The Arvada enterprise., 1920-09-02

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too often. When he picked himself
out Of the dust I've seconds later. he
was the maddest man In Arizona. Like
bull he lowered his head and rushed.
Curly side-steppsd and dashed out hard
With his left. :
1t was a slsdge-hammef bout with
no rules except to hit the other man
often and hard. Curly watched his
chance. lodged q wild swing and
threw himself forward hard with his
shoulder against the chest Of the con-
Wet. The man staggered back, tripped
on the lowest step Of the porch and
went down hard. The fall knocked
the breath out Of. him.
Had enoughr demanded Curly.
For answer Blackwell bit Fiandrau's
thumb savaSsly.
"sincs you like It 20 well. have an
other TASTE" Curly. now thoroughly
angry. sent . short-arm Jolt to the
mouth.
The man underneath tried to throw
him of. but Flandrau's fingers found
his hairy throat and frightened.
you're killing mel" the convict
gasped.
"Enoughr
"Y-yeA"
Curly stepped back quickly. ready
either for knife or q sunplay. Black
well got to his fest and went into the
house. swearing to get even. His face
was livid with fury.
You wouldn't think Q little thing
like q whaling given fair and square
would make man hold q grudge. Ny
system has absorbed several without
doing 1t any harm" Sam stopped to
inspect a rapidly discolorins sye.
"say. Curly. be hung . peach Of q
lamp on you"
Soapy made no comment In words.
but he looked At Fiandrau with q new
respect. For the first time . doubt a.
to the wisdom Of letting him stay at
the ranch crossed his mind.
His suspicion was justified. Curly
had been living on the edge q Q secret
for weeks. Mystery Was In the air.
Moro than once he had turned q cor
nsf to fnd the other four whispering
over something. Occasionally . man
had ridden int the yard late at night
foe . private talk with Stone, shd
Curly was morally certain that Be
man was the little eowpunchsf nnfeh
Of the Cifeis.0
Through II all Curly wore Q manner
Of open coondencs. But an the time
his brain was busy with questions.
What were they up TOT What was II
they had plannsdf
Stone and Blackwell rode away one
morning. 10 Curly the word was
given that they were going to Mssa.
Four days latsr Soapy returned alone.
Lutte had found job. b said.
THAT q paper sticking out Of your
pocketf" F1andrau asked.
Soapy. still astrids his horss. tossed
the Saguachs Sentinel to him a. he
turned toward the stable.
Caught between the folds Of the %.
per was q railroad time table. 1t was
q schedule Of the trains Of the Texas.
Arizona 4 Pacific for July. Curly
turned the pages idly TIL Q psnciled
marking caught his eye. Under Num-
Der - time was scrawled. Just below
Saguachs. the words Tin Cup. and
opposite them the figures 1919. The
express was due to leave Saguache at
9:67 In the evening. From there II
pushed up to the divide and slid down
with air brakes set to Tin Cup three
thousand feet lower. soapy could not
want to catch the train fifteen miles
the other side Of Sasuachs. But this
note o. the margin showed that he
was interested In the time II reached
the water tank. There must b Q req.
son for II.
rlandrau's doubt had been convert.
ed into 4 lively suspicion. Presently
he took gun and strolled OF to shoot
birds. What he really wanted was to
be alone that he could think the matter
over. Coming home In the dusk. he
saw Stone and young Cullison with
their heads together down ~ the cor
raj. Curly sat down % . rock and
watched them. himself unobserved.
They appeared to b rshearsins some
kind Of . scene, u which Soapy was
stage director.
The man on the rock smiled grimly.
They're having = quarrel, looks like.
Now the kills telling Soapy to
90 to Guinea. and Soapy's paving
around mad % q bull moose. It's all
q play. They don't mean II. But
whyr
Curly's mind was % full ol guessss
that his poker was NOT up 10 par that
night. About daylight b. began to ~
his way Into the mass. His arst gieam
Of light was when . row started b.
tween soapy and Cuilison. Before
anyone could say . word to stop them
they wers going through with that
identical corral quarrel.
T1andrau knew now that they had
been preparing Il for bis benefit.
Cranstoo clipped h against Sam and.
to keep W appearances, Curly backed
the boy. Tho quarrel arew furiouA
AZ last San drove bic ast down on the
table and said ~ w,U through WITH
the OUTFIT and WAS going back to