Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-01-16


at Stone's2
II was quite plain she did not In.
tend to tell anything that would hurt
young Cullison.
Are you expecting to stop In the
hills long-or just vislting2"
YES" Curly answered, with his
most innocent blank look.
"Ycs whlch?"
why, whichever you like, Miss
London What's worrying your If
you'll ask me plain out I'll know how
TO answer you"
$50 you know my manner"
Anything strange about that1 The
Bar 90 Is the London brand. ! saw
your calves In the corral with their
banks still sore. Naturally assume
The young lady | meet here is Miss
Laura London"
WHAT do you want with Sam Cul-
lison? Arc you friendly to hlm2 Or
aren't you?"
Ladies' first. Are you friendly to
him? Or aren't your"
Curly smiled gayly across the table
NJ her A faint echo of his pleasantly
began to dimple the corners of her
mouth. Both Of them relaxed to peals
of laughter, and neither OF them quite
knew the cause of their hilarity.
"Oh, your she reproved when she
had sufficiently recovered.
$50 you thought was detective
or n deputy sheriff. That's certainly
funny"
For all know yet you may be
one"
~ never did see anyone with dis
position so accomplished as yours.
IL you won't put them suspicious to
sleep I'll have TO table my cards"
From his pocket he drew copy of the
Saguache Sentinel and showed her
marked story. maybe that will ex-
plain what I'm doing up on Dead
Cow"
This is what Laura London read:
From Mesa comes the news of an
other case OF bold and fragrant
rustling. On Friday night bunch of
horses belonging to the Bar Double NJ
were rounded up and driven across
the mountains to this city. The
stolen animals were sold here this
morning, after which the buyers set
out Mt once for the border and the
thieves made themselves scarce. IL
is claimed that the rustlers were men,
bers Of the notorious Soapy Stone out
ft. Two of the four were identified, II
Is alleged, as William Cranston, gen.
orally known as Bad Bill and a
young vaquero called Curly Flandrau.
'In case the guilty parties are APP
pretended the Sentinel hopes an ex-
ample will be made of them that will
deter others of like stamp from q
practice that has Of late been far too
common. Lawlessness seems to come
In cycles. Just now the southern tier
of counties appears to be suffering
from such sporadic attack. Let all
good men combine to stamp II out.
The time has passed when Arizona
must stand as synonym for anar-
chy."
She looked up at the young mnn
breathlessly. her pretty lips parted,
her dilated eyes taking him in solemn
ly. A question trembled on her lips.
Are you this man mentioned here?
What's his name-'Curly' FlaDdrau?"
"Yes."
"And you're rustler? Why do
men do such things?" letting the hands
that held the paper drop into her lap
helplessly. you don't look bad. Any
one would think"
Her sentence tailed out and died
away. She was still looking ut Curly,
but he could see that her mind had
flown to some ols else. He would
have bet months pay that she was
thinking of another lad who was wild
but did not look bad
Flandrau rose and walked round the
table to her. much obliged, Miss
Laura. I'll shake hands on that with
you. You've guessed II. Course, me
being so notorious hate to admit 1t,
but | amt bad any more than he Is"
She gave him quick shy look.
you mean this Bad BillT"
"You know who l mean, all right.
His name is Sam Culllson. And you
needn't to tell me where he Is. I'll
find him"
II know you don't mean any harm
to him." But she said 1t as II she
were pleading with him.
Greet. ! don't. Can you tell me
how to get to Soapy Stones ranch
from here, Miss LondonT
She laughed. Her doubts were van
ishing like mist before the sunshine.
Good guess. At least he was there
the last | heard"
"And | expect your information is
pretty recent"
That drew another little laugh, ac-
companied by blush.
Don't you think | have told you
enough for one day, Mr.. Flandraup
THAT Mr. sounds too solemn. My
friends call me Curly" he let her
know.
She remembered that he was
stranger and rustler and she drew
up stifily. This pleasant young fellow
was too familiar.
IF you take this trail TO the scrub