6 Iy^_STORY__J^J [LANGFORD] I of the = THREE J J BARSS T £KATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES^ (Copyright by A. C. ttt'Clurg Jc Co., 10C7.) SYNOPSIS. George Williston, a poor ranchman, hlsh-ininded and cultured, searches for uattle missing from his ranch—the "L,azy S." On a wooded spot in the river's bed that would have been an island had the Missouri been at high water, he dis covers a band of horse thieves engaged Ai working over brands on cattle. He creeps near enough to note the chang ing of the "Threo Bars" brand on one Iteer to the "J. It." brand. Paul l.ang {ord, the rich owner of the"Three Bars," is informed of the operations of the gang of cattle thieves—a band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black, who long have defied the law and authori ties of Kemah county, South Dakota. Langford is struck with the beauty of Mary, commonly known as "Williston's little girl." Louise Dale, an expert court stenographer, who had followed her uncle, Judge Hammond Dale, from the east to the "Dakotahs," and who Is living with hlin at Wind City, is requested by the county attorney, Richard Gordon, to come to Kemah and take testimony in the preliminary hearing of Jesse Black. Jim Munson, in waiting at the train for Louise, looks at a herd of .-attie being shipped by Bill Brown and there detects old "Mag," a well known "onery" steer be longing to his employer of the"Three Bars" ranch. Munson and Louise start for Keniah. Crowds assemble. In Justice James R. McAllister's court for the preliminary hearing. Jesse Black springs the first of many great surprises, waiving examination. Through Jake Sanderson, a member of the outlaw gang, he had learned that the steer "Mag" had been re covered and thus saw the uselessness of fighting against being bound over. County Attorney Gordon accompanies Louise Dale on her return to Wind City. While Williston stands in the light in his door at night a shot is fired at him. The house Is attacked and a battle ensues between Williston and his daughter, on one side, and the outlaws on the other. The house Is set on fire. As an outlaw raises his ritle to shoot Williston a shot from an un known source pierces his arms and the ritle falls to the ground. Aid has come to Williston, but he and his daughter are captured and borne away by the outlaws. Jim Munson late at night heard the shots, discovered the attack on Williston's house, hurried to the Three Bars ranch and sum moned Langford and his brave men to the rescue. It was Langford who tired the shot which saved Williston's life. Langford rescues Mary from her captor. Langford takes Mary to the home of Mrs. White. Her arm has been broken by a shot. She rrows delirious and receives medical at ention. CHAPTER Xll.—Continued. After a gallant and dauntless search, •which lasted through the best days of September, Langford was forced to let cold reason have Its sway. He had thought, honestly, that the ruffians would not dare commit murder, know ing that they were being pursued; but now he was forced to the opinion that they had dared the worst, after all. For, though it would be hard to hide all trace of a dead man, infinitely greater would be the difficulty in cov ering the trail of a living one—one who must eat and drink, who had a mouth to be silenced and strength to te restrained. It came gradually to him, the belief that Williston was dead; but it came surely. With it came the jeer of the specter that would not let him forget that he should have foreseen what would surely happen. With it came also a great tenderness for Mary, and a re doubled vigilance to keep his unruly tongue from blurting out things that would hurt her who was looking to him, in the serene confidence in his good friendship), for brotherly counsel and comfort. In the first dark days of his new be lief, he spoke to Gordon, and the young lawyer had written a second letter to the "gal reporter." In re sponse, she came at once to Kemah and from thence to the White home stead in the boss's "own private." This time the boss did the driving himself, bringing consternation to the heart of one Jim Munson, cow-punch er, who viewed the advent of her and her "mouse-colored hair" with serious trepidation and alarm. What he had dreaded had come to pass. 'Twas but a step now to the Three Bars. A fus sy woman would be the means of again losing man his Eden. It was monstrous. He sulked, aggrievedly, systematically. slipped into the sad life at the Whites' easily, sweetly, adaptably. Mary rallied under her gentle minis trations. There was—would ever be —a haunting pathos in the dark eyes, but she arose from her bed, grateful for any kindness shown her, strong in her determination not be a trouble to any one by giving way to weak and unavailing tears. Mary, because of her abounding health, healed of her wound rapidly. Langford took advantage of the girls' absorption in each other's company to ride often and at length on quests of his own creation. With October, Louise must join Judge Dale for the autumn term of court. lie haunted the hills. He was not looking now for a living man; he was seeking a cleverly concealed grave. He flouted the opinion—held by many—that the body had been thrown inti the Mis siuri and would wash asMore some later day many and many a mile be low. He held firmly to his fixed idea that impenetrable mystery clouding the ultimate close of Williston's earth ly career was the sought aim of his murderers, and they would risk no river's giving up its dead to their un doing. It had been ascertained beyond rea sonable dooubt that Williston could not have left the country in any of the unual modes. His description was at all the stations along the line, togeth er with the theory that he would be leaving under compulsion. Meanwhile, Gordon had buckled down for the big fight. He was sadly handicapped, with the whole prop of his testimony struck from under him by Williston's disappearance. How ever, those who knew him best —the number was not large—looked for things to happen In those days. They, the few, the courageous minority, through all the ups and downs —with the balance in favor of the downs most of the time —of the hardest fought battle of his life, the end of which left him gray at the temples, maintained a deep and abiding faith In this quiet, unassuming young man, who had squared his shoulders to this new paralyzing blow and refused to be knocked out, who walked with them and talked with them, but kept his own counsel, abided his time, and in the meantime —worked. One day Langford was closeted with him for a long two hours in his dingy, one-roomed office on the ground floor. The building was a plain wooden af fair with its square front rising above the roof. In the rear was a lean-to where Gordon slept and had his few hours of privacy. "It won't do, Paul," Gordon said in conclusion. "I have thought It all out. We have absolutely nothing to go upon—nothing at least but our own convictions and a bandaged arm, and they won't hang a man with Jesse's diabolical influence. We'll fight it out j on the sole question of 'Mag,' Paul, j After that —well —who knows? Some thing else may turn up. There may be developments. Meanwhile, just wait. There will be justice for Williston yet." CHAPTER XIII. Mrs. Htggins Rallies to Her Colors. The Kemah county court convened on a Tuesday, the second week in De cember. The judge coming with his court reporter to Velpen on Monday found the river still open. December! had crept softly to its appointed place in the march of months with a gentle heralding of warm, southwest winds. "Weather breeder," said Mrs. Hig glns of the Don Ami, with a mournful shake of her head. "You mark my 1 "You Are the Best Man in All the World." words and remember I said it. It's a sorry day for the cows when the riv er's running in December." She was serving the judicial party herself, and capably, too. She dearly loved the time the courts met, on eith er side of the river. It brought many interesting people to the Bon Ami, al though not often the judge. His com ing for supper was a most unusual honor, and it was due to Louise, who had playfully insisted. He had hum ored her much against his will, it must be confessed; for he had a deeply worn habit of making straight for the hotel from the station and there re maining until Hank Bruebaclier, liv eryman, who never permitted any thing to interfere with or any one to usurp his prerogative cjf driving his honor to and from Kemah when court was In session, whistled with shame k less familiarity the following morning to make his honor cognizant of the fact that he, Hank, was ready. But had come to the Bon Ami because Louise wished it, and he reflected whimsically on the astonishment, amounting almost to horror, on the face of his good landlord at the Ve>- pen house when it became an assured fact that he was not and had not been in the dining-room. "You are right, Mrs. Higgins," as sented the judge gravely to her weath er predictions, "and the supper you have prepared for us is worthy the hand that serves it. Kings and po tentates could ask no better. Louise, dear child, I am fond of you and I hope you will never go back east." "Thank you, Uncle Hammond," said Louise, who knew that an amusing thought was seeping through this dec laration of affection. "I am sorry to give you a heartache, but I am go ing back to God's country some day, nevertheless." "Maybe so—maybe not," said the judge. "Mrs. Higgins, my good wom an, how is our friend, the canker worm, coming on these days?" "Canker-worm?" repeated Mrs. Hig gins. "Meanin', your honor " "Just what I say—canker-worm. Isn't he the worm gafiwing in discon tent at the very core of the fair fruit CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1908. of established order and peace tn the cow country?" "I —I —don't understand, you?* hon or," faltered the woman in great trepi datlon. Would his honor consider her a hopeless stupid? But what was the man talking about? Louise looked up, a flush of color staining her cheeks. "Maybe fire-brand would suit you better, madame? My young friend, the fire-brand," resumed the judge, rising. "That is good—flre-brand. Is he not inciting the populace to 'open rebellion, false doctrine and schism?" Is it not because of him that roofs are burned over the very heads of the helpless homesteader?" "For shame, Uncle Hammond," ex claimed Louise, still flushed and with a mutinous little sparkle in her eyes. "You are poking fun at me. You haven't any right to, you know; but that's your way. I don't care, but Mrs. Higgins doesn't understand." "Don't you, Mrs. Higgins?" asked the judge. "No, I don't," snapped Mrs. Hig gins, and she didn't, but she thought she did. "Only if you mean Mr. Rich ard Gordon, I'll tell you now there ain't no one in this here God-forsaken country who can hold a tallow candle to him. Just put that in your pipe and smoke it, will you?" She piled up dishes viciously. She did not wait for her guests to depart before she began demolishing the table. It was a tremendous breach of etiquette, but she didn't care. To have an ideal shattered ruthlessly is ever a heart-breaking thing. "But my dear Mrs. Higgins," ex postulated the judge. "You needn't," said that lady, short ly. "I don't care," she went on, "if the president himself or an archangel from heaven came down here and plastered Dick Gordon with bad-smell in' names from the crown of his little toe to the tip of his head, I'd tell 'em to their very faces that they didn't know what they was a taikin' about, and what's more they'd better go back to where they belong and not come nosin' round in other people's business when they don't understand one single mite about it. We don't want 'ein puttin' their fingers in our pie when they don't know a thing about us or our ways. That's my say," she closed, with appalling sig nificance, flattering herself that no one could dream but that she was dealing in the most off-hand general ities. She was far too politic to an tagonize, and withal too good a wom an not to strike for a friend. She congratulated herself she had been true to all her gods—and she had been. Louise smiled in complete sympa thy, challenging the judge meanwhile with laughing eyes. But the judge— he was still much of a boy in spite of liis grave calling and mature years— just threw back his blonde head and shouted in rapturous glee. He laughed till the very ceiling rang in loud response; laughed till the tears shone in his big blue eyes. Mrs. Hig gins looked on in undisguised amaze ment, hands on hips. "Dear me, suz!" she sputtered, "is the man gone clean daffy?" "Won't you shake hands with me, Mrs. Higgins?" he asked, gravely. "I ask your pardon for my levity, and I assure you there isn't a man in the whole world I esteem more or hold greater faith in than Dick Gordon —or love so much. I thank you for your championship of him. I would that he had more friends like you. Louise, are you ready?" Their walk to the hotel was a silent one. Later, as she was leaving him to goto her own room, Louise laid her head caressingly on her uncle's sleeve. "Uncle Hammond," she said. Impul sively, "you are—incorrigible, but you are the best man in all the world." "The very best?" he asked, smiling ly. "The very beet," she repeated, firm ly. (To Be Continued.) BUILDS OWN LIGHTING PLANT. St. Louis Man Illuminates Home and Runs Household Machines. St. Louis.—ln his leisure hour's Fred Brendel, engineer of the Cd in wood. HORSE DRAINAGE STABLE. An Arrangement Which Will Prove Very Satisfactory. In Its relation to hygiene, the sub ject of stable drainage Is among the most important, and this, too, apart from ventilation, a subject of equal Importance; for, without proper ven tilation, no system of drainage will avail much. The average architect of barns and stables too often leaves the above factors out of his plans and calculations; hence, It is absolutely necessary that the breeder should un derstand the principles of drainage and ventilation, in order that he may be able to give advice, and also tc correct errors when found. For want of this knowledge, the proper hygienic effects cannot be produced; neither f/T" —4s 5 Jjmneefi. J Sectional View of Stall and Cistern. can sanitary measures be fully car ried Out 1 ; In the case of all animals kept In confinement, whether in health or dis ease, drainage and ventilation may, in fact, be called ground rules. Stable drainage is most Intimately related to hygiene and stable manage ment, and it is also one of the most valuable auxiliaries In the assistance It renders ventilation in keeping the air pure. Much may be accomplished by strict attention to the regular and thorough cleaning of stables. It Is only half performed when ma nure is dumped outside and allowed to accumulate, heat, rot and poison the air with its fumes. It is still worse If the liquid matter of the stable Stable Drainage Into a Cistern. Is allowed to soak the floors, drip through and saturate the earth below, and become putrescent, thus giving rise to the most deadly germs. In drainage, the first necessity nat> urally is that the stalls must be at ranged with reference to whether the animal be male or female. In the case of males, the lowest part of the stall must be between the fore and hind feet. In the case of female ani mals, it must be Just at the rear. For horses, says the Prairie Farmer, the floor of the stall may be cut across midway from the point where the fore and hind feet rest, vith a shallow groove, say four inches wide, and de scending from the sides to the cen ter, when it ends in a grating fine enough to prevent the escape of the bedding, etc. Here it falls Into a pipe running under each stall and connecting with each, having inclination sufficient to carry away the moisture quickly and emptying on the open ground, as far away as possible from the stable; nevertheless, it is worse than folly to adopt a system of underground stable drainage unless there is an abundance of water for flushing the pipes. In the country this is difficult to obtain; hence, sewage drainage is not prac ticed except Id cities having public water works. The illustrations will show the idea we wish to convey. One of these represents stalls arranged for gelding and for mare, as to position for gathering the liquid. Neglect often arises from the Idea generally entertained that stable ema nations are not inimical to human be ings. It is, however, a serious annoy ance, as must be all disagreeable odors, and, then, it is very injurious to carriages, affecting the varnish, as well as impregnating the cushions with a subtle odor, and eventually rot ting them. When stable drains can be attached to a regular sewerage system, or be run into a properly ventilated wasting cesspool, there is little or no trouble about vapors and odors; but where the liquid has to dsain into a closed cesspool, considerable thought and in genuity are required. 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