Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1922, Page 12

PACE TWELVE ©1022 GEORGE KH DORAH COMBANY ! 2GIN HERE TODAY. eee wind made DARRAGH swear to r e He traces, able hotel in where he worlced u ° of Hal F. ppearing 1 beggard ntess that life of ROOPER STORMONT. Stor stood guerd while Clinch and his gang went into the night to wipe out Quintana’s gang and with them YON, the rum-runner, and the trap-thief, who had with the jewel packet when Sve as she was be the camp after he Go on With the Story CHAPTER V j In the hot, uncomfortable silence, neither spoke. Trooper Stormont seai ed himself after a whip. And, a while, ned on her pillow part way toward him after 3 tt Somehow th it was friendship which Nad subtly filled the Interval that separated them since that amazing day. “ve often thought of you,” he said they had been discussing —as though his absence. 3 No hour of the waking day that she had n thought of him. But she did y so now. After a little while lonely life?” a low voice. Sometini as. “Sometinies,” But I love the forest she said, “the forest seems like a trap t Somet « I hate it.” Are you lonely, Eve." “As you are. You see I know what the outside world I miss it.” “You were in boarding school college.” and be hard for you here a r Pond.” 1 sighed. There are days when I—can scarce a it The wilderness wo re endurable if fad and T werd But even ther— “You need young nenvle of age—educated companions “I need the city, Mr. Stormont. 1 need all it can give: “I't8 starving fo uncenacious!y be mi all alone. it ‘all She turned on her pillow, and he saw that she was smiling faintly. Her face bore no trace of the tragic truth she had uttered. But the tragedy was ugh to him, even without her miess words of revolt. ation of this young, educated girl, aglow with yorth, fettered, body and squalor cf Clinch’s dump. plain to anybody. seeing his troubled ex “I'm sorry I spoke that pression: way. knew how you must feel, any seems ungrateful,” she mured. “I love my stepfather “You've proven that,” he remarked with a dry humor that brought the hot flush to her face again. “I must have been crazy that day. she said. “It scares me to remember what I tried to do... What ae fright mur cau you forgive me?” “How can you forgive me, Eve?” She turned her herd: “T do Entirely?” “Yer He said—a stight emotion noticeable in his voice: “Well, I forgave you he darned gun exploded in our and How could yout” ehe protested inking acting as I'd have acted if enything threatened my father ere you thinking of that?” “Yes—and also how to get hold of re you shot me. He began er a moment s to look at h responsive t turned her smile n got up— keep off yo feet. What the pantry. You must be could eat a little before supper admitted. “T forgot to take with me this morning. It * in the pantry on the bread ed up in brown paper, just he half rose in bed, supported on IP o her curly ‘brown-gold hair 0 cakes of sugar-milk choc: a flat brown p: 2 explaine ry and ne bread left it that morn- for the cache on to her, placed both behind her, stepped y to admire the effect. Fre, arcel in her hands, laughed is comedy 1 on your chocol back to fix you so: and butter and a cup ef tea.’ again he had isa ne said. e bread peared untie her loosening Now y both understood that | WHAT I TRIED TO Do. she asked t I can't escape. | Dis The situ) ful thing—it ¥ had killed yous-How the while that! her She drew from the parce! a few m the object stupidly heard Stor e stairs way and bread. when and came over to he said, “you look Have you been bureau “Eve,” and iil od unable to speak, and her hands and looked “IT SCARES Mi TO aii ously into the lor pallid fea tures. After a moment she turned» her | head and buried her face in the pitiow ling now in overwhelming real-| lization of what she had endured for the sake of two cakes of sugar-milk chocolate hidden under a bush in the forest For a long while the girl lay there. the feverish flush of tears on her! partly hidden face. tremulous, restless now her ni now ‘ous hands | aeeking” h | convulsively his ¢ nt, unc to tell so m him nothing he course I will. It a It’s all over. Ye 1 dear. You'r arm you now— e don't leave me After a mome! I wish I I won't might ney leave er leave In the tense silence that followed her trembling ceased, '‘Then his hear heavy, irregular, began t the startled pulses in her awoke, wildly responsive. | Deep emotions, new, were stirring, awaking. body miliar them both. In a sudden instinct to jescape, she turned and rose Jon one etbow, gazing bli about jher out of tearmarred eye: In my room nyse she r ed in a breathless sort of way. A poy flugh burnt his face, Tie got up slowly, took his rifle from the |corner, went out. closing the door, and seated himself cn the stairs } j_ And there, on guard, sat Trooper | , Stormont, rigid, unstirring, hour after | hour, facing the first great passion | of his life, and stunned by the impact of its swift and unexpected blow | In her chamber, on the. bed's edge. wat Eve Strayer, her deep eyes fixed on space, Vague emotious, exquisitely recurrent, new born, possessed her. ‘The whole world, too, all around her seemed to have become misty golden and all pulsating with a faint. still rhythm that indefinably t led her pulses to response | Passion, full-armed, springs fiam. Jing from the heart of man. Woman > 3 slow to burn. And it was the dell jcate phantom of passion that |wazed upon, there in her unpa and ted |chamber, her gun-tanned fingers link jod lstlessly in her lap, her little feet like bruised white flowers drooping above the floor Hour after hour she sat there dream ing, staring at the tin ghost ‘os, rose-hued, near-smiling, unreal impalpable as the dusty sunbeam that stanted from her window, gilding the boarded floor | sliding near, paused | to gaze at State Trooper Stormont, on | gurrd by the stairs. Then they looked at the closed door of Eve's chamber. Then the three spectre Fate, Chance and Destiny, whispering to. gether, passed on towetd the depths | of the sunset forest. H Three spectres (Continued in Our Next Issue) | NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estsate ‘of Chris. Peterson, De- ceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that letters of administration on the 4th day of October, 1 granted to the undersigned in th above estate, and all persons hay- ing claims against the said estate lare hereby required to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers for al- lowance, to the undersigned at his office, room 22-23, Townsend Bldg., within six months after the date Of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit from ,Such estate, and if such claims be not exhibited within one year from the date of said letters, they will be! forever barred. * Dated October 4, 1922 GEORGE W. FERGUSON, | Admi 20 and 2 ere ‘PETEY DINK---Its the Kind of Thing That Makes Him Meaner. fusing | . Zhe Caspsr Dailv Cribune BARNEY GOOGLE---Bamey Is Determined to Make a Cleaning Somehow. SPARKY, SINCE s YOU = SEEN WORKING For THiS QIDING A2eapEemy wr ¥ Or SPARKY. My Poor UTTLE SPARKY,! TREY Cok ME FOR Att YouR Harv EARNED As srankr Don’ Tarow Me Down (Come. 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AA oe Biren iid H AROLD TEEN—-HOW. INDEED? IATAKING MY QUEEN — Gant @FPORD To BE A To THe Bio Moule (eins Lave wits THAT TNlouT - Ges) (gus) BINBa, ane pecode Sc te y! Goop Heavins!! ARE You TAKING & PART IN & 1S ALLUS MISSING WHEN MINSTeEL SHOW? th IN A HURRY! NO DOCTOR, T DID; TIME TO SEND Mi MAS Bit, BUT TLE ip HM! EVER SINCE THAT GOOD- LOOKING SPARROW, KENNETH DARE COMES IN HERE, MISS WINKLE TS NEGLECTING HER WORK! BY GOSH, I'VE GoT To DO SOMETHING To REMEDY THIS STTUATION !tj—— a Pie ( WELL LT HOPE SHE Sees IT— AND T ALSO HOPE IT WORKS !!! ©g:-cHreaso raitude READ. The Casper Sunday Morning Tribune “Everybady’s Paper” ] ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TO PURCHASE GOVERNMENT ROYALTY OIL FROM SALI T CREEK FIELD, WYOMINC AND CAT CREEK FIELD, MON- TANA. The Secretary of the Interior vites sealed bids to be submitted at his office, Interior Building, Wes ington, .» prior to noon of No- vember 15, 1 for royalty oil eruing to the United States fr leases on Government land w the Salt Cy2ek oil field in the of Wyoming and ithin the ( Creek oil field in the State of tana, for a period of or ten years, be,zinning Januar; 1923. At preset:., the total Gove ment royalty oil from the Salt Cr field amount: to approgimatel 200 barrels and from the.Cat Cr field 500 Barrels daily. These amounts may reasonably be expec: ed _to increase. Bidders for royalty oil from leates on Government land in the Cat Creek Field must agree to pur chase the entire royalty oi! accruinz 20 the United States, but two o: nore qualified bidders may submi 1 joint bid for said Cat Creek roy- « alty. In the Salt Creek Field, bids wil! ye received for the purchase of roy uty oil from leases on Governme: and in that field on either or bot of the following proposal; ; (1) Cash royalties for all of t Government royalty oils fro the Salt Creek Field, Cash royalties for fixed amount: of vernment roy- alty oil of not less than 2,000 baxrels daily. Bids are to be based upon t yosted field price in the Oklahom Kansas field offered or paid for t! najof portion of the oil produce of the same quality. Bids are to stated in terms of equality or of lifferential in cents per bar rbove or below the posted fic price for Oklahoma-Kansas_ crud The Secretary of the may accept any bid which ir ‘udgment is most ‘advantageor he Government and reserve: sight to reject any or all bid Additional information re¢a ids for Government royalty oi zan be obtained from. the Bureau Mines, Washington, D. C.. or fre he field offices of the Burean fines at Caz; Wyomi r - » Montana. Pub. Oct. 13, 2 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Douglas, Wyoming, Land, Office September 18, 1922. Notice is hereby given that 1 land Lumber and Timber Co., © Dover, State of Idaho, has filed this office its application to e select, locate under the provision act of June 4, 1897, the follow described land, vi Se 031581, for SW%NE% Section Township 34 North, Range | West, 6th P. M. * s | Any and al! persons claiming a | Yersely the lands described, or d |siring to object, because of the mi jeral character of the land, or 2 other reason, to'the disposal to plicant, should file their affid. jof protests in ty’s office, on or |fore the 22rd day of October, 1922 5. J. ERWIN, Register. Publish Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, th BUY '|PIGEON’S COFFEE || It’s Fresh Roasted i Pigeon pee eee Co.