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THARON OF LOST VALLEY
By VltWIiS U. ROE
" Author of "The Maid of the Whispering mils," "Th Heart
' , pf tilQht Wind," etc.
THIS STAIIT8 TUB STOHY
fC,fT Vn.i I Is one of the wonders
,TWt Vallep. She and' old Anita
' l ' Jim last's household, Jim
w"'?mHow tor his skill iolfc t7n
l "li" rJtrolled the valley lor
cM n" ,..), nourtreu seeks to usurp
,: nhttev appears,
' W-.j. almot l.el rider. "
STTOi ? J S52L ,ii0.
" btlLV St his murderer anil vows
IM,M " " father's . fcWcr
' f'hrat her to it." A rude cross
,vi.b fiJs burUil pfnec. "Two
""''".J, looking toward another
,u mtu.lipav for 1ou both."
?0 J faction solemnly pledge
SSS?he to stand together against
C0ANDJnyK IT CONTINUES
,lEfj wth nn unconscious Brace and
Trolso that net welt upon, jier ns tho
mWitss of last's, Tharon, moved into
' JSfnSr o..r both rfrl,
'ff Valley would have been rudcnctsl
1 ii.ra It catalogued tin stranger, aot
v. rwlo of his welcome.
1 ii left him stripped of surprise, out
Mdly. h"foro to was within Poaklng
if told the observers that ho was
Toinr of somo twenty-six rfr seven, that
C. & the first point taken In with
llthtnliiff swiftness was different from
Wu faces thev had over seen, .that It
ml mSS? smiling, easy, that no waa
Salsht " a ramroad. Indeed, that ho
rode as If lw feared nothlnir In the
?!.. i. ir.avnns. that ho carried
" . v.o hn wore the peculiar
'r.'thnt Tharon had noticed before.
, imiiut ..--------,h.nt, ,llrt.
ma mai inoi ";",s v ?..---.
triut. a iaxK sniom ui buuiii o'i
wMch i made Uiom think of Steptoo
Service and his disgraced Bherlft's star.
Sli. Tsmiirht brouirht a frown to
Thiron's brows, and It was there to
rreet tlie stranger when ho rode up to
the itep and halted, his smart tan. hat
In his hand. The morning sun burned
,,i,. .inu-n nfThls dark hair, which
wad hrushed straight back from his
forehead In a way unknown In thoao
parts. His dark eyes, slow and deep
tut somehow merry, took In the pretty
picture In the door.
' Mis? Last?" ho asked In a low voico.
"Tesf' raid Tharon promptly ,and
waited.
Eery one waited In I.ost Valley for
. etranKer to make known his business.
Paula drew back behind her mistress.
The man sat still on hid horso and
wslted, too, Tho sllenco became pro
found.. Tho hens cackling about the
him Intruded sharply.
"Well," he said presently, "I nm a
itrangcr. and I camo to seo you."
The elrl liu tho doorway felt a hot
turffo of discomfort flare over her foe
tht nrst time in nor mo lor sucn a
reason.
There "as something In the low voice
that Implied a lack, accused her of.
something. Wle resented It instantly.
"If that Is so," sho said slowly,
"llrtt."
The man laughed delightedly, and
snung quickly down", dropping IiIh rein.
Tharon noticed that. That much was
natural. Ho held his hat against his
breast with one hand and came forward
with the same quickness, holding out
ine omer. iiiaron was not used to
shaking hands with strange men.
bhe gave her hand dlltldontly, because
Nhe so evidently expected it, and took It
awav swiftly.
' My name." ho said. "Is Rennet
Dalu K?nset and I am from Wash
ington. D C."
Ho might as well hae said Tim
huctoo Tharon Last knew little outside
her own enlromnent. Words and
names that had to do with unknown
Places were vague things to her.
"Ves?" Bhe answered politely, "I make
no doubt jou've come far. Como in.
plnner'll soon bo ready," and she moved
back from the door with a. smile that
covered her pitiful Ignorance as with a
rarment of gold. When Tharon smiled
l Ko that she was wholly adorable, and
the man knew It at once.
Why she had so quickly Invited him
in before lie had fully declared himself,
she did not know unless It was because
J' 'hat lack In her which his first wolds
had implied.
Old Anita, whoso manners woro tho
simple and perfect ones of tho Mexican
coupled to a kindly heart, had taught
her how to comport.
-uiTi. and ,constant association
with tho riders and vaqucroB had dulled
ner somewhat, but sho could bo royal
en occasion.
.Mow 'l10 BlniPIy stepped bock In tho
deep cool room where tho ollas swung
In the windows, smiled and sho was
changed cntlroly from tho girl of a
few moments bofore. ,
Tho man came In, laid his hat on tHo
jat top of the melodeon, walked over to
chair and sat down. There was nn
ease about him. a taklng-for-granted,
that amazed Tharon beyond words.
Then ho looked frankly ut her and
Began to talk as If ho had known her
alwajs,
ii.7's co.mn t0 llvo '" Lost Valior.
?aSnljMi18 8a,!' 7?.r a IonB w"
.!ilnk- Wsh mo luck."
-i.i 2 ,loro t0 llvo'" sald Tharon. ,
ttlerT Goln" to homestead?"
He shook his head.
No."
,- ",u'ck suspicion seized hor. Per
haps ashington was llko Arizona, a
S n0!" .wnlcl1 tl,ey Imported uun
h. f i, lly.tl"s.man woro no Bun, and
ny had not u look of prowess. No.
This man was different.
h.iJi n "hlH " Bln' to do?" slto
asked a8 frankly as a child.
in pines giow yonder and build my
tonanl ft?'"' . "".a ho W,lvcd tt ""'!
mat marchfil haw tntr. .i.,. -. .i
m trin:r.. :rr," "" ",u .mmm.ui
if.
an Ideal snot, a glado
f the trallless hills.
whem .A1 . . mlu "n ,Ucal spot, a Slado
Wti. nth"-V'neH J"'"1!1 runi tho edges.
dnin .:'""? lt "ving water runn nir
i".,"l "hero I can look down und
Va1Llho, "V'enlllceiu reaches of Lost
flld!i'i"or8kea o ,KlrX succinctly.
Part oni'wrif1:?- tl,at wl bu rea
'Who for?"
"wiwfor'i"11 Uef Bharl)1y
"Tes. What outfit?"
If hacrhwus a nard nuallty in her vclco
h8.,a.,i.!:0"!? Jnto rlaoVo? Courtrev
hnt T.nnf'a
IS 2J2m K?9W at
,,'" 'iicnu or n s, now or over'
pa caught tho drft of thought In
-"t"hS. genUo'gSlt'v8 r8'" h? 8aid
employ 6t Z iin" ,y: c,W am ln the
niefit," 10 Unlted States rQovern-
hi'e 8wlft chango camo over Tlnrcn'o
'iovernment I
Vau'y "stemn'i i C,onjuro by 1"
lovmen" it wS a &52" "rated of
'r JukkIpiI .ui.,. .. tt fa,rce. synonym
ne.mau inWUtyVa(wor'1,to suggest tho
Courtrev w of ',ho u ace. for oven
madl,hcmdidatdtBntr '"Iffs-and
suent nniri ..Tt? ll under tho grandllc-
Jlly . "that" von"' ..l"ter'" Bl'a ad
friends." you ftn ,ne can't be
what?"
, -o, 8lr "
rn.y,0li m earnest?"
mi boo iul.1ly um" Ba'l Tharon "l uin't
Kwund. You havo aUl rJZ "nftunlllar
-STSfcTF?-
R "W"e" voXarlr'y8111,1 Ule lr'
Jlnner, but I take it 'hnM1, aaked you f
l?rKlvo mo mi" X?nilJ,.a.c,t. . I ask y f
"t th
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fef VVl8e,mWotnh7rom whero ,f
A slow dark flush spread over tho
mans faco."Ho laughed, howover, and
in reaching for her hat caught two tf
her fingers, whether purposely or not
Tharon could not tell,
. "A,d'n!.rabl0 hospitality ln tho fast
frontier." ho Raid, uut perhaps I
should not havo expected anything dif
ferent." VT0Uftrrmk(!.P10 ashamed," said Tharon
stralghtly, "but Last's ain't takln'
chances theso days. You may belong to
government, an' you may belong to
COUrtrey, dn I'm ngalnst 'cm both"'
Htio walked with him to tho rlcor,
stepped out, no If with somo thought to
soften her unprecedented trontment of
tho stranger Under her roof. She noted
the trim flnuro of him In Its peculiar
garb, tho proud carriage, tho even nnd
easy qomportment under Insult.
1' rom hlfl fiadcltn n llntt.l n nnrlrnirn
wrapped in paper.
"Will yeu please tako this?" ho asked
lightly, holding lt out "Just on general
in iiiujpieo.
But sho shook her head.
'I can't tako no favors from you when
I yo just took stand against you, can
IV, she, asked ln turn.
"Well, of all tho ridiculous "
Tho man laughed ngain shortly, tossed
tho package on the 'stop, mounted,
whirled and rode away without a back
ward frlanni
Tharon stodd frowning where ho left
her until the brown horso and Its rider
wero won down along the levels toward
Then a sigh at her shoulder recalled
ner nn,i she tummi n aa i.a M.itttr.ti
dark faco of Paula gazing raptly in tho
"Ho was sc- handsome, senorlto," said
thO girl. "tO bn SO hnrrtlv ,ln! wlHi "
Paula," said the mistress bittngly,
will you remember who you're talitln'
to 7 Do ou want to -go back to th'
i-unios unuor in' nocKiaco7 '
"Saints forbid !" cried Paula In
stantlv.
"Then keep your sighs for Jose nn'
miner your manners. Pick up that bun
die."
Swiftly and obediently tho girl did
up duo was loia, unrolling tno wrapper
from the package.
She brought to lhjht tho meal-sack
niuuu -iimruii naa uroppcu mat day on
Huston's p6rch.
A slow flush stained Tharon's cheeks
at tho sight, and the went abruptly into
tho house.
, When tho riders came In at night she
luiu mem in uotnii noout tno wnoio ar
ralr, for Last's and Its men wore one,
their Interestn tlm mnin
, .They held counsel around the long
table In the dining room under the hang
ing lamn. nnrl Pnnfnnl nt lioi- rlfflif wnu
oiiuKcainan ior. tno rest. t
'lies Snmph n" nfTlMnl nil rlwli 1
make no doubt, Tharon." he said when
he had listened attentively, "but whnt or
iviiu i uon c Know, i nearu rrom Ulxon
about him comln" Into Corvan that day,
nn that lie had rodo far. No ono knows
his business, or what he's In Lost Valley
for. lie's Rome .mysterious."
"He's goln' to stay, so he told me,"
ncitb un inn ciri. "iroin tn niniii it hmmn
up where tho pines begin an' means to
nue. uui nowii ho llvo? What an'
who will ho ride for? Ho said for gov
ernment." "What's ho mean by that?"
"Search me."
"Wasn't there nothln' about him dlffei
cnt? Nothln' you could Judge him by?"
nsked Billy. ,
"Yes, there was. Ho wore somethln'
on his breast, a sign, a dulMIko thing
with words an' letters on it."
"So?" said Conford quickly, "what
was It like, Tharon? Can't you describe
"Can with n pencil," said Tharon, ris
ing. "Como on In." i
Sho wont swiftly to the big desk In
the other room nnd rummnged among Its
drawers for paper mid pencil. These
things wero precious in Lost Valley.
Jim Last had had great stacks of
paper, net. glazed sheets with faint lines
upon them, made somewhere In that
mysterious "below" and brought In by
pack train. It was on one or these,
with the distinctive words "Last's Hold
ing" printed at tho top, that the thirty
men had signed themselves Into the new
law of tho alley.
To Thnron tliPRr. frilpntn lm.I nlitmvu
been magic, Invested with grae dignity.
AiiyimuK uono upon tnem was or im
port. Irrevocable.
Thus had Jim Last Inscribed the senn
yearly letters that went down tho Wall
with the cattle, or for supplies
Now she spread a shining pad under
the light, sat down In tier fiitlipr'u i-lir.1.
and bepan, caiefully and minutely, tore-
ihuuulb ino uaoge inai meant nutliniuy
of a sort, yet was not a shei Ill's star.
Tho riders, clustered nt her shouiucr,
watched tho thing take shape nnd form.
At the end of twenty nalnstnklnir mln.
utes Tharon straightened nnd looked up
in mo uiiurcHicu laces.
"There," sho said, "an" It's dull copper
color "
And this was tho nhlplil with u nn.
known heraldry Which Conford took up-
auu biuuicu vuruiuiiy ior a. long lime.
li'orAst Rervlnp.' " lin rml nlnn.i
" 'Department of Acrlculturo.' " Wpii'
so fur oh I can see, It uln't so terrlfyln'.
That last means rnlsln' things, llko beets
an- turnips nir so on, an- ns lor th' for
est pari, wny. ir no stays up ln h s
fringe o" nines I guess wo ain't trot nn
calt tc kick. Don't you worry, Tharon,
about this new bird.
"I'm n dnined sight morq worried
about that other ono, th' Arizona bcaut
which Courtrey's got In "
U'-oigri tn' gun mnn, uurt," said
Hilly, "this feller's a heap mora Inter.
cstln' to me, for I'o got a hunch he's
a poet. Now who en this footstool but
a poet would como rldln' Into Lost Val
ley with his badge o' beets nn' his linn o'
talk about 'fringes o' pines' an' 'runnln'
streams,' to quote Tharon?"
ISven noots nro human, you vounir
limb," drawled Curly In his soft voice.
"nn- I'm sorry ror mm ir no starts your
'Interest,' so to speak. Ho'll need au his
poetic .vision t' Biirvle. '
"I hopo, Hilly," said Thaion severely,
and with lofty Inconsistency, "that you'll
remember your nmnneis an' not atait
anything. Last'H Is In for trouble
enough without any sldo Issues."
"True," sam tno ucy instantly, "I ll
promlso to leave th' poet alone."
Then tho tnlk fell about the now well
that had taken the placo of the old
Crystal and which was proving a hugo
success.
Can't draw her dry," sad ncnt
Smith, "pulled all of three hours with
Nick an' Bluo Pino yesterday an' never
oven riled her.
sues goou ns in uoic i'ooi or tn
Silver Hollow new "
"You'ro some rango man t' make any
Buch a comparison," said Curly with con
viction, "thcie ain't no nrtltlclnl wator-
well extant that can lioiil a candle t'
th' real llvln' springs of a enttlo country,
wnen meyrn sucn uuuuiin,' sninuv beau
ties as th' springs of Last's."
"Vou'ro right, Curly," mild Tharon
quietly from undor tho light, "there's
nothln' like them. They must ho th'
blessln's of God, nn' no mistake They
must bo th' stars at night, an' th' winds
an' tn' sunsiiine. -rneyro m' lovers or
th' hcrsos. th' treasure of th' masters. I
love my springs."
"Mo do til' noras, put in jock blas
ters. "They'll como fast nt nlghtnow
because they can smell th' wnter far off.
an" it's trettnr nretty tiry on th' rnnirn"
"Yea," sighed Tharon, "It's Humnior
now, nn' Jim Last uioa in spring. A
whole HPiiKOn cono."
A whole season had gone, Indeed, since
wwi iragiu iiiKiu.
Last's Holding had missed Its masto
nt enfh turn nnd point. A thoiiBam
times did Conford. tho foreman, ritrh
himself tn the act of going to tho big
room to find him at his ddsk, a big, vital
force, Intent on tho accounts of tho
ranch, u thousand times did ho long ror
his keen Insight. Tho vaqueros missed
him und IiIh open hand.
The very dogs nt tho steps mlssod
hi ri. and so did HI Iley, waiting in his
corral for tho step that did hot come,
the strong hand on his bit.
, And how much his daughter missed
hlnvonly itho stars and the pale Virgin
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