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THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B. c, WEDNESDAY, ‘

EPP EMBER 16, 1936

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Uetace

FOURTH INSTALMENT

1 1 oOOF

A week after they had gone‘on this.

quest Tex Whipple and Johnny Clehoe

rede slowly up out of the gulf of thu

Kanab Desert, to where the San Juan
Plateau loomed dim ond purple in- the
violet dusk, They were gaunt, hollow-
eyed, Weary, Their faces, their cloth:
es, their horseg were. grey ‘with dust
nud the grime of the desert. Their
eyes were bloodshot, their lips cracked
and raw from. the bite of alkali
dust. In front of them, slow and pon-
deraus moved the cattle they had re-
vained from the rustlers, It-had been
a heavy task to nurse exhausted and
faltering cattle across the torrid wastes
lt the job was nearly done now, and
the cattle were travelling faster, hav-
ing smelled the water in the troughs
on the slops above,

Avriving at the corrals Tex and Joh- :
nay turned their charges ovér to Pink
Crosby, and. Podl; Fortune, all that: re-
mined of the Bod D punchers, then
nistildled. theix horses, turned them in-
te the pesture ‘and walked with stiff,
awkivard strides 1m to the ranch house

Sun Juan Delevan and his danghter
Roony were on the verandah

“We brought yore cows back San
Juan,” said Tex Wearily. “Had to
bump off two,o'%:yore former punchers
to get ’em.
‘nnged haid.’”

“Good boys,” “yumbled: San:
“Hy gad, its a relief to find men yuh

can trust. -Ranny, yuh go. help’ Chang |.
vustie grub for Tex an’ the kid. Set it].

on the table. Tex, yuh and Tohuny go
wash up. an’. then while: yuh eat yuh
enn give me the story.” -

_A good wash and plentiful food made
new men of Tex and Johnny. Jobnny
ate until he nearly fell out of the chair
ond until even Ronny was mov ed to
remark ‘about ‘it. ,

“Goodness Tex, don't you ever feed ;
this child of yours? It Secs impuss-

ible to fill him up.” .
“Miss Ronny,” drawled “Tex, ey
" apologize for him. Ordiharily T’d- be
Wumb ashamed: of ‘him .but I gotta
admit he dinged near earned the right!
to eat his fool haid off this trip.” '
Johnny was‘ quite: shameless, Andi nh
almshed.
rolled ‘a smoke,
“Aint often..I get service like this,
(istta make the mokt‘of it, ¥'betcha.
Aq yuh know. yuh'd feel offended if
1 did't eat yare céokin’.” be ended

see ees sarees ee ee ae et tt

tuned il somersault,

[teen tied to the snddié an’ as r was dry van?! -
But they’re ‘all here, every |. -

Juan]

THe yawned and gr inned and |.

a ween er ee a ee ee -

Springs. They wan'nt no’
any stampede was there ”
“None whatever,’ answered Tex.
“The sign showed they jest ent ont
that bunch and haided them northwest. | stall off Ed. Starbuck much ‘longer, an’}'
“I knew it, Ever since I got hurt I| still keep my self respect. Ed was av-
been figgerin’ “Wade an’ his crowd was|er to see me.the other day, yuh know.
crooked.’ Pink Crosby and Pod For-|'That was him yuh zode in with. - Ed's
tune are good boys but the rest was] one. white. man, but he can't. Ton his
workin’ with Wade. Yuh know Tex,|bank on nothin’: _
I'l tell yuh something about how 1} At‘this moment: there came the clink
got hurt, I was drivin’ a thousand | of n shod hoof against rock, ;
haid of my prime stuff to the ‘railroad; «Tex was instantly alert. .“Hoss com
at Sawtelle, We had the herd bedded ing" he pronounced softly. -
down ,at Skelton Springs. The night) -Through the dim murk a rider ap-
was quiet, no wind or nothin’. I was} proached, coming along the Corillion |.
sound asleep when the break came. | trail. There was the sound of a stim-
Fust thing’ I knew they was o lot of| ble and then a: volley of curses in a
hellerin’ ‘au shoutin’ an’ when I got out} harsh Seottish. brognes. ;
a ny tarp Tsaw the cattle was on the! Delevan _Brinned- find leaned beck.
run. T chucked a hull on a brone an’! “Oxkeh, Tex.” | he ehuckled. “That's
forked him an’ lit out to try an’ turn MeMurito, - Tough eld Seotehman: but
‘em “so they'd take to millin’, Tt was|onre gold underneath. Comin” out to}
dark as the ace of ‘spnies an’ every- tale f look at this hack of imine I au ,
hody was ridin’ hell catoot.. ‘They Whs HOSP, "
men ridin’ on hoth sides of me.’ All off The Waer dismounted pefare the ver-
a sudden on plain level ground my hoss ‘andg with another’ rrmble ‘of profanity
0 course I hit ‘Tight down. Doc. “light flown,” -enl-
hard an’ my, light went out. ‘When Ti tod San Jnan. “ub seem ta: he ‘hav ing |
caine fo it was jest breakin’ day. My {yore troubles, :
bark was hurtin’ like the duce an’ T dep the ‘domined tran, “mon. rip.
seemed dead: from: the -waist ‘dawn, | ed McMuralo, “and this erazy drunken
My drone was layin’ jest. as hé fell, | haste; I've been’ re -r-riding. Trice ‘he
with a broken neck,” They was a ¢an-jna’threw ime. ; How's the: back Dele,

Gulch range across, ‘the desert. I shore
am: travellin’ on the’ ragged aidge right |.
now. An’ I don’ t. know how I'm go-|-
Ing to tnke up. that mortgage. I cant

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i The Minerals of British Columbia _
British Columbia has. produced m “nerals of. an aggregate
value of $1, 425,000,000,00: :

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adidvessin’. these words. to, Ronny. “1
cond do with that ‘kid of ‘eookin’ the |
vest of-my life: TH tell,a.man? -

. SMa t: Haw !: stumbled, San. Tun as
manny blushed: and fled: ~ 'inda sut-
sty that, d;.eh Tex.

“Tela purty: dnuged ‘fresh If yuh ask
ma? chuckled Tex, "Tin -. -he dontt,
mind his‘ manners: TH work. him: over:
wsth a equlbiy oo es toe

“Why” ‘snorted. Johnny, just: try Its]

“oh frazzled out ole. tie string. Now
te show vub I'm 2 gentleman I’m goin'
in an’? help ‘Chang.wash.,the, dishes,”
- “Heh—heh,” sniffed Tex, scornénlly
“erat tin’ dnighty, ednsiderate, of * ‘that |:
Mhink, seems ta me. “Wonder, if ub
- sink ‘yord fodlint anyhody. ; 2 hove the
N+le Indy smacks

Wher: Johnny:

Tle. paeaeh to. Son, J BON

face with Ate pede an’ all
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had fone: ‘the. Jesity W veht

“toned immedlately from. Tex's: face, ne

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feet it was kindn fonuy that Tiows: Lueck ye, fire to’ he! alive Délevan—-
she wht have FH Von" thatiway. on level I've bad‘news fai yer: The: ‘hatnk's heen.
stam. Elaeked chin over and: est 1 robbed,” Starbuck!. ‘Stinson “ahd Buy-
nhove the tethoek af the near ‘front late rney is" Aifid. Spink" devils.” -
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mean to ‘tell ne“ one- at ca datc thieves “eat” “lent away, ‘he: sheerit
snnkes roped yore, Hass an Hhrow ‘dl has. come: “und, one’ whout. ‘doin’? |

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