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¿PAGE Z 2, SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON. i& i{ f t y ix it (C m m ty J o u r n a l FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1 9 « SCHOOL BILL Keliy’s Column y f f o Other Days I Two school- bills came out of the house taxation committee this from nacre one* ¿Established Nov. 2, 1888 week th at will be im portant to icy. When the famed " Chinese Groas Valley Journal ..... all school men. school teachers. t O N s Ä T C D 0 ^ . 1^ 1“ 7 IMI and P‘ renU *"d UXP* yerS ° f ‘he woman addressed congress (tho only woman to do this other than state. Wasco Newa-Entarpriae the queen of Holland), she de One of them sets up a fund of Established Nov. 1891 clared th a t it was a m istake to CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 $20 per school census child, of regard Japan as secondary t o which there are some 266,000 to H err Hitler, and stated thait the Published Every Friday at paid to the counties from mon- _ ___MwOkOreffO* *_________ eys collected from* income taxes Japanese have already captured in their campaign more raw m a »i cs It. French Editor or in case of necessity from prop- terials with which to keep o n ■ i * I. i n ,i i ■ ■- " grty taxes E ru re d as second class m atter at funJ wiU u k e plsce fighting than the Germans have. t li j Rostoffice a t Moro, Oregon . , Madame Chiang Kai-shek received ........ Act Q- Cnngres. of March ° f «>« Mho<>1 iund “ » “ P byu ‘b" tum ultuous applause when she j jg79 amended school teachers b ill made this statem ent; it was the * passed in November^. It will be high spot of her address and dem a perm anent fund. The taxation onstrated th a t congress enter committee felt th a t the vote of tained the same views. Result the people for the school bill was ►QE» of her visit is th a t Edward Stet- a vote in favor of state partici IATION tinius, m anager for lend-lease, PtJBLISNEL pation in school finances, and has announced th a t China will these new bills are an attemipt to OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER share with B ritain and Russia the make this workable in a more ef guns, tanks, planes, and food from SUBSCRIPTION RATES ficient m anner than was provided Payable in Advance this country. Up to this time, of ONE YEAR .......:...... $1-50 by the school bill. The second of these new^Jtnlla the billions of dollars sent lend- lease, China has received only gives authority over the taxing FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1943 $170,000,000. units of the school districts to a Sfeteman County Observer OudoO**s Au TAX M • : < ♦ rural school board of 6 men elected from five sones in each county sim ilarly to the directors of the non-high school board, This board has -the authority to supervise the budget« of all school districts of the county, with pow- e r to raise or lower. All budgets are then consolidated into on* and the levy is made equally over the entire county, Authority over the m anagem ent of the schools is left entirely in the hands of the local school board. The hiring of teachers, the hiring of other employees, the use of the building, the Winning of the school is all left to the lo cal board. These two bills are tied togeth- er and will be pu t to a vote of the people at the next election to see if they really wanted t h e state to engage in .the job of fi- nancing schools last November. If they did so desire these two bills provide a much more equita- ble means of so doing than has been so far devised. ---------- ------- Foresight is a quality th a t en- ables one to foresee difficulties and prepare for them. In other Pe»Pla » ia calle<i hoardin«- « • s____ " T iiS I à j| From the Observer, March 7, 1921 It is reported th at a baby boy arrived la s t week to gladden the home of S. A. Hall and wife. Francis Alroy Sayrs passed away a t his home in Moro, Ore gon on February 28, 1924, being 67 years, 6 months and 18 days © of age. He and his wife, who was T.IK 8TG?.V SO r A B : Clay Rforgaa the form er Emma J. Powell, came ha» decided la pUy a lose hand against to Sherman county in 1883., I’e i Herendeen, a ranckor bent os ran- Lovely w eather these day?. -1ns the eattla ooantry Ms own way. The two men Save been enemies lor Some of our folks are busy plow years, having Ir s t fought ever Clay’s ing and others are working g a r w ifi, Lila, who died bating Ma and hcll?vlng she should have married Her- dens. r idee». Morgan Is a solitary ftgure, < ■ k, • • From t! e Observer, March 6, 1914 . •voted to Ms nino-yoar-sld dangbter. By The city has a four-horse g rad ing outfit working on the streets and nreparing thpm fei summer use. Born, to M r.-and Mrs. Dan Mc- Lachlin jr. on Februarv 28th, an eight pound boy. Dr. C. L. Poley attending. While coming to school a horse back last Friday Eugene Silver took a header off his pony when the anim al slipped on the muddy road. EN nest ; »net. Althojgfc two women, catkorine < r.-n! and Ann M cG arrak, are is love him. they krow ko cannot forget • 1». til his former friends, odly Hack r » :h l:t has not gone over to Here»- . -s »!•!.•. G rrd Grant. Catherine's it - hesitated about joining Heren- <*~c i. tu t became Morgan’ s sworn ene my .v.-hca he discovered that Catkorine l ad been to hif ranch. Learning at I he I-s t minute that Government Valley U la be Ructaned at Sage City ltd miles away. Clay rides an Mght and arrives in time to outbid Charley Hillkousr. Herendeen’s foreman. When ho learns that Lirentleen has sent a party out to fiiyl Hack Breathitt and kill Mm, a n y starts <n: to find Mm drat. He goes to Freeport, to Kero Case's store, whore be thinks he win dad flack. As he is talking to Case. Herendeen appears in (he doorway. Non continue with the story. Paym ents to dependents of de ceased veterans of this w ar have The tax program for the state already started. These dependents. is becoming more clear as the 1,153, have received $188,874, and bills roll out from the legislative this is only the beginning, for the mill. A fter a two-day battle the paym ents will, eventually run in From the Observer, March 4, 1964 house has decided th at the reduc- to the billions of dqllars. Pen tion in state income taxes is not A train of 19 cars of wheat, sions paid for the first world war to be very large. In fact, a good shipped by the EOL. Co., WWM. have reached $4,619,000,000. part of the house taxation com- Co. and the W. A Gordon Co., CHAPTER X mittee did not want to give any left Moro this week for Portland reduction this year a t all, but to to supply the demand caused by WILLIAMS’ COLUMN On the same day Morgan returned begin with the elimination of the the Russo-Jopanese w ar and the from Sage City, Charley Hillhoy«e C o n tin u e d fro tn P m re O n e split • bracket next year. (T h e Armour speculation in Chicago. had pulled into Three Pines and re our opinion the small loan, truck W estern dealers split brocket is the two $ 5 0 0 are shipping ported his failure to Herendeen. state civil service, and big fish wheat quite liberally to Chicago, Both of them had been thoroughly brackets in the first $1000 o f bills would be defeated. We hit because of the speculation there. certain of success and now Her- taxable income). the nail on the head. All four There are some very good rea- W heat is advancing, but brearf-1’ eyticiee sat in astonished silence, m easures ‘‘bit the d u st;” and wc fast food will remain within reach the back of his neck flushing and his gons for not returning liny money hazel eyes freezing on Hillhouse. also predicted th a t the bill for of the common people so long as Charley felt thi« bad luck keenly; it to the taxpayer out of his 1942 income tax reduction would pass, sawdust is kept out of the clutch was a personal loss to him, so paymente. F irst is the practical and it did—/o r 10 per cent. But es of a tru st. , complete was his loyalty to the uselessness of auditing the thou- ranch, so partisan a man he was. from the looks of things taxpay sands of small returns and re- He rolled a cigarette, laying -his ers will get more than 10 per cent turning a percentage of them. Of shoulders against a porch post NOTICE TO CREDITORS before the senate gets through the 165,000 income tax payers of There was no sweetness in "the mulling the house bill over. We 1941, 140,000 of them paid a n Notice is heUfcby given th a t C. smeke. also said the Burke wine bill, which A. Tom has been appointed Ad ’ ’I f we’d kept that damned notice average of $11.80. This means passed the senate by a whaje of m inistrator of the E state of down another twenty-four hours—” th at if 10 per cent of this was Herendeen said: “ He was at the u vote, would have tough sledding George W. Ramey, Deceased, and returned there woud be 140,000 dance Friday night He couldn’t of in the house and would probably has qualified as such. All persons checks for an average of $1.18 to , seen it. That’ s why H arry Jump be defeated. The house committee having claims against said E state came to town in such a lather. send out to taxpayers, It would brought in a report of Do not are hereby notified and required to What’d he pay?’’ cost about half of the check to pass by a vote of 4 to 2. but the present the same duly verified to get it returned. "Eleven thousand.’’ house upset the committee report said A dm inistrator at Rufus, O re . "W hy didn’t you keep on?” said ’ Eves then it could not be done by voting 32 to 27 the bill Do gon, within six m onths from the Herendeen, irrita b ly . "W hy didn’t mifch before the year was well pass: so it m ight pass, but it will date of the first publication of this you snow him under? My God, Char alupg, »o th a t the taxpayer would REPRESENTA TIVE’S REPORT ley, 1 send you two hundred miles be a hot battle—one or two votes notice. The first publication is for something we had to have, and be ju st as well off if he waited s m ". ' ' - - willl decide the fate of the m eas February 26, 1943. uaUl 1944 to obtain his tax re- 7Continued*'/rom Page One) you buckle up.” ure. The railbirdg had this bill "You set the lim it,” pointed out C. A. Tom, A dm inistrator. duction. payers. i Hillhouse. " I went to the lim it and The bill is now in the senate, Another thing—the legislature picked as a cinch to pass by a J. Tracy Barton, ’ that’s nil 1 could do.” where something else will be done is spending, often with ample jus- whopping vote, as it did the sen The Dalles, Oregon. "You should have figured the ate. But such was not the cas..- Attorney for Estate. 16-19 lim it didn’t mean a thing against with it, and no one knows what tifleation, more money th at it ever Observations from the p r e s s Morgan.” th a t will be. It won’t be long, expected to. box: Everyone arfkious“ to get Hillhouse defended himself with however, before the answer ' is ' The state institutions need moro NOTICE TO CREDITORS blunt warmth. " I ’ m no mind read known. money—more for food, more for home—Many lawmakers at their Notice is hereby given t h a t er. I can’ t guess what’ s In your . The property tax payers have doctoring, more for clothing, more desks each day a fte r adjournm ent, working on their federal Income Mary Edith Sayrs has been a p head, Ecn. When you lay out some been given a ten p er cent reduc- for everything. The cost of help thing for me to do, either give me tion through the school bill and is more, too. Then the governor tax returns—They m ight not get pointed A dm inistratrix of the E s free rein or else be damned sure the corporation excise taxes have has asked for a greater fund for home in time; March 15 is dead tate o f Oiper G. Sayrs, Deceased, how you led me to do it.” He threw been cut, o r will be, by some the pensioners, which means an- line— Senator Lam port of Salem, and has qualified as such. All per the cigarette away. "Well, we’ve an ex-banker, is said to be Gov sons having claims against said lost it." eight or ten per cent, so there is other two million dollars, "C harley,” said Herendeen, "the ernor Snell’s choice for state su Estate are hereby notified and re an elem ent of equalisation in the Even a sta te with a moderate country ain’t big enough for both perintendent of banks — M a n y quired to present the same duly tax reduction program . surplus cannot keep on spending Morgan and me.” members of both houses say they verified to said A dm inistratrix at "So it s tight,” said Hillhouse, and 11«re are u r n . incidental tax money rig h t and left for every- will not be candidates for re-elec Moro, Oregon, within six month i let the long silence fall while he cute, a.», for instance, the eboli- thing from added expenaea to new tion—Too much private busines.i from the date of the first publi soberly considered the answer. He tion of- the intangiblee tax. the «elarics for state policemen and which needs their attention is the cation of this notice. ..The first sighed a little and at last shrugged additional MOO® . exemption for ka®P tl,a t surplus for very long, reason, say the lawmakers—Cov publication is February 12, 1943. his shoulders. "Been a long time soldier», th e reduction of the gift Especially if its eitixena are in coming." ered the execution of Wm. W al Mary Edith Sayrs, tax, and tome other», th a t will »¡«tent th a t the taxes be reduced Herendeen said: "Stay clear of it. lace a t the penitentiary last F ri A dm inistratrix. Charley, if you feel like th a t” make the s ta te ’s take from taxes »1 the seme tim e. day morning—the 11th such as J. Tracy Barton, Hillhouse shook his head- "N o.” leas than before unless there is T a « ’ have bee" reduced. The signm ent for me—and I don’t The Dalles, Oregon. he mused, "a man can’t be half of greatly increased tax peyments. property tax payer gets a little relish the job—The warden reads Attorney for Estate. 14-17 one thing and half of another. He'd I t Is very likely th a t when the over <"> P«r cent under the school be a mighty poor man. I ’ U do what the death w arrant—Wallace de ways and means committee gets « « . tbe in' ome P»y«r will 1 got to do. If it means I lift a manded it—and in 10 minutes it NOTICE TO CREDITORS its figures added up. which will «♦» «h""1 tbe and tb <’ « ' gun against Clay Morgan I ’ll do It— was over. be soon now, the tax reduction cia« ' U l '»»yer n a a r|y “ m“,:b- A 1 1 persons having claims and God take pity on me for it.” He gave Herendeen a searching program will suffer an Im portant Tben’ t°°- th e inUngiblea tax is against the Estate of Edwin H. glance. ’ ’But don’t make no mis • taken off, the g ift taxes are cut Van Patten, deceased, are hereby takes about Clay. When you call . , • , , down, the inheritance taxes may notified to present them, with the his hand you better be ready to go It looks a« »f the state h a s , .. x x . he c u t through a bill th a t is proper vouchers and duly verified, right on with I t What do I aay to spent, .n and u will - o , spend, , ^ n u . enough . ex- . th the gei)aU FOR SALE: A thousand-gallon to the undersigned, the duly ap him when he asks me to move those tra money »o th at any im portant . ... fuel tarfk. Phone Wasco 445. pointed, qualified and acting Ad cows?” together tax reduction will be impossible. "L e t him w orry about that.” with some other reduction bills George Drinkard. p i 6-13 m inistrator of the E state of Ed A fter all, the conditiom th a t made Hillhouse didn't like the answer not only give tax relief—where it win H. Van Patten, Deceased, with it poaaible fo r the sta te to get was on the point of saying as is hoped it will do the m ost good WANTED—Sixteen horse collars, Will Annexed, at Wasco. Oregon, and much when Herendeen broke in. larger tax returns also mode it 20 to 23 inch. Howard Belshee, —b u t also give increased revenues within six months from the date "R ight now we’ ve got Hack Breath necew ary to .pend extra money in. titution.. Phone 411, Moro. ctfn of the first publication of this no itt to find. Take out three-four men for all of the a d m lrn e of a t . « >taU m ay not ab|a and beat up the country around tice, to-wit: February 12, 1943. government. to take it, and there may not be ORDER NOW for March heavy Dell Lake.” T. Lester Johnson, The welfare program has de- _____ « . u ♦ » j i ? Hillhouse hadn’t heard about that. .cockerels, April Reds, Hamps., a . a .... , /azwx «»«»•y enough to go round. Fun- A dm inistrator With Will Annexed. He said, "W hut’s he done?” When manded an addit.onaJ »2,000.000 ny the letWni that are and Leghorns.•?. Leghorn cock- Date of F irst Publication,t Feb Herendeen told him, he considered for the next year and the liquor ceived by nMinv le ri, lato„ ; k t . “ erels $2.50 per hundred a n y it over a long interval. Afterwards ruary 12, 1943. supply th a t feed. It may not be ters Ur> asking for for bigger w r o p r i a . appropria- Thursday. W rite for circular. Date of Last Publication, March his shoulders rose and fell, expres adequate fo r the job, whK* m ean, M(ma fo f aom, thine „ d H a rt’s Hatchery, Beaverton. sively shaking away a good many 5. 1943. 14-17 memories. ” 1 guess the wild bunch Oregon. cl4 tf atP " lirf ta« « a"d w ill ta lfp about >VwYiit »3,000,000 13 OOA iWXI m n rp inconle Uxea requ#aU will take more aye finally got him. Been teeterin’ on the edge of crookrdncss a long f an * taxation program is not opposed—both in the same BUY WrAR BONDS Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. while. Well, I ’ll find him .” expected to raise enough to make je tte r Moro, Oregon Long as he had known Charley all of thia possible if serious cuts Meets 1st and 3rf Hillhouse, it astonished Herendeen are made in it. Eureka Ix>dge No 121 A.F. & A.M. Tuesdays in th< now that his foreman should so Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thurs I.O..O.F. hall Trai calmly accept the cismal chore of One cannot eat his eake and sient and visitin< hunting down a man who had been day evenings of each have it too, is an old saw we all brothers are cordi one of his deep friends. L o n ^ lfte r month. Visi. ing mem- know. The state cannot sipend its ally invited to meet Hillhouse had lined out across the ibers are cordially in money and redistribute it to the vith us. flats. Herendeen puzzled it around vited to meet with us. taxpayers too, and this may as Charles C. Wilson, N.G. his head. As for himself, Heren well be recognized by citizens now deen had no scruples to explain Percy Thompson, Sec. W. F. McLeod. W.M. as in some fu tu re time. away. He was a cattleman protect- 0 V. Belknap, Secretary < In fact, the possibility of tax reduction ha« received entirely I upine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 Bethlehem Chapter No. 78» O.EJSi. Moro. Oregon too much publicity for its worth. Moro. Oregon Meets 2d A 4th Tues Those who have built it up as Meets Every Second and day of each month. being entirely feasible have prob Fourth Thursdays i n V isitin g members wel ably done so without sufficient in Each Month. Visiting come. formation and possibly with some Members Invited. Coila Belshee, N.G. consideration of the political val Norma Bnlslger W. M. ’•’ «.»rence Johnston, Sos' ues of the movement 7 M arie Hoalcinson. Sec.. W ant A ds w C. A. Ruggles INSURANCE , y ■ HAŸCOX S ing hi$ range by whatever means necessary, with an ambition to ex tend that range by whatever means necessary. A man in this land had rights if he was big enough to hold them; if be wasn’t big enough then he had no rights. This teas Heren deen’s philosophy entirely. But Hillhouse had In his long cool head a strange standard of right and wrong; and a zeal as passionate as that of a fanatic. This kind of man could do terrible things and feel terrible emotions. He was, Herendeen thought, like a fellow packing a stick of dynamite in his pockafK-uncomfortable at times to have Tround.- This was the extent of Heren deen’s thoughts on the matter. Turn ing to his horse, he lined out through the Haycreek Hills, reaching Crow foot at suppertime. He stopped here for his meal and later made a little talk on the porch with Gurd and Catherine. "Charley pulled out this afternoon to round up a few men and scout the west side of the Moguls. We’re after B re a th itt I ’ve got Bones Mc- Geen up on the high tra il, near Ketchell’s.” ' ~ Gurd said, "Believe I 'll go sit in with Charley. Where you going?” "Toward Freeport.” Gurd said: "B etter be careful. That’ s a tough d is tric t.” Herendeen let out a huge laugh as he went to his horse. "G urd," he said, " I never saw the man I was afraid of or the piece of brush I couldn’t ride through.” Late fa ll’s tw ilight began to deepen around the yard; it turned the porch ,gray. From his horse Herendeen watched Catherine, who had said nothing at all. These shadows quenched the shining of her copper-red hair. But she was strong and shapely, the soundness of her upper body hav ing its effect on him. Her face was a pale oval against the dark background; her eyes were very black. When she stirred, arms slow ly rising behind her head and chang ing the shape of her silhouette. Her endeen had his moment's intense desire to get down from the horse. Had Gurd not been there he would have done so. He only said, "See you later,” and fell Into the Free port road, never forgetting how she had looked. As soon as he had gone Cather ine said to her brother: "You don’t mean, that, Gurd. Stay out of it. Hack has done nothing to us.” Gurd walked down the steps. "N ever mind. We’ ve gol to stick together ” She said: "Do you realize it is Clay's friend you’re trying to k ill? ” "Then he had better pick better friends.” "Y ou’ve changed," she said. "W hat> happened?” He came back up the steps and stopped before her. "Sure. I ’ve changed ” His voice was monoto nous and odd. "M organ had his chance to stick with us and didn’ t do it. Then let him go to the devil. He’s not my friend now.” "Listen,” she said, "you’d better understand me. There w ill never be a rider of the Crowfoot outfit sent after Hack, or used to run errands for Herendeen.” He said, "Who's running this out fit? " "You are, as long as you stick to business. What’s the m atter with you lately?” He seized her arm then, his face drawing near enough for her to see distrust on it. “Next time you go over to Morgan’s don't bother to come back»” She pulled free of his arm and h it him across the face with her hand. She said, "Y ou're a small little boy, Gurd. Why don’t you try to be a m an’’ " He shouted, "W e'll see!” and jumped off the porch. A moment later he raced out of the yard, bound over the Haycreek H ills to ward the west flank of the Moguls. The clay dust of the road was a ghostly glowing«ribbon unrolling be tween the shadowy tim ber banks, and as Herendeen traveled he made a perfect target for the rustlers and the fugitives and dispossessed nest- ers who made camp in the lost hide outs of this section. They hated all cattlemen. He knew this perfectly well and watched the black margins of the road with a sharper attention than usual, but it neveii occurred to him to turn back. In this man was a belief, strong as a shield of steel, that no bullet would ever reach him . Thia belief completely gov erned Ben Herendeen’s life. The road, rising from the tim ber, reathed a small burn on which the black and gray snags of once living timber showed a stripped gaunt pattern against the swelling moon glow. Entering this barren spot Ben Herendeen caught the smell of dust, and at once squared his heavy body on the saddle, mean while dropping a hand to the butt of his gun. Over by the far m ar gin of the burn he saw a horseman drift into the pearly, diffused light and hall by the road. Herendeen let his* horse singlefoot forward and so came upon the waiting X a£ ■J —10— ••Next time yoa go over to Mor- gan’s, don’t bother to come back.” shape. Then he slowed down. The man said: "Ben?” Herendeen hauled in. "Nothing wrong w ith your eyes, Pete.” Pete Borders chuckled "How could a man miss? You throw a shape big as the side of a barn." Herendeen said: "Late for you. Or maybe a little early." Pete Borders said in his easy, amused way: "Just enjoyin’ a pret ty night.” ” 1 want to talk to you.” "F ire away. I guess we have done some ta lk in ’ before.” HerendeeTi said: " I wouldn’t trust you out of sight, Pete, and if I ever caught you with one of my cows I ’d hang you higher than a k it e ’* "A in ’t ever caught me, Ben." . “ Remember what I'd do if I did," retorted Herend?en. "Do your steal in’ in other places and we’ ll get along. I propose to run every hay wire rid e r out of this country in short order but if you stay clear of me nothin’s going to trouble you at all. - I can use a fellow like you once in a while.” He thought about it, letting the silence s?ttle gently between them. Then h? said: "Go up to Government Valley and work over Morgan’s stuff. He’ s too short- handed to watch that end of his range.” "Beh,” said Borders indulgently. • “ you sure make me ashamed fjjr bein’ a piker. You’ re a bigger crook than I ever thought of bein’.” “ You grind your coffee in one m ill and I ’ll grind mine in another.” said Herendeen, taking no offense. “ I can make it Hbrd for you, or I can let you alone. Just work along like I said.” "Sure,” said Borders. "B u t keep your riders away from that district at night so I won’t be bumpin’ into -’ em. I got to cross your range." Morgan stood with his back to the stove, gently rubbing his hands along the seat of his pant;. Kern Case, grave and unmoved, m ur mured: "E venin’, Ben.” For the moment nothing else was said. Herendeen ignored Case, studying Morgan with his round ha zel eyes half-shut. He filled the door way with his heavy legs and high, huge shoulders. Morgan brought his hands for ward, reaching for his tobacco to make up a cigarette. This was the length of the silence. When he struck a match and cupped it to his face he stared over the rim of his fingers, reading Herendeen with a steady interest. The man had swung into the room quickly, as though to surprise somebody; and he stood now with his thoughts pretty much on his face, his glance rummaging all the dark {corners of the room. Morgan though*- he knew the an swer to th a t Herendeen had expect ed to find Breathitt here. Heiendeen abruptly crossed the room, his weight squealing against the worn floorboards, and walked to a rear door. He turned the door’s knob gently, he kicked the door open. Kern Case’s voice echoed his dis like. "Get Out of there, Ben. That’ s my room.” Herendeen was in it, moving around slowly; he came out again. Somewhere above them a board snapped, throwing Herendeen’s head Instantly upward. Herendeen stared at the ceiling and back at Morgan. » jf you’re here, he’s here.’ ’ Herendeen stared at Morgan, his lips pressed together. He was faint ly »miling, hard and certain and slowly keyed-up by his temper. "H e’s here,” he grunted. He walked on to the front door. He put his back to Morgan, watching the street. Morgan said: "Keep your eyes open, Ben.” Herendeen didn’ t turn. He said: •*I see nothin’ to be afraid of. Clay. As far as you’ re concerned, I never did.” He stepped to the porch and wheeled around, looking upward at the second-story windows of the' store. He held the hard-crcased smile on his lips; he teetered on the balls of his feet and drew his gun. He fired at the window, breaking the glass, and walked into the door way again, swinging around to watch the street (TO BE CONTINUED)
