The Little River news., 1920-05-26

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 The words were flung at Flandrau, but plainly they were meant as challenge for Cullison. l Fendrick passed to the rear room
 for a drink. His impudence needed fortifying, for he knew that since he | had embarked in the sheep business he
 was not welcome at this club. that in fact certain members had suggested
 his name be dropped from the books
 Before he returned to the poker table 1 the drink he had ordered became
 three.
 The game was over and accounts were being strengthened. Culison was the heavy loser. The settlement showed that the owner of the Circle | was twenty-five hundred dollars be, hind the game. He owed Mackenzie twelve hundred. Flandrau four hun. dred, and three hundred to Yesler With Fendrick sitting in an easy | chair just across the room, he found 1 It little difficult to say what other wise would have been a matter of course
 My banks busted just now, boys. Have to ask you to let it stand for few days-say till the end of the | week"
 Fendrick laughed behind the paper he was pretending to read. He knew quite we'll that Luck's word was as good as his bond, but he chose to Sug gest a doubt.
 Maybe you'll explain the joke to us Cass,". the owner of the Circle o said very quietly.
 'Oh, I was just laughing at the things see, Luck" returned the younger man with airy offense, his eyes on the printed sheet. Any law against laughing"
 CullisOn turned his back on him. enough, boys" Without looking again at Fendrick he led the way to the street.
 The young man, left alone, cursed softly to himself and ordered another drink. He knew he was overriding it, OuS lAAC "COllhS W1tA SulllSOh huu uh7 noyed him exceedingly. The men had never been friends, and of late years they had been leaders of hostile camps. Both of them could be Overbearing, and there was scarcely a week but their interests Overlapped. Finally had come open hostility. Cass leased from the forestry department the land upon which Cullison's cattle had al ways run free of expense. Upon this he had put sheep, thing in itself Of great injury to the cattle interests. The stockmen had all been banded to- gether in opposition to the forestry ad- ministration of the new regime, and Luck regarded Fendrick's action as treachery to the common cause. He struck hard. In Arizona the open range is valuable only so long as the water holes also are common property or private supply avail able. The Circle c cattle and those of Fendrick came down from the range to the Del Orc to water at a point where the canyon walls opened to spreading valley. This bit of meadow Luck homesteaded and fenced on the north side. thus cutting the cattle of his enemy from the river.
 Cass was furious. He promptly tore down the fence to let his cattle and sheep through. Cullison rebuilt it, put up shack at point which command ed the approach, and set guard upon it day and night. Open warfare had ensued, and one of the sheep herders had been beaten because he persisted in crossing the dead line. Now CullisOn was going to put the legal seal on the matter by making final proof on his homestead. Cass knew that if he did so it would praCe tically put him out of business. He would be at the mercy of his foe, who could ruin him if he pleased. Luck would be in position to dictate terms absolutely.
 Fendrick felt that there must be some way out of the trap if he could only find it. Whenever the thought of eating humble, pie to Luck came into his mind the rage boiled in him. He swore he would not do it. Better a hundred times to see the thing out to fighting finish.
 Taking the broad-brimmed gray hat he found on the rack Cass passed out of the clubhouse and into the sun bathed street.
 Cullison and his friends proceeded down Papago- street to the old plaza where their hotel was located. All along the route they scattered mods of recognition, friendly greetings and genial banter. One of them-the man who had formerly been the hard-rid- ing, quick-shooting sheriff of the coun- ty--met also seowls once or twice. to