New Britain herald., 1921-08-13
ttTHE DUKE OF
 CHIMNEY BUTTE'' .. By G. w. OGDEN The Romance of Chivalrous Adyent1rer
 in the Lawless West
Copyright. 1920. A. c. McClurg & Col
(Continued from Yesterdays Heralt
By c. w. OGDEN
in the Lawless West.

(Continued from Yesterdays Herald.)
 Jim Wilder, a cowboy who is not too popular on the range, thinking that Jeremiah Lambert. a peddler. who rode into camp on 8 bicycle, was a green tenderfoot, offered him ms own horse. which was somewhat or an outlaw. If he could ride 1t. Lam- bert. who formerly broke range horses for living at the Chicago stock yards rode the animal without dtm- culty. whereupon Wilder. who waa only bluffing, attempted to take back his horse. In the fight which ensued, Lambert ia cut. but not seriously, with knife wielded by Wilder. Tho lat ter's knife is taken from him by a cowboy named Spence, who in turn IS shot by Wilder. who hees from camp. Lambert gavo chase, returning at dusk leading wilders horse. There waa blood on tho empty saddle.
 Lambert. now known as Tha Duke of Chimney Butte.' makes new record in the little town by racing his horse against the flyer, overtak- ing the train long enough to receive a handkerchief tossed him from the observation platform of tho Pullman car. Later he starts out in search of the girl of the hand6erchief. in com- pany with cowboy named Taterles. The men arrive in Glendora, where The Duke expects Co ind that Miss Vesta Philbrook. whose father had died few weeks before is the girl of the handkerchief. They find =. ysa seeking 'but are in time to come to 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 aa she can repair them. Duke and Taterleg of- fer to work for her and put a stop to thia practice If they can. A ranch CT named Kerr is the worst offender. One night Duke finds the fence cut and a noto fastened to the wirea which reads: Why don't you come and get me Duke?' He vowed he would.
 He did He gave chase the next time he saw someone cutting the fence and was astonished to flnd- not cowboy but Kerr's daughter who turned out to be the girl of the Pullman. He makes a truce with her Lambert is caught in the trap and beicoms the prisoner of Ksrr and several others. He is turned loose with warning to clear out of the country. but bolts and gets back to the Philbrook ranch. Veta tells Duke she is going to leave the coun- try in order to end the trouble and strife. Duke takes charge of the ~l> vH,iy ~A in poses to raise sheep instead of cat tie. That night he rides out to keep rendezvous with Grace Kerr.
 He Is very much surprised when Grace asks him to lend her 500 head of Miss Philbrook's cattle for one day only. He learns later that Kerr has mortgaged 500 head of cattle more than he owns and that there is warrant out for his arrest. Lambert ia sworn in as a 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 l and rides off with a mocking laugh 1 Several weeks later Lambert zoe. to Chicago with carload of cattle | to sell for Vesta.
 Still abstracted, he drew out thi!
 paper. wondering curiously when he
 had put 1t there and forgotten 1t. Il
 was the warrant for the arrest o1 Berry Kerr.
 He remembered now having folded
 the paper and put it there the day thu sheriff gave 1t to him, never having
 read a word of 1t from that day tt
 this Now he repaired that omission It
 portance to have a paper about hin
 with that severe legal phraseology il
 it. He folded it and put it back il his pocket, wondering what had be | come of Berry Kerr.
 | Then he fell to thinking of busi
 ness. and what was best for Vesta'
 interests. and of how he probabE
 take up Pat Sullivan's offer for tn
 calves, thus cleaning up her trouble and making. an end of her expenses
 And so. pounding along mile afte
 mile through the vast green lam
 where the bread of a nation grew
 arriving at midnight among squeal
 and means. trembling bleat of sheeI
 pitiful, hungry crying of calves, high
 lonesome tenor notes of bewildere
 steers That was the end of tn
 journey for him, the beginning of tn ] great adventure for the creature
 under his care.
 By II o'clock next morning, Lam , bert had a check for the cattle in hi pocket, and bay rum on his fac where the dust, the cinders and tn
 beard had been but a little while be
 fore. He bought a little hand satche in a secondhand store to carry tn money home in cashed his check an
 took turn looking around. his oi gun on his leg. his high-heeled boot
 making him toddle along in a rathe ridiculous gait for an able-bod1e
 cow-puncher from the Bad Lands. There was a train for home at that same flier he once had raced There would be time enough for
 man to look into the progress Of tn fine arts as represented in the pawn shop windows of the stockyard