Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-06-27
The
Settling
Of the Sage
b.
HAL 9. EVART0
Copyright hy Hal q. 1varts
WNU Service
THE STORY


Bangs chum. swears vengeance on the
killers. the tracks Of party of riders
being seen. Harris outlines his plans
Waddles agrees with him, and the girl
writes to her lawyer. Judge Cotton,
asking advice. In the meantime Har-
for the Introduction Of settlers whom
he has selected for their peculiar 1T
ness to cope with the desperate situa-
tor which he and Billie are facing.
CHAPTER Vl-The settlers begin to
arrive, all men well armed and capable
! Of looking after themselves Harris, in
= talk with Harper. arranges a truce
| between the Three Bar owners and the
| rustlers.
CHAPTER vII.-Carlos Deane,
/ Denver lawyer. deeply in love with
| Billie, visits the outfit. Barton, notori-
GUS rustler. is found dead. slade re-
settlers; The cir girl dsfies him. and he
Another rustler. Magill. Is killed. All
threat of vengeance for Bangs MUIR
der.
CONTINUED from last week.
Five minutes later Harris stepped
out the back door and Deane followed
him. At the SOUND Of a football be-
hind him Harris whirled on his heel
and when he confronted Deane the
dim light from the door glinted on
something in his hand.
"Sho," Harris deprecated. "Fm get
ting spooky. l thought it was some
one els" He slipped the gun back
in its holster. There's one or two
that would like right well to run
across lie from behind"
81 followed you out to tell you It
was decent of you to insist that I stay
over a few days." Deane said. 1T
was a white thing to do, considering
that we both want the same thing"
"We both want her to have what's
best for her," Harris said. sand l
don't know as she could do any better
than to take up with you"
at may sound rather trite coming
after that" Deane said. "But any
way, I'll have to say that l feel the
same way about you"
"Then, if we're both right In our es-
Inmates, why she can't 60 very far
wrong either way she turns" Harris
said. $50 I reckon we're both con-
tent"
Harris moved on and motioned
Deane to accompany him.
II thought glimpsed man knew
ia few minutes back" Harris said. "rd
like right well to have a talk with
him."
They wandered completely round the
post AMI looked in the shadows Of
the outbuildings but could find no
trace Of life.
Likely l was mistaken" Harris said
at last. II saw a face just outside
1.-THE door. He was more or less on my
mind-the party l thought it was.
Some one else I expect, and he's gone
inside"
They returned to the hall. Morrow
stood with two Halfmoon D men at
the end of the bar. Harris motioned
him aside and Morrow withdrew from
the others.
"This is pretty far north for you,
Morrow" Harris suggested.
"Is there any one restricting my
ranger" Morrow demanded. IF there
is I'd like to know"
"Then I'll tell yOu," Harris an
swered. "The road is open-as long
as you keep on the road. Any time
you stray off the beaten trail you're on
the Three Bar range. don't figure
to get gunned up from the brush more
than once by the same MAJ. Every
Three Bar boy has orders to shoot
you down on sight any time you heave
in view anywhere within twenty
miles of the Three Bar; so l wouldn't
stray off the main-traveled road any
time you're going through"
Lanky Evans had detached himself
from group and Morrow looked up
to find the tall man standing at his
shoulder.
$50 you hunt in pairs" Morrow re-
marked.
Sand later In packs" Lanky re-
turned. "Why don't you ever come
up and visit US? Every time Pm
riding north l keep looking back, ex-
pecting to see you come cantering up
from the SOUTH"
whats the object Of all this con-
versation" Morrow flared. IF you've
got anything to say to me, why, get
it over with"
Nothing special" Evans said II
just thought maybe | could goad you
into being imprudent enough to come
up our way-which I'm sure hoping
to observe you north of the line and
s0mewher within thousand yards"
rejoined the two men he had left at
the bar. Deane looked about him.
Apparently no one had noticed the
little by-play.
Evans didn't exactly mean quite all
OF that" Harris explained. "Of course
If Morrow does come up our way
'Lanky would prefer to see him first,
but he would rather he'd keep away.
He staged that little talk as a safe