The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-20

aof ar tho impossible thlnsr' An.
[ not "a soul on Namrlss7 Engwr abau
.Itt
wrong. -aid Fair "iShtc Cath
. row ana her riders know That 0pel
plain yonirr It leads out 90 "a town
| doesn't ltF uH ths wiiraaar
frsrt0n sea- A Ions wa
|across"
| Water qurrIed Fair
Eyes at intervals SPRING ID,
| Tor driving yes mot COZ range Co.
! Far apart"
| Exactly" said Fair Now. cher
| m nud the other end ~ thlH cub
tsuanrlu pasaFr and J believe sos
viii have solved The mystery or lh'
! disappearing Htcou"
/ Price sriwood held out his hand
Il was trembling
n can't ten you what owe sou
. Tor this Information SIR '
"smth-yr said Fair smiling
smith 10 means more than I car
say-to me
II means ns mueh=or more 10
me, returned the other i've given
two years uf my NE 90 a still-huui
for Kate Catbrrw ia give two
more 90 see her brought 90 Justice"
And wyll SCI herr said the sheF
IN Er,mly tho with a liil of SOY in
I his voice. "Oh. my Lord, just won't
Wo set herr Wen follow this hole
straight 90 It's
IL might suggest. cut Ia Fair.
I'D s5y Wen hack out now even
brush out our tracks and begin "a
Systematic rIrkcliug Of The Cathrrw
bunch. Tho cattle are TAT on the
muges=ltli soon be time 90 drive
Don't YOU think BE- likely that another
bis bunch might disappear down
Namelcss RIVER
Say said srlWo0d smiling "M.z,
Reg sou just move Ia my house with
me- You can think faster and
tuightrT than any man ever met
Lots 60 r.Eht now"
Fair laughed and turned away.
lsad.ng Diamond back down The
canon,
'For the present" be said. I'm
keep 20 the background as ! have
bern doing This woman would rreoE
nlEs mo and BE- Instantly alert far
trouble Another tblnE. sheriff
those men with her arc not cattle.
men"
'Just what I've always EIidr' cried
sclwood druEhtedly Il knew that
long ago There's one or two who
do pass mustrr-htr forenoon and
that black devil from Texas SUD
I Pruyinv The rent arc elfy stuff
They arc. without exception. Grim,
inals who have been defended by ono
o. the ab'ssl lawyers in New York
and acquitted They owe him a l6t
and he has something more on
each one % them. Ha that they arc
his hsnchmrn iu every instance This
man 90 Lawrence Aruold
Kate Calhrrw's partusr' He owns
half or SKY Liner
Exactly When b. gets hold o. a
man he wants 10 use. he seems 90
send him here have recognized
three ~ these riders already. mo
mono 0g Thorn knew me
"EEcua me. mister" aid Sci
wood hut how Do you happen 60
know vo muehF'
That question hybur right and I
will answer h. Kat1 Cathruw vaa a
New York woman knew her there
some six years ago. She waa clever
thru--und unHcrupuinuA Away play.
ing Tor her own Advancement ~
vuE along that line that she d.d the
deed Tor which I have hunted her
down and found her at last. what
iced that was I am u1t ready 20
say. nor 10 whom " was done. r.
must suffice Tor the present 60 tell
sou that q ruined one lie and h1dr
fair 20 ruin another until ! stepped
IN 10 take hand. These two lives
we're very near my own aud fof
their sake ! have become vau1rrrr.
homeless tramp. searching tho lone
places of The West % find this WON.
an and make her pay-,o bring her
20 juqtier. I watched Lawrence Ar
mold for three years before I started
and knew that he was tn touch
with her. that between them some
way they were making money. but
could mover got track Of her thru
him. He was too sharp FOR mo
I have visited every cattle ranch
owned b. a woman IN the Who'll
United states. Il seems 90 me.
found seven IN Texas. two iu Mon
tana and more In Idaho. I have rid
den this little chap thuuiauda 81
miles, shipped him with me by rail-
thousands more. knew Il was cat
tie stuff from some OF Arnold's deals.
but whore they came from has been
a mystery two months ago.
Now you know what am and why
I'm on Cattle Kate's trail like a meme.
sis. think. II wo work together.
ven land her Hoon-and land her
hard and fast where she belongs
Amen to that. said sclwood fer.
vcntly
The summer drowssd along on
Namelcss. sweet with sun and the
lii.le winds that stirred the pine tops.
green with vcrduro and starred with
Wild flower The lonesome world ot
the iumbled hills was fmr as Para.
disc. wistful with silence. mysterious
with It's suggestion OF eternal walt.
ing.
To Nance Allison, sitting listlegsly
on her doorstep, It seemed strangely
empty. There was nothing TO do.
now that the heavy labor Of tho hay.
ing was over She watched her
three big stacks with somber eyes.
expecting each morning to find them
destroyed, but nothing happened TO
them.
Bud carried his fathers rifle now.
and day after day he went moroscly
into the hills after vcnison.
Got TO hang up enough meat for
winter" he told Nance when she