Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-06
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Tioron Last " ono " n,J Anifs
a, Lost Valley; She % or" Sonsshoid
control noyyorioi.s for MS skii toith
i'm Sy ms controlled the udlley lor
0uNs, o"p pyt Courtrev seeks 20 onst
ysorS ,in, IL shot from behind. re
W. h. Tharon her Iast lesson W snoo.
S' and hands TO her ms oem o. ~
o,s,oi. she seeks S 20 yo,ss 10 Sget
q @ ,to,s cattle haze been setsed,
Mn n, ,aron % calls out her thirty Jollop-
ava w, Courtrey. Clevc lVhhmore
org: uy yEoYytrey 6ut his heart Is not
n Courteys Dome' -
AVID HERE 1T CONTINUES
,.n,,rov. who kept close count Of the
iavors nv in his debt and paid him
Ceye S,v Srep wage. So It was. that when
nlsssnswiy organized vjgilnntes unaer
M,.ron sms Last came out " proa1 Gay amo .
,ooH back their own tr1,n tbn stponsbslS
herds, usSd quietly TO himself In SYM
natby with the DEFY.
pau, ~ enough" he told the wide SKY
"G0od once as he rode herd under
and tne ,,ng rccklands, hope GOO
the ens gits him good an plen.y' ,y,.
some onS oTourtrey was hard TO get HIS
bu' and iieutenants were p,ckeu hieh'
aloes Az gas like u king In MS CONAN.
u, ,r, I, strife and ferment seemed un- n.,
AL ~ The calm surface IN Loss s.S tbs roll. lie
irses u.eu where the forests came down
ng M slop EASTERN plains. UP among tne
TO the a oaks. the ridges and the age,
pines anu a.,'u,,bied rocks David kenset nao
xcrI hia IDEAL spot, his GLADE wnere tne ne
follnu s,ood guard and a taking ssea, ns
p, run down. High on the wooht that hope
he nag se bn had told Tharon. from
q wn,'"b be had hired three men y
Corysn bv the name Of Drake ana nls
teamsS, teans and together they had te.iea
wv SSressed trees enough for capIn, cIIas
,uiS sTS them up with clay brougnt n.e ,,,ith
an @ mule back, roofea the vItb n froe, and
!haheS a rssult was pleasing, indeed, u,,as tnis
.er sne straight from the far eastern e,''.o, .
man M 81" cabIn faced southwest, set ~
lno,e lue to command the circled glaoe,
an ~ adropping slopes, the distant prahsn
lands, the wooded line OF the tnyeia and
Benu, a. The gently undulating. valley;
s,a srI,h the mighty Rockface OF the va, wa,
WIN, WIN iILa n mystery beyond. hehses
ri,, r,Su,s si, trees at the west and south OF
tSs gIade, thus forming O spleno,d Sooi
s,ay into his retreat, through WnISn e., ~,
,biss shcne in. like those wonaerau, os
atNhan
!, 'r Inv TOYS that fit the narrowed eye.
pafore the cabin was finished, Sterret.
,rho ran the regular pack-train, prousn'
!, "o string of trunks and boxes wnlcn
caused much curious comment III I
van These came up. after much uens
to be dumped in the door yast yasa felt Sl 's as
~ Ov The gateway to the outside worlo
might close and he care very little.
"''hny tIars vas the wilderness, In all yer,
i,v. here was work, that greatest o,
boons hero we're health and plenty ana
the hazard of outlawry, that ne wa Wa
beginning to dimly sense under n'
calmly flowing currents OF Lost Ds,,ess na"I m,
slim girl who had backed out from .
group Of men that first day oil ms coin'
he-backed out with her guns upoi
them. himself Included, and mounted
silver stallion, whose like he had no
known existed. In fact, kenset nae
thought he knew horses, but ne stooa II
Of Lost Valley-the magnificent Iron
wood bays of Courtrey's. with thei
wonderful long names and tails ina
shone like lady's hair, the Flnge
Marks which he had seen once or twice
and marveled at. ,,
with the opening of the boxes. tn
cabin In the glade took on IA look o
nOl1lt, VI ~ VIC $4,000 =
woven Of strong cord in green ant
brown came out and went down on tn
rough floor, leather runners were num-
on the two tables. a student lamp o
nickel, pair of old .candlesttcks II
hammered brass added their touch Q
geam and shine to table and shel
above the hearth; college pennants. II
all the colors OF the rainbow, were hum
about the walls between four fine print
In sepa gay cushions, much the wors
for wear. landed in the handsome
chairs, and lastly, but far from beinl
least, three long shelves beneath th'
northern windows were filled to the las
inch with books.
When all these things had been pu
in place Kenset stood back and sur
veyed the room with a smile In hi
dark eyes
Some spot" he said aloud, 'som'
spot"
On tho small table that was to DE-
duty as desk in the corner between
me southwest window and the fireplac'
ne stacked neatly u mass OF literature
az marked with the same peculiar shield
of the pine trees and the big u. s. that
shone always on his breast.
10 the brakes these things were OF
quick interest, but they asked no ques-
tions
When the last thing had been done
sn"on o'n uiey set 70 "O'h anu puilt
smaller cabin for the good brown
horse which Kenset had bought far
Gown to the south and west In the Coast
country for Sam Drake told him that
LOST valley locked it's doors to all the
world In winter He would house his
ohig friend as no housed himself.
When the brakes, father and sons
,OaS we're gone back down to, Corvan fol
so1l, henset stretched himself, phys
SLy ana mentally, and began his life
N me last frontier.
ne began to be out from dawn to
%ik, riding tho ridges, exploring the
NMooued slopes. the boldly upsweepInl
breasts breasts of the nameless mountains
wsss wsShs friends with the rugged land. 1,
sIisn. beautiful country. hushed anG
Iem'' nInau' save Tor the soft song of the
v,"es, the laughter Of streams that rar
W. WIN me valley, cold as snow and clear az
,,n strange flowers nodded on tai
~ hs IN glade and opening, peeped from
70, ~ nat earth by stone and moss-bed
war; ptras were here, though squirrels
TN ~ some slant watching him intentIy
bsInSe invariably rode rapidly away or
tntns ts discovered, not troubling to re.
abova nS salute OF a hand waved high
Funny tribe" he told himself. hal,
a.srn nall lrritated, their manners
wI,na.so 70 De peculiarly their own, a.
sheSs ssEsSSs the the offered meal so calmly
woman @ oSek %s by the young highway.
was nad ranked. Sane as Kense,
couId as as cool and self-contained, h,
sentmanVt N.Y. repress a cold prickle of re.
Whent H. at that memory.
FOOD nag nau gone TO the Holding in such
~ ,'S taitn, actuated by a lively desIrs
smsss ee Iharon again after that one
Gs GSng Saa meeting at Baston's stems. and
IA naa peen 80 readily received al firai
6ss 'poily Uy turned out at last. But b,
bins mot forgotten the look In the giri's
Ma s, eyes, nor the disarming smile Which,
~ seemed e to make It reasonable. "'0''
wsntm ns merely did not hold with law md
sisns isn.ed him to have no false I'm, imrsnn, ano
with Iis -, This incident furnished bin,
vas more more food for thought than bs
WI Wboate ne rode the silent forest DaSs
wb,t was Tharon Last, ANYWAYS
hers hs' shSr did she mean by those Words STaS y
thsv Sut aoout his law and hers? Tbet
,Sst were We're not the same sort OF lava
Thome NC and she would NOT aoraa,