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GUNLOCK •RANCH- . SPEARMAN Copjrr1(ht Frank H Spnarmaa WNU Sarrto* CHAPTER I It wag the Fourth of July, and Sleepy Cat—that aunawept Httle desert town bordering on the Very Bad Lands of the arid Southwest—was dusty. Duat waa not unuaual In Sleepy Cat; to be duaty was Its normal condition; when not dusty, Sleepy Cat was dead. “But you needn’t be scared of this kind of dust,” explained r>r. Carpy. who, sitting with his feet up against the porch handrail of his Sleepy Cat Hotel, was talking to Jane Van Tam- bel. ‘‘It’s not dirt, this dust—not like your Chicago dust. It’s clean volcanic ash that drifts up from the Spanish Sinks. "But toward sundown when the ash settles over the Superstition Range and the sun shines through It, the air shows every color of the rainbow. That snow on Music Mountain."—Dr. Carpy point ed—“looks pink and red and purple. You’ll like It out here." Jane disagreed vigorously. “Oh. no! It’s going to be awfully lonesome after city life," she declared positively. “You’ll never be lonesome In Sleepy Cat—unless you’re good," observed the doctor cynically. “Otherwise you'll find things generally hpm In Sleepy Cat.” “It certainly Is lively today.” con ceded the dlasatlsfled dty glrL It waa. Horsemen, not a few of them cowmen, clattered up and down Front street and River street, chiefly to bear their own noise. And a mob of miners and prospectors from Thief River had come np for the celebration and the horse rscsa. “Been out on the Fairgrounds yet?" asked the doctor, continuing bin chat with Jane. “Been any of the racesT “1 saw the Indian races this morning —sorb yipping and yelling t And these Teiaas that rwde Into towa yesterday —they yelled louder thaa the Indiana" “That ontflt baa jast deliver** four of rattle te the Oaa- TWy rbecked them la it tlma Sleepy Cmi tern la that haneb - Henry Bawdy aad Jobe Lefevee amde the drive with the eatflt—all the wey ep from the lUe (ireode Hello.- e«claimed the lastly, -here cornea Bawdy new A rather taU ama. well 'bet hew legged, strongly If net eggroanlve. la •lag ap the weedea Stefa leadtog from the sidewalk te (he betel odhre Carpy balled bias Bawdy, nader aa everwhelmlag sum tamed and walked toward the dorter and bis gweat -Henry P ei riel mod the dertor Tea blamed old tong bom. I ne*er kx-ked la are yon back la BWwpy Cat.” “Alai no wnrmnta ont agin am. are therer naked Bawdy la calm, biaat. bet spirited faahioa. "Them must be one or m.>re agin yon dona along (be Rle (ireode. Hen ry." retorted (be doctor. *or yea wouldn’t be ae far from the tinkle of the guitar wltb winter coming oa Meet Mias Van Tambel newcomer at nee yea went s«*uth Mr Bawdy. Mias Jane” Hat In band. Bawdy stared: Mian Van Tambel T" hr echoed. “Did I get the name right?" be asked as Jane nod ded to his greeting. “You got It right." remarked Carpy dr> ly. "Well." returned Bawdy, swallowing, •if you could get a few more newcom ers like this. Doc, you’d have a live town. She's no relation to—’’ "(ius Van Tambel? Yes." nodded Carpy. easily antlclpatlve. “She’s his daughter—only daughter; only child. In fact" Sawdy swallowed again. “Well. I’ll say any man might be proud to claim her. 1 used to work for your father, la he alive yet?" •Alien, yen,” a Met man. Hava yon had a men this morning. Henry?” Carpy la teasing faahioa. Bawdy snorted. "Hintin' at that sell yesterday, eh? Me home race at all,” he went on angrily. "It waa Just a plain steal. Doc—beggin' your pardon, mlsa—a steal put up by thla saloon keeper, Boland, and a crooked cowman, McCroasen, and that Thief River butch er, Clubfoot.” Jane started. McCroasen was the Van Tambel foreman at Gunlock Ranch. “But what about this race?” persist ed Carpy. ”8lt down, Henry." “Why keep ropin’ at a dead corpse, Doc?" protested Sawdy. And turning to Jane: “Do you know this man?” be asked, nodding toward the doctor. "Slightly,” smiled Jane T hope to know him better.’* “Dotrt get too well acquainted,” ad vised Sawdy. "HS’rfgot a trick of dlg- gln’ Into your sore spots.” “Tell ua about that race,” Interrupt ed Carpy. "Well,’’ began the cowman reluctant ly, “night before last we bedded the herd down about three miles below Thief River town. About sundown Clubfoot rode Into camp on a good- lookin’ bay mare. I didn’t see him, I waa on guard. He said he was on his way up to Sleepy Cat. John Lefever, our foreman, Invited him to take aupper and bunk for the night “He said he waa a prospector goln’ out on the Gunlock range. He started talkin’ horses and said he wanted to sell his pony—claimed he had the fast est mare along the Sinks. He. blowed about that pony until John got touchy about hls own little chestnut gelding, and John Anally promised him a race when we got to Sleepy Cat. Nobody in our bunch not havin’ seen the fellow’s horse run, John waited till everybody got to sleep and takes Clubfoot’s mare off her picket rope for a tryout. Shucks I She had no speed at all. “Next day they arranged the race, and we boya put up our dough—every dollar In the outfit What do yon think of ua for suckers? When the race start ed. that cussed prospector—beggin’ your pardon, mlsa—run In a ringer on ua—another bay mare, looked exactly like the one he rode Into camp. That mare run like a streak—covered flve hundred yards before John's gelding got bis feet picked up. Tbea we got the story. “Clubfoot turned out te be a side swipe for thla sakooe keeper Boland we. Be we smashed ap Bolaad*a glean wsre and loohla’glaaa last night "That wasn’t right Hewry.” tainted Carpy with perfect gravity. That bird's got flve hendred of dough." continued Bawdy grimly. Tleery. I thought you aad Jo tae ulaa to get stung Mho that Hum you gulag te get even? Bmaahls ware wee t de IL" T don’t know. Dec. I don't he Tloury.• >1 served Carpy. "what M yon know hut yen wnsrt hetl" ala t aN ever yet Then there a the regia' and Ihruwta — Carpy nodded. n*r the irtrh Hdla*. AH PH aay maltatadL “Bay ell yen weal te IH hoe.' said Carpy. if (hath an, that use la ua that ahlaata' wa tush—at ua thiah no That a aathla* la tbi Jana spake frankly: "Oh. I’m glad. Mr Bawdy, yes deal bring me tala It foe I really dual know aay amra shoal It thaa a habe unborn." T hear McOnaam la qalta a rider.” obuerved Sawdy tentatively. Thai a ehat everybody aaya.” re turned Jane. "He certainly Is wonder ful In the saddle.” Bawdy nodded wisely, aa If merely ta aay. "It la well." “Bawdy." demanded Carpy. “what you got up your aleeve?" "Nothin’ at all. Doc—not a thing In the world." "You can't fool me. yon old desert rat." persisted Carpy. “Well. Doc. alnce yno'ra so smart will you back what I've got up my sleeve for fifty dollars? Will you do It. Doc? I’ve Just come from Jake Spotts' place. He lent me fifty—* Carpy reached Into hla trousers pock et and drew out a roll of bills. “Go along, you critter!” he exclaimed In dignantly. “I might have known your long-winded story would cost me msaar Bui I Mat lash fbv H ts ba •fly dotlara." "Maks It a hundred. Doe.” ventured Bawdy la hla rich, peraoaalva votes. "Not oa your Ufa. Henry, Tou'U loan this, anyway." “Wa get paid tomorrow—cough up for me." “Go hang I I haven't got It to spara. Want to do some betting myself." Jane held out her purse. “Why, here. Mr. Sawdy. There’s over fifty In this that I'm sure I don't need. Take IL” Sawdy stared dumbfounded. T couldn’t do that,, young mlas. I couldn’t" Jane, still smiling, had opened her purse, taken from It flve gold eagles, and held them out. "If you refuse to. let me accommodate you, It won’t be much of a compliment to me," aha pro tested. But It waa the light In her eyes and her lips parted over two even rows of white teeth that staggered Sawdy. He was groggy, but though going down he fought on. T know blamed well I ought not to do IL” muttered the big fellow. “Doc —what shall I do?” “Take It I” said Carpy gruffly. “You’ll lose It—then you can work It out for Jane on the ranch this summer—she’s running things out there while her fa ther’s sick.” Sawdy reluctantly let the trim young lady drop the gold pieces into hls horny hand—she laughing, he serious, Dr. Carpy vastly amused. “If the worst comes to the worst, I could work it out,” repeated Sawdy soberly. “But If you go to work at •Gunlock,” remarked the doctor, “make no mis take. Keep off the grass. Don’t aspire to the hand of this young princess. I’va got a bid In there myself.” "Why, Doctor!” exclaimed Jane, all rosy In protest and rising to go. “Just the same, girl, any man that bids for you has got to face a major operation at my hands. Will you be back for dinner?" he asked of Jane aa she made ready to leave. “We're bar* Ing watermelon today.” "I’m not going to mlas thaL Bat 1 must go over to Ruhldo's to order some supplies. By the way. 1 forgot to ask: What shall I do with that medicine yoa gave me last time?" "Throw It out the window and ride horseback. You're coming along won derful for six weeks out here. "Hold on. miss. Just a minute, please.” begged Bawdy as tbs party broke up. “You'll be at the Fairgrounds thla afternoon for the races?” “Of course 1*11 he there." Jane pertly. "Too*vs Asm aw a kind. I wane to do yoo a good ooo. Thla goes for this old medic!ae mao. tea.” Sawdy sodded toward the doctor. "What la ttr naked Jana coolly Bawdy won solemn "Too won’t neither of yo« Spin It? AH right Don't bet no trt.k rtais thii to the and taettors; with their poalse; fat wa height la Navajo bias attroctlso h ad with l ho or- goodly ootdt of cowman meoa to look forward ta a ap by proprietors of tkiraf parlors, gamblers, clothiers, aad barbers. Do thla partlcotar Fourth of Jaly there was every reason hot ooo for such a hope—tho cow outfit had bees thoroughly skinned by tho ad- vance guard of Sleepy Oat sharpers la tho person of Harry Boland and Club foot and Company. In consequence tbs Circle Dot boys, aa Bawdy’s outfit was known, made no especial contribution to the Fair* grounds festivities; they were present but not betting. Sawdy. long-faced and solemn, neg lected to pull at hla sweeping mus- tachlos—a sure sign of mental depres sion. John Lefever. rotund and natur ally Jolly, Circle Dot foreman, only whistled softly. (TO BE CONTINUED) - N Presenting GUNLOCK RANCH by FRANK H. SPEARMAN gripping . • . enthralling . . , a racing story of love and,hate in the western mountains • • • “Small fcirl for a big job, as the Indiana 9f would say. 1 That was old Doc Carpy’s opinion of Jane Van Tambel. Eastern girl who came to Sleepy Cat to manage her ailing fath* er’s ranch. But Jane proved herself capable. Youll follow with in* tense interest this truly unusual Western novel written by a master of Rocky Mountain fiction, Frank H. Spearman. Youll be swept into fie* tionland by the intense story of a girl who found START IT IN THIS ISSUED that her father was a despised crook, and that his mortal enemy was the man she loved! Such was the situation facing Jane Van Tambel as her struggle for hap* piness began. Read how she battled both man* kind and cruel nature, how she fought another war within her own heart... a war between one force that told her to love Bill Denison and another that asked her to respect an unde serving father. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson C O' By RBV. HAROLD L LUNDQUtST. Dm a mt tba Mood? BlbU InatltuU at Chioaa* C Waatara N*wap*P«r Unlaa. Lesfion for September 6 TURNING TO THE GENTILES LESSON TEXT—Acta 14:1-11, t». SO; Romans 10:8-15. GOLDEN TEXT—1 have aet thee fot a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acta 18:47. PRIMARY TOPIC—What Happened In Lyatra. JUNIOR TOPIC—When the Gospel Came to Lyatra. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Trials and Triumphs of Mission aries. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Christianity Facing Other Rellglqns. The progress of the first mis sionary journey into gentile terri tory had brought Paul and Bar nabas from Cyprus to Antioch of Pisidia in Asia Minor, where Paul preached with great power. Per secution by leading Jews then led them to go on to Iconium where they tarried for a long time preach ing “the word of grace” in the face of many difficulties. Next they came to Lystra, in which city we consider first the experiences of I. The Messengers (Acts 14;S- 13, 19, 20). They were immediately faced with the case of a man crippled from birth — outwardly hopeless, but having that inward faith which Paul at once recognized. He speaks, and God works in mighty 1. Power (w. 8-10). Faith releases the unlimited power of an infinite God. It did in Lystra almost nineteen hundred years ago. It does today wherever men believe God. The miracle of healing which took place created a sensation which resulted in great 2. Popularity (vv 11-13). The heathen people were looking for an incarnation of their gods. The supreme god In their mytho logy was Jupiter, and his chief attendant was Mercury. In Paul and Barnabas they thought they saw these two gods, and began to give them acclaim and honor. The flesh loves popularity. Few temptations are so appealing and ao treacherous to the Christian worker as a desire lor popularity. 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Foreign Words ^ and Phrases * A merveille. (F.) Wonderfully! to perfection. Boul’-Mich’. (F.) A familiar corruption of the Boulevard St. Michel, a famous street in tha Latin quarter of Paris. Coup d’etat. (F.) A sudden stroke of policy; a revolution. Demi-monde. (F.) The “half- world”; women outside the social pale. Entremet. (F.) A dainty aid* dish. Fiat justitia, mat coelum. (L.) Let justice be done, though tha heavens fall. Nom de guerre. (F.) Literally, a war name; a pseudonym. Petit-maitre. (F.) A dandy; a fop. To kalon. (Gr.) The beautiful| tha chief good. § Mufti 0 PfRFfCt NO Ft l DRV UfJkfO 10<4<J<6S< Bovrift tewx* •n^rowev rta-vl m cusm ^ op, mmmi | lo the livmg God. faithful aad self-deny the goapel la greatly Thare fallowed at once a star tling change Hi the attitude of the The fanatical Gentiles era ■Hrred ap by equally fanatical J< tha (ham meeting 2. Persecution (w 19, 20). Fickle and short-lived ta popu larity with men Let ua labor ta please God rather than man Paul was atoned and left for dead. But God had not forgotten him. He never forsakes tun own. It is believed by many that even while being stoned and near to death, Paul waa having the expe rience which no other man ever had. and which he describes in II Cor. 12:2-5. Be that aa it may, God miraculously brings him to life and full vigor at once, and tha messengers go on their way to Derbe. As they continue their ministry we turn aside for a glimpse into one of Paul’s epistles to consider II. The Message (Rom. 10:8-15). The carrier of a message is im portant, but of far greater import is the message that he carries. The word which Paul preached, and which you and I must teach and preach if we are faithful to our calling is “the word of faith.” It is the glorious good news that “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’’ Reader, have you called on his name? Have you admitted your need of salvation, and in your earnest desire to be saved have you abandoned every trust in self- righteousness or self-improvement and believed on him in your heart as your personal Saviour? If not, “Now is the day of salvation.” . If you have, it is your privilege and your duty to confess him “with the mouth,” telling everywhere by faithful life and testimony that Jesus still saves. It** AS In MOW YwrialN BALDNESS (.1 n\ I Its The Getting of Wisdom True wisdom is a thing very ex traordinary. Happy are they that have it; and next to them, not those many that thjnk they have it, but those few that are sensible of their own defects and imperfections, and know that they have it not.—TUlot- aon. Money la tha thing, most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the thing moat enjoyed, but the least an viod—Colton. Clinton CSoyernorj-u^r Ym* cur Tha Original at Magnesia Wafers