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BY WM. , MACLEOD RAINE
(Continued from last week)
Itteenssot be remembered that Waiele-
iiikton County was at this time as
Inge as the •arverage Atlantic Coast
States . It bad become a sink for the
rif-Taff .driven out of Texas by the
Rangers, far .all •thatt, wild .etd ads
veritueone element •whith flocks to a
new tertiary before the law has es-
taiblished itself. The coming of the
big cattle herds had brought money
into the country, and in its: wake fol-
howed the gambler and the outlaw.
Gold and h.unian 'life were the cheap-
est 'commodities at Los Portales. The
Man -who wore a gun on his hip had
to be one: hundred per cent. efficient
to [survive..
Lawlessness was emphasised by
the pecalier conditions of the eountry.
The intense rivalry to secure Govern,
merit contracts for hay, wood, and es-
pecielle cattle, stimulat.ed enwhole-
some colnmeti'tion. The temptation' to
"trestle" stock, to hold up outfits
carrying pay to the soldiers, to live
well merely as a, gutmen for one of
the big interests on the river, made
tfhe honest business of everyday life
a humdrum' -affair.
None . the less, the real heroes a-
mong the pioneers were the quiet citi-
zens. who want. about their business
and refused 400 •E1ra170i1 themselves in
the feeds that ran rife. The men who
made the West were the. mule -skin-
ners, the .storekeepers, the farmers
who came out in white -topped mov-
ers' wagon?. For a time these were
seldnerged by •the More sensational
gunman, but in the end they peeked
to th.e top and wiped the "bad man"
from the earth, tI was this' prosaic
lase that Billie oPrinee had -resolved
to join. -
To that resolve he stuck through
all. the bloodstained yetaxg- of the no-
torious Waal-Ate:op. .0dunty 'Ver. He
went about his private affairs with
otelitet energy that 'brought success.
Hl took hay and , grain contracts,
barght a freighting outfit, acquired a
small but steadily inse creasinbunch
of cattle. Gradually he„.brulkpe•d. larg-
er in the public .eye, tber'ame an an-
chor of safety to wh.orn the people
turned after the. war had worn itself
out and scattered bands of banditti
ipfeeted the chaparral to prey upon
the settlers.
This lean, brown-faeed anan-welked
the way of the strong: Men recog-
nized the sllealmatic force of his close -
gripped jlaw, the Power of his quick,
steady eye, the patience of his cour-
age., The eyes of women, followed
him down the street, for there was
some, arresting quality in the firm,
crisp tread that carried. the lithe,
stnoothInunieled bod.Y. !With,. the .pass
sagectf yamshe had grown to a full
measure of omental manhood. It was
inevitable that when Washington
Comity set itself tin the task of comb-
ing the .outlaws from the mesquite
sthould delegate the job to Billie
Prince, ; •
The evening after his 'election as
sheriff, •Billie caflIed at the home of
Pauline Rotrbide•au, who wa.s keep-
ing infuse far her brother. Jack Good -
heart was leaving just as Prince step-
ped upon the porph. It had been
two years. now since Jack had ceased
40 gravitabe. in the direction of Lee
Snaith. His eyes and his footsteps
for many months had turned often
toward Polly.
The gaze of the sheriff -elect fol-
lowed the lank figure of the retreat
mg iman. '
"Pve a notion to ask that man to
give, up a geed business to , wear a
deputy's star far me," he told Paul-
ine. • • .
dells, I wouldn't," .she said quickly..
"Why not? He'd be a good man
for the job. I want ,someone game--
stomeane who will go through when
he starts." •
His questioning eyes rested on hers.
She felt 4, difficulty in justifying her
protest.
"I don't know -I just thought.a-.,--"
"I'm waiting," said Prince with a
strni le.
"He wouldn't take it, would he "
she, fenced.
"If ilt was pet up to him right I
think he would. Of course it would
be a sacrifice for him to make, but
goo.d citizens have to do that these
days." •
"He's had so much herd luck and
been so long getting a start I don't
think you ought to ask him.". T he
color spilled 'ever her cheeks like
wine shaken from a glass upon a
white cloth.. Polly was always •aede
ent on behalf of a friend.
"I can't help that. There's another
man I have in Mind, but if I dela
get him it will be up to Jack."
"Will it be dangerous?" o' •
"No more thansmokinga cigarette
above an open keg of powder. But
you don't suppose that.. Would keep
him, from accepting the"job, do you?"
"No," she admitted. "He would
take it if he thought he aught. But
I hope you 'get the ether man."
"So do I."
Billie dismissed the subject, met
drew up a chair beside the hammoiek
in which she was leaning black.
"This is my' birthday, Polly," he
told, her. "I'm tarente-four years
old."
"Good gracious; what a Methus-
elah!"
"I want a present, so I've come 'to
have sent to Vegas and getyou sane -
'thing nice' •-•
"Yon don't have to send to Vegas
for it, Pone. The present I want. is.
right herehe said simply.
1She reached out a little laand im-
elulsively. 'Billie, i believe you're the
best man I •knowl-athe very best." •
''I thate.to :hear that, You're try-
in' to let me down easy."
'I'm an'ungrateful little idiot. Any
other .girl in town would jump at the
chance to say, 'Thank you, kind sir.'"
"But yeti can't," he said gently.
`'No, I can't." .
He was not sure wheisher them was
a flash of tears in her brown eyes,
but he knew by that little 'trick of
biting the low.et lip that they, were
not far away. Sh.ewas a tender-
he'arted little comrade, and it always
hurt her to hurt Others.
Billie dlong drew a breath. "That's
settled, too, then. I asked you once
before if there was someone else. I
ask 'you again, but don't tell,•me if
you'd rather not."
"You mean there is."
Again the scarlet splashed into her
cheeks. She nodded her head three
or foes' times quickly in assent.
"Not Jim Clanton?" he said, alarm-..
-ed.
A faint, tender smile flashed on he
Ilea, "I don't think Pll tell you who
he is, Billie."
• He hesitated. "That's all ' right,
Polly. I don't want to pry into yore
secret. But -don't do anything fool-
ish. Don't marry a man with the no-
tion of refoemin' him or because he
seems Ce you Vormantic. You' have
Icts of sense. You'll use it, won't
yen?," he••pleaded.
."I'll iry to use, iteBillie," she prond
ised. Then, the soft eyes shining and
the color still high in her cheeks, she
added impulsively: •"I don't know
anybody that needs someone to love
Ilim more than that poor boy does."
"Clebbe SO. But don't your be that
someone, -Polly." He, hesitated, di-
vided between lo.yalty to his friend
and his . desire for this girl's good.
Iiiiis brown, unscarred hand caught
hers in a firm grip. "Don't you do it,
little girl. Don't you. , The woman
that ,marries Jim Clanton is doomed
to be miserable. ..There's no escape
for her. She's got to live with her
heart in .her throat till the day they
bring his dead body back to her."
.- -She leanOd toward •hilmo and now
there s no longer any doubt that
her e, es were !bright with unshed
tears, '' "Perhaps a woman doesn't
marry for .'ha•ppinee_s alone, Billie.
That may come to heir, or it may not.
But !she -Nee -to fulfil her 'd.eStin,y. I
&cwt. know ..how. ,t,c, say what I mean,
but she•mest-go on and live her life
and forget herself:" -
Prince reject.e.d. this creed flatly.
"No! No! 'The best way to fulfil
yore life 'is to be happy. That's what
you've always done, an' that's' why
you've ana.de Other people happy. Be-
cause you go around singin' an' dent-
in", we all want to tune up with you.
When I was out •bossin' a freight out-
fit I used to think of you at nigh
under the stars as a little joy -bird.
Now you've got it in that curly head
of yours that you ought to be•some
kind of a missionary martyr for the
rake of a man's soul. That's all
wrong.'!,• .
"Is. it?" she asked him with ' a
crooked, little, wistful Smile. "How
abeet you? Do you want to be sher-
iff?, Is it !going to 'make you so aw-
fully happy to spend your time. run-
ning down outlaws fer.,, the good of
the cotuntry? Aren't you doing it be-
cause -you've been called to it and not
bedause you like it?"
"That's 'different," he 'protested.
"When the 'community needs him a
man's get to come through or be a
yellow 'hound. But you've got no
right to toss away yore life plumb
foolishly just 'because you've got a
tender heart." ,Bifilie stopped again,
then threw away any scruples he
might have on. the score of friend-
ship. "J'Im .is.goin.' to be what he is
to the end of the chapter. You can't
change him. Nobody can. In • this
Washington •County War - he's been,a
terror to the other eide. You knotty
that. For. such a ,girl as you he'e
outsi.de Ithe pale."
"I heard Jean say once that Jim
had never killed a Imams that didn't
need killing,!' she protested.
"That may be true, too. 'But it
wasn't up to him to do it. It isn't
•only killin' either.. He's on the wrong
track." . •
The young man could say, no mores
He could net tell her that Clanton
was sus.pected of rustling and .that
his name had been mentioned in con-
nection with robbery of the mail.
These charges were not proved. Prince
hiimse•If still loyally denied their
truth, though •evidence was beginning,
to pile up against the young gun-
men!, Illle had 'warned Clanton, and
Jim had clapped him on the shoulder,
laughed, and invited •Ihim to take a
drink With 'him. This was not •quite
the way in which Billie felt an in-
nocent man 'would receive news' that
he was being furtively accused of
crime,
"Yes, heN going 'wrong," a greed
Parulind. "But we can't tltelert him,
can we? You're his hest fiend. You
know how brave he is, how generous,
how at the hottest tof Asia heart he
sak fcyr it." . loves people that are line and true.
:With a sidelong tilt of her chin she If we stand by him we'll save him
flashed a look of quick ayes at him. yet."
Het voice did not betray the pulse of The young .niart's cemnsoe sense
exeittement , that was beginning to told hint that 'Clanton's' fliture lay
heal in her blood. • with hilmself and his attitude tamed
• "You've just been elected sheriff. entire/assent, but he loved the spirit
Isn't that enotsgh?" the evaded. of this girl's gift tz:of faith ' in her
fine 'present to hand a friends. It wre a.Slo 'Wholly like 'her to
.rean,'"-11 ' answered" grimly. 'Ari' ^I reject the external evidence. and at -
didn't. entice you 'bubble with enthuse , cept rhea own couviebilon of Ms inmate
iasm tube:A 1 apeke ofsgriand half the igoedne.ss. ..,,.. '
glory to, (Goddheart;" "I hope yore faith Will Work a Mirt.
"Butt (.1haven'io a thing. you'd care tidd'
e ,
far. If I'd Vilely knOwn in time rd , «1 hate thel thing% be does more
than You do,-Billite, It is horrible to
erre that he can take human life. I
don't justify, him at all, even though
usually he is en the right side. But.
in spite of esiterything he has done
Jilt is !only .a wild boy.- Aad
splendid soepe ways. Any day he
would give his life for you or for me
or 1 or Lee 1Snaith. You feel that
about him, don't ybou?"
tine!)
He was not satisfied to let the sub-
ject drop, but for the present it had
40 be: ipo,stponecl. For a young man
and a young woman were turning in
at the gate. They were a handsome
pair ,physically. Each of them shoved
with the grace ef a young putma.
Pauline rose to meet • them.
- "I glad yoki eame, Lee. Didn't
know you *ere in town, Jim"
•Clanton smiled. "I rode up from
the Hondo. to congratulate our new
sheriff. Don"t you let any of them
outlaws escape, Billie."
.Prince looked directly into his au-
daciousinleyes as he .shook hands with
h
"Not if I can help it, Jim. I want
you Itosbe my chief deputy in cleanin'
up the eountry. 11 yOU'll help me
we'll make such a gather of bad tmen
that it won't be safe for a creek .to
show his head there."
Pauline clapped' her hands. "What
a splendiferous idea- .les a great
chance for you, Am. You and Billie
can do it too, I know you c•an."
The ,other young woman had re-
cognized Prince only by a casual nod.
It was her custom to ignore' him as
much as possible. Now her' dark,
velvety eyes jut -taped to meet his, then
passed to Clanten. She recognized
the significance of ,the moment. • It
was Jim's last Opportunity to line up
on the sidesof law and order. Lee,
with Billie and Pauline, had steed his
loyal friendagainst a growing pub-
lic opinion. Would he justify their
faith in him?
After a long sileneeeTim spoke. .No,
I reckon not, Billie. I've. got, inter-
ests 'that wild take all my time. Much
obligedold s•cout. I'd like to ride in
couples with -you like we used to do.
I sure would, but I can't."
"That's all nonsense. It'sno ex-
CIISS at all," broke out Lee in !her di-
rect fashion. "Mr. Prince has more
important affairs than you a good
deal. He is dropping his to serve the
people. You'll have to give a better
maser' than that :to convince me."
Billie knew .and. Lee suspected what
lay •back of the spoken word. .T n e
duty of Ow sheriff would be to hint
down the men with whom Clanton
had lately consorting. He felt
that he could not desert his friends
to Buts up against them. Some of
these were a bad lot, the riff -Taff of
a wild country; but this would not
justify him in his own mind for us-
ing his knowledge of their habits to
run them td earth.
"No, I can't talk 'business with you,
Billie," the young fellow said decis-
ively.
"Why' can't you?" demanded Lee.
Jim Clanton • 'smiled. "Yodi're cer-
tainly a right persistent young lady,
but 'by advice of counsel I decline to
answer."
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Chapter XXII -
THE RUSTLERS' CAMP •
From Live -Oaks a 'breakrieck trail
rune up the side of the mountain,
dropsclArn into the valley .heyoncl,
and twists among the hills and
through canons to the Ruidosa. In
,the darkness a man folledied this pre-
carious path. !His horse climbed it
like a cat, without the least unman
tainty •or doubt. Both mount and
rider had • covered' this ground often
during th.e 'Washington Country War.
Joe 'Yankie expected to continue to
use it as long as he found a profit
in ether meads cattle.
When he had reached the summit
he swung to the tight, dipped
abruptly into a narrow gulch, skirt-
ed a damp of junipers, and looked
down upon a little basin hidden snug-
ly in the gorge. A wisp of pungent
smoke rose to his nastrils. The pony
began cautiously the 'sharp descent.
The essearpmentswas of disintegrated
granite Viehich meg beneath the hoofs
of the anlarall. A pebble rolled to.the
edge of the bluff and dropped into
!Sae .black pit below.
From the gulf a challenging voice
rese. "Hello, up there!"
"It's me -Joe," answered the rider.
• "Time you were gettin' here,"
growled the other, as yet only a
lecke in the darkness.
Slowly the 'herse slid forward to a
ribbon. of trail that led less .preeipi-
tau sl y to the camp.
" 'Lo, Jae. !Fall off an' rest," a one-
armed man invited. By the light of
the carropsfire he was , a hard -faced,
wall -eyed .citizen with a jaw llike a
steel trap.
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over anything on him."
"That' e vihatever," agreed Yankie.
"I don't lave the Old man a whole lot.
I've steed about all from him I'm in-
tenclin' to. One of these days it's go -
in' to be hitt or me. Bet the old
man's there every jump of the road.
He knew New Mexico when Los Por -
tales was ta whiistlin' post in the des-
ert. He's fought through this war
an' come throru.gh richer than when
he Started. If 'I was looklin' ter an
easy mark I'd sure pass up Webb."
"He's got you lads buffaloed," jeer',
ed Roush. "Webb looks like anyhody
else to me. I don't care if he's Worth
a .million. olf he foals with me he'll
find I fog hihn quick."
"I've known fellows before that got
all fined up with talk an' had to
steam off 'about every so often," com-
mented Albeen to the world at large.
"Mea.nin' me?"
•Albeen 'carefully raked. a live coail
from the fire and pressed it down in-
to the howl of his pipe. The eyes in
his leatheny, brown face had grown
hard as jade. For some time" be and
Dave 'Rehash had been ready for an
exploelion. 14 toed not come any too
soon to suit the one-armed man.
"Ildleanin' you, if you want to take
it that way," Albeen looked straight
.at 'him 'with an antwinking gaze,
"You're not the 'only •mala on the rest -
elevation that wears his , gun leer,
Rotate Maybe you're' a Wolf for
fain .sure heard you claim it
right often. You're a two -gun man.
I peek 'only one, seein' as I'm shy a
wing. But don't getthe notion you
can aide Md. I won't stand 'It for a
minute."
"Sho! Dave didn't mean anything
like that. Dia you, Dave?" interpos-
ed IDamont hastily. "You was just
kind e' jokin', wasn't you?"
"Well, I'm servin' notice right now
that when (anyone drops around any
jokes about rive behl bfiffaleed, he's
fokilloin' with .denamitte, No man alive
OEM run a sandy en me an' git away
'with it."
The chill eyes of Albeen nartowed
470 shining slits, focussed on* Roush
menacingly. Ail present understood
that he was offering Devil Dave a
choice, He could draw steel, or he
could side-step the issue.
The campers had been 'playing pok-
er with white navy beansfor chips.
Roush, undecided, gathered up in bis
fingers the little pile of thein in front
of him and lei them sift down again
to the blanket on the edge of which
hesat. Some day he and Albeen
would have to ,Settle this .quarrel
once for all. But not to -night. Dave
wanted the breaks with him when
that hour came. He intended to
make a sure thing of it. Albeen was
one of those fire-eaters who would
play into his hand by his reckless
courage. Better have patience and
wateb for his chances against the
one-armed gunman.
"I ain't ^aimin' to ride you any, A1
been," he said' sulkily.
"Lal off'n me, then," adtv'isted the
other curtly. --
• 'Roush grumbled something inaud-
ible. It •might have been a promise.
It might have been a protest. Yankie
jumped into the breech and began to
talk.
"I couldn't git away, from the old
man yesterday. I think he's suspic-
Mae' about etre. Anyhow, he acts like
he is. I came in to Live -Oaks to-
night without notifylin' him an' I got
to be back in camp before m.ornin'.
Here's my plan. I've got a new rider
out from Kansas far his health. He's
guresby., I'll leave him in charge of
this bunch of sto'ch overnight on the
berrendo. He'll run like a soared
deer at the first shot. Hustle t h e
beeves over the Tass an' keep 'em
movin' till you come to Lost Cache."
Crouched over the 'blanket, they
discussed details and settled them.
Yankie rose to leave and Roush fol-
lowed 'him to his horse.
"Don't git a notion I'm scared of
Albeen, Joe," he explained. "No one-
armed, hammered-dnwn little gunt
can bluff me for a second. When I'm
good an' ready I'll settle with 'him,
but I'lm not goin' to wreck this busi-
n.ese :we're on by any personal dif-
ficulty."
"That's right, Dave," agreed the
foreman of the Flying V Y. 'We all
understand how you feel."
Yankit, busy fastening- ,a cinch, had
his forehead .pressed against the sad-
dle and could afford a grin. He knew
•uhat the courageoef a killer is .lareies
ly dependent on his physical we'll -be-
ing. If he is cold or hungry or ex-
hausted, his nerve As at low ebb; if
life is running strong in its arteries
his gait is above par. or years
Roush had been drinking to excess.
He had reached the point where he
dared not face irt the open a man
llike Albeen with nerves of unflawed
steel. The declension of a. gunman,
if once it begins, is rapid and sure.
One of those days, mikes Roush were
killed first, some mild -looking citizen Tasnass,
would take th1li gun from him AM- went/mot
kick hilyi on a baa' -roan.
The foreman travelled fast,, but be
first streaks Of Morning were alread
lightingethe Sky when he reached
Atabbit Ear C'reek,, upon which was
the ,Plyling V 'Ranch. No. 3, of
•
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which h as-rnejer-dtomo. 'He un-
saddled, threw the bronco into the
.corral, and walked to- the foreman's
bunkhouse. Without undressing, be
flung •himself upon the bed and fen
asleep . at once. He awoke to see a
long slant of istunshin.e acrosssthe bare
planks of the floor.
Someone was hammering on the
door. Webb opened it and put M his
head just as the segundo jumped to
his feet. . .
"Makin'.up some lost sleep, Joe?"
inquired the owner of the ranch am-
iably.
(Continued Next Week)
LONDON
and WINGHAM
South ,
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Wingham
Belgrave
Blyth 2.23
Londesboro 2.30
Clinton 3.08
Brucefield 3.27
Kippen 3.35
Hensel], 3.41
Exeter 3.56
P.M.
1.55
2.11
North
A.M.
Exeter10.42
Henson 10.55
Kippen 11.01
Brucefield 11.09
Clinton 11.54
Londeaboro 12.10
Blyth 12.19
Bele-rave ' 12.30
Wingham 12.50
C.N.R. TIME TABLE '
East
A.M. PJM.
Goderith ..... 6.45 2.30
Clinton 7.08 3.00
Seaforth
Dublin
Mitchell
West
DulbOEin 11.19 9.44
Seaforth 11.34 9.5'7'
Clinton 11.50 10.11
Goderich 12.10 ,10.8•7i
722 8.13
7.33 3.81
'7.42 8.43
C.P.R. TIME TAELE '
East
RI
, •• VI.
Godterich, , 4.20
MenSdt 1 424
McGaw , 4.35
Auburn - 4.421
Bleat 4.52
Walton . U.Oill i.
McNeil 5.31$
Toronto . COO '
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West
VAIL
WroyAtubrtalritti.:.
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2;i1, 2822:t:i
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Menaet .... ' ••••••••• 1. • •'•
God 'erich
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