The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-02-06

Joined him and went on down the stream.
This he decided 10 follow.
A ride Of a few hundred yards brought
him 10 point whore shoulder Of bluff
twisted the trail well In towards the
stream, and he, thinking TO cross and 70
connoitsT on the other shore, turned No.
Ian In that way. and was suddenly
brought up standing BY the heaviest and
most forbidding wire fence he had ever
seen. Yes, there Il stretched away
through the cottonwoods, straight a. o
die, back to the angle whence started
the southwark course he FIRST had noted,
and, looking down stream, far a. the eye
could reach, he marked It
SWELL" thought Perry, "rv0 often
heard an Englishman's house was his
castle. but who would have thought Of
stalking and wiring In half q county
half q Texas county-in this hoggish
way? How far down Il the entrance.
anyhow
Following the tran, he rode down
stream full half mile, and still there
seemed no break. Nowhere on the other
shore was there sign Of bride path lead
ing up the slopeA Turning 10 his left In
some Impotence, he sent Nolan at rapid
lope across the intervening "bottom,"
and soon reached the bluffs, which rose
perhaps forty or fifty feet above the
stream. Once on the crest, the prairie
stretched before him northward, level as
floor, until Il met the sky; but It was
southwark he longed to look, and thitheI
quickly turned Yes, there Il lay-Dun-
raven Ranch, In all its lonely majesty
From where he gaEed the nearest build
ing stood good long mile away. That
Il was the homestead he OWNED at once,
for q broad veranda ran around the
lower story, and white curtains were
visible at the dormer windows Of the
upper hoor. Back Of Il and on the eastern
flank were other buildings, massive look.
ing, single storied Affairs, evidently
stables, storehouses and corralS. There
was . tall windmill there-an odd sight
In 90 remote region-and big water
tank.
Perry wondered how II ever got there
Then ct the southwest angle was build.
ing that looked like an ONCE Of some
kind. Hecould see horses tethered there,
and what seemed to be human figures
moving about Beyond II all, to the
east and south, were herds Of grazing
cattle, and here and there In the dim dis.
lance horseman moved over the prai.
RE. This reminded him Of the stranger
who had given him the slip; and he
gazed westward In search Of him.
Far up the valley, between him and
the distant post, be could plainly see Q
black object just descending the slopes
from the southern prairie to the stream
Not another was In sight that his prac.
ticed eye did not know to be cattle.
That, then, was his horseman, once more
going FORWARDS in the valley, after hav.
ing made three or four mile detour 10
avoid him. snow, what sort Of q Chris
tian Il that fellowT thought Perry, a.
he gazed ct the distant speck. "Goina
to the fort, too. By thunderI I'll End
out who he e, anyhow. Now I'm going
to the ranch"
Down the slopes he rode. Down the
winding trail once more he trotted, peer
ing through every gap among the cot
tonwoods, shaking Nolan's thirst at Q Lit
tie pool In the stream, and then, after
another long half mile, he came to
andden turn to the right The road
dipped and twisted through the stream
bed, rose to the other side, wound through
the cottonwoodS and then out on The
open turf. Huzzai There Il stretched
up the slopes straight away for the south,
straight through broad gap between
two heavy gate posts standing on the
stake line Of that rigid fence Nolan
broke into q brisk canter and gave Q
neigh Of salutation; PerTy's eyes glistened
with anticipation a. he bent over hia
chargers neck, keenly searching the odd
looking structure growing on his vision
a. they neared the fence. Then, little
BY little, Nolan's eager stride shortened
and grew choppy. Another moment
and horse and rider refined up short In
disappointment Between tho gate posts
swung q barrier Of cobweb ightness,
slender and airy o. spider ever wove, but
bristling with barbs. stiff a. "bullhnchr
and unyielding a. steel One glancs
showed Perry that this inhospitahle gate
was firmly locked
For . moment he sat In saddle, study
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