Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-20
Laramie Holds The Range
b FRANK u. sPEARMAN

McAlpin, with much adoo, enlisted
every man with any sort Of a claim
to being a tracker-and this included
pretty much every loafer interested in
q drink or d fight. He assembled a
noisy crew at the barn and dispatched
them singly with orders to scatter
and watch the trail points outlying the
town. But birds Of this feather were
hard to keep scattered. Urged both
by prudential and social reasons. they
tended continuously to flock together.
They kept the barn boss busy BY rid !.
ing back furiously in punches to red
port nobody seen to ask for further
orders. and to get a drink before re-
establishing a patrol.
Knowing the value Of every mo-
ment in a long chase, and working
with all, possible haste, Laramie had
to throw out his dragnet carefully
before he could get away himself. He
had told Kate to prepare at Bellies
for a hard ride and he would get her
to the ranch.
With every minute lingering like
an hour, both women. nervously ex-
pectant, waited, talked, and watched
for Laramie's return. ,yeT
Divide lands north of Sleepy Cat
lie high and over their broad spread
trails open fanlike. north, northeast,
n northwest. Each Of the trails
penetrates at a negotiable point the
broken country running up to the
mountains that battle with the north
ern sky.
The first highways Of the country
followed the easiest travel lines. With
out fences or boundaries, their travel
ers, to escape washouts or: dust, were
free to broaden them as they fancied.
In this way older ruts were gradually
abandoned and new ones formed. And
with heavy travel these trails grew
into sprawlinx avenues.
As settlers took up lands and fenced
their claims, such pioneer roads were
blocked at intervals. To meet this
difhculty new trails were made around
the gradually increasing obstacles,
and in the end roads along section
lines were laid out, with grading and
bridging. But the wagon and cattle
trails Of the early days, rut-cut, Storm
washed, and polished by sun and wind
Y sand to q. shining smoothness,
still stretch across country, truncated
deserted. Under their weather.
days and other men and women.
Along.o one Of the earliest and broad.
est OF these trails running into the
north country. Laramie, an hour ate,
Bradleys arrival. was galloping. WITH
Kate Doubleday.
But Tor the shadow of her fatherse
CONDITION there was everything In the
ride to make for Kate's hapuiners
The sweep.o I the matchles. ~. IN
glory Of the sunshine, the wine of ~
morning air the eager feet M
SPREADING nostrils Of the horses ~
At her sde-her lover! The trusf :
woman gives to q man, the eecurity
OF his protection, the .daily. growth 81
her confidence In her choice ana lei
surrender-these could temper. n
they could not extinguish, her con.
fused grief. d.
For Laramie the shadow MEAN
iless; sympathy drew him closer n
kate: there WAs even Happiness n
Il knowing that she turned IN her ar.
,ttrsaA % him for consoiation and guid.
Timidly. she trisd fo ten him. 4,
they rode.sof Soma or the better traiti
of her father. trattsa that n1l1ht m.
tenuate his cold, hard brutaMty-asfl
To build him up. little III the eyes 81
one sha.wfshsd NOT 10 think ofshirl
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i to think ah0nt him I" I'D LlfnImie. 81
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