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his shoulder. Pain and helpless rage burned in the deepset black eyes.
 Nothing at all. Don't you see I'm just taking a nap?" he answered quietly.
 Curly recognized him now. The man was SOapy Stone. Little beads of precipitation stood out all over his fore head A glance showed the reason One of his hands was caught in bear trap fastened to cottonwood. Its jaws held him so that he could not move.
 The young man swung from the back of Keno. He found the limb of forearm below the elbow. This he set close to the trap.
 "Soon as I get the lip open shove her in," he told Stone.
 The rescuer slipped the toes of his boots over the lower lip and caught the upper one with both hands. Slow ly the mouth of the trap opened. Stone slipped in the wooden wedge and withdrew his crushed wrist. By great good fortune the steel had caught on the leather gauntlet he was wearing. Otherwise it must have mangled the arm to a pulp.
 Even now he was suffering a good deal.
 You'll have to let a doc look at 1t, Curly suggested.
 Stone agreed. Reckon I better strike for the Bar 99." His horse had disappeared, but Curly helped him to the back of Keno. Together they took the trail for the Bar 99. On the face of the wounded man gathered the moisture caused by 1se paid.
 lard sledding, looks like" Curly
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to 1yOu."

He had said it as a jest, but Curly did not laugh. Why nOt7 Why shouldn't he hunt up Sam and let him know how his folks were worrying about him? He was footloose till Sep tember and out of a job. For he could not go back to the Map of Texas with his hat in his hand and a repentant whine on his lips. Why not hike into the hills and round up the boy?
 "Damn if don't take q crack at It."
 The man on the other side of the table stared at him.
 Meaning that, are your ' "Yep."
 Might be some lively if Soapy gets wise to your intentions" he said in casual sort of way.
 q don't aim to declare them out loud"
 That was all they said about it at that time. The rest of the evening was devoted to pleasure.
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to Sheriff Bolt.

to Sheriff Bolt.
 "Tow ahcrt hcil?" Malorey asked
 The sheriff smiled. He was long lean leather-faced man with friendly eyes from which humorous wrinkles radiated.
 "Oh, say two thousand"
 You're on"
 "What !'
 A cow-puncher with fifty dollars two weeks after pay day was rarity. No wonder Bolt was surprised.
 "It's not my money. Luck Cullison plained.
 Luck Cullison p Maloney's words had surprised the exclamation from Curly Why should thes owner of the Circle c of all men go bail for him?
 The sheriff commented dryly on the fact. "I thought this kid was the one that shot him"
 That was just happenstance. Curly shot to save his bacon. Luck don't hold any grudge."
 Bolt belonged to the political party opposed to Cullison. He had been backed by Cass Fendrick, sheepman in feud with the cattle interests and in particular with the Circle C. outfit. But he could not go back on his word. He and Maloney called together on the district attorney. An hour later Dick returned to the jail.
 Its all right, kid" he told Curly. "You can shake off the dust of Sa guache from your hoofs till court meets in September"
 To Flandrau the news seemed too good for the truth Less than twenty four hours ago he had been waiting for the end of the road with a rope around his neck. Now he was free to slip a saddle on his pony Keno and gallop off as soon as he pleased.
 While he and Maloney were sitting opposite each other at the New Orleans Hash House waiting for big steak with onions he asked questions.
 'T don't savvy Cullison's play. Why for is he digging up two thousand for me? How does he know I won't cut my stick for Mexico? Do you suppose Miss Kate made him?'
 'I reckon maybe she influenced him. But why did she? You don't figure that curly topknot of yours is disturb ing her dreams any do you?"
 "Quit your joshing and tell me why?'
 q can't tell you for sure. But here's my guess. Don't cost you cent if you an't satisfied with it. FiISt off, there was poor Mac shot by the Circle C boys. Course Mac was d horse thief, but then he was a kid, too. That wor- Tied the little girl some. She got to thinking about Brother Sam and how he might be in the same fix one of these days as you are now. He's on her mind a good deal, Sam is. Same way with the old man too, 1 reckon, though he don't say much. Well, she decided Soapy Stone had led you astray like he's doing with Sam. It got to worrying her for fear her broth CT might need friend some time. So she handed over her worry to the old man and made him dig up for you."
 That's about it. Tell me what you know of Sam"
 Sam Is all right, but he has got off wrong foot first. He and the old man got to kind of disagreeing, for the kid was wild colt. Come by it honestly from the old man, too. We'll, they had row one time when Sam got into trouble. Luck told him he never want ed to see him again. Sam lit out, and next folks knew he was trailing with Soapy's gang"
 Looks like some one ought to be able to pry him loose from that bunch," Curly unused aloud
 MalOney grinned across at him. You try it, son. You've always led a good pious life. He sure would listen to yoI1
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sympathized.
 "Reckon I can stand the grief, '' Stone grunted.
 Nor did he speak again until they reached the ranch and Laura London looked at him from a frightened face. What is it?" "Ran silver in my finger, Miss Laura. Too bad to trouble you" Soapy answered with sheer on his thin lips.
 A rider for the Bar go had just rid den up and Laura sent him at once for the doctor. She led the way into the house and swiftly gathered band ages, a sponge and basin of water. Together she and Curly bathed and wrapped the wound
 Laura was as gentle as she could be.
 'T know Pm hurting you," she said, ner fingers trembling.
 Not bit of it. Great pleasure to have you for a nurse. I'm certainly in luck" Curly did not understand the bitterness in the sardonic face and he resented It..
 That something was wrong between them Curly could see. Soapy was very polite in spite of his bitterness, but his hard eyes watched her as a cat does mouse. Moreover the girl was afraid of him. He could tell that by the timid startled way she had of an- swerng. Now, why need she fear the man? It would be as much as his life was worth to lift hand to hurt her.
 After the doctor had come and had attended to the crushed wrist Curly stepped out to the porch to find Laura.
 ''I'm right sorry for what I said. Miss Laura. Once in a while fel low makes mistake. If he's as big chump as I am it's liable to happen q little oftener. But I'm not really one of those smart guys"
 Out came her gloved hand in the firmest of grips.
 q know that now. You didn't think. And I made mistake. I thought you were taking advantage because I had been friendly. I'm glad you spoke about it. We'll forget it. There's something I want you to do for me-"
 II expect maybe I'll do it."
 Its about that boy he has up there." She gave hopeless little ges. ture toward the hills.
 "Sam Cullison?"
 "Yes."
 "What about him?'
 Hes bent on ruining him, always has been ever since he got hold on him. l can't tell you how 1 know it, but Pm sure-- And now he's more set on it than ever."
 Jealous. is hep
 "Yes. If he can drag Sam down and get him into trouble he'll pay off two grudges at once. And he will too. You'll see. He's willy as an Indian. For that matter there is Apache blood in him, folks say.'
 What about young ACullison? Can't he make fight for himseIf?"
 "Oh, you know how boys are. Sam is completely under this mans intlu- ence." Her voice broke a little. And cant help him. I'm only a girl. He won't listen to me. What Sam needs is man friend. one just as strong and determined as Soapy but one who is good and the right sort of an infiu- ence."
 Are you picking me for that re- sponSible friend who is to be such a powerful influence for goodT Curly asked with smile.
 "Yes-yes, am." She looked up at him confidently.
 Curly met her on the ground of her own seriousness. 'I'll tell you some thing, Miss Laura. Maybe you'll be glad to know that the reason I'm gO- ing to the horse ranch is to help Sam CullisOn if I can.''
 He went on to tell her the whole
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story of what the CullisonS had done for him. In all that he said there was not one word to suggest such thing, but Laura London's mind jumped the gaps to a knowledge\ of the truth that Curly himself did not have The young man was ill love with Kate Cullison. She was sure of it.
 When Curly walked back into the house, Stone laid down the paper he had been reading. .-
 "I see the Sentinel hints. that MT. Curly Flandrau had better be lynched," he jeered.
 'The Sentinel don't always hit the bull's-eye, Soapy," returned the young man evenly. Ut thinks I belong to the Soapy Stone outfit, but we know haven't that honor.''
 Soapy drowned at him under sthe heavy eyebrows that gave him so men, acing an effect.
 Better come back with me to the ranch till you look around"
 "Suits me right down to the ground if it does you"
 Some one came whistling into the house and opened the door of the room. He was big lank fellow with a shotgun in his hands. From Mis- souri, was stamped all over his awk- ward frame. He stood staring at his unexpected guests. His eyes, clashing with those of Stone, grew chill and hard.
 '.So yo re back here again, are you?" .,,e a~ted looking pretty black.
 Stones ''r smile mock"d him. 4 den. know new you gIe<sad 1t, but I sure am here
 "Didnt tell you to keep away from the Bar 90 you and your whole cursed outft?'
 "Seems tc me you did mention some- thing of that sort. But how was l to know whether you meant it unless came back to see?"
 ranged herself beside her father. Her hand rested lightly on his forearm.
 "He got caught in one of your bear traps and this young man brought him here to wait for the doctor," she ex- plained.
 "Hmp"
 The Missourian stared without civil ity at his guest, turned on his heel, and with his daughter beside him marched out of the room. He could not decently tell Stone to leave while he was under the care of a doctor, but he did not intend to make him well come. "We'll pull our freights right away, Curly" Stone announced as soon as his host had gone.
 The young man went to the stable and saddled keBo. While he was tight ening the cinch a shadow fell across his shoulder He did not need to look round to see whose it was.
 'Tm so glad you're going to the horse ranch. You will look out for Sam. I don't know why, but I have the greatest confidence in you," the owner of the shadow explained Sweetly.
 Curly smiled blandly over his shoul- der at her. "Fine! That's q good up lifting line of talk, Miss Laura. Now what is it I'm to do for yOu?"
 She blushed and laughed at the same time. Her hand came from behind her back In it was letter.
 That's to be my pay for giving Master Sam his billy doc, is it?"
 "How did you guess? It is letter to Sam''
 "HOw did I guess it? Shows I'm sure, wiz, don't it?'
 She saw her father coming and handed him the letter quickly.
 "Here. Take it." A spark of mis- chief lit her eye and the dimples came out on her cheeks. "GoOd-by, Curly"
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CHAPTER ".
A Bear Trap.

The winding trail led up to the scrub pines and from there north into the hills. Curly had not travelled far when he heard the sound of gun fired three times in quick succession. He stopped to listen. Presently there came a faint call for help.
 Curly cantered around the shoulder of the hill and saw a man squatting on the ground. He was stopped for ward in an awkward fashion with his back to Flandrau.
 What's up?"
 At the question the man looked over
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TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE
To the Property Owners of Little River County Arkansas:
Gro be continued)

will be the following
  ounty for the 1920:
 to the Board while 
  ,ery is located. Should fail this will with 26 penalty Don't While in session. do not to with
 Dates and Places of Assessment. Lick Township Red River Jackson Township, Wallace Friday May Franklin Johnson township Ogden Wednesday Thursday May Arden Township. Arden Friday Saturday Township, Arknda Burke Township Alene Wednesday Cleveland Township. Wilton Jeff Davis Township, Miller School 24 Jeff Davis Township School Tuesday Caney Township, Wednesday, May Clancy Township, Pauey School House. Thursda River Township Richland Township, Criten Ridge, May Township 2, B. 4, Cleveland Township, White Cliffs Monday June q. Township Saturday wv. GRAY, Tax Assessor, Little River County,
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  Bters is lkedDrug special
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
LIE US START SOMETHING

Let us try to start something here
this year that will make 1t an object
tokeep some of our good money at
home. We have been investing in all
kinds of outside schemes and sending
money out of town to help build up
other communities. 1t is about time
to turn our attention to home enter
prises with the view Of keeping our
money and dividends, IL any, in circu-
lation In our own community. There
is scarcely a day or week but what
one or more solicitors are canvassing
the town for subscribers for stock in
new enterprises and the pastures
across the fence look better than our
own. They get the money, for the
reason that they ask for small amounts
to build up a working capital for the
new companies they are starting. We
leave the management in the hands
of persons we never heard of before
In Brookings. IL some one would take
the initiative, we might form stock
companies to engage in several enter
prises in which money could be made
and the management be placed in the
hands Of people whom we know Small
amounts could be invested and more
profitable returns could be guaranteed
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
DEMANDS PROTECTION

New York Tribune-The public will
have to pay the cost of railroad reor.
ganization. Wages have gone up.
Rates must go up, for railroad service
is about the cheapest service in the
market today. Railroad earnings have
been held down artifcially for years,
while earnings in other industries have
scared.
The public is not unwilling to give
the railroads a fair deal and to see
railroad wages maintained or even in
creased. But if it must stand the cost
OF all this it ought to have guarantees
OF protection against an interruption
of transportation. Strikes in a govern
ment-controlled industry are an anach-
ronism, for the government itself pro
Vldes adequate machinery through
which disputes over wages and profits
may be solved.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
ROAD BUILDING PROSPECTS

High prices and scarcity OF materials
of all kinds will prevent much hard
surfacing of roads this year. Counties
that have been agitating the building
of cement roads have decided to wait
until conditions are more favorable.
In Minnehaha county they have about
decided to build a mile, perhaps four,
of hard surfaced road as samples and
wait for better conditions. Over in
Minnesota. an average Of about nine
miles OF hard surfaced road per county
is being projected for the year 1920,
while for every mile of cement road
something like thirty miles of grading
and graveling win be undertaken. The
hard surfaced roads will be scattered
in small stretches through sixty coun-
ties. In no considerable section will
such roads be continuous. One county
engineer admits that the highways are
rather patchy." y has been the pol
icy to Ak up the worst places first.
One OF the results is. that the places
between are now the worst places and
need fixing. The road question win
always be vital one and will need
constant consideration.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
MANY MEN INTERESTED

The big Laymen's Conference Of the
interchurch Movement, held in Pitts
Durgh the first Of February. developed
the fact that men of means, of busi-
ness of education and men in the
ordinary walks of life, are all deenIv
interested in the successful outcome
OF this movement. Workingmen as
well as financiers, were among those
IN attendance. The fact that the move
ment does not deal with questions of
falth and order, but rather with busi-
ness methods and efficient planning.
IS the one thing that appeals to the Law
mlnd. The man in the pew has al
ways questioned the business cana.
blllty OF church leadership, and now
that this great movement calls for
the application of those very business
principles in which he believes. to the
administration of church affairs, the
rank and file of the Christian army
are bound to take more interest in
the work that is to be done for God
Laymen conferences viii no doubt be
held later in the various states To
carry on the work so well begun
The survey Of the state by the Inter
church Movement seems to show that
the most virile development in moral
sentiment is taking place in the new
parts of the state oDened up to set
tlement in what may be termed the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12

tolling the virtues of some presi-
Dental candidate thus early in the
game. Either that matter is paid for
or 1t isn't. Some OF the papers stick
by their guns and label the stuff as
paid advertising. And If we are to
believe the protestations of the re-
mainder of the journals as to office
waste baskets overflowing with free
junk" we must conclude that there is
some remuneration in the publication
of this presidential potpourri. We have
received offers from at least three
presidential candidate headquarters to
furnish us with all the "free" plate
and clip-sheet matter we can use, but
the reply blanks have long since van
ished into smoke via the Office chin
ney route. Editorially we will sup
port whom we please, but any candi-
date who thinks he can monopolize
our advertising columns on the free"
plan has another guess coming. Print
paper is too costly and too hard to get
to be utilized in this manner
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12

Very few people in Office work take
half that much exercise in walking
daily. They may get plenty of fresh
air by the gasoline route but that does
not suffice to supply enough oxygen
for the publication OF the blood if one
is hearty eater and that may be the
reason that office-workers break down
early In life or succumb to contagious
diseases when they are prevalent. 1t is
said that every corpuscle of blood in
our bodies travels on an average of
seven miles per day. If that is the
case they set us a good example in
the matter of taking proper exercise.
Very few people nowadays ever set
out for Il stroll for the sake OF exer-
else. To force ones self to walk alone
for the mere sake of exercise, is not
exercise but work. The proper way
to do is to banter a friend to take a
walk with you and In that way exar-
else will be pleasure not a task In
larger towns they have what are called
hiking clubs" and are enthusiastic
about them. 1t is true there are more
things to see than in smaller towns
in open countries, but even in these
places many things of interest can be
found if one takes the trouble to look
them up. How many here can say
that they have walked the length and
breadth Of Brookings on every street
in the city? Only such a one san say
that he knows the place he lives in
from end to end.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
PROGRAM OF PRESS MEETING

The following program for the win
ter meeting of the South Dakota Press
Association, to be held in Huron, Feb
ruary 10 and 20, has been announced
by the secretary:
Should Advertising Rates of a Coun
try Weekly Be Based on Circulation
or Should Flat Rate Be Named
George Schlosser, washington Springs
Republican.
How Should Amount of Advertising
and Reading Matter Be Proportioned
in Order to Do Justice to Both Adver
tisers and Subscribers, Keeping in
Mind the Print Paper Problem p
Paul butcher, Brookings Register.
How to Meet Increasing Prices OF
Print Paper and Material-L. r. East
wood, Watertown Herald.
South Dakota's Growth and Pros
perity; the Relation of the Press OF
the State Thereto-Hon Chas. Nc.
Caffree, Commissioner Of immigration
Thsrty-five Years of Fun in a Print
Shop-C. r. Tinan, former editor OF
the Kimball Graphic.
The Newspaper Survey of South Da.
kota Newspapers, What 1t Shows and
What ! Would George
A. Starring, Professor Of Agricultural
Journalism. State College.
Loyalty to Country and the Public
Press-John Longstaff, former editor
of the Daily Huronite.
Should the South Dakota Press AS
soctaticn Have 3 Paid Secretary Who
Would Devote All His Time to It's In
terests. and Why?-C. E. Besanscon,
Blunt Advocate.
My Plan for Press Association
News Bureau-Paul w. Keiser, Pub
licity Director Northern Normal.
Under the Present Price OF Print
Paper and Postage Charges, is a $500
Subscription Price Sufficient? My Ex-
perience in Raising to $2.50-B. E.
Lloyd. Arlington Sun.
Is the Average Newspaper Plant
Keeping UP With Other Industries in
Providing Desirable Working Condi-
tions?-W. C. Lusk, Yankton Press
and Dakotan.
Presidents Address-Irwin d. Aid.
rich, Big Stone Headlight.
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TOO MUCH PROPAGANDA

Dakota Republican, our political
probosis operates correctly. we be.
lieve we scent the subsidization of a
few newspapers OF the state by GER
tain Of the candidates for the presi-
dency. These journals are noted for
refusing to publish q lot Of the 'sfree
Ijunk' that comes every week to every
newspaper once. and vet their col
umns are more or less devoted to ex-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12

northwest quarter of the state Lack
Of railway facilities do not dishearten
these people and with the use of autos
and the aid of the parcel post they
are doing wonders to build up the
educational and religious life of their
part of the world
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12
HARP OR PITCHFORk?

Host-"Won't you try a piece of my
wife's angel-cake?"
Guest-"Will it make an angel of
me?"
Host-"That will depend on the kind
of life you have ed!"-Blighty.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-02-12

Voees - Ssss~ y
The syndicate writer's on the sub
iect OF health are always advising peo-
pie OF sedentary habits to take more
out door exercise. As one writer puts
il. every person ii sedentaEy occu-
pafaon ought TO take two miles Of
oxyxsn thrse times : day on the hoof."
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HE KNEW

Sunday School Teacher-"Where dc
all little boys and girls go to who dc
hot put their pennies in The collection.
tox?"
Pupil-"Please, MN, to the pic.
lures" Patterson Press-Guardiap