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Rimrock Trail By J. ALLAN DUNN Author of **A Mon to HU Mato.” «U. , fcf J. Altea 1 CHAPTER XIX.—Continutd. —H Molly rn^t »n Involuntary Rlance nt tlio oponlng door, wntelied It close after the pnlr of blackgnards and braced herself. The Issue was mi hand. Pllnisoll slid a bolt on the dear, brought over one of the makeshift .chairs and placed It In front of Mol ly, seating himself. His alcohol-laden breath reached her nauseatlngly and she turned her head aside. As If a trigger had been released PllmkoU’s face became Inflamed with a passion ate fury. you!" he said. ‘‘Don’t you turn your head away from me. I'll train you to better manners before I'm through with you. You’ll be Jumping to do what you think I want you to before long. You'll he begging me for favor*. You may think you’re too good for me now. You won’t presently." She saw that she had gone ton far In her disdain; that she roust try to leash the devlla that had broken too** In his brain. “Just what do you want?" she asked and her voire seemed not to b«d<>ng to her as she uttered the words that showed no tremor. “You * Not for lo»e. my beauty* Rerause yog are food to loot at—yea Rut I’ll take my time Til sip at the dish, my dear I’va f«d ■ big amre ta settle sad fH do It pr»>f»er1y. Wall go ever sosae of the Perns” tie g*»« ap and emptied a bottle tbat atlll Held s geweroaa asewewre He rbsir as be ast d-oa agata Matty lly If ably be got Ity 4r««t Refoee If berg »• gas * fUmaoB laM s fsmtl ar sad lastaaMf Uatb boe eyes lie 'tsaeg (hot boay ■ T I years e*f r^garts 111 g* kbobta *^a. as’ dear | mode tboi soli, and the devil himself won't atop them from skinning you alive." Plimsoll shrugged his shoulders, but hi* eyes flickered and- for a second his cowardly aoul shrank. “I'll look out for that,” he said. "If you nre delivered back to them as damaged goods they’ll never know It till you tell them. Maybe you won’t he over-anxious to do that.” His eyes grew’ moody, his manner sullen. He was passing Into another alcoholic phase. Molly sensed Imminent danger. “I’ll take those kisses now,” he cried, and lunged for her, 'catching her about the waist as she rose from the chair. “And more to boot,” he added thickly as he drew her to him, one hand at the back of her head, fin gers twining In her hair, twisting her face forward, upward. She had both arms Inside of his, her hands on his chest. With all her strength she strained and pushed sway, -right hand dlld up to the holster, groping. The gun was not there. Plimsoll had reloaded It during the meal and left It on the table. His breath alrk- ened her. She got her arm clear and struck him viciously on the mouth, breaking the Ups against hla teeth. Ughtlng like a cave-woman, ahe •cored his cheek with nails that dug deep from the comer at hla eyelid and brought the blond. Aa bo shifted hla hold ahe wrenched loane. leaving •t reads of brown hair In hie flngere. sad Jumped for the door. In her spring •*»• saw, tea lata the p*w.J an the table Mto drew the belt, half the dm* before be soli kicked the body viciously, taking the bandanna from his neck and tying It tight abont his wrist, fastening the knots with his teeth. With a look at Molly, crumpled unconscious In the corner, he sought for more liquor, found It and poured himself a big Jorum, gulping It d?wn while the blood dripped heavily from the bandage. He was soggy with shock and fatigue, the strong stuff half paralyzed his facul ties and he dropped Into a chair, gaz ing stupidly at his wrist. Hls Imagination was a furse to him. He had seen Grit’s slavering Jaws as they rose in the ( leap, the crimson glare In hls eyes. To all intents the dog was mad. It had been lying wounded In the sun. Only madness could have given It strength to track so far. What If It meant lockjaw- hydrophobia. * t Water—that was the test! There as water that Cooltle had brought In for coffee, half a bucket, by the sfove. He felt a sudden repugnance toward It. The slashed veins In hls wrists burned and throbbed as If they were ooslng molten lewd Instead of blood. And he wws growing weak. If be didn’t get a tourniquet Azed be might bleed to death. But what was the use? Orlf. who bad opened a way out far Molly, lay still beneath the table Melly. overtaxed, waa la a Pllraaoll sat la a i M. hla »a4dy with atsna that wasM tall of the get away trull by ftpur rurft and Nipple peaks He shook Hahn by the sound shoulder ’ Hrar* up." be said. "You can bids In Split R<*ck cava. I’m going to put the girt In there. Take another drink. Pick up aome grub. Thera's water In the cave. You can come out soon's the coast la clear." ' . “I’ll not he coming out," said Hahn huskily! "But It’s a good move." weakly collected the bottle, some scraps of food. Plimsoll stooped over Molly, coming out of her /faint, aBtT" gagged her with her own scarf as her eyes opened and looked at him. He took off her belt and strapped her arms behind her back. Then, despite hls wounded wrist, lie lifted her easily enough and strode with her out of the door, Hahn following. Hahn’s horse was standing there obediently with pendent reins anchor ing It! Blaze and Pllmsoll’s black were nipping grass In the little corral where they had been placed. Blaze whinnied at the sight, or the scent, of hls mistress. Plimsoll turned into a cleft, stopping at a rock whose al most flat surface was level witii hls feet, a great mass of granite that some freak of weathering or convul sion of earthquake had split almost in half. Into the crevice a wild grape-vine had twined, and died. “Can you make It. Hahn?" he asked. The dealer nodded and knelt, using hla anund arm to aid himself by the tough fibers, bracing with hla knees. Down some ten feet In the crack he looked up. hls ghastly face pallid In the shadow, with an attempt at a grin. “Good by. Him.” he said. "Heed lurk I What do I do with the glrir "Keep her from railing out. tugged but abe might try It. her burae y«u I>a anything yen d—n pirate with barf* Hahn dropped ant at eight PHm- i dad net watt, but pick ad Melly WIU m EM to Tekeh Age culture end Live It ash Raising; Per Centralised High be boa i a. . .1 Camden —After a eonfeernce B re- .•ently between Allan B Murchlnson.' county superintendent of education, and E. 1. Reardon, secretary of Cam den and Kershaw county chamber of commerce, regarding the advisability and va<^ of Kershaw county employ ing a full time exflbrt to teach agri culture and the principles of live stock raising and preventive'measures against disease in live stock industry in the rural schools of this county be ginning with the fall term of the 1923- 1924 school y^ar. Superintendent Mur- ctynson authorized Mr. Reardon to announce that the' Kershaw county, board of education would cooperate with the United States department of agriculture and would provide half »of the funds necessary to employ such a teacher. 1 Suitable tracts of farming land will be supplied at each school where agri culture Is taught and practical dem onstrations will be given at each school throughout the school year. ‘ This is a big step forward in Ker shaw county's future prosperity and- In diversification and coupling up of ’.cientiflc with practical farming. Superintendent Murchlnson also an- icunced that during the next year's school term there ttould be declama tion contests between rural high schools and rural graded schools. Such contests have not been possible heretofore as up to the present there ( I Is ouly one high school In this county, the Csmden city* high school Rut Mr Murcbtnsoa says that nest ysar Kershaw county w!H start off with She's tbre or four rural eeutrsllsod high Hake | schools and by the es4 of that year S—• there will be Ivo ceatrsliseg high | schools There will ho owe of these reatralteeg high arhoot* lorateff ta the twwa of ramies Bupar SRenSeot MucvhlS— sa4 Sor ratary RewrV a have ttnheg up tsreas. •tme wswhiwg loueSWr to »♦> • •*« •*%»■« » ms a * • • »-«e • *. las toe too VICTIMS RESCUED Kidney, lifer, bladder and uric add troubles are most dangerous because of their insidious attacks. Heed the first warning they give that they need attention by taking LATHROP’S 0 OVDM£^. 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Maybe the next ones will stay put." ‘■That wu.s the time Mormon man handled you.” She saw the blue snvkes crawl on hls purpling skin, •nd she kept her eyes on them, though her mental vision wns on the holster beneath his vest. She deliberately taunted him to provoke him to an uncalculated move. Molly knew her own litheness, her strength. If she eould get Inside his arms, if even to endure n moment of his beastly em brace, and could get a grip on the gun? Jlut there wns something In Plimsoll that delighted in playing with a vlc- ’• ~ *' * his tlm he felt sure V. It soothed broken vanity. "So," lie said,’ ‘Tm going to get even with Sandy and with Mon nob and that bow-legged fool Sam Man ning, who call you the Mascot of the Three Star, all at once; while I get even with you. And get what should have been mine at the same time. We’ll have you fucked away while ue mail the letter thst will bring your ransom. ,S>\er mind the details of handling the muoev Ml attend to that. But we’ll Meed you gry Tbe price of all •••or •tosfc and that uf tbe three tot. ’ • at ibe Three Hf«r St pwr—aao eft tbwj cos borrow wo fto rsRfb Thmt wm IBs tb# Mr* Aw you. toy U4y. With three 4v;s to ffsttrar to.” "Taw tou toe • crasy mota, m * m V ytoi lay g Bsuto* m ^ fare, taartog to seat Bar Tito girt fougbt with all tbe mstad despair of attacked « hood, tbe man like • gorilla. Tbe struggle was unequal, with more thsa forty pounds In favor of |*llmsolL though If Molly had possessed the punlmt of weapons, she might bars won He held her at last, close to him. one arm wrapped about her. hls right hand forcing the heel of the palm under her turked-ln chin, slowly, inexorably f nr<*lng It hack while hls bleeding, distorted face lowered. This time her arms were locked In. bent double, uatfes?. Her kicks were fu tile; she had only her teeth left and she was going to try those. But she knew her strength sapped, knew in another moment or two she would he at the mercy of this brute who did not know the meaning of the word. A shadow barred the half-open door, low down. A pointed head appeared w ith blazing eyes, with , u ijeek-rufT flaring high. White teeth showed as red gums hared in hate, and, forget- ilng the wounded leg that had lYeld him back. (Irit hurled’ himself in a stnggcrfng but magnificent leap. He could not reach HlmsoU’s throat, he had lost much momentum through the damaged leg, he lacked power from hss of blood, hut fury gave him strength for the spring that brought hls teeth within* reach of .IMlmsoll's right wrist, exposed; thei cuff half way tip the forearm.'"'Grit’s teeth slushed like chisel*, ripping through flesh, tendon and artery, sending Jet* of blood spurting before l‘|tmaoll, with • yel| of surprise and < oQsrernstlnft. flung Molly Into a corner, dated and weuk and.tbrvw op My left foraunn to guard agatnat the leap. Tbe handkerchief about Ptlmaoll's wounded wrist was now a sodden iRg. but the loea of blood had cleared hla brain. He set hls left arm about Hahn and helped him Into the cabin. Molly was stirring and Pllmaoll scowled blackly at her. He gave Hahn a drink. “Brace up.” he said; “what hnp- pened? I know about Reynolds. 1 mean at the lookout.” • ^ “We no more than made the look out,” said Hahn, “before six men came riding along, heeled for trouble. One of them was the black-bearded guy from California who was here with that Brandon, first time they came nosing around. And another was Wyatt. Wyatt was just starling to point ’em out the entrance when Butch lets him have it. Hits him smack in the forehead. Before he could/'show .’em the way In. He may have told ’em about it on the way up. But Bluckbeard must have (might the shine of “Butch’s barrel. He fires itch s 11 had back—they all had their rifles handy ’cross the pommel—the bullet goes plumb through the tree and knocks Butch down. Went through both hips. He falls against me and I show In the open, sliding on that d—d slippery bowlder, sliding inside and out of range, but they got me. “Theyll be through any inlnutv. Illm. Yon can t tell bow much Wyatt told 'em on the way up. They’ve got me. ' I can't tide. My lung* are filling up. Butch if paraljzeil—If be ain't •lend. A b—I »f a wind up! Yon ran make tt^ ont the way ReynuAu .ltd the gang that left with Wxqrt at hla Nke distant thunder, crest high •on aatln noatiila flaring, mad at the ■ting of tbe rad notch la hla ear. Round the elbow of tbe Hideout with Brandons men distanced. Into the gorge at the south end. A wild f®' P ro, P^ ct scramble up a steep slope and the RedeAeaver to VtoH W«otnenp. R intbmy Codene — Homer Rode- beaver la coming hack to fioalk Caro Una To the tbonasnda of friends and admirer* he made during tbe two Billy Sunday meeting fn (be state, this message will come aa a delight- f-Rflif \-m~w • <to to* fla qwtot • ee the ■* ahe. • •• wwswvlaeew m'-no> an4 «r ■ly the qnnMa fttowaartveg An pewrttoe • a* to Rrmtocn ane af Ons*4 w tth a feethee Re he•• I ff the qnalt this npernttaai w It howl flinching Mtoer gained the stake, but lent the bird ran away. From July 1* to SI the song twi The Yewog Philosopher A young philosopher wra* emph -red la one of the store* at a salary of ffl Mi per week. He mid hla employer 1 one morning that lie was going to IBer , leave, ha( wray to Spur rock wu* clear. IMImsoit I w, * , ron ‘ lu, ' , * aon smiled grimly. “I>—n them. I’ll heal " Inthrop summor school them yet !** For a second he wus sil houetted against a sky-line, then he plunged down. Fresh droppings told him that Reynolds had won clear. He was safe from pursuit. If the 'found— he should have cauterized It. But . . . He reined In for a moment. The sound of n shout rang In his ears. It was an echo, he funded, It must be nn echo, flung back from the moun tain walls ahead. But it could mean nothing else than a vlew-halloo. Some one had glimpsed him disappearing beyond the ridge. (TO BE CONTINUED.) —— Something Like Glnpt fossfil oyster shells, said by scientists to be more than 400,000 years old, and some of them measur ing ’more than three feet In length, have been discovered In a clay hank In Starr county. Texas, near a petri fied forest. The fossils were found In a clay and shell hank about 1JXX) feet above sea level. Sotne of the specimens have been sent to the Smithsonian In. sHtution and others to the publle health service. • Near the fnaail bank are hundreds of petrified tree*, anoto of them four feet in distorter. Ja ibis forent la n rartotg af oak aww conference al the confer once to include special Instruction ir organizing and conducting choirs at well as the making of song program* for services. Organized ‘classes arc planned to meet twice daily in con nection with which there will alsc be periods for individual advice and instruction. Practical demonstration? in community singing will be given dally with concerts by. Mr. Rodenheav er and his associates as the special features of a noon and evening pro grams of the week. i'*ing found a better place. “A better place?" echoed hls em ployer. “What wages are you to get?” “Six dollars a week.” “But that Is not as much as you get here.” “No,” said the hoy, “hut then It’s better to- do less imd get so much than to do more and not get enough.” Greenville Elks Present Cup. Greenville—.1 FI Masters of Phila- delphia graird exalted ruler of tli( Benevolent and Protective Order, ot Elks, was nresented with a sllvei loving cup by the Greenville lodge while his train, the New York-New Orleans limited, halted a few mlnutrf at the Southern station her©. Let Sleeping “Dogs^- Lie. She—While you are asking papa for my hand, I’ll play something lively on the pirmo. He—I’d rather you wouldn’t, dearest. You know some people simply can’t keep their feet still when they hear lively music.—P.oston Evening Tran- script. Restrain From Removing Monument Greenville.-*-The city of Greenville la forever rertratned from moving the ronfsderate monument, an Imposing marble and granite sbalft. from U» location at lbs intersection of Nortl Main and Colt©*© atraets ts an ordei banded flown b#ra by Circuit Jw4g> T J IfnuldtB of- *%• irp ■ ©utoa er ivflte sortersi exseib* ••» on {ferj evutoefl tk*< fto »—*an*o! m* at to traffkr eeflstofl to* se a (Anon to toeaa of to* i Can’t _ Sleep ? Vvtien Coflee disagrees Drink Postum