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I Tfct Bara wail Pw»l> SftlatU Bamwtll. S. C- Tkinaiaf* Oriabar GUNLOCK •RANCH* by .SPEARMAN Ooprrlfht Prank H. Bpaamaa WNU B«rvlca SYNOPSIS Slerpy Cat, desert town of the South west, Is celebrating the Fourth of July. Ja«e Van Tambel, beautiful dauKlUer of Gus Van Tambel, hated owner of Gunlock ranch, has arrived from the Fast for the first time. She watches the Frontier Day celebration In company with Dr. Carpy, crusty, tender-hearted friend of the community. Henry Sawdy of the Circle Dot ranch, tricked In & fake horse race the day before by Dave McCrossen, foreman at Gunlock, plans revenge. He enters Bill Denison, a handsome young Texas wrangler, in the rodeo which McCrossen Is favored to win, and lays heavy bets on him. Unknown to the crowd, Denison Is a champion horseman, McCrossen and the young stranger tie in the various events. McCrossen picks up a hand kerchief from the ground riding full • peed, facing backward. Dentson eas ily follows suit. Denison then drops a cigarette carelessly. Racing down ths track full tilt, hs picks up the ciga rette. The verdict goes to Denison when McCrossen refuses to attempt the ■ tunt. Entreated by the crowd. Denl- •on agree* to perform another trick. Jane Van Tambel la asked for her bracelet and throw* It on the track. Juat as Denison rides to pick It up a yell from Harney Rebatock, a Mc- t'roaaen henchman, acarea the pony, nearly costing the rider hie life. Oun play la prevented by the Inter vention of Dr. Carpy. The young atranger returns the bracelet to Jane. Back on Gunlock ranch after two yeare In Chicago, because of her father's til- aeoa Jane gels lost riding In the hills and meets I»enlsnn. now a neighbor, who guides her home. Sot knowing her Identity, he speaks bitterly of Van Tambel llhe tells McCroesen who brought her home and he denounces t>enlson se s cattle thief CHAPTER III—Continued It nettled her foreman "Me* th# worst enemy jour father ever had la ihts whole ruwairy lies prahably Mole more tiunWwfc mute thaa all the matters la the Mila* *1 dow t believe If •All right doa t.” et claimed Me- tYaunrn. nettled "Just nsh any ef the hoys srownd the ranch. ’ Jane rode Into AWepy i‘nt neat morn mg with Hnll J*nge and nhen an# had gispmsuamd Werdov.oeua at the bank. she walked ap street la t'arpy a hotel It he ashed for thwlof ('arpy. whusa she r» mi mbs red from her * tat I twn yearn before The dortar had a private ealered hnth from the hotel to* by and The <1 St the eighieet VIM l^t •! of Ihl* I Awf rw A f m f* of •frvtAgvr. tm* lug l >M • I rpetoed rf girl. «e. and a* oh Sleepy e place I trta or arevaiagly a • loualy she tat; ihe <hwiar did n-*t at ier Hut his glaare raept everything about her like a flash her rvab*>y hat. her red o|era bev h bloUve Wtlh I la dark lloomg tie; her sl.>|4ag feminine sh*>u;-ters . delksle. |>4eaetng b«vsnm and slender rounded hi|a. her short bruwa riding skirt and her e»ft, tight Ailing boots The rig see rued right for bruan hair and bine even 'lhector i'arpy her vnl.w a as clear gnd ber t'arpy nodded. |Nr«|>lte his years, the sight uf trim, girlish womanhood al wats stirred the blunt old surgevta to graclousneaa The doctor doffed his hat and net his bag down on the ilenk with an air of siitlsfactlon. “I in Doctor Cnrpy. Hut I'm glad to see you don't need me or any other doctor.’* “Why. Doctor!** etclalmed Jane de- aMirely. There was a sophistication In the delicate droop of her eyelids, a* she protester], that did not esca|>e the doctor. It deceived him only as to her ag®. “Thais hardly complimentary. Doctor Carpy,* she ran on. “Have you forgotten Frontier day two years ago when we sat here on the porch to gether and In the rickety grandstand to see the riding?” Her eyes were* laughing. Doctor Carpy was Mustered. "Whikt is your name?” “Not a very popular one In lids coun try. Fra Jane Van Tambel.” He knit his brows. “Why, that's maybe two years ago, and It was a little girl that I talked to here on the porch and took to the races. I'll he hanged! Two years! And you’ve sprung into full bloom. Full bloom!” repeated Carpy In undisguised admiration. •Where’ve you been ever since?” “In Chicago. You look exactly the game. Doctor.” “Can’t eay 1 feel exactly the same. Jane,” he said. His eyes still rested on her. “How long were you out last time?” “Only two months or so. Rut Fm out bow to stay, perhaps.” “I heard something lately about some women folks over to Gunlock, but 1 didn’t hear of you being over there. If 1 bad, I’d have been over there myself. So you're Gus' daughter.” he mused. “Fm his only child. Doctor.” “Never knew he had a child till jou came out the first time. You threw your bracelet out on the track, didn t you?” •That was partly your fault. Doctor." “Was It? Well, you g»t It buck " *1 did. but 1 nevt-r learned tbe uatnr ad U» maa that picked It up AU 1 I aaaed. waa that a rustler, Taa daa*t remem bar him. do youT “Of coarse I do Who the bell said he waa a ruaHerr "Why, that's what they told me at tbe ranch after wa got home.” “Well, you’re got aome ahle-bodled Kara at Gunlock—one la particular." •Who'! thatr “No need to apeclfy." “Well, what's the name of the won derful rider who picked up the brace let? And the cigarette?** “It waa BUI Denleon.” Jane started Imperceptibly. “He’s living here now on his broth er's hill ranch—brother’s dead. Well, Jane, what In the world brought you out here?” «• ’ “Why, because Father’s so 111." Doc tor Carpy nodded. "You took care of him, Doctor, and recommended his go ing to Medicine Bend—” "It was pretty high for him here." “—so he telegraphed for me to come out to loon after the ranch—” “Small girl for big Job, as the In dians would say.” Jane laughed. “That’s what Father said when he saw me. You know two years ago was the first time In his life he’d ever seen me." “I never knew till then the—your fa ther had a family." "Father was peculiar, you know. A little while after I was born he Just disappeared. It was years before we even knew where he was. Then he be gan sending money back to Mother Bometlmes, but he never wrote a line. Then Mother died, and I went to live with my Aunt Lou." "How old are you, Jane?" "A I most nineteen." “Well, well!” mused Doctor Carpy ■till regarding bis caller benevolently. "So you’re Van Tambel's daughter. I guess you take after your mother. The doctor spoke evenly, but the Implica tion did not pass unnoticed. “Aunt I-on says 1 do,” she returned with composure. “So Father said, too, when I went to nee him at the hos pital In Medicine Bend last month. And he told me. Doctor, to come to see you shout his bill. I couldn't And one from you among tbe bills at tbe ranch. Did you ever send ooe?“ “Hell. Jane. 1 never sent a bill to anybody In my life." •Doctor P exclaimed bta caller, star tied both at tbs expletive and tbe atatrmeoL T never beard of S doctor wbo didst seat out Mila I" Canty laughed uproariously. -Why. that a nothing • •Bat.” she west on. *yoa took rare of Father quite a whits. He thinks yea’re tb# boat doctor bo ever bad.” Tbs sardonic note la tbs doctor s eflgbt laugh as be auppreoaed as *S- r la mat too did not aorsps tbs gtrL "Met every mm out boro says that or anmt iking Just Ubs Ms so you must be used to It,* she added. “t*1wnas toil mi now. Imrtoe, uhof lbs Mil Is; I «su« to pay you.” TBs dortar waved Jane oC. Wbou bo atd*stepped, she kept after him. Ho dudged. sod she pe rotated. At leal she drew from ber purse two —o-hundred dollar Milo sod laid them su tbe table la fr«at ef him Carpy looked at them Is setostskmeut. “four father beast guwe out ef bis mind, has he?” • No." Jose retorted. "Why? That's sot enough, to It?" she added abases faredty. “I dkia t knew." “It s at trust twice tea murk. DM Gas aesd this?" Jose bed to ah s ML Abe hod added a hundred dollars be rue If Is what ber father bad loM ber would be about right. If Carpy refused to name tbe MIL "He told me be nanted you sell paid.” ehe anevdrred evasively. Carpy pushed one MU bark In Jsas. “Thai • plenty." Thaior," ehe exclaimed. T wUh you'd lake this other MIL” He ebook his bead. “Put It buck In your purse. How are iblags out at tbe ranch?” “You know bow It Is when tbe cat's away,” laughed Jane. “You muet mean tbe wildcat." aug- grated Carpy, grinning half amiably. “Kvrryoue doing things his own way,” ahe continued. Ignoring the thrust. “Or not doing them at alL* “Mostly that, I gurus.” “Mostly that." agreed Jane. “I can see I have plenty of work ahead.” “And ,ou going on nineteen. And. I'll bet. never did a day’s work in your life.” She straightened up. “I’ve worked every day of my life since I left high school at fifteen." “What for?” "Helping support Mother." Carpy flashed with anger. “Do you mean to tell me that old curmudgeon father of yours didn’t support you and your mother?” Jane's eyes fell. She crimsoned. Then, collecting herself, she said, ‘T did not mean to tell you. Doctor. It slipped out. We've nearly always had to look out for ourselves—but I hate to talk about it. Doctor. Father says he’s sorry. When 1 telegraphed him about Mother's death, he was all broken up and sent me so much money for the ex penses that I didn’t know what to do with it—though it was too late to do poor Mother any good. I know Fa ther’s eccentric. Doctor," Jane contin ued gravely, "But that doesn’t ex plain. to me, why everybody out here hates him. And that’s what I’ve* want ed to ask somebody like you. Doctor, somebody wbo would tell dhe the truth. Why Is Father so disliked? Is It be cause he Is so rich?*’ Dr. Carpy was taken aback. Here was an Innocent and charming girl bud ding Into a lovely womanhood, the daughter of an unscrupulous criminal and thoroughly detested cattle king, asking him to tell her why ber fa ther was so bated along tbe Hpanisb Hlnks. •Walt. Jsoe.” be said at length slow ly. •many a tick man la Bat If bs thought be coo Id gat off with such a general observation bs, was mistaken. Jane pursued him- “Was that the esse with Father?" she asked bluntly. “Other rich men are hated." con tinued Carpy, unmoved, "not because they’re rich, hut becauae of the way they got rich t" The force of his words wai not lost on hla listener. “And If a mitn does get rich here or anywhere else, they don't lose any time hatching up lies about him. do they?" she said Indignantly. “Father warned me when I saw him at the hospital that I’d hear stories about him. But there are always two sides to stories.” She spoke with a fire that surprised even her listener, who was seasoned to surprises. "There’s a chip of the old block,” he said to himself. He re gretted he had Insinuated so much. But while he tried to soften the Im pact of his words, he would not en tirely retreat “I probably ought to say, Jane, that I myself didn’t get on well with your father. So my verdict might not be a fair one. Another man might give a more favorable opinion.” “What other man. Doctor?" she asked so coolly that she upset the doc tor again. “Why, offhand, I couldn’t say right now, Jane.” ; "Doctor," said Van Tambel’s daugh ter, rising, suddenly; he thought her still angry, hut she really wasn’t— "may I come again. Just to talk with you, perhaps get a little advice—come without excuse at all to see you—Just plain come?” she asked, stiffly but Im pulsively. “Why, of course you may, Jane. Why not? Come any time, all times—my latchstrlng’s always out for you,” de clared Carpy, swayed by an admira tion he could not resist. “And you won’t harbor any feelings against me Juat because you don’t like my father?” "How could I?*’ Doctor Carpy almost gasped with surprise at her poise. "Jane," he said, taking her hand. “Just feel Fm your friend—I mean It. Sick or well. I’ll be with yon. I don't care a damn wbo yonr father la or waa—Is that plain, girl?” Tib awfully grateful. Doctor." she said collectedly. “If I get Into a tight place, or lato trouble. I’ll know where ITI hove a friend to tarn to." “Don’t bs afraid!" exclaimed Carpy emphatically "YouTI And yos'll stake plenty of frtesds ost here Just as suoa as you get acquainted—d«*01 bs afrsldr* be repeated. Jane was at tbs door. Abe turned “Asd Doctor.” she said, wltb seeming Inooresce, “try ts think of tbe name of tbe man wbs will gtvs that more fa I vocable opinion.” XT Mia Hall waited for bis mistress daring ber talk with l*urpy. bs dropped Into Joke Spot is* barber shop far a shave. itpotts. ubs was bald as s Millard bulL expressed surprise when Bull gave bln ordnr. “WMakers off?” bs ex claimed Taka ’em off.” repealed Ball dog godly • IIoat be gsin' to get bmcried?" “HTetL not exactly," explained Bull “Ws got wtmmcu folks out in Usnlnrl now. *n* the boys are sprwrta* up * -What wtmsMU folks?" “Ain't yon beard? Got a girt there daughter ef oM tins." “Is that damned old critter dowa st lbs Medicine Bend hospital yet?" An maaded Spotte—bat bis expletives were much more ferocious A heavy baas voice was beard from tbs second chair, ubere <Wear was Black for isvlng a man How, Jake,” prt Satin Frock Autumn Wear led tbe mas la tbe chair, “go alow—don’t get to ruaala' out old Van Tambel.” “All light, Panama; all right." re turned Hpotts. resignedly, “I plum foe got you were there ” “That man.” gravely continued ths man addressed as “Panama” and rs ferrlng to Van Tambel. “will keep mors Sleepy ('at folks oat of heaven thaa the devil hlmvelf." “How’s that?” asked Spotta. “Why? Because everybody cuvses him xo terrible whenever his name comes up.” “I guess that’s right,” agreed Spotta. "Anyway, there’s more damned blaa- pheemin’ goln* on In this town—” "Careful, Jake; careful," admonished Panama. "AH right, Panama," grumbled the notoriously profane barber. Then, un der his breath, no Panama could not hear, "It’s got so a man can’t say ■ damned word any more. Whit’s the girl like. Bull?” he asked. “Well,” responded the Gunlock hearty, “she’s coinin’ around eighteen or twen ty ; lively as a cricket and straight as a ramrod.” "Is she-anythin’ like old Van Tam- bej?" "Not - bit. She’s as nice and tidy a miss as you’d want to set eyes on." “Then there’s one grand big mistake somewheres,” declared Spotts, defini tively. “That damned old crlttei couldn’t be the father of a girl like that.” ‘Tut, tut, Jake,” Interposed Panama rising solemnly from the chair anl reaching for his collar and tie. “Yoi promised to give up swearing." "Well, hell, I can’t quit all at once can I?” demanded Spotts testily. ‘‘Ain’ I doin’ better every day?” “Got to watch you, though, I guess, observed Panama shrewdly. Bull caught sight of the man out o» the corner of his eye. He was almost gigantic In proportions. 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