THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE ,f COPYRIGHT "ZJC HARPER. AND CHAPTER SIX CONTINUED The Mexicans wore leisurely cook-' lng their morning meal. A slow wratb stirred In Gale ns he watched the trio. They showed not the slightest Indica tion of breaking camp. One fellow, evidently the leader, packed a gun at his hip, the only 'weapon In sight. 1 Gnlo noted this with speculative eyes. Then he saw two Indians on burros como riding up tho other side of tho knoll upon which the ndobe house stood; and apparently they were not nwaro of the presence of the Mexi cans, for they came on up tho path. Ono Indian was a I'opago. The other, striking In appearance for other rea sons than thnt ho seemed to be about to fall from the burro, Gale took to be a Ynqul. They enmo over the knoll and down the path toward the well. turned a corner of tho house, and completely surprised tho raiders. Galo heard a short, shrill cry, strangely high and wild, nnd this enmo from ono of tho Indians. It was an swered by hoarse shouts. Then tho loader of tho trio, tho Mexican who packed a gun, pulled It and fired point blank. He missed once aud again. At tho third shot tho Panugo Bhrlcked and tumbled off his burro to fall in a heap. Tho other Indian swayed, as If tho taking away of tho support lent by his comrade had brought collapse, and with tho fourth shot be, too, slipped to tho ground Tho reports had frightened tho horses In tho corral; and a vicious black, crowding the rickety bars, trroko them down. He camo plnnglng out With a splendid vaulting mount, tho Mexican with tho gun leaped to U& back of the horse. Ho yelled and waYcd his gun, and urged tho black fcrwurd. Tho manner of all three ta savagely Jocoift. They wero hav ing sport. Tho two on tho ground be gan to dance and Jobber. Tho mount ed leader shot again, nnd then stuck like n leech upon tho bare back of tho rearing black. It was a vain show of horsemanship. Then this Mexican, by somo strange grip, brought tho horso down, plunging almost upn the body of the Indian thnt had fallen last. Gale 'stood aghnst with his riflo clutched tight. Ho could not dlvlno tho Intention at tho raider, hut sus pected something strikingly brutal. Tho horso answered to that cruol, Tho Horso Answered to That Cruel Guiding Hand, Yet Ho Swerved nnd Bucked. guiding hnnd, yet ho swerved and bucket?. Ho rourod aloft, pawing tho air, wildly snorting, then lie plunged down upon the prostrnto Indian. Even In tTie not tho Intelligent animal tried to "fcoop from striking tho body with his hoofs. But that was not possible. A yell, hideous In Us passion, signaled this feat of horsemanship. Tho Moxlcan iiiado no movo to' trample- tho body of tho Pnpngo. Ho turned tho black to rldo again over the other Indian. Gnlo was horrified; to soo i no iiiqui .wriino aim raise u ' feeble hand. The notion brought re newed nnd moro snvngo cries from tho Mexicans. Tho horso snorted In terror. Gnlo could bear no more. Ho took a quick shot nt tho rider. Ilo missed the moving figure, but hit tho horse. There was a bound, n horrid scream, a mighty plungo, then th6 horso went down, giving thu Mexican a Btunnlng fall. Both beast nnd man lay still. Galo rushed from his cover to in tercept tho other raiders beforo they could reach tho houso and their weap ons. Then tho frightened horses burst tho corral bars, and in a thundering, dust-mantled strenm fled up tho.nf- OLD SANE GRBi "Riders of thePuiftlo Sage WUdFii-e.Etc, Illustrations by Irwin Myerj? DHOTMBR royo. ' Tho fnllon rnldor sat up, mumbling to his snnts In ono bronth, cursing in, his aoxt. "Go, Greasers I lturil" yelled Gale. Then he yelled It In Spanish. At tho ' point of his riflo hq drove the two ' raiders out of the camp. His next movo was to run Into tho houso nnd fetch out the cnrblnes. With a heavy i stone ho dismantled each weapon. Thnt done, he set out on a mn for his horso. Hlnnco Sol henrd him com ing and whistled n welcome, nnd when I Gnlo rnn up tho horse was snorting war. Mounting, Gnlo rode rapidly back tn ihn nnnnn rP Mm nnflnn nnrl Ilia first thought, when ho arrived at tho well, was to give Sol n drink nnd to fill his canteens. Then Gnlo led his horso up out of I the wnterhole, and decided before re mounting to have n look nt the In dlnns. Tho Papago had been shot through tho heart, but tho YaquI was l still alive. Moreover, ho was conscious i nnd stnrlng up nt Gale with great, strange, somber eyes, black as volcan ' ic slag. , "Gringo, good no kill," ho said, in husky whisper. , Ills speech was not affirmative bo much as questioning. "Ynqui, you're dono for," said Gale, i and his words were positive. Ho wna j simply speaking aloud his mind. I "Ynqul no hurt niuch," replied I the Indian, nnd then he spoke a strnnge word repeated It ngnln and , again. j An Instinct of Galo's, or perhaps , some suggestion In the husky, thick whisper or dark face, told Gale to reach for his canteen. Ilo lifted tho Indian nnd gnve him a drink, and If ovor In nil hln ltfo lio fuiw erafltiifln i j In human eyes ho saw It then. Than , ho exnmlned the Injured Ynqul. The Indian had three wounds a bullet hole In his shoulder, a crushed arm, and a badly lacerated leg. Tho ranger, thought rapidly. TWb Ynqul would live unless left there, to dlo or be murdered by the Mexicans when they found courage to sneak back to tho well. It never occurred to Gale to abandon tho poor fellow. All the same, ho knew he multiplied his perils' n hundredfold by burdening himself with a crippled Indian. Swift ty ho set to work, and with rifle ever under his band, and shifting glnnco Bparcd from his tnsk, ho bound up tho Yaqul's wounds. At the same time ho kept keen watch. The Indlnns' burros and tho horsee of the raiders wero nil out of sight Time was too valuable for Gale to uso any In what might bo vain search. Therefore", ho lifted the Yaqui upon Sol's broad shoulders and climbed Into tho saddle. At a word Sol dropped his head and started east ward up tho trull, walking swiftly, without resentment for his double bur den. Gale, bearing In mind tho ovcr-pres-mt possibility of encountering moro rnlders nnd o? being pursued, saved tho strength of the horso. Once out it sight of Pupugo well, Galo dis mounted nnd walked beside the horso, toadying with ono firm hand tlie help lews, dnngllng Yaqul. Gale kept puce with his horse. ITo boro the twinge of pnin thnt darted through his Injured hip nt every stride. In the hent of midday ho hnlted in the Bhndo of a rock, and, lifting tho Ynqul down, gave hVn a drink. Then, after a long, sweeping survey of the sur rounding dosert, he romovod Sol's snd die nnd lot him roll, nnd took for him self n welcome rest nnd a bite to out. Tlie Ynqul wns tenacious of life. Ho wns still holding his own. For tho tlrst time Gnlo really looked nt tho Indian to study him. He had a largo head nobly cast, and a fnco that re-i scmbk'd a shrunken mask. It seemed chiseled In the dnrk-oyed, volcanic lava of his Sonora wilderness. Tho Indian's eyes wore always black and mystic, but this Yaqul's encompassed all tho tragic dosolntlon of tho desert. They wore fixed on Gnlo, moved only when he moved. Gnlo resumed his homeward Jour ney. ' He held grimly by tho sUK of tho tireless, Implncablo horse, h .d- Ing the Yuqul on tho saddle, till; ng eil)1.mit of tll0 niorclless thorns. In the end It bocamo heartrending t '1. His heavy chnps drugged him do .; but ho dnreil not go on without th ;i for, thick and etlfl ns they were, tii.' torrlblo, steel-bayoneted spikes of the cboyns pierced through to sting his legs. To tho last mile Gnlo held to Dlnnco Sol's gnlt and kept over-wntchful guzo ahead on tho trail. Then, with tho low, flat houses of Forlorn IUvcr shin ing red In tho sunset, Gnlo tlngged and rapidly weakened. Tho Ynqul slipped out of tho Baddlo and dropped limp In tho sand. Galo could not mount his horse. Ilo clutched Sol's long tall nnd Jwjstpd his hand In It and .stag- gored on. Blnnco Sol whistled a piercing blast. IIe scented cool water nnd sweet al falfa liny. Twinkling lights ahead mennt rest. The melancholy desert twilight rapidly succeeded tho sunset. It nccontuntcd the forlorn loneliness j of the grny, winding river of Band and i Its grayer shores. Night shadows trooped down from the black and looming mountains. CHAPTER VII I White Horeeo. "A crlpplled Ynqul I Why the h 1 did you saddle yoursplf with him?" roared fielding, as he laid Galo upon tlio bed. Beldlng had grown hard these late, j i violent weeks. , , "Because I chose," whlnpored Gale, In reply. "Go after him ho dropped in the trail across the river near the first big sngunro." i "Sure, Dick, sure," Holding replied, ' In softer tones. Then ho stalked , out; his heels rang on the flngstones; i he opened a door and called : "Mother , girls, bore's Dick back. lie's done up. . . . Do what you con to mnke him comfortable. I've got a little Job j on hand." Gale slept twenty hours. Then lie i arose, thirsty, hungry, lnme, over- j worn, nnd presently went In search i of Holding and the business of tlie day. "Your Yaqul was near dead, but guess we'll pull him through," said Heldlng. Gale told of his experience at Papa go well. i "That raider who tried to grind the Yaqul under a horse's hoofs ho was n hyena I" concluded Gale, shuddering. "I've seen somo blood spilled nnd some hnrd sights, but thnt Inhuman devil took my nerve. Why, ns I told you, Hold ing, I missed a shot nt him not twenty paces I" "Dick, In enscs llko that the soonef you clean up tho bunch the better," said Holding, grimly. "As for hnrd sights wnlt till you've seen a Yaqul do up a Mexican. Bar none, thnt ls( the limit I Dick, if I'm not mlstnken, this fellow wns a chief. It was a waste of strength, a needless risk for you to save him, pnek him buck here. But, d n the whole Grenser outfit generally, I'm glad you did!" , Galo remembered then to speak of , his concern for Lndd. I "Lnddy didn't go out to meet you," replied Beldlng. "I knew you were ; due In any day, and, ns there's been trouble between here and Caslta, 1 sent him thnt way. Since you'vo been out our friend Carter lost a bunch of horses and a few steers. Did you get a flood look nt tho horses thoso raid ers had at Pnpngo well?" Dick had learned, since he had be come a ranger, to see everything with keen, euro, photographic eye; and, be ing put to the tost so often required of hlra, he described tho horses as n dark-colored drove, mostly bays and blacks, with ono spotted sorrel. "Some of Carter's suro ns you're born I" exclaimed Beldlng. "Woll, what shall I do now?" nsked Dick. "Stay hero and rest," bluntly replied Beldlng. 'You need It. Let tho wom en fuss over you doctor you a little. When Jim gets bnck from Sonoytn 111 know moro about what wo ought tc do." Gale had received several letters from his sister Elsie, the Inst of which ho hnd not answered. There Uid not been much opportunity for writing on his Infrequent returns to Forlorn River; nnd, besides, Elsie had written thnt her father had stormed over what ho considered Dick's falling Into wild and evil ways. "Tlmo files," said Dick. "George Thornc will bo free bofore long, and he'll bo coming out. I wonder If he'll stny hero or try to take Mercedes away?" "Well, ho'll atay right hero in For lorn River, If I have any say," replied Beldlng. "I'd llko to know how he'd over get that Spanish girl out of tho country now, with all tho trails over run by rebels and raiders. It'd bo hard to disguise her. Say, Dick, may bo we con get Thorno to stny here. You know, since you've discovered tho possibility of a big wator supply, I've had dreams of a future for For lorn River. ... If only this war was over I" Tho discovery that Beldlng nlluded to wns ouo thnt might very well lead to tho milking of u wonderful nnd agricultural district of Altar valley. Whllo In college Dick Gnlo hnd studied engineering, but he had not set tho sclentlllc world afire with his bril liance. Nevertheless, his smattering of engineering skill boro fruit In tho last place on earth whore anything might have been expected of It In the desert. Gale had always won dered about the sourco of Forlorn River. He had discovered a long, nar row, rock-bottoniod and rock-walled gulch thnt could bo dammed at the lower end by tho dynamiting of lean ing d Ill's above. An Inexhaustible supply of water -could be stored there. Furthermore, ho had worked out nn lrrlgntlon plan to bring tho wnter down for mining uses, nnd to mnko a paradise out of that part of Altar valloy which lay In tho United States. Beldlng clnlmed thero was gold In tho nrroyos, gold In the gulches, not In quantities to make a prospector re joice, but enough to work for. And the soil on tho higher levels otAltnr valley needed only wntor to mnko It grow anything the year round. Gale, too, hod como to hnvo dreams of a future for Forlorn RIvor. On tho nfternoon of tho following day Lndd unexpectedly appeared lead ing a lanio nnd Inthored horso Into the yard, The legs of tho horso wero raw ffd red, nnd he seemed about to "drop. Lndd's sombrero wns missing, ho wore n bloody scarf round his head; sweat nnd blood nnd dust had formed n crust on his face; little streams of powdery dust slid from him; and tho lower half of his scarred' chaps wore full of broken white thorns. "Howdy, boys," ho drnwled. "I shore am glnd to see you all." "Lnddy, go In tho house to the women," said Beldlng. "I'll tend to your horse." "Shore, Tom, In a minute. I've been down the rond. An' I found hoss tracks and steer tracks goln' across tho line. But I seen no sign of raid ers till this mornln'. Slept nt Carter's last night. That raid the other day cleaned him out. lie's sliootin' mad. Well, this mornln' I rode plumb Into a bunch of Carter's bosses, runnln' wild for home. Some Grensers were tryin' to bend them round on' chaso them back across the line. I rode in between nn' made matters cmbarras Bin'. Carter's bosses got away. Then me an' the Greasers had a little game "Shore, Nell, It's Only a Scratch. Bronch Throwed Me." My of hide an' seek In the cactus. I was on the wrong side, an' hod to break through their line to head toward home. We run some. But I had n closer call than I'm stuck on bavin'." Beldlng cursed low and deep In his throat, nnd the sound resembled mut tering thunder. The shade of anxiety on his face changed to one of dark gloom nnd passion. Next to his wife and daughter there was nothing BO dear to him as his white horses. His father and his grandfather all his progenitors of whom he had trace had been lovers of horsee. It wns in Beldlng's blood. "Loddy, before It's too late can't I got the whites away from the border?" "I reckon we'd better stick here, Tom. . . . Dick, It'B some good to see you again. But you seem klnda quiet. Shore you get quieter all tho time. Did you see any sign of Jim out Sonoytn way?" Then Beldlng led tho lame horso to ward tlie watering-trough, while the two .rangers went toward the house, Dick was telling Lndd about tho af fair at Papago well when they turned tho corner under the porch. Nell was sitting In tlie door. Sko rose with a little scream and camo flying townrd them. "Now I'll get It," whispered Ladd. "Tho women '11 make a baby of me. An shore I can't help myself." "Oh, Lnddy, you've been hurt I" cried Nell, ns with white cheeks and diluting eyes she ran to hlra and caught his arm. "Shore, Nell, It's only a scratch. My bronch throwed mo." CONTINUED DR. HAROLD FENNER N Osteopath Ovor HIrschfold's Oftlco Phono 333 Res. Phone 1020 OTIS R. l'JLATT, 31. D. Physician nnd Surgeon X-Ray Dlngnoss and Troament Over Union State Bank Office Phono 296W Houso Phono 2UCB DR. HAROLD 11. WALKER Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose nnd Thront Offices over McDonald Bank Phono 85C DEKRYRERRY & FORIIES Licensed Enibolmers Undertakers nnd Funeral Director) Day Phono 41 Night Phono Black 5h DR. L. A. SNAYELY Dentist X-Ray Diagnosis Oxygen and tins Anesthesia for Extractions. Over Union State Bank Phono 2GG JOHN S. SDHIS, M. D. Special Attention Given to Surgery McDonald Bank Building Office Phono 83 Resldonce 38 GEO. B. DENT Physician nnd Surgeon Special Attention Given to Surgery and Obstotrlcs Office: Building & Loan Building Phones: Office 130 Residence 116 Offlco 340 Houbo 488 DR. y. I. SHAFFER Osteopath Physician Over tho Oasis North Plait- DR. RED FIELD Physician, Obstetrician, Surgeon X.Rny Calls promptly answered Night or Da Phones. Offico G42 Residence 676 XV, T. PRITCIIARD Graduate Veterinarian Ex-Government Veterinarian and ex Assistant doputy Stato Voterlnarlut Hospital 316 South Vine Street. Phones. Hospital G33 Residence G38 Office Phone 241 Res. Phone 21 L. C. RROST Osteopathic Physician , North Platte, Nebraska Knights of Columbus Building. ED KIERIG Auctioneer For dates und terms call at First National Bank North PlattO, Nob. NOTICE OF TAKING UP ESTRAY Taken up by undorslmed Block 33 and 34. Novilln n.fldltimi f WWUUM Ul umtum, emio or xseDrasica; on tho 19 day of November 1922, 1 black gelding, years old; 1 dun colored coldlnc coming 2 years old; 1 crav rnaro dom ing 4 yrs. old. Unbroko and no brands. iateu tnis 22 day of November 1922. Signed Gene Crook. EXTENSION ROAD NO. 37 To whom It may concorn: A consont petition presented to the board of county commissioners tt lo cate a road commencing at tho South- Wost corner of Section nine (9) and the Southeast corner of Section eight (8) Town Thirteen (13) Rango Thirty four (34) to connect with road No. 213. All objections thereto or claims for damage must bo filed in the Coun ty Clork's offico on or beforo noon on tho 2nd day of January, A. D. 1923 or Buch road will bo established with out reference thereto. Said road to bo 66 feet wido. A. S. ALLEN County Clerk EXTENSION ROAD NO. 247 To whom it, may concern: A consent petition presented to the board of county commissioners to lo cate a road commencing at the South west corner of Section 27, Township 14, North of Rango 31 wont of tho 6th P. M. and running thence North on section Hno to tho Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. All objections thereto or claims for damage must bo filed In tho County Clerk's offico on or beforo noon of the 2nd day ot January A. D. 1923 or wuch road will bo established without reference thereto. Said road to bo 66 feot wido. A. a ALLEN County Clerk NOTICE OF PAVING ASSESSMENT Notico Is horoby given that the City Council of tho city or North Platte, Nobraska, will sit as a Board of Equalization on January 2nd, 1923 at 8 p.m., for tho purposo of equalizing and'tissesslng tho cost of construction of pave'ment in Paving District No. 9, boing West 4th Street and In Paving District No. 11, being West 9th Street, ngnlnst tho abutting property owners; All thoso having objections to such equalization and assessment will bo present at tho couneir chamber on said dnto for tho purposo of presenting to tho council all objections. Witness my hand this 19th day of Docembor, 1922 . .0. E. T3LDER, City Clerk. VACATION OF ROADS NO. 120 & 161 To whom it may concorn: Tho commissioner appointed to va cato roads Number 120 and 161. Road No. 120 commencing on to section Hno between sections 8 nnd 9 Town 14, Rango 33, thonco in a Northeast erly dlroctlon, parallol with tho south bank of tho North Platte river, and terminating on tho section lino be tween sections 9 and 10 Town 14 Rango 33. And road No. 161, commencing on section lino botweon Sections 9 and 10, Town 14, Rango 33, thonco run ning in n Southeasterly direction to the section lino botweon sections 10 and 11 In Town 14, Rango 33, West wns reported in favor ot tho vacation thoroof, nnd all objections thereto must bo filed In tho county clork's offico on or beforo noon on tho 2nd day of January, 1923 or such roads will bo vacated without roforenco thereto. A. S. ALLEN County Clerk DIU M. II. STATES Chiropractor Rooms 5. 6, 7 Building & Loan B1J Office Phone 70 Res. Phone 1242 NOTICE OF PETITION Estnte No. 1920 of Hattlo M. Hockard, deceased In tho County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska. To all per sons interested in said Estato tako notico that n petition has boon filed for tho probating of the will filed and tho appointment of E. II. Evans aa executor of said estate, which has been set for hearing herein on January 2, 1923' at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated December 9th, 1922. WM, H. C. WOODHURST County Judge. (SEAL) .NOTICE OF PETITION Estaic No. 1019 of Jamos R. Shaw, decoased in the County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tho State of Nebraska. To all persons Interested in said Estato take notice that a petition has been filed for tho probate of an instru ment purporting to bo tho last will and testament of said deceased, and for tho appointment of Mary B. Shaw ns Executrix of Bald estato, which has boon set for hearing on Dec. 26, 1922, at 10 o'clock a. m. Dated Dec. 4, 1922. Wm. II. C. WOODHURST, (SEAL) County Judge NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT Estato No. 1857 of Edward P. Reb hausen, deceased in tho County Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Tho Stato of Nebraska, to all per sons Interested In said Estato tako notico that tho Administratrix has filed a final account and report of her administration and a petition for fin al settlement and dlschargo as such, which havo been set for hearing be fore said court on December 26, 1922, at 10 o'clock a. m., when you may appear and contest tho same. Dated December lBt, 1922. Wm. H. C. Woodhurst County Judge EXTENSION TO ROAD NO. 418 To whom It may concern: Tho special commissioner appointed to locate a public road aa follows: Beginning at tho Southeast corner of Section Twonty-nlno and tho North oast corner of Section Thirty-two, township eleven and rango thirty-two; thenco running west one inilo between sections twenty-nine and thirty-two, along said section line, thonco South between Sections thlrty-ono and thir ty two to tho. South lino ot township elevon, thenco south between sections fivo and six and seven and eight, seventeen and eighteen to the South lino of Section Seventeen, thence east about eight rods between sections seventeen and twenty in township ten, rango thirty-two, all in Lincoln coun ty and Stato of Nebraska, the above described road to bo 66 ft. wide. Any or all parties having objections thereto or claims for damages by reason of tho estabishment of the said above described road must file same In tho offico of the County Cerk of Lin coln County, Nobraska, on or beforo 12 o'clock noon of the 26th day of Feb. A. D. 1923. Dnted at North Platte, Nebr., this Hth day of Nov. 1922. A. S. ALLEN County Clerk NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will bo received at the Offico of tho County Clerk of Lin coln County, Nebraska, on or before 12 o'clock noon of the 8th day ot January, 1923, for tho records, blanks and supplies estimated as rollows: CLASS "A" BOOKS 4-8 qr. loose leaf plain records, printed heads. 4-8 qr. loose leaf prlntod head and page records. 5 tax lists 2-4 qr; 2-6 qr., 1-3 qr. Tho abovo records to bo mado of tho best linen ledger paper, full bond extra ends, bands and fronts, with canvas covers. 400 school land receipts, triplicate. 12,200 tax receipts In duplicate. 2000 Redemption Certificates In duplicate. 4 dozen chattel flies of 100 pages each. 49 assessors books, lodger paper, cloth bound, per book. 8000 assossors schedules in dupli cate. CLASS "B" Wholo sheet blanks, por 100. Half sheet blanks, por 100. Quarter shoot blanks, por 100. Envelopes, 3 1-2 x 6 1-2, per 1000. Envelopes 4x9 1-2, por 1000. CLASS "C" Sanfords Writing Fluid, per quart. Spencorlan or Gluclum pens, por gross. Poncils, per gross. Roccr i -Ribbons, per dozen. All o' said supplies to bo first class ai d to be furnlshel as requir ed by tho County Officers. Successful bidders to furnish bond to bo approved by tho County Board, each bidder to havo printed on tho envolopo "Bids for Printing." Tho Commissioners of Bald County rosorvo tho right to reject any or all bids. Dated at North Platto, Nebraska, this 14th day of December, 1922. A. S. ALLEN, County Clerk.