Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-11

and ~ ns,yi,ep seeks to oust hsm wv.
But 1oSst s,ont behtnd. He gtVes Thdron
M%s M,t lesson IN shooting o"a ha"do 20
~ his belt OF pistols. smo $50" cnd
sa Earn. the name ot ~ gore % s9ttie have
yoos 10 Io.,g and Thdron thlis out hor
| beer setsIi saio,oers TO defy CotTtrey.
thirty ,gaacE ,r,acs hi Reg and y ohdsed by
Thdron rush She stops at Tho cabin OF
Coar.log q, uniform totth Conrtrey
the Yards behind. "T'hdt. shn SOUS,
L.. ttW tno mon I'm going 10 ~" some
ddy." -
.xn HERE 1T CONTINUES
,.sted in the reflected light.
|pEIE TSoron herself had taken his
any IA hand one day in Baston's
snarleo called him a Thoroughbred. !,
store M ali' IN lost Valley were chary OF
FOLKS saneeryatiye to the last degree.
woras,, ,,n,ne word, the handclasp, the
Lnss' ,Das IN the clear blue eyes, had oeeh
his, g. eurosy; uios Whispered about, as was every
nrsst va happening, and came to the
smallest t-nmrtrey himself. who had prom
ears .i.ss oL So vague things for the future on
ised tnveSui night. But Courtrey was
tt,sv,ns tne % waiting game. ,r lie was op-
pssd'w pp,.sssd with the image or Inaroni a Soo,,, ~
r OF t her at the valleys head. He had
install nsr a. what he wanted. There
awsys eynected to have this CIR! with
fere' .haIienging eyes. the maddeping
r,,c,tS ,us like crimson sumac.
Ellen? ,.,,,,v In motion n
..ns that was to take care OF Eilen;
The thing " hand ts,ross nov ~ w lasts to
p4pav pg usg knew better than to go
,..r the Holding. Bully that he was,
~ ~ vet had sense enough TO know that
10 10 fsar of him dwelt In the huEe OLD
house under the cottonwoous. AZ Lharoh
ler1re ~ rar riders would. The day of the
e,rsd band riding down to take her
az IL not past, passing fast. He re-
,.ii,d the look OF the settlers-poor
spswn saTsT that he hated-whirllng their
IN spIid column behind her to face him that
Ssy from the Cup Rims floor
'aNS aNSa ,Courtrey meant to have the girl
,oms day--to hold in his arms that
scbsd for her ioyelinese. the strong, re-
s,tsnt Young body of her---to safe his
,hIsfs, mouth with kisses. But he
would call her to him of her own viii,
would taste the savage triumph OF see
M her come suing for his mercy.
N Tharon meant TO break Courtrey.
\, meant no less to break her.
outiawry--mob law--they were pitted
AGAINST each other.
And, lifting its head dimly through
ihe smother Of hatred, of wrong, OF re-
weston and reprisal, another law was
struggling toward the light In Lost Val.
l,y-the sane, quiet law OF right and
equality, typihed by the smiling. dark.
eyed mar Of the cabin in the forest
glade.
Courtrey sent word to Tharon-an III
spelled letter. mailed at Baston n's-that
Ne had meant nothing by that race
above the Black Coulee, except another
kiss. There was Courtrey's daring II
the ahronting words.
She sent the letter back to him-rid
hg in on FL Rey alone-with the out
line Of gun traced across II.
THE little wildcat - grinned the man
vshes sure spunky!"
Once again Tharon met Kenset in tn,
days that followed. Riding by the Silve
Hollow she stopped one breathless aft
srnoon, drank of the snow-cold waters
shared them with El Rey. dropped tn,
rein oyer the stations head and fluni
herself full length on thdeearth besid
The spring. A clump of willow tree
grew here, for every spring in Lost Val
ley had its lone Sentinels to call III
presence across the stretching miles. Al
the girl lay nat on her back with he
hands beneath her head. she looked III
into the blue heart of the arching skie
where the fleecy white clouds sailed, an,
4 sense of sweetness and peace cam,
down upon her like a garment.
You're sure some lovely spot, Los
Valley she said aloud, IAN no mistake
know, more'n ever as tn days go b!
that Jim Last was only jolSin' when h,
told me Of those other places out below
Dig as you, lovely as you. II Just ain
possible. Is It. FL Rey, old boy?"
And she moved a booted foot to tn
kings. striped hoof and tapped
nnartly.
Ell Rey, always aloof. always touchy
never sure of temper, jumped an,
nsr feet and fell to speculating idl!
ABOUT the world that lay beyond Los
valley Little she knew of 1t. Only tn,
pref words Of her father from time (,
ume the reluctant speech of Last
ilders, for the master of the HoldinJ
had laid down the law concerning this
HIS daughter was Of the valley. con
mnt He meant her to be 80 always
Inc man who had instilled into he
uonment longing for the flesh
pou' OF the world as he had styled /
Ast's. 4"
he would have received his time an,
gone packing swiftly.
And Tharon was content.
Barring the loneliness that had com
nM Jim Lasts death, she was wei
So she lay by the willows and hum
ned sliding tune. a soft sweet thin
,s minors and high notes falling, lik
ippnhg waters. and lazily watched tn
f'sh white clouds sail by
nnu as she lay she became consciou
b.vIS sISSn'elnlng else in the browsing Ian,
'Se s herself and her horse. She fel
S,hrntst st thls presence-a thin. dir
ksr Ta mat sang in the earth beneat1
e. H. ~ stopped the wordless song oI
y. et ups stilled the breath in her throat
L were, 1T "er 10 listening,
h. .feessehtly she sat up and felt auickl,
(rbs, s gun-butts in their scabbardt
6ut a on nne parted the willows and locke,
irrus er ss ue rolling slopes and levels
IN tron, e,oSgh' A horseman was comm
BoIoua, !he west, making for the Silve
rcSs Sers relaxed on the gun. This ma,
AMI sTralght-like lance, she though
eponSL MS mount was brown, a good
Lost Valley ou' ho s'eeo
keSSSsan eSptaln lacked the fire, the rampIn,
and DE- VI tne lronWoodS, the sDiri
lcnr fSsn ta,n OF the Finger Marks. For ;
I ibanne bane the girl in the willows watch
ross ni; sns Then as they came near sh
He SWa wa. caught FL Reys bride.
silver %ds no gentleman, this big blue
and imnaagI, Mlng, He was savage and viii,
with aperlous, He hated other horse
been qulck hatred sometimes and ha,
UPON NbUwn tSomn to wreak this sudden rag,
So TSan Te'n, IN sickening fury.
brown iSharGn SaGn held him with a stron,
low the "Snu Sn wrapped in the chain he
She o stooS spanish spade bit in his moutI,
golden EMU Csa beside him. waiting n slim
of eve creature, tawny of hair and hin
above bsr and the great horse @ towere, e
BLOWN" "er nightly, his silver man
he ltilau up above his arching neck !,
south wind that came from IN h
never ,orMede made a picture that Kenss
willows ssS as he swung round tb
Ii R.H and faced them u VI
hs strINsyd screamed and pounded v,t,
down WIN WIN noofs, but Tharon jerked bin
Be h stiiI no gentle hand MN
"Why h'i, you bully!" she said sbarnI,
man 10 MISS Last ~ .,t- oiaiply