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Look fo/the name ayey in the form of acrés on every tablet ts are made in at is sore, crush al _stir 3 “Aspirin” Tablets in a third Jf A S PIRI N” hy _ FLEMING’S FOLLY 3 BY | LAWRENCE A, KEATING CHAPTER I. ag Chill with promise of approaching ; wi , a low i ighing wind curled down from the snow peaked Captain Mountains twenty miles west to devil-dance with macabre glee in e wide main street of the cowtown Buckboard teams and saddle horses lined * the juniper hitchrails before ‘Sam Pickett’s General Store, the false fronted Half Moon Saloon, and the three-story Trailend Hotel across the street. With ears flapped and \uzzles lowered between their knees, .ans, mustangs, and bronks huddled together in morose resignation to the sting and nip of dust-swirls that now and then all but hid them from view. “the hotel lobby could be seen the meeting of Boone County cattlemen, called by the owner of the modest “Star Loop Ranch, Link Fleming. Every prairie-tanned countenance ‘was etched in lines of gravity, every ear attuned to the earnest words of| ‘the twenty-three year old speaker in cowhide vest and work trousers who, _ with sombrero tilted on his high forehead, faced the crowd from the Pausing, Link let his brown eyes, set wide apart and flecked with grey, sweep slowly, hopefully over the wwenty-odd men who waited in ab- ‘sorbed interest. He lowered a sinewy brown hand to his cartridge belt and position on his thigh. Cleating his _ throat, he held up a paper and con- _ “Reckon eyery one of you got a Message like mine. It says here Uncle Sam don’t want us to graze the foothill ranges any more. "The _ reason is, grass up there has got thin and worn out, and never had the chance for a comback. We've wiped those ranges almost clean, until every cow needs twelve or fifteen acres. When you started runnin’ beef in this section, Seth Howland, what acre- age did a steer use up?” At the sudden focus of attention on him, Howland, a lank, watery- eyed veteran of Texas trails, blinked startledly. He rolled the inevitable quid from one hollow cheek to the other and back again. Seth swal- lowed and shifted weight. “Feed was plentiful,” he answered finally. ‘“Reckon yuh could say half the acreage’d do as much then as now. Maybe less.” ‘ “And nobody tried to tell you whether you could graze here or there or some other place. Did they?” A dozen pairs of eyes moved from Seth to the somewhat flushed ‘ace of Buzz Hamilton, young manager of, his own and his absent sister Helen’s| Triple H spread. Buzz removed the drooping brownpaper cigarette from his mouth. It was plain from hig scornful tone and attitude that be} fore coming here he had paused a the Half Moon Saloon for liquid re freshment which always had thd effect of making him surly. | “Nobody eVer could tell a Texar man nothin’,” Howland agreed wi' pride. “The range was free in the days, like it oughta be free now!” TO STOP ITCHING AND TO CLEAR UP AND SKIN RASHES-USE_ Dr. D.D. Dennis’ Liquid Prescrip- | tion; made and guaranteed by the makers of Campana’s Italian Balm. Growls and mds proved the body of ranchers in learty accord. “Ain’t no city gent gnna tell me where to feed my cows!! threatened redhead- ed Burr Calgan “What's the gov’'ment got to say about this, alyhow?” another man demanded. “Anybody tied to stop up from summerin’ in them foothills, he’s plumb liable 6 get his neck stretch- ed on the haidiest blue pine!” loud- ly declared Gp Vaille. “Boys,” Litk put in, “I don’t like this interferynce any better than you do. Butit won’t solve our prob- Iems to hang anyone, or put up a gunfight. Down at Ox Draw they held a ne¢ktie party with a govern- ment man for the honored guest. The result oy a regular small-time war, with seven killed, cattle run off, and a dozen fanchers and waddies jailed. The government won. Ox Draw cattle syed out of the foothills last Summer,/ didn’t they?’ “That's right.” As everyone look- ed his way Otto Pieper, the scrawny necked president of the Stockmeni's Bink, paled. He passed a bony hand ovr his shining bald head as if in seirch of the hair that once had warmed it, and caused his Adam's apple to bob up and down in neryous préparation for further speech. “ita be suicide,” he quavered. “Kill ten agents and 50 soldiers’ll come. Hang the lot of ’em and five “hae be here next day. No, sir!” Otto declared with emphasis. “This government order means what it says, Fleming is dead right about thet, I stand for everything fair on the/range, but I'm for the American flag, too! That there, uh, striped erés o’ patriotism borne so fearless- ly by a host of honest-meanin’ pion- ees like ourselves. Gents, would yuh sng at the hand that’s feedin’ yuh? Th:n cut out this talk of hanging and kiling,” Pieper advised earnestly. “Ayandon it, I say, and—” ‘Elect you to Congress!” ‘here was a laugh at Pieper’s ex- peise. As it rippled and died Hamil- toi elbowed his way to the front of th: crowd until he stood near burly, Heavy-jawed Roper Kilgo. Buzz’s 1 words were calculated to inflame thers to his own fiery impulsiveness. “That’s all right to talk. big, but hat will it get yuh? For years them foothills have been free. Now ome politician decides we got to be icked off. Is that justice? Why, there wouldn’t be a settlement in the whole west if it wasn’t for cattle- men! 4 ‘T say,’ he went on, warmed to alcoholic bitterness, “if government agents come here to enforce this, lynch ‘em. Show who's boss. Are we goin’ to let them eastern guys starve our herds and ruin us?, If we're goin’ to lose everything any- how, we might as well fight!” His words brought grim approval from several men in a series of low muttered growls that ran around the hotel lobby. Watching closely, Link saw his own foreman, forthright Buster Townsend, apparently swayed by this suggestion of rough and ready resistance. So also was Honest John Mulrooney, a heavily built Irishman, Fleming's neighbor. Marty Bush, the local cattle agent, remained calm, as did a few dthers. Fearful lest the \ could not offer the plan for which he had summoned them here, Link sought some means of placating the men. “A year ago we talked of ways of improving our range, making more money out of steers. I suggested a remedy which is even more important to us now. What we need is per- manent relief.” ‘Irrigation, I suppose,” sneered Hamilton. ‘You been cracked on it ever since yuh came here.” He sway- ed slightly as he faced the crowd. “What's the use talkin’ about a I say we got to fight for our rights, or nobody’ll even feel sorry for us!” bottle 35c at your d i 3 _ “Who says it’s never been tried?” Roper Kilgo spoke up good natured- meeting get out of hand so that he, scheme that’s never ever been tried ?. ly. “I'm for findin’ out, in case irri- gat'on’d be a good thing. Especially ‘cause like Piepet told us, boys, we can't fight the whole U.S. Army. “Let's hear what Link's got to say” he went on in a persuasive tone. ‘T never thought much about water- in’ dead land, but Fleming's talked it a long time, and reckon he’s gone into it plumb thorough. Tells me he got Soak Torney to draw up plans for a scheme ‘to irrigate the whole valley. I'm with you gents on what- ever's decidéd, but this grazin’ order means business, so we ought to look into the wwatep question.” Link felt a thrill of rélief as the words brought instant pause. He had begun to fear from Roper’s silence that he was failing him. No par- ticular friends, this was one of the rare occasions on which they found themselves working in harmony. Fleming had ridden to the Box 50 yesterday to win this powerful sup- port. to his irrigation scheme—at which Kilgo, like most other ranchers, had always scoffed. But the graz- ing order seemed to make him will- ing to reconsider, for he owned the largest herd of beef cattle in Boone County. 7 _ “Tell yuh, Link,” Roper had declar- ed after the visitor outlined his pur- pose, “Ill do what I can to have the boys think it over. Can’t promise they'll back it, but I guess we're all willin’ to be shown.” This was indeed a concession, and it roused hope in the Star Loop owner. “That's all I ask,” he grinned eagerly. ‘If you'll help get the men in a receptive frame of mind I'll ex- plain to them. If they reject it we haven’t lost anything. And if they go in for it this country will be a changed place!” Kilgo had studied his visitor shrewdly. “Then yuh don’t think irrigation is just a crazy, newfangled idea?” “Not at all. It'll not only save us from ruin, but it will make every spread more prosperous than ever be- fore. Your place can benefit plenty.” “Well, I’m always open-minded to a good thing. I'll get yuh a hearin’, Link. Reckon if Roper Kilgo says) ‘Boys, listen to this,’ they'll listen. Eh?” : It was true enough. He was the most influential citizen of Boone County—and, Link had come to sus- pect, the real power behind local affairs. He was virtually county boss, a czar, jealous of his prestige and ruling with an iron fist. The man who dared interfere with or oppose Roper was doomed to defeat. There were whispered stories almost be- come legend, of certain persons” he had marked with his wrath, and the series of misfortunes which came their way after that. More than one small-rancher finally had sold out for a pitiful sum, his acres and steers becoming part of the Box 50 while the man himself hurriedly shook Boone County dust from his boots and never was heard of again. Roper’s influence defied analysis: it appeared to be a strange combina- tion of brute force and personal) magnetism. A number of ranchers | constantly owed him sums of money, | atlhough the Stockmen’s Bank exist-| ed to care for just such financial mat- ters. Other men were indebted to him for various services, real or imagined. Still others gave blind allegiance as in all ages and in all climes the weak obey the strong. 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