The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-31

/ Ian it completely. I want tho met
I of Namtlcss and the Upper Country
20 know iust what sort of criminal
they have been dealing with @
know that Lawrence Arnold there q
I a clever New York lawyer who DO
tends guilty men ana frees them
I hy buying iurlcs That hr r. Erftinr
Ir.eh hy selling. thru aErnts ana aid'
|tho cattle which YOU Kate. steal
here. drive into the river. 50 90 th'
cliff. down this wonderful under
ground passage into Blue stone can
son ana out across thr desert i'
I Mauion Ter the shipping 10 ha'
been an amaEiug system in a more
amaslnE setting. The mystery OF thf
steers that left no tracks ls solved
. by the fact that every time you stole
I a big herd sou drove them up me
night before you drove your own
brand down therefore. they lcfi no
trace Also. I want 20 cay here snd
NOW before these witnesses. that all
I ihr money you brought with you into
I the Deep Heart hills belongcd 20 poor
Jack Fair. the father "a your child
me man sou betrayed into prison
thru tho dcyll.ah lesal trap laid by
Lawrence Au0ld-and that o. why
I've followed you, sonny Pair has
a right 70 his fathers propefty--and
I intend 20 zee that he gets a. Have
you anything 90 ayT"
Lawrence Arnold, trapped and con
scious or the fact. wet his thin lips
and glanced desperately around lie
saw only stern faces. cold and
angry eyes.
Hut Cattle Kate Cathrew was made
q different stuff she nung up her
clenchcd fists and shook them az the
clear skies where the rose q dawn
was spreading.
you -r' she swore. n always
hated your narrow eyes and that
mouth % yoursl So you arc the
prospecior. smith. who haH been no
inaulsltlyc az Cordoval II was sou
who shot Big Basford "a the handr'
Fair nodded.
ITO see fair play" he Said
and Il Is sou who've done all this
Oh. damn your soul 20 hciir'
She dropped her hands. caught the
rein hanging on Bluetiro'a neck,
struck her heels 10 his TANKS and
quick AZ thought whlrled him away
toward the cut, The group between
her and the entrance feli fiounderlng
apart before the staiiiouH charge.
With dozen leaps Hho almost
reached the wall
You can't get away with this.
Brand Fairr' sho screamed. I'm a
match for your and jcrked At her
rife In It's loops
In her rage she was inspt. 20 that
the weapon caught. hindsrinE her
purpose Tor a moment.
But that purpose was clear 60 scv.
eral In the intense group OF watcher
to Rod stone-to Fair himself
and TO ono other.
Nance Allison. standing in her
trampled spot. knew that tho moment
she had dreaded FOR no long was
come. Knew that danger threatened
az last some one whom she loved
the stark danger Of dcath--and as II
something broke within her. tho
strings" crydalized. without tax.
ing her eyes from the frantic woman
on the big blue horse. she began 70
feel with her foot for something IN
the grass-something long and dark
and cold. but which seemed 10 her
nov more precious and TO be desired
than anything upon the carth-nam.n.
", Sud provinces rifle.
II seemed. all suddenly, m II the
feel Of gun in her hands had been
with her from birth. as II she had
leaped the years between and was
daughter Of the feudal mountainsers
who had marked her Pappy's line.
Gone was all the stern restraint.
the earnest application 70 be kept
from spilllns blood. The hatred
which bad smouldered in her leaped
to It's fulnllmsnt.
For herself and hers she had borne
all things-lost hope aud poverty.
and the deadening WEAKNESS Of ri.
gantlc lsbors
She had believed in the hand OF
God that had been her shield and
buckler. had been patient In adyer.
sity. meek in her logged courage.
Now. as Kate Cathrew ciawed for
weapon TO XIII Brand Fair sitting on
his horse at the caves mouth. she
was become a killer herself. spying
In the fact.
Her foot touched the rifle.
She bent and took IL up.
As Cattle Kate Strengthened In her
saddle, Nance dropped stiffy to her
knee and raised the gun.
Her blue eyes caught the sights
and drew down steadily upon the
woman's heart.
Just SO had those forgotten AIN.
sons drawn down upon their cnemior
In the Kentucky hills.
Her finger touched the trigger.
And here the hand OF destiny
reached down--or was II the hand OF
God?-and ordered the puppets play.
ing out their little tragedy In the
heart Of Rainbow Cliff.
AS Kate Cathrew flung UP her
gun the furious rage that fired her
stlffened body In the saddle. shot her
bolt upright. standing in her stirrups
Perhaps some unaccustomed pres
sure Of her posture angered him
perhaps the excitement Of the mo. |
ment loosed something Wild in his |
hybrid heart-Derhaps It was some. |
thing else.
The bearded man from the Upper |
Country said afterwards II was.
At any rate, with the womnn's !
spectacular and dramatic action.
the stallion, who hated hcr |
but obeyed her. gave one scream