The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-03

Kitchen. The house itself was an
amazing place. packed with an ncccss
silica beautiful with luSuries. rs
contents worth "a fortune. NJ had
many rooms ana a broad seranda
clrcled g. riBo trees stood an ranks
about Il. and out ~ the sheer face ~
Rainbow cliff az the back a ulK.lnch
stream of crystal water shot forth
IN a graceful arc from tho height %
a mans shoulder. 20 fan into a nat-
ural basin IN the rolid rock by be-
own ccascleEs action.
And stretching out like widespread
wings on either side this majestic
cliff ran crowninE the rllEc Tor seven
miles a splendid rHcarpmcnt ntniEht
up-snd down. averaging 200 feet from
~ base IA the stating earth 90 the
sharp line OF itn rimFock.
Rainbow cliff. grim guardian % the
Upper Country and the Deep Heart
hills themselves. supposed % to lime
passablo IN an Hs ltugth. dark in
tho early day but cleaning afai with
All the coloru Of tho spectrum when
tho sun dropped over toward the wet
AZ noon. n was this gorgeous ra-
dance. caused by the many shades
OF the woaihcrsd stone. which had
given the hattlsment its name No
man was ever known 60 have scaled
tho cliff save and except John Ali
son. found dead az ne foot two years
hack-for the giant splno was alike
on both sides. Men from the Upper
Country had penetrated tho Deep
Hearts 20 It's northern base, but
there they had stopped. 20 circle ita
distant ends. void OF The secrets they
had hoped 90 wrrst from r.
And Kate cathrew lived under u,
a strange. half-syharitie woman. run
ming her cattle on tho slopes of Mys-
tsry. ridlng after them Ike any man.
standing IN az roundup. brandinE
bsofga,henng. her keen eyes missing
nothing. her methods hiFh-handed
Her riders obsYcd her llghtcsi word.
tho they were mostly Of a type that
few men would caro- 10 handle, hard
featured. close Tipped. sharp eyed.
hard riders and hard drinkers. a. an
tho world OF the Deep Hearts knew.
once IN a blue moon they went 60
Bcment. tho town that lay three
days ride 20 The north beyond tho
hills and what they dld there was
merely limited a. They drank and
played and took possession of is
four saloons. and when thcy finally
reared out o. it 90 20 hack 90 their
Loneliness and 90 work. the town came
out Of ita temporary retirement.
breathing again.
Yet Kate Cathrow handled these
men and got good work out Of them.
and she belonged % none 81 them
Not but wha, there were hot hearts
In the outfit and hands that iiehed FOR
her. lips that wet themselves hun,
Erlly when bhs passed close Ia her
supreme Indifference.
But RIO Charley carried bullet.
scar IN his night shoulder. and Hlg
Basford walked with slight limp
yet they both stayed with her.
sort OF s-crst.aoclsty stuff. said
Price sslwood ones. kate = the
Grand vIier."
There was no other white woman
AZ SKY Linz. She would have none.
Minnie Pine. n stawart young Pomo
halfbrced. and old Joscfa. brown M
parchment and non-sommlttaL car.
ried on tho homework under her
supervision, and 10 one else waH
needed.
~ noon Of tha day after Rates
visit to the ntoro NJ Cordovn. shs sat
In tho big living room az Sky Line
looking over her accounts. An Oh.
server having accn hnr on the pro
yious occasion. would hardly have
recognized her now Conc wsro the
broad hat. tho psarI.buttonod shirt.
tho friuged riding skirt and tho
boots.
Tho black hair was piled high on
her head. its smooth backward sweep