CHESCH EV CHEHED She Fighting Tenderfoot By William MacLeod Raine Copyright by William MacLeod Raine WN SHH ELBE NU Service SHED THE STORY Garrett O'Hara, young lawyer, en his way to practice at Concho, wild wastern town, Is shot at from ambush by Shep Sanderson, who mistakes him for Judge Warner, whom certain cattle Interests wish to prevent holding court. Barbara Steelman, who thought the shot was di- rected at her, warns Garrett not te go to Co 10 because of the big cattle war, tells Garrett about the cattle war between Ingram and Steel- man, f of Barb 2. Garrett telis Ir n he desires to re- neutral, but the latter de- res there can be no neut ity. Bob Quantrell, young for Ingram, saves QCarrett an Englishman, Smith-Beresford, from being shot by Sande The three become friends. Gar- rett accidentally witnesses a meeting between Barbara and Ingram. They are lovers t and the E ne lishman buy a ranch with Steelman as silent pariner, F.tch, Stee Iman man, Kills an ‘In- gram follower. A posse, includ- ing Quantrell and Sanderson, capture and hang Fitch. Sander- son starts a fight at the ranch and Garrett and the Englishman are wounded Ingram and Bar- bara appear and put an end to the fight, Quantrell changes sides and joins with the two “tenderfeet.” A lull in the cattle war follows, Steve Worrall ather rson. Garret CHAPTER VI—Continued —f did you do?" asked Garrett, far interest should be “What not sure pushed. The kiiler looked at him bleak, unfathomable eyes. “I Ei Paso was no place for me.” That was all how out of decided O'Hara was left to gue<s what had made him so decide They rode down the dusty main street of Concho to the Steelman store Pat Mc came forward to meet them, hard and wooden, liquor. Quantrell took a drink and ted. There wns a Mexican girl ino town wanted to see. He before to say, er stick (Hara, Gold ‘arthy his face as usuval He offered them depar he turned “Bett I get back, in' Into the passed.” “1 sav i too, Pob ing for Sing My bus me into the Gold Nugget” “I'd stay right in this office till 1 Won't office here till he left the und I saw Shep head Nugget as I'm not look ness won't take gel be gone more'n a couple hours.” Quantrell was plainly a little tSnensy about “Don't Bob, when you come b promised, Into the store presently Worrall He sat down in and chatted with Met Oilara. The proprietor out hy a cle At wvnce “You armed, “Yes that right “1 just came from the Gold Nugget Shep Sanderson an’ the Texas Kid were in there drinkin’. I'd be careful if I were you. The Kid's been mean ever you shot him up.” “What's the Kid like?” “rot a bad rep. a Killer ellow, te that. : lay off him an’ too. Thought I'd drop In an’ t Better stay here io the store, Bob Qua “1 don't know leaving him. worry, ack,” came the arthy was Steve office and called ork Worrall freed O'Hara ?™ Any reason now?” his mind. for asking me since I've heard say he's May be nothin Shep, ell you Where's There was a file smile in wants ‘ker Garrelt’'s eves to of sutdonie “If that boy him he'd hetter stay cl wise 1 can’t be responsible for happens to him, Come on, Steve, gut to go to the post office” Worrall me after tither what I've look wer hesitated for a a second then rose promptly. He had wurned friend. Thut was as far as he could go. On the frontier every man must play his own hand, trad Helm, the fat hotel wns in the post office, He nodded toward Worrall and O'Hara, got his mail, ard as he passed out said In a wheezy atdible present, “There's a the hot 1, Ar. portant it.” Passing minutes later, Steve dropped in to get the letter, Helm manens ered the latter into a corner of the room and whispered a word of warning. “Shep an’ the Texas Kid are layin’ for you. ‘They're givin’ you an hour to leave town.” “Much obliged. for this letter.” Gurrett and his friend stepped out to the sidewalk, “Come on down to the corral me,” Steve proposed, “Not now, You come to Nugget with me" The long man flung a quick look at him. O'Hara's eyes were shining with or citement, fraction of his keeper voice to everybody letter for you at O'Hara. It says ‘Im on the Concho house and a few Garrett I've been looking with the Gold ‘You're not going to the gett, are you?" “Thought I would. Shep and his friend are sending word out that I've got one hour to leave town. I'll spend part of that hour at the Gold Nugget.” Steve sold Nug- reflected that the safe thing take Bob Quantrell with them to the Gold Nugget. But evi dently his friend was not looking for the safe thing. “All right, I'll throw in he sald. As O'Hara walked up the adobe- lined street beside the lank freighter he felt again that odd lift of the spirit that eame to him when danger was near. He was going to meet it, auda- clously, foolhardily, The roar of guns might at any moment greet him. On the frontier a man did not lightly serve notice that he was “looking for” another. Such an announcement meant business, A short, thickset man eame out the Ingram store and down the street toward them. Out of a pallid face protruding fishy eyes looked at O'Hara Thin lips opened to say “So you're still here.” “I'm still here, Mr. Harvey “Struttin’ around, I reckon, you've had a little luck.” More than O'Hara had talked Steelman about the posse which anacked the cabin, It was the f both of them that Harvey's bud the sheriff, ind the dominating one, Ingram hid been at ranch and could not have kne what intended, “Not your fault I'm stru around Mr. Harvey. I acquit you of bla: You did your best to make good promise given in your store that I would not cumber the ground leng.™ O'Hara's eyes bored Into those of the merchant, “Meanin' what? Say, young fellow, (Hara brushed would be to with you" of Insolently, becaus once with had and been back of the was wi the ory demanded Harvey. if you claim-—" rudely past him There was always a chance that Har vey might be detaining him in the street while his killers were making ready. The lanky owner of the Longhorn corral looked at his friend, and in that look were both admiration and dis tress. “Great Jumpin' horn’ go outa yore way to [iarvey ain't used to thataway,” he said. play? An' why get of a sudden?” “This Is the way 1 look O'Hara answered, his glan doors and wine Bink as forward. “It's derson to toads, you sure make enemies. being treated “Just what's yore on the prod all at it, Steve” 10e sweeping he thing for gay he's going to get It's another for him an hour to leave thinks I'm hiding behind trell, I've got to show him ['m not All got to do Is to ask me that question when I give the signal’ “You mean the one you was speak * about before we met Harvey ?™ “Yes. You may not get it, but if you do I'll use It as a cue If there's trouble, you keep out of iL.” “Keep out it? You sure bump nto fool notions, boy. When the guns begin to smoke I've got to join ln to save my own hide” “I've a notion they're not going to smoke, Here we are” They turned in at the Gold Nugget Sanderson and the Texas Kid were drinking while Shep talked He boasted of how bad he was and what he meant to do to O'Hara. The words died io his throat as he caught sight of the two men ad just entered the place. His jaw dropped with as tonishment. (O'Hara gave Shep's slow brain no time to guess what this meant. Light ly the 3 man walked to the bar, not more than five feet from his enemy. He ordered liquor which he did not intend to drink, Sanderson glared at him, uncertain what to do. Was this a plant? Had he sat around drinking and boasting while foes had gathered to am bush him? If not, why would this ten- derfoot walk in so Jauntily, knowing that he had no chance to beat the gunman to the draw? The short red-headed cowboy known us the Texas Kid passed through much he same mental! reaction, but he was decidedly more fearful than his com Why had he let the drink in Ik so loudly? Of a sudden he wus sober, sick with terror. “What makes you white, rett?' asked Worrall, following structions, O'Hara answered Sanderson, moved one Nan me, to give town He Bob Quan me You ‘vor time to ask of who bh oung his nanion him ta 80 Gar in did not look at him as he His gaze was fastened on But in his voice there was a lit of triumphant excitement. So far his plan had worked perfectly Would it earry through? “I'm scared to death, Steve, of two scalawags who are going to run me out of town, One of them Is a big bully puss fellow ugly as sin, a he wolf on the howl, to hear him teil it, The other Is a hammered-down red headed runt. If you see them let me know so that 1 can run, Steve" O'Hara's mocking eyes looked straight into those of the big bully, They taunted him and defied him and made light of his prowess. The question that Sanderson growled made clear his thoughts. “Where's Bob Quantrell at?” “Bob had better hit the trail” O'Hara sald to Worrall, “These fel lows who have me so frightened will drive him out, too, probably.” Uneasily the bartender polished the top of the eounter. He decided to drop to the floor before the shooting began. A patron of the house flitted inconspleuously out of the back door Four cowboys at a poker table sus pended their play and watched the antagonists alertly. Sanderson spoke vehemently, never claimed I'd drive him " out. Never gave out any such word, Ifany- one says I did he's a lar” “You can tell Bob not to be fright- ened, then, Steve,” O'Hara sald easily. “The scalawags I told you about don't intend to worry him.” “Where's Bob at?” derson hoarsely. “How should I know? keeper, Stick to the busine Mr. Sanderson, If you should meet either of those terrible bad men I've described tell them I'm one tenderfoot go scared that I'm shaking, This goes for you, too, Mr, Texas Kid. Say I'm staying in town because I'm too fright. ened to travel, Ask them be too hard on a poor tenderfoot.” “Phey was funnin’, don’t reckon?’ the Texas Kid offered way of explanation, tetter tell them not to scatter jokes like that around. They might explode and hurt Don’t think so? “I'll be movin' along, Kid sald from a dry throat “Don't hurry. Stay and keep Sanderson company. He won't to be left here alone” fellow, lay “If this here's a reiterated San- I'm not his ¥% in hand, not to you by some one, You Mr, want Sander “Say, off me” son growled. frame- ppn—— Hig Friend Went to Sleep in Smoke.” “Shep an’ art smokin’ too soon to don’t you can't st me I See? op suit w hoop. scare worth a left O'Hara toward the was pls his eves moment to sweep and window. He worried and anxious to be gone with a whole skin, “You don't of town, within the hour, say?” asked. Already edd-hend moving wate the back derson discovered himself deserted and began to follow, His right hand hovered near the butt of a revolver but he made no motion to draw it. “Don't ride me, fellow,” the bully warned. “I can be pushed just so far. I'm not scared of you, not for a holy minute. Don't you think it. I'll meet up with you one of these days an’ send you to h—I| on a shutter.” Nevertheless, for a door iinly think I'd better get out O'Hara the r led cowhe ns san door. backing away slowly was a good Imitation the Texas Kid “You don't you reckon, he quavered. ne, when we meet, (VHara's voice of that of just funnin’, Sanderson?” ire Mr, “You or ” Shep warned. “Always tomorrow with you, it? Well, it will be a thousand till we meet, Mr. Sanderson.” The big man slid out of the back Qutside, he whirled swiftly, at the same time draggi out weapon. His eyes stabbed here and there looking for enemies. He saw nobody but the Texas Kid. That war- rior was legging it on a run for the sufety of Ingram & Harvey's store. After Sanderson slid out of the half. open back door of the Gold Nugget there was a long moment of silence, The stage had been set for red trag edy. All present felt that It had been shaved by a narrow margin. Steve Worrall let out a little whoop me, © fsn't years door. his “Blufred ‘em out, by Jinks ‘en back down an' erawl off their tails between their legs, boy, you're some wolf tamer.” of the cowboys at the poker table slapped Another a mighty blow on the back. “Made Shep take water, the tenderfoot did. Never saw the beat of it. Didn't think would of quit for h—1 or high water. Well, you live an' learn, " He swept off his sombrerc in a bow to O'Hara, “You're enough bad-man buster. I'll be doggoned if Shep didn't tackle more'n he herd on that time, an’ you no uu dangerous than a brush Y Now that this crisis was pa felt a little sick and faint " he sald to his wns to get back of delight, made with Oh, One shep boys. one sure could ride lookin’ re rabbit t O'liara “Let's pet friend. to the Itement outside, desire of the store. Ix buoyed him up. to think what a how he had audacity of a Not for a moment into the delus derson’s equal with a six big man had not been but of Bob Quantrell had ed swift stak ion been i: they were trying order for wing his weapon in a plausible reason him ind Wo Harve down, citedly tn ind ur heel, his same Han} VE ragged down at He was the seen some in Ingram’s been “arrested “Right then 1 rated. “No pl that doggoned devillin’ Shep to draw, crow him, tellin’ how scared Shep, an’ ridin’ him all the ¢ go order that pligrim a cof Carthy.“ McCarthy was facing the door hard eyes did not change “He can order it hime if he is now." The storekeeper spoke to O'Hara. “Hank has worryin you. Glad to was sary.” Worrall sank barrel and © handa covho store for lit ¢ ior me foot nce tender | Hank Here been about see it neces on me to ind reckon Different ful for in fin for m Thi hite-haired proof I'm thank 8 cof here yon dan't extra us about it. O'Hara swered dersaon., about his war At least we he d met” Lemme tell the stor) “1 was Worrall said among those present, an inno cent bystander who stood to get shot up If trouble began | feed me a eclgarette, th tell me if we ain't both The lengthy owner of the Longho got his cigarette and told his st He told it with hu most of drama When he ished a “I don’t savvy a-shootin’. Was you reckon? O'Hara knew him unwise to no had ome en listen loco.” PY mor, its faced oo red whoy 1 come why, heey nimi hy stressing had meeting produced that Randerson trap aot the first 1 restrained by Harvey at It was that, 1? plunged into this feud unwill he might need all the reputation he could get as a dangerous man to “He wns scared but bluffin’® he wasn't.” Worrall replied. "The Texans Kid didn't even make any claims he wasn't." “What was they scared cowboy persisted. “Shep ha an even break, hadn't he?” “Say, young fellow, how many men do you know who have stood off Shep an’ Bob Quantrell an’ heen nid 1 and had been the inne ving second been possible attack ” of 7" the d better'n Deever an’ this The Icelandic sagas are the finest of their kind, possessing qualities which are singularly lacking in the native poetry. The explanation offered by the authorities on these matters is that the sagas of Iceland are only na- tive In so far as they are produced by the settlers, otherwise that they are not Icelandic but the poetry of the western islands, of the Gaelic races who mode the emigrant stream into the country, Unfortunately, both the authors and the dates of composition of the finest snges have been lost, but the resem- blance between the compositions and those of Ireland is so strong that Qt leaves little doubt that the Gaelic In- fluences were largely responsible for their production, There are quite distinct traces of the Celtle mythology, language and Treatment of Burns In every home where there are chil- Aren the medicine closet should con- tain a good remedy for burns. It Is advisable to always have on hand a bottle of olive oil and a bottle of lime water, When mixed in equal propor. tions this is one of the best remedies for burns that is known. Saturate cloths with the solution and cover the burn, manners, The careers of the earlier generations of the Icelandic poets closely corresponded to those of the old Irish bards, birth, and with on at least one themselves to the bards, ing in their courts, sharing thelr adventures, ing their victories and hyiuning their deaths, ever ready to apswer criticism with satire, or if ary, sword thrust. Montreal Family Herald, When Mind Works Dest Have you ever tried to terminate at what time of day your mind works best? A scientific test with office workers Indicates it Is the second hour of the morning. Many nervous persons find to the'r dizmay that their brain is most active when they are trying to go to sleep. Probably only a few have the experience of Sir Wal- ter Scott, the novelist, whose ohserva. tions on the subject are republished in the Golden Book, “The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propiti ous to any task which was exercising my invention,” Scott wrote, “When | get over any knotty difficulty in a story, or have had to fill up a passage in a poem, it was nlways when 1 first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged to me.” Usually men of good Irish blood glide, they invariably attached sing nevess Texas Kid for half a 'steen How an’ day? other warriors many do you an’ branded him with grapplin’ an' got away with it? 1 go doggoned many myself tribution was from Worrall irons don’t know This con. The « at O'Ha 3 Ig pi nk-cl » soft brown e un-ei with ke a m Mie WHS Ww “Well, If could ues run a sanay tion 1s, what wil interrupted McCarthy, “He'll to ke some kind of a play to » didn’t get on the peck, ut himself on I Shep do now?" Hive nin why gore us 4 skillet,” He'll “Soon, make a play,” Worrall Got to do it crowd he trails 100, ith the or rep w pe everal in other, The men in More iil i fie would Mot the made slide easily gure volver ter, hol arthy a Came ouls em Shep right up it. That's friend Deever 1 CHAPTER VI Peace Terms ancl lays = had earls hen lost mort because for her Until her little epes that of Wesley Marcos, that Hy Steelman the San gition in intrs to way Y get her what she antes ished head force had brouzht had seemed to her, Now she rode with dimir An immovable up short It many weeks since, n fine thing to draw David Ingram and her father tog Eagerly she to end By her ng friend grow In that divide enmity had been failed That, had heen A bitter PEON yamiliation |} accompan the failure, It h ether, had adventured that men ness wold ommunity where she she inevitable ad com to pass soon that had od tows CYes, little to tubbornness were gary to his life. Love! that to him? He had snatch her roughly. not because her and conld not hear to do without her hut aus a weapon with which to wound her father. When she let herself think of it Barhara became a river of woe hecausge of the shame and sorrow in her horom, She was young enough to feel that what had happened to her was tragic. It was not yet within her experience that time mellows the sharpest sting of shame to a tender memory. In the company of Garrett O'Hara she found comfort. In spite of his ghy- ness he had a gift for companionship, She liked to explore his mind. He did not in the least ohlect to being made fun of by her, for he sensed that she liked and resgected him, Once she referred to the secret that he knew, “Nice girls back East don't do what ve done. Down in yore heart what do von think of me? How much do you despise me? “1 told you once that I'd want my gigter to be lke you" he answered “Ro vou did, before you had time to think over what 1 had done, I's not fair to press you too hard, Only «111 wish yore sister better Iuck than that. Her smile was bitter. It geemed to him that her lps ouiverad with disdain of herself, (TO BE CONTI mo her int whi £0 him What ed at he needed was KUED.) | ONE HORSE POWER The enthusiastic motorist had been persuaded by a friend to sccompuny him on a cross-country horseback ride. Soon after starting the motorist’s horse was seen to gallop, and its rider wus forward graspl wildly at something which seemed unable to clutch. His friend galloped along- side, “What on earth are do? gasped the friend. “I'm-—tirying to—find—the brake” came the somewhat jerky reply.~—Chlii- dren's Newspaper. leaning ng he sou trying to An hoportat! Detail The First good! It is understood, our ! WW paces. 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They're on to this business, 1 guess. internal Revenue Little Willie is a funny And eccentric little waif Swallowed all his sister's money, Said that he was playing safle, Then He Bought the Car Mr. Quizzer— But, my dear. if | buy a car 1 won't have enough money to pay my life insurance. His Wife—RBut if you don’t get the car you'll not be so likely to need the life Insurance right away, so you can spare the money for the car. She Ought To “I hope the wife will treat me bet- ter after this" “Why? “She's joined the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals ™ a Ar a Reward Little Georgie and Baby Ann (rush. ing to mother)—Oh, Mamma. Paps says that next Sunda” we're going to have an eclipse of the moon, X Mamma (ahsent-mindediy) Yes, ves, but only if you've been nice and wells behaved children. : For His Wife's Sake His Old Flame-—1 hear you're given up smoking for your wife's sake, Mr. Justwed- Yes, that's true Good clgareties (ost so much only one of us can afford to smoke them.
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