Hungry Horse news., 1948-04-16

A rescue party takes JEFF to Town Ioi
medical treatment, and Terry and Lar
nv are arrested by the sherin for saie'
keeping. JEFF pacifes mob. CAL Hee'
doesn't know Ellen loves him. no' 'en'
But he is soon to learn.
X 4 +. 4
! curses flung at him and his asso-
ciates. He stood on the porch ana
waited for a chance to speak, anu
when the angry shouts died down
flung back defiance at the enemy.
ITO call me murderer doesn
make me one," he said, no more
disturbed than if he had been sit-
ting with cronies at the Cheyenne
Club. Were honest men fighting
for our rights. Some OF us nave
been here since the Indian days.
Every cattleman among us mas
helped build up this territory ana
has been a good citizen. can can
out the names of a dozen thieves
see among you, scoundrels VINO came
here without a cent and have OBJ
tanned herds at our expense, every
hoof of them stolen from some Oh
u.s."
He waited till the roar OF rage MAD
spent itself, then went on hardly.
"Pd do just what l have done
again. The time has come wnen
either honest men or the tnleves
have to get out, and by God! l
stand for hanging every rustler
can find until the law will punish
them by putting them behind nars.
We are not fighting small settlers
but thieves. If l have to 60 TO
prison for what I have done, I'll
still say I did right in trying to rid
this country of outlaws"
Neither Collins nor any of the 9TH
er invaders went to the penlten-
tiary. Their trials were postponed
for many months. Witnesses van
ished. The intensity of the feeling
against the cattlemen declined.
Moreover, the cost of the trials was
so great that there was likelihood
of county bankruptcy. In the end
the indictments were dismissed.
But it was plain that the big
ranches were doomed. One after
another they followed the example
Of the Diamond Reverse B and went
out Of business. With the increase
in the number of small cattlemen
the chances for undetected rustling
grew fewer. Most Of the thieves
were known, and one by one they
fitted to Montana or Idaho or Mex
leo.
jeff Brand joined cattle outfit
in the Argentine. At long intervals
MS friends heard Of him. He came
back to the States to enlist for the
5panish-American War. A bullet
took him in the throat as he was
going up San Juan Hill.
In the reorganization Of the cattle
country after the breakup Of the
big ranches Calhoun Terry took an
important part. He was recognized
IS a strong man, and as the years
passed his influence became more
han local. There came time when
e had to 60 to Washington to repre-
ent his people. He was never quite
appy there, for he was no politi-
ian, and he was glad when his
ERIN of office expired. So was e.
en-. 1t seemed to her that city
,as no place to bring up a large
amily of boys and girls, and she
ave deep sigh of relief when they
vere all home again in the West
he loved. Her father was an old
IAN by that time, and she knew it
lade him happier to be near them.
In private, sometimes, her hus-
and tells Ellen that she is still
weller than the slim, dark-eyed
aughters who trouble the hearts OF
lie young men of the neighborhood.
he smiles wisely, and is content.
or she knows that both Calhoun
nd she have had happy life in
pite of the occasional seorms that ,
ave beat up to trouble them.
THE ENID