New Britain herald., 1921-08-15

that Jeremiah Lambert. peddler. who rode into camp on bicycle, was O green tenderfoot, offered him his own shorse. which waa somewhat of an outlaw. If he could rida it. Lam- bert, who formerly broke range horses for living at the Chicago stock yards. rode the animal without diff1- culty. whereupon Wilder, who was only bluffing, attempted to take oack his horse. In the fight which ensued, Lambert is cut. but not seriously, with a knife wielded by Wilder. Tho lat ters knife is taken from him by cowboy named Spence, who in turn IS shot by Wilder, who f1eea from camp. Lambert gavo chase, returning at dusk leading Wilder's horse. There waa blood on the empty saddle.
 Lambert, now known as Tho Duke of Chimney Butte, makes new record in the little town by racing hil horse against tho flyer. overtak- ing tho train long enough to receive handkerchief tossed him from the observation platform of the Pullman car. Later he starts out in search of the girl of the handxerchief, in com pany with cowboy named Taterleg. The men arrive in Glendora, where The Duke expects to ind that Miss Vesta Philbrook, whose father had died few weeks before is the girl of tho handkerchief. They find Miss vesta ia not tic girl they arc seeking but are in time to come to 1 her rescue as she is attacked by two vesta tells Duke that neighborinG ranchers take exceptions to her fences and cut them just as fast as she can l repair them Duke and Taterleg of 1 fer to work for her and put stop | to this practice if they can. A ranch CT named Kerr is the worst offender One night Duke finds the fence cut | and note fastened to the wirea which reads: Why don't you come and get me Duke?" He vowed he would.
 1 He did. He gave chase the next time he saw someone cutting the fence and was astonished to find not cowboy but Kerr's daughter, who turned out to be the girl of the 1 Pullman. He makes truce with her. l Lambert is caught in the trap and
 becomS the prisoner of Kerr and several others. He is turned loose with a warning to clear out of the country. but bolts and gets back to the Philbrook ranch. Ves}a tells Duke she is going to leave the coun- | try in order to end the trouble and strife. Duke takes charge of the ranch while she is gone and pro- poses to raise sheep instead of cat tle That night he rides out to keep a rendezvous with Grace Kerr
 l He is very much surprised when Grace asks him to lend her 500 head l of Miss Philbrook's cattle for one 1 day only. He learns later that Kerr
 has mortgaged 500 head of cattle more than he owns and that there. is a warrant out for his arrest. Lambert | ia sworn in as deputy by the sheriff
 to help arrest Kerr. Kerr evades the
 sheriff while Lambert is led into am-
 bush by Grace who shoots his horses | and rides off with a mocking laugh.
 Several weeks later Lambert goes | to Chicago with carload of cattlo
 to sell for Vesta- While there he saw Kerr in dis
 guise. Recollecting that he had the
 warrant in his pocket for Kerr and that he was duly sworn as a deputy
 sheriff, Lambert arrests him and
 takes him back At the station he
 finds the sheriff, to whom he has 1 wired, failed to appear, but a gang
 of outlaws led by Grace Kerr, attack ] Lambert and his prisoner in an at-
 tempt to rescue the later.
 II Nearer approach identified the be-
 lated sheriff. He shouted warning ' to Lambert as he jerked his gun dowr
 and fired. Tom Hargus rose from be-
 hind the rain barrel staggered into . the road. going like a drunken man , l h; hot in nroSSnf to his side his head hanging. his Ions , hair falling over his bloody face. } In a second Lambert saw this, ant the shouting, shooting officer bearing ] toward him. He had the peculiar i'm , pression that the sheriff was sub merged in water, enlarging grotesque 5 ly as he approached. The slap O. another bullet on his back, and h' I turned to see Grace Kerr firing al r him with only the width of the plat ] form between them.
 2 It was all smoke, dust, confusion around him, a sickness in his body, ; dimness in his mind, but he was con ], scious of her horse rearing, hftinl l its feet high-one of them a white ] stockinged foot, as he marked witl t painful precision-and falling back e ward in chatter of shod hoofs ol 0 the railroad.
 When it cleared little Lamber = found the sheriff was on the groun' ;: beside him, supporting him with hi n arm. looking into his face with con e cern almost comical speaking Il
 Ianxious inquiry.
 Lay down over there on the plat
 form, Duke. you're shot all to pieces,
 he said.
 Lambert sat on the edge of the plat
 form and the world receded. When n
 felt himself sweep back to conscious
 ness there were people about him, an
 he was stretched on his back. feel
 ing in his nostrils as ii he breathe
 fire. Somebody was lying across fror
 him a little way; he struggled wit
 painful effort to lift himself and see.
 It was Grace Kerr. Her face wa
 white in the midst of her dark hai
 she was dead. .-