Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-07

-. Iost ts one Of the tconders
n - Isso,tt so,t Valley. She and ga Amta
cgn"y, notorious for ms sktH IpMh
sm and has controlled the odHey
~ years. But Conrtreg ssehs hi ~ opSs ~
Mn gsm,oW her last lesson w shoot.
Z gives aS hands to her his belt Of
w u"" shs seeks TO learn fhe~,tdnie
pisteg murderer and potps to get
q ~ More cattle haze been seized
hm rbapon calls out her thirty toHoc.
oN. "a dsjy Courtney Clepe Wnumorc
20 for Courtney, but ms heor, p" m1s
y c0c1tyy 0co"rtrey his object IN Lost
TaIlep
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
,ow be looked hard at the stranger
MA slow grin lifted his upper lip.
a,ghat's thisT he said, ana tneIs WE w
,irht suspicion OF tYg. .n,cn,,ess :" "'a
voice .sard the woman catch her
kense. the feeling OF pity that had
oesu In nj first for her intensified.
~hsn Nv. M NJ courtreyp he said advanc-
z INC, ~ -, have" and he held out his
iI. ous .1;m Kenset. from the foothills.
n'nO. not four feet from him. did
SVuIt 81 tI1e hand. Instead the gilt.
nct ioos svss under the hat brim looked
mlHi, mlaHi,v into his with an expression ,nAt
asso,,y ~. nys man in hundred could nave
lntssp,es."e, rp, ore man, however. stood by the
..tsring trough, his hand on tne necn NM %.
drinking ggo,,T,rsy hSTss,--WisSSo Without blinklns
wa.cnea roornent Kenset stood SO, his
For sa,.nSed. waiting. Then the color
nnu Ms face Sand he drew back the
rose " m,issd n. scrutinized II smilingly,
naa', MI n quietly on his NIP.
anS s,iIi ia smiling he raised his eyes again
to Sr,rSy Sourtrey % lie said, this time without
(, ~ SSi'ye come 10 Lost Valley TO
we had hoped tc be friends win
np reiqhbors II would nave maze
nv nv We work easier However, with or Win
oh, I stay" a. 10, ,e. 4, an
MIS- head walked over 10 bnn,eG @ and
nois'' rcSs out Of the Stronghold In utter
ssnse ~ face was flaming, the blood. OF
ouiraeed dignity and deep anger beat IN
Sis temples like drum; AS ne roue
10 silsnee broken by the hoarse shouts
mhughter of half drunken men.
~af:o IN H." he said aloud, clinching
bis asts On his saddle horn, this 1s part
~ nv duty. The Big Chief was right
Whsn ' he said. II you help the service TO
tame M Lost Valley yoa,ys cS. G. '1u mus1tt S
uuyYTSsron uyYTS Last and all her followers
h.ld themselves in readiness for any
thing in the days that followed the TAX
inS Of the herds from Courtrey,s range;
They locked their doors at night, stood
double guard at corral and stae,e' vai,an MGln,
rathered in their little ones and watched
he slopes and levels when their men
But a strange quietness seemed to set
lie down upon them. That 'or which
they. waited did net materialize Court
rev and HIS gun men rode into Corvan
and Up and down the valley on mysteri-
ous missions which were as unsettling
as open depredations, but nothing hap
pcned. In fact. Courtrey, burning with
ths new desire that was beginning to OBJ
sess him, was working out a new de-
. He began to draw away, from Lola:
His triweekly visits to the Golden Cloud
dropped of bit.
h Hs took to drifting about from saloon
" saloon, to being less pronounced In
his frequenting of one or two places.
narrow Sits beneath the heavy brows.
picked out every settler that he met and
promised vague things for the future.
Hs knew to a man who had ridden up
frcm Lasts tfat day, and he meant that
not one should escape full payment
who, had dofied him and he waited with
saping pulse. The memory Of that kiss,
taken by violence at her western door.
was with him night and day. She stood
for right and the dignity of order. He
meant for time. TO play her hand:
Therefore the settlers waited and held
thelr breath while they did 30.
And Courtrey took to riding much
more alone, TO watching the slopes and
gretches with n hand al his hat-brimN
shading his keen eyes, He looked far
ana wide In the golden summer land for
tne signt OF a silver horse cutting down
ns wind with slim girl In saddle,
But Tharon was busy at the Holding
sna y Fl Ray stamped and .whistled in his
paaoock The mistress knew that she
nad set stern tides flowing IN the valley,
.nM sooner OF. later they were due to
weep away the. peace and quiet that
ng springs. She knew that Courtrey
ssi,sa, sI,,S., but she made the most Of that
;, conford and Billy and the rest Of the
tIuers taN made strcng bolts for all the
s.n ss OF the house, REINFORCED the
trIct PIo .nat neld the herds at night, put
NJ.
but the time came when the close re-
5cN became irksome to the girl, and
w went from room to room In an nm
,rS Snsss that was foreign to her calm
nv .no happy nature. She read over and
,een ,ue m Two or three old books that had
nnemloer; y made new covers for the tab,eo
n, We W,rning nying room, kept the hands of
S,,.' S ',lS,n ,h full Of fresh offerings. But
AJSe ~. thinss stalled. '
.hs sns nn began to long for the distance.
ns NallIonp spaces, ICES the feel Of the swoop-
ylnd utTm Tnuder under her sailing down the
'Suid 'sn not fight It down. So, on yo,sns sne
Nv wneh all the boys were ont w,tS
ss nsros and only the Indian yan,"ros
,tsb,a, eharge by Conford were M The
diver s,nde She hung the big saddle with its
Rey, mcunt.d ana us somber stain on EI
" y mn S.ae Wind itself. Not since % tbs Tsy Gsy
Iad sb rad on Courtrey's stoIen -. y
frst Ie Ion oeen on FL Rey's back and tSss
horsa 0hs leap and drop of fbe e,.sat sne
nieath her set the lights 20
lny IN her :" rnid nsr eyes, the blood TO burn
NM Sas lay low on his nec,r .,s
ssa. N.Y. and h'TA,eart iespeSI IS IN and nc,, let him
IN. az az lever did When W WIN nght-
NJ. numbering bursts, sue rooe IN
lev in,ee WAS no other horse in Tos, W.,
buck nor Ga great king Neither Red
lsonwneSSr nor Westwind Nor noe s',ner
courtrey's Say stsor that hat came down from ROM
10y excepted, s"''o' Bolt and Arrow
MI stnaron laughed and stroksd ~.
hands ssSwed sSa like steel benestb h n.s
hs hirsd" "S had no fear OF Courtrav snd
Isue wo,,,s sslers, Sooner or Later tha
,sould xiii The ae, me OF course, Then she |
N Ssyy's ysss 4. without tSousSae. tho ssa promised
'h,s flower. I essoSfat OF WSoa, ot o Ellen. fragile
mouth NJ ,hns came about her vau
I'd I'D a her hqsas bfas Of syss her shadow ficE-
shoopin was gone and she launSnaent. SSent.
y \, Eeen sire strstchen' ss 10y S.,e there alone in
'tsadiIy WIN the note Of IN Rev's earth
lste AZ. N her very heart that ain
lothinE s loved the king an shs ,Slng ,g
'fhs OF her father. ohiy the
Sniss ana aa' south toward the MA.