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* « TlfE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. R. C. ¥ V v S C" Rimrock Trail By J. ALLAN DUNN Author of “A Man to Hts Mat#,*' etc* Ooprrtfht, US*, by J. AlUn Dana »< V ►I" $ g CHAPTER XIII-J6ontinued. —11— Twn riders, trailing a rope, liad farad down the vnlley Imping to sweep away the tent, to send Its occupants sprawling. Its contents scattered In a confusion, of which advantage would he taken to chase the three off their claims, taken hy surprise, made ridicu lous. • Sandy and Sam, searching for a con venient tent site, had happened upon a mass of outcrop, overgrown hy brush. Over this they had pitched the tent, using the rock for table, propping their dummies about It. If dynamite was flung It would find something to work, against. They had not antici pated the use of the rope to demolish the canvas, any more than the two rider* had expected to bring up agalnat a boulder. The Impact, with their ponies spurred, urged on hy their about* to thefr limit, tore the cinches of one saddle loose, jerked It from the horse and catapulted the unprepared rider over Its head, flying through the air to land heavily, while hla mount, inenmmherad. frlgt tenad. went «■* rearing off leaving Ita bresthleaa mat ter stunned amid the aage As the rinrhea had glfen way at aae end. the Una ItaHf had partad al fh* ofhar TW aa^ond p«ay had s«am hl#d at'trwtsa rolling befora tha man was fraa fraaa tha saddle. TWy rwald hear It thraahtaf la tha wtllawa. rhe rtdar raralag as ha triad In r»1 iaat while Haa4y ran eat fwnSad d«wa tha MU taavtaa X ir» a aad ha* ta haftefta tha "<haa TVa tw« t asad Ihetr Mas aa-i * t wss t bat eee ba a hwatt t» ag * saa-wa-sad Mm, * h dm* few aee« ta<e» hta tT- ~a‘ I everything but my clothes. I shed a J gun rounu here somewheres.” -jfw-eam-have IT when yoq come buck fo’ yore saddle, Wyatt,” said Sandy. "Where was you an’ yore pal goln’ to rcpo’t hack to PltmsoII?” Wyatt grinned In the lantern light. - "Ef we trailed Inter his place an’ made a bet on the red over to the faro table he’d sabe everything went off fine an’ dandy. He w’udn’t Agger we’d show at all if It didn’t come off. An’ we w’udn’t have. It was a wln-or-lose Job. /Pay If It was pulled off. Other wise, nothin’ doin’. You hombres treated me white. There’s a lot wfio’d have plugged me full of lead an’ death. I was on yore land. Ef you force me to walk Into PllmsoU’s place ahead of you I ain’t resistin’ none, an’ I shall sure admire to watch Pllra’s face when he sees ynu-all bark of me." He to<>k the trail ahead of them, hands In Ids pockets, his cigarette glowing. Behind him walked Sandy. "lie’s a eool sort of a rasa," said Sam to Mormon. "I reckon he’s a bad actor, bat there’s sure somethin’ ertwnit the galmd I like. He ain’t over fond of I’llmeoll. that’s a sure thing. If he la workla* fo* him Wonder why?” “They tell me." replied Mormon, •thet PUmeuil a apt te be fond of tbe > few MSB days before, he might re-establish him self. Sandy’s prompt arrival and sub- sequent events had crimped that plan and he fell back upon all the crooked tactics that he possessed In gambling. And now, If Wyatt . . He was dealing the last card around when Wyatt came In, and hig eyes lit up. Then his face stiffened, the light changed to a gleam of malevolence. Following Wyatt were the three part ners, taking open order as they came through the entrance, about which the space was clear. Sandy In the rfdddle. Mormon on the right flank and Sam on the left. The two last smiled and nodded to one or two acquaintances. Sandy’s face was set In serious cast. The players at PUmaoH's table turned to see what caused the sqspetsion of the game, others followed t.elr e*- ample. The Three Star men were known personally to some of those In the room. The story of what had hap pened during the day had husxed in everyhody’a ears, from Roaring Roa- seU*a discomfiture to PllmsoU’s failure to hold tbe rialma and tbe eviction no tice served on him by Sandy. Chairs edged back, the standing moved for a better viewpoint, tbe room focvaeod on PltmaMI. Wvatt and tbe l w^att stepped mallcVxie little The nearer he get te PUmeotT* place the mors room thoy allowed him. They melted away from the car on all aides, leaving It clearest between the ma chine and the entrance to the gambling te square face looked alertly about him at the crowd, giving plifce to the lean tall man walk ing leisurely up the street, kJgh lights touching ^ the metal of the two gun* that hung In holsters well to the front of hla hips. Sandy's face was serene, but there was n6 mistaking the fact that the star performer of the moment had come upon the stage. Five paces back of him strolled Sam, his eyes dancing with the excitement that did not show In Sandy’s steel-gray orbs. Westlake followed to one side, by the advice of Sam. It was Plimsoll’s way—the profes sional gambler’s way—to play his cards until he knew himself beaten. He had been hoplng for the arrival of this man. He represented capital, the develop ment of the camp Into a mining town, the movement of money, the boom of quick sales. With hla backing—once the camp understood what It meant to all of them—he might turn the tables on Sandy Bourke. The protection of Copltal was powerful. came out licking his Ups nervous ly. with a swift survey that took In the setting of the stage pr^ared for his entrance. Ills eyes, shifting ffora the big machine, as If drawn by something beyond his will, focused on the figure of Sandy, easy hut sinister In Its capac ity to avoid all melodrama. # Half-way between door and car he halted. "PUmaolIT said the stranger. "I am Keith." The light was parceptihly changing. 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Then ttiry'il have liad the crowd tm their side erlong wliiethe I’sf. way It ii*»i«lly poes ” 'Vyatt o|K*ned a pair of shifty black eyes to consciousness nnd the IIkIU of the Inntern nnd Immediately dosed them attain, playing opossum. Snm prodded him gently In the ribs “Wnke up. Sol.” he said. *T\>me hnck lo eurtli, you sky-salutin' circus-rider. You sure looped the loops 'fore you lit. Olt up!” Wvntt gnsped nnd s:it ujt, grinning foolishly. “Wluit hnppened.?’’ he asked. “Nothin’,” answered Simdy. “Jest nolhin’. How’s yore ha id?” “Some tender.” “It ain't in first-rate condition or you w’udn’t he drnwln’ pay from I’llni- soll. Yore saddle's here, yore hawss went west. Ef you want to leave the saddle till you locate the hawss, you can git It ’thont any trouble any time yon come fo’ it. Or you can pack it with you now. We’re goln’ up to ramp. I don’t Agger we’ll he Jumped ng’ln befo’ morning. Ef we are, why, we ll have to start the arguments all over.” “I w’udn’t be surprised,” said the philosophic Wyatt, -ingerly pressing Ms head with his fingertips, ‘.‘but whst there Is a gen’rnl impression 'stab llshed by this ttme that you threo hombres from the Three Star are rlghf f>batlnate about considerin' this yor* property * "Too learln* camp With f Ml mao 11 ID r*>« momlB r Mormon aaked ramullj. Oa tho awnnar trail " oald Wyatt "Ef CHAPTIR XIV A Era* for All. IMImsotl had art up a working part nership with a man who had brought m<ta>n<dilne and bootlegged whisky lo the ramp, occupying the next shuck to the gambling place. For convenience of service extra doors had been cut and a rough-boarded passageway erected between the two places. Plim- soll himself presided over the slud- poker table, dealing the game. He waited the result of his play with Wyatt nnd the latter’s companions. Wyatt and his fellow rider had been detailed to ride-down the tent that had been reported occupied hy the Three Star owners. That part of the plan had been suggested hy Wyatt out of the sheer deviltry of his Invention. I’limsoll had enlisted others of his fol lowing, none too fearless, to loiter In the brush and. in the general confu sion, fire to cripple and to kill. PIImsoll hn«T Tearned of the visit of the men who had come with Hill Rrjtn- don to investigate Plimsoll’s method^ of running the Waterline horse ranch. He had learned, tlTrougli the leakage that always occurs In a cattle com munity, that Brandon claimed to he an old acquaintance of Sandy and fii« partners. So he had told his men who had come with him to the camp from the Waterline raScIl that tfil’ TfirM Star outfit was a danger to all of them, undoubtedly acting aa spies for Bran don, and that they should he eliminated for the general good. Rut there was none of them, from PllrasoU down, who had any fan^y to atand up agalnat tha guns of Rangy, or of Mormon and Tbe break* nearly rvew Til attmd to my owe way." said the gambler, know ing the room weighed every word. It waa a noncommittal statement an*) a light one. but It paaaed the altuatloa for the moment. Sandy pulled nut a guntnetal watch. "I make It half afteh one. ’Rout three hours to sunrise, Pllmaoll. 111 he round later.” He turned his hark on the gambler and sauntered toward the door. A few followed the three out Into the street, among them. Wyatt. “I got a hunch it ain’t extry healthy fo’ me in there." he said "A gamblin' parlor where I ain’t welcome to stay or play makes no hit with me." Many blocks away, men were watch ing the mesa whence came a high-|>ow- ered car, rushing at high speed, mag nificently driven, taking curve and pitch and level with superb judgment Two men were In the tonneau. One at them leaned forward, looking at the crowd, a square-jawed man, clean-shaven 1>ut for the bristle of g silver mustaeh<“ be neath an-aggressive nose, above a firm hard mouth and determlned chin. The mintage of the East was stamped upon his features. He was a man accus tomed to sway, if not to lead. His companion was as plainly an Eastern product, but his manner was subordi nate. “Pm looking for a man named Pllm- soll," said -the first of these two, hla v*nlce fin Indication that lie was accus tomed to a quick answer. “He wired me about some claims. Where’ll I flod him?** "TealI likely find him at hla plLce." answered a miner. "Up-street on the toft. Name’s oatalde." .They tot the car ga mi la a tone that was pro—ej oat of their rank* The) » as I* My game gtof " iRt t» be "—Poorh (L tor •rare sudeaMr fomiw sag base fe*• gw drotoord tor oow to ptorwa wbrrr ta#ga tod QSMtoiHIra ad bevmd orr rwdSSfwd TV* knave* mv r»l |Q V**fea *to a ram tryt added • onto* ibras Isadphafesr to tor kaifr ■ fence tbr allread lo toem Tbr ■0faa fOM (aio f*aO» (to • *r "tod Ql (h# 5 Pass Scviort *860 f. o h. mm. Mich. ear Jbr Ec»n»mical Tramporlation II Talking to Me?” He Inquired j Mildly. what is the Idea of this theatrical, moving-picture episode? You were ready to shoot Plimsoll?’’ "I was. ready. I didn’t Agger them waa goln’ to be much ahootln’/* “It, looks, to. me as if. you’ve drivao the man out of camp ana, as I’ve coom alt the way from New York lo do hull ness with him, driven the last twa.. hundred mile* In this car. I'd heoh 1 ged If you would tell me Just what was tbr matter. 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