The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1932, Page 6

24 ki FISTS AND HIS LANGUAGE IS > g SU e m 3, NSET PASS THE LIMIT! BiE Oy Zane Grey, SYNOPSIS: “Stay away from Suncet Pass” Trueman Rock is told. But he continues to make fis way there to ask Gage Preston for work, with the memory of Preston’s daughter Thiry to urge him on. Though he has seen Thiry only one, she has made more im- pression upon him than any girl befere. Rock tries to find out why he is warned away from Sunset Pass. There aré many hints against Preston’s character, but none definite, except that he may be engaged in cattle rustling. The worst member of the Preston out- it is Ash, Gage’s son, who already bas tried to quarrel with Rock Ash takes a firm hand with cow- boys who interest themselves in Thiry, and is known to have a @eadly temper and a quick gun. Rock collects gossip where he can, for a six year absence from Wagontongue has brought many ehinges. He wonders what les Chapter 11 A HUMAN BATTLESNAKE The white horse had come into camp, which was something horses seldom did. “You torly-risin’ son-of-a-gun,” called Rock, as he rolled out of bed. He was on his way before sun-| rise, and in an hour or so had| veached Cedar creek, with its green banks and clusters of trees, its lit- tle flat, where stood a cabin new, to Rock. It was locked. He could| not see in. But in the sand be- fore the door he saw litttle boot tracks that surely had been made by Thiry Preston. This was the Balfway house that was used by the Prestons, going to and from town. From there the road circled a ridge to the west, and a well-defin- ed trail led up ‘the slope. Rock! knew the trail, and believed that| the road would come back to it over the hill. He took the short cut, and almost it seemed that he fi ridden that trail only yester- | cattlemen start well and never fin- |busted. Then Preston moved intc When he achieved the summit, (the sky had become overcast with |heavy white and black clouds, jdarkening the day. From here he gazed over into country that de- served its repute. Wide and far away it flung defiance, menace tand cail to the long-absent rider. Below him spread a white-and- green checkerboard of grass and ‘ceda.r, leading with striking bold- ness up into the timber, mesas with crowned walls of gray lime- stone, cliffs of red rock, fringed by pine, 2ll mere steps up to ithe mountain kingdem into which the groat gap of Sunset Pass yawned, purple and dim, and forbidding. About noon Rock halted before the dtone cabin that he knew mus: belong to his old friend and em- ployer, Jess.Slagle. Rock rode intc what was a sorry excuse for a yard, where fences were down and dilapidated wagons, long out of usc stood ‘around amid a litter o. stones and wood, and all kinds of debris characteristic of a run-dowy range. Tt amazed and shocked Rock, though he had seen many ish, Dismounting, Rock heard tnc sound of hammer or axe blows on wood, and he ‘came upon Slagle at work on pen beside the barn. “Howdy, Rock! T knew you were in town. Range Preston rode by this mornin’ an’ passed the news.' This gaunt man was Slagle changed vastly, no doubt like his fortunes. “Jess, I'm sure suprised anc plumb sorry to find you—your con- dition—so different,” began “Rock a little uncertain. : “Reckon that's natural. Not much like when you rode for me, year: ago,” replied Slagle, with the bit- terness of the defeated. “How'd you lose out?” “Well, Rock, I had hard luck Two bad years for water anc grass. Then Dabb shut down on me. I held the little end of a dea with him. Next I sold some cattle put the money in a bank, an’ it “Svengali” will be at the |the country—an’ here 1 am.” ‘How in the devil did you get here?” demandéd Rock, bluntly spreading his hands’ significantly “Right off T made a mistake, returned Slagle, nodding his head “Preston was keen about my ranch in the Pass. He made me a good offer. I refused. He kept after me Diamond Briquets $16.00 Per Ton Delivered CLEAN ECONOMIC EFFICIENT o PHONE 412 | PACIFIC COAST coAL co. G B WALMSLEY, Agent _ © 1932, King Pestures Syndicate, nc, Great Brfain ights recrved. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY; JAN. 30, 1932. I had some hard words with his son, Ash, an’ it all led to a breach. They kept edgin’ my stock down out of the Pass an’ I didn't have the riders to drive them back. That way, then, an’ in others I fell more in debt. No banks would give me credit. An’ as T said before, here I am.” “It's a tough story, Jess. IT'm sorry. But it doesn't explain how you lost your ranch up in the Pass.” “I forgot to tell you, I had final- ly to sell for about nothin’.” “To Preston?’ * “Sure. No one on the lower range would take it as a gift. It was a poor location, if any other outfit ode the Pass.” “Ahuh! Then as it stands, Pres- son about ruined you?” “No, Rock, I couldn’t claim that. My deal with Dabb hurt me most— tarted me downhill. Gage Preston never did me any dirt that I can ictually know. When I went to him an’ told him his outfit was irivin’ my stock off the grass an’ water, he raised the very old Ned vith his sons, in particular Ash Preston, who's sure rotten enough o taint the whole other twelve Prestons.” “So this Ash Preston is rotten?” jueried Rock, deliberately, glad to find one man mot afraid to voice s convictions. “Rock, I don’t talk behind any sattleman’s back,” returned Slagle, lorcefully. “I told Gage Preston his, an’ I told Ash to his face.” “Then what happened?” “Well, the old man stalled off a hootin’ match, I reckon.” “Have you ever met since?” “Lots of times. But I've never ad the nerve to draw on Ash. T mow he'd kill me. He knows it, “““What you mean by rotten?” “Mebbe it's @ poor word. But I inow what I mean. Did you ever ee a slick, cold, shiny rattlesnake, iust after sheddin’ his skin, come dipin’ out, no more afrald of you /han hell, sure of himself, an’ ceady to sting you deep?” “Reckon T ‘have, Jess.” “Well, that's Ash Preston.’ ’ “Ahuh! mean?” “Reckon it is, Rock. m’ other ‘ranchers, when you™ helped us clean out the qartwell outfit. But sure as I'm Preston.” “I see,” mejoined Rock, studying she other’s mask-like face. “Glad to! jet your angle. I'm goin' to ask Preston for a job. “I had @ hunch you were. I'm! wishin’ “you luck,” replied Slagle. | “My wife=~she’s my second wife,! 3y the way—has had a little money i’ a farm left her, in Missouri. | we're leavin' “before winter sets| in.” Rock had been two hours leis- climbing the imperceptible 1t was mid-afternoon. | At last he entered the wide portal | lof the Pass, and had clear view of its magnificent reach and bold wild | (beauty. The winding Sunset Creek' came down like a broken ribbon, bright hereanddark there, to crawl' at Jast into a gorge on Rock’s left. [ The sentinel lines seemed to greet | him. They stood ashe remembered, first one, isolated and stately, then | lanother, and next two, and again| one, and soonthat height of the Pass they grew in =z B 8 gap which appeared 10 split heart of the mountain 'sTanch, at least the i until at the | § Where a C‘ity Sprouted in the Thriving Town of GCver 4,000 Souls Has S Boulder Dam Project in Nevada. By CLIFF STERRETT NEEWAH'S ENOUGH, COCOA, S OLE KID! WE WON'T WASTE * Boasts 228 School Children—and a School. The mushroom |overhanging green slope and near And that's all you a thin pile of white water falling from mossy rock. T've lost! mye Jargest of tne pines marked cattle the last flve years, some| B in all. But %0 Nes Preston"gus little cabin, and towered over alive I never laid any of it t0 ASh.™ 5u then @ hound bayed, deep and hollow, no doubt announcing the advent of 'a stranger in the Pass. Rock, having come abreast of the first cabin, halted his horse. The door of this cabin opened. A tall lithe, belted and booted man stalked out, ,head bare, his yellow hair waving in the wind—Ash Preston. —adv. protectingly. The only living all the Way ynings in sight were two d 5 | leer, from Red gum to thh: st"h’;d“mdlng with long ears erect, a There'’s rustlin’, more perhaps T horse and a colt, and a jack-rabbit, |bounding away across the waving Ash begins with inhospitality and continues with insults. What is Rock’s response? | THE TOWN IS TALKING about the Masquerade Ball under the auspices of the Women of Mooseheart Legion which will be held in the A. B. Hall on Saturday, February 13th. Music will be furn- ished by the Arctic Players. Prizes for costumes will be announced later. Save the date. leisurely, .iis eagle-like ———— Panoparic View of Bourper Crry, NEvapa. Where less than a year ago in the Nevada desert there existe of about a dozen men, there is now the thriving com munity 4,000 persons. mighty Colorado River and pro: eléctric power as well as making them for m and an addition o the nation’s larder. Canyon, 1,600 feet above the roaring Colorado River on towns of oil and gold rush days, B vhich the Government leases the lan, irom the straight and marrow path. s inhabitants. Photos above are some scenes in the city. for the dinner gong. Center photo is the modern railroad station, where new citizens are arriving weral view of the city, showing the orderly layout of streets at left, lder City is extremely law-abiding. to tenants provide for a termianation of tenancy should th. The hew city also has itk school to provide fer thy 358 Selld R. U. LUCKY? 2 One-Way Tickets to Seattle Government owned land. 228 childre Top shows a group of the workers w: Desert prung Up on Site of Gigantic d only a few shacks with a total populati ow 4 nity of Boulder City, with a personnel of over | city is a result of the 'I:-nSl:'Bo\'Ilder Dam project that will harness the irrigating I_md. that now ars desert wilderness, The new city is built on the rim of the Black Unlike the boom It has to be, for the terms o —— DOUGLAS WOMEN’S CLUB IS TO SPONSOR DANCE THURSDAY Thursday, February 4, is the set for the dance to be given next week by the Douglas Island Wo- men's Club. The place is in Eagles Hall. The affair is to be in the nature of a “hard times” dance and a prize will be given for the best costume. There will also be a prize waltz. Music for the dance will be furnished by Harry Brandt's melody-makers. Part of the pro- ceeds of the dance will go to the Douglas Public Library. —_—a———— CATHOLIC LADIES ELECT OFFICERS At a meeting of the Altar So- ciety which was held Thursday evening in the home of Mrs. Aug- ust Olson, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Jerry Cashen, President; Mrs. ‘A. Africh, Vice- President; Mrs. Olson, Secretary, and Mrs. Sadie Cashen, Treasurer. ““The - first function to be held under the newly-elected officers will be a “goody sale” which is for March 12. ——.————— CLARA BOW COMES TO DOUGLAS COLISEUM Clara Bow in “Her Wedding Night,” is the big attraction to be presented at the Douglas Coliseum tonight and tomorrow. 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