Thursduy, April 21, 193M
The Gold Hill News, Gold Hill, Oregon
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h e 'll be as safe w ith me a« in God'a
''W here’s the fellow gone?" Lee
pocket. I ' l l have him brought to tasked.
Ruth Chiswick of L C ranch, obsessed by
" I reckon the w a sn 't as bad h u rt
the house and w e 'll take care o f him
fear of dander to her outspoken lather. Lee.
here. But he ca n 't p u ll the wool as he was m aking o u t.” F ra n k said.
from a band of lawless rustlers headed by
“ W hat's th is? ”
over m y eyes
He has got to be
Shenn Howard, decides to save him by elop
ing with young Lou Howard. Sherm's son.
s tra ig h t goods.”
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• *
Lee picked a piece of w rapping-
and comes to the town of T a ll Holt to meet
“ T h a t's fa ir ,” Ruth agreed. “ I paper fro m the table He read aloud
him While In Y ell Sanger's store, a crook
nosed stranger enters, sues up the situation,
don’ t know anything about who he something that had been scraw led
and when a drunken cowboy. Jim Pender,
is. Maybe he's an outlaw on the on it w ith a pencil. "M u c h obliged,
rides in and starts shooting, protects Ruth,
dodge. He's as hard as iron and he Doc, fo r fixing m y leg. See you
while Lou Howard hides. Disgusted with
Lou's cowardice. Ruth calls off the elope
m ay have gone bad. But th e re ’s later m a yb e ."
ment. and sends the stranger for her father
som ething clean about him . He
at the (am bling house across the street.
Je ff G ray rode Into T a il H olt two
There the stranger, calling himself Jeff
w o u ld n 't shoot a man in the back.
Gray, meets Morgan Norris, a killer. Curly
I'd stake e ve ryth in g I had on th a t.” days a fte r leaving the rim ro c k line-
Connor. Kansas. M ile High. Sid Hunt, and
Chiswick- nodded. “ I would have camp. His broad shoulders sagged
other rustlers, and Sherm Howard. Lee
Chiswick enters, with hts foreman. Dan
said that m yself, and I'm not often w ith weariness. The eyes of the
Lee
Chiswick
broke
into
his
Brand, and tells Sherm Howard of hla or
w rong about a man. When he ran man were sunken. The lean face
daughter's story e xcitedly.
ders to shoot rustlers at sight
Jeff Gray
at me w ith his gun sm oking, I was was haggard and unshaven. A t the
returns to Ruth and coldly reassures her of
“ He’s hanging around w a itin g for
her father's safety. At supper. Ruth lntro-
sure surprised. Maybe you’ re rig h t, Alam o c o rra l he dism ounted s tiffly .
dcces Jeff to her father and Brand, and In
a chance to dry-gulch m e .”
The owner o f the place, J im Rey
daughter. He'D get a chance to te ll
Sanger's store later she speaks cordially to
Ruth shook her head. “ I thought his s to ry .”
Curly Connor Coming out of the store, they
nolds, squinted an unspoken ques
are greeted by sudden gunplay. Lee Is so at first.
I don't now. L iste n .”
“ M ay I ride up to the line-cam p tion at him fro m under slanted eye
wounded, and Jeff Gray appears with a
brows.
There was an a rre stin g
“ Lucky the w o lf d id n 't do you a w ith you?” Ruth asked.
smoking revolver
Two days later. Ruth
tells her father of her projected elopement
meanness when he had a chance."
“ N o !" he exploded, and slam m ed q u a lity about G ra y that held atten
and her disillusionment. Later. Ruth meets
The strong ja w of the cattlem an a fist down on the breakfast-table tion. The fatigue, the stains of tra v
Jeff Gray, whom she thinks tried to kill her
father When he tries to hold her bridle.
set. “ I 'l l have him rounded up and to emphasize his decision. “ You el. did not conceal his dom inant
Ruth accidentally presses the trigger of her
He unsaddled the sweat-
rubbed out before he’s 24 hours old can’ t go w ith m e
W hat's the m a t force.
gun. and wounds Jeff
She takes him to
e r.”
te r w ith you. g irl? You head for streaked roan gelding w ith a com pe
Pat Sorley's camp.
“ You won’t need to round him up. trouble lik e a th irs ty steer fo r w a tent economy of m otion. When he
I can te ll you where he is. My ter. F irs t, you run off w ith a no- moved, a pantherish rip p le ran
CHAPTER IV—Continued
story isn’t finished. Do you want to ’count scalawag not w orth a h ill of w avelike through his w ell - packed
hear it or not?”
beans, then you shoot another and muscles
‘ ‘M ust I? ” He grinned at her w ith
“ Yore bronc some g aunted," Rey
“ Where is he?” demanded Chis tote him to hospital w ithout asking
cheerful effrontery.
w ick.
me a by-your-leave T h a t’s no way nolds said.
“ Of course you m u st.” Ruth al
“ Som e." G ra y agreed.
" H e ’s at the rim ro c k line-cam p, fo r a lady to do
No w onder folks
most stamped her foot in exaspera w ith a bullet-hole in his leg.”
He watered and fed the a n im a l
th in k yo u 're a w ild young hellion.
tion. “ I f you d id n 't do it. who d id?”
“ D id Pat get h im ? ”
You are grown up now. You got him self. Reynolds watched h im . ob
" I w ouldn’t know .”
serving that he knew how to tre a t a
| to learn to act genteel.”
“ No. I d id .”
She took that up triu m p h a n tly .
“ You w hat?”
“ Would it be unladylike fo r me to hot, tire d horse. The co rra l-o w n e r
“ N either you nor anybody else.”
“ I shot h im .”
go down w ith you and take some wondered who th is stra n g e r was.
" B u t I could guess.”
” 1*11 put up at Ma P resnall's if
H er father stared at her w ith frie d chicken and biscuits to a sick
“ Who. then?” she demanded.
she has room for m e,” G ray said.
blank astonishment. “ Good God, m a n ? " she wanted to know.
“ I f I ever m ention it, probably it
g ir l! What do you m ean?”
“ You fix up this fried chicken and "Could you send word to Shertn
w ill be to the gent h im s e lf,” he said
“ I trie d to pass him . He caught I ’ ll take it dow n.” Lee said firm ly . Howard that I'm there and want to
softly.
at the b rid le rein. I don’ t know why. “ I aim to be reasonable, but I ’ m see h im ? "
" I thought so.”
“ What name shall I sa y? " asked
Perhaps he couldn’t get out o f the through le ttin g you behave so
G ray turned to the line-rider. way and d id n ’t w ant Blue Chip to cra z y .”
Reynolds
“ Two shots were fired before M r.
" J e ff G ray. I'm obliged, s ir ."
Ruth gave up. She packed the
C hisw ick's friends took a hand. I
G ray lim ped up the street tow ard
tobacco, the books, and the food.
fired the second. P oint is, who cut
F o r Pat she put in a corn-cob pipe the boarding-house.
loose w ith the firs t? ”
Ma P resnall had her m uscular
to replace the broken cla y one.
“ I f you w eren’t in it, why did you
K nowing her fa th e r’s im p u lsive arm s bare to the elbows. There was
shoot at a ll? ” R uth asked.
/
nature, she was fu ll of m isgivings. a splash of flour on one tem ple.
“ I ’ve asked m yse lf th a t two-three
O ver his shoulder, as he started, She had been baking. Her face was
tim e s since,” he replied suavely.
he called back a word of reassur leathery and w rin kle d , the challenge
“ P lum b dum b of me. F o r 20 years
ance. “ Don’t you w o rry, daughter. of her washed-out eyes d ire ct and
I ’ ve been m inding m y own busi
I'm not going off half-cocked. I f hard. F o r tw enty years she had
ness exclusive, yet soon as I h it
th is G ra y can show me he’s not a lived in fro n tie r cam ps and held
T a il H o lt I b u tt in to yours, not only
ye llo w coyote. I ’ ll not h a rm h im .” her own.
once but se-ve-real tim es. I w ouldn't
He could have a room and bourd,
In a n a tu ra l meadow h a lf a m ile
know why, unless I ’ve gone loco.”
fro m the house he stopped to give she said, fo r a d o lla r a day or five
S trangers paid in
“ You beat around the bush w ith
Dan Brand instructions about the d ollars a week
out te llin g a nything,”
the g irl
d riv e o f ye a rlin g s sold to B roder advance. A five -d o lla r b ill passed
charged.
ick.
This done, he told his son fro m G ray to her and she led him
F ra n k and the forem an w hat he to his room.
“ By your own story you shot at
A fte r washing the caked dust fro m
had ju s t learned fro m Ruth.
the boss onct,” Sorley snapped.
F ra n k asked to ride w ith him to face and hands, he lay down on the
“ R ight a fte r you'd eaten supper
bed. The wound in his leg was
S orley's camp.
w ith h im and Miss R u th .”
The Chisw icks rode up to the rim throbbing. F o r the better p a rt of
“ Who said that was m y story? I
rock and skirte d the edge o f it un s ix ty hours he had been in the sad
don’ t recollect ever te llin g it . ”
t
il they reached a break. Through dle and he was alm ost w orn out.
Ruth stared at the hardy scamp,
th
is they clim b e d to the lip of the When the o p p o rtu n ity cam e he
her eyes d ila tin g w ith excitem ent.
would bathe and dress the h u rt. Just
p ark where the line-cam p lay
“ You mean you d id n 't fire at F ather
now he had not tim e
He was ex
F ro m the chim ney of the cabin a
a t all, but at the v illa in who was
pecting a v is it fro m Sherman H ow
th in tric k le o f smoke d rifte d .
try in g to k ill h im ? ”
“ Pat is probably lin e -rid in g and ard and perhaps fro m others. I t
“ Go to the head of the class.
has
le ft th is fellow alone,” F rank was unfortunate th a t his e n try into
M iss,” G ray said, w ith a g rim ironic
T a il H olt had been so m e lo d ra
said.
sm ile. “ I t ’s the best story I could
m atic. P robably he would have to
As
they
d
re
w
closer,
Lee
hulloed
th in k up a fte r three or fo u r days,
lig h t out again, if they gave h im
the
house.
F
ro
m
the
boulder
field
so I thought I would come back and
a chance to go.
back
of
it
an
echo
came
back
to
tr y it on Lee Chiswick. ’Course
“ What name shall I say?” asked
W ith his pocket-knife he ripped
them . No other answer sounded A
you’re sm a rt as a whip, and I
Reynolds.
second tim e he shouted, s till w ithout open the lining of his vest and drew
w ouldn’ t expect to put it across w ith
out a folded paper. He expected to
you.”
tra m p le h im down. Somehow m y response.
peed it shortly. The paper was a
"G
e
t
your
gun
out.
boy,”
he
o
r
A queer lif t of jo y sang in the gun went off and h it him . I did n ’ t
printed poster o ffe rin g a rew ard of
dered
g
rim
ly
.
“
I
d
o
n
't
like
th
is.”
g irl's blood. She knew this was the w ant him to die before he could
2,000 fo r the capture of C lin t Doke,
He swung fro m the saddle and the leader of a band of outlaw s who
tru th . I t explained everything. He get help, so I took him to the cam p.”
had fired on the assassin and run
"W h y d id n 't you come and get drew the rifle attached to it. F rank had held up and robbed the Texas
forw ard to protect her father fro m some of us?” he asked, his voice dismounted h u rrie d ly , bis horse be and Southern F ly e r. A description
any others who m ig h t tu rn th e ir sharp w ith anxiety. “ He m ig h t have tween him and the house.
of the desperado was given. W ith
“ I sure don’t w ant to get blasted it was a picture taken fro m a cut.
guns on him w hile he was defense shot you down on the w a y .”
“ I was as safe w ith h im as I out of m y sa d d le," he said.
less.
N a tu ra lly his purpose had
The face that looked back fro m the
The tw o men w orked tow ard the poster at Jeff G ray was his own.
been mistaken. The fire of Dan would be w ith you, F a th e r,” she
and C urly had driven him away. said. “ He isn’ t that kind of man. cabin, using th e ir horses to screen
T hrough the door Ma P resnall
He had no tim e to explain. I f he I don’t like h im . He’s . . . insult them as m uch as possible fro m any oalled in fo rm a tio n. "Som e gents to
sharpshooters
who
m
ig
h
t
be
in
the
stayed, he would be shot down. ing. But he is not the kind of ru ffi
see you.”
There was no chance to show his an who would h u rt a woman or building or among the rocks »bevy;
“ Who are th e ^? ’ ’ G ray asked, put
weapon, w ith only one cham ber would take advantage of a m an in a Nobody s tirre d except themselves.
ting the paper in his vest pocket.
em pty. Now he had no evidence to fight. He d id n 't shoot you. Some F ra n k fe lt a strange p ric k lin g sen
“ Sherm Howard, C u rly Connor,
sation run up and down his spine.
one else d id .”
back his story.
“ T h a t’s crazy ta lk !” Lee shouted. A ny m om ent there m ig h t come a and M org N o rris .”
“ Why didn’t you te ll me before?’
There was a b a fe ly perceptible
crash o f g u n s,.
“ We saw h im do i t . ”
she cried.
Lee m aneuvered close to the door, pause before* G ra y said, "A s k them
"W e thought we saw h im do it , ”
“ You and yore friends are so
handy w ith guns I never get tim e to she corrected. “ B ut we d id n ’ t. He then made a bolt fo r it. His son to cpme up, M rs. P resnall, if you
w ill.”
saw someone fire at you and shot at was inside scarce a second later.
m ake oration,” he said d ryly.
(TO HE CONTINUED/
the man. Then he ran fo rw a rd to
The cabin was em pty.
Distress floodedher. She had shot protect you, and we a ll thought he
h im , a fte r he had perhaps saved was the k ille r, th in k it over, Fa
the life of her father.
ther. F rom the position you were Cross W h eat and Couch G rass to H a lt
“ His story don’t look good to m e,” standing the b ullet th a t creased you
Sorley said coldly. “ I would say he m ust have been fired in the alley,
S h iftin g o f the F arm Soil in C an ad a
was ru n n in ’ a whizzer on us, Miss but this G ray came another d ire c
R uth.”
tio n .”
In some parts of Canada a serious find a weapon w hich w ill tu rn defeat
“ No. I t ’s tru e .” The g irl drew a
“ Got it a ll figured out, haven’t
deep breath of re lie f. “ I ’m a w f’ly you—w ith his help?” Lee said an problem has been confronting fa rm into v icto ry, and the B iological In
ers fo r m any years now—one w ith stitu te of Svaloef, South Sweden,
glad it is.”
g rily .
w hich no E nglish fa rm e r is like ly hopes before long to put a stop to
“
I
f
he
had
been
the
man,
would
The wounded man looked at her.
th is constant disappearance of va lu
“ What difference does it make to he have run fo rw a rd into the nest of to be faced. T h e ir fa rm s won’t stay
able soil.
you w hether I or someone else shot us? I t isn’t reasonable. He was put.
They are crossing wheat w ith the
On the wide p ra irie s o f N orth
taken by surprise when Dan began
h im ? ” he asked.
A m e rica acres o f loose soil shift fa rm e rs ’ old enemy, couch grass,
shooting
at
him
.
I
could
see
that.
Her eyes m et his, the color on
each year, through the action of and they have every reason to hope
her cheeks hot beneath them. “ I To save his life he had to get out.” w ind and ra in . Up to the present th a t the re su lt w ill be a useful crop
“
W
hat’s
he
doing
here,
then?”
don’t lik e you a bit. I think you are
“ He wants to see you. I don’ t there has been nothing to prevent of g ra in , provided by a plant whose
hateful. B u t I d idn’t believe you
know what about. He insisted on it. F a rm e rs s im p ly had to sit and clin g in g roots w ill bind together the
were a low scoundrel u n til—w hat I
w atch the fe rtile top soil wash away sh iftin g soil.
m y bringing you.”
saw at T a il H olt.
Now I know
Canadian fa rm e rs w ill have m uch
“ He’U see me, all rig h t,” the cat in the heavy ra in s of the spring and
you’ re not that kind of man. You
tlem an said, his voice harsh and autum n, and blow away when, in to thank the scientists fo r when they
saved m y fa th e r’s life. I don't know grim .
the sum m er, the burning sun dried pla n t th is gra in , and another on
how to thank you . . . or to te ll
w hich the scientists are w o rkin g
“ M y opinion is th a t he saved your it up in to fine dust.
you how so rry I am th a t I h u rt
Thus, every ye a r, says a w rite r in now.
life, after he had already taken care
yo u .”
The la tte r is a cross between
of me when a crazy man was on London Answers Magazine, the land
“ So now i t ’s a ll rig h t,” he jeered,
the shoot. Then I put a bullet in was im poverished, and no amount wheat and rye, w hich, it Is hoped,
“ and I ought to te ll you how grate him , and now you w ant to finish of m anuring o r ca re fu l cu ltiva tio n w ill be capable o f w ithstanding the
fu l I am fo r the lead p ill you gave h im .” Ruth spoke w ith sharp b itte r on the p a rt of the fa rm e r served b itte r cold of the long northern w in
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me.
ness.
h im in w hat seemed to be a hope ters, and of producing a useful crop
“ I ’ ve told you I ’m so rry, and that
at the same tim e . The Canadian
“ I ’ll listen to h im ,” Lee told her. less battle against Nature.
I d id n ’t mean to do it , ” R uth said. “ I ’ll hear w hat he has got to say.
In the last ye a r o r two the trouble fa rm e rs ’ continued pro sp e rity de
“ T h a t’s fine.
You ju s t pointed Maybe you are rig h t, but I don’t has been intensified, and consider pends on some such type of gra in .
yore popgun at me to m ake Fourth- believe it. I f he comes clean and able tra c ts of land have been laid
A t present the yie ld is too sm a ll
to be useful, but in the fu tu re , no
of-July firew orks. I ’m lucky you tells me what he is doing here— waste.
picked only a leg to p uncture.”
But the scientist can sometim es doubt, it w ill be a standard crop.
ahd if what he says satisfies me—
SYNOPSIS
Ruth fe lt anger s tir in her, but
she kept it dawn. “ I f there’s any
thing 1 can do fo r you w h ile you're
here—anything I can b rin g you,”
she said in a ca re fu lly even voice.
“ I'm going to see you again, am
I? How nice! There are several
things you can bring me. One is
some tobacco. I ’d like two-three
books, and the latest newspaper you
have. Also, b rin g Lee Chiswick.
I w ant a powwow w ith h im .”
“ I ’ ll 'send the books w ith m y fa
th e r,” she said.
f \ I ' A L L rag rugs the hooked ! sewing fo r the home, you w ill
typ e la the m ost fascinating w ant u copy of Mrs. Spears* book,
and econom ical A rug hook, such , S E W IN G , fur the Holm- U et'uiu-
as m a y be purchased In notion tor. F o rty-e ig h t pages o f p ra c ti
and faneyw ork departm ent«, and cal w o rkin g directions, w ith com
b u rla p a little la rg e r than your plete illu stra tio n s. A d o lla r sav
finished rug are the essentials. ing book fo r every hom em aker.
M ost rug hookers also use a Send name and address, enclosing
fra m e of sluts bolted together ut 23 cents (coins p re fe rre d ) to M rs.
the corners. They stretch the b u r Spears. 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi
lap over the fra m e and tack it. cago, III.
M any hooked rugs are made w ith
out a fra m e .
Spray Roses Frequently
Here is a q uaint old rug pat
“ I And that there Is one sim ple
te rn th a t you m ay m a rk off on
yo u r bu rla p w ith a ya rd stick and point In aphis control that la o ver
pencil. The num bers indicate the looked by a m a jo rity of rose g ro w
colors used fo r the o rig in a l r u g - e rs ," says M e lvin E. W yandl, rose
now m ore than a hundred years specialist o f P ainesville, Ohio. “ I t
old. The finished rug measures is sim p ly th a t they should spray
2(1 by 34 inches. A llow two inches often. Now do n 't m isunderstand
at a ll edges for hems. O vercast I me. P ra c tic a lly u ll rose grow ers
the edges, then m a rk the solid know that they m ust spray w ith a
one-inch border ju s t inside the good insecticide to control aphis,
hetn allow ance; then the large but they do not reulize that aphids
eight-inch squares; then the sm a ll m u ltip ly ra p id ly .”
tw o-inch squares; then d ra w the
An effective spray fo r aphis con
diagonal lines across the large tro l is m ade by m ixin g one to tw o
squares as shown. Use wool rags tcaspoonfuls o f nicotine sulphate
i f possible and cut the strip s not In a gallon of w ater and adding a
w id e r than one-half inch. Hold little dissolved laundry soap. N ico
the s trip against the wrong side tine sulphate is a poison w hich
o f the bu rla p and p u ll loops o f it k ills by contact—the method nec
through to the rig h t side w ith the essary w ith sucking Inxects such
hook as shown. Short strip s are as aphis— and In addition, being
as useful as long. Just p u ll the vo la tile , it gives off fum es w hich
ends through and c lip them.
also k ill, m aking it doubly effective.
I f you are planning s lip covers,
cu rta in s, o r doing other Spring
H ow the "W ell-Dressed"
Furniture Should A p p ear
This season—and every season
—fu rn itu re should be kept fresh
and g leam ing! The hom e-m aker
owes it to her fu rn itu re — and the
appearance of her home. Before
it leaves the shop of the fu rn itu re
dealer, before it is sold—good fu r
n itu re is kept polished I The dealer
co n tin u a lly gives it a "p o lish serv
ice” , to m a in ta in its ric h appear
ance—keep the wood " a liv e ! " He,
who is an a u th o rity, re g u la rly
uses a good o il polish (the best
is non-greasy, because it has a
fine, lig h t-o il base). He knows
the im portance of this— fo r selling
fu rn itu re is his business— and on
his shop floor, every piece of fine
wood m ust be kept at its lustrous
best! He knows, too, how v ita l it
is to the finish, the ve ry pores of
the wood, to fre q u e n tly apply a
q u a lity o il polish on the various
suites and fine pieces! The effect
of its frequent use on fu rn itu re is
tw o -fo ld : I t prevents dryin g -o u t
and cra ckin g —and it brings to ’ the
fu rn itu re n deep, lasting high-tone
—that suffuses the wood, brings
out a ll the n a tu ra l beauty of the
gra in . A ll woodwork and fu rn i
tu re w ill rem ain “ w ell-dressed,”
decorative, s p a rk lin g —i f cared fo r
p e rio d ica lly w ith a reputable
lig h t-o il polish!
MEN LOVE GIRLS
WITH PEP
l i you are peppy end full of fun. m m will In
vito you Vo don>un and part Un. B U T . If yon
aro cross Itfeieaa and tired. men w o n t bo
Interested. M en d«<n‘t l l k e uqulet* atria.
For three generatlona »no » m an has told
another how to go "sm iling through" w ith
l.ydta K. I*lnkhatn*a Vegetable < ompnund I t
helps N a tu re ton« up the a y a t « m , t h u s ir s a r n
lug the <tter»raf«rt a f
I *
,
i .
order« which women must endure.
Mabe a note N O W to get a b o ttle of world-
famous lln k h s m 'i Compound today W I T H
O U T F A IL front your druggist mure than n
mU/ton women have w ritten In letters re
porting benefit
W hy not t r , L Y D U K F I N K I I A M 8
vegetable comfuunut
HELP KIDNEYS
T o C e l K lt l o f A r i d
m i»! I ’o ia o n o u n W a a t e
Y o u r kidneys help to keep you well
by constantly Altering waste m atter
from the blood. I f your kidneys g>*t
a lly
dlaordered and ( a d to
remove aireaa Ira purities, there m ay bo
potoonlng of the whole eyatem and
body-wide dtatresa.
I t u r n ln g . scanty or lo o frequent urL
«y be a « a rn ln g of aomo kidney
or bladder disturbance.
You may suffer nagging bark ache,
peralatent headache, attacks of diastneoa,
getting up nighta, swelling. puffiness
under the eyaa— feel weak, nervous. all
played out.
In such rwiro It la better to roly on a
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acclaim than on something lean favor
ably known, (lee Doaa’a P tlU . A m ulti
tude of grateful people recommend
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DOANS PILLS
CHEW LONG BILL NAVY TOBACCO ^ 5 ?
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DIZZY DRAMAS
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