Cheyenne record., 1916-09-21


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| gion. tpil :.fpx 4ncererew 1teadily,
and deSpfte the tsA1ned work for ev'
cry man knew this business. Il rushed
Ethes famssS through the upderKrowth
faster than :lfheys cnnld D handle it'
Daily. black With smoke and sshss, .a.'
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theels, iHntchiuS Hisf isisasn'
ing a everything. .he could listening
| picking up. catching ON With AEht.
nfng rapidly. He knew himself 10
| be ignorant. and where he was the
head with his interest at stake he
| must MAKE himself competent.
BY night Daily was grim and silent
hoarse with shouting. and he stamped
into the porch. where the women
watched the flames that flared red
against the night in q hundred
places on the west ridge and up the
hills on both sides at the cutting.
"STetz, honey" he rasped. "I1l have to
,cahi On you agin. They's a new
one oyer the first shoulder toward
| the East Belt-up in tn old cuttin'
Ride down TO Toledo an tell EN- to
send tn town. Well need 'em all.
can't spAfefia man-I've sent out
six to hunt thu, devil behind this. an
II ketch him I'll kill him. damn
him!"
"Son!" said Ma from the shadows.
So Siletz and Black Bolt and Coos
nah thundered down through the
darkness to save the Dillingworth.
and the heart In the girls breast was
throbbing with anxiety for Sandry-
black as Daily. and AZ rough looking.
fighting with his lesser strength. q
Westerner at last by every sign.
By midnight the town was there,
and Daily saw among the crowd Har-
ris, his old saw-fler. young Anwor-
thy and several more of those who
had deserted to the god of gold. They
kept sheepishly In the background,
but they were there for the common
good that Daily had spoken of-they
would have answered call from a
real enemy in such crisis. for that
is the way Of the West.
Ma Daily. passing her interminable
tin cups Of coffee-she had brought a
great iron kettle and boiled 1t over a
fire on the ground-stopped before
Anworthy, the curly headed boy Of
whom she was very fond. with hand
on his shoulder.
I'm mighty glad to see you, SON"
she said kindly. and the young scape-
goat had the grace to blush.
Destiny was against the Dilling-
worth. The wind leaped and shout
ed up between the hills and by mid
night the flames suddenly leaped up
as II a restraint had been removed.
Huge, red streamers flung themselves
out against the black night sky.
reaching half way to the zenith.
Dense clouds Of smoke leaped and
bellied to the heavens, while the roar
that appalls q woodsman's heart began
to sound throughout the hills.
John Daily, working like giant,
went white beneath his CRIME ct
sound of 1t.
my God!" he cried hoarsely. it's
goin' away from us!"
And Sandry. halted . pace away
by that cry Of despair, looked upon
| A.. a.n& ,,aony cwroof aa0ht NJ ,}a 13Po
More men!" shouted the foreman
hoarsely. "You Harris. go telephone
to Corvallis for more men,"
"It's done. Johnny" said Ma Daily.
painting in the light, her sleeves
rolled up from brown. capable arms.
'T sent sIetz some time back. She's
callin' fer all the stations between. = ,
The valley was as light as day. illu.
mined all up and down its length, and
three horsemen were Looping up It's
level floor. Lean, 1.-THE men they
were, clad in sober khaki, and they
leaped from their horses with busi-
nesslike alacrity. dropping reins over
saddle horns instead of on the ground.
Those three horses were well trained,
intelligent aids, ready to stand for
hours in one spot, to come at q
whistle, and they wanted no drag.
ging straps to hinder.
We're forest rangers" announced
the spokesman. quick-eyed. steady
young chap. to Sandry, give me your
men,"
Thank tn Lord!" said Daily fer
vently, take command"
The newcomer talked q moment
with his two companions, motioning
!, dividing localities. sketching a quick
plan. Then he gathered twenty men
putting them under one Of his aides.
Go up over that RIDGE" he direct
ed briefly. "and cut forty-foot fall