The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-11-29

cru inShii'u WuiSn uicduN Stuctni
quite different from army fashion
sportsman fashion Western riders
not post. Riding Is NOT exercise
them, II Is rest. They hang limp
the saddle. and all bar Is taken up
II By spring. somewhere in the regi,
OF the noating ribs that only a ply,
elan can correctly designate. Tn,
never sit rrm. these western rider
and as rule their riding Is NOT pa
siculariy graceful thing 10 watch. b,
they do not care greatly about grac
as long as they may encompass thei
nfty miles day and stIll be fres
enough Tor country dance at night
There are many other differences 4,
western and eastern riding. one o
them being the way In which th,
horse Is mounted Another. difrerene.
Is the riding habit. Linda had 40 trim
riding trousers, with tall. glossy boots
red ctsr and stock. IL was rather
doubtful whether she knew such things
existed She did however. wear a
trim riding skirt of khaki and a middle
blouse washed spotlessiy clean by her
own hands; and NO one would have
missed the other things. Il Is an in
diSputabie fact that she made a rather
| ailuring pieture-eyes bright and hair
dark and strong arms bare To the ell
oow-as she came riding down Nh.
pine-needle trail.
She came TO the opening OF the dim
mer trail and turned down II. Sh.
entered still glen, and the color In
her cheeks and the soft brown OF her
arms blended well with the new tints
OF the autumn leaves. Then she turned
up long ridge.
The trail led through an Old burn
bleak, eerie place where the Ore had
swept down the forest. leaving only
strange. black palinss here and there
and she stopped In the middle Of Il
10 look down. The mountain world
vas laid out below her as clearly a,
Il relief map. Her eyes lighted a,
IS beauty and It's fearsomeness wenr
home To her, and her keen eyes slowly
swept over the surrounding hill tops.
linen Tor a long moment she sat very
stu In the saddle.
A thousand feet distant. on the ssu.
ridge on which she rode, she caught
sight Of another horse. II held her
gaze, and In an instant she dlseerned
the rather startling fact that Il was
bridled. and apparently lied
10 tree. Momentartly she thought
Ihat It's rider was probably one OF the
turner's who was at present AZ work
IN the old Folger farm; yet she knew
II once the TILED lands were stiIl too
ar distant for that. She studied close
y the maze Of light and shadow OF the
and In moment more Dis.
inguished the figure OF the horseusn
IL was one OF the Turners-but h.
vas not working In the tields. He was
landing near the animals heed hack
her. and his rifle lay In his srrns /,
md then Linda understood.
lie was simply guarding the trail
own TO Martins store. Except for the !.
act that she had turned OF the main
'ail by no possibility could she have
zen him and escaped whatever fate :.
? had FOR her.
She held hard on her faculties and "
ied 10 puzzle u out. She Understood r,
DIV why the Turner's had not az yst .
abe an attack upon them at thal- :,
''ne. II wasn't the Turner way 10 -
age open warfare. They were tha
hves thar struck from ambush the ~
ttlesnakes that luncsd with poisoned
ngs from beneath the rocks. Thor. -
IS some security for her In the Folgsr :,
me- but none whatever here. Thsrs ~
? had strong man 10 fight rDr her ~
oaded rifle. and un,Ier ordinary coo. 80
ions the Turner'S could not hon. 2,
Tier down the oaEsn dnor and over. s''
elm them without Mt least some Loo. ."'
life. For all they knew, grur. had os
urge STOCK Of rifles and ammunition .
ma the Turner's did not look for. $50,
rd with pleasure 10 casualties in
" ranks. The much simpler uuv '
10 watch the trnIl. ""
hey had known that sooner or 81"
II one OF them would attetnpt IN :"
down after either supplies or AID
da was rnount.t, al -, tat,
- 'sf'HtiAHtH XIII anu aHs
the mountain methods Of proce. hK
?; and she knew quite well wh,, ."
would have had to expect n she to
NOT discovered the ambush In time
didn't think that the sentry wouIJ
ally IRE on her: he would msrsfv
= the horse from beneath hsr T, II
- be simple feat by the least laaS
ne Turners-for these 9aunf mo, that
-1arksnen, n nothing else. I, light
ant be In accord with Siulon's OF {
or desire to iesve her body lvfo1 none
on the trail. But the horse Killed that
WOULD be impossible. and vbst from
q transpire thereafter she dfd no, tn
TO think. She had not forgot,au ldlfy
Ms threat in regard TO any aftsnnn, ~ M
down into the settlements. She thing
that u still held good. them
course, II Bruce made the s,c,r. them
the sentry's target would +. Of 81
"hat different. lie would shoo, hung
~ 'eiii"r ssi'ssly as he would noun
" lynx from tree top. The