Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-11
London. What's worrying you? If
you'll ask me plain out III know how
to nnSwor vOu"

'AnytHlnS strange ABOUT tHal Ine
Bar 90 is the London brand. / saw
your calves in the corral with their
flanks still sore. Naturally I assume
the young lady meet here IS Miss
Laura London"
/ "What do you want with Sam Gull
lison? Are you friendly TO him? Or:
aren't you?"
Ladies first. Are you friendly to
him? Or aren't you?'
Curly smiled gayly across the tnble
at her. A faint echo of; his pleasantry
began TO dimple the corners Of her
mouth. Both of them relaxed to peals
Of laughter, aud neither Of. them quite
| knew the cause of their hllarity.
"Oh, you'll" she reprovsd when she
had sufficiently recovered.
"So you thought I was a detective
or deputy sheriff. That's certainly
funny"
"For all I know yet you may be
one"
IT never did see anyone with a dis
position so dark-complectsd as yours.
If 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 eH-
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 a bunch OF
horses belonging to the Bar Double II
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 ut once for the border and the
thieves made themselves scarce. lt
is claimed that the rustlers were men,
bers of the notorious Soapy Stone out
fit. Two of the four were identified, 1t
IS alleged, as William Cranston. gen
orally known as Fad BILL and
young vaqucro called Curly Flandrau.
"In case the guilty parties are ap'
pretended the Sentinel hopes an ex-
ample will be made ofMen that VIII
deter others of like Stamp from q
practice that has Of late been far too
common. LawIessness seems to come
in cycles Just now the southern tier
of counties appears to be suffering
from such q sporadic attack. Let all
good men combine to stamp 1t opt.
The time has passed when Arizona
must stand as q synonym for anar'
chy."
She looked up at the young man
hreathlessly, her pretty lips parted
her dilated eyes taking him in solemn
Iy. A question trembled on her lips.
"Are you this man mentioned here!
What's his name-'Curly' Flandrau"
"Yes."
"And you're rustler? Why. do
men do such things?" letting the hands
that held the paper drop into her lap
helplcssly. You don't look bad. Any
one would think"
Her. sentence tailed out and died
away. She was still looking ut Curly
hut he could see that her mind had
flown to some one else. He would
have bet months pay that she WIS
thinking Of another lad who WAS wild
but did not look bad.
Flantlrau rose and walked round the
f,1,
Laura. I'll shake hands on thai With
you. You've guessed it. Course. ne
being so notorious hate To admit it.
but | ain't had any more than he is."
She gave him II quick shy lock.
"You mean This 'Ead fiilT"
"You know who ! li:eilii, all right.
His uume is Sam CullisOn. And you
needn't to tell ne where he Is. IT!
find him
81 know you, don't mean any harm
to him." But she said it as if Sllr
were pleading with him.
"C'rcct. don't. Can you tell Ill,
how to get to $oHpy Stones ranch
from here, Miss LontiDn?"
She laughed. Her doubts were vHn-
ishing like mist before The sunshine.
Good guess. At least he WIS 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.. Flandran?'
"That Mr. sounds too solemn. My
friends call me Curly" he let hrr
know. -
She remembered that he WAS IL
stranger and Il rustler and she Grew
up stifly. This pleasant young fel.Dw
was too familiar.
"If you take tlls trail 10 the scrub
pines above, then keep due north for
about four miles. you'll strike the
creek again. inst follow The trail
along it to the horse ranch"
With that she turned Oh hcr heel
and walked into the kitchen.
Curly had not meant To be fresh.
He was always ready for fonlely Will;
the girls, but he WAS not The sort +"
90 too far. Now he blamed himself
for having moved too fast. He lad Of
Tended her sense Of what was the