Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-11
THE STORY

the Three Bar" on the fringe Of tie
"cow country" stranger applies Tor
w c%nsr as w FSsT Hs Sns ~
known to all as Billie" The girls IA:
Their, Cal Warren had been the original
owner Of the place. The question
"cow country" or be opened to settle
ment Is troublesome one.
CHAPTER u-Cattle "rustlers"
have been troubling the ranch owners.
the Three Bar, with q girl boss. hav-
ing suffered more than others. The
r nsw s san his favor Of
"squatters" he incurs the enmtty OF a
rider known as Morrow. The will made
by Cal Warren stipulated that half the
old friend. William Harris under GER
tain conditions. The new arrival Is the
man, and he discloses the fact to Bill
rider and takes counsel with her friend.
the ranch cook. "Waddles." He ouiets
her fears
CHAPTER uI-Harris' method of
wearing the inevitable gun" rather
excites the girls derision, though to
his man Ias s slade sn ranshman with an
unsavory reputation as bad man"
visits Billie. He has long wanted to
marry her; but she dislikes and fears
him. Slade. endeavoring to embrace
Billie. is interrupted by Harris. The
men. on the verge of gun play. are
quieted by Billie. but mutual enmity
posal that the girl marry him and so
settle the matter of the ranch owner
ship is Indignantly rejected. but the
pac sad restore ne it's s %ans
under Billies rule.
Continued from last weekly
They had turned their horses down
long ridge that led to the wagon in
the bottoms.
'I'll mention to the boys that Nor
row sold out the interests of the
Three Bar while he was drawing
down your pay. They'll pass sentence
on him right sudden. Four hours from
now they'll have dry-gulched him so
far from nowhere that even the coy
otes can't find him."
"Not that" she said. Turn him
over to the sheriff. You caught him
in the act"
'In the act of missing a few cows
on his detail. The sheriff would
hold him almost an hour before he
let him 60"
'Then give him his check and send
him off the Three Bar range" she
said.
Harris waited till the herd had
been worked and the men had gath
cred round the wagon. Then he
handed Morrow a check.
Here's your time," he said. You
can be leaving almost any time now"
Every man knew that Morrow had
been caught at some piece of work
contrary to the interests Of the Three
Bar. The discharged hand gave a
short ugly laugh.
"As soon as you pussyfooted into
the foreman's Job knew it was only
question Of time," he said.
! Exactly" Harris returned. "Pack
your stuff"
"A foreman has a scattering Of q
dozen or so men to back him up"
| Morrow observed with a shrug Of one
shoulder toward the rest Of the men.
Harris turned to the girl.
II resign for about sixty seconds"
he said and swung back toward Nor
row; and again all hands noted his
queer quartering stand.N "I'm not fore
man right at this minute" he said.
$50 If you had anything in particular
to address to me in personal vein
you can start now. Otherwise you'd
better be packing your stuff"
Morrow turned his back and headed
for the rope corral. When he had
saddled one horse and packed his eff
fects on another he turned to Evans.
"You helped frame this on me-" he
said. II thought saw you messing
over into my detail few days back.
One day right soon I'll run across you
again."
'Then I'll take to riding with my
head over my Notwithstanding
my back-track," Lanky promised. "Be-
cause we'll most likely meet from be-
hind"
Morrow started to snarl an answer,
his usual self-repression deserving
him, but Harris waved an impatient
hand.
Drag It'll" he snapped. "Get NOV
ing. II had my own way we'd lead
your horse out from under you-and
Depends.
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