Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

control s g,ns ior % his skft Nth guns
10 ao,oIao"o Controlled the Udlley for
oad ""g gBuok Courtrey seeks TO usurp
gsorS' Dejeotedlyy El Rey appeqrs,
h,rr hna,,,,,iuo an almost Weless ,'dcu, ys ~,
has has been shot IRON Tnnroa yenroa her last
Ne eaPnn shooting and hands to her
lessor ess,t ~ of pistols. She seeks to learn
rs oem a,,c " OF his murderer and vons
70 ts' get hin,,D "Her }atherSs ,,,So s,nss s,oss
aust beat her 70 tt a r"oe o.T,onS EVSS
marks soys s'" looking t6,oard another
Me o""fu "f,u pay for you both" Btlly
cn,em; ,icd1es allegiance to Thdron
bIJJsshs bIJJWs foTtifes herself prior to dc.
sia,ing tCar on Courtrey.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
A SHE stepped in the open door hei
"A ,uck glance went over the big room
nv a comprehensiveness which cata'
,.nmsd VIII ,ts inmates accurately and IN
NU,eenctiyely., Courtrey was not there
.snnsh his great bay. Bolt, stood out
.nUue ,,ds However, Wylackie Bob was
shSre This man sitting at canvas
co.,enI Of cards, was not one to be pass
pn,,ar easily, He was notorious.
Gu Toii, slow OF action. sleepy-eyed, he
r,os treacherous as a snake, as SWIFT 70
,nove when necessary. He had peen
known to sit as he was now, iuly pay ,,
,ns, man, and be down again at his place,
sdv playing. before the breath was
done In his victim. ,, ,,s
unlike most men of the time and place,
Ne carried only one. u,.,.,.,I
indian. Near him sat the stranger who
sod ridden the slug-head black into
yns, Valley. They both looked UP as
.ha Girl entered and regarded her with
vniles .,
ebs saw, however. that they were to-
.ether. of one interest. There were
tUo or three of the settlers in the store,
Jameson from over under the Rockface
Al the south, Hill from farther up
Thomas from Rolling Cove. She spoke
10 these men quietly and noticed with
an inward thrill the eagerness with
which they responded.
There was an electric something be-
tween them which told her that her
promise had, indeed, gone up and down
the country, that in subtle. unherald-
ed manner she stood in Jim Lasts place,
A head. leader.
She made her purchases without un-
due speech, got two letters in her
fathers name-and these brought q
smarting under her eyelids--tied up her
sack and went out without 30 much as
A glance at the two men in the corner.
Laughter followed her. however. which
set the red blood of anger pulsing in
her cheeks
AT the end OF the store porch she
came face TO face with Courtrey and
Steptoe Service the sheriff of Menlo
county, She swung to one side to
them no word or look, but Service
blocked her way. She raised her eyes
and looked him full in the face. scan
ning his coarse red features coolly.
"Well?" she said sharply.
whats this hear, Tharon2" asked
Service. about you a-makin' threatsY'
what have you heard?" she wanted
wy that you're a-makin' threats" +"
"Yes?"
Yes, sir"
"Well?'
The sheriff flushed darker.
Look here. young woman, he
raised his voice suddenly and on the
instant there was a sound OF boots on
the store floor and the settlers. the two
men in the corner. Baston and two
clerks came crowding out to hear. you
io look a.here-don't you know It's a-gin
n law for any one Z make a threat
like you done, open an above board,
in tn Golden Cloud tn other night?"
Tharon shifted the meal-saclt higher
on her left arm. Courtrey's eyes went
down to her right hand and stayed
there.
The girls upper lip lifted from her
teeth In a sneer that was the acme of
insult. The fire was beginning to play
In her blue eyes.
Law" she said. my God! Law !"
Yes, law!. you young hussy, an
dont you fergit that I represent It."
The girl threw down the sack and
flashed both hands on the gun-butts.
Courtrey. watching. was half-a-second
eehlnd her and stopped with his hands
lowering.
mot much, courtrey," she said. "you
,ast gun man! You're too slow. An
ms atn't your game, anyway. not face
face. You're all right on a dark
nlght-an' from behind. Fine! But
you're a coward. You're what called
you before--an assassin"
she was pale as ashes, her eyes mar
rowed to blazing slits. Jim Last, gun
man was In her like those composite
pictures which show the shadow in
the t,he substance. There was a gasp from
me store porch where Thomas stood
"Th shaking hand covering his lips
u, baston was stuck against his wall
Inv, Me leech, rigid, These men knew
Not a man In Lost Valley could have
uVre II and gotten away with II.
o, Iharon knew It. too, but she did not
An now you know what you are,
stsn st'Teg soyn, III tell tn, same to you,
Yes, courtrey's Iawl Tn law Of ei II:
81 ssn alone-th' law Of thieves-th' law
VI murderers, An you stand for that
;coi, VJ VeI' 3e What were you before you
NO. sTUN IN oath of office? Tell me that
an, ,nnti man who killed old Mike McCrea
~ lo9k his cattle down tn Wall TN
lnols moi. Valley knows it-but we've never
oaTed T TO say it before :"
Soft "e IsoPpodSSh PorSh was lined with people now.
ooS,iooted SonHioed Indians and Mexican
boys sprung from nowhere, COW
silently '%n'ners' an women. they came
y, Inc Inc sheriff's red face was the color
IN n1 "Ver purple and mottled with burst
,ISau I"Se His fingers worked at his
evaS ne ne set his lips, and his small
TbsTToTme nTTer iett the girls face.
apart 'Tn h, crouched a bit. her feet
Sm4ts, S,4S her Angers curled on her gun. @
paIe I'Un M.th nice precision. wet her own
'aae Ups and continued: '"'
laugh W VINO put you in Office? Tha,
Courtro0ot OF an office! Who? why,
murdarcrI Ith biggest thief, tn coolest
there AM NJ tH mns country He put you
did Vauay vau was shot-ln tn back-an'
mnrdynD9a yo9 make one inquiry into the
find a'sr : q, Come out to Lasts, even TO
one one sheriff g.afT N Net YOU There's only
law r.n that wITi II this yalley--one bit O.
msn. man . me me Now. you two fine eentle-
throw tb1 m goin' There's my hand
in i1m tbS IN In r., cards on tn table Shoot ma
out ii in 0"GT tb; IT you've got tn nerve Come
better be IN open an fight! But YOU
n, with that she backed s,ou,,, .,o
e ac"t cb0rcn, Keeping them in view "i'hs
There away away behind me-" she callsd
sound ~ "S Oh a atsph pain opened Instantly the
she wv went HI sngittling feet, Along the porch @
moment or Ssop so >, by step, stopping every
advantage 90 aD 10 Keep close hold on her
poWs%rt %t her faculties at the Ton or T,os ~