Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-05
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T.t,oi b,1 Jim Ldsts nonhssnvp" nonap .,,,,.
q .otorions tor hs st.e Ky ,,aiisy ,D Y' to,:
ond hnS Raj Courtrey seeks to onst
years ~, Ia shot from bohtnd. ne
aim ,s. Thdron her last lcsson ", STOOL,
asd hands 70 her MS oem ~
w, .s.g.,oi, she seeks TO 'edrn Ws "amV @ns,
y rs ,.,a,, r,n,dsrer ,n.sts ens n'e9y mani St sSs
him, ~ Iau,y ,sr ,iiidoc store. She tells
isttH,,s ~ Ia Ia an assassin she meets
CoaNH,gc styn,,ocr tpho stopped at her
ssfs te,0 nignt' 'esn cSpno, hs sn;sa Z a ,oith @
frm u''G Gh,roidry on kis breast. More
sran0J a,,s been soisod aud JAdroh
egi. n. ont her thirty JoIlowers to dety
o'U ,~p HERE 1T CONTINUES
-op ,be next few days following the
4 .hor, awkward visit OF the stranger
.san fe,t a prickle Of uneaslness under
=, ,kir, at every thought OF It. There
~. w. something In the memory that con.
..d and distressed her. feeling OF
,',,,rs Of a. lack in her that put her
IN A. bad light 10. herself!
ss. rnew that, instinctively, she had
Nan protecting her own, that since
,st,s had stepped out In the light
,,,inst Courtrey she must take no
.s,nce But should she have taken
s,,l the common courtesy OF the offered
..,,p would It not have been better
J. IA, him stay and meet Conford who
rou,d have been in at noon"
She yoxed herself a while with these
o,,,.,ions and then dismissed them with
ns sa,,,s % done" she told herself, IAN cant
~ Ssiped, An yet. there was sometnln
,Sout Kim, somefhin' that made me think
oE Jim Last hin,self--son,etnln VI n,s
nrn somcwhere outside Lost Valley
uS.te they grow different men. II was
a h,rness, a softness. I don't KNOW.
: Ana with that last wistful thought she
,orsct ali about the incident and the
nan tot the prsdact,GfnR Sesa of RollInr e, Cove bs
mi @mi,on' Who lived north aloug the
wall near the Pomo settlement, lost ten
Mad Of steers, all white and deeply ear,
marked, unn,istakable cattle that couid
NC courtrsy SH was resentlns the vague
something in the air that was crystal-
iixinr into resistance about MIN.
Word OF the stealing ran. SboI the
valley like a grass fire, more boldly than
II came to Lasts in eighteen hours:
srourht BY a horsen,an who had carried
Il 70 many lonely homestead.
Thsron received It with a thrill Of JOY.
Good enough" she said. mo use
and. Ana sse ~ sent out a call for the thirty
men. l, l.,
early summer. All UP and down Lest
valley the little winds wimpled the
Erass where the cattle grazed; and
btought the scent of flowers. In the
marks stood cut with Wonderful bold
The horesteads set in the endless
srsen like tiny gems, the stupendous
face Of the Wall, stretching from north
s=thousanJ feet. was frctted with
myriad OF tiny seams aud creyasses not
ordinarily visible
Par up at the valleys head against
the huge uplift OF the jumbled and bar
rem, roqklands the scattered squat build
inss OF the Stronghold brooded like a
monster.
Spread out on the velvet slopes below
lay the herds that belonged 10 IT, sleek
fat cattle, guarded caro,essly. by a few
lazy and desultory riders. Courtrey
was too secure In hts insolent might to
tons which were the only price or
safety to the lesser men OF the COM
munity Toward the south, where the
valley narrowed to the Bottle Neck and
the Broken Bend went out. there SHIN
SSs de%n sa 'hSne Ss o Ts se silver tSn rGSon Son
shower OF Vestal's Veil fall.
The roar of 1t could be heard for
miles like the constant and inccssant
wall OF winds In tiIne-worn canons.
Along the floor OF the Cup Rim range.
sunEen and hidden from the upper
a nt
horssmen. They went abreast, In
column OF fours, and they were armed
70 the teeth, a bristling presentation. All
AZ lhere were forty-two of them and
al thsir head rode Tharon on FL Fey,
Her bright hair tied with a scarlet
ribbon, shone under her wide hat like
~ aureole. She talked with Conford,
wno rode beside her. and now and then
ahe smiled, for all the world as IL she
Ssn 70 some young folks gathering,
nsesd OF to the first uncertain issue
+" onnd mob law against outlaws,
% Sat u she felt lightness Of excite
hsnt IN her heart II was more than
nss,aated N.Y.. by the grim and quiet band
They lnew-and she \knew, also
mat what they did this day in the omen
lnnght meant savage strife and blood
''ye tor some as sure as death.
ror Two hours they rode across the
sns snsNen range where the cottonwoods
.hs sna atpens made lovely and mottled
me uplands above. When they
opped mo rim and started. forward, the
iuse nerds OF Courtrey lay spread be-
tO,e them. bright as paint on the liv-
~, green Two thousand cattle grazed
.bsrs brs N peace and plenty. Here. and
. M ,ne hrst sight OF the soIidly formed
sasS coming out Of the Cup Rim on 10
.he he eVe!s, these riders straightened in
charges '1S III ''oser 70 their
the aes eyes Of the newcomers went over
4 rnn,isnt orsnt pattern OF the grazing cattle.
sni motley bunch they were, red. slsck
AZ Whlte, with here and there descen.
Ih or the yellows which none hr,
Vsl,.,.p yIh dement, had ever owned in Lost
Of ~. u pement' riding near the head
his bsard i'o saw this and muttered In
iDr FthSTs t,S, some o mine" he said point
ryS' IN very ones that was stampeded ]
uow uMow EN- IN hell"
men sn y ne tae nearing Of the line of horse
risht Of tt''tE tie detached bsra himself from the
''ooS[a oS the distant stronghold 's
thsS StiSk rIn AZ a fash Tharon Last Ilftsd
and sn e that lay ready on her pon,mei
Jus, JUST q saet sS whining toward him.
she muttered eI'I to Ssrssse, we mean business"
drew cowboy caught the warning and
tee5 on its haunehes 'p 10 si''e ten
ehsncsn ns0 ~, meant tc warn his boss, sbut n
IDIyon as one thing, certainty anotber
inn in nh-Dement," called Tharon ris.
work YOU 'i PICK skt'rpaps out :. when We get to
ns, tie Ike yours, an tn SANE as aysN,,S' You can
"0l ma a head more" s"'''e amount
ana sw.ne oney swung forward at n pin
NE herGp hp' down along the left fiank Of
and fred ,oiner iirere rider raised his arm
two.three bis si piank at the leaders, One
boys s~n yonngster, scarce NOR. M tsap was
h. h's stds Wild admirer Of Courtrov an "a
IsrIsod MS defense with a stm. ana