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SYNOPSIS: Jun a Tti Gey
nor it desperately about la Ml a
orest Ire to eel a Job, Kay Cran
don stops him, likes his looks,
Cities him a place at lh Luv
Nine Josh Hastings, owner ol the
Fliing Six, tries to buy th Lazy
Nine and marry Kay after her
ranch house and bam burn. She
hatee him and it determined to
keep her ranch and rebuild. Ted
tir the outIt to cut its own tim
ber and rebuild without pay.
Hastinos tries to tie up the only
available timber land, but Ted
win the race for an option, then
whips a Hatting! puncher for
molesting Kay. Tom Runyon, the
fire patrol, shows up at the Lazy
Wine.
Chapter 17
. Seth Make A Slip
KAY felt all her first suspicions
about the ranch fire revive, but
he remembered Dan Steele's
warning and held her peace. While
this Tom Runyon seemed all right,
and a kindly and genial enough
person, she didn't really know any
thing about him, so it would pay to
go slow.
If he wanted to go ahead Inves
tigating on his own initiative, he
might unearth something that
would give some foundation for
her suspicion of Josh Hastings. But
while she must be very careful not
to voice the direction In which her
suspicions lay, there was one point
on which she must set him straight
right away.
"I am absolutely certain that
Seth and our outfit are above sua-
B- icion," she stated positively, "so
you're looking for foul play, you
can count them out from the start"
"Maybe." He nodded his ap
proval of her loyalty. "But when
you're starting out to look for clues
you can't be handicapped by any
foregone conclusions. You just
leave the investigating to me. All
I want you to do is to answer a few
questions."
"Gladly but let's wait until
after supper." Kay leaned against
the aide of the cabin for a second,
overcome by a sudden weary faint
ness. - Tom Runyon aprang to put a
steadying hand on her arm.
"What's the matter?" he inquired
anxiously. "You look all Inr
"Nothing." Kay straightened up
and smiled at him. "I'm just a little
tired, I guess. I'll be all right as
soon as I get something to eatl You
go on up to the bunk house and I'll
join you in a minute. I'm eating
with the boys, until I can get my
own housekeeping arrangements
rigged up. You'll stay for supper,
of course?" she added, as he nesi
tated a moment ,
"That's mighty good of you. I'd
be glad io. Only, look here! Who
was that you were riding in with?"
Kay paused at the cabin door,
her eyebrows raised in sumrise. A
slight flush came into her cheeks as
she answered his question. After
an, mere was no point in makin
I mystery about being with Ted
'That was Ted Gaynor, the man
I was with up on the ridge." To her
annoyance, sne nusnea still more,
as she caught Tom Runyon's keen,
speculative look at her heightened
color.
"Oh, yes. Well, he's Just the one
I wanted to ask you about. But
we'll wait until after aupper."
Before Kay could answer, he
turned ana maae lor the bunk
.House.
As she washed her face and
hands, she tried to reason herself
out of the queer, panicky feeling
that suddenly took possession of
her. The dark premonition that she
had had when she said goodby to
acu swept over ner again.
"Don't be a fooll" she scolded
her image in the mirror as she
rutnieswy tugged a comb through
her tangled curls. "You're just let
ting your nerves run away with
you! What could nnssiblv ha
to him? Especially, if you keep
yuur una, una aon I let Tom flua
yon a nrsi suspicions start up
Supper Conversation
D RACED by the thought that
- it wa up to her to protect Ted,
Kay walked slowly up to the bunk
nouse, planning what she would
say.
Any thoughts were welcome, as
long as they pushed into the back
ground her horrible experience of
mo auernoon. instead of allowing
herself to dwell on that she con
centrated on the memory of the
magnificent way Ted had come to
her rescue.
If her first intuitive Judgment of
him, in spite of the damning con
dition of their meeting, had needed
any bolstering, she certainly had
had it there.
She understood exactly how des
peration for those he loved had
driven him to feel justified in de
stroying some timber for the sake
of saving human lives. He had been
perfectly right in saying that in
burning oft the ridge he had chosen
he would have done no actual dam
age to any one. It would have de
stroyed a second scrub growth of
timher, but could easily have been
kept under control. i
you couldn't expect any i.
see it as she did, though, Kay u
i ized, as she neared the bunk hou
and saw Tom Runyon standing
! talking with Seth while they
1 waited for the call to supper. Espe
. cially not a man of Tom Runyon's
I type, who was obsessed with the
I idea of his own importance, and
wouia De ready to jump to any
conclusion that would reflect glory
on him. And the demand of the
community for some action in run
ning down the firebug, whoever he
was, would make Runyon all the
more eager to pin the blame for
all the fires on Ted, if he suspected
that one mad act of his.
The supper bell rang just as Kay
joined the two men, and in the
genera) conversation at the table,
there was no chance for Runyon
to ask her the questions she was
prepared to parry as skilfully as
she could.
Talk turned on the new scheme
for building the ranch house, and
everyone was full of ideas and
suggestions.
"By the way," Seth broke in sud
denly, "isn't it about time Ted
Gaynor was getting back?"
"Oh, I meant to tell you, and 1
forgot!" Kay felt Tom Runyon's
eyes on her as she turned apolo
getically to Seth, "I I met him on
the mesa, and he gave me the op
tion he got from Old Man Warren.
It was terribly good of you and
the boys to lend that money, so he
could clinch the bargain!"
She smiled at them, a sudden
catch in her throat and mist in her
eyes at this proof of their loyalty.
"Why didn't he come in?" Seth
demanded. "I wanted to get all the
dope on it"
"He thought he'd better be get
ting on," again Kay felt the slow
color coma into her cheeks, at the
insistence of Tom Runyon s look.
"He told me to tell you all about
it." She launched into the account
Ted had given her of his Interview
with Old Man Warren, hoping to
divert attention from herself.
flattery For Runyon
"I LIKE that Gaynor fellow,"
Seth observed when she had
finished. "Just where did you say
you picked him up?"
Kay gave a gasp at this bad
break. Seth evidently had forgot
ten all the things she had told him
to say to Tom Runyon about Ted.
He couldn't have put his foot in
it any worse if he had deliberately
tried.
She could see Tom Runyon's
ears pricked up to catch her an
swer, although he pretended to
be engrossed in conversation with
one of the boys. Managing to
change her gasp into a cough, Kay
fixed her eyes firmly on Seth as
she answered.
"Why, I've told you about him
before, Seth! You don't pay atten
tion to what I say half the time!"
Under her teasing tone, her voice
held a significant reminder.
"He's the one who has hsen
helping me decide on some of the
timber land I've been wanting to
buy even before the house
burned down." She turned to Tom
Runyon with a politely explana
tory air. "I've been thinking we
ought to add some more timber
land to the ranch."
"There's nothing much but scrub
growth on that ridne where I met
you," he observed.
mats just the conclusion Ted
arrived at." Kav looked tin nt Tnm
Runyon with flattering admiration.
"I'm sorry ho Isn't here. You and
he would enjoy talking together."
wneres ne goner
"Just vestordav. he decided In
really join up with the outfit," Kay
explained, "and he's gone back to
bring his mother and sister to the
other little cabin like mine."
1 see." Tom Runvons black
eyes fastened themselves specula
tively on Kay.
"He's the one who has got us
started with this idea of building
the ranch house and hnrn nnr.
selves," she rattled on nervously.
it o luciiy ne is a regular mem
ber of the outfit now."
bare is." Seth agreed hearHlv
pushing back his chair and rising
to his feet "We'll nwH nil th
hands we can get on this jri."
There was a scraping of chairs
as the others followed suit.
"How about taking me on?" Tom
Runyon suggested, with a flatter
ing eye bent on Kay.
"You're too valuable right when
you are," she countered gaily. "I'm
counting on you to keep my new
winucr iana irom Durning down."
That's riant" Tom Rnnvmi
promptly succumbed to the flattery.
With a relieved fwllno thof -k.
had safely steered him away from
the dangerous interest he was
manifesting in Ted, Kay sauntered
out into the twilight with him. But
her relief was short liviwl. Nn
sooner had they stepped out of the
mess, snacic man torn Kunyon tool;
possessive hold of her arm.
How about that little talk u
were going to have?"
witn a resigned. "All right,"
Kay let herself be guided tn th.
cabin.
rCopyrfgAt, HIT. Harts i, Ktrwrnd)
Ton Runyon trill Kit h Tm
fonshl at Kelly's, tomorrow.
CRATER LAKE TRAVEL
CRATER LAKE. July 34 S?U
Crater lake travel u continuing to
scatter records with the present totsl
nearlng 95.000 vtaltors for he season
thus far. The tOO.000 mark will be
nt-sed oithln a lew days.
Ad average of over 400 cars I
entering the park dally, coming
r.'om all part of the union, with
I'.ilirornla particularly well repre
tented. It was Just as years ago thla
Mimmer that widespread eicitement
was caused By the arrival -t in cars
in t'ne park In one day and 17.1 auto
mobiles the entire year. A that time
th snnusl. attendance wis slightly
over 3000 visitors, a total ivhlch now
Is average summer Sunday travel.
CCC Boys to Join
Fight On Crickets
WASHINGTON, July 34. (API
Civilian Conservation Corps crews
will Join In southeastern Idaho's bat
tle against Mormon cricket. Pepre
senlatlve D. Worth Clark of Idaho
said today.
Robert rVchner, emergency con
servation director, Issued an order
allowing forest service, graving and
reclamation bureau camps to use sll
available facilities to c-mbat the in
sects, Clark said.
Mwn amis Farmer
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of standing wheat last nlht was
nothing more than shocks of grain
today. A brilliant m-xn and tractor
headlUihts gam L Koopman all the
light he needed to operate a reaper
end binder.
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Indoor Flight
Pilots have taken off from the In
teriors of hangars and. on occasions,
even flown through them, but Lin
coln Beachy's take-off, flight and
landing within the four walls of the
Palace of Machinery Jn San Francisco
In 1915 Is the only completely Indoor
flight ever recorded.
Considering the undeveloped state
of aviation in his day. Beach y might
well be rated as the greatest dare
devil ever to take to the aJr. In
191 1 ha set a. world's airplane alti
tude by fulfilling his previously de
clared Intention of filling his ship
with gas. taking off and keeping the
plane's now up till ho ran out of
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fuel. An altitude of 11.600 feet was
reached before the lost drop of gss
was u&sd, whereupon the pilot head
ed downward at a terrific speed,
looping and stunting all the way back
to the ground for a perfect landing.
Boachy was the first man to fly
through the dangerous air currents
over Niagara falls and was also the
first to fly under the suspsnslon
bridge. In 1913, the "Madman of
the Air" made the first loop in the
United States and a while later dtd
ten In rapid succession. The daring
pilot was killed shortly after his In
door flight In San Prancslca when a
wing on his ship collapsed over the
exposition grounds.
Drugging Fish
Fifihberries. the fmtt of the East
Indian climbing plant botanically
known as Anamlrta Cocculus, con
tain plcrotoxln, a narcotic poison.
Dropped Into ponds or streams, dried
flshberrles stupefy any fish in the
Immediate vlclnty, making them easy
prey to be caught by hand. The
"drugging" method of fishing Is
widely practiced throughout India.
A similar method of fishing is used
In Peru. A root pulp, derived from a
plant native to Central and South
America, Is thrown In the water. It
renders the flsi helpless and brings
them to the surface where they are
easily caueht.
Unions Join For
Fight On Ruling
NEWARK. N. J., July 34. AP
C. I. O. and A. P. of L. leaders ral
lied their forces for a meeting today
to "unite in a common bond" to
appeal a chancery court ruling that
labor contracts for a closed shop are
"Illegal and unenforceable" and
strike for closed shops "unlawful."
The ruling by Vic Chancellor Maja
Leon Btrry Is appealable, directly to
the court of errors and appeals, the
state's highest tribunal.
WOMEN WILL BATTLE
FOR EQUALITY IN LAW
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 24
(AP) Delegates representing 65.000
members of the National Federation
of Business and Professional Women,
voted by acclamation today to fight
for amendment of the federal con
stitution to place women on equal
footing with men under the laws of
the united State government and all
the states.
Miss Gertrude Mallory of Los Ang
eles made the motion for support of
the proposed amendment.
GRANTS PASS, July 24 (API Jack
Dougherty. Biker county miner, sent
Fred Roper, Josephine county fair
manager, a challenge to be Issued
today to all local miners, declaring
Dougherty's drilling team could beat
any local drillers.
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