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VETERINARY ,
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of °Marie Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls Promptly at-
tended to and charge moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich Street, one
door east of Dr. Jamrott's office, Sea -
forth.
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S.
Graduate Of Ontario Veterinary
College. University of Toronto. All
diseases of doenestic animals treated
e• by the Most modern , principles.
Merges reasonable. Day, or night
calls promptly attended to. • Office on
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town
Hall. Phone 116. Breeder • of . Scot-
tish Terriers. Inverness Kennels,
Hensall.
• MEDICAL
DR. D. E. STURGIS
Graduate of the Faculty of Medi-
cine, University of Western Ontario,
and St. Joseph's Hbspital, London.
,Meenber of College of Physicians and
Barg -eons of' Ontario. Phone 67. Of-
fice at Dublin, Ont.
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•the- heird into .etore earik. and laegee„: reckon the 'old...inane isreitt mixt" u
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tnast deerofortahla mh-r-e bOuse, and 0- ' Was lo no hurry leavehim-
eeeshe waretedh eein 'self, even if he did not 'happen, to' be
Cl.an to put his foitune to the tooth
:while he Was oat 'with Telly round-.
• Ilikaibildhattepounded up. neat' day his •'1nglibe
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boy hata 'rbee.,41' drawn 'in with ..4the drovetho During llhe. oaeoed. day taritelomertmidethil.yinithgbaiertiooaswfittealinlitew:4-,y1b•ormux bilbeoetneedorreoiu•OZ1
mother's Milk. 'It had been talked the riders' were buey putting the. road ..terrigee
by • his' elders. while as.. aochilelt he • brand on the eattliet jrust bought.
newsed before the 'big ,firepktee nn
wintee nighltsi. After his elintees
tragic 'death .it had home'
by Bible 0..leelts and by a • solemn 'oath
oforengeanee....I.Vas. it likely that anyo.
thing she 'could • say Wank' iliave
'weight with him " Per the ,preeent
the girl k arve unbar resolve to eon -
vert him .to More 'Christian' point
of view.
Ae. sun had .sunk behind he Can-
ton Wall when. Pierre Rethicleau arrive
ed (with. a tram* wthich.....he had 'beet -
illy built. There was wagon -road
up the guide and, it would 'leave been
diffieuit gtet the 'buckboard in as
far etsi the fork' Over the br otkeeter-
rain. As a voyageiiir (of the North
heohad often seen wounded Mea ear -
tied (by the Indiana in :travois aorlosS
the plains, 'He knew, to, that the
tribes of . the •Sonth-weet use them.
Thi one was constructed of two six-
teen -foot ipoles- with a canvas lathed
*elm one bar, to the -other.' The horse
Was harneesed between the ende, •of
O.he shafts., the other ends dragging
on the ground, '
Clanton looked alt this deaice dis-
tactetfu.:ly. "Pm no squaw'. WhY...for
cant on its back a:n."..ride?')
"Blitause y%au are seeck. It iss of
the importance that you do, not ex-
•ert yourself. Voyorns! .You will be.
copaartable thee N'est-ce pas, Pql-
ly?'"' 'Pierre ,gesticulated as he ex-
plained yeilettle. He even. illtiStrated
the. comfort by lying down in the.
traNlo'ils hill-ills...elf- and giving 'a .drarm-'
atic representation •of sleep •
'The' •young..:min gambled,. ; but
gave way reluctantly. .
"How's 'Billie . .Prince?" he asked
presently from •the cot-wh•ere he lay.
"He will ,h,afe a fever, bet soon he
w5n be well again. I, Pierre, Promise
it. For he its good sttrength
anti sound as a dallar." •
Pauline, •rifle in ;hand', seouted a-
head the bravos and picked the
(ernotorhesit way down the rough ra-,
vine. The `home that Roubideau
-drove was: an old and patient one. Its
matter held it to, a slow, % elven -pace,
so that ate Avnundi7d iblOr was jolted
asetittle as -ploe,si!rthe. When.. they
reethed 'the 'entrance to the gorge,
ti ave-] across valley •became less
banipto
• 'The , young giti ,walked as .if she
v lb. The , f rbe srwing the
wOmen was in he -i' step. She
!breasted 'the slope with the light
grace of a .foreit faun. Presently
•drcp,ped ;batik •to -a place beside h our 'or aro. a.. day.
(Canthzued from lasteeneit):" •• !Means alt 'Ithateantl reiairhe
es abo,vti 1104 be11,0*, 47,100'4 see it
L . •
haaMen't.time," she ftOld hien cheeth 'doe.sn't. fd feed 'oar enemies
AMY- "Besidee, somebody'. .gleing when they are • hungry. NVIe've to do
threugh 41botte off every :three Or :them good flOr .
four ntailthst. Then we „learn all: the forleat's all 'Tight for comma;
neviec." • • - neyediay enemies, but the Roush elan
Jinanie. glanced at her .eltfriy and aiitt. that kind," easpleined the boy
&oiled, quickly Nifty. TIlusf. girl was Bitabblentor. ehore 'is laid on me
not like any woman hejbadi known to 'destrey 'mem plot an' branch, ,like
Mout of them were- diali'ereaturea. the Table -sap!'
with -the spirit washed out • of them. . the way he wagged MS bead he
His ester had been. an excep.tion. She root wee been e wise Itotoo
leid bald plenty ofevitality, good looks man. :The. sevagalphillesoPhY oe the
and ,pridle, but the sombre shadow of •
hem erivitenment had netemade for
gaicy. wee different Pauline
Roubideau. Thbugh she lied just es-
c.aped from terrible...ebang'er,
laugh-
ter bubbled in EA."' ...aloft throat,
mirth rippled 'over her Mobile little
face. She expee.ssed herself ..,. with
swift, drephlstive gestates:eat times.
Thep' agait' 'she suggested' an.•intheri-
bathe of .slow grace food], the •Sauth-
land of her tnvother.
He did not underek.and the contra-
dietiont..o,f her, and they worried him
a little. 'Bqlle. had told him that she
Could rope and shoot as well,as any
maru. • Ile. had seen for himself that
she was -an expert rider. Her nerves
,werat :geed •enough .stit beside him
:at- quiet ease 'within' a stone's throw.
-of three speawling bodies from which
She •had seen the lusty life driven
:scarce a- halfahour since. `Already he
dleitted the boyish camaradeale that
was so' ,thitple and direct an expires -
slim of good -will. And. 'yet there was
;something about her ,queerr
smile he could! not make 'out. It hint -
3493 ed that she was really 'old eniough to
• • be his mother, that .sthe was: heiress
of wistio•ni: handled down :by her sea
throat -1 all the •generations, As yet
he h.ati not found out that he was
only 'ahoy and she was, a woman.
DR. ,GILBERT C. JARROTT
Graduate of Faculty. of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. Mem-
ber of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode-
eish Street, West. Phone 37.
Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay.
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario, Lon-
don. Membee of College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, of Ontario. Office
in Aberhart's Drug Store, Main, St.,
,
Seaforth. Phone 90. -
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderich St.,
east of the United Churth, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County 0
•
-DR. HUGH IL ROSS *
Graduate of Univerdity of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine. member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pees graduate course in
Chica,go Clinical*, School Of Chicago;
Royal Opthaintie, Hospital, Lon,
,land; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England. Office -Back of De -
min% n Bank, ,Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria Street, ,Seaforth.
DR. E. -A. McMASTER
Graduate of the University of To-
ronto, -Faculty of Medicine
, .
• Meimbet of College of Physicians
. end Stirgeoes of Ontario; graduateoef,
0 New York Post Graduate School' and
Lying-in Hospital, Ne* York. Of-
• fice on, High Street; .Seaforth. Phone
27. Office fully equipped for )(eny
diagnosis and ultra short wave ,elet-
itric treatment, Ultra, Violet Sum Lamp
tretatforrepta, and are Red electric
ireatmente. N.urs • in 'attendance.
DR. G. R. COLLYER
Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni-
versity of Western OntarloroMember
College of Physicians and Surgeons
▪ of Ontario. Post graduate work -at
New' Yotk City Hospital and Victoria
Hospital, London. Phone: Hiensall 56.
Office: King Street, Henson.
DR. F. J. R. FOR,STER
• Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
mei and Aural' Institute, Mamefield's
Eye and G -olden' Square Throat..Hos-
pitals. London, Eng. At Coramercili
Hotel, ,Seaforth, third Wednesday in
each month, feam 1.30 pee. to 4.30 p.m.
68 Waterloo Street, South; Stratford.
DENTAL
DR. J. A. McTAGGART
Graduate Royal College bf Dental
Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensall,
Opt. Phone 106. '
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send information, write or phone Har-
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" ONAVORVI COURT°
CHAPTER .V
NO FOUR -FLU SHER .
Pauline Roubidetto knew the fron-
tier code.. She evinced. no cariosity
about the •past of this 'boy -man who
had come -iota her. life at the nick of
time. Noes the less ,she was eager
be know whit connection lay between
him and. the renegade• .her Ecother
had. killed. She had heard Jim Clan-
ton say that. he had waited four years
for his revenge and had followed the
mat. all over the West. ,Why? What
raotive could be ipowetful eneugh with
a bey of fourteen,. to . sway so corm:
pletely his Whole life toward' venge-
ance? ' -
She set herself to find oilit without
asking.' 'Inside of ten minut,e,s the
secret which had been looked so. long
in his 'warped soul had been confided
to !hem The boy 'broke down when he
told 'her the 'story of his sister's
death.. He was greatly eel -lathed of
himself far emotion, but the
teuch of herr warm sympatihy melted
the ice in his heart and ,sat him sob-
bing • to
-Quickly 'sate tame acreas to hint and
knelt :.clown by rhis,..eide.
"You' •rbor boy. You. poor boa!"
.ehe ntnrmuredr,
Het' •arm, crept round hie shoulders.
with ttfh.e infinitely tender', caress of
the-to:other- that lies, dormant or a-
wake in all gotod wemene, •
nothing but a baby," he
gulped, tying desperately to master
his sobs. •
•• "Donh talk fboliehness," she scold-
ed to iceinfort . "I Wiouldn't think
much 0 you if you .didn't lelve your
sister enough ttto ery for. her." . .
There *ere tears la her own eyes.
er lively young imagination pictur-
ed' vividly !the dueled:don of the young
iilI'girl betrayed ab cruelly, the
.evoift decline ,of ' her it.ern,. baoken-
hearted -father. The thought of the
thalf•tgrown boy following Ith,e be-
trayers of ,hits 'sister tacroes, .the con-
tinent, !his life dedicated for years to
vengeance, was a dreadful thing to
Contemplate: shocked het. sense
of ell that wav:fitting. No (belt his
mislabel haid bedome a religion, with
him. eh had lain down ,it night 'with
that single :Purpose before him He
had risen with it in the morning. It
had been his companion throughout
the Frortn, one season tio another
he had cherished it „Whe.ri he should
have been Med ,thre 'h -app, healthy
play impulses natural to his age.
The 'boy told the story of the -man-
hunt erithoblt a eespition that there
,was anything in it to outrage .the
feelings ef the girl
"If., it shade% been for Dad Nanee
Cunningham, I reckon: Devil Darya an'
his Ibrothers woluM have; fixed up slanie
Mok an' hulls story about how 'Lindy
was drolamed by ,iteeiclent. 'But folks
!heard Nance an' then Wouldn't believe
O word. they,....eaid. :Dod swore us
•Clantons to wipe out the whole clan
of "em.a, Every last man in the hills
that wad decant got to euseinf the
Roush 'outfit:- Then the sheriff came
lap from the ,siettlemint an' they jest
taittirahly lit autt.
1`4I theerd threy Were in Arizona
exe loftier !dad died I took after 'ern -
•Bulb !seemed like I laud no luck. When
.1 ostrack their trail they had 'always
just .gone. .Teoday. got Manse-
leasitways I would 'a' 'got him if yore
brother hadn't interfered.. IT Meet
up with the :Others tone o' these times.
I'll' gilt 'em tow"
He, Voice with ertfiet eonatettion.,,aa
If it werekelbubirness matter that had
to (be rolOked after.
"DO you levee heat this.: 'Welke-
jonlereld,.1?1, Thine; .mi11.1 repay, Saith..the
He Iteddecla "Dad used; to read tfhat
to Md.,: elliere's a heap iat. the 13161e
abaut yore enemies. .Dad said
the.t veingeanCe Verse meant 'Malt we
all was the'lloirdt's 'deputies, •• - -a
theriff had Mges in hel.p sif 'we
was •terbainly •to repay the .Rotchee
en/ not to 'fergit interest neither.°
The :girl theolk heid„ vigotretuS2
"/ don't think tliath athat it
sr.
Oust yome Isuispiendierra , On
this job, • hoots," told -his men.
"I'd just. as lief lie yip. here for a few
deys while Uncle earn' is roundinf up
his pete •camped out there. Old man
Raulhiclaseu says we're welcome to
atick around. The •feedrs good. Our
cattle - are :some gaunted 'with the
drive; It won't hurt a mite to let
'em -stay right here a spell."
' Butt ,on the, third day came news
that induced' the -Missourian t o
chaneo his anise. Jean, '• who had)
been twit es a Iscont, returned vvilth
tho • infommatia-n that a, company of
cavalry had come vilorwn from the fort
and that the Apeehes had hastily de-
camped for pante• unknovv.n. .
recklon throw -IMO thettnail
again 'to -mere*, joie)," the drover
told Yankie. "No me wastin' time
here if. we don't have to stay.' Well
mosey along toward the river.- Kinder
take it easy an' daft the heed down
FIlOW so as to let the cattle put on
flsh. ant' the kid • an join ws
eeon theere fit to .thavel." •
The decision Was. aneourreed on the.
porch of the Roubideau 'house. Its
owner and his ,daugfhtteit were 'ores-
•erit Was . Dad -Wraybutn. . The
Texan old-thoter. snorted as he rolled
a, cigarette._
"Tim!. 'Soft t'hose two boys
have got'sittin' a•reand an' hein' pet -
tad` -by•Misi 'Polly' here. I've a Option,
to -go an' blot laig .to. Will you
tioree ere real tender, ma'am, if I
get stove' up pullin' off a grand -stand
play. like ,they done?"
"The hospital is full. We haven't
got mom . for. -more, inval.ida Mr:
Wraybuen," laughed• the girl, '
you 1st me !knovi • when,
therea a va.caney, 1Vlies Pally... My
sister .gar -le me a 'book to read ',amt.
It was mina, tw-ente. years. ago. The
name of it was 'Ivanhoe.' I told herr
I would save it to read when I broke
my -Leaks like I never- will. git
that (bock inea:d." •
%By daybreak the outfit was, On the
move.. Yankie trailed the. cattle out
to. the plain* anti .:started them for -
'Ward le:au-rely. Webb had allowed
hi elf pienty :of time foM the drive.
e dam? 1••:,t.. for delivery et the fort
.was sti:l dztand and he vva,nted., the
beeves. to be in • firet-eisee Condition
for intspection , TO reach Feces
he we.; al -awing three weeke,' •a pro-
gamnTe. that would let him bed the
'herd clown early and, would permit
of drifting it. elowly to graze for an
go, Pony." • • '
The 'girl flashed, a look.atoidexaShe
regagnized1, the eympterno.4.er, gaze
went back to the Ix:rave-like' motion of
'the (backs, of the moving. yearlingso
"Dont Billie," she said genfly.
.. !Before he spoke again he thought
over her advice. He knew he had his
anewetre But lie had to go through
with it now.
9 reckoned it Would be that way.
I'm, ,nothin' but a eaugh vaquero.0
,11,Vliy for Sitcnild YOU like me?"'
"Olt, but 1 do!"eshe cried impuls-
dvely. "I like youa great deal.. You
are orae of the best men I " know -
brave and glood and Modest- It isn't
that, Billie." ...t
"Is there -some one else? Or
oughtn't I to 'ask that?"
"No there's noloady 'die. I'm aw-
fully. !glad Yen -like me •The • .girl
that ..gets you will be lucky. -"'But I
dee% care about men that way. I
want to stay .with dad and Jean." .
"IVIebbe some day you. may ' feel
different afbeua it."
be I will," 4s:he a:greed. "Any-.
artt you to etaylaiends with
o•u will, woe't you."
"iire. I'll be thee just as Akeng.
ae •, you want .titehlor a friend," he
said simply. • .
S.Ilie gave him her little; gauntleted
hand.. They were close to a bend in
the draw. .Soon they would be with-
in sight Of the houise.• ....
."I'd say 'Yes'- if I could, Billie. I'd
rather ra; would be you then anybody
else. You won't feel had, will you?"
"Oa, that's all eight." He smiled,
and 'there was ertmething .about the,
pluck ak the eyes in the lean, tamed
face that. touchedOher • "I'M gain' to.
keep 'right on carin' for my little teal
even if I cant get what:dower-a."
•She had not ' yet fully emerged
from her -childhood. . There was in
her a strong desire to comfort him
someih.ow, to show by a mark of. Spe-
cial favour 'how high She held 'him in
herr esteem. .
. "Would you # Would.. you like to
kiss me?". she asked simply. .
late felt a clamour of the blood and
subdued it before heanewe ta---
i... It
'wastin accord with the charm she
held for him that _tier frank genet -
°Nifty enhanced his.'hespeot, for her.
If she gahe a' royal gift io was out
of the truth of • her .hee,rt. .
Without 'need of words she iead
acc.eptance. in his eyes and leaned to-
ward him in the haddle. Their bps
met, . .
00m,'
'Itew, I
me.
the cor.rveyance and tanned encour- The weeks .thet followed were red- "Youhe the 'first -except dad ,and
agement at Wm _. ones in. the life of Jim Canton.. 'Tc•an," she t°4C1 • him.
. '
"Pretty bad 6 it?" • .,•-% gsve him the first glimpse of a The. feeling in his pairriitiele heart
life which 'had for ae. ewes he could not have an.alas:e.d. He did
,He grinned back. "Ith up eo the
oftint affect' On, 'bult trust and• un-
to play the hand I've been dealt"
derstanding. • He had newer before
That.l'e was in a ghoul deal of peal
wee .eaey to guess,
.seen a h,ousehold that really enjoyed
.
• "Wie're pasit.the worse of it," Etttle k-,`40,tels shared in common, 'whoze
ine 'told 'him. "Up' this hilt -down TrIelmbeTs' were' full ef kinrl eonsidern-
the 'othet side -and then we're home." t'il°71. tihe 1°n* 1131r the 'other.' The Rau-
bideeus had more than a touch of the
The' bawling of tlhiesty eattile end
Prenchtemperament. They teak life
Iheobletting of calves eould be heard
••- gaily and whimisically, and though
now.
they :poked all kinds, of fun at each
"It he that 'Monsieur W'eibb has
o11,e'r there was never any sting to
taken my advice to drive the. herd' up
trre canon and into the peek for the th'61' wit.
'Pauline wao a famous 'little nurse.
night," explained . Roubideau. "There
It was not long 'before. she was of -
theone way in, one way out Guard
the entrances and the 'Paches can. fering herself as a erutch to help
young Obaettan li.rnp to the s•uany
not stampede the cattle. Voila!"
'From the thillltepo the leaders f ebrch. Two ,or three days later Bil-
lie joined his fellow invalid.. From
612 herd eauld be seen drinking at
tbe'.ctreek. , Cattle behind were push -hare *Lel ft. the tw'e yenn'a teen
clould hear the girl as she wort abou't
.ing fahwardl to get at the voatthe
while the rid2rs the poiot and at her her work singing. Often she ".cante
cut with a plzlt, of hot, new -baked
the swing were directing the mlolve-
clockies for thermiarud a pitcher of
ment of 'the 'beeves, . now eh.ecking
.1k. Or the wlauld_dan.ee out with -
;the steady pressure; from the rear ind
out any :exeute .except, that of her
and now hastening the pace of 'those
'Own frank interest in the youlh she
da*cliling in the etrea'm. To add t'o
iehared with her •patients-,
he confutsica cows: Were mooing 1.ould.-
:One of the Roubideati jok:eis, 'was
ly for their 'offspring tiq5Coyett unload-
that Poly was the Mother of the fam-
ed from the ealf-twegon.
illy and ha' .fa.ther and Jean liwto,. mks -
Near the :sumenitaJetan with the
clhievous lattleoho•ys sihe had to • stole'
buck:hoard mielt the party from the
canon. Ile helped • Clanton to the 'arid pet alternately-. Temporarily
seat and drove to, the• ,Itouse. johe took _the two cciw,punchees into
Webb •catiltiered' up. "What's this I 'Iv"' circle and brovrbeatthem shame,
_h
fully with an impudent little' twinkle ear about you, jiin.mie-Go7Get 'Ern?
in her eyes,. ,Whatever Nine state of
They tell me you've made four good
mind may have (bee ibetfore,
Injons to -day, shot. up renegade;
rescued this oung lady
eeee ',meet theme ean be no doubt' that .now he
.y
t was fataronts deep in. love With hum -
mode one :of my -Moses te teeth, au
gry eyes he took in her lauglhter and
got stove up itu Mhle foolt ore own
:self. It certainly must- hi ire . been itaillery, her !boyish high spirits, the
;Swelert ten:diet-nee§ of the girl far her
yore busy afternoon." .
father. He Moved' her wholly - the
The drover lOotked at him wtth a
dharm of her coinhalchehip, of her
new reepect He had found the an-
swer to the ,qoestibn he had: mit him- .kn'"v'if't,t !Paned:inn fm1Putg'dgh of ttIhat
touch of coquetry she Mold trot en -
:self a few hours earlier. This boy
was no fear -flusher. Ito oat only tirely su'bdue,
Pierre had been ••a- • reliasseurr in the
knew how and when to eholot, was:
. Fannicci-'Prussian War. ' His daughter
game as a bulldog, and keen as
wals very pawed of it, (but one of her
weasel; he ,posteesised, too, that sixth
games was to meek. him- fondly' by
eenee necesslary to a gun -fighter,
alwaggering back and fotrth while she
the itistinet which shows him howefe
take advantage of every factor in the s'aPlr="'
situation SO adi to corme through safe- enfants, de la panie,
• pe four de &Oita est astite."
"I didn't ,dolt 'alit,".answerred elan-
rtion,. flushing. CjT�e (helped; and the 'When aloe mime te the &ems, nem.
Ronlyideous euteigeof J.tinet!, Woluld do but all Of them must
emaree Apt ritife rimy, 13fifie tells le joints. 'She taught the wourdaan4 tune
'AriYhA(i, yOli.lal,1 made a great gathier to Prince and 'Jimmie so thalt hey
coullefeli Into lane behind the old
beitwaeh You, Six 'Pechter that will
nevera'mil'eagain moot to .gtoo, the !statelier and :hie 'sotto -
raiders a, :Pain.' •
4•91:xon'1t you think we'd better get
hbntto (bed?" said Pauline gently
4C1101erte MEOglirl"4 'egv'eled
Wiehb, "Thoubidea4, thelittMe boss says
1iim,ntie4o-Geb-1.:11m is to be not 'tib
bed. Vote ;him in if you'll give
my bele ditreciticine WO* Ithrewin'
•
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Mtn armes, citloyens1 fannies. tvios
' hotafilions!
• Mairdhoresi Marchone!
Qu'un slang innyar aiblrenve nos sil-
tions-A-- •
Ilt allwaya began in pretlended dari.
. •
not know ehat his soul was moved to
seme such consecration as that Of a
young 'knight taking his vow in ser-
vice, thaugh he was aware that all
the good in him leaped to,itastant re-
sponse in her preience, that by some
strange spiritual., alchemy he had
pas -ed t.heough ,a refining process.
' "I'm camin' back to see ytou some
day. Me the yoe'll.' feel different
!then," he said.
"I might," she admitted..
They rounded the 'bend Clanton,
on hurse,tack, cangfht sight of them.
,He waved his hat •and cantered for-
ward.
"Say, Bil-lie, how -Much bacon do
y31.1 reckon we need ake with us?"
In faint of the 'house Pauline slip-
ped from her horse and left them
discussing the Commissary.
...,"•••••••••••••
CHAPTER VII.
ON THE TRAIL
; The 'Convalescents rode avtay into
a desert green With 'sprin.g. The fra-
grant chaparral thicket% werfeburst-
ing into (fewer. Spanish bayonets
studded the plains.. Everywhere a-
bout then was the premise -of a neov
life not yet burnt 'tty Sot summer
suns to -a crisp.
. 'During the day they ran into a
sorramp obunitry and criaesed a bayou
where eyprress 'trees and blue goms
allowed 'fent:ate:tic in the eerie .gloom
of the stagnant water.. From this
-they emerged to a moire wooded re-
gion and made an early camp on the
,edge.ef arolve of ash trees blonder -
ling a small stream where pecans
grew
Shortly after daybreak they were
jogging on at a walk -'trot, lthe roed
gait of the 'South-west, into the tree-
less country of the :prairie, T.hey
marred at an array° seco, and, after
they had :eaten, took a siesta during
the heat of th.e day. Night brought
with tit a thfundenstorrn .and they took
refuge hi el/lead:eau hut built ,of pali-
!stades and race•ed With ,grase :Sod. -A
Widorw lived alone in the ' jacal, but
she made them welcome to the best
she had. The young men slept in a
corner of the hut on a dry cowskrin
alpread upton the mud fiber, their sad -
dies for pillants and their blankets
rolled about theme
(While she was coloking (their break-
fast, Prime noticed the tears: toting
down her cheeks. -She was a comely
young woman anhe asked her gal-
lantly in the bronco Spanish of the
harder if there was anything he
Conk' to 'relieve het distress,
.,1.te 'Adak her bead infournfully.
"1\11o, senor," she aneweeed in her na-
tive tongue. "Only Ilime can tio that.
I enourn my Michaud. He wets a
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volotth. ZroarrnyittY.thni404°r. frollOodtM7:11:1":;*..146.4**4•fli-044.44:41,,04";')•
*high aeredelta4,
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•
liketh):!nt*h. TOW 41*.
oket, iorair•gipp eat hest.nor- sit
Sealre ahe threw. IOW . pkintie,
the owner oe.opit- flexure, 00404 ' • '
.•911,11e. t&o,"..eseented .01anbon, belie"
;hig ItugeltE.,412 pinole. 'TR
a ,yegkeig growth and me OriNala at
' ;Prince ha4 !been inothe innpioY " of
Webb for .threts years. During the
long houtts where they rode 'side• . :by
Sidle `he told this clOmPanion, -Muth a-
bout thte 'Flying V Y ,autiat• aria its
,00,7:alt:44":67/7- .4*16°:74441'414741441alltgice..44:'44‘41thella:' 4_0 A .,31.er' „/ .
Before the marehed a chaViee.. „.14;19.:
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ihmilthi9dld
:eleAka:end:hm-eorwtweaki: :3;:01!11:i,:waie:jtliboilv114(14:adms-C:Elisr. '0'''',:;n1g.' 0.14:: ,,,
the mecession to Ithe ber...., ee
the butt of a relealyer hantare,*
4
"Get busa here!' !Set 'eta apOjet
A.nd julmeo!" snarled the healvy
The harkeePer took' lone look ahhina
and filed rio demurer. "Bed man"
,trestis writ ion every line tof the sullen,- -
diSeipated face of the belly. it wag' "
a safe Ihettheit he was used to' hav-
ihg his own way, 'Or failing that was .
ready to fight at the drop Of the '
hat.
Swiftly the drinks were preerared.
"Here'e haw!" •/ : ''''
4FIVII°*ersTgl' ess Was Ulted ind einpitlede, •Tr
(Continued Next Week) '
WcyCIIIfiehlregisie.
aHis wird gliloOaalid --11°.orvelTherr
Teodas. • Hell sure do to..take along,"
said Biffhuie ,by way of recemeneada-
tion.-
I"Aricl Joe Yanidel-does he stack up
1 too?'" asked the boy dryly.
nevetr (liked Jee. It eviat only
that he'll run a sandy-bh tau ilf he
can or %that he's alwaelseidin' anyeae
that wihLl stand .to be pickedon. Joe's
sure a :bully." But the he's game en-
..dtighb too, for that matter. I've Seen
shirn.fight.like a pack of caralmounts.
Outside of that rives gat a hunch that
'he's cro.oked as a dog's hind leg.
Meibbe Fm wrioing. I'm tellin' you
how he s'brike ni, If E was Homer
rEght how When trtouble is
,comlire ulp' with the ,Snaith-IMrnohert
.outat, I'd feel some ,dubious about
Joe_ He's a sulky, revengeful brute,
an' the old man Inc ,ou/led him up
with a ttight rein more'n ;onee:".
"What do you mean -trouble .With.,
the ,Snatitih-MeRobert outfit?"
, "That's a long tetlery..e ..The bad
feelin' started seen aftedV.the war
when iSnaith •aa' the oad man were
bronchia' mavericks 1 it kind • of
entotildered 'along " for a While, then
broke out, again when 'bolth of them
began sto bid on Government' beef
contratte. There's ib.een some shoot -
in' !back' an' forth eln.' there's liable'
to heoa whole. lit More.. The Lazy
S M1.-••th•at's the -Searith-MeRobert"
bratichaelaime the, hihale Peres, cella -
try by; priority. •The old. man aiiirt
redognizin' any such fool title: 1.11(e's
go% more'n'thirty theugand 'head '.Of
cattle -there an' he'll :fight for the
grecs if he has to. .0' °purse there's
%plenty of Ticians for everybody 'if it
.wastrit for the :beef contracts an' the
general bad feelin'."
'Don't yeti reckon it will be set-
tled :peaceably? They'll 'get together.
an' talk it over like reasonaibler
. • !Balla shook his head, '."The Lazy
8 I.111 are ibringia' in a lot of 'bad me,n
from Texas an' the 'Ship: Some of
our tblays ain't exactly gun-shy eitheo
One of thesedays thee's. ,Sture
to .he sudden trouble.." ,
no gurrerate" protested Clanten indignantly. "1 hired °tut to. the
•:•,:d man to punch cows. Why for
!should 1 take any chances with Illte
'Straith-Mclaebeatt outfit when I ain't
,golt a -tbiung-' in the world alga:inst.
them?"
"No, you're no gunman," grimed
his friend in airftblet. derision. "Jim-
inieeGto-Gelle'Em. 4s „stoquietolietle.---Stm-
.cia.y-goothrmeepin' kid! IS Was kindler
by accident that he bunted off ftiur
Apaches an' a half-breed the other
.day. • '
"Now 'don't you blame me for that,
Bill.You was hell-bent on goin' in-,
tp,, the .Ro.ubid•eau place. an' I trailed
'along. When yeti get. yore p111 in the
laig you made me ride up the gulch
a'.'Jne. I claim I wasn't to blame for
Mescaa,leros. I wasn't either."
Tahoe hard made his Prroph.ecy a-
bout the • ,coming. trouble. ligtht1y. Ile.
could not .guess1 that the most, ter-
eithle • feud in the' history ef. the West
was tO apring Out of the quarrel be-
tween Snairh and Webbi-a-leord'er war
so gri mend deadly thatad thin three
years more than a hundred lusty men
were to fall in !battle and from as-
eaetheatiele. It would have amazed
him ao . know that the bulletwhich
laid Tow !the renegade in Shoot -a -
Buck Canon had set the spark to the
evil , passi ons wh i cji resalted in what
carne ..to be. called the Washin.gton
County War. Least of all could he
tell that the 'girl -faced boy riding be-
side him wa.s tlo become the beet-
hhown character of all the d•esperat:.‘
'Ones engaged in the 'trouble.
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CHAPTER VIII
THE FIGHT
'Half a dozen ,cowboys .cante•recl up
the main. street of Los Pertalee in a
cloud of dust One Of them, older
than the Test, let out the wifit yell
he had known in the days when he
mode with 'Quantrell's guerillas on the
infamous raids of that bandit. A see -
bind flung into the blue skY three rap-
id 'revolver 'Mete. Plainly they were
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