I U I ILSHAT. A K i l 'N T
GUNLOCK RANCH Ì
by FRANK H. SPEARMAN
F ra n k II
H p a a tin a j*
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Why h«»u out ragloua
« hiltued. “ You ought to b«<
S Y N O P S IS
Nlrr|»x Cal,
town <>f Ih a
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a«.iith» «»i i« .
I u rli»
<»f Jul*
Ja«« V a u T a m b r l, Ix 'M U ll-
ful (t4uuh*«r <»f O tt« V e h T »mfcel.
he (e*l ow her « r O u n ltM k IE • < b. ha»
erri*»«! from the Keel f«»i th» nr«i
Ilm« Nli» Mut« has Ih» K»' n iI pi |*ay
,««|«l>rNI I'm ln «'««mpMbi » llh Dr
i ’ari*?. «rueiy. i«ml«r beai r«| ftlrnd
<»f th« iMiiiiiiiunitx
ll«i*t> HuwUv of
ihr c irri» I »«•< retvh. ir«<
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P a k e h o r a * ««••« t lt e «lay t»af*«le l»y
fu r« m a n a t ( t u n *
D it y r M« » ’ r- « • «eh
l<>> k • » l a n a n > v r i i a e
lie e n ta ra llllt
It r i t l a o h
a h a m l u n it« » " 'H im T e t a a
M «-
w r a n g le r . Ih th e r o d e o w l i h h
C to a a e n la f a v o r e d I«» w in . a n d la y «
h e a v y h a le u h h im w it h H a r r y lh>
la n d a a l o o n k r e p e r a i.d « r a t ty o f M*
t'yiyaaen
V r ilih o W M
Io
th e c r o w d ,
U r h la o h
la a « h a m p lo n h<«raem an
M«-<*roaaen a n d t h e y o u n g e t r s w g e r
H e in I h e v a r io u s e v e n !«
T h e y a re
t h e n B a k e d In |»ro|x»wr t h e i r " W tl
a lu n la
M < r«.»«eo w in n in g th e l««aa,
pl< k a
u p a h a n d k e r c h i e f f r o to I h e
g ro u n d
r id in g
fu ll
ep»«4.
f e e in g
h a ik w a r d
O e n le o n « « a lly
f o ll o w «
a w ll
Now
It 1« h ie t u r n
11« d r o p s
a . t e a r e l l a < a r a le a e ly . e n d I I le p r o -
p o a rd th e » he t r y I o p h k I I u p r i d
in g
fu ll l il t
l le c l n g d o w n I h e trS rfc .
H a n le o n p h k« u p Ih e e t g a r e l t e
M<
( 'r o e e e n r e f u s e « 1» a l l a r n p l (h e s l u n l .
IC n tr e a te d
hv
Ih e
• - r o w d .
O e n le o n
a g r e e « I«» p e r f o r m a n o t h e r lrl< k
Jana
V a n T a m h a l la n a k e d f o r h e r h r a r e -
lel a n d i h r o w e I I o n th e I r a c k . J u e l
ae |>enle<*n n d e a I o p h k I I u p a y e ll
fro m lla r n e y lle h a h o k . a M n ’m . M n
henchm an
««-.»ie« Ih e p o n y , n e a r l y
'« r a tin g I h e r id e r h ie l i f e
H u n p la y
la p r e v e n te d hy Ih e I n t e r v e n t io n o f
•ligib«*
of yo urself.’*
The young man held tile gr «il ini
•|.et inc aak a «|ueetion
\»e ' «»
any kin of old man Van T h iii I m *! »'•
he aekeit composedly.
MI don't cure to discuss that <| let
lloh with you.” wue her dethuil re
¡.1«
“I admit. If you are I wa» kind
of rough, e|H*aklng ae 1 d i d . ” he
want on. "I didn't know lie had
ity relations. I worked for him a
ear «»nee, and I never tieard him
II of any. Mo I guess I have to
pohigtM."
•| ahould think coil would »polo
In..." d w lu icd Jam'. ■c»ndullX4'd
’lint." h» 4'«uut»r«>d and I he '‘hut"
u . cuipballc. "to tall you tin* truth,
lady. I can't lake rvcrythlnii buck
You ltvln< over n t H i t . m u c h ) h o
naked.
'| llv*. lu t'hll'M B o"
• Nigh onio thirty year», I flgura
II Io he "
“ What are yon ao »ore fn f on
eteryhodt at ilu iilo e k riineh?"
'I.iidt
|> iiiriuol her companion.
"If I told Volt, you wouldn't believe
It. Hut I don't auy I'm »ore at
ever) liioly. And I'm not aore ai yon
I'm glad there'» one decent per«un
no» nt tiun l'ii k “
Julie bridled again
“One dw eiit
leranul I like lh u t!”
''Ilnng It. I didn't mean to miikei
I*ortl4»nd Grove H enle.
Tha sixteenth
annual
tmie
•
«
"Not a »hole lot.
Hut maybe
you'd lie ile r mount off and real a
Utile It you need It.
It's rough
going from here on. for I'm trying
to lake ii abort cut *'
"You're not loat, are you?" »he
demanded an»pl<'luualy.
"Not yet."
•'Ilu l you might gel loat?*'
"Not tonight. And If you'll atlck
III llie »addle a llllle waya farther,
ton can have a drink at a spring
io freshen you up."
Ilow can you Hint It?”
•If you'll drunk from It aa many
tim e , aa I have, you could And It
In a sandstorm, bllndfoldrkl—ao
could the»e horaea, either of 'em ”
The two were alien! for a while,
•riwently
lienlaon
chiwked
bla
horse. “ Here'» your aprlng. lady
Are you thirsty?”
“Choked. I f yon hadn't teM-n ao
mean. I'd have aaked you for a
drink at your house— If It 1» your
bouse.**
•|t‘s mine ao far. but there'» a
hang over lawault of Van Tambel'a
on It. Can you get down, lady?”
•I don't know whether I can or
not
I've I wen In thia »addle •»
tong”
Her companion eased her to the
ground.
Jane refuar-d to drink
Ithout a cup till he told her to cup
tier hand«
Then ahe would not
drink until »he could aee there
»ere no snake» tn the water.
“Nothing geta Into that w ater:
It would freere a snake to death
llut I ran strike a light »<■ you can
»ee Ihe w ater In your hands.”
“ I ’d have offered you a drink al
my house If I'd thought o f II, * he
■aid. helping her to remount.
"I
didn't aim to lie mean. You kind of
took me hy surprise."
grange will be August 20. Mrs. bes-
llo Wlcka will have charge during
the lecturer hour.
— -
—
low « Com Chiyllengxxl.
Iowa corn will have to look to Its
laurels, or else—Judging from some
Oregon com grown a mile east of
S 'c S * " "
t i l the IsiMlIi-H’ club hall Jos flchnel- tMld Horens grange arc to have a
routte place hy O. 1 ,rk e y*
der ............... t h e master's chair as l-lcnlc In the Layng grjve. A short
' "
t
v
;
b e . Hmtth. the master, was absent pmgrsm I. to he given after the .U H * Johnston
The'ha"' wn""mmiernit’tr". Hve with
bouquet» of flower» which the
ladles brought nnd arranged.
The third and fourth degrees
were conferred on Robert Vaughn.
The regular bualneas meeting
was held. Henry Stiauer gave a re
port for the agricultural commit
tee nnd Clnude Arne reported for
the legislative committee. There
waa a discussion of the public eale
which the grange Is Io hold In the
near future.
Following the business meeting
there waa a short program. "Safety
First" being the subject. Robert
Wngoner rend an essay ontltled
•D rive S afe;” Mrs Henry Mnauer
r:
a la ...... .. now hy approaching
dai koe»a.
gave several demonstrations on
flrst a l l } ; Mr«. Dot Wagner sang
a solo and Alice Nash and Clifford
Van Hcholnck gave a surprise tiutn-
her. There was community singing
also. The rest of the evening was
spent socially nnd In the enjoy-
,4.1 > T b . w ent of ft watermelon feed.
-u —
R IV E
iilio lh e r b r iu k . I'leaae eacuae. mid
I'll hog lie uiy troulileaouie longue.*'
"1» It very mueh fu rth e r? 1 u»ked
T
Doremi Grange Plans
To Hold Public Sale
In Near Future
Grove picnic w ill t»e held at Penin of the dsy.
sula park In
Portland
Munday.
August 30 D in ner a t 1 p m. Coffee
Ä»el “ Rliar-(stood»**
arid Ice cream w ill be furnished.
1 ill» ihm I *'l«tua» bbNjd«*' of 1the
A ll present and fo rm er Cottage
the blond
blue eyed
world i f f
Grove residents are cordially In
vited to attend. It la understood bvNUUee of brunette Seville la
that E lb e rt Bede, fo rm er editor of Spain. who are the descendants if
the Visi-Gotha.
Cottage The Sentinel, w ill be the speaker
10 feel and 10 Inches In halghth.
M r D ickey had a field o f corn laat
year that averaged «5 buahela to
the acre. 11« believes the field on
the O aroutte place w ill make at
least IW buahela per acre thia year
‘And you're l<4»l?‘*
“I f I wer« not. I «liouldn'l I«*
I14.ro.“
"Now no nmltvr how you mol I
may differ on oomo »nb><-t»." hr
«■Id. ■•I'll »t»rt you on your «■>
horn». |iro4ldlnu you w»nt uir to
Witt you wait i4 mlnut4> w lill- I »ad
dl4. up?”
“I won't » » It ■ •w otul. I'll find
toy own w«y." «<> auylng. Jane
Jotkod h -r horor around
l*r ««arpy
Woll, I llki. your »piinlt. »nywuy.'
enluon rulliMl out to her. “aud I'll
C H A P T E R I I — C ontinued
■trh you In u couplo of mlnntior.**
—S~“
"Yon r»n »tuy right whrrr. y4»u
“Tw o yanra eg«» Iset winter.”
4.." ahe »hot b a rk . “ I don't want
M|( was done I here that winter. 1 m i nrnr tn». »nyhow.”
undere(ah<1.N eal«1 (he T e ia h evenly
A« »hr r<Mlr »way. Jane board In
••Of course II wue under artificial
n Im riullbly »hurt tlr a r tho fla tte r
light so they had to uee white f»a
boofa boatd- her. Mho brlatled
per
Inaldo
•Y o u Imeii In New York, th e tll
“W hat aro you fh»»ln« mo f o r t '
•One» «»r twice, air.**
«hr drtnandod »» Tonlaoa rode up
•*YfHi‘ve aeen It «h»ne, then?**
I wa» afraid you'd fall off your
• | have. air. And I ’m mighty fla il
liurao,“ h r retorted dryly.
“ Now
1 ®e( you." drawled the T etari. cut
kl|> the hard word».” ho (jountorod
fluff the Interview abort
lie wav
■ally aa Jane angrily objected to
pot ungracious. but wan aotnewha* Ida taunt and to hl» company
fatigue«)
You know you're uaed up: you
• I l»e boy can ride.” aald Teulaon. don't know how to ride.
You're
rejoining Sawdy. “ I told him 1 saw uaed up your hor»e. and you don't
that cigarette act done In Madhmn know the country, and I'r e got to
T hem were light« I'vprvwherc
Square Harden, two yearn ago lie get you home, ao turn arouud anil when Jan« knuckl'd, very late, at
wild he eaw It at the name time
I follow m e—do you know wlierr the ranchhuu»» door. Kindly old
guess that ! where he picked It up."
Hull l*ag<*. on« of tlw runch hands
ou’rv heading for?"
•T icked what up. the clgaretteF
She »aa too e»a«iierated to apeiik griwtiul her In the kitchen.
Tha girl » «» Jaded to death
•T h e act. lie aald they need a
“Yuil're headed for the deaert,
white |»a|wr cigarette them on sc mid that'» a p««r place for a «trnn •'Wbarw's evar>ho,ly. Hull?" »hi1
>i»k«d. ilropping Into s chair.
rwant of the artificial light ao he ger to sleep In. night or day.
"W hy. .Ml»« Jane, they're all oui
must have sffu It.**
lie fell warning chcckmi June
-W h o a
they?*
aaked
Bawdy She had heard atorlea about that lookin' for you."
"t/M iklng for m e!" exclaim «! Jane
aw ful deaert; ahe had hern warned
Mundy
"W ell, they must be
to keep away from It
A rerulalon ».•ortifully
- I eupiMiee lie meant the rider.”
•J wonder If he meant himself of feeling swept over her. She wa» to u tin g o il the Job. When*'» Quong?
"Quong's gone to bed. hut I'll get
Why. Harry. hs’s the man that In tired, tired enough to drop off her
trodured that act at the garden, two horae. I tppreaaed hy a aenae of lone Mime bacon and frleil potato«» f<u
line»». helple»aneaa. and r w n lm e n l you In no tlmi'.” declsreil Hull
yeara ago laat w inter.’*
nt being ridiculed hy a diaagreeabte -Coffee?"
"Yea. and Strong."
atranger. her eye« niliol with angry
CHAPTER HI
"Same a» I take II. Well, well
tear»
Mhe began to cry aa »he
turned her horan'a head to follow bow'd you manage to tlnd your wav
WO yenra later, hack on her old
hotoe T ‘
fath
er» ranch after two years hilt).
f
" I didn't And It
I found a man
Hold on.” he »»Id kindly, "hold
in I ’hh-ago Jane wae riding the
Nothing to cry about, not a nnd a cabin shoot a hundred mile»
poaaeaftlona one «lay to l»e here on
thing
You're a* anfe a» If you from nowhere, ami he brought me
Wandering on her pony far In the
That coffee smells grand
were In your I mh I at the ranch
I h o lin '
(lunltH'k hills, »lie had lost her way
gue»« I'm pretty rough apokeu; hut Hull." sighed Jane “ Hurry up w ill
tow an) the close of the «lay and had
my loirk'a worae'n my bite.
So the bacon I"
stopped to flak directions from
A» »he «aid the words. In atslke.
you're from Chicago?"
man standing at the door of a poor
the ranch foreman, Dave Mel'ro»
Yea."
twoklng cabin
That's quite a burg, I under aen.
At the «luht of tile missing girl
•W h y . Isn’t thia G unlock Ranch?” ■land.''
•Not vet
Ih e umn answered the
ilow far hare we got Io go to i„ . . t r n , i , an attltailo of roornttfu |
aatonlahmcnt
"Hell'» bell» .lane'
queetlon firmly. Jane thought.
get home?"
“ Here you are home j
-W hen I left the house thia morn
CoiiBlderalde waya. If we could he exelalmed
log.” she »aid Indignantly, ’they go a» Ihe crow fllea. II wouldn’t be ami we’ve been riding all over cren
told me I could ride «11 dav without ao fur l l o » long have you l* e n out tlon !"
"You must have In vit trying not i t
getting ofT (Junlock Ranch I inuat here?’’
find no' ' »aid .lane e o ld l). W llh o n l
have ridden about a hundred miles
”Mli weeks.**
He waa loo polite to comment, mueh rea«on ’ he resentful the f a e l!|
What «11«! you mean hy saying. ’no
though he had hardly need to ask t h a t « b e b a d g o t lo » t a n I n o t I..... .
yet’? she asked suspiciously.
Hill Hetilson, before whose door the question lane was ao evident promptly found
"W here were etui?" s»ked tin
idle had halted, looked at Jane with |y n tenderfoot.
foreman,
sitting down.
iiKkcd
In
••What'»
your
n
a
m
e
f
she
(Birlofflty. *‘<>h. nothing special
"In the hllla. You've always beei
turn.
be aald casually, -o n ly , that ol
telling me to ride where I plea’ et
-H ill Pewlaon.’*
man Van Tam hel has stolen every
“Ilow lung have you lived here? ' and that there was no danger la'
tiling In the hllla eicept thia ranch
"Here nnd In Ihe I'linhandle moat ran •• > oti'd plek me up. I gut'»» I
At thia outburst Jane first stopped
your formula didn't work."
of
my life.”
breathing then ahe breathe«! furl
fJO Hf. C O M IM EIH
And
how
many
yeara
la
that?'
oualy.
H er
feat urea
hardened.
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