Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-16
CHAPTER III

Next morning they got q late STIR
seseftheiess Hays assured Jim tina
ut lhey would reach Star ranch toward
evening.
me trail led up a wide, shallow
n g~ravelly canyon full of green growtbs
y lhey rode on side by side. The fra,
lea INTO a wider one, coming arount
from the northeast. Jim did not mis-,
lfesh hoof tracks, and Hays was no
/, lar behind In discovering them.
# Woods full of riders,n he mut.
: tered. W
!, How long have You been pona
Hays?" inquired Jim.
8 FROM Star ranch? Let's see
Must be q couple of weeks. Too limo
Dy goshl Herrick sent me to Grand
! junction. An on the way back ! cir.
cled. Thet's how I happened to mako
, Green River
Dla you expect to meet Hapnv
Jack and Lincoln there?"
Shore. An some more of nv ont
~. But guess your more'n make mn
for the other fellers."
Hope ! don't disappoint you" said
Jim, dryly. l
wen, you haven't SO far. Only
- ieei better. Jim, Ii you'd come
air." "hae you
Hays, I didn't ask you to take
me IN" AAe
ahore, you're right. Reckon |
nsured everybody knew Hank Havs
Nhy' there's a town down here named
after ME, Hankville.n
. town. No one would think If
wal, 1t amt much to brag on. 4
lew cabins, the first Of which throw
~ with my father years ago. In his
ater years he was a prospector. We
lVed there for years. / ranned ~
up mere In the mountains. In fact 7
sot 70 Know the whole country eycent
thet Black Dragon canyon. an, t,at
heilhole of the Dirty Devil. NJ
oiu man was shot by rustlers.r
! gathered you'd no use for rms
LISTS Well, then, Hays, how'd
you tall into your present line of
~business?'
HaWl HaWl Present line. Theirs
. good one. Now, Jim, what do von
reckon tibet line is?n
You seem to be versatile Have
put u was to Judge I'd say you re-
iieveu people OF surplus cash.
very nice put, Jim. I'd hate To ha
a loW-doWn thief. lin : -
an honest man once, not SO long AFRO
= was q woman who made me what
! am today. Thet's why I'm cold on
women" -
Were you ever married?' went IN
jim, stirred a little by the others
crude pathos.
1het was the hi OF IT. renlied
bays, and he seemed to lose desire 10
confide further. 1
They rode into the zone ~ ,ho !
foothills, with ever-increasjnc az, !
dence Of fertility. But Jim,s view 9
nad been restricted for several hours '
permitting only occasional glimpses /.
the gray-black slopes OF the !
Henrys and none at all OF the low I
country. {
Therefore Jim was scarcely pre- =
'ared 60 come round a corner and Y
~ INTO the open. Stunned by the
naghincence OF the scene he would
ave matted Bay on the spot. but no U
spied Hays waiting for him abaad ff
wal, pard, this here Is Utah. said :
lays, as Jim came up, and his voice "
eiu Q note OF pride. Round the =,
orner here you can see Herrick,s ~
alley an ranch. It's a bit Of rich ~
ma thirty miles long an half as a.
'ide, narrowln' like a wedge. Now -
'ts ride on, Jim, an have a look =
{ it, - ga
Across the mouth OF Herrick's gray
zen valley, which opened under the =,
'carpment from which Jim pavad hh
vast level green and black ~
1es OF range, one above the othar ~
On projecting farther out into thar VI -,
ue abyss. W
down. In there somewhere this
ank Hays will find his rohherc,
sollloquized Jim, and turned -
horse again into the trail. -,
late afternoon of that dav ~,
n Wall had seen as many cattle ~
lting o verdant grass, watered nn,
icy as ever he had viewed In the az.
sat herds driven up from Texas to ~
and Dodge, or on the Wind hec
yer Range OF Wyoming. A rough san
exceeded ten thousand head .oy
q taken Hays with a grain Of
But here was an Incompatible
ge here were the cattle. No
lDt, beyond the tImbered blnr "
oss the valley lay another depres- dist
J Ike this one, and perhaps there turi'
9 many extending like spokes OF a Gem
'ei down from the great hub of kno'
Henry mountains. But where been
the market for this unparalleled who
ge7 why
TO BE CONTINUED. n ga
ance
Real Cenorosity the
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