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BILLY LOUISE BECOMES MUCH DISCOURAGED OVER THE
STATE OF FAMILY FINANCES-SHE HEARS AND SEES
THINGS THAT MAKE HER DOUBT WARD
Synopsis. Mnrthy and Jasc Mellke, pioneers, hnve for twenty
yenrfl rondo n bare living out of their ranch at the Cove on Wolverine
creek In the mountain range country of Idaho. Their neighbors, the
MncDonnlds, living several tnllcs away, havo a daughter, Hilly Louise,
now about nlnotccn years old, whom Mnrthy has secretly helped to
educate. At Uie time the story opens Hilly Louise Is spending the
nftcrnoon with Murthy. A snowstorm comes up, nnd on her way home
till) girl meets an Interesting stranger, who Is Invited to stay over
night nt the MneDonnld ranch. Ward Warren nnd Billy Louise be
coroo Arm friends. Jasc dies nnd Mnrthy buries his body without aid.
Cttnrlio Fox, Mnrthy'n nephew, comes to the Cove. lie discovers evi
dence of cattle stealing.
CHAPTER V Continued.
Wav over to the eastward a black dot
snovcfl up a green slope nnd slid out of
flight beyond That might be Ward
taking ii Hbort cut across the hill to bis
claim beyond the pine dotted ridge that
looked purple In the distance. Billy
Loulso ulglicd with n vague disquiet
anil turned (o look nwny to the north,
where the jumble of high bills grew
more rurgod, with the valleys narrow
r nnd deeper.
noro ennio two other dots, larger and
moro clearly defined as horsemen.
From snore objects that stood higher
than any animal nnd moved with n
jiiirposcful directness they presently
beenniD men who rode with the easy
owing of habit which has become a
second maluro. They must lmvo sceu
tier sitting still upon bcr horse In tho
midst of that high, sunny plateau, for
they turned nnd rode up the slope to
ward bcr.
Billy Lonlso waited, too depressed to
wonder greatly who they were. Sea
Jbeck rldcoi probably. And so they
proved. At least one of them was n
Scabcck man Floyd Carson, who had
talked with her nt her own gate and
Eatl toW bcr of the Bttspectcd cattle
tcallng. Tho other man was a stran
ger, whom Floyd introduced ns Mr.
tBlrkcn.
4 Thoy bad been "prowling around,"
recording to Floyd, trying to sco what
ithey could see. Floyd was ono of
ilhoso round-faced, round-eyed young
fcllowa who do not believe much la
nocrccy and thereforo talk freely when
ever and wborevcr they dare, Ho
Haiti that Seabcck had turned them
'loose tt keep cases and sco If they
couldn't pick up the trail of these run
tler who wero trying to get rich off a
running iron and a long rope. (If you
mro of the West you know what that
mentis, and if you are not you ought to
Kiicsfi that it means stealing cattle and
let it bo nt that.) It was not until ho
lintl talked for ten minutes or so that
Hilly IkniIho became more than mildly
interested in the-convcrsatlon.
"Say, Miss MaeDonald," Floyd asked
ty way of beglunlug a now paragraph,
how about that fellow over on Mill
Far Over to the Eastward a Black Dot
Moved Up.
crock? lie worked for you folks a
year or so ago, tlh'n't lie? What does
ho do?"
'He ban a ranch," said Billy Louise,
with careful calm. "Ilu'a been work
ing on it this summer, I believe."
"Dh-huh. We were over tboro this
morning. Them YO cattlo up nbovo
Lis place are his, I reckon?"
Yes," said Billy LouIbc "no's been
putting bis wages Into cattlo for a year
pr no, lift worked for Junkins last
winter. Why?"'
''Ob, nothing, I guess, only bo's tho
eitfy stranger lu tho country, and his
prosperity ain't accounted for-"
dO ,'SS5I:e;a-
"Oh, but It is!" laughed Billy Louise.
"I only wish I had half as clear n tick
ct. When ho Isn't working out bo'B
wolfing, and every dollnr be gets hold
of ho puts into thnt ranch. Wo'vo
known him a long time. He doesn't
blow bis money, you see, like most fel
lows do."
Floyd found occasion to havo a
slight argument with his horse just
then. Ho happened to bo one of the
"most" fellows, and the occasion of
his last "blowouL" was fresh in his
mind.
"Well, of course if you know bo's all
straight that Bcttlc3 it But it sure
seems queer "
"That fellow is as straight as a
string. Don't you suppose it's somo
gang over on tho river, Floyd? I'd
look around over there, I believe, and
try to get a Hue on the unaccountables.
There's a lpt of new settlers come In
Just in the last year or two, and thero
might bo Bomo tough ones scattered
through the bunch. Better see If there
has been any cattle shipped or driven
through that way, don't you think?"
"We can try," Floyd assented with
out eagerness. "But as near as wo
can figure It's loo much of n drib drab
proposition for that. A cow and calf
hero and there, and so on. Wo got
wind of it first when wo went out to
.bring In a gcntlo cow thut tho deacon
wanted on tho ranch. Wo know where
she was, only sho wasn't there when
wo went after her. We hunted tho
hills for n week nnd couldn't find n
sign of her or her calf. And she had
stuck down in tho creek bottom nil the
spring, so It looked klud a funny."
IIo twisted in the saddle nnd looked
back at the pine clotted ridge.
"Thcro's a YG calf up there that's n
dead ringer for tho one wo'vo been
hunting," ho observed, "but it's run
ning with u cow that carries Junkins
old brand, so" no looked apologet
ically into the calm eyes of Billy
Louise. "Of course I don't mean to
say there's anything wrong up there,"
he hastily nf.surcd her, "But that's
tho reason I thought I'd ask you about
that fellow."
"Oh, it's perfectly right to make sure
of everybody," smiled Billy Louise.
"I'd do tho snmu thing myself. But
you'll find everything's nil straight up
there. We know 'all about him and
how and where ho got his few bead of
stock and everything. But of course
you could ask Junkins if you havo any
doubt"
"Oh, we'll tnke your word for it. I
just wanted to know. He's a stranger
to our outfit. I've Meeu lilin n few
times What's bin name? Us boys
call him Noisy. It's HUo pulling a wis
dom tooth to get any kind a talk out
of him."
"IIo is awful quiet," assented Billy
Louise carelessly. "But he's real
steady to work."
"Them tpilet fellows generally are,"
put in Mr. Blrken. "You run stock in
hero, too. do you, Miss MaeDonald?"
"The big Ds," answered Billy Louise
and smiled fulntly. "I've been rnngo
herding them back hero in these foot
hills this summer. Do you want to
look through tho bunch?"
Mr. Blrken blushed. "Oh, no, not at
all! I was wonderlug if you had lost
any."
"Nobody would rustle cattlo from a
lady, I hope. At any rate, I haven't
missed any yet, Tho folks down In tho
Covo havo, though."
"Yes, I beard they had. That breed
rode over to boo If he could get a lino
on them. It's hard luck. That Chorlio
Fox seems a tine, hard working boy,
don't you think?"
"Yes-rf," said Billy Loulso shyly, "ho
seems real nice." She looked away
nnd bit her lip self consciously as Bho
spoke.
Tho two men swallowed the bait like
a hungry flsh. They glanced at each
other nnd winked knowbigly. Billy
Loulso saw them from the tall of her
downcast eyo and permitted herself a
llttlo sigh of relief. Thoy would bo
tho more ready now to accept at its
tnco value her statement eoneernlnc
J Ward, unless they credited her with
mo icai or ueuig in lovo with tho two
men at tho same JJaj
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"Well, I'm sorry Uinrlle l'"o nas
been tapped off too. He's a mighty
fine chap," declared Floyd, with trans,
parent heartiness, his round eyes
dwelling curiously upon tho face of
Billy Louise.
"Yes, I must bo going," said that
young womnn self-consciously. "I've
qulto a circle to rldo yet. I hope you
locate tho rustlers, and if there's any
thing I can do if I seo or hear any
thing that seems to be a clew I'll let
you know right away. I'vo been keep
ing my eyes open for somo trace of
them, and so has Char Mr. Fox."
Then she blushed nnd told them good
by very hastily nnd loped off up the
ridge.
"Bnrk up that tree for awhile, you
twol" sho said, with a twist of her
lips, when sho was well away from
them. "You you darned idlpts, to go
prowling nround Ward's place, just as
If Ward'll take a shot at them if
ho catches them nosing through bis
stock!" She scowled at a big D cow
that thrust her bead out of an nldcr
thicket and sent Blue in after her.
Frowning, she watched tho animal go
lumbering down tho hill toward the
Wolverine. "Just because he's a Btran
gcr nnd doesn't mix with pcoplo nnd
minds bis own business nnd is trying
to get a start they're suspicious, as If
a man has no right to Well, I think
I managed to bead them off anywny."
Her satisfaction lasted while sho rode
to tho next ridge. Then the llttlo
devils of doubt came a-swarmlng nnd
a-whlsperlng. Sbo had said sho knew
all about Ward. Well, sho did to a
greater extent Uian others knew. But
sho wondered if she did not know too
much or If she knew enough, Thero
wero somo things
She headed Blue down the slope and
as straight for tho Big Hill as she
could go. There was no trail that way,
nnd the ridges were steep and the can
yons circuitous. But Blue was a good
horse, with plenty of stamina and
nrieh experience, no carried his lady
safely, and he carried her willingly.
Even her Impatience could find no
fault with the manner in which he
climbed steep pitches, slid down slopes
as steep, jumped narrow washouts and
picked his way through thickets of
quaking aspens or over wide stretches
of shale rock and lava beds. Ho was
wet to his ears "when finally ho shuf
fled Into Ward's trail up tho creek bot
tom, but ho breathed evenly, and ho
carried his bead high and perked his
cars knowingly forward when the cor
ral and haystack camo into view
around a sharp bend. Ho splashed
both front feet into the creek just be
fore tho cabin and stopped to drink,
while Billy Loulso stared at the silent
place.
By the tracks along tho creek trail
she knew that Word had como home,
and Bho urged Blue across tho ford and
up the bank to the cabin. She slid Off
and went in boldly to bldo her inward
embarrassment and sho found nothing
but emptiness there.
Billy Louise did not take long to in
vestigate. The coffee pot was still
warm on the stove when she laid her
palm against it, and sho immediately
poured herself a cup of coffee. A plato
and a eup on the table Indicated that
Ward had eaten a hurried raenl and
had not taken time to clear uway tho
litter. Billy Louise ato what was left,
and mcchanlcnlly she washed the
dishes and made everything neat be
fore Bhe went down to look for Rattler.
Sho had though't that Ward was out
somewhere about tho place and would
return very soon probably. Blue sho
bud left standing in plain sight before
the cabin so that Ward could seo blm
and know she was there, a fact which
sho regretted.
While sho was -washing dishes nnd
sweeping sho had been trying to think
of somo excuso for her presenco there.
It wus going to be awkward, her com
ing there on his heels, ono might say.
Billy Louise began to wish she had
not come. She began to feel qulto cer
tain that Ward would bo surprised and
disgusted when ho found her thero nnd
would look at her with that faint curl
of the lip aud that fainter lift of the
nostril above it, which made her go
hot all over with tho ficorn in them.
Sho had seen him look that way onco
or twice, and lu spite of herself Bho be
gan to plcturo bLs face with that ex
pression. Billy Louise was on the point of rid
ing away a good deal more hastily
than sho had come In tho hope that
Ward would not discover her there.
Then her own stubbornness came up
permost, aud she told herself that she
bad a perfect right to ride wherever
sho pleased and that if Ward didn't
llko It he could do the other thing.
Sho went to the door ami stood look
ing out for u inluute, wondering whero
ho was.
There was a llttlo window behind
tho bunk aud besldo that n shelf filled
with books nnd smoking material and
matches. Sho know by tho very ar
rangement of that shelf nnd whitlow
that Wrd liked to He there on .the
huuk nnd reud while the light lasted.
At the head of the bed hung a flour
sack half full of somo hard, lumpy
stuff which Billy Loulso had not no
ticed beforcv She felt tho bag tenta
tively, could not guess its contents nnd
finally took it down aud untied it.
Wlthlu were Irregular scraps and
strips of stuff hard as bono, a puzzle
still to ouo unfamiliar with the fron
tier. Billy Louise pulled out a llttlo
piece, nibbled a corner and pronounced:
"M-mml Jcrkyl I'm going to swipe
some of that," which sho proceeded to
do to tho extent of filling her pocket,
for to tboso who havo learned to llko
it JerVed venison Is qulto as deslrablo
nu milk chocolate or any other nlbbly
tidbit,
Tho opposite wall had sacks of flour
stacked against it and boxes of staple
canucd goods, such as corn and toma
toes and milk and peaches. A box of
canned peaches stood at tho head of
Uig bed and upon ba( ft case of tomft
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toes. Ward used them for a table ana
set the lantern thero when ho wunted
to rend in bed. "He's got a pretty good
supply of grub," was the verdict of
Billy Louise, sizing up the assortment
while she nibbled at tho pieco of Jerky.
"I wonder where he is anyway?" And
a moment later: "He oughtn't to hang
his best clothes up like that They'll
be all wrinkled when be wants to put
them on."
Sho went over and disposed of the
best clothes to her liking nnd shook out
the dust She had to own to herself
that for a bachelor Ward was very or
derly, though he did let bis trousers
hang down over tho flour sacks In a
way to whiten their hems. She hung
them in a different place.
But where was Ward? Billy Loulso
bethought her that Bluo deserved
something to eat after that hard ride
and led blm down to the. stable. There
was no sign of Rattler, aud Billy
Loulso wondered anew at Ward's ab
Bencc. It did not seem consistent with
bis bnsto to leavo the Wolverine and
his frequent assertion that he must get
to work. From the stable door sbo
could look over practically the whole
creek bottom within his fence, nnd she
could Bee tho broad sweep of the hills
on either side. On her way back to
the cabin alio tried to track Rattler,
but thero were several stock trails
leading in different directions, and the
soil was too dry to leavo 'any distin
guishing marks.
Sho waited for an hour or two, sit
ting in the doorway, nibbling Jerky and
trying to read n magazine. Then she
found a stub of pencil, tore out an ad
vertising pago which had a wide mar
gin and wrote: "I don't think you're a
bit nlco. Why don't you stay home
when a fellow comes to sec you?' This
she folded neatly and put in tho cigar
box of tobacco over Ward's pillow.
She rcsaddled Blue and rode away
more depressed than ever, because her
depression Was now mixed with a dis
appointment keener than she would
have cared to acknowledge, eveu to
herself.
CHAPTER VI.
The Corral In the Canyon.
QUITE suddenly, just at sundown,
Billy Louise's journeying was In
terrupted In a most unexpected
manner. She was dreaming along n
flat bottomed canyon, looking for an
easy way across, when Bide threw up
bis head, listened with his ears thrust
forward and sniffed with widened nos
trils. From his manner almost any
thing might Ho ahead of them. And
because certain of the possibilities
would call for quick action if any of
them became a certabity Billy Loulso
twisted her gun belt around bo thnt her
six shooter swung within easy reach
of her hand. With her lingers she made
sure that the gun was loose in its hol
fcter and kicked Blue mildly as a hint
to go on and see what it was all about
Blue won't forward, stepping easily
on tho soft side hill. In rough country
whatever you want to see Is nearly nl
wuys around a sharp bend; you read it
bo in the stories and books of travels
and when you rido out in the bills you
find it so in reality. Billy Louise rodo
for three or four, minutes before sbo
received any inkling of what lay ahead,
though Blue's behavior during that In
terval had served to reassure her some
what. He was interested still in what
lay just out of sight beyond a shoulder
of the bill, but he did not appear to be
In the least alarmed. Therefore Billy
Loulso knew It couldn't be a bear, at
any rate.
They came to the point of the hill's
shoulder and Billy Louise tightened the
reins instinctively while sbo stared at
what lay revealed beneath. The head
of the gulch was blocked with a corral
small, high, bidden from view on all
sides save where she stood, by the
Jagged walls of rock and heavy aspen
thickets beyond.
Tho corral wns but the setting for
what' Billy Louise stared at so unbe
lievingly. A horseman had ridden out
of tho corral just as she came Into
sight, had turned a shtirp corner and
bud disappeared by riding up the samo
slope she occupied, but farther along
aud In a shallow depression which bid
blm completely after that one brief I
gnmpse.
Of course the gulch was dusky with
deep shadows, and she hud bud only u
glimpse. But tho horse was a dark bay
and the rider was slim and tall and
wore a gray bat. The heart of Billy
Loulso paused n moment from its steady
beating nnd tbon sank heuvlly under a
great-weight She was range born and
range bred. She had sat Wide eyed on
her dnddy's knees and heard him tell of
losses in cattle aud horses and of cor
rals found hidden away lu Btrange
places and of unknown riders who dis
appeared mysteriously into the hills.
She had heard of these thlugs; they
wero a part of the stage setting for
wild dramas of the West.
With n white lino showing around
her closa pressed lips nud a horror in
her wide eyed glance she rode quietly
nlong tho side of tho bluff toward
where sho hud seen tho horseman dis
appear. IIo was riding a durk buy aud
ho wore a gray hat and dark coat, and
he was slim and tall. Billy Loulso
mado n sound that was close to a groan
and Bet her teeth hard together after
ward. She renehed the hillside Just above
tho corral. Thero were cattlo down
there, moving uneasily about In the
shadows. Of the horseman there wus,
ot course, no sign just the corral and
a few restless cuttle shut Inside uud
on tho hilltops a soft, rose violet glow
und In the sky beyond a blend of pur
ple mnd deep crimson to show where
the sun had been. Close beside her as
sho stood looking down a little, gray
bird twittered wistfully.
Billy Louise took a deep breath and
rode on, angling slightly up the bluff
so that sbo could cross at the head of
thn Piilrh. It was vrv milit vnrv
I sweetuJl aw wwi. bwitlful, this Jog-
Die of hills and deep gun.wi catiyonu
But Billy Louise felt as though some
thing precious had died. She should
have gone down and investigated and
turned those cattle loose that is, if
she dared. Well, Bho dared; it was not
fear that held her to the upper ulopcs.
She did not want to know what brand
they bore or whether an iron had sear
ed fresh marks.
"Ob, Godl" she jsald once aloud, and
there was a prayer and a protest, a
curse and a question all in those two
words.
So trouble troublo that sickened her
very soul and choked her into dumb
ness and squeezed her heart so that
the ache of it was agony camo and
rode with her through tho brooding
dusk of the canyons and over the
brighter hilltops.
Billy Louise did not remember any
thing much about that rido except that
sho was glad the way was long. Bluo
carried her steadily on and on and
needed no guiding, and though Wolver
ine canyon was black dark In most
places she liked it so.
John Pringle was standing by tho
gate waiting for her, which was un
usual, if Billy Louise hud been normal
enough to notice It. no came forward
i J!MlflIn
This She Folded Neatly and Put Into
the Cigar Box.
and took Blue by the bridle when sho
dismounted, which was still more un
usual, for Billy Louise always cared
for her own horse both from habit and
preference.
"Yor mommlc, she's sick," bo an
nounced stolidly. "She's worry you
maybe hurt yoresclf., Yo better go,
maybe."
Billy Louise did not answer, but ran
up the path to tho cabin. "Oh, has
everything got to happen all at once?"
she cried aloud, protesting against the
implacablencss of misfortune.
"Yor mommie's sick," Phoebe an
nounced in a whisper. "She's crazy
'cause you been so long. She's awful
bad, I guess."
Billy Louise said nothing, but went
in where her m'her lay moaning, her
face white and turned to the celling.
Billy Louise herself had pulled up her
reserves of strength nnd cheeriulness,
and the fingers she laid on her mother's
forehead were cool ond steady.
"Poor old mommlel Is It that nasty
lumbago again?" sho nsked caressingly
and did not permit the tiniest shade of
anxiety to spoil the renssurance of her
presence. "I went farther than usual
and Blue's pretty tender, bo I eased him
along, and I'm fearfully late. I sup
pose you've been hnving all kinds of
disasters happening to me." Sho was
passing her lingers soothingly over her
mother's forehead while she explained
and she saw that her mother did not
moan so much as when sbe camo into
the room.
"Of course I worried. I wish yon
wouldn't take them long rides. Oh, I
guess it's lumbago mostly but seems
like it ain't, cither. The .pain seems to
be mostly in my side." She stirred
restlessly and moaned again.
"Wtfat's Phoebe been doing for It?
You don't seem to have any fever,
inonimlo ond that's a good thing. Ill
go fix you one of those dandy spico
poultices, nnd any supper, mommlc?"
"Oh, I couldn't eat. Phoebe made a
hop poultice, but it's awful Boppy."
"Well, never mind. Your dear daugh
ter Is on the, Job now She'll have you
all comfy In Just about two minutes.
Headache, mum? All right, I'll just
shake up your pllly and bring you such
a dandy spice poultice I expect you'll
want to eat it!" Billy Louise's voice
was soft and bnd a broody sweetness '
when she wished it bo, that soothed
more than medicine. Her mother's eyes
closed wearily while tho girl talked;
the muscles of her face relaxed a llttlo
from their look of pain.
Billy Loulso bent nnd laid her lips
lightly on her mother's cheek. "Poor
old mommie! I'd have come homo
a-runnlng if I'd known she wns sick
and had to have nasty, soppy stuff."
In the kitchen a very different Billy
Loulso measured spices and asked a
question now and then In a whisper and
breathed with a repressed unevenuess
which betrayed the strain she wns un
der. Billy Louise discovers that
her love for Ward Is darkened
by suspicion that he la connected
with a jjang of bad men and she
treats him with coolness, much
to his puzzlement
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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rectly on tho question, 'Is the building
safe from the danger of panic?' Panic
may result from onuses not confined
to n factory building itself nor nf
fected by Its fireproof character. It
may be caused by smoke alone, or by
fire In n building adjoining or in th
Immediate neighborhood, or by a con
flagration, or by a hostile attack in
time of war from land, sea or air, or
by earthquake, or even by a falsw.
alarm."
Mad Artists.
Quite a number of eminent artists
have been victims of brain disorder.
Sir Edwin Landsecr, towards tho
eloso of his life, showed signs of In
sanity, while the eccentricities of Tur
ner wero quite of tho Insane order.
Amongst other eminent nrtlsts it
might bo mentioned that Sir Thomaw
Lawrence suffered from, a symptom of
brain fllsorder; David Wllkio lost
power of attention, und ultimately had
a nervous seizure which made hit
speech Incoherent ; while Hornney suf
fered o much from tho hallucination
that bis talent would desert him thnt
at the height of his fame ho thought
of relinquishing his art altogether.
Screening Rear Garden With Tretllo.
If your renr garden Is too mueli l
evidence and chickens nnd laundry nro
not very decorative, a pretty white
gate, or even n plain high white trelllei
reaching from the side of the Itonse t
tho side fence, will shut off ovcrytblns
objectlonablo. No matter how small
your back garden you will need mora
ef tb white terrllu to make it prtet,
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