The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1932, Page 6

g SUNSET PASS _ by Zane Grey SYNOPSIS: ol nerve and solf-control aid Trueman Rock when e becomes invelved in a guarrel with Ash Preston, after Ath ctcals his horse. Gage Pres- fon, Rock’s employer, a suspect- o catlle rustler, fears a gun- fight. But Gage's - danghter, Thiry, he loves, cares deeply brother, Ash. Rock knows that whom for her “YOU hur‘ boss,” returned “Don’t Rock, with a genial laugh. He had worry, eaught a glimpse of Thiry, who Keépt somewhat in the background. Egypt was standing, bridle down, halfway “between Ash and the porch. One glance told Rock that Be was gaunt, dirty and rough, but @pparently as sound as ev He | whinnied ‘at sight of Rock. “Howdy, boys!” said Rock, nod- ding to the drivers on the wagons. he Then halting beside Egypt, turned to Ash Preston. Des) his iron control a slight quiver strung his frame. How cool, intent, ial of evil menace this man! H& stood at ease, hands on his hlps his black somb slouched bm‘k his blue-flame eyes piercing Rock, @s if to read his mind. Rock had miet penetrating glances before, and fhis one shot little cold sparks along his marrow. “Howdy, Ash! Did you like my horse?” he said, with perfect com- posure and entire ebsence of ran- cor. Not improbabbly was that the last query Ash Preston would ever fhave anticipated. “Best hoss 1 ever forked,” he re- plied, without feeling of any kind. “Phanks. Hope you were good to him?” “wal, Rock, the fact is I begun pad,” drawled Ash. “But he piled fe in the brush. An’ runnin’ him Over the rough ground didn't phase f¥m none. An' I reckon I ended fréatin’ him good.” “Did he pitch you?” queried Rock, in genuine surprise. “Dog-gone! — Leslie swore this horse never pitched in his life.” “Reckon thet was no lie, Rock. But I nagged him. He threw me, an’ T couldnt get near him again thet day.” Served you Rock, naturally. “It 2 mean to horses. And see here, Ash, don't go borrowin' a horse from a rider without “askin' him.” The tension relaxed, the charged atmosphere lost its fullness and sspense. Gage Preston laughed joud, as if explosion was vrelief. fhe women began to murmur, And Ah, though he betrayed little of what might have been his true state, eved Rock with slow, cool smile, and slouched his clinking bebs to the porch. 's got any outlaw beat I ever right,” responded doesn’t pay to Thiry met him, reached for him/| in glad excitement: “Oh, Ash, I'm glad you're back—and you—and everything is all right.” Ash wrapped his long arms about | her, and hugging her closely, ture. It plerced Rock like fire B('ndun; down to feel the legs of | his horse, he kept that studious | posture until he had recovered. | Without a glance backward, then |he led Egypt down toward the | ba: and he brooded in mind, m ring his thoughts. “Cold, shiny rattlesnake ready to | strike—Sol Winter sure figured. . . T just wonder. Reckon 'he thought I'd rave and curse. Suré he'd have to come back to me. And then a fist fight or gun- play!—Damn him, he . Now what in h—— can you do with a fellow like that?” But Rock’s heat and rancor lost | itself in something worse—jealousy. | It had seared him to see Thiry run to Ash, almost with arms out- stretched, her face flushed, her eyes alight, her voice broken, to receive that strange caress. Yet was it a aress? What violente of emotion attacked Rock! He could not trust himself on the moment. He only knew he had fallen into sudden misery and must extricate himself. Rock spent so much time caring for Egypt, cleaning ‘and brushing him, and making him a comfortable | bed of grass in the stall, that it was dark when he got back to his‘ cabin. The supper bell rang. He | had no appetite, and at this mo-| ment he strongly resented the need | to keep on with the role he had| assumed for Thiry Prestons' sake.| What use! He could carry it on| forever. Tomorrow, or next week, or next month, gc beyond the m 5 endurance pale—beyond any had him| wanted it.| Ash Preston would |« > YER SURE OUR MYSTERIOUS VOICE 1S ing one. “Did you have ful trip?” “Best ever, but thet won't inter- est you,” returned Preston, briefly “I'll say though, thet when the trip ended ‘hyar T was some worried. An' when T seen you packin’ a gun, T was scared stiff.” “Sorry, boss, but that oughtn't have bothered you. It's just habit.” “Ahuh!” returned Preston, giving Rock a dublfous look. “But it was hard to figger you. Ash shore wasn't {able to. An’ you clean knocked the pins from under him. He didn't an’ neither did any of us, expect you to take thet dirty deal so nice an' friendly.” “What else could T do?” de- manded Rock, spreading his hands. 1 came out here to make friends, not enemies. “Wal, I'm shore thankin’ a suceess- you. v, I'm sore” growled Rock, and sworeat himself. Hehad plan ned to overlook and overcome Ash’s| appropriating his horse so affron. ingly. But that was nothing com- pared to seeing Thiry in her broth- ers’ arms. He had not calculated‘ upon such a contingency. Still, Ash‘ was only her brother; it was only ablood tie. Nevertheles rankled. He could mnot explain his reaction| to this perfectly norma attach-| ment between brother and sister. | So he put it down to the account of his own defects. It occurred to Rock presently, that to live up to his apparently amenable attitude he must present himself at the supper table. To this end he hurried out, and fought him- self all the way over, to presentan agreeable front. Fortunately he did not arrive late, as the Prestons were just seating themselves at table, all of them more or less .ay. For the first time in five days |Rock looked deliberately into ful smile, wistful and wondering, as if she would make amends for doubt. It softened Rock,and theugh he did not glance ather again, he managed to get through ‘the meal cheerfully. Afterward, to his relief, Preston called him into his cabin.; curtained alcove. The hands of| | wonderful { Thiry's face. She gave him a grate- | | When we rode off last week I was ‘shore mad at Ash. But 1 got over , an’ now I'm hopin’ it won't be s bad as I feared. You've got, Ash !stumped. T heard him ask Lucy if {you'd been runnin’ after Thiry?” “Humph,” what did Lucy say?” “Lucy said you hadn't—thet you were seldom hyar, an’ then never ipaid no attention to Thiry. It thet 50, Rock?” “Reckon it is, since you left.” “You and Thiry quarreled, I take it,” went on Preston. “She didn't say 0, but she has a way of makin' the boys leave her alone. I didn't think you'd be so easy, an' Tl gamble it won't last. Just before supper Thiry told me you acted with Ash—that she'd misjudged you. Don't remember when I've seen the lass so strange. The truth is, Rock, T think she likes you an' hates the falseness of the situation. You've shore be- gun right, if you're in earnest about her.” Rock could scarcely belleve his cars. Yel there was no mistaking Preston. He implied even more |vhan he said. | “In earnest? Good Lord! I wish {T know how to tell you how earnest “Wal, I reckon now I savvy why Tt had two rooms, connected by nlvou met Ash thet way. GuessIhad the hunch. Rock, you're an up- . : SUTTINLY IM | PR SURE, SUSIE! Mi=Mi=Ml- DO'MI'F-A' MIi=-Mi-Mi= TO-RA-Mi- FA- SO-LA 1= DO-0=- Preston, puffing at his cigar and bending deep inscrutable eyes upon Rock. “Course you mean marriage, cowboy?” ball team, Channel Interscholastic champions, are on their way to| etchikan to meet the high school | m of that city for the cham- pionship “of = Southeastern Alaska The Douglas High School basket- | pulled out at noon today. The first | game is scheduled for Friday night at Ketchikan. At least two games | will be played there. On their re- |turn trip, the Douglas boys may stop at Petersburg for a game with the school team there. Making the trip are Lloyd Rin- den, coach; Harry Lundell, Angus Gair, Rex Fox, Albert Wilson, Tauno Niemi, George Guerin, Wil- Iiam Cashen and James Doogan. R . oo osmemerad SPORT BRIEFS Ralph Guldahl, recent winner oi the Arizona open golf meet, left a Dallas, Tex., high school before graduation n order to turn pro- fessional. Parker Bryant, captain of the Oglethorpe football squad last sea- son, plans to play professional foot- ball next fall. Weaver College, Weaverville, N. |N., named a basketball coach from | its student body—Hugh Pickins, a sophomore. Football funds enabled the Uni- versity of Oregon to retire six | months before maturity $150,000 |in bonds issued to finance a bas- | ketball pavilion. > — Old pnpers (or sale at The Empxre TATTLE TALES OF NEW YORK NEW YORK, Feb. 17—If presem. plans carry through, Wew York scon will have opportunity to read a journal made up principally of selected letters to the editors of metropolitan dailies. Its proponent belives that much humor, and some wisdom,does not get the attention it deserves because not enough people make a practice of reading the public forum col- umns. There will be: some julcy selec- tions from questions and answers departments t00. Where the old World butlding still stands is said to be the scene of the hanging of Jacob Leisler, native of Frankfort, Germany, who briefly exercised the authority of a dictator over New York. Margaret O’Connor, dimunitive ash blend secretary of a local en- tertainment chieftain, was called the “most beautiful young mother in America” by a committee com- poséd of John Barrymore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Cornelius Vander- bilt, Jr. She's divorced. Fern McAllister, one of the most decorative show girls on the Broad- way stage, is the gift of Indian- apolis. You seldom see a writer of south- ern moon songs who has been be- low the Mason &nd Dixon line, but Ray Perkins is an exception. Ray, a Yankée, made a trip into Texas severl ‘years ago,and from his berth in the dsq:dng car he watched the fleeting landscape. A huge yellow moon appeared on the ‘horizon, growing more brilliant as it seemed to shrink and climb into the clouds. Ray’s aesthetic soul was smitten and he’s began formulating the idea which resulted in a tune you prob- ably remember—“Under a Texas Moon.” Ray's sister is Grace Perkins, who has written some popular novels. e ANNOUNCEMENT The Cash Bazaar Department Store will extend its regular cus- tomers, and those desiring a credit account with us, a dating of April 10th, for all merchandise purchased from this store during the balance of the month of February. THE CASH BAZAAR DEPARTMENT STORE e ‘Crooks probably get that way by following their natural bent. ‘We read that 35 per cent of peo- ple have perfect vision. And they get many an eyeful adv. Preston takes the love affair | NEWS into his own hands, tomorrow, 3 with unexpected results. ¥ ——————— PUBLIC SAFETY In the interest of the public, al-‘[] » low us to suggest that snow be rc»‘ moved from the sidewalks. Also that icy spots be sprinkled with sand from the A. J. Mos\ every winter some person.is injurerl by a fall caused by icy walks. ! n{ DUTCH'S ECONOMY GARAGE | cl c NTEST P. S.: Don't forget we sell U/ S L batteries and DURANT cars. adv.| —— e | FREE TICKETS |Boys’ Bas k etball Team To all at Elks’ Ball Room Saturday | a night. The General Electric Radio | Leaves for Ketchikan may be yours. —adv. for Games Rolls! Dough That Lasts All Week schools. ‘'With ‘the elimination by feiture of Skagway as contend- o for basketball honors, there was | ROMATIC, pi v “?g hot r%llspthg; Aing to prevent the immediate | even the thought arture Of the Islanders and the | of makes the ntura, Capt. George Baggen, was | mouth water, are |chartered to make t.he trip. They a pride and |~ e glory. They are so invariably popular, that the family may want them three or four times a -week, and even every day. How can they be provided that often without a great deal of work, and be perfect each time? This recipe solves both preblems. The dough can be made up at the most convenient time and pliced n the refrigerator, portions of it to he used when needed. The result is that the busy housewife does not need to take time to prepare the lough before each meal. The dough produceéd by this recipe, besides re- quiring no kneading, will keep splendidly in a refrigerator as Tong as-a week. The use of evaporated milk, in- sures fine texture, and makes the recipe one of the most convenient It’s got to be good to be women surely had given this mte-;:mndin' fine chap, an’ I like you. rior its color and comfort. | Thet bad habit you used to have “Have & drink with me, Rock,”!don’t hurt you in my estimation and adaptable any woman could want. By diluting the milk with !invited Preston. spirits. “Sorry, ‘boss, but T've quit.” “Thet's so. I forgot. Lord save He was in high{So don't be backward tellin’ me | just how you feel about Thiry.” “Preston, the minute T laid eyes on Thiry T fell in love with her,” he' me from influencin’ any man ww‘repUed Rock, with sincere depth bent his head over her. The action break his word. Have a cigar, then. l““d frankness. “It's changed my seemed eloquent, beautiful, and yet it carried a hint of bold raw na- T shore recommend these.” “Thanks,’ ‘replied Rock, accept-' ;\vhole life.” “Thanks fer talkin’ out," rejoined | Sheetrock your home. Juneau Lunpber Mills PHONE 358 —Ask us about Sheetrock. the Flreproof Wallboard —Adds more comforts to —Takes any decoration. —Does not warp or shink. potato water, a good medium is ob- tained (potato starch) for the yeast to grow in; and at the same time the rolls will be a full-milk bread. 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