JCNE 12. I%5
and prove I'm all right.
T H O R NAne
WAS LEGION!
Whereupon he hurried dowa the
street, whi^g Bart Rogers, with a new
confldeat-e. went on toward his eelf
appointed duty. Soon he was on the
main street, and at tbe first "em
porium" he turned iu.
“I want the proprietor,” he aa
nounced to the be-aproned person be
hind the bar.
“I ’m him. W hat'll you have?'
“What are you selling here? Hard
stuff?" Bart bad hidden hla badge.
The bartender grinned aud nodded.
“Sorry, old man," Bart answered,
“but the town doses up tomorrow
night—and doses tight. That glTes
yon 24 hours to get out.”
Bart departed. At a dance hall next
door he made the same announcement,
received in- sturtng silence. Then he
went on, finally to stop In front of a
small tent, in which a lean, check-
suited man bent over a small coun
ter, manipulating as he did so three
pla«er-filled halves of English wal
nuts.
Money was being piled on the coun
ter. Bart swept It aside.
“Nix on that butf-ln stuff!" came
sharply. “Who let you In here?”
'T h e same person who's going to let
you out,” enme with equal asperity
from the marshal.
"Rogers- I * ray
name. I'm marshal here. Now dose
up this Joint and get out of town In
24 hours. Understand?”
“N i t !" the gambler had become sud
denly serious. “You’re on the wrong
guy, honest. I ’ui fixed, see? Every-
Why suffer from bead aches?
Hare
YOUR EYES
Examined
F. M. French & Son
BNTE r pr is K
RURAL
erecting rigs and dachihery o»t at the
‘. n
d
' k
a
u
y
o
u
get it.
laud which Bart Roger, „nee had , You’ll be back, tor von'U not forget it;
called h l. o » n - .n d that the law hurt-
Our 4lm ,, lo' pltMe
X
m
^ u^
: . p
Into the main street.
7 : : . , . . d
Theo, shifting
h l, belt in preparation for a resump
tlon of his task, he started again upon
hla Interrupted mlaelon.
a yelping.
sqeawklag "cootch" shew waa hie first
Jeweler«, Optometrists
paragon cafe
a ir in v
—
G EO .
i
_
M. G I L C H R I S T
decent, respectable show people to,
night, that you had this deputy of
yours open up the Jail aad let out n
prisoner, sad then deliberately «hot
an Innocant man, to make it appear
that—"
"Where do you get that stuff?" The
accusation had gtveu Bud Tlirko »oA-
den strength. "W hile you're lyin’,
you're tailin' a good ooe, ain't you»
Yoo—"
"B hrat” A man rose la the ante*
mobile, and In the glare of tbe Haute«.
Bait saw the narrow featured gamlder
ha had arveeted that afternoon "Boil"
waved a haad.
"How about thlst Who turned you
looser
objective. At the ticket «and a cel-
lurtes« man. talking la a law, yet pen
Albany, Oregon
etrating voice, was telDng In conflden
I v v v v v v w v v w v v v v v w w v w v v » tlal manner of the lecherous perform
«nee to be seen beyond the canvas
£4e
thlng^ all right with me—I'm a right sldewilllng. Bsrt approached him. In
guy. I've put In. my ante.. Don’t crut terrupting: “Youll have to close this
show und get out of here In 24 hoora—
the party on me here. I ’m— ”
“Fixed? Oh. are jou? Well, you sa ve yr
“Just as you please,” the man an
fixed with the wrong person— tliut
CCoutlDuad)
swered quickly. Bart, still surprised
fist Into an open palm. “Yon never
stuff doesn't go! Step*fast or— ”
at the quiet manner In which his ulti
Bart th M moved stnwty down the can. tell aboM thou» thteys until you
key and was looking.through the bars matum had been received, walked on
try. When do you take office?"
aldewalk, brushing pa« men with
nt hla prlaener. Then h» weflt to the
"A week from today."
Everywhere It was the same. Po
heavy shYchet*; others with cnnvaa
front entrance, te await the arrival
liteness greeted his announcement.
•’Then If you're still willtng to stick
baffx on their «boulders; women la to your offtw. H l be glsd to take the
of the eaemy. Nor was the wait a Perfect harmony was accorded Ills or
long one.
der that the town must he rid of Its
job—
of
cleaning
up
this
town
I
”
loud raiment, a hasy Idee wae in-Ms
Five minute« peeaed» Then the
bootleggers, Its dance halls. Its wom
"That fellow there.»
mind— be bad «ought to the laat mo
sound of steps from around tbe cor en and Its gambling hy the next night
"You mffan this depaty?"
CHAPTER VI
ment to doubt the word of “Bull”
ner. Bart squared h it shoulders for
What could it meant W hat could it
"Yah. Then, Jnat as l waa coratug
Frannlete» aed of Lawyer Leoa Bav-
tbe conflict, and. palled hla holster into portend? “Bull” Frannlston had threat
oat, he happened ta see Rocky Jamlsea
row«.
He had filled, and through
a position In which It could he reached
The New Marshal
ened him, in a quiet, determined man here, passing the Jail on the way home;
•ome sense of Justice, he felt that It
with ease. A moment mere—
It was seven days later that Bart
ner, then strode away as to the carry and he detlberatety palled out h ll gun
waa necessary to tell them so.
“Bull" Frannlston faced him, a
Rogers stopped short aa he left t
ing out of a purpose.
Yet nowhere and abet hlnx I jumped on Mtn abeut
W ith thia thought he made hl» way tiny building which had serTed foe
slight apRearance of surprise on his
that Bart turned had be met opposi that time, and tbau-yoa fellows runs»
up the broad, wooden itaSrcaae to the years aa Bellalne'a combination city
countenance-.
tion.
«long. Hu set the.place on lire ..to *"
office of Leoa Barrows, there to knock hall, Jail and "police department.” Ilk
“Oh, It’s you. huh?” he announced..
At last he went hack to the city
Ganping. gpggle eyed, the, elongated
upon the door and await an answer In had just received the administration
hall and found Bad Tarko waiting for Bud Tarko reeled forward, hla bloody
vain. Evidently the attorney already of his oath of office, and Bart Rogers
him with hla honorable discharge pa fists clenched, his arms churning bel
had departed for Mannington to pro could not evade the realization of the
pers and other references In hla hands. ligerently.
bate the will and eemewhat unwilling toughness of hla job.
" It’s a good thing you're here,”
"I can whip the dirty pup that start
ly, Bart turned down the street to
From a village of hundreds, Beilalne
Bart said with a grim smile. "Your ed that Ue I"
ward the ramshackle, two-story build had metamorphosed to a mushroom of
first night on duty's liable to he any
"Tarko 1” Bad had caught, bins by
ing which housed the office of “Bull' thousands Canvas dance halls and
thing but a bed of rosea."
thy arm.
"Stay, back bsrei*
He
Frannie ton.
"soft drink" emporiums, where the
Gosh I Spill the news, Cap'n. Spill dragged hla deputy to safety., then
He mounted the - stairway, only to softest thing served waa three-day-old
the news I”
h*ned again to "Bull” Pfaonlsto».
halt aa he circled • the banister and “mMuitaln dew," were on nearly every
Bnrt talked— of the experiences of " It we did all this, why- do you stand
started toward the grimy door of 'the street corner.
Kalsoalnsd women
tlie afternoon—and of the qoewrness here telling us about It t " he demand*
little office. Voloee were coming- from leered aud smirked In the crowds of
of tbe events that had followed. ed. "Why don’t you— w
within— the voice» of two men, "Bull” the street—the world had turned new
Tarko cocked hla head and nodded
But "Bull” Frannlston had sneered.
and Otd Jim. The voice of the latter and raw and unwholesome with the
with evident glee.. "W hat do you sup
" I Just wanted you to know that you
was pleading!
Influx of a nation's offal, swooping
pose Is In the wind?' he questioned. needn’t thlak you’re-gvinff i»*g e t asedy.
“B u ll" he was laying, “you're going down upon a place that oil had turned
"I don’t' know. But I believe we’d with anything. Thnt’a ril. New U yen
too far. I ’ve stood ta see yoo beat into a new frontier and where the
better work In double Itarness until think you can, Juat start out and try
her, I ’ve «ood to see you mistreat her. mob. by Its streagt h, might rule.
midnight, anyway. "EuH” Fraunlston it
I've stood for pretty near everything,
threatened me this afternoon— I'm
He re entered the antomoplle then*
in the world,' figuring that the worst
Pitted again« thia waa the feverish
sure, too, that he passed tbe word A moment later ha was gone, leaving
you could do would be better than
activity of anothsr set of bhomers—
not
to
start
any
trouble
If
I
came
ttls s y
tha two men »taring almost vacuous!?
what would happen If I'd ever force- the legtttmate followers o f the gtjsher;
around again. But why—”
after him. Bart the« a• slated tbe*-l»-
you to come out In the open and lay men In corduroyr clothing, and high-
"Don't know. Certainly looks funny I” Jured man to a passing aulomobU*
your cards on the table. But— ”
topped boots, who went about tlusii
Eleven o’clock came and went. Then nnd had hltq,taken to,h«a roosa. There;
"WNIY Judf a mlnutei Jim I" The
business In a quiet, orderly, deter
midnight. Tbe crowd had hegua to thin he gave the dilapidated Task» lnte
rumbling voice of the other man had
mined manner; men who seemed nevei
an hour or so more and tbe «ree l the keeping of the landlord and called
cut In aneerlngly. "You're always
to see the smiles of the women, 01
would be deserted by all save a few. a physician. Following thia he re
talking about what I ’ve got up my
tlie beckoning banners of tbe soft1
Bart turned to hla deputy.
turned to the fire, and sought the
sleeve. Have I ever told you that. I
drink partom
I t looks like we wera wrong," came mayor.
knew anything about you? Or what— "
Young men, old men, they hurried
his conclusion. “If you think you can
The city hall was doomed.- Bart
“No. but you know that I know It1— about,
their, clothing and shoes
handle things all right now, I'll turn wormed his way until be reached th »
you don't have to tell me that the
splashed with oil from their visits to
mayor’s «ldc, there tq, tsli - his stevy,
Growns, bridge work and fillings. It' will In.”
name of Leon Barrow a is a fake same:
the discovery w ell; all Intent upon
"Sure.” Bud Tarko aqulnted down sad te receive the eatouraglnc new»
pay
you
to
get
my
prices
on
your
dental
work,
Or that, wbae. yenYe always so care
their work, all seeking to cram a life
the street. “Nothing doing around here for which he bad hoped.
ful te keep locked up In that safe isn’t
time Into 24 hours that they, too,
Cusick bank building, Albany
a-tall. I'll trot down to the coop and
"Lies I" came tersely from the old'
what—what I think It Is I”
might be the person» to aid In a new
see how our chicken la"
cattleman, sertnus and grtnr-rntured*
"Ton'd better be quiet, Jim," an flow of the black liquid, the first to
"Bare." They parted. Tarko to stroll for once ta hla life. "D^-w IU»1—every
swered Franaiston.
was ready to see It through. A. mo T 'd heard there was a new marshal
carry the news of another guelder.
once more down the street before go word of It. Go get the sheriff on th»-
ment
of
hesltntloa,
and
then,
delib
There waa a queer, Implied threat In
down
here."
Then
sidling
closer,
he
Already Juet outside- the village
the voice—and one which met with In limits, the first of a forest of derricks, erately he sturted up the street to the adopted a paternal' air of almost ing to the little jail, Bart to turn wire ahd td t him th a t.L a a ld lo »end.
stant response.
"You’ve got one of my toward bis hdtel. In Us room, tired you help. No, better than that« get a»
hud appeared, while, under hardiwork- fulfillment of the first duty be had set friendship.
after his long first day In his new Job. horse or an automobile and go aa»
“I —I didn't mean It, 'Bull' ” The
Ing, slmutlng foreman. the work of for himself, the throwing down of the boys IB there.”
eld pleading had returned. "But,
"So?" Bsrt Rogers rxpre«»r<l neither wondering a bit as to what the next him. Lay the whole thing before him
installing machinery and the prepara gage of battle. Bbt at the corner he
Interest nor the lack of It
" I think 24 hours would bring, Bart drew a and tell him that I want action I Un
<3— d, 'Bull'—Jnat think how It wevld
tions for drilling were hurriedly uadet stopped, as Bud Tnrko approached.
Tarko
wanted
to
know
where
Bart
you're
mistaken.
The
only
person
I ’ve chair to the window and sat there for derstand?"
be I f you were In ray shoe«! Think
way. Whistles tooted from steaming
a half-hour or so, merely resting be
Bart nodded and tamed swiftly
got
the
marshal's
badge.
Then
the
got
1«
there
ta
a
tin-horn
three-shell
how yon'd suffer I f you saw some one
boilers. Sledges clanged again« steel.
fore going te bed. Then suddenly lie away. Five minutes later, he waa a t
latter
told
Mm
of
bis
new
Job.
worker.
He'8
not
the
boy
you
mean,
throwing her directly In the path of
The prophecy of a bedlam had come
straightened.
a garage, demanding a car— only te
Well, that’s fine," said Bud. “But Is her
gamblers and the sort of women that
trua.
From the distance had come the learn that inch a thing was unavalb*
say.
now,
do
you
need
an
assistant?"
are flooding in here now !'*
"Bull"
Framteten'a
face
blackened
And this was the thing whleh Bart
He turned toward the livery
“Listen!” Bart caught him by the and bis heavy arms swung slowly. He faint sound of voices—raised In anger. able.
"They're my friends. I'm looking
Rogers had taken upon his shoul
Higher, mora strident the? became. stable, and hurriedly aaststed In tbe
shoulders
and
drew
him
down
to
started
to
move
a
step
closer—then
to tlwm for my living."
ders— to recreate Into an orderly,
Then— a ahotl with two more follow saddling of a horse. Then; nut over
“That’s no. reason you should make
hard-working, law-abiding town. Now speaking distance, "are you Joking o r stopped. Bart'« hand had gone quietly ing in quick succession!
It was the prairie he started, the glow of thw
are you serious?”
to his bolster.
Anita associate with them."
as he looked a t It, he realized In a
Never more serious In my life, but
"You don’t, eh r
The black, thick enough, for Bart Rogers A leap and flames lighting hie way, on the begin
"Isn't I t i ' H f they’re my friends,
small measure his rashness, and the
he had made the door, to race down ning of the 20-rwlle ride to Manning-
they've got to be her friends."
hopelessness of his task. The city will there be excitement? I crave ac eyebrows raised In question. “Going tlie narrow hallway to tbe stairs, and ton.
to get real rough. ehY’
" I hate to think it, •Bull,"’ an ordinances—and he had studied them tion, you know."
with a few bound« gain the steps.
Ten miles and ha drew aside, as th»
“You’ll get plenty of action, but the
‘T in g*aBg to-clean up thia town.
swered Jim. " I—I don’t know which
with fervent hope—gave to him one
There was no need to atop for a senna blazing headlights of a harrying ma
pay Is only $75 a month.”
“You—and who else"?”
would, be worse, for her to have to
paid deputy, no more.
“Oh, a deputy or two. Now. listen. of direction— he had recognised the chine dazzled him for a moment, then
“That’s O. K. with me,” answered
live In this atmosphere or—or the oth
Not th a t he did not Intend to try.
Mr. Frauntstoa"—and- Bdrt lj»«t hl» location immediately. The Jail I
swept past on the road te Rellaine.
Bod,
genially.
“Well,
I
guess
I'll
er one that she'd be up against If—If
Bart Rogers was bitter with the bitter
Bart suddenly saw Bud Tarko.
An hour more and he swung from hie
I ’d have to come out la the open."
ness of enmity and of Indignation. Ih breeze and get my discharge papers bantering manner— ‘T v e heard your
name mentioned s good deal in connec
“T a rk e t” he called. “Tnrko— what's horse before th e sheriffs office la Man
“Suit yourself.” The announcement
the week which had passed, he had
nington.
tion with tbe gambling and bootleg
happened?"
bad a sneer In it. “Do what you
learned many things, the lin t of
glng that's going on here. They seem
But thia than th» effion wan bright*
'"niey got me!" came through thick,
please about that. In the meanwhile,
which was that Leon Barrows, thin,,
to look on you aa a sort of a boss. I f braised lipa. "Get me from behind ly lighted. No man duzeddu a ebatr.
get out! I’ve got work to look after."
damp-clothed, lean-faced Leon Bar-
that's so. a lltle talk between ns may Just as I was turning Into the Jail. Instead, as he turned on to the walk
The la « announcement meant dis rows, was far mere Interested In the
save a little trouble, I ’m giving the I —I fought the be« I knew hat
covery for Bart Rogers If he lingered.
oil rights of the Rogers farm than
_ (Continued on pane 6)
rough-neck element just 24 hours to couldn’t keep going. Then some one
Hurriedly he turned for the «alrcase,
“Bull" Frannlston. To Bart Rogers
get
out
of
town,
and
the
same
thing
and was tar down the street when,
hit me from behind and I went out.
this could mean but one thing—that
goes fo r that tented camp of women, They must have carried me away from
looking over hts shoulder, he saw the
It had not been “Bull“ who bed prof
Judgment
that's sprung up just east of the town.*' the Jail—-when I got my senses hack,
bent form of Old Jim leave the bnUfl
Ited by the- will of a dead man, hut
Judgment follows rin aa th» echo
I f you've taken any money on the pre one of 'em wa« standing over me down
Ing.
Bart's heart waa thumping i the lawyer who had drawn that will,
tense that you can protect these per by the station. Then somebody yelled follow« the voices—Prophetic News.
strangely. Again had be come face to
who perhaps had suggested the bar
sons— I ’d advise you to give It back.”
to him and ha ran. After that—look I"
face with the mystery la the lives of
gain to Franklin Rogers, and who had
"All right, bey,” came the an»wer.
The reeling form of Bud Tarko /~V4SH P A ID for false teeth, den-
“Bull" Frannlston. his daughter and
seen to It that the whole tricky ar
"Oo to It—and see hew far you get!" broke from the grasp of hla supporter,
Old Jim.
tai gold, platinum and discarded
rangement bad gone through to the
Then whirling swiftly, "Bull" Fran- «nd drnnkeoly, an unsteady band jewelry, lieke Ame ling and Rehalng
Suddenly Bsrt Rogers stopped short. finish.
piston turned again toward town, while pointing toward the little city hall and Co,. Otsego, Mich,
I t It was certain that Frannlston was
Twice had Bart Roger* seen Old
Bart watched him wonderlftgly. The Jail. But Bart had little need of the
to he the king of the gambling element Jim and Anita Frannlston during the
man had threatened, yet he practically gesture The hitherto dark little CSty
and the dance hall«, It was certain
A m or
week that had passed. Both times the
had acknowledged defeat; He had halt suddenly had become light, with
also that "Bull" Franaiston did not girl had appeared frightened, excited,
come to the- Jail building determined, a menacing brightness. The windows
rare what became of hla own daugh nervous. As for Old Jim, his lips were
LAWYER AND NOTARY
apparently, te release the man he were gleaming. Kmeks had begun to
ter.
white, his features haggard, while In
H alsey . O rigon
sought, yet departed almoM after Ills vwtrl shoot the building; from within
“Not If I can atop Itt" he thought hla eyes was the look of a haunted
first unsuccessful effort.
Until he there glowed the awlft licking flames
grimly. **I may he one man against
man about to gase upon a ghost he
was lost In the surging mob of the which Bart Regers knew only too wen
a multitude, but n i make- the fight.” had feared for years. Wtiat It all
main street did Rogers follow him with spelled hut one thing-Incendiarism !
He wheeled suddenly and hurried
meant, other than what he had heard
his eyes, h « f expecting him to rettirn
up th * street toward the wide, ram a week before In the hallway outside
with a fresh demand or n new
bling home- of Tom Jordan, mayor- Frannlrton'» office. Bart could not tell.
CHAPTER V II
cen sed E m b alm er
threat. But an hour passed—without
elect
But this he knew—tragedy was rtaik-
EflScieat
Service.
Motor Hears»,
right of Mm.
“Mr. Jdrdan," be said, when the ge Ing In the footsteps of a girt and a
Sheriff Graham.
l^dy Attendant.
What dM the absence and the si
nial old* ex-cattleman had answered prematurely aged man.
There waa no seed for qneetlon« Brownsville.................. ... .-Oregus
lence meant Gould It mean that he
his ring at the beU, “you offered me
Frannlston Mmuslfk Bart had seen
Boil” Frannlston and hl« henchmen
was closeted up there In the cold nt-
a Job a couple-of days age."
him often; making hl»' way kom one
I flee of Leon Barrows— with the damp «Imply had waited nntli the right and
"That's, what ’I did, boy.”
dance hall to another, from the toft- "Get Out of Town In ‘
Twenty-Feur upp^^ng man whom Old Jim had uc- proper moment for the carrying out of
'Things have changed a good deal
drink emporiums and along the snar-fc
Hours.”
W . L. W R IG H T
scheme»—then
forced
them
' cuaed of traveling under sn aaauine-l their
«nee then. I ju« wanted -to ask one stands He seemed to be known ev
through to a concluriou
Fraaatston
Mortician & Funeral Director
“Petel" The man’s voloe had a new
ime— perhaps arranging some latrl
queMlon: “Have you. any objections erywhere—It w a r as though an army
suddenly drove up.
Halsey and Harrisburg
te a clean town?"
had gathered* sad. then waited for the note in It, one of sndden excitement, cate legal method for the defeating of
Nice little frame np you've pulled,
“Objection»?’ The big man chuckled. appearance of Its general. That army, and a hangpr on hurried to hie side Bart's pnrposee? Rogers- knew only
' Call D. T a vlo s , Haleey. or
W. L. UaiO HT, Harrisburg
“Lord, no 1 I want It clean. Al Bart knew, he must fight, now that be "There’s something wrong here. ThU one lias of actio», tbe asraigidforward ain't « ? ' ha sneered "But it doesn't
though— " and he rubbed hla chia- as had taken-office. More, he felt sure guy needs »bowin' where to get off at , attack) and with a sudden resolve, he go! Faderatsnd that? It doesn't go'
"Think we’re not wise te you. eh?
swung down the steps and headed to
be looked down toward the main that the moment he began hie battle, Oo get Frannlston—quick!
Well, whenever you can shoot Innocent
“Frannlston is I t t ” A thin smile ward the. office of tbe attorney.
street, with Its tents Its erowda, its he also would be forred Into active
But no ooe was there, la vnta Bart men sad think you can get away with
covered wagons end durt-caked suto- campaign with the man who possessed appeared on the lips of Bart Rogers
naobtles. Its flamhoyaat signs adver tower «efficient to make him the "W ell, In tbe meanwhile, you'll com« knocked on the door and tried the knob. It*—you're mistaken. Lo«, her», sheriff,
along with me.”
It did not yield
Listening brought or marahal. or whatever your name Is.
tising thia, that and the other n n tli- I leader of thorn «1— “Bull” Frannlrton
A lurching push and shoving the no sound of (olces from within. It « a t If yon want to find the men who heat
room steck— "it looks like aa awfui
But Bart Rogers-bed given himself
loUtd« poi l a k i a 11 have*t‘cbe¿done to P ient/i'of time in* which, to. think It gamlfier a step or twe ahead of his». more the» evident that .Votxi narrows up your deputy, here wu ate right
he started todsrd the Jail. Ten min-1 «111 was dallytfid * ith Mk
new hcliffy l.«r«. See,lf.yon’re-got the gameuees
Irik nc'
W o rk
e w ja a a k e this pis
piacri ahtaa again
ever ' He*had made Mr determination,
“Maybe a»"1 Bari Bogan patted a and new that the tlma had come, he utes later be had turned the heavy the sgperlatcndlng of the ' work of Io coma out la the open sad admit tbat
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SHOP
m
First-class