The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-02

The pursuit. TOOK the rides
tross the wide, undulattng plain
aboge which danced the dry heat
NJ the desert. Lizards sunhed them
seiyes lon flat rocks. A rattlesllaks
lid toward the cover OF a prtckly
pear. The bleached bones Of a COW
sttone white beside the trail. Y:
No use, Bob sa;d Dave, while
theyiwere cooking supper. They've
maae their getaway. Might rs well
DRIFT back to Malapi, dou't you
greckon?'
AT the DelmonIco restaurant they
found Buck Byington and Steve
Russell The trail herd had lieet
hftyen In an hour before.
ttsDug's payin' on today, boys
J Russell, told them. You'll find him
round to- the Boston Emporium.
The foreman settled fist with
4 Hart, after which he turned to the
page in his pocket notebook thai
held the account Of Sanders.
He stopped to look down sar
castically at the new boots San
ders was wearing.
~ see you've bought you q new
] bAlr Of boots" he said In a heavy
domineering voice.
The big fellow laid a paper OF
the breast OF the cowpuncher
Here's a bill for a pair OF boots
YOU charged to the old mans nc
cotint eighteen dollars. got i
lust nowsat tho store. You'll dig
Il was tho custom for riders wht
came TO town to have the supple:
they needed charged to their err
ployers against wages due them
poble took, II for granted that San
ders had done this, which was con
sry TO the orders he had given hi
"a ut, He did not know the yOunt
man had lost his boots while rescll
ing Crawford and had been author
lied by him to get another pal: II
place Of them.
Nor did Dave intend to tell nInl
Hereawas chance to even tht
score against the foreman.
sSee2you later!" he shouted. ant
leaped into his saddle.
The. foreman wasted no breath II
futile rage. lie strobe TO the near
est hitching-post and his horse'l
hoots pounded down tho road ii
ptrstit,
Sanders was riding the salr,
Bronco he had used to follow til.
horsethieyes. II had been under /:
saddle most OF the time for weel
and was far from fresh. Before hi
had gone q mile he knew that Thu
foreman would catch up with him
y He was riding for Gunsight Pass
Twas necessary to get there before
Aphie reached him. Otherwise III
Plld have to surrender or fight
ID neither OF these fitted In will
is plans
By the time the. foreman shower
gainst the, skyline at the entrance
tie pass the younger man hat
disappeared.
ThekD ABar Lazy n. foreman
1ndlout at once what had become
him. a, crisp voice gave clsal
irections.
.That'lI be far enough. StoI
All where you're at or you'll no
Ne tfbublei 6op Il - 4, s.3!a;ql "a q !.
The words came. It seemed z
poble. out Of the air. He looked up
Two great boulders lay edge to edgt
beside tiie path. Through q marrow
riff the blue noseof q forty.fiye pr,
truded! Back of 1t Sglittered q pail
Of steady, steely eyesS
fEomes outa there and. shell ou
thaf eighteen dollars" demanded
pobIe.
StNothins' dom, Dug"
The foreman cursed, fluently, ex
pertiy, passionately.
Suddenly Doble gave up. HI
wheeled his horse and began to de
seend the. steep slope. His sou
was filled with Chagrin and fIr1
at Tie defeat this STRIPPING had civ
zen him. .,, n ~
LaterSin the day, the foreman mo
the owner of the D Bar Lazy ]
brand.
~fhat young scalawag Sander
teatyous outa eighteen dollars" h
said. withSa sneer OF triumph.
poble had heard tho story o
what Dave and Bob had done tor
Crawford and OF how the wounded
boy hid been taken to the cattle
mans home and nursed there.
sanders he gets a pair %
elghteen.d ollarl boots, then jump.
the town before l find out abou
IT..
Crawford started to speak, bu
Doble finished his story.
Funny he didn't tell you EayI
him tho boots"
ryou-What?" The foreman SNAP
ped tlle question out with angry in
credulity. Sf
The foreman was furious. Blu
some instinct warned him that un
less Re wanted to break with Craw
ford completely he must restrail
kis Impulse to rip loose
CHAPTER X.
Dave stood on the fence Of on
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