Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-02
THE STORY

the Three Bar" on the fringe Of the
work az a rider He 10 engaged by the
Hnown to al ss Sil. am In. Si1rs Ia
Their. Cal Warren. had been the original
owner Of the place. The question
Whether the ito 4 70 ssfs
ment In . troublesome one.
CHAPTER Apt ,, MwC ATT ,.s srU ona.;
the Three Bar. with . girl boss. hav-
ing suffered more than others. The
new hand gives his name as Cal Har.
"squatters" he incurs the enmity Of a
rider known as Morrow. The will made
by Cal Warren stipulated that half the
o nn sh %sn S H e. as Sn. Of se
tain conditions. The new arrival IL the
man, and he discloses the fact to Bill
lie. The girl Is suspicious of her new
the ranch cook. "Waddles" He outlets
her fears.
wearing the inevitable gun" rather
excites the girls derision, though to
herself she admits she is impressed by
his manner: slade, a ranchmsn with an y
visits Billie. He has long wanted to
marry her. but she dislikes and fears
him; Slade: endeayoring to embrace
Billie, is interrupted by Harris. The
men. on the verge of gun play. are
quieted by Billie. but mutual enmity
is established. Harris half testing pro-
settle the matter of the ranch owner
ship. is Indignantly rejected, but the
man declares he will remain on the
place and restore its prosperity. waning
under Billie's rule.
CHAPTER Iv.-The regular calf
10 he rt6 or
are at their evening meal. far out on
the range. six outsiders join them. Bill
lie knows them to be "rustlers." who,
under the leadership, Of Slade and 2
stolen Three Bar cattle. To test Har-
ris' courage the girl appoints him
s IS that ne
to her surprise. he does SO; The men
depart. making threats. Billie makes
Harris permanent foreman. Catching
stolen. Harris discharges him. Nor
row leaves. and Harris realizes he has
made a deadly enemy. Also. he knows
now win Know Re wts W
they have to deal
Continued from last weekly
She nodded as. she caught this point.
Folks have fallen into a set habit
Of mind" he explained. "You think
OSSouSS CNCiy SQuollCT 10 UuIucu Out
that every outfit but the Three Bar is
against sticking pillow in the ground.
The rest probably feel the same way
know they haven't hand in it but
figure that you have. AS matter Of
fact, it's Slade alone. There's a per
sistent rumOr to the effect that any
man who burns out a squatter can
drop In at SHADES and get five hun
dred dollars in cash."
'The sheriff has never been able to
pick up single one of the men who
have burned those squatters out" she
said.
"And he never will without some
help" Harris agreed. "Alden's hands
are tied. But he is playing his own
game single-handed the best he can.
One day he'll get his hooks into some
Of these torch-bearers so deep they'll
never shake them out. The home
stead laws can't be defied indefinitely
The government will take a hand and
send marshals In here thicker than
flies. Then the outfits that have
hedged themselves in advance are on
top. The rest are through"
"But what can the Three Bar do
against Slade until those marshals
conner" she asked.
There's difference between sack.
ing an established outfit with a big
force of hands and burning out some
isolated squatter roosting in q wag
on" Harris said. "Tve filed on water
out Of the Crazy Loop to cover the
section I bought in the flats. We can
pick men and give them job with
the Three Bar between spells of doing