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Copfright Trank H Spatroah
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SYNOPSIS
Slrepy Cal. Hratrt town of the Southwest,
is celebrating the Fourth of July Jane Van
Tatnlwl. beautiful daughter of lius Van Tam
hel, bated owner of (iunlock ranch, hat arrived
from the Cast for the first time. She watches
the Frontier Day celebration in company with
Doctor Carpy, crusty, tender-hearted friend
of the community. Henry Sawdy of the Cir
cle Dot ranch, tricked in a fake horse race
the day before by Dare McCroasen, foreman
at Gunlock, plant revenge. He enters Bill
Denison, a handsome young Texas wrangler,
to the rodeo which McCrosten is favored to
• In, and lays heavy bets op him. Unknown
to the crowd. Denison it a champion horse
man. McCrosten and the young stranger tie
in the various events. Denison then drops a
cigarette carelessly. Racing down the track
full tilt, he picks up the cigarette. The ver
dict goes to Denison when McCrosten refuses
to attempt the stunt. Entreated by the crowd.
Denison agrees to perform another trick. Jane
Van Tambel is asked for her bracelet and
throws it on the track. Just as Denison rides
to pick it up a yell from Barney Rebatock,
a McCroasen henchman, scares the pony, near
ly coating the rider kit life. Gun play is pre
vented by the intervention of Doctor Carpy.
Back on Gunlock ranch, after two years to
Chicago, because of ber father's illness. Jane
gets loel riding m the kills and meets Dem-
snw. now a neighbor, who guides ber home.
Not knowing her identity, be speaks bitterly
of Van Tambel She tells Metros sen who
brought her home and he denounces Denison
at a cattle thief Later she asks Doctor Carpy
why her lather is »npopular and he telle her
it m because of Van Tambefs ruthless aad
aascrupuinwt character McCrooaeo tries So
woo Jano. but « sharply rebuffed Ones agaia
she loses her way w the hdla aad meets Dan-
•so*. Oo impulse the gives him hoe bracelet
These intereal is cock
hot ideality so
CHAPTER V—Continued
Carpy lao«bH big dry Hltk Igafh
•Wall r ho •trlalo*d 6*o«vol*o(ly
“Too did pick a ml •atgfdor. dida t
y««Y What did yoa tblak of ti»« brut»r
la bar roafoatoa. Jaa« boaftafod
•Why —I tbought bla hot had at alt”
aha doc la rod with gpiriL What da yaa
think of blar
•Wby, ta apoofe Joat offbaad. Jaaa
Iff key Bin Imtaaa bad bla oao»ioa;
bat I tblak bo‘a abaat aa oquaro aad
•poa aad abooobaard a young foilav
aa M»oa ta iba Mila I 4oa t awppaaa
•ay wf yoar faibor'a following vaald
a grow altb a»o *
*!!• atrack ano. tow Doctor, aa Jaaf
•acb a •aa.' latorpoaod Jaaa la
paMvafy.
*Wbai da yaa know abaat fhlaga
Nka fbaf r aakod Carpy Jocularly,
* Yoa ra )uat a kid I Ha aight ba a
Wrap tbiof far all you could foil, girl**
Jane draw ho raw If ip “DoaT ba aa
bum a boat reoey girl a bof ng a fool -
aoata •» fbeta •Igbf fnof yoa I Ho
fold tco ba Mod fa work at O a Block
What wag iba quarrel bet a era bla aad
Fathar r*
Dr. t'arpy laid bla cigar oa iba adga
Of Iba fabla a'd bra cod btaaolf. “Ha
a kiad af loag atory.'’ ba hogab. aot
koooing oxartly boo la tackla a dall
rata aubjort
Tva lota of tlmo.“ remarked Jab#
dihronrortlBgly.
‘To begin with, your father waa al
ways a grabber, Jana. Probably
couldn't help It—Just built that way
1 tuiipose that hurts your faollngar*
Tha girl winced a llttla. "Whetbor
(t does or d >eg not. Doctor, I want to
bear both sides, and I kuow you ara
honest. Oo ahead, please
Her appeal waa Dot unheeded.
“You're a kind of surpiisa. Jane,"
continued the doctor slowly, “for Id
aplte of the fact that the family name
la oof very popular In this country,
everybody la talking about you—how
nice you are. and all that.
“Juat to ahow you. June, how feel
ing has been? we’re got an ex sheriff
out here, one of the best and biggest-
hearted men In the mountains. He's a
character. He happened Id to the
hotel the other day, and we got to talk
ing about you—now dou’l blush or get
confused, girl—you re entitled to a good
send off. and I gave you a .rood one.
“Old BUI Pardaloe set where you're
getting, with hlg feet on I he table,
chewing tobacco, listening to every
word and never, all the time, saying
one word himself. When I got through,
-A U14 hjfrk al*wf ymr tratr
an aunt In Chicago who'd been out
here—a regular sport and no fancy
airs because she had n rich brother.
“Pardaloe—now I’m telling you this.
Jane, only to show you how: some of Ui,
felt—Pardaloe shifted his quid and
says, ‘Doc, It’s kind of hard for me to
believe there’s one decent Van Tambel
In the world; I’m damned if I’ll ever
believe there's two.’ ”
“Oh, Doctor 1“
“Don’t take It hard, girl One thing
about these frontier men, they're as
open-minded and simple as children.
Juat a word or a smile from an up-'n’-
coming girl like you and you'll have
'em eating out of your band.
“BUI Denison worked awhile for your
father; he was foreman at Uunlock
Your father thought Denison was Just
about right He could do everything—
and do It well Ha made so much
money for your father that ha gave
him a abare la the cattle, a teeth, I
believe It waa When he quit, Denison
asked for • settlement on bla share.
Tew fatter told him be dldn t bare oa
sham. They west to lew shoot H.
Deolooe gaff heat—ho dtda t have ear
thing hot a verbal contract So Bill
weal back to live oo kle own ranch
nett to tha Roeervatloa. H'a aaaalL
bat haa plenty nf good water from a
hlg apring that makee It valuable.
Thee be began running off enough
Ounlock cattle In small buocbea—cat
tle be claimed belonged to him, any
way—to pay off what your father owed
him. There was e great hoe and cry.
But BUI was loo smart for tha Quo-
lock boya—privately, I think the In
diana helped Bill They swear by him.
“So BUI waa cussed by your father
aa a rustler. It made cattlemen laugh,
thinking of your father’s own reputa
tion In that respect And the old mi^p
brought a lawsuit against BUI to oust
him from the little ranch, account bad
title. That suit la still pending In
the land office at Waablngton. Now
that’s just about the itory, Jane. If
I've hurt your feelings some, I didn’t
do It because 1 wanted to. You asked
me to tell you the truth. Did I do
right or wrong?”
The shock of the -doctor’s story so
humiliated Jane that she wanted obly
to get back home and hide what she
felt to be the shame of her father
from everybody. She had promised to
ride back the hill trail with Denison;/
she felt she just couldn’t do It She
took s short cut home across the
desert Her mystified and disappoint
ed admirer, after lingering patiently
In the hills till dusk rode Into town
only to learn at McAlpIn’s barn that
Jane had taken ber pony out early In
the afternoon.
It waa a painful night She realized
why the name the bore waa ao unpop
ular In Sleepy Cat
Her depression bore her down; even
Quong saw that something was wrong.
He cooked epeelal dishes to tempt
Jsne’s appetite, but ber appetite could
not be tempted.
“Why don’t you get out and ride any
more?’’ asked Bull Page one day. “You
haven’t been on a horse for two weeks
—Juat sit moping around the bouse,
eatins nothing, talking nothing. Juat
*WH#l Old Vow Tnina off U*
roadlag aad rondlng. Mast bo
liver. Next flaw I'm la tows HI boy
a bottle of Hvicbers Liver Regulator
for yon.’
“Uver regulator r* laughed Jane
scorafully.
‘Quong takes It,” erged Ball quite
nerloon
T don’t need nay llrer regulator.
Bull Just let me elooa. Itl be ell
right"
For another two weeks Bull was wor
ried. Then sut iealy Jane relented.
Sb# would take e horseback ride If
Bull would ride with ber—not other
wise.
They started together. It was after
noon. The sir was thick with a soft
haze that tempered the sun's rays The
trail led In sod out of the thin pins
woods.
She began to think her nervous ap
prehension of meeting Denisoft again
bad been a wasted worry. Indeed, she
and ber guide were homeward bound
within a mile of the ranch house when
both beard the clatter of hoofs behind
them. Jane would not have looked
around for a million dollars. Bull told
ber there were two men coming upu
“Who are they?”
“Looks like Carpy and Bill Denison.”
Jane's heart raced. However, this
seemed not so bad. Three men and
one woman were better than one man
a&d one woman. Carpy and Denison
-a|4*u»ached together.
♦Where are you riding to today, doc
tor?’’ asked Jane.
“Uunlock ranch.”
Jane showed surprise. "Who’s sick
at the ranch?”
"One of the boys,” said Carpy. .
“That’s the first I’ve heard of It,”
exclaimed Jane. “Who Is It?”
“One of the boys that got cut up last
night downtown. I sewed him up and
want to see how he Is. Nothing seri
ous. 1 guess,” said Carpy.
“Any news In town, doctor?” asked
Jane, though not In the least Interested
In Sleepy Cat news.
“Nothing but the brush fires up
North. This whole country's dry as
tinder. 1 hope the winds will keep ’em
up North. What do you bear from
your father?” asked the doctor lo re
turn.
“Oh, he's better” said Jane. “He
talks about coming home pretty soon.'
“Well, that’s news.” commented Doc
tor Carpy, nooeomeslttslly. “He's got
• wonderful constitution, that men."
thinking to himself that U wm
Mo fund. “How have you b#«u you*
self, gtrtr
“Oh. Fa Just fine, doctor ”
”11 art a* to go. eh? Os me on. girl HP
net yon through this pine belt."
Jane sew her chance to escape an
uncomfortable situation, for Deoiaon
hadn't said a word. She dnshod gayiy
abend and outran Carpy. But Denlaoa
followed her. overtaking ber and rid
ing alongside.
, The spurt couldn’t last forever,
though Jane prolonged It to the beet
of her ability. She wondered whether
she had Jumped from the frying pan
Into the fire; she waa alone now with
Denison.
When she slackened ber pace, out of
breath, her cheeks were aglow.
“1 wouldn't push that pony of yours
too bard,” suggested Denison inciden
tally. "He’s a nervous critter.”
“Oh. he’s all right,” said Jane lightly,
“but It doea shake one up, doesn't ttf
she exclaimed, panting a little.
*Tt does,” agreed Denison. “But I got
my real shakeup when 1 spied you on
the trail I’ve been staking myself out
alone on this trail every day for a
month or ao, hoping to get sight of
you.”
“I haven’t felt much tike riding late
ly.”
“I waa afraid you were sick. I
watched for the doctor coming out, bu!
1 didn't see him. 1 used to ride u[
Gunlock Knob every day or two to see
if 1 could see anythin* of you.”
“I wish you wouldn’t do such things.
Where la Ounlock Knob?”
“It’s that peak over by the spring.
It’s really on yonr father's ranch, (
guess, but I'm always careful not to
run into any of your men.”
"I'm sorry, but you mustn’t look for
me any more—please don’t” She
glanced at him firmly ns she spoke.
To Denison she had never looked so
lovely.
"Wbyr be demanded. “Have I—”
“You haven’t, but I havo—1 guess
that’s the way to put It I mustn't see
you any more. I don’t expect to re
main lo this country very long, any
way.”
“Whet bare I do do. Jane?”
“Nothing, nothing ”
'Somebody's been telling Hen about
me." bo declared with some Mttornea*
-No,”
“If you'd tell mo want they arm I
ild answer them *
T said, not No ooo has uihog
you” His sudden Intensity
frightened Jane. She burst Info tanra.
“Now loo made mat tees worse f” bo
exclaimed penitently. “1 didn't mens
tn srnro yon. Jane, I guena my Onrfs
moron's my Mts, But It mokoo me
wild te think I'on boon lied e
eoly. If anything.
"For whet 7” be
to this
all If yon mum know
angry desperation.
‘Bot Jane, that
'on ha eon T” spntteeod poor Ji
botleon mo whoa I any an
ts iking shoot yool"
ex ruse mo. then. I do oo-
you. Bnt If you'd giro mo a
to. Fd be willing to isffl you
mooh thing Too done la my
and loovo It nB to yon. Don't
me out hoot e
■try at
declared to
"1 mat help that.” one ooid
laatly. ”1 wish I'd never seen this
cooatry. Aad I'm going to leave It the
very grot minute 1 get e chanco. Deal
see me say mom. I don't want in sen
anybody till I ran tee re hero end for
get everything "
“Just ns you say. Jane. This to
some trouble I den t know snoot." ho
Mid
“Bnt If I can't see you nay mom,
Jane, please remember that wherever
yon are. here or ten thousand miles
from here, 1 love you.”
Jane got horns thinking ef how
wretchedly she had handled the ait*
ustlon with Denison.
It proved to be her foreman. Me*
Crosseo. who had been cut up in •
gambling quarrel
Jane kept Doctor Carpy for supper,
and that evening she held him ea long
as she could. She felt down la the
depths.
When be started for town, Jans
walked out In the moonlight with him,
talking and clinging to bis hand. When
he. mounted,.she still asked questions
to keep him talking and kept hla hand
In hers.
“Jane,” he said, “there's something
hurting your mind, not your body. Do
you want to tell me, girl?”
“Not tonight, doctor."
“Sometime, maybe—come to me Just
the same as if 1 were your father.
You are a 'lovely young girl, Jane.
With what God 1ms given you, you
can make or break any man In the
world. Use your power mercifully.”
Her face fell against his band. He
felt on It the warmth of her tears.
“Mustn’t worry, my child. And If the
load, whatever It Is, gets too heavy—
you know where to bring It,” he add
ed, wheeling away (
She had promised Doctor Carpy to
ride every day, and while attending
the wounded man be kept close tab
on her, but she avoided the mala
trails and kept to the hllla near the
rhhcb bouse. Carpy brought llttla
news from Sleepy Cat, bpt he spoke
of the forest fires north of town.
“1 hope we shan’t be bothered her*,’'
said Jane.
“No danger hero unless they croes
the river. You haven’t much tlmheff
on the east ranch. There’s none tfi
speak of over oa tie range. But you've
got u lot scattered around hero la the
hllla. If It shod Id get dowa Into tha
reservation timber, there would he
heA to p«y ”
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