New Britain herald., 1921-08-12
fcontinued from Yesterdays Herald.

Jim Wilder, cowboy who Is not
 too popular on the range, tnlnking that Jeremiah Lambert, pedoler' who rode into camp on a bicycle was a green tenderfoot, offered hlm ms own horse, which wal somewhat o. an outlaw, if he could ride it. Lam bert, who formerly broke range horses for a living at the Chicago stock yards, rode the animal without dlft1- culty, whereupon Wilder, who .Waa 1 only bluning, attempted to take oacK hia horse Tn the fight which ensueo' Lambert is cut. but not seriously with 1 Q knife wielded by Wilder. The Iat- ters knife ia taken from him by 2 covboc named Spence, who in turn is shot by Wilder, who f1ees from camp | Lambert gave chase, returning at dusk leading wilder's horse: There waa blood on the empty saddle. l Lambert, now known as The
 Duke of Chimney Buttet makes new
 record in the little town by racing hi, horse against the flyer, overtak- l ing the train long enough to receive l a handkerchief tossed him from the | observation platform of tho Pullman 1 car. Later he starts out in search of
 the girl of the handxerch!et, 1n com pany with Q cowboy named Iaterlee.
 The men arrive in Glendora, where 1 The Duke expects to find that Miss vesta Philbrook whose father had 1 died few weeks before is the girl
 of the handkerchief. They find Miss Vesta is not the girl they arc
 seeking but are in time to come to
 her rescue as she is attacked by two 1 Vesta tells Duke that neighboring l ranchers take exceptions to her fences and cut them just as fast as she can repair them. Duke and Taterleg or 1 fer to work for her and put a stop
 to this practice if they can. A ranch l CT named Kerr is the worst onender. l One night Duke finds the fence cut
 and a note fastened to the wires 1 which reads: why don't you come l and get me Duke?'' He vowed he | would.
 He did. He gave chass the next |time he saw someon cutting the Hence, and was astonished to find not a cowboy but Kerr's daughter,
 who turned out to be the girl of the Pullman He makes truce with her. Lambert is caught in the trap and
 becomv the prisoner of Ksrr and Iseveral others. He is turned loose with a warning to clear out of the tcountry. but bolts and gets back to Ithe 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 l 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.
 | Wait D,Y1< apf f0 if all but wait minute. There's some
 thing I want to ask you to do for me. Will you do me a favor, Duke, a simple favor, but one that means the
 world and all to me?':
 "Try me-" said he with boundless
 confidence. T know you would mt ask me to do anything that would reflect on my honesty or honor
 Duke, ,'-she turned to him sud-
 denly, her eyes wide and luminous,
 her heart going so he could see the
 tremor of it's vibrations in the lace
 at her throat-"I want you to lend me tomorrow morning. for one day, [ just one day, Duke--dve' hundred head of vesta Philbrook's cattle , "Tat's fnny thing to ask, Grace" " said he uneasily.
 "I want you to meet me over there i where cut the fence before sunup in the morning and have everybody Fl out of the way, So we can cut them , out and drive them over here. You { can manage it if you want to Duke. i. You will, if you-if you care" What in the world do you want :, them for, just for one day?' : ."I can't explain that to you now but I pledge you my honor, > pledge you everything, that they'll = be returned to you before night not a n head missing, nothing wrong" '- Ut can't be done,'' he said.
 n T give you my word, Duke, tha l. if you'll do 1t nobody will ever lift { '- hand against this ranch again. Vel n drop all of the old feud and let Vest; l. alone I give you m. word for all 0
 them, and I'll see that they carry
 out. You can do Vesta as big favo
 as you'll be doing me Duke"
 2 Tell me all about it, Grace" h
 urged.
 tst She came close to him put her arr or about his neck, drew his head dow ez as if to whisper her confidence in hi .g ear. Her breath was on his cheel r. his heart was afire in one foolish leal ne She put up her lips as if to kiss hin an and he, reeHng in the ecstasy of h h. proximity to her radiant body, bel ag nearer to take what she seemed ". offer
 a Tn the morning, I'll tell you a
 in the morning when I meet you VII drive he cattle over" she said. Don " say word-I'll not not take no ft :, my anwer'' She turned quickly Nv her horse and swung lightly into tt ha saddle. From this perch she leane .a- toward him. her hand on his shoulde - her lips drawing him in their f1el lure again. In the morning-in u
 morning-you can kiss me, Duke!' ~ With that word, that promise, sf III turned and galloped away.
 a1- Late in the afternoon, Lambe 'n- had faced pack toward the rancl ne house, troubled by all that he cou lnt not understand in that morning ca meeting, thrilled and fired by all tn see was sweet to remember, when he m