Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1931, Page 29

ROBBERS' ROOST by ZANE GREY o 19, e Mo A M Al INSTALLMENT XIIL EXT day Herrick did not ac- company his sister on the daily ride, & tircumstance which, if anything, gave freer rein to her spirit. Jim had concern He could not judge ip, because of the side-saddle she rode. Bluntly he disaj wved of the atrocious thing and - said 1t was worse than the “pancake” - her brother rode. But she rode after the hounds just the same and held her own until she was thrown. - If she had fallen upon rocks, even hard ground, she would have - been seriously injured, if not killed out- right. But when the horse stumbled she hurtled over his head and hit in < the sand. Jim was off almost the in- stant she struck and he yelled for the : eowboys. Kneeling, he lifted her and held her P head up. She appeared to have been stunned. Her face was gray with sand. ‘Water, Barnes,” he called, as the or ‘There ain't none close,” replied Barnes. “I'm all—right,” spoke up Miss Her- rick, weakly. “I came—a cropper— Adidn't 12" She sat, evidently not hurt, though she clung to Jim's arm. With his scarf he wiped the sand from her fas sware that his hand was not stead: If he had had to rely upon a gun then! ‘The stiff hat she wore with this riding habit had rolled yards away. Barnes got it. Her hair had come partly loose to fall in a golden mass on her shoul- der. She rearranged it and put on her hat, deftly despite gloved fingers. “Help me up, please,” she said. Jim placed a strong arm under hers and lifted her to her feet. She ap- ed able to stand alone, so he re- d her. However, she still clung him. ‘Deuced clumsy of me,” she said. “Miss Herrick, are you sure you're € not hurt?>” asked Jim, solicitously. “It ‘Was a nasty spill.” “I'm not really hurt,” and, letting go of Jim, she essayed a few steps to prove it. ‘Then something cold and tight ‘within Jim let go, and his reaction was to take refuge in anger: “Miss Her- rick, I told you that saddle was no fi;od. It's a wonder you were not lled.” “Oh, don't exaggerate. I've come many croppers cross-country riding at ==y “Barnes, back me up in this” ap- pealed Jim to the cowboy. “Miss, he's tellin’ you true” sald Barnes, earnestly. “You was ridin’ fast. It this hyar had been stony ground, like it is lots of places, you'd never knowed { what hit you.” “I believe I did strike pretty hard,” she admitted, ruefully. “You want a cow-saddle with a dou- ble cinch and overalls,” concluded Jim. “Overalls!” she exclaimed, and she blushed rosy red. “You mean like these blue trousers Barnes has on?"” “Yes. Then you can ride. This is the ! West, Miss Herrick. You like to run & horse. It's dangerous. I shall have to speak to your brother.” “Don’t. I've never ridden astride, Special! but I'll do it, since you are so very fear- ful about it.” That experfence left Jim shaky, probably a good deal shakier than it had left Miss Herrick. But it was not fear for her. Jim reveled in the tortur- ing sensations engendered by contact with this beautiful girl. He shook like a leaf at the staggering realization that when she lay on the ground with her arms spread wide, her hair gold against the sand, he longed to snatch her to his breast. A natural impulse, under the circumstances,. but for him—idiotic! Hays was not present that night at supper. His absence in no wise con- cerned Jim. He was too preoccupied to care or think about the chief. Days passed by, heady or blank, according to whether or not he rode with Miss Her- rick. She took to the Western saddle like a duck to water. She could ride. 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It ascertained whether or not followed her, but when the day that Jim discovered Hays had under his dark sheltering in dead of night, when he have been sleeping. Days had passed without his once seeking to avold disaster; and he had not sought because he knew it was of no use. To wish to be with this blond girl seemed irresistible. More than once he had caught himself in the spell of a dar- ing_imj to tell Miss Herrick that he love{'l lt:mt.i\ ‘The idea was shee; ma H ness. Yet the thought persisted, anc when he tried to shake it the result was it grew stronger in a haunting, mad- dening way. At breakfast next morning Hays raved |about the fact that Smoky had not been there for over two weeks. With Harsh Irri . | Any. at | his “Things air comin’ to & head,” he concluded, gl ily. wo drives Jack. “I rid down the valley yestiddy 8 or 10 miles. Cattle thinned out, boss. cowboy with eyes in the back of head would be onto us by now.” ‘Shore. Haven't I kept them workin’ up here. But I've no control over this hossback ridin' after hounds. Pretty soon Herrick will be chasin’ down Lime- stone way. Then the fire’ll be out.” "H‘n'nl: he wouldn't know the differ- “Aw, 1 don't care,” replied Hays harshly, and that finality intimated mu'ch. ‘Wait till Smoky's outfit shows up!” Every morning when Jim rode down to the corrals he fell back under the ml of something sweeter than wine. sunny hours with the sage flat ahead, the fragrant pines, the baying hounds, and always out in front this bright-haired girl, were vastly different from the dark hours when the day was done. Nothing could be truer than that this utterly incongruous and bit- terly sweet situation could not last. In moment of humility, engendered by the higher emotions thll&t:l aroused, Jim clasped to his breast fact that he was protecting her from worse men. Barnes and another of the cowboys taken the horses for the Herricks Miss Herrick looked far less proud and unattainable in the boy's riding garb she had adopted. Moreover, it had transformed her, yet her femininity ap- peared mare provokingly manifest than Barnes turned Herrick's horse over to a stableboy, and with his companion fell in behind Miss Herrick, who rode out upon the valley. Jim rejoined them, and they trotted their horses together. .";Why didn't Herrick come?” asked “He was rowin’ with Heeseman,” re- plied Barnes, soberly. “You don't say! What about?” “Reckon I don’t know. They shet up a5 I come along,” returned the cowboy. “But I seen enough to calkilate some- thin's wrong. They was on the porch. Herrick looked sort of peevish. He didn’t want his siter to go huntin’ to- day, I heard thet. An’ she said right pert she was goin'.” “’REACH FOR A LUCKY INSTEAD” Place your finger on your Adam'’s Apple. 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