TILAS

THE TENDERFOOT

GEORGE B. RODNEY

Author of “The Coronado Trail”,
“The Canyon Trail”, Etc.

SYNOPSIS

“You've fallen heir to a half-share

~ in plenty of trouble,” the lawyer told

Gerald Keene. “The Broken Spur has

been systematically looting the ranch,

and old Joe Carr, your partner, is
drinking himself into ruin.”

Dad Kane, desert rat and luckless
prospector till now is returning to tell
Dustin and Spike Goddard, owners of
the Broken Spur ranch, who had
grubstaked him, of his discovery of
a rich gold mine, and shows samples
of the ore. He sees Broken Spur men
rustling Hour-glass cattle and pro-
tests against it.

Proof of Dustin’s cattle stealing
activities was accidentally discovered
by Stone, who accompanied by Edith
Carr was riding fence a long way
from the Hour-glass ranch house.

Dustin unexpectedly comes along
and seeing them, stops and talks to
Edith. He mentions the Soda Springs
dispute could be settled by marrying
him, and Edith refuses his proposal
with remarks that make Dustin furi-
ous. He insults Stone, who promptl.
throws him into a pool of water.

Stone tells Crewe, his foreman,
about his meeting with Dustin, and is
warned that Dustin would kill him if
he got the chance. Stone and Crewe
go to Seco to send a telegram to
Gerald Keene. While at Seco an at-
tempt is made to kill Stone, who
proves more than a match for his
enemies. =

Dustin learns that Gerald Keene
has been sent for, and also that Duro
Stone has seen the Broken Spur men
rustling Carr’s cattle. He sets out
with Dad Kane to learn the location
of his gold discoveryy and appraise
{ts value. Dad Kane shows Dustin
_the mine and samples of the rich ore
he took from it.

They go back to camp, and Dustin
shoots Kane. He fixes the shooting
on Peyotl Gregg, a drug addict, who,
stupified by the narcotic he had
taken, did not know whether he was
guilty or not. They bury Kane and
then return to the Broken Spur ranch,

(Now Go On With The Story)

CHAPTER IX.—Continued

“JT thought he was lyin’ about hav-
in’ lost that notebook,” he muttered
disgustedly. “It’s just barely possible
that Corse or Gray may have found
it. I'll have to find out that. Any-
how Peyotl will never tell what took
place up here. . . .”

He knew that he was perfectly
safe. Though old Kane was fairly
well known in Seco yet at times he

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had been gone more than two years
without exciting comment.

“T'm the only one who knows about
this find,” muttered Dustin. “And
it’s a cinch now that no one will tell
about Corse and Gray rustlin’ the
Hour-glass stuff. Come on here,
Peyotl,” he shouted. “Give a hand
here.”

Together they carried the limp fig-
ure to the narrow trench and laid
him at rest under the desert stars.
Afar a coyote on a distant, wind-bit-
ten ridge sent up a wailing howl as
Peyotl slunk off to the fire and shiv-
ered over the flames. Two hours
later they got their ponles and head-
ed slowly back for the yellowing
flatiands under the rising sun.

CHAPTER X.

That telegram from Gerald Keene
caused hot debate at the Hour-glass.

Old Joe Carr was lifted to the Sev-
enth Heaven of anticipation. The
|nephew of his old partner, himself
| half-owner in the ranch, could do no
|less than help.

He held conference after confer-
ence with Crewe, and Stone, because)
of his alleged intimacy with Gerald
Keene, was called into those meet-
ings. Plan after plan was disputed
by the fierce-eyed old cattle-man.

“I know Dustin's got his knife out
for me,” he said. “I know his gang
of thieves has been stealin’ me deaf,
dumb an’ blind but I got no proof.”

“Stone has,” said Crewe. “Tell him
what you told me about seein’ Corse
and Gray ear-markin’ that calf,” he
said.

Stone told and Carr’s face was a
study. Finally he rose and shook his
finger menacingly under Stone's nose.

“You been drawin’ our pay,” he
said. ‘You been eatin’ Hour-glass
grub an’ when you find two Broken
Spur men stealin’ cattle you say not
a word about it. You tell only my
manager and even he keeps it from
me. I can’t sabe it a-tall.”

“J had a darned good reason for
only tellin’ Crewe,”’ said Stone even-
ly; “and Crewe’s got a good reason
for not tellin’ you. I saw 'em—yes.
The word of one witness will not con-
vict any one. There would be two of
them against me. You'd never get
anywhere on my evidence alone. We
need more than that. ae

Crewe nodded agreement and that
angered Carr still more. He snatched
a decanter from the shelf and pour-
ed him a gargantuan drink.

“Dog-gone you,” he snarled. “Be-
tween you, you're goin’ to bust
SOB. .o Meunn 4

“Listen to me, Joe Carr...”
Crewe went into action suddenly.
“You an’ me’s been friends for
twenty years. You been tryin’ to
run your business against a bunch o’
crooks. You might have done it but
for that.” . He jerked a hand
at the decanter. “Stone is
playin’ as square as he knows. Of
course he’s green to the cow-country
and he don’t know a hell of a lot. He
brung you in some good dope. We
know now that Dustin was keepin’
a wagon in the hills with a bunch of
men stealin’ everything they could
find. We know that he was grub-
stakin’ old man Kane. Why? That’s
what I want to know? That note-
book that Gray flogged out of Corse’s
pocket looks funny to me. . . .”

At that moment Edith came in,
flushed from riding, and stood watch-
ing them. Her gaze took in the red
notebook that Carr had laid on the
table; then it went to Stone. She
found herself wondering about Stone.
There was no question of his eternal
greenness! The very cows would
eat him—yet . . .? On every occa-
sion when he had been tested he had
come out successful. Her puzzled
gaze went past Stone to where, on
the porch, Red Thom was flicking
| bits of adobe at a lizard. Then she
heard her father speak:
| “Now about that notebook we were
talkin’ of . . Til get it.”

He got it from his desk and studied
it wordlessly for a full minute.

“Of course old Shammy-skin Kane's}
a fool,” he said. “He's been wonder-|
in’ foot-loose over the ranges for so
| long that his brains are addled. They)
| get that way sometimes. But I don’t
| believe he's big fool enough to tie)
|himself up with Dustin unless he's
| got a stranglehold on him. I'd like|
| to find the old fool and find out what |
| be thinks he’s found. Let's see. . .”|
| And again he fell to studying the
book.

“‘One half to Dustin. . .". Huh!
That means of course that Dustin's
| been grub-stakin’ him. Why would
Dustin grub-stake him? The answer
| is that Dustin knows Shammy-skin's
on the trail of somethin’ good. . .”

Stone snatched the book.

“There's more to it than you've |
guessed yet,” he said curtly. “The
/ Man gives rather plain directions
| here. ...» If we've got sense enough
jto read.’em He hasn't given this

book to Dustin, probably because he
i doesn’t trust Dustin. Evidently he

| see the directions again. . .

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lost the book and those men Gray
and Corse, up in that part of the
range stealin’ your cattle, happened
to find it. Corse and Gray may or
may not know what Kane knows.
The main thing is . . Find Kane
and also find out, before we find him,
what it is he thinks he’s got. Let's
-” And
he read:

“Red Water canon seven to one to
white birch. Up Stinking Water
three two to sunk can’.”

“_. . By God, Frank! . . .” Carr
sprang into life. “That sounds like
whatever it is, is on MHour-glass
NATION gsi irs

“Those are distances,” said Stone
sharply. “But what's he usin’ as a
unit? That’s the question. It can't
be a hundred-foot tape. I doubt if
a prospector carries a watch. . .”

They sat and stared at each other
and Edith saw their faces change.
From time to time her father and
Crewe eyed each other but always
their gaze came back to Stone. It
was pretty clear that for some rea-
son they were depending on this
stranger to the MHour-glass. The
mere fact that he and he alone had
been able to put Carr in touch with
Gerald Keene made him of prime
importance just now. Stone broke
the silence with a sharp exclamation
that was half oath.

“Well,” said Crewe.
What's hit you now?”

“How far is it up to that place
would you say?”

“Huh. You've been there. I'd say
it’s about twelve miles. Why?”

“Give me that book and you and
Mr. Carr wait here. I want to try a
notion of mine. It may not work.
T’ll be back by night.”

Edith rose to her feet with a quick
little exclamation.

‘T!'m going with you,” she said
quickly. “You don’t want to take one
of the men of course. Anyhow,
they're all out. But I mean to go.”

His eyes sought and found hers.
He*knew instantly that no distrust
underlay her words, There was a
lightness in her eyes and a quick
smile on her lips that forbade any
thought of guile. His own quick
smile replied to hers:

‘T'll sure take good care of you
if you care to come,” he said. ‘T'll
get your pony, Miss Edith.”

In ten minutes he was back with
his big Isabella horse and her pony
and they clattered out of the en-
closure, past the corrals and turned
into the open trail that led westward
toward the foothills. Crewe and
Carr sood watching them till their
figures were swallowed up by the
red dust.

“There's somethin’ damn funny
about that man Stone,” quoth Crewe.
“I’m satisfied he’s as straight as they
make ’em but he’s sure somthing dif-
ferent from what he give out.”

“He hasn't given out anything,”
growled Carr. “All I get is a notion
of a husky fellow. He’s never been
range-trained. Anybody can see that
but he’s willing and he wants to
learn. Of course he’s a fool if he
goes into the cattle business. To do
that a man’s got to have money to
start it and if he's got money he’s a
double-dyed damned fool to put his
money in any game that he don't
know thoroughly. See?”

“Spit it out.

fully.

“Where did you come from and
how did you happen to land on the
Hour-glass?
pretty well, don’t you? You must
know him well for him to have given
you the letter that he did.”

“He owns a big garage in Cato,”

he said non-committally. “That's
where I saw him last. I’ve known
jhim a good many years. When I

learned about the ranch, I got him
to give me the letter but when I got
here the Hour-glass happened to need
@ man and I didn’t need to use the
letter.”

“Did you work for Mr. Keene at
the garage?”

“For a while, yes’m. . . .

“Don't say ‘Ma'am’ to me,” she
said sharply.

“What'll I say then?”

“You might try ‘Edith,” she
laughed. “Most of the others do.”

“All right M’ . . I mean Edith
. . .” They both pocketlaughed and
let it go at that and they let their
horses out over the level. That long,
treeless mesa swept away in mile
after mile of pleasant grass-land dot-
ted here and there with stunted mes-
quite and fire-tipped ocatilla and it
pitched slightly up till its hedge was
cut by a deep canon. Red Water
canon that took its name from the
discoloration of the stream due to
some fron deposit.

“Up Red Water to Stinkin’ Water
4 . Funny names they gave the
places,” muttered Stone.

“Yes. . . .”’ Edith knew them well
and was versed in the legends of the
land. “They call the next deep val-
ley Stinking Water because of its
sulphur springs. The Indians named
it many years ago. Even sheep
won't drink the water there. A
Here we are in Red Water canon...
Now what?”

Their ponies pawed at the yellowed
soil and scornfully nosed aside the
water in the shallow pools.

“Up the valley seven one. . .”
he said reflectively, “to a white
birch. . .» Then up Stinkin’ Water
three two to a sunk can. . . .”

(To Be Continued)

THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST

By Aline Michaelis

TWILIGHT

This is the loneliest, loveliest hour,

With dying day a fading flower;

All worldly things recede, grow dim,

As slowly on the senses swim

Strange shapes and sounds of other
lands

And music, not from earthly hands.

And sunlight slanting through the
wo

Show it in strange theatcic mood;

The very tree that heard our vows,

Unreal with sunset in its boughs.

And surely from no feathered throat

Came that prolonged and poignant
note!

This twilight world is one wherein

All things might be that have not

been;

That look we dreamed, that smile we
sought

Is in this hour snared and caught.

England To India Afoot

From England to India afoot is the
goal of young William Holder, Eng-
lishman, who left Belgrade for Tirana
after spending a few days in the
city. Holder has a job in India near
Afam on a plantation, but the job
will not be ready until 1936. With-
out any money the Englishman start-
ed from London, sleeping in his small
tent which he pitched on the out-
skirts of Belgrade.

Wax Grown On Trees

Wax is grown on trees by Chinese
farmers, who have utilized the wax-
making properties of a small Chfnese
insect. This insect spins cocoons of
pure wax, and its masters have
learned how to make it produce enor-
mous quantities of the material.

RUN DOWN?

Crew “saw.” He saw more than
Carr said and he stood staring out |
over the flat at Edith and Stone as|
they turned westward and followed}
the tortuous line of wire-fence to-
ward the hills.

Edith, too, wondered a great deal
about her companion. He could ride.
She knew that he was not afraid of
any one or, as far as she saw, of any-
thing, but that might be the result
of ignorance, but his lamentable
ignorance of all ranch matters was
almost laughable at times. She half-
turned in her saddle as his horse!
nosed up alongside the girth of her |

ve been with us at the Hour-
glass long enough for me to ask you
some questions, haven't you?” she
asked. A look in her gray eyes might
told him that those questions
altogether prompted by idle

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| Little Helps For This Week

‘ear none of those things which
thou shalt suffer . . . Ye shall have
tribulation ten days; be thou faith-
ful unto death and I will give thee
a crown of life.” Revelations 2:10.

Then O my soul be not afraid,
On Him who thee and all things

made
Do thou all calmly rest;

Whate’er may come, whate’er

may go,

Our Father in the heavens must
know

In all things what is best.

Guide me O Lord in all changes
and varieties of the world, that in all
things that shall happen I may have
4p evenness and tranquility of spirit,
that my soul may be wholly re-
signed to Thy divinest will and
pleasure, never murmurming at Thy
gentle chastisements and fatherly
correction.

Thou are never at any time nearer
to God than when under tribulation
which he permits for the purification
and beautifying of thy soul.

Recalls Hard Journey

Calgary Man Walked To West Sixty
Years Ago

Cc. J. “Con” Duggan, at 90, recalls
how he walked to western Canada
from northern Ontario 60 years ago.

Wading through creeks and mus-
keg, tormented by blackflies and mos-
quitoes and practically without food,
he arrived at Fort Garry, now Win-
nipeg, 29 days after leaving Thunder
Bay, at the head of the lakes.

He travelled the “Dawson route,”
made famous by Col. Wolseley’s
journey to quell the Red river rebel-
lion in 1870, and used only once after
Duggan’s historic journey. He still
has the ticket for which he paid $10,
On it is inscribed:

“Red river route, No. 241, depart-
ment of public works, Canada. De-
pot: Thunder Bay, L.S., June 17,
1874.

“Good to C. J. Duggan for one
passage from Thunder Bay to Fort
Garry. (Signed) M. J. Carpenter
and Co.”

The party, consisting of 26 persons,
had two teams and wagons, but this
means of transportation was only
sufficient for their baggage.

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Value Of Good Reading

Character Of Children Formed By
Properly Selected Books
The children's library is a safe-

Fire Prevention Avia

Five Saskachewan Cities Reach High
Grading :
Activities of fire prevention week
/in Canadian cities reached a high
| degree of efficiency, George F. Lewis,
deputy fire marshal of Ontario, said
in announcing 1934 awards. Keen
competition was shown among fire de-
partments and municipalities through-
out the country. Saskatchewan was
particularly prominent with five cities
of 25,000 population and less taking
gradings of more than 90 per cent.

Meek—My wife said that I was to
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Sam, She
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guard against many undesirable at-
tractions offered to juveniles, Canon |
Allan P. Shatford sald in an address
at Montreal. The “funnies” and the |
films had their place, the speaker de-
elared, but the child brought up on
these would never develop the type|
of personality fostered by the read-|
ing of properly selected books. |
One of the most valuable featurss|
of the library system, Canon Shat-
believed, was the voluntary
character of the reading, which had
a lasting effect.

Compulsory reading was oon for-
gotten. The reason many people dis-
liked the Bible was they had been |

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I am satisfied that in the long run
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One-Man Strike Halts Job |

A one-man strike has tied up a}
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