Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-20
,c.,yrioht, 1850. by Dodd. Mead q COZ
ru1s STARTS THE STORY

rharon Last u one of the .toonders
ys.t VoIreu, She and old Anita
,i,oi Bio jim Lasts household jim,
i..otoyioys !. for his skin toith guns, ana
sas controlled the yallsy for ,,, yeqrs; ,;
But Courtrey sceks 70 no ouei ei,,ns ~" Inaro, ron
ssr % last lesson IN. shqoting, and hands
~ Its belt Of pistols. she. seeks to
"a isayn inc name Of his murderer and
co,ps to "oet him." More oattle haze
bser seised, and 1huron onhs ont her
nvuy Tnnyor rides Ell Rey and Is chased bv
r"uyfrsv. She stops at the cabin OF
fhs man IN uniform, tDth Coartrey
~ ,s,, yards behind. "Thdt," she says,
%s ne man I'm going to kai some
day" ...
AND so climbing steadily and In com
n narrative silence these two, whose
b,srts were strong, came at last to the
ion OF False Ridge--a thin knifeblade OF
aone--and looked abruptly and suddenly
down on the other side.
with a little gasp Tharon put hand
Ia her throat, for there. an unbelievably
short distance down. lay the Cup O. God,
without a doubt. A small, round glade
NJ living green, watered by a whisper
ine stream that lost itself the Lord knew
where, It lay ike tiny gem IN the
ouiet about It's edges, for there was here
no sliehtest breath of air. Lush grass
csrpoted It's level floor. And there, al
most directly under the marked way
leading down, lay a tiny camp-the
ashes Of a dead fre, gun against q
and looked as II her very. spirit would
penetrate the Distance blanket spread
On the level earth, on which there lay
the body of a man
II was a trim body, they could see
from where they stood, clad In dark gar
iean limbs close.
"Kenset!" whispered Tharon with
mailing lips. 'Kenset of tn foothills,-
aT-he--looks," she wet those ashy lips,
.ba-looks like he is dead"
without another word she set her feet
~ fast that Billy's heart rose In his
.broat and choked him, and for the first
fine since he could remember he called
s.o .un,.,,t,v ,inon his Maker with honest
revorence, rernra He thought at every slip
.na scramble that she must fall ard go
hU ant that uncanny instinct which had
nrnngbt her this far was at her com.
us prous" s,iii she went down faster than
n .as seemed possible for anything to go,
"a Snsore The rider was able to catch
anu e haa tIeoned 10 the grassy floor,
up sne "s r,,,ninv forward toward that
am an, w., Mr1 on the blanket.
stlll 1orlu ~, ~ .,Ls ", n.iad lilo hugIe
kensee' 1,onast, Sh-payid %
hense. .t.n a. was that the quiet form
anu t.Sh ni,oa ovsr orr it's side. lifted IT.
stirreo, roireu oihowNand held out two
ser on All nr.S .-rotesouely hut were
arms tnat S,.a,, ,,evsr and lie need
eloquen. OIL 1S,.osa ~ .aat;s flung her
hno tne ,i Lnaas gathered nm this
sell on ner 10 Ia Sad heen a child,
suanss it'nn Ma, b,rd against her breast,
pressed MIN naro asainsL ne, saad
and Nssed M Nun },as as tv"n, @ hsr and looked
sne pusneu Iis sto iao asouid see his VERY soul,
into into u as n,,nri,,m II SnG on ber white cheeks
the tears ruhnins Un es.,S, he w'i'e ''eN'
her lips Workins sVunurSS' T,,Ss -.,bis
Inls Wa n,;,,, far,ottfna 81 aI,
ecstasyLtms siaa sT1an1 t,,s Seunra after
the Worio pesioe-'h's fe"aiu
struggle. -,
Billy stood Tor second at tne ioot OF