V ^ '' l&U/ U l/v‘ The Settling of the Sage HOKE rOTTNTY .TOTTHNAT.. PAE»^OHD. N. C. 17 CHAPTER X—Continued —20— I'm siri of exi*ecting ma.vlio iltp Tlin*** liar will make up the ilefiiii.". Allien sjiifl “Tl's chea|ier than piiviug rewanls. That's another reason I don’t think Cal had a hand in this blacklist rei>ori.” Tlie storekeeper grinned. *'^iirel> not Surely not. l'(J never niisiiect him. of that," he stiid. “liui all the sjiine it .® working just as «ell as if he reallv htid." • • • • The first warm days of sprina had drawn the frost from tlie ground Bil lie rmie iieside Harris down the lane In the lower held A tiny cahin stood 4'oiii|ileie) on every tiling. Two men were digging post lioles across the val ley below the edge if the last ftilTs plowing and the mule teams were steadily hreahing out another striii. “Alniost a year." she saiil. referring 10 the eomniencetneui of the new work. “Jii.st a year today," Harris correct ed. and lie wa.s thinking of the day he had first met the Three Bar girl “This i nnr anniversary, sort of." She nodded as she caught Ids mean Ing. “The anniversary of nnr [lariner- ship." she said "You lold me there were millions of milos of sage just ouiside. And millions of cows—and girls." “l.iiter I told yoj sotrieihing else.” he stiid. '‘.And I've hecn ineaiiiiig it ever since The mad to the oni-ide is closed. If I was to start now I'd lose the way.” She pointed dowi the valley as a drove of horses noved toward them under tlie guidance of a dozen men. The hands vvoii'd start hietiking out the reniml.'i the following day. 1 lie spring work was on. “Ctff to a running start on another year.” ho said. ".\nd sure to hold our lead. l-’roia toda.v on out. you iind I'll be a busy pair." he proiihesied. His prediction proved true. The Three Bar was a tioehive of activity and it seemed th:ii the hours hei een dawn and dark were all too short for the amoim oi wiwk Harris wished to crowd into them. The cowhands were hreakii.g out the horses m tl.e corrals while the acreage of plowed land in the lower fields steadily increissed. The day that Uvaris .ed the men out on the ctilf rniinil-nii. the mule teams made their first trip across tlie plowed land witli the drill. The fields were tieing seeded to al falfa and oats .so that ilie fastei grow ing grain inigtii shade and protect the tender shoots of liay. Before the g ain ripened it would he cut green for hay, cured and stcked. Early rains had moistened the. fields and they were faintly greeti with tiny shoots of oats. Tliese tliickeiied Into a rank velvety carpet while the homesteaders were hauling a hundred loads of rrcks to form a crude dam ■cross the streatn hehiw the take-out. The water was gradually rai.sed till It ran almost flush with the top of the head gate. Ttie gates were li^'ted and the diverted waters sped stnonthly down the ne'’ channel to carry life to a portion of the sapehrush desert. As the tangible results of the work became more apparent Harris’ vig ilance increased. There was now more than jiloweti ground to work on; crops to he trampled at a time wlien they would not lift again to pertnil of mowing; fences to he wrecked so that range stock might have free ac- i-ess to the fields. single night could upaei the work ol miiiiy months. But as lie stood with Billie at the mouth of the ian he allowed none of his thoughts to he reflected iti his speech. Billie Warren half closed her eyes and viewe the bmad e.xpanse of rip pling gree" in the bottotiis. How many times she had stooi, liere in the past with old Cal Warren while he visioned this very picture whicli now un rolled before her eyes in reality; tlie transformation of the Three Bar flat from a desert waste to a scene of abundant fertility . nder the reclaim Ing touch of water. It was a (juiet picture of farm life It one looked only upon Hie blooming helus and took no account of the rtiw. barren footliills tliat flanked them— the gaunt, towering range hehind. She found It dillicult to link the scene be fore her with the deviltry of a few months past. Tlie killing of Bangs and Bile Foster s consefiuent grim re taliation; the raid nii Three Bar bulls and the -tampede of her trail herd; ■II those ! eetiled part of some life so long in the past as to form no part of her present. No man in tfie field ever strayed far from the rifle whici was part of his equipment. But even ttiis was an evl dence of vigilance wliich tiad met tier eye every day for monttis and had ceased to Impress. They walked to the neat edge of the field and Harri.s drojifnd a hand on her shoulder and stood looking down at her. “Billie, don’t you think It’s about time you were finding out wliat .Iiidge Colton wants?” he asked. “He's been right Insistent on your going back to confer with him.” The girl sliook her head positively Two months before Judge ('oliori had written that he must advise with her too matters of ijnpnnance and suggest- eo tha' she come on at once. Harris had urged her to go and almost dally referred io It. ' •*1 can’t go now," she said. “Not till f’re seen one whole season through When I lie flraf Three Bar crop Is cut and in stack I'll go All other busl- By HAL G. EVARTS ^ Copyright by Hal Q. EvarU WNU service iioss must wait till then. You two ciiu'i drive me away till sifter 1 see ilmt first croj in the stack.” “If yoti’d go now you'd likely get back before we re ihrough cutting,” he urged “.Aiicl the ludge h.is vvrltten twice In tlie Isisi two weeks. Itefore. she could answer ttiis a horseman appeared on the valley road. The furthest Irrigator, merely a sjieck in the distance, exchanged stiovel for rifle ami crossed to the feiK-e. The rider, a if exiiectirig some sucti move, pulled up liis horse and oiiproactied at a walk. Harris saw the two confer. The tiorseiri.m handed some oliject to the It’s Cheaper Than Paying Rewards. otlier .itid urged his horse on towttrd the ''ouse. He was one of the sheritT’s deputies. He grinned as he tapped his empty holster, "tine (if your watchdogs lifted my gun,” he said. He handed Harris a note. After reading it Harris looked at his watch and siiapiied it sluit, glanced at tlie sinking sun and turned to the girl. “I have to make a little launt,” he e.xplained. “Alden wants to see me. I'll tiike Waddles along. As vve go down I'll .send Russ or Tiny up to cook for the rest.” Tlie deputy turned his horse Into the corral and five minutes later Har ris and Wa Idles rode away. Waddles was mounted on Creamer, the big buckskin. “We’ll have to step right along,” Harris said. “It’s forty miles.” They, held the horses to a stiff swinging trot tii .t devoured the miles without seeming to tire their mounts. For four hours they headed south and a little east, nevn- slackening their pace except to breathe the horses on some steep ascent. Tha buckskin and the paint-horse had lost the first snap of their trot and it was evident tliat they would soon begin to lag. Anoth er hour and they had slowed down perceptiihly. The two men dismounted and tied the horses to the brush in a shel tered coulee, then started across a broad flat on foot. Out in tlie center a spot showed darker than the rest— tlie old cahin where Carpenter had elected to start up for hirii.self after being discharged from the Three Bar. When within a hundred yards of the cat in ^ horse, tied to a liitca post in front, neighed shrilly and Harri.s laid a restraining hand on Waddles’ arm. "I'liey knelt In the tiriish as the door otiened and a man stood sil- lioiieiied against the light. After a space of two minutes Carp’s voice readied them. “Not a sound anywheres,” he said. •‘Likely '’ome tior.ses drifting past.” He went inside and closed tlie door. The two men circled the .:abin and came up from the rear. A window stood opened some eight Inches from the bottom, ilnoiigh the holes In the ragged flour sack tliat served as a cur tain Harris secured n view of the in side Carp and Sltide sat facing ncros.s a little table in the center of tlie room. ”1 want to clean up and go.” Carp was saying. “This d—n Harris put me on the black list.” “You've been on it for three morths,” Slade said. “Nothing has liappened yef. But don’t let me keep you from pulling out any time you like.” “But I’ve got a settlement to make,” Carp insisted. “Let’s get that fixed up.” “Settlement?” Slade asked. “Settle ment with wlio?” Carpenter leaned across the table and tapped it to emphisize his re marks. “Listen. Morrow gave me a bill of sale from you calling for a hundred head of Three Bar she-stock, rebrand ed Triangle on the hip.” Slade nodded shortly. “I gave Morrow that for two years’ back pay when he quit. He could sell out to you if he liked.” “And now I wont to sell out,” Carp said. “And be gone from here.” “How many head have you got?” Slade asked. “Three hundred head.” Carp stated. “You’ve increased right fast,” Slade remarked. “I’d think you’d want to stay wtiere ymi was doing so well. How much do .rou want?” “Five dollaro straight through,” Carp said. “Cheiip enough,” Slade answered. “If only a man was in the market." He looked straight at Carp and the man’s eyes slipped away from Slade’s .sletidy gaze. ‘But I'm not buying. Likely Morrow iv'ill buy you out.” “Morrow ought to he here now," Carp stated. “He’s coming tonight.” “Then I'd better go.” Slade said. “1 don't like Morrow’s ways.” Tlie thud of horse’s hoofs sounded from close at hand. The two men out side lay flat i.i the shadow of the house. A shri.t whistle, twice re peated. called Carp to his feet and he crossed to the d.oor to answer it. Mor row dismonniod and came to the door. He no(j(>ci hriePy to Slade, hesitating on the sill as if surprised to find him there, t’arp lost no time in stating his proposition. He spoke jerkily. “I want to gpf out,” he said. “I’ll sell for five d( liars a head.” Morrow held up a hand to silence tiiin. “I’ll likely hur—hut 1 never talk business it a'erewd.” He crossed the room and sat with tiis back to the win dow. “'I’liere’s plenty of time.” “1 tiike it I’m tin crowd,” Slade re marked. “So I'l' step out.” Morrow stilTened suddenly In his cliair as a cold ring was pressed against the back of his neck through the crack of the window. At the same instant Carp tnd tilted biick and rais''d one knee. The gun tliat rested on his leg was peeping over tlie table at Slade. “Steady!” he ordered. “Sit tight!” The window was thrown up tT ‘its full heigh: by Waddles and the cur tain snatched awaj from the gun which Harris h.eld against Morrow’s neck. Carp flipped back his vest and revealed a marshal's badge. “I’d as ooon take you along feet first as any way,” he said. “So if you feel like acting up yoo can start any time now.” Slade’s eyes came back from the two men at the window and rested on the badge. “So that’s it,” he said with evident relief. “A real arrest—when I figured it was an old-faf-Zii-nned murder you had planned. Wfat do you want with me?” Waddles had reacled down and re moved Morrow’s gun. “A numher of things," Carpenter said. “Hlistructing the homestead laws for one.” Slade shook his head and smiled. “You've got the wrong party,” he said. “Yo,. can't prtve anything on me.” “I don't count on tlmt,” Carp said. “You’ve covered up rigid well. We know you work through Morrow but can’t prove a word. We’ve got enough to hang him; but 1 expect maybe you’ll get off.” There was a scrape ct feet outside the door and tlie sheriff entered and took possession of Slade's gun as Har ris and Waddles moved round from the window and went Inside. “I'm a few iiiinules late.” Alden said. “I wasn’t right sure how close I was to the house so I left my horse too far back.” “Here’s your prisoners,” Carp said. “Captured (did delivered as agreed. I liaven't anything on Slade myself but if you want him he’s yours.” “What do you want witli me?” Slade demanded a second time. “I'm picking you up on complaint made hy tlie Three Bar,” Alden said/ “I'll have to take you niong.” Slade liirned on Harris. “What charge?’’ he usi-ed. (TO BE CONTINIED.I FINDS TOO MANY WOMEN ANXIOUS TO MARRY HIM Sweetness Found in Life’s Little Things It Is as great a ndsfake to expect too little of life as to extiect too much. No one is immune from trouble and □0 one has a monopoly of It, even If self-|)ity—a most insidious form of mental indulgence—sometimes appears to suggest it. So many of the sweeteet things of life come almost unnoticed. We look forward, says the London Chronicle, all tlie year to our holidays, hut often despise Hie hours of leisure wtilcli. perliap.s, are rttully more imporuint to our well-being. Retrospection will sometimes make clear how much quiet iihmstire a single day has brought—a letter by the morning’s post, a word of encour- ugemeui w’hich has formed an under tone of hurmony to the melody of toll, J Printer, Who Advertised for Wife, Locks Doors Against Big Rush. Brockton, Mass. — Through the closed and locked door of his print ing shop at No. 133 Ames street. Charles Matutis, forty-two-year-old Montello printer, shouted out the in formation that he was done with'wom en for life, adding that even men did not look so good to him as they had several days ago. “I don’t want a wife, I don’t want a wife,” lie shouted through the door; and when last seen he was tearing to shreds some letters that he had re ceived from women who sought to be the second Mrs. Matutis. Advertised for Wife. Charlie broadcast an appeal for a wife recently, laying down certain conditions about the woman he would marry. He has found that there are plenty—in fact, more than plenty—of women who felt that they answered to his description of what a perfect wife should be. He has had visitors, letters and tel egrams, but it is all off now. He has locked himself in his little print shop, and unless the caller can convince 7^ He Has Locked Himself In. him that an order for printing is the reason for the visit, just try to get by that locked door. For two (lays he had hardly moved outside of his shop and the small liv ing apartment tliat adjoins it. He’s not afraid, it seems; but now that his male acquaintances, former friends, have taken to advancing the good qualities of some friend or relative, Charlie says the matter has gone too far. Sticks to His Shop. He used to take his meals in a near by lunchroom, but he will not even leave his shop for that necessity now. He hires a boy from the neighborhood to bring in his meals. The doors of his home are locked securely. The windows are barred and the shades drawn. Wliere there was a romance-hunt ing man a few days ago there Is now a hermit mad at the world and mad at himself for thinking that he could get a wife by asking for one publicly aaa0CtO0QO»OCtOC«U»fiOOKKtOOC83OC«3OQOaOC8XHXHXK>OKHXMXrt^^ a child’s gratitude for some trifle, even tlie welcome of our dog “with the soul in the sliiniiig eyes of him.” There are, of course, days when duties pull, when friends sepiii to fail us, when vve grow weary of ourselves. Tliere are times of di.sapiiointnient and hitter sorrow. Yet, on the whole, it Is a glad truth that— In small mea.sures life may perfect be. Revolutionary Heroine Elizabeth Zane was one of the most famous young heroines of the Revolu tionary period. She dashed from an inclosure where the American colon ists were fightiny,, to a log hut. where she secured gunpowder and returned with the ammunition under tire from the ludiuus. T he nurse never hesitates to give her patient the quick comfort of Bayer Aspirin. She has heard , doctors declare it safe. She has seen it relieve so many kinds of suffering, and knows it to be dependable. These perfectly harmless tablets ease an aching head without penalty. Their increasing use year after year is proof that they do help and can’t harm. Take them for any headache; to avoid the pain peculiar to women; many have found them a marvelous aid at such times. The proven directions "with every package of Bayer —Aspirin tell how to treat colds, sore throat, neuralgia, neuritis, etc. All druggists. Aspirin Is the traile tnark of Bayer hfanafacture of Monoaceticacldeater of Sallcyllcacld SPIRI A Question Speaking of which came first, the chicken or the egg, we never have been able positively to make up our mind whicli New Year's resolution i.s broken first, ours not to drop any more trifling little smidgens of to bacco on the sitting room rug or a certain noble woman’s not to .sdiow any feeling in the matter even if we did.—Ohio State Journal. 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