v r c V EVENING PUBLIC .I;EDaEE-r-PHIIiA:BteLPHIA,, MONDAY, MAY 10, 190 THARON OF LOST VALLEY By VINGIE E. ROE Author of "The Maid of the Whispering HUli," "The Hedrt v ' M of Nlghi Wind" etc. THE GUMPS Min Cashing in on Carp Caviar .. -: - By Sidney Smith i) . .. .... f. nadd. Head A Co.) THIS BTAItTB THK, BTOnY 7 1Z Tnt is one of '.he wonders ,Ttt?t Valtov. BhZ and old '.Anita ''!' w Jim Losl'a household. Jim K. controlled tho vallev for years. fl"4iir?re l seeks to oust Mm. Jim ftSi7e?M WkooMiS and hand uMrdcrrr a o col(I ha calls out I tten ":,,.,, to dew uounrcy. iWZJridWntt ond chased y TAIJkJ name of his murderer and mm ;"., Mm More came nave voK' 1?iJa and Tharon call out her been scMd.ema j. i (lourtrev. WlJrtdeiBinev and' Is chased ov !SZ, She stops at the cabin of Courtrev. ,..S"V'?. uh courtrey They looked across tho woman's shoul Md from that moment sho was to lid between, though what thoro could K common between tho man In tho 8 service and the common rider ;' n, rest's was not apparent. Kl noy from wsts wi caecr ror nis- - - a foot was in "f "u " his hind foot, fore- foet beating shook himself mentally and tried not to think of her. Dut day after day ho camo down along the edges of tho scattered woods where, tho cattle grassed on the forest lands and looked over to whoro tho Holding lay like a greener spot on the green stretches. , "o , thouitht of her. living In thin feudal hold, mistress of her riders, her cntJLe' A!ld ner wonderful racing horses of tho Finger Marks, sweot, fair, wholo Rome with tho six-guns at her slender hips I If only he, Konsot, could tako thoso weapons from her clinging hands, could Jnt?ntto klilICr yUnfC ,leart th0 caIm It Was DrODOntnrntml If ,n nwful I Bred to another life, another law, an- u...c. iiun ui wumnn. no couia not rec oncllo this glM of Lost Valloy with uiyuiing no Know, He went over In his mind again and again tho sereno calmness of hor In his cabin that day of tho raco with Courtrey, nnd shook his head In pumIo. ment. Hut why should ho troublo himself about hor at all? Ho had como hero In his government's sorvlco to reclaim Its forest, to look after Its Interest. Why should ho bother with tho moral codo of Lost Valley? But reason as ho might, tho face, of Tharon Last came back to haunt him, waking or asleep. Ho know that It troubled him and was In a way ashamed. So ho worked hard at his tasks, relocated boundarloB, marked them with a peculiar blaso In convenient hours and sot up monuments with odd nnd undecipherable hieroglyph ics upon them, And with each blaze, ench mark nnd monumont nnd sign ho drew closer In about him tho net of suspicion nnd dis approval which was weaving In Lost valley, for thoro was not ono but ran tno gamut of closo inspection and speculation by Courtroy's mon. by tho settlors who camo many miles over from tho western sldo of tho valloy for tho purposes and by Tharon's riders. Low mutters of disapproval growled In the vallev. Who was this upstart, anyway, to como setting signs nnd marks In tno land that had been tholrs from tlmo Immemorial? What mattorod tho little juupcr-coiorea uaage on ins urcaslf "i muueroa u mat no was beginning to send out word of his deslro to work With and fnr thn mftlfitnAn nt T.ut Valloy, tho settlers, tho homesteaders? vnai wbb mis matter or "grazing jermlts" of which ho had spoken at tho Stronghold? Permits? Thoy had grazed their cattle whsro ana wnen they chose and could from wioir eunicst memory. Thoy asked no icavo from govern ment. When Kcnset rod Into Corvan ho wbb ircaica wun oxaggcratea politeness by thoso with whom ho had to ileal, with uttor unconsciousness by all tho rest. To 1 w foot was In tho stirrup ho was ThronS foot ww . beatlnc P on h1?. - r I flVlnr cloud th0 r'fl.o w Hi him gracefully, throw ,Lrl.S.Ss the saddle, waved a hand her lr across tno . & , artother ,0 Tlhey wo?o gone away down tho fa'aCswunrfoward ?ho north, and lrut hc5randnreached for his 'ruldn't'stt hands." ho mut Z, ,? himBolf. "ami what sho said "flSTono? moro ho sighed, uncon- "-JX Lord Ood help herl" bo fin i.hevy gravely, "sho Is so sweet ,o wild and spirited and swcoU" Tharon and Billy let tho horses run. nLin was a racer himself, though- ho ih not hold ft candle to tha Bllver HisVWbToo'U11 &iS3 ffln swinging looso on Uoldcn's ncclt They S tho last of tho scattered Ski lame out to tho.grcon strotclics. sssrssssi rassawr .r h. - - Ug red shafts that cut through tho co balt shadows llko sharp lances of ftro ind rcathed half across Lest .Valley. All tho western part of tho valley lay to that blue-black shadow They could Se Conan set llko a dull gem In the. id green country, tho scatterea ranches miles upart. Thev swung down to tho west a bit, for Tharon s.ild sho wautcd to go by He Gold Pool and seo how it was hold- Inj- cut. Fine." said Dllly. "she's deep as she ever was at this timo of year, an' cold is mow." . . . .,, Where ono tall Cottonwood stood llko i sentinel In tho widespread land icape they drew rein and dismounted. Here a hugo boulder cropped from tho Slain nnd under Its protecting bulk lere lay as lovely a Bprlng as ono irould enro tc sec, deep and golden as Its rime Implied, above its swirling sands, tor the waters wore. 4n constant turmoil Soo ToLb AU- SOU ft FRIENDS VMAT YQUY?e WHY ITS TO YoUft. CREDIT TOfcrWNE-YOUR Nfe DftEs2eo Op- SHEKOUUD Be A nAsw.oN -rTE- aqpeenofsyyi.es- NY fift.e To A FELLOW TrAT GrRABBW6Sti00a"0 opr-THE-BACH poftrf J5MER1 rvJtriir.Vf.v KtNJ ovT ' r- ii i i i . i . 1 1 . mj. . i -,. i i A Six UUMhDrr &jaS UftAMPW. SAK.E - l I AN WHAT ) r uiw i - rv,r -S N WAT l f W&KAAei V P'PTN OOJ.UAR& I THAT Cr'T BrFO?tOi' I ALL TH A&OUT ? f UNDER StoOO1- NOR tHICAtrtBE I fcfe NU&T &E COINfe ' DID YOU BOV THE5 ) yOOTOUD MS- YOO I1 Vn nrrr--' . HUMDfM ANi yYoovl'BEeN CkOrAP lL' V T Tv rlF-TY DOl.UAkS? ' YGUUNd THE VCfctf 1 ( Zr S I itXrJ 0O'yu rwnrsi IXOU'ReArAU-VIOrAlRC. I CjrKABBWAOO."0 OFr T fie cssvr n -Y""'" r 3 j 'A.7rtUWONAREr-- V . 1-poR.t.rf cert iwvmgirtvf- - ' PETEYSo the Painter Blacked His Eyes By C. A. Voight C -rot. 1E LOVE ) OF J . Tn V rWP PiVCTC)PL .. ....- M.-rM.v ' . New rAP uhslu ruib.7 - AtLlHE LADIES A1?G HAIW6 ?KTTuRE5 PAIMTE 0 rnWEll CACVCI Mt?J.3mK..SEWT, Von NE.SHEVAVlTS ME TO -PAIV4T MEtt. BACK : r l " S. II l 3 J 1 Z, VH' "X. y A I 1 1 . OL. JS -'! C-.Voti U UARWOO To di?ac a Hone st rAmTeia. WAV OUT HERE- To PAIUTNER. Back porch aw v-i HEkJ Toieki WIM r -fr GSh'-f- W XT Ix. n W r " ' ' -I I bi thev nrpn.qnri lin from below. The girl lay flat at its edgo and with her faco to tho cryatul surface, drank lone and deeply. A sho looked Up with a smile, Billy Brent folt the heart In him contract lth a suddon ache. Her fresh faco, Its choous wnippca pink under tholr tan by tho wlndB, Its blue eyes sparkling, Its wot red lips (irted oer tho whlto tcoth, hurt him ulth a downright pain. 'Oh, Tharon," ho said with an nc nt that was all-roveallng, "Oh, Iharon, dear!" , The girl scrambled to her feet and boked m )iim In surprise. , 'Billy," bIio Bald, sharply, "what's th' nutter with you? Aro you Blck?" 'Yes," ehld tho lioy with conviction, I am Let's go homo." 'blck, how" she pressed, with tho torn fyranny of tho loving woman, we you got that pain In your stom ich a&ain? ' , Billy laughed In BPlto of himself, and romantic acho was shattorod. For tho loo of Pete!" ho complained, aont you ovor forget that? You know rye tiMer ct an ounce of Anita's pud tint since No, I think," ho finished Ju Jlclouely, us ho mounted Golden, "thnt ne caught somethln', Tharon caught omethln' from that teller of th' rcd eet badge Leastways I'Vo felt ft tv" 6DC8 I left th" cltsarln'." And as they swung away from tho 'Prlng toward tho Holding, far ahoad "nw Its cottonwoodn. hn Ib nne thn younj horw for nnother strotoh v.'.: Oolden can beat Kl Itcy up Mine, ho said over his shoulder. .s. Tat.,n' k,ntT?" tried Tharon aghast. jouro foolln", Billy, on' I don't want to run nohow. I'vo run enough this day." .J? x? ria9r n1(l UP "Kiln and to tr.y paced slowly up through the fkerlnB twilight where long bluo nadowB were, reaching out to touch l?;j frotn tho western Wall and tho '"'J. haf tin woro turning to crimson, 51 . llftlllB as tho sun sank, wero travol "V up and up along tho eastern moun ; toward tho pale skies. Soon they In purple dusk whllo tho wholo up f'r '"Id, was bathed In crimson and IS Xder "Kht and Loat Valley lay deop Wand'darl,116"1, Bln'St0r BPOt ' mm,mM Bill!'." said Tharon soft Iv.rfi llko ,0 rld0 11,(0 this, In th' big -" then I llko to havo some with mo that I know, some ono llko 1 Sf?.m? ?,no who wUl understand when teiM. iallt4..,ln' T"0,18 wiV" thoro tomehn i.. 8 a wondolful foelln' but lit. in. ...'l' luu "luuy ioo sort Mnan"" a woman who's Just a Aiw.Sy Bw.allowfld oroc, miserably. alwav'ih,u .""' .."Bl? "usyi ?ot7ii..thc,;o' bslda yu- An y6u lm lSrVf.1? Vtn 8Pfak a word t( mo. call 6r not," """ wnoinor you oy'.J ,ni,w''! Bald th" Bin. and reaching leMiih ?.aUshl V.10 rlaer'B han1. Town cuff . lts vanity of studded leathor Bllfvnd. ?a,e u tt llttle tender pressure. b Billy sn his teeth to keep from crush. t! Hoidlrl,.'" y and comfort f buwteti1.?t ,l10 foothills was vory ri hVwaM5,,?,llfl,JII cf. their claimed fouiTd in,V15r0. dawn tlu "ark. !.n.Ct'ffiLhi' ",?" but. he, "rent covered iwin. uJ.VU0 BlP'nB tln. muBi if,.,. i!rts Hom one. omo "SSvei JnniH10",0.60.' ctso tho maps ht marlAh. ,10t ,Wo beon, hut mi. '""'Ks thev inunt h.. i. '....'-? "nffS? fl?Suh Jh0 "Ion of tho fancfe,i'?R wantonly destroyed. ?". for hi .S 'orm?r had been tho '" and th vi. no .slBnB f destruo feni of ihA. PJy curiosity of tho denl with ?. oJ oy piecluded faininSSii !i,?wn menCi,tdfwri,Jm",8,.t tho ,abor of J'uron t Jl. "t"0 me to think f 'round, 'j 't "tilhtent on the land ih,n'' At such flff. UlJ.,t0 his webufiS S S f "as nSSW ate ?. ehtav. fc? .ne ashen whli.n... . Al.ayi rCS ?- her blowing KVS. ul S?'KJHK a 't4.j'waiis: Si."11 a Id thnt .V,rom "Is friend-V-W'., '"t'.HWc Joying; 4 ' n Nono SDOko to him In tlm fAW hrnntl streets, tronn nRkrwi him in n m tn drink. Sorene, nulet, soft spoken, ho camo and went nbout his business, and sneers followed him covertly. It waa not long after Tharon'n visit to tho cabin in tho glado, that Kenset. riding nlono alonir thn twlllc-hf l.iml passed closo to tho mouth of Black Cou loo ono day at dusk. Ho rodo loosely, slouching sldowlso In his saddle, for he had been to Corvan for his monthly mall and a few supplies tied In a bag behind his saddlo, and ho carried his broad hat In Ills hand. Tho Httlo cool wind that blow In from tho narrow gorge of tho Bottlo Neck and spread out like an lnvlslblo fan, breathed on his faco with a grateful touch. Tho day had been hot, for tho uummir was opening beautifully, and ho had ridden Captain far. Therefore ho jogged and rested, his arms hanging listlessly at his sides, his thoughts 2000 miles away. At tho mouth of Black Coulee, whero tho sinister split of tho deep wash camo up to tho locl, thcro grow a fringe of wild poplar trees Thoy wero beautiful things, toll and straight and thickly cov ored with a million Bhlny leaves that whirled and rustled softly In the wind, showing all their soft whlto sllor sides when tho breezo camo up from tho south ns it did this day. Thcro was water In Black Coulee, many small springs, not deop enough nor steady enough to count for wator In; a rnngo country, but suM clcnt to keep tho poplars growing on the rim of the great waBh, to stand thorn thick on tho calng sides Wholo benches of earth with their trees upon them slipped down tlieso sides from tlmo to time, making of tho Coulee a mys torlous labyrinth of thickets and shelvos, of winding wayB and aocrot pluccs. Kcnset had hoard a few wild stories about Black Couloo 8am Drake had talked a bit moro than most men of LoBt Valloy would havo talked, and ho had listened Idly. Now as ho rodo up along tho Ioels and nonred tho dark mouth of tho cut ho Btudlod it with appraising eyes. It wub slnlstor enough, In all trtuh, a deep, dark placo behind Its cll of poplarB, secretive hushed. Tho red light that djed Lost Valley so wondrously at tho hour of the sun's sharp decllno abovo tho peaks and ridges of tho canyon country was awash In all the great sunken cup. ea.e at tho west under tho Hockfuco whero tho shadows were already dark, Kenset drank In the beauty of tho Hcono with smiling oyes Already a loo for this hlddon paradlso had grown wonderfully In his heart He felt as if ho had nccr lled before, as If he had neer known beauty Antl so, dreaming a Uttlo of other scones, tunlling to himself, ho jogged along on Captain and was neatly past tho frowning mouth of tho Coulee, when thcio came the sharp snap of a rifle In tho stillness, nnd Captain changed his feet, sagged nnd quivered, then caught himself and leaped ahead For ono amazed moment Kensot thougnt tho horse was hit. Then, ns hn straightened In his mulcUo and dropped his hand to catch up hlB hanging rein, ho looked quickly down Whore ho was nccuitomod to the smooth feel of tho pommel beneath his palm thoro was a sharp raw edge A splinter of wood stood up and a small llaro of leather hung to ono side A bullet, singing out of Black Coulee, had cnrrlcd away part of tho pommel Kenset shut his lips In a now lino, gathered up his rein and drow tho horss down to a walk with an Iron hand Slowly, without a backward glance, he rode on across the darkening levels Ho was no fool Ho knew he had hud his warning Very well He would give back his acceptance of that warning. Ho had said to Courtrey that night at tho Stronghold that he had como to stav, . . , No bunch of lawless bullies were go ing to scaro him out No other shot followed. Ho had not expected one. .... . . For a time aftei that ho went about iii imrlr mi umiiil Nothing hunnencrt he hud no outwaid sign of tho dlstasco lth whldh ho was rcgaraoa oy an iao tlons alike, it seemed Me mit Courtrev faco to face in Corvan ono day and spoko to him civilly, but Courtrey did not speak Wylacklo Bob did, however a sneer, inn, ui.iuiiitir.ti thni was a covert Insult Kensot touched his hat with dignity and passed on. . . , , , . "Of nil th' tenderfcot!" said Baston, watching the small hy-play "I b'llov you could spit on him, boys, "I don't," spoko up Old I'eto. dimming . ,.i.. ......I., ln.ni "unrnnl Iiiiah tlirtt Oy Oil IUB UBHUy irn ..-...- .. .. quiet, soft-spoken kind rises an' thon i,.ii.J tr. ...; iii thnlr enfilnltv." But Wylacklo looked at the weatoncjl snowpacker with his snako-llko oyes und snapped out a warning 'Some folks taftea sides too quick, sometimes " . . , . . , But Old Pcto wont on about his busi ness. Ho knew, as did all tho valley, that a prlco was on his head with Courtrey's band foi tho daring leap which had saved tho llfo of Tharon Last that day In spring Boonor or later tiiat price would be paid, but Old I'eto was true western stuff. lit had lived his life, had had his day, nnd ho wjh full of prldo at the turn of fato which had mado him a hero In a way ut tho end All the galley stood off .and admired Jim Lust's daughter, (QOj,TirjuKD Tojionrtpw) The Young Lady Across the Way' t SIB THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BANG By FONTAINE FOX Tho young lady ncrobs tho way riijh solid mnhogany is nlmoxt un obtainable now und she doesn't know whut we're going to do for (ino furniture when the veneer forests nre gone. Y' rf sm w Jtm JnSSfrJpL rv .. racsssjer. . ir- rr z,i .. .teprZSttsrr Stwr y ti- m a1 . rsss Ary AOL'tr' j. i r i (rv -t m 4wdKm$!t. 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