The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-18


fugitive riders dashed back and forth
/ with curses and yens across the mar
| row valley. If il had been Whispering
Smiths intention TO raise a larse-sized
row. II was apparent that ne had been
| successful. Rebstcck, driven to desper-
alton, held council after council to de-
termine what TO dc. Sorties were dis
cussed. am5ushes considered. and d
pitched battle was planned. But, while
ideas were plentiful. no one aspired to
lead an attack on Whispering Smith.
Moreover. Williams Cache, it was con-
coded, would i'm the end be wOrsted if the
company and the cowmen together seri-
Ously undertook with men and unlim-
tied money to clean it out Whispering
Smiths party had no explanation 10
offer foS the roundup, but when Reb-
stock made it kHcwn that the fight was
over sending out Du Sang, the rage Of
the rustlers turned OF Du Sang. Again,
however, no man wanted to take up
personally with Du sang the question
of the reasOnahleness OF Whispering
Smiths demand. Instead of doing so,
they fell on Rehstcek and demanded
that If he were boss he make good and
send Du Sang out.
OF al this commCtion the railroad
men saw only the outward indications.
~ AllN AAtAANltlEilA STEW OtA UOtn SUES
there was perhaps a little more of dis
play in the way the cattle we're run in.
especially when some long-lost bunch
was brought to light and welcomed with
yells from the center. A steer was killed
at noon, everybody fed, and the line
moved forward. The wind, which had
slept i'm the sunshine of the morning
rose in the afternoon, and the dust
whirled in little clouds where men or
animals moved. From the center two
men had gone. back with the cattle gath
cred up to that time and Bill Dancing
with Smith, Stormy German and two
of the cowboys were heading a draw to
cross to the north side of the Cache
when three men rode out into the road
500 yards ahead and. halted.
Whispering Smith spoke: There
come our men: stop here. This ground
in front of US looks good TO me; they
may have chosen something over there
that suits them better. Feel your guns
and we'll start forward slowly: don't
take your eyes of the bunch, whatever
you 60, Bill, you go back and help the
men with the cattle: there will be four
of us against three then
Not for miner said Bill Dancing.
bluntly You may need help from an
old fool yet. I'll see you through this
and look after the cattle afterward"
''Then. Stormy, one or two of you go
back" urged Whispering Smith, speak
ing to the cowboy foreman without
turning his eyes There's no need of
FIVE of US in this"
But Stormy swore violently. you
go back yourself" exclaimed Stormy
when he could control his feelings.
Wen bring them fellows in for you in
ten minutes with their hands in the air"
4 know you would; I know IT, But
I'm paid for this sort of thing and you
are not, and I advise no man TO take
unnecessary chances. If you all want
to stay, why, stay; but don't ride ahead
of the line and let me do all the talk
ing. See that your guns are loose
you'll never have but one chance to pull,
and don't pull till you're ready. The al
binO is riding i'm the middle now, isn't
he? And a little back, playing for a
quick drop. Watch him. Who is that
on the right? Can it be George Sea-
grue? Well, this is a bunch. And
guess Karg is with them"
Holding their horses to a slow walk.
the two parties gingerly approached
each other, When the Cache riders
halted the railroad riders halted: and
when the three rode the five rode; but
the three rode with absolute alignment
and acted as one, while Whispering
Smith had trouble in holding his men
back until the two lines were fifty feet
apart.
BY this time the youngest of the cow
boys had steadied and was thinking
hard. Whispering Smith halted. In
perfect order and sitting their horses
as if they were riding parade. the Cache
riders advanced in the sunshine like one
man. When Du Sang and his compan-
ions refined up. less than twelve feet
separated the two lines.
in his tan shirt Du Sang, with his
yellow hair, his white eyelashes, and his
narrow face, was the least impressive
of the three men. SeagFue rode on the
right, his aorid blood showing under the
tan on his neck and arms. He spoke to
the cowboys from the ranch, and on the
left the young fellow Karg, with the
broken nose, black-eyed and alert. looked
the men over in front Of him and nodded
to Dancing. Du Sang and his compan-
ions wore shOrt-armed shirts; rifles were
slung at their pommels, and revolvers
stuck in their hip-scabbards. Whisper
ing Smith, in his dusty suit of khaki,
was the only man in either line who
showed no revolver, but a hammerless
or muley Savage rifle hung across his
pommel.
Du Sang, blinking. spoke first.
Which of you fellows is heading this
Tound-up?"
Il am heading the roundup" said
Whispering Smith. Why? Have we
got some of your cattle?"
The two men spoke as quietly as
school teachers. Whispering Smiths
expression in no way changed. EXCEPT
that as he spoke he lifted his eyebrows
a little more than usual
On Sang looked at him closely as he
went on: What kind of a way is this
to treat anybody? To ride into a valley
like this and drive a mans cows away
from his door without notice or paper?
Is your name Smith2"
Ny name is Smith; yours is Du Sans.
Yes. I'll tell You. Du Sang. / carry an
inspectors card from the Mountain
Stock assOCiatiOn-GO you want to see
it? When we get these cattle to the
Door, any man in the Cache may come
forward and prove his property I shall
leave instructions TO that effect when
we so. for 7 want you 10 go to Medicine
Bend with me, Du SANG. as soon as con-
venient. and the men that are with me
viii finish the roundup"
What do YOU want me for? There's