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fegM-nan County Observer
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.Grass Valley Journal
Established O ct 14. 1897
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931
Wasco News-Enterprise
Established Nov. 1891
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932
Published Every Friday at
Moro, Oregon
Editor
Gilts L. French
Entered as second class m atter at
tlie 1‘ostoffice at M oro, Oregon
(G.d» r \ c t or Cong teas of March
S. 1879.
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PUBIISUF*
«T IM
€DITORIAL_
SSOCIATION
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Pavable in Advance
ONE YEAR .k.:..—................ $150
A i'K ic zg. i x a _ —
BOND SALES
taxpayers to rejoioe over any re-
duetton in income and excise tax
es. Most of them are now income
tax payers and therefore like a
reduction, but any shortage otf
income tax nfcneya that ensue
wR] have to come out o f the pro-
party tax payers’ pockets.. Also
any shortage is likely to occur
when real property taxes are hard
to pay.
Whatever rejoicing fanners are
able to get out of reduced state
income taxes should be enjoyed
now. The results of it (may not
cause joy in a few years.
fr o m 'page one!
was.
w
Hou«. appropriations eornmittec
In Other Days
ttn T r
*P- d .T L i - i » .
to the lt‘Kxi' Me,oy
«ho
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d-
/ y Jo e M arsh
le* din?
Anderson having 9 and
g -
R R Hickson and J. M Eddy
easting on the Deschutes
at Sherear last Sunday with sucn
guccess that Hickson returned with
22 trout and Eddy with 10.
* • » th' Ot-errer April 24. l » l l
Henry R u g ,« h . . ^ h a » e d .
uaed automobile from T. E. Hul-
«nr- HI, flmt driving wa, up
G™88 Valley canon, over the same
~ * d h* ‘ ~>k h-
fl" ‘ t r “ tion en-
: , rr* T z -
L "
w ith M r Wilson,|i ><)n
F rom w h e re I s i t . . .
venience.
George Meloy, HoUis Bull end
Francis Anderson were fishermen
thrM who trW to hook trout on
D oehutM >t shereftr
Sund>y.
total count was
Md * • ”
setting of individual quota» ___
buying forced by P ^ lic preemire
wfll not be a pari of bond we mg
under present lead«ship
county.
How much money each can in-
vest in bonds ie a personal mat-
t/»r ao f^c It is a matter of con-
«¡en ee « .d individu.1
In
« 1 «ncern .bout wtaninc the
w«-. There i . no o n , uninformed
•bout the need o f the govwmnent
,
W -Iraa
an-
Mr. ..and .Mrs. J. H. Wilson re
turned from Moscow, Idaho last
Thursday after ^pending several
has been requested to include an p r Joseph Wilson.
item of $500,000 for the newly
jy|r> and Mrs. Harley McKay
located electro-development labor-
Sweet Home are here visiting
atory which has eoquired the AJ- Mr McKay’s parents, Mr. and'
bany college campus. The ori- j irg
McKay.
ginal appropriation was partly
Pvt. Luther W. -Davis and Gkn
used in purchase o f the coflege Schaeffer of Corvallis and Eve-
planfc and additional funds are jyn p avja and roomate were here
required by the bureau of -aitllto. apendjng the weekend with the
for installation of equipment and j L Davis family.
maintenance. Nothing has been
The peop?a arotod Kent seem
approved yet by the bureau of t(
enjoying
first few day?
budget in any of the current ap-
the -fishing* season. There were
propriation measures. The staff 8t,veral failaito« fishing in Pine
is now being selected for opera- H<>n<>w and guck Hollow creeks
ting the laboratory and eventually Sunday.
about 300 scientists will be en-
Mr and Mrg J>ck McKay
gaged on experiments. Thene/was foinily of Lebanon were visiting
a struggle among half a doien k g t weekend at the George Mc-
cities for the laboratory, but all k a
the
delega-
Amandua
vonBorstel
---- - western congressional
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A
n
n ia iiu u »
v u r u x n n ix i
w oo
«
tions are now backing^ Albany., As
jn The Dalles one day last
the president wrote to Sen. Chas. weeR wceW n< tpeatment for an
I.. McNary, Albany was the best injured fo o t '
place. Washington wanted it. btto M r.'and Mrs. Cecil Cunningham
so many towns were contesting in _0nd Shirfey( Ne|ma and Kay
that »Ute that the delegation was igchadew5u of Sweet Home were
split whereas Oregon’s delegation yigjt<yrg in
a few daya laBt
u as united.
¿ week.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Matthcs
War department is arranging and Mrs Roy Ba.neit were in the
U send a contigent of WAACS Dalles last week for a day
for the cantonment at Camp Adarr
Ricbtrd SUkley and Georg*
There will be 144 dormitory units Witter were visitor» in The Dal-
bailt for the girls m uniform at lea a couple days last week.
Corvallis. The WAACS are to re- Chet Marrs of Wamic was here
place soldiers and permit the lat- a few days shearing sheep at
ter to join combat troops. They the Grover Yeung ranch. '
wili attend to the paper work.
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ON
NOTICE OF HEARING
.Hur« Lodgi* N*». i l l . I. . » < ». « FINAL REPORT
Moro. Oregon
Notice is given that Elva
le t a ml 3 H
A.
Bryant .administratrix o f the
Tuesdavs
in
thf
of
William C. Bryant,
T.O..O.F. h all T ra i estate
sient and . visiting deceased, has been filed with the
. othor* ere eordi cleTk of the County Court of the
s ’lv invited to meet State of Oregon for Sherman
.rith us.
County, her final report and that
Chnrl*r' C. Wilson. N.G«
Saturday, May 22nd, 1943, a t the
Percy Thompson, Sec.
hour of ten o’clock of said day
and the courtroom of said court
I.upine Rebekah Lo«1ve
Moro. Oregon
in the courthouse in Moro. Ore
M iete 2d A 4th Tues
gon, has been fixed as the time
day of each month.
and place for hearing all object
Visiting members wel
ions to said report and the set
-ome.
tlement
thereof.
Co la B-IMies, N.G.
24-27
Elva A. Bryant
i Administratrix
Sale <rf bands in Sherman county
during the present drive by the
United States treasury to raise
$13,000,000,000 from April 12 to
May 1 has not been encouraging.
I M *”" b /»Th in ly that far-
mers who must be depended upon
to buy the bulk of the bonds are
very busy taking care of farm
work in a late season and who
are savigig funds for harvest af
ter heavy federal tax payments.
It to not lack o f interest or will
ingneos.
t
Certainly there is no one unac
quainted with the fact that a big
bond drive is being carried on.
Tbs newspapers and the radio
have been fnil of i t It may b e ________ ____________
that it has not attracted the cen
ter of attention of men busy with From the Observer April 25, 1921
personal affair*.
A 24-hour service to the motor
The government is trying to ing public has been inaugurated i t
raise $100 per person in the en the Williams Garage this week.
tire United Statee. A large part A floor man will be on duty to
of this will be taken by bonks give quick service on gas. oil,
and other financial ingtitutions. gnd g,enera} garage service as a
the lees ao token the better, how-
give
time in the
ever. This county, it has l»een <•& repa|r department. A night man
timoted should rakm $80,000 from
algo be on coll during the
individuals. So far the total 1» night hours, a sleeping room hav-
about a quarter of that.
jng been furnished for his con-
It is probably true that an in-
cam paign which included
rwiae
«11. on . « r y
tW, „nouM tw « e o v « ^
auch « U d U tfo e l h »
”
J. H. Wilsons Return
To Kent
K-Ay’s Coìuirin
This seems a proper time and
place to call attention to the
marked improvement to the old
hotel corner caueed by tbs garden
ing ability and manual labor of
James B. Adams. When the lots
were turned over to Mr. Adams
lost year they were filled with
rubbish, rocks? brick, old lumber
in small ' piec?s and natural’y
they presented an unpleasant
view to the passerby. Now these
prominent lots ane in good tilth,
are landscaped, and are growing
some very beautiful flowers. This
is an example tof civic pride put
to practical use and implemented
by a willingness to arise at daw-'
The city is congratulated on
Mr. Adams is congratulated on
having so fine a “green thumb’’
jiv in g go valuable a ^itiaen and
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It would be no wonder if many
married men with a child or two
didn’t decide to chuck it all and
join some branch o f the s e r v ic e -
that it. if his wife would let him.
For the past year all of th*m
have been told that they were to
be called in a month or two. Then
something, or congress, intervenes
and the fatal day is put off n
while further.
Grandma Hoskins knows a lot
ab o u t h is to ry b u t w h e n w e
asked her where the first brew
ery was built in America, she
wouldn’t take sides.
“ Y o n ’ s ee ,” says G ra n d m a ,
“w h e rev er Hie colonists settled,
ope of the first things they
thought about wns food and beer
. . . In fact; one reason w h y the
P ilg rim s landed a t P lym o u th
Rock was because the M ayflo w
er was ru n n in short » f beer.”
—just as it was written in the
Mayflower s log.
And it seems that all through
our early American history hear
sort of tempered the hardship»
and helped to make us a toler
ant, moderate people.
F ro m where I sit, beer is the
A m erican d rin k of m oderation
and frie n d lin e s s -k in d o f a ttym*
bol of our personal lib e rty.
Well, that xvas a new one on
us, but Grandma showed it tp us
'
vwtae* if ‘ the war borhood of Locust Grove has pur-
entirelv chased t h e U n i t e d Bnethem
V n f^ T
" * * * ’ church at that plac. and are re-
Copyright, 1943, tìreiving lrt(/n^try
modeling it for the purpose of
There ie hut one
in
to boy
in
k using it as a meeting and sex : is 1
this center for the neighborhood.
A
C hange in
drive.
basket social and entertainment
was held the evening of the 18th
to help provide funds necessary
LO VES INCOME TAXES
to further the work.
The large collection» e f income > The 95th anniversary of Odd-
end sir toe taxes in Oregon * this Fellowship will be celebrated at
year fedketee th a t the etate in Moro Saturday and Judge Wm.
come tax m eg be cot ae much as Galloway of Salem, deputy grand
fifty percent for 1944.
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master of the order, will be the
Thto wHl certainly be kafied es orator. The mid-afternoon will bo
a very fine thing by nearly every occupied with the third ball game
body for no one likea to pay tax- of the season between Moro and
ee of any kind for anything. It Grass Valley; each of these have
n a y be a fine thing
certainly now a game to their credit and
weald be if i t indicated a reduc- both are anxious to annex this
tkm in the cost of government, coming one and decide the rubber,
statewide economy and efi&ciency. The evening will be enlivened by
Unfortunately all it indtoatee to a grand ball given by the Moro
that income
excise taxes are base ball team,
to be reduced becouee collections Fr<>- U e observer, April 23, . 1904
large in 1942 and 1943
Miss - Sigman, teacher of the
and the rtate haa a surplus m the Rutledge school. ' purchased the
general fRnd. No cognisance to new parlor game, Trix, at the
to ba taken o f the fact that ap O’.werver book store Saturday.
propriatioaa from the liquor fund
Drs. Goffln’s building has ad
are boo high and that this fund vanced to a point at which the
will vary Htosly ba too small to critical gaser may look upon it
pay the welfare coat.
bi admiratoln. Dr. Marie Goffin
It to very Wooly that property it the
__ -person who planned this
taxpayers wtU be called upon to
creditable addition to the
make up the coats within a couple architecture of Sherman county,
’«if J e f - D\ Oregon where the
l . L. Peeta sold a pair of mat-
are used
used rbed mares, WOO lb each, to a
______and excise taxes are
a«4My an3’“"direetly for the redue- Portland buyer for $500 spot cosh
tohn M .real p rfs p s r ty t a x - ♦bere They' came from Crook county
to no oeessk» for mol property onginally.
T rain Time
Effective Sunday, A pril 2 5
TTie Spokane
for S p o k a n e a n d th e E a s t,
W alla W alla, Y akim a, Lew is
ton, Colfax, P ullm an, M oscow
will leave Biggs
10:58 SâiTÿ
V
4
a
/
(instead of 11:46)
ARRIVING SPOKANE 6:40 a.m
(instead of 7:00 a.m.)
for further details and information
.. ssc LOCAL AGENT
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
i)
E rnest H ayc o x
T H E story SO F A » : Clay Mensah to which he could cling
So h *
baa decides to Hay a leae hand aqtosto snide “We can’t go against him. *
Ben Ilereadeea. a rancher heat es res* j*u X q nothing, one way or the oth-
nias the cattle eesatry hla awn way.
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The two mea have heea enemies le r
__
<r,
She went on. as though not bear
yearn, having Irs t ruoght. ever Clay's
ing Miro "They have quarrslsd too
wife, LUa. who died hattag him aad he*
They’ll d p eeft She starod at
Devins ahe ahonld have married Berea- often
if Clay
d en. Morgan Is a solitary flfa re . de-* h er b ro th e r, coid us (ce
Bçn.' Is
die.
I’d kill Bqn.
v .te J to bis aine-year-eld daughter, g a s * _______
_. 1 think
_
<érha¿s it
ci. Although two womea. catheRhe
’horrible to'say J Perha
« rant and Ann M eO arra*, are Is loye £ ut j e a B t h eip u ."
nith bl*n, they know lie cannot f a « « * T «he wafted from the porch to bey
fcgn<|ina b y G u rd M ld> * * w 3 t
> la. «M M . former frteads, only Hash
>• noon«
f*.rei*h,!.t
« ni.» had
«**« sot
owt goam
»w W
»’ «r
«■ t* uceen-
<’ -en »•a aide. Now Rack is dead, shot
t v Herendeen’s foreman, Vh’ rley life-
- - «- - brdtfeer.
t**>ns«. Gurd Graat. -------
Catherine’
Joined Herendeen when be diseovcrelg
t^iat Catherine had bens to Morgan's
r inch, but the eeM Moodetfueas H
(lack’ s murder has made him break.«
r.ltb Herendeen. Warned by Fes WBI
lug, a ’•neater” bS name befriended, Cla*
dtacevera that tyereadeen la stealing his
cattle. He gees to Herendeen’s ranch
for a sbowdufeu. hat Herendeen la ready.
He hasu’t a egance ef getting out ap te.
when Lige White, ene ef Herendeen’ s
friends, rides ap. U k e Gurd Grant, he
la fed up «Uh Herendeen’s bi?b banded
methods. Risking bis Ufa to aare.C l^y.
he persuades him te take a chance On
rilin g oF. He doesn’t think Herendeen
will dare to shoot. The htaff works, and-
th-y escape. s New Clay aed' his men
r r r driving the e*tHe back Into Govern-
msnt Valley, big range. B erlndteu baa
(nHo'jred. and there IS certain to he a
dcht.
p
N ow con llane with the story.
horse __
Handing
by. Gurd -Ài..»?**
said.
.
Qfa«
• mhyjo* -where-jftol.g Ug-
.dtdn'MifSUflHk*, Swinging up s hsdd
— a *~
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yard, - bound
loward
8utff<h
> Charier Millhouse brought up
Breathitt’s horse ond ¿ashed the
dead man to Mia saddle ^hd took
him oa«to to Thrdfi Ptnjs. Wjien he
carbs to describe the affair, to Her*
-1 --
eodeen Jthe words seemed |o *Rch
BoBeto seonsbed to’-s the ’¿obe
oat, It pusaled him.
in his dry throat,
that' It should be so h4t4 tp m a W wall beside Morgan, ceasing him to
1 simple story of it Toq, thare Spas
an odd took In Herendeen's eyes and
something queer to bis voice. H er
endeen said slowly: "All right. Char
ley.** Nothing more.
Hillhouse said: *Tm takin* him
Into War Pass. That a where hia
^people are buried."
He drove through War Pass. When
lie backed against the office door
of Doctor Padden. who was also
CHAPTKR X V II
coroner. Jesse Rusey came by. H ill
house r said: "Give me a hand,
Lige ?7hite> considerably disturbed Jesse." and the two of them car«
by his interview with Morgan and ried Breathitt into Padden's office.
pretty much at sea in his own m ind.t Padden wasn’t around but there was
traveled over the lower spur of the a side room with a long table in it:
Haycreek Hills and came down on they left B reathitt here Rusey sai
the Grant bouac at a fast clip, the "A HtOe trouble?”
sound of his arrival bringing Cath
••Yanb.’^ y . "
-
’ ..
erine to the door He ssid;. "There’s
Rusey said. "Too bad." and went
hell to pay around here
Where’s out The marshal’s province was
Gurd?"
W ar Paas, not anything beyond; and
"Upstairs.
What’S the trouble. be had seen too much death to show
Lige?"
mdeh curiosity about\>ne more'dead
White called: "Hoy. Gurd. con'e man
Hillhouse delayed^ his depar
down right now " H i rolled himself ture. both hands lying on the table
a cigarette while be wailed and* beside Breathitt
Breathitt's face
made a sketchy explanation to Cath was gray and dirty, but it was still
erine, nervousness catching at bis the face of a man who had looked
words.
on life a t a game to be taken a t
Catherine said at once: " If there’s lightly as possible.
anv help needed from Crowfoot Clay
Hillhouse suddenly removed his
will get It, not Ben Herendeen." f own hat, placed it over Hack's face
Gurd Grant looked sick and des and turned from the room.
He drove the wagoo as far as the
perate. He put bis shoulder against
the doorway. He said: "Lige, how Long/G rade, here stopping tor a
did we get into this mess? I ’d give drink? The barkeep made some cas-
ual rem ark about the weathgr which
a thousand dollars— ”
AtniHot.se accepted in dour silence;
Catherine turned on her brother
th ereafter the barkeep held his own
"W hat’s bothering you, Gurd?"
Gurd dropped his eyes. His face, council. Hillhouse paid for the drink,
normally so light and cheerful, held went oat and climbed into the wag
a sallow unhealth. It was hard for on.
There was no travel on the road.
him to tatk and he pullsd himself
together with an effort,^ His hands It wound with the foothills, it looped
shook: he noticed that and shoved beside a creek, passed over a small
th m into his pockets. " I was over • . dividg and entered a scattered belt
with Charley Hillhouse. on Breath* ' of tiibber. By the Dell Lake trail,
he observed that three or four horse
ill s t .a I. We trailed Breathitt all
mornine and found him asleep in men had recently come off Mogul;
the Potholes. Of course I thought far up near Mogul's rim he caught
Charley meant to take him into the transitory motion of a rider.
town, to jail. What else would a All these things he automatically
man
How was it possible for noted, missing nothing of the signs'
me Ui figure that Hillhouse, who had or shapes or color of the land. Four
been Hack's friend for fifteen years, miles from town he broke the neck
of the bottle of rye over the brake-
would—”
Catherine breathed out: "Gurd!" handle and took a long drink.
A mile beyond this point Cache
"Sure.” said Gurd Grant, sullen
River cut nearer the road and a
and full of self-hatred. "Hillhouse
small grove of cottonwood lay hard
simply lifted his gun and killed
by the stream. Charley turned
B reathitt
I tried to stop It.
It
through- the grove and let his horses
didn’t do any good.”
Lige White threw away his ciga water at the margin of the river.
rette. finding the flavor gone out of He wrapped the reins around the
it. He looked away from Gurd. slid- • , brake-handle and got down, holding
the wfiisky bottle.
denly unable to meet the expression
Charley Hillhouse spoke aloud: " I
in the other’s eyes.
,
‘ wish ydU’d seen it my why. Hack.
"Whst could I do. Lige?”
I wish ypu had." He walked steadily,
Catherine said: "You never should
forward untjl he faced a cottonwood.
have gone with Charley Hillhouse.
He dr^w his gun. holding it only a
There was your mistake."
.
Lige said: "Stay out of what’s foot from the tree, and fired at i t
Afterwards, stooping a little he stud
coming. That's the best you can do
ied Oie holeunade by the bullet with
for Clay now. We all got caught in
a
strange care. He held the bottle
Ben's net I was a tool not to have
of rye to his le ft. hand and now,
known what he’d try to do. Now
knowing it would d i him no good
we wiggle out. I ’m going to town.”
ever, he gave it a long overhand
Catherine watched him go. When
heave into the river. As long as he
he passed the fa r rim of the mead
was alive, nothing would cover up
ow she dropped her arm for Gurd
his
thinking.
and faced him.
Her tone was soft and cool. "You
Excitement
whetted
Morgan’s
went after Hack because you want
nerves to a sharp edge as he stood
ed to hurt Clay. I know that. You
there and heard Ben Herendeen say:
thought Clay and I . . .’*
He showed a reviving flash of an
ger: "The night Ben and Lige and
I went up to Clay’s place you were
there. I walked to the end of the
porch and saw your horse around
the house. You were hiding inside.
If you had nothing to be ashamed of.
why hideT"
She said: "Because 1 had gone up
there to tell Clay what you a»M Lige
and Herendeen had aaid that night
You were leaving Clay out of It, find
I couldn’t stand that. Ben had both
of you convinced. But I didn't want
Ben to know I was taking Clay the
information."
Gurd, stung by his mistakes, still
remembered he had given his word
to Herendeen. R was the one thing
.
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Bethtohem Chapter No. 78, O.RU.
Moro. Oregon -
Meets Every Second and
Fourth Thursdays
I n
Each Month. Visiting
Members Invited.
N orm a Balslger W . M.
M arts Hoskinson. Sec.
shift slowly.
at wind tut his face and there was n
.te llta le smearing of the shadows in
the open area by the far building
They were running wide. Heren
deen's men. and now they were on
foot, firing as they moved away from
the dobe. Jump said: " I ’m goin’
after those hones." and scurrie«!
forward.
B u lle ts squashed into the ’dobe
wall beside Morgan, causing him
Io
sh ift alp w ly.
Horses
plunged
around
him,
knocking . him backward; some
body's shoulder hit him and then he
saw Herendeen's men rise out of the
earth's massed darkness, int • tl.rir
saddles
f
t
The ruffle of H ’ rendeen's nurses
.diminished on the desert and. stand
ing slack and tired in th® open,
Morgan knew this night's light w n
done. He knew something else, as
well. It was Herendeefi s crew
which had given way not Hereu-
deen.
Vance f^etchell called: "Lige s
been h it."
Morgan w est over at once Ketch
ell knelt on the ground lus knee
propping Lige at the shoulders
Morgan drew back from the par
ty. quietly calling Fox Willing
"Fo x," he said, " I wish you'd ride
over and bring Mrs. White to the
ranch."
Fox cut away at once. The rest
turned north, reaching Long Seven
an hour later. Coming into the yard
Morgan saw Catherine in the door
way. . When he got down to help
Lige White from the saddle he
turned to look at her again, framed
as she was in the lig h t tall and
still and straight-shouldered; and he
felt the tug of strange, old excite
m ent Lige could use one leg only
and had to brace himself between
Ketchell and Morgan. Catherine
stepped aside to let them pass, say
ing: "Put him on a bed. Clay." and
followed the men upstairs into an
extra bedroom.
The room was dark and they had
a moment’s trouble getting Lige on
the bed. Morgan heard Lige grit
his teeth together as they laid him
down. Catherine found a lamp and
lighted it and by this yellow glow
all of them, saw the whiteness of
Lige’s face., His hair came down on
his forehead and sweat oiled his
skin; his lips crawled back, form
ing a smile. " I sure as hell broke
somftlhing
You know. Clay, if it
wasn't too much trouble, 1 wish
you’d send for Grace."
‘ Already have. I ’m going into
town tor Padden. Vance, you bet
ter get his clothes fiff."
Lige White said: " I gue^s you
don’t know the whole story yet.
Clay. Hillhouse cornered Hack and
killed mm. The man's a fanatic.
I ’m warning you about that, if you
should see him in town.”
Morgan's eyes dropped. He stood
like this, quiet and cold and too
weary to feel the full shock of the
news. He said, after a while, " I ’ll
meeV him, sooner or later," and
left the room.
He turned to Janet’s room. When
fie came beside the bed and looked
down through the shadows he found
she Wasn’t asleep. She reached for
his hand, saying: “ Who’s hurt, D a to
dy?” '
..
"We had a fight with Herendeen i
ranch, Janey. Lige White was hurt.
I ’m going after a doctor."
’
She murmured: " It is too bad
But P m glad it isn’t You." T^e-pres
sure of her hand was warm and con
fident She was pleased to have him
ait here and talk with her; it made
her expand and grow confidential. ”1
wish I had been berk. Daddy, when
you were young and danced with
Catherine. I bet you were the best
dancer of alL She is pretty."
"W ait till you get old enough to
dance. I ’ll'stand by and remembe r
when you were so small you walked
under the table."
She was silent seeing the picture
of herself dancing—ahd pleased by
It; her lipa softened and there was a
glow in her eyes. Afterwards, in a
faintly reserved tone, the said: "Sh%
isn’t like I thought she was. Daddy •
"W hat did you think?"
"She likea me. Daddy, l didu t
"Come on. boys!"
A map yelled. "To h^H with this!"
Morgan, waiting a more definite tar
get. saw one rider swing wide and
rush In. Suddenly all of Herendeen’s
men were wheeling aroun<| the beef,
running tor the dobe building near
by, as thbugh to Circle it - Vance
Ketchelt called to announce him
self:
It’s me. Ketche|$ — and
Lige Whitt." They raced down on
Morgan. He bad to step aside, bare
ly avoiding s collision. Vgnce waa
out of ItoT saddle.'beside him and
grumblifig. "Damned near too late!"
Life White,. «tUl mounted, turned
away. He called: "Herendgen—cut
this out!*’ Oqe of Herendeen’s riders
plunged straight on and fired once
at Llg« White’s high-plaeed shape.
Morgan and Ketchell laid their shots
on thia man. They eaughf his horse
and watched it sink, they saw the
rider free himself and seem "to flat
ten agaipst the earth.
Jump murmured: "They’re going
to try seftnething."
Powder smell settled around Mor think she would."
(TO BS CONTINUED J
gan. A small, definitely cold thread