The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 29, 1932, Page 6

3 3 THE DAILY ALASKA FMP FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 1932. POLLY _AND HER PALS AND WHAT'S YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, Pa? MATTER WHAT THE PROVOCATION, YOU WON'T SWEAR I'VE CUT OoUT CUSSIN' AN’ CLOUTINY YME/_\N T'SAY THAT NO ) i Synopeis: A trail strewn with ramers leads to Sunset Pass, where Trueman Rock hopes to find work with Gage Preston's outfit. There is some mystery about Preston; certain indica- tions pointing to a econnection with cattle rustling. But Rock ¢annct trace the rumors down, and he is intent upon locating 4t Sunset Pass, because he has fallen in love with Thiry, Pres- ton's daughter. He is told that he probably will find work, be- cause no one stays long with Preston. One cause for this is the savagery of Ash Preston, a son, who has been known to cripple cowboys who looked over- fong at Thiry. Ash has a bad feputation. It is believed that he Killed the sheriff. If so, this wis an unwitting aid to Rock, who had retwrned to Wagon- tongue, after six years, expect- %o find trouble with the sheriff over an old gun fight. A rider overtakes Rock en route to Sun- 'set Pass. Chapter 10 ADVISE—OR WARNING “I knowed you was a stranger round Wagontongue,” said the| other, grinning. “Sure I am, lately. But I was| here years ago,’ 'said Rock. | “Before my time, shore.. ‘Cause T'd’ remembered you. What's your handle?” “Trueman Rock, late of Texas.” “"Pears to me me I've heerd that name, somewheres. Wal, I'm glad SUNSET PASS by Zane Grey, yond the limit of vision, and here began the vast cattle range that made the town of Wagontongue possible. Rock's trained eye saw cattle everywhere, though not in large herds. The rough country commenced some fifteen miles far- ther on. Sunset Pass and its en- virons were not in view, nor even, the mountain ranges that were vis- ible from the town. An hour’s ride down the slow| incline brought Rock into a ver- dant swale of Tfifty acres, fresh| with its varied shades of green, surrounding 4 pretty ranch house. Adam Pringle had lived. saw a boy leading a horse, then a man at work under an open |shed. Rock halloed. ‘Whereupon the farmer started out leisurely,| then quickened his steps. It was| |Adam — stalwart, middle- - aged weatherbeaten settler. . bad, an’ you shore always hank- ered for wild range. But it ain't that.” “What you aimin' at, asked Rock, with a laugh. “I ain’t aimin’, True, I'm tellin’ you. It's thet tow-headed lass of Preston’s.” Adam?” “Well, considerin’ were old friends, I won't take offense,” drawled Rock. “How you doin’?” “Been on my feet these two years, returned Pringle, with sat- isfaction. “Got three thousand haid of stock. An’ sellin’ eight hundred |haid this fall.” “I'm sure tickled. Losin’ much stock?” “Some. But not enough to rere aboot. Though I'm agreed with | = cattlemen who know the range that there’s more rustlin’ than for some years past.” “Is that so?” “Queer rustlin’, too. You lose a few haid of steers an’ then you never hear of anyone seein’ haid mnor hide of them again.” “Nothin’ queer about that, Adam. Rustled cattle are seldom seen “True Rock, or I'm a born sin-| ner!” shouted Pringle, before he was even near Rock. | “Howdy, Adam! How's the old- timer?' 'returned Rock. “I knowed that horse, an’ I sure knowed you jest from the way youx straddled him. How air you? This| is plumb a surprise. Get down nn‘l come in.” “Haven't time, Adam.. I'm rust-, lin' along to make camp below. . . ! Adam, youre lookin' good. I see you've made this homestead go.” i “Never see you look any better. Thet's a hoss an ’saddle you're! ridin’. You always was hell on them. Whar you been?” “Texas.” to meet you. I'm Hal Roberts. An’ it you don't tie up with Preston, come back an’ try Spangler.” Rock thanked him and asked questions about the range. Soon af- terward the cowboy bade him good- by and turned off. As Rock passed on ‘he drew away from the dry-| farming levels and the wastes of ‘eut-over land, to get out into the ‘desert proper. In due time he reached the tap. “Reckon you heerd about Cas Seward bein’ popped off, an’ you} grounds?” l “Adam, I didn’t know Cass was dead till I got to Wagontongue.| Guess T was homesick.’ ’ | “Whar you goin'?” | “Sunset Pass.” “Cowboy, if you want work, pile right off heah.” ! “Thanks, Adam, but I've got a: again,” returned Adam, for the sake of argument. But there was something unusual about it. Adam, lhowvver did not press the point. “Many new cattlemen?” went on | | Rock. “Not too many. The range is healthy an’ improvin'.” “How's Jess Slagle? I used to iride for Jess, and want to see him.” “Humph! Didn't nobody tell you aboot Slagle?” “Nope. An’ I forgot to ask. Yon |see, I only got to town yesterday.” “Jess Slagle couldn’'t make it go in Sunset Pass after the Prestons come.” “Why not? It's sure big enough country for ten outfits.” “Wal, there’s only one left, an’ {rxde back to the old stampin’ thet's Preston’s. Ask Slagle?” “I sure will. Is he stil] located in the Pass?” “N, He's ten miles this side. Stone cabin. You'll remember it.” “If I do, that's no ranch for Jess ‘Blagle. Marshland, what there was Jof it to graze cattle, salty water, mostly rocks and cedars.” “Your memary’s good, Rock. Drop cf a slope and there halted the hankerin’ for wilder country. I'll in to see Slagle. An’ don't miss horses to spend a few moments in reveling in the well-remember- ed country. A thirty-mile guif yawned wide and shallow, a yellow-green sea of | desert grass and sage, which sloped in ridge on ridge of cedar and i white grass. The length of the val- True. ley both east and west sloped be- | 'visin’ me ELKS’ BOWLING DANCE Benefit Elks Team to Ketchikan SATURDAY NIGHT with the SERENADERS SIX-PIECE ORCHESTRA Featuring for the First Time ~—Something New The Tango-Rumba Dance Also the following new numbers— “When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the try Preston. Think hell take me on?” ‘S‘hore. But don't ask him.” “Why not?” “I'm advisin' you—net talkin'” returned the rancher, with a sharp gleam in his eye. “You know me, “Used to, pretty well, Adam. An” I'm sort of flustered at your ad- that way,” replied Rock, keenly searching the other's face. “Stay away from Sunset Pass.” “Adam, T just never could take adyice,” drawled Rock. “Much obliged, though.” “Cowboy, you may need a job callin’ heah when you come out.” “Which you're thinkin’ won't be so very long. Huh! Adam?” “Wal, I'm not thinkin’, but if it was anyone else I'd give him three days—aboot,’ 'replied Pringle, with a guffaw. Rock’s misgivings grew in pro- portion to the increasing warmth and pleasure of this ride toward old haunts. The fact that nothing was spoken openly detrimental to the Prestons was a singular feature that he had encountered once or twice before. The real 'Westerner, such as Leslie or Pringle, was a man of few words. This reticence iamond Bri 1quets $16.00 Per Ton Delivered CLEAN ECONOMIC EFFICIENT 14 PHONE 412 PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. G. H. WALMSLEY, Agent Bv CLIFF STERRETT SOU WHISTLED, SIR. WHAT HAS PROVOKED THE NUTHIN, MEN/ I JESS HAS A HANKERIN' FER A LIL “HON. DRAT/ HON. HECK! FINE, FELLERS! he had found her again, and un- derstood himself. The night darkened, the air cooled, the camp {fire flickered out. Rock crawled into his blankets under the widespread cedar. The soft feel of wool, the hard ground, the smell of cedar, the twinkle of a star through the branches the moan of rising night wind, the FOOD RATIONS " FOR BRITONS LONDON, Jan. 20.—A return to the wartime system of food ration- lonesome coyote bark, and the !mg and price control is being con- silence—how .0od they were and |templated by the government to how they recalled other days! |meet expected sharp food price Rock was awakened at dawn by rises, Reynolds Illustrated Waeekly {he was not wholly free from blame sprang from a consciousness tmc’lrickling over the stones. He unsaddled the white, and himself, and that to be loose with | hcbbled both horses and watched the tongue entailed considerabe of |them thump in search of grass. a risk. Rock could not prevent his \He unrolled his tarp under a low- growing curiosity and interest, but | | branching cedar, and opened his' he succeeded in inhibiting any |pack, conscious of pleasurable sen-l suspicions. He wanted to believe |sations. It had been years since he, that Thiry’s people, including the \Md done this sort of thing. In redoubtable Ash, were the very salt | Texas he had ridden out from a of the earth. | comfortable house, and back again, Toward sundown he reached the |sooner or later, as he liked. But south slope of the valley and en- |this was the real life for the rider. tered the zone of the cedars. Rock | Twilight stole from some invis- halted for camp near a rugged lit- | ible source, and night followed. tle creek, where clea.r wawr ran Rock nngemd beslde his dying red cedar fire, listeningz, feeling, realizing that the years had brought him much until now never divined, and that something as mythical in \the future called to his being. Not by chance merely, nor because of a longing to return to this range, nor impelléd by the restless wander- lust of a cowboy, had he journeyed hither. . Around every thought, al- most, seemed to hover the intang- ible shadow of Thiry Preston. But he would not make of her a delib- erate object of conjecture, of real- ity. That would come later, when the thump of hoofs. ,stn.bes t Tomorrew Rock rcaches Sun- sot Pass—and sees the wrong person first. DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS BACKS JUNEAU i IN FIGHT TO RETAIN U, B, ~ EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS Hearty endorsement of the Doug- | las Chamber of Commerce was ac- ! corded the movement of the Ju- neau body to have the Alaska Ag-| ricultural Experimental Depart- | ment discontinued in Alaska as ins' been recommended to Congress. | Resolutions on certain other pro- | posed legislation were presented at| the meeting last night and also | approved by the local organization. | Food stocks accumulated prior to the departure from the gold stand- ard are almost exhausted and price increases on fresh imports are feared necessary, the weekly says. ——— e Old papers, av Tae Empire. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Suit Frocks In its new tailored version of smartness — Silk Flat Crepe featured in plain and fancy print combinations— HIIHIMIIIIlmllllllllll!llIllllllllllllllllllllfllllIIllIIIIWIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIIIHIIIIIIIIHIMIIIMIIMHHIHIHHIIIIIIIIHlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIHIIIIiHIIIIIIHIIHIlllllllllllllIII|||IIIIIIIIIIII|IIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIlllll|l|lllllill||lllll|Illlmi IllllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHmIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||II|IIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIfl An interesting report of the meet- ings held by the Board of Mmug ers of the Alaska Chamber wu == Ireceived an appreciation recotded] for the insight afforded by the’ work that is being done. ‘Several communpications f rom| persons outside the Territory seek- ing information was reported re-| ceived and answered by Secretary | Feero. “THE LAST WORD” in Spring Apparel. 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