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5TJS7 GUMPS And Where Was Andy?
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fuTior o 'Tic ilflrf o to Whispering Hills," "The Heart
of Night Wind," etc.
tetmrtiht. mo. by vodt. utad a co.i
-vTHIS STAU1H TIIH HTOtlY
irknrMl LOtt f OHr 0 me luumirrs
iii hoi controlled lh valley for yiuri.
'4"C 'row V.lmi. 'r. Oto'sfharon
$trl"1rion In thootinaand hotirfi
ii.rH the name of hi mwtlcicr and
1J to "net him" Storo cattle have
!i l?l-td.a I Tharon ralla out her
Tharon VMM .'! ) ami (j cArncrf by
" Swrlrfl. 'o -o;' " fn16'n
' y.".'"..:'!- ....JMrm. with ComJrei a
I .' Jw vnrd behind. "That." ;ho oi,
' oav.
3W ash lir.nn it continues
TTESSIX npilnglnK forward, caught
. iv HI llf' bit Tho BUillldu reared
4 and Jirm k. but lio held lilm down.
) . I- nun 'PhnMltl.1 lift tWinlnl.
Tiirrn is iii ,....... ..- r-........
"It'll ltal 1 KHico (hut day on Uantoira
.lnq wlipn ou Imcktil out imnt inn I
iafohad "o In my inlnil-my tlwuBhtH
li1! ... -.i niirlit tlirro H lino, and t'll
'kJfS Jour InndH froin blood Court.
, or nv ollur If It tulus my life
. "ttoV iVane-l down and l.cr Muo
va l.ljiod I" ''la faw ,, , ,
yAi make mo t?e to Hi ctomjA om
..-'"miI'i Htonc?" Hho ci ltd. . "iSo
ni?) or anybody else-could do that
W wnVUmd toward tho north
-SSS 7." y-" a?.s& S
.Iftly aio" lt snowy funds, paused a
tremUiC Hind acroBH IiIh cjch and
Jlool a l",n,!r,l.!!7 whftl ,in,. ,10
W1HU OIU ,V,. .""", 1 mntln , I,..,!
nny debouchlnR ennvon a man might turn
to his undolnir. might traI onlind up
ntid never reach those beckoning helRhui,
seen clearly from eomo blind pocket ho
had wandered Into, might nover flnd'hlH
Way back to tho original canyon among
tho continuous cu that met mid crossed
and pastiod each other among tho tower
Ing points and shceln.
IiUt llll PltA ImnUf t Urn 1.A iat wn-
Ing. Not for nothing had ho threaded
hicpo passages
Knew t
part better than Bny man In tho valley,
for fifteen vearx. lie
e Can on Country for tho lower
nrntnttifll?
JcrlDDCd blni
that bin usually nulut
fi hi rUBhid Into that torrential
mteh that leail with llfu and death?
?fhVt i Tliuron l.nst to him?
A figure of tho old West ' A romantlo
run woman Willi lier wimuhiiib wii "
hTc"t A rider of wild horses I
hlowly, as If he had, ga nod an added
wtliht of jtars. ho reined Cupta n and
iwurS himself up. Ho rodo east from
th"prng towntd tho lacy itnd far
reaching sklrtH of tho forest, and for tho
flrrt "line he suw tho rolling country
"'itMu'VelsMHS-llfn and death
and the passing or ontlnulng cf regimes
and dinuctlPH but It was n won
droun country, and, eomo good or bad,
It had becotno his own. Ho Bwung
.-...i in hiB ..nrfittn .itnl lnrtUorl fur hack
I acrom the valley. Ho Haw the golflun
llaht on its iincouition acres, 1110 snauow
falling at tho fool of tho great ltocltfacc,
the mighty wall Itself with tho sller
ribbon of tho Vestal's Veil falling
straight down from tho upnor rim, tho
dlHtaiit town, looking ulw'as HUo a dull
lKcni In a (Jar; suiing, una u inriii
I ilik lo his heart ...
Yes, It lie llMti lo fio ma worn in wio
hidden alley If ho was shot this night
on his own doorBtep, It was his country.
He who was alien In excry way wui
yet natKc
Snmethlng In the depths of Jilm came
down as from far distant racial haunts
and was it home.
ho he todc slowly up nmonp tho scat
tered oakh with his IihihIh foliled on tho
mutilated pommel, and he knew that his
lines wt.ro definitely cast.
Tharon Last rodo Into tho Holding
and dismounted In unwonted nllenco.
There was a frown between her brows,
an unufuil thing fiho turned tho utnl
llfn Into his! corral, dragged off tho big
saddlo to hnng It on lis peg, flung tho
studded brldlo on a post.
Thurfnitn nnii) iir.1 In ml l,'n .n.n
, the north bouill thn 'hit- rnir!ila alia
t fould i-eo tho rattlo grazing toward
nome nurgo of gaago Joy In lvcr
postesslons tlooded oxer her. Theso
things were. 1 er own They were what
Jlin Latt had worked for nil his life.
. , ' H".6 noof or ''Ide should Courtrey
tlk without swift reprisal.
Jsot one Inch should ho push lier from
herajowed purpose not though all tho
iranrers In tho world came to Lost
valley nnd ptatcd of blood guilt.
-Ji.T h0mo vagtio rraKon wliloh sho
rouldnt huo nnalyied hud sho -wished.
I? Vu t0 ,ho Paled-ln garden where
.. .V Hnlors iripKicd and searchel
mong tho few flowers growing thoro
S. 80n?.c. bIo8S?ni. sweeter, tenderer,
more mild and timid than usual for tho
pa hands of tho Virgin In tho deep
louth room.
h.Jr!J.a.Vi0 p0v in hcr Infers sho sllp
Wfluletly to lier hanctuary and knelt
v.lL0...11!? li'',lu.0' Ponnl. frowning.
.l?l5.l,t.lri;fd-.sl10 whispered tho pray-
i fAi.V. " uui. uur, uui silo
HI Ui a fiturt tliat tbo words wore
itVlni. v"xa Baylne them
tniI'r.n,llnd i,a1 boen nt U Slhor llol
iWtelng again tho forest man's dark
rirki ? ,r"c Sl 1ulot 8 deop hor
h.M . V . ' ,uu oeioro. nno
hit ii "a"D mans conueinmng voice.
Pon hirWarnU f hl" lm"dS ,rcB8ed
ttnIC,T,l?,,;fNS oC, LaHt'B Blu"f berselr,
ffi, ,lallv "J'1 Physically, and so
Sllo,10IU)' ,ler Prayers.
Luillh nf fl ''""0.OUt t0 ,ho llf "
I irTl'. '? I.,u",.,.l hc""'0 tho catll wro
their 1?. '" i "'?. fnr co,ral "nd,,r
tounL- i, i ,u rl,,(rH wcrft Hlioutlinr.
An" tan "I'm ,K'T '" ,U'" kll,',l(, n.l
Veiling men! K"'k aml fort" "1,0,,t "'
4 ft a
Tlu re
boa tl
-io sortiv alight, liiirh .-.iifi .,i.;;i
vrrl0.'!';,.!?.0'' Country. Tho skies
deco ami ""'. iitBii and
v??i"id.,?,J8l0H'us and swoot.
hung : taBihi..' J'rofo"n,I uk otornlty.
thVVanS hly ab? Loat Vally anil
.hjaigrdetB1111 na ' a"
fell.. fL Was rnre. Tho waters that
"' "hi cmvSS,8 ,fr?in "o oPcltmouths
CorlanTil'h0"1 1)0 seen tho lights of
o daw,, r-ar Vir ve,lt ,out from I"
imleht iaw L' th? ,l,ort,, " black blot
'miSLri0,in. Jlslbio wlin u fuller
ranriv nr ,' " " oeuued on tho
Privileged t",ly B,oUs "' alloy so
AynJ.n?r1LO0Or,.U, "ckfaco In the
crawled 7iYr ,1L "" Procession had
1lc empty'"? ')Ufrros- "w'r paek-nad-ll4
acrSas i,,.i? for,a t"0"r,l of sacks
?&bc0cUunnd,,5U fo' ?'Wr,r
ir the cooiini I r ? r i'n, .b"B" f "now
freihmenta B f ,l10 GolJtn Cloud's ro-
WlsshapenVit 1Ll(1,r'a'r- grotesquo and
,"' burro.3 ,ii .O.,follow,(1 b"llv ufte?
J' rolled o ,.k nd Jn ,tno '""'
hlo animals L1' CCT a,,fl 'Pt
"' wisp of !T?i Hi,on, II enstunt trot wl h
"T or ,i niii ..i "ii ins com
no8 r.;,1P.,,0,1 "head und sent tho
Iron'lnutt-Vh; o for',? SK
Wn On,nn.J "visible ntrun, to ho
itT"1 Ideui.n '. ""rrow mouth that
S tliou';lw, " JP'o.tho ory breast o?
SS?lWn..1. 1" !. lea back
IlfTM0,t: lueak!'Qlad(jn burr liad a
iwisawMS
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SS5S4SS
.W -Th?. l ?to tunc from";, "2 Lhad
If Courtrev bo excented.
So this night ho climbed and shouted
to his burros and thought no more or the
sounding splits, for hero tho echoes
raed, than ho would hao thought of
tho open plains below.
Ho passed on und up to where a cer
tain cut lay full, ear after year, of
packed and hardened snow. Por fifteen
years Old Peto had visited this cut, a'
deeper drop Into tho nether world of
rock, and cut his supplies from Us
surface
Everv season hn tnnlt nhnl (in nnmtori.
leaving a widening clrclo at the edge
from which he worked, where the cut he
traveled passed the mouth of tho pent
canyon nnd oery year the snow, sifting
from high above, leveled It again. Tneia
was no known outlet for this glacler-likc
pacK, no siiuing cnanco. yet it was al
was on a certain lovel each summer
soonung to ioso just what It gained In
winter. It lny level at tho moutn vt
tho passing cut. was nover tilled higher.
.Starting nt dusk from Corvan, Pete
reaciieu ins ucHiimuion arouna 2 o ciock,
tilted Ills sacks, tied them on his miilu
nnd started down, coming out of the
iiocKraco in time lo meet the dawn that
fiulvcred on tho eastern ramnarts.
But this night Old Peto, Bturdy, fear-
ii'nn, unnrmea, was not lo seo Hie accus
tomed pageant of thn rising sun, tho
tleclug veils of shadows shifting on thi
lley floor that ho had watched with
silent Joy for all theso years.
This night ho wbh well down along his
backward Way, shouting In tho darkness,
for tho slim moon had dropped down
behind tho, lofty peaks abovo, when all
tho echoes In tho world, it seemed, let
looso In tho canyon and nll tho weight
of tho universe ItBclf catno pressing hard
upon his dauntless heart with tho crack
of a gun.
"Th' price I" whispered Old Peto ai he
fell sprawling on his face, "fer pure
flesh I" With which crjptlc word tic
bado farewell to the sounding passes, the
tenets of manhood as ho conceived them,
tho valor, and tho grumbling at llfo In
general.
Tho tlttlo burros, placid and falthfUi,
went on and saw tho pageant ol enu
dawn from tho hidden gateway In the
Wall, crept down tho Itockface, uinglo
fllo, und ut their accustomed hout stood
at their uccustomed place befuro the
golden cloud.
It was Wan Loo, Old Pete's oeto nolr.
who found them thero and rt.n shouting
through tho crowd of belated players In
the saloon's big room, tils pigtail flying,
his almond eyes popping, ta upset a table
and batter on his master's door and
scream that tho "bullos" vrero hero, "alt
osamo lone," and that Vhcro was blood
all spattered on tho hind one's rump 1
So old Pete, the snow-packer, had
paid tho prlco of gallantry. The
oullet ho had averted from Tharon
Last's oung head that day In tho
Golden Cloud but sheathed Itself to wait
for him All tne allcy knew It. Not
u soul beneath the Itockface but knew
beyond a shadow of n doubt wjjo, ot
whoso agents had followed Peter that
night to tho Canon Country. Whispers
went nying tiooui an usual, ana as
usual nothing happened.
When tho newB of this cams to
L,anth Holding tho mistress sat down
at tho big desk fii the living room, laid
hcr tawny head on hcr arms and wept.
Tiiero was in lier a now softness, n
now reeling of mlser as If otio had
wantonly Killed a rollicking puppy bo
foro hcr eyes. Thoso tears were. Olu
Pete's requiem. Sho dried them quickly,
however, and set anothor notch to nor
seoro with Courtrey.
It was then that tho wait Lug game
ceased abruptly.
Tharon, riding on HI Key. went In
to Corvan. Sho tied tho horso at the
Court Houso stops and wont boldly lnt
the sheriff's ofllce.
Behind her wore Hilly, llko hef
shadow, and tho eano and qulot Con
ford, Stentoo Service, fat and lmoortnnt.
was busy at his desk, lts spurs lay
on a tablo. his wldo hat besldo them.
Tho star of his ofllco shono on his
suspender strap.
".Step Service," bad tho girl stralght
ly. "when are jou goln' to look Into this
here murder
Knrvlco swung round w.nd shot an ugly
look at her from his small eyes.
"Havo already douo so," tie said.
uut-ii um mi BUW io in ouryiu ;
Tharon gasped.
"Burlod him already? How dared
you no iir -
"Say," said Service, banging a fist
on his table. "I'm th' sheriff of Menlo
county, jouiuj woman. I ordorcd him
burled."
"Whcro?"
"What's It to vou?'
"Was Jim Banner thero?'
"Jim Banner's sick In bed got th'
uuuiery morDus.
Thuron's eyes began to blazo.
'Buhl" sho snapped "th' time's rlpo 1
C Oino On. bOVR." rind nlin ulilpt.l .,..
tho courthouse,
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OWMEK HELD f?ES POMS IBID
- CLAIMS AU HE Dl WAS
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The Young Lady Across the Way
"BEFORE A CROWD OF WoblEN AND EVERYTHING"
Bo Fontaine Fox
SCHOOL DAYS
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As sho ran across tho street to where
thi. Mngrr Marks were tied, shn came
fuin to facf with Keuseton Captain.
Her face una red from brow to
throat, hir volco thick with ragn.
"Vou talkid o' law, Jlr. Kcnaot," sho
cried at tho brown horse's shoulder h.r
o.vi-m upraised to his, "an' sen what law
h in Iiost Valley! Sten Kervlnn
ff TJ up a o. to
paasssa
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llUH hurloil th Knnw.nnVer ...111....
by-your-leave from nobody I Th' man
or woman that kills Courtrey now
counts for threo men Hurkness. Last
an Peto. I'm on my way to th Strong
hold." "
Sho Whirled lic.lln tn run fnr- thi. uln1
lion, but tho forest man leaned down
and caught her bhoulder In a grip of
steel.
"Not now." ho said in that compelling
low voice, "not now. I want to talk to
you
. "But I don't want to talk to jou!"
sho flung out, "I'm goln''"
, uver ncaa conrord's unxlous eyes met
Kenset's.
"Hold hor," thoy begged plainly, "wo
can't."
And . Kensct held tier, by physical
stiength.
Tho gray eyes of Billy were on him
coldly. Tho boy was hot with anger
nt tho man. Ho put u hand on Kon
set's arm.
"Lot go," ho said, but Konset shook
him off.
''Come out on tho plain a tlttlo way
with mo, all of you," ho said, 'this Is no
place to talk."
Tharon, standing where ho had
slopped her, tier breast heaving, her lips
apart, seemed struggling against an un
known force, film nut un a hunH nnrf
tried to dislodge tils fingers on her
shoulder, but could not
Presently she wet tier lips and looked
around the street, ulready Jilted with
watching folk, then up at Kenset.
"What for?" she asked.
, "I think I can toll ou somothlng,"
ho nnswered quietly
"All rlgtit.'' sho said briefly, "let go
an' I'll eomo."
Without a word the man loosed her,
Sho went to El Hey and mounted.
Her riders mounted with her. Billy's
iituo irowning uuu sei. rrom mo steps
ui uuisoii s Hioio il lew cowiin
watcnea, Tr
men In town,
tho dav.
In sllenco Kenset led out of town at a
brisk canter. His lips wero set, his eyes
very grave.
In the short gallop that followed while
thoy cleared tho skirts of the town, he
did some 'swift thinking, sottled some
heavy questions for himself.
He was about to take a decided step,
to put himself on record In something
that did not concern his work In tho
valley.
Hn was going directly opposite to the
teaching cf tils craft He was about to
tako sides In this thing, when he had
laid down for himself rigid tines of non
partlsanshlp. Ills mind tvaa worklnr
swiftly.
If he flung himself and his knowledge
of the outside world and the law into
this thing tie sunk abruptly the thing
for whloh he had come to boat Valley
the middle course, tho Influence for
order that hrf had hoped to establiah
that he might do his work for the gy
The young lady acrdss the way
Bays she doesn't notice much differ
ence since we joined the League of
Nations,
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.DEAR SIR - I AM A DAILX READER rfc.. Miia ? Surt Pi rV7 -i ..Zr-rX: JL I
S?M,C- I AUSOWATTO MA)e. am AJO(Jeev ROM IrIB OFFICE RlfiMT WL'2J
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lis stoio a few cowboys
There were no Stronghold
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ww is CAMiLLp5o Familiar with The Boss
-urrujr-imnn Jri in IOU rWT 111
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WHY DOAJT THE Boss HAVE A TtMnooAa,
'NF4TUATI0AJ FOR CAMIULE? SUPPOSE He
WAS SO INFATUATED THAT H HAS PlAH
For a divorce wheaj it sobDEAiLv
Breaks off. - Heleaje.
ROM TXe OFFICE RIGHT. WHO'O Do H
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AIOW LISTEM HELEAiE-lM LCOKMj'You RIGHT
h the &fes: ajow get m& straight !
This is a clean comic aajb I'm aotTHat
IVIMD OF A STEAIOS: THE OuD IDEA THAT
A MWS STAIOG IS A HUSBAAJb SA1ATCHER
WAS EXPLODED LOMG AGo. BESIDES The
DOSS AUY LOOK LIKE A STEW
But he's a 3oot Cleam
OLD -SCOUT AMD WE &0lT
have alo scaajdau or
aaw Divorce mix dps !
AloT THAT I AINT GoT
a Few humaaj ideas
OAICE IAJ AWHILE WHAT M
VMOULDM'T VIEAR HALOS
AAJD A FLIRTATIOAJ VAllTH
The Bosses Sron vajell
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fVlOAJAP A COUPLA
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Married oajes.
ITS AJOT SQUARE
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A-E-HAVWARD -12.
(CAP" STU.BBS-WIiat a Hard, Hard Life!
If ALLUS GOTTA DO 1 I Iffi?
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