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—— -—— = SS es FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1923. THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 15 ¥ CHAPTER I ° ! US PERING | ADVENTURES |f, . en none a —_ wien to ea, OF THE TWINS [20°80 MICA re , following mor } SAG € { . c ‘ __ &Olive Roberts erts Batton! Lavniinah ‘ha she Act a ) tt para tia vot ane MF ons ard eee en Acklin had foreswon this vinlt, It} a : } PEER, ele ee ay foe tenolng, NO, 2—THE BATTLE hectat'\de “Sn tod ‘halt't School Girl Becomes Morbid Over Neighborhood Gos- awe — oe t he I t ; ‘f 4 a ie ‘ I Thought of its unpleasantne el sip—Makes Broad Statements Which Might Pro- os — i sl bee nd t ¢ 1 7" Ls eet eT ey . not 4 aime for his ¢ voke Idle Tongue \\- tt HARRY SINCLAIR DRAGO AND , pit aused him to ar 7 VOOEPH NOEL L } alpvaigun 029 ey da abevicec ix madeanadl ‘ f god trip to the Dear Miss Grey: I want to ask you a question that means BEGIN HERE TODAY into a Bla t Owyhee a lot to me. Do you consider it wror girl to pal wlin, Dg the Double ae his thumb The followed that around with a boy while going to high 901? Mother a Webs juint this y e| 7 : citt the Hanew’| thinks this boy is just fine and he comes to our house quite Meir J that dine I lont wi often. We go out in his car a good deal and he takes me tthe Re ; eee ne Ar tt h from his men,| home from school in his car, for as mother works I have Naniite " \ Na be ; pace 1 e as the housework to do and I work in the evenings, too, so 2 Oo t « ad ; A y \ mn any either, did st ab bs : io maa very little time to myself. And if I had to walk I . : “ 8 fellow Bo-| \cktin to the d H wouldn't have any time at all think it is better *_...meto x Wert’ sie nba ER Ui a Ne ldn’t f t tall. I thin) better / t sgh - \ y , senor,” he called, as| come home with this boy than to walk home alone at 10 @ girl asked wy ren . ie ae . in here a mi the dignified old Basque strode up| o'clock, don’t you? y's nar | fight the ate $ ‘ pore es : ' Melody lay down to/anq ta cane Srey SABA We oe SORE Yet people must talk. Mother said it is small town stuff y." be stamr {a k for t ht Ack pla than w montous) and not to worry about it, but it is nea killing me. We ust guessed at It, But I reckoned 1} # : at 7 mae A "Int enor | ei 1. |are hardly ever in the car alone; he either goes up after kenew who you were as soon saw | TO a back-rest at in the "The r ne rr : ace i knew whe re ¥. a 1 is rents gtd: up to my garret,” The b ! " : mother and brings her down with him in the evenings or too. met Melody ta Cash nays said he, pe t wee left for the |W@ have a group of friends and take them home. Do you How do you know me. then,| the arroyo. Nothing happened to re ae ; Caehan rn pon't| think that I should forget him and be alone and just work, ’ the x ny of th vigil re ol ck 1 tn youme fo the garret and 1 OU! expect hi he work, work without any fun at all, just to make, or rather man once th Sar ons they were in the right| And there they saw s wonderful Aes ie elton : cany | , Satisfy, the gossip Mother said “No,” and my chum kaw hie a ¢ ner had the Maglio | sight pose Asiny said, “My, it ought to be kept up and let them talk,” and tant in’ beabert . Wat nd than | On one aide of a river wan a} ny hea were fey cold.| Some more of my friends said, “Don’t give up—these people day I'd meet a Basqu run, My ec . ae vg : len ers with | 1 came te my to| talk of everyone.” with beauti black hair I ate or “ a a le tron r our ‘ Se ee Marat clad [inten Hite Se tb , io Oh, M ey, I am a girl who always wants to be a de “Yes and when } ary. And|% who ts | chins aks, coed cent kid. But sometimes I think if I have the name why > Ml know why the them with. | Wit iy ! sorthe| On the r wide war a line Of| and Ackt don’t I have the game. I sometimes think of giving up, but . fit man te fasd ' OY lay Srmly a on what is not mine I have my, mother who is the dearest thing in this world. a’ see the f ig i te ia sad mar And so, Miss Grey, do you think I am doing anything ta my 6 \ I'm the be talked about? I am considered\one of the most popular mer Ma I'm at er of the Mr girls in town, but I would give up everything but my one <1 nd you do," A pains : » tine zaere weve ¢ boy friend, my mother and my girl chum. I go with other : * I'm csi ag up |N ° boys occasionally, but not often, for I think, or rather I ¥ into N t there is a/makin would, rather be just a girl for a long time and not have a . t I Lead } beau. from the » } a t 1 s ' ye an: | dle i wile rey this letter. 1 a pe dropped the rein. He held bh ht wind or his own | talk 1 N Va’ trosaaihit pees er By tas Hoping you will auswer this letter, I am obliged, Y erect, ears expectant eived him No trouble DES alot ; HOPING. on Blaze whistled so low that hod steel grating Crackity, bang, bang, bang’ “Because Your viewpoint, in one respect, is all wrong, and no doubt cedes barely Be and gravel? Inte Ay he | The popr started all |and t car that alone has provoked the gossip. You say—‘Sometimes came to hi a al and the "TY WW v it then A f " 3 Bore: “ %, him a ya P . | i CHAPTER VII ai oy y I think if I have the name, why don’t I have the game? T 2 9 stroke hi a ukal can scarora Phophesies hurry ald t a bang ‘ f ” mere seeks Bi ; | samee TUMCATOr® Phophenion Ra ia eo ae ria 7 aR anid the Fe Hack sometimes think of giving up.” Those, my dear young Pie | Peatitents Ge oF Vint on al! fourn he crouched as a rue noon Sere e tail anes Follow me.” |Tinker Ma i Gaia friend, are mighty broad statements and not in the least ae fy Man likes ue crawled mesa’s rim. HO | hore © and ur (To Be Continued) © and admirable. poeheat water. Cau-| yy ; ; soon’ they |( bt, 1923, > Serving, 1s ” Fa , : i i ° 7 ee ce mis ve Mt ae. Hie breath|, Benavide’s piace was down the NEA fee, Inc.) : rea To a certain extent, thoughts are things, and if you per= « 0" peed inte: av ore street. weve mall crowé oar ear Once he had arrived at the Rancho, : ‘od aif bins Pugh: d A them Mercedes got to her. feet and | stoppe a Right below him seven men | Stroy. per, i ie abe Rca eeee mn ao ; ie conte he tear allo to lav hig) Mit yourself to indulge in such thoughts, it will cause you i took Basilio out of the saddle. | n the water, Rebel creck was! {heen $y ; tha Mitaht hate eM Be ded ae) lel januiter the. jossting (hat « :.| to adopt a wanton attitude, even tho you are unconscious ‘ “This will be my brother Esteban,” dammed! South race been 1 a A ei : window. et er eel Mamben he oe » Paradine. By| of tt. The oncoming horse splashed | vagrant night wind eddying Maze made no effort to leave ow. Kateba ie . y | Of ; : : ‘ = Fees iter esvcine ‘hash eit a canon wall laid heavy hands) 4j, sh hsieods ag Eons I guess 1 won't have an 1 comes out of | 200m the result of 4 nd had It is seldom best for a school girl to go about with any ) mist of silver spray, On his back sat , o and sent it salling|ticmectees one eek ar find ur way back ry night ' eat ecer did aot plan to Particular boy, but circumstances always alter cases, and tt Esteban, a thin, wiry, narrow-hipped ads of the men M # of the Ribas Van tase aie Bodine insinuated to #; ur victualn ¢ meet Ww s the exception that proves the rule. Your mother is thoroly © r youth. He leaped to the ground and, ay ut before n ch comp familiar with the situation and should be the best judge of e staring inimically a it dr 1a ty stomach,” Bla > around the Double! her daughter's duct. It would be i ssibl Into a thade of excitat volee tr “is ‘ : her daughter's conduct. would be impossible for an abgo- a de of excitad 1 a face. vrett see for himself just what * be t . The girl saw that he was upset az knew a “wt Bhi lute stranger to render a sensible opinion on this particular - i xt «2 to restrain him. e rage and A eae he men on} point, i Calla = cried. “Hush! Have ap rage as ‘ i This I do know, however, if you are a thoroly good, sweet q you gone m » black ar ‘ cul H ‘ I ; { you g “ary a a hg ey we aide girl and the boy is as nice, no one would dare to speak any- I Maik ast’ ottne. unl Sig ma are,” he drew . Sor a thing very ill of you. Gossip, if ignored, dies out as quickly x 4 derstood Mexican i the hand be drew hi Bod 4 Be as it originates, Basques had adopted, was un-|§ Diss pars the a iF xnipetig ‘“ Y a anove.} k t 1 while t Instead of making yourself miserable over idle talk, busy : able to follow the rapid words Este- and Chet rushing ant s0 flee. I'v He failed t th te of yourself with your studies. Whil r mind ti lastic " ban tinued to shower upon his * , OUTS u your studie hile your mind is yet p A q sister. He did catch the reiterated el iaadis ktiaais DS tad eden cdvabes tests thAk hapa: feicend ay “Mae rip io yee fill it with fine, worth-while ideals and you will never have } agua (water), and madre ¢ pate Sy choy Sid FN soe had taka porch : The rat f firing came to{ cause to regret or worry. f hodiey hep uel nelle hee peetacbae A coaad bagel fly 4 mirror over the back bar,| sat down. Yet as he finiuhed the last) “Ye ago, way Montana, | his ea As he listened, the shooting ph aah t — Basques did suspect their Shockers ‘ 2 too dod-guated lucky | of binculta he felt the first touch | Bodin: warnod, t heard of | £ violence ant va as gf oft, Siz Country Sisters music and have no other kind. Our i ser. ae ‘ cold night wind on the back | the Double A. And since then when-| reports came muffled, and deadened.| Tong for Musi t eae Q ss When her brother had finished Bee of his neck, He knew th ever I've hoard cow-men speak of {t,| (Continued in Our Next Issue) mare ied MO pies rp father Taantt Deed 18 . adgsgpe taste! thar hen: Ramer | ba sehane time was being slowly opened. there ix one thing they have always |——— ~ t Miss Grey: are six girls | health or he could get us a new one | was a stranger and to explatn how | fellows? ralotaking the votce|, 1" th@ mirror, Blaze could seo that | ‘The shining biscult-in, acting as al aid: ‘The Double A boyn atick to c |tving In tho country on a small) as he would like to. The oldest of us| he had helped Basilio and her. Este- | that rolled ap in anewer to the red,|h® bad caught the little man’s atten-| mirror, reflected the troubled face of | gether.’ ‘They have a habit of not — ranch, and we get very lonely. School | is 13 years old, and we are praying ban thanked Blaze with some shows | thee ree > It was Mor.| {0% It was half dark in the saloon, | Bodine. Inspiration came to Blaze, | forgetting. If one of them turns up| (am Horlick: is about our only amusement, Do|that you can help ux Love to you of gratitude. He swung into his sad-| halred or neat j but he sensed the alertners in the| Reaching out, he took the pan and| missing and $s discovered months In-| K for FLOTIICKS you think there is any one in Seattle | ™i8s Grey. SIX SISTERS, die and caught the child up bestde | row's. thoroly angry, ‘other's even. Blaze stood It on end as if to shake the| ter } The ORIGINAL 2 ; : | Surely some attic or basement con- reached for "Did you recognize the others Skip yawned and got to his feet ome t at you doin’ here?" “Late enough,” he sighed. “The| “Sure! Bodine’s crowd bie] oe ae ., What You doin’. ber ; f | “Side me out of town a ways and| i moon's up. Let's go! jfellow was Bodine. The batalla) wit you gueae ‘Dot lay art ther! i In Indian file they left the shelter | grande 1s 1H let you guess, But Jay oft thet | of the trees. Half an hour later they} The w eyed Kildare waited out past. I'm headed for Webster creek forded the Little Washoe and held|the houra. A drop of rain splashed | fut. Tm headed for i 4 north for the dry wash of the Web-| again his fac eklin, Bodine, and|* S AWEd WA meebo ik tu ster. jthe solemmn-eyed Cash langhed aloud.| 514 rises jeft. Tuscarora was a fix P ery drop of rain was ay manna from heaven. It was the last touch needed to make their work as flaw- Skip held up his hand “That fringe of dead willows marks the wash, Kildare. Melody, you side jture in the valley. “What's on, son?" he asked, when they had croased the little bridgo « face down tn nome lonely | canon, plugged in the back by| a rustler, or gunman, they don't walt | "Soapy’ they They chased . ‘an’ “Meloc he roared, “who’ ha | ae maropiion ack om Cnetearcs tack. | DS raed ae ipripedtndg # that £001) fase to finish his drink {crumbs from it; then quickly held {t| It pre Reteban leading the burro, they | Vue” an Madey. ceckenaed Well, tf it ain't old Timberline,"| before him and caught on the pol- started off. ! laze an 4 ody ang | the little man exclaimed. {ished surface the picture of a hat) for the sheriff. eee "ne, Kildare.” the former shot |, Blaz® set his drink down and/and the lower part of a fs With | Smith 9! the way into Tah; ‘The New Hand back. “I didn't know I was making| ‘ured. to his neighbor, | the barrel of a heavy gun the owner | got him, too." Bi > a pac Henke of the hat was p the window | just something to th Stretched out around the tiny fire| you sit so nice and pretty.” | . What are| open. added sillenty and, in the willows, heads pillowed on| The two men rode away together.| | 70" Kent” | crag bad 's pos oe zi eee ene their xaddles, the four men waited.| Melody shook his head. “I had it|?? s 198 th The long twilight was over. sized up about right, I guess. | “Why, I been this @-ways that may have bought a new phono- old | tains just the wherewith to make they | these girls happy. If anyone can” | help, call Miss Grey, Main 0600 for | name and address. Freight charges” will be paid. 3 S Malted Milk ' graph and have an would let us have? We did have one, but it was very old, and we have not been able to t the past yeor. We hav for All Ages [lay 5 ne past year. We have som rand Columbia records and we | Imitations—Sobstitates | ao miss it so much, as we all love’ one inpowder, makes fee paused. k about, siving My Average man can read about 20,- | 000 words in an hour. Man him east aways. Better let him stick around Rebel creck. It's the least! }less as the black art of the devil It was long after seven when Blaze | motions that meant breakfast for rag ways in this light. Come on! The new hand was looked over He wheeled hia horse and loped | him, Se e 962 ¥ROM SWEDEN TO SNOHOMISH (Chapter 11 For four years John } Alfred followed the sea. Then | he left his ship at San Francisco ttle in 1889, which nearly wiped the town out. Weil, Seattle isn’t the only town which had such @ fire. Franeiseo young fire ip un new then, and so ready-and-walt-] about it. It was an awful fire. And after {t was over many pev- ing for young men to come and | Frederickaon. | | ! 20 you know,” stopped one spring y at San Juan isiand and stayed for quite; he said to his eS HH eel! | north likely place for anyone to come thru. | saw Cash and Bodine ride into sight. | of town. “You acted back there as if I had handed you a Jolt.” “You sure gave me a prise,” claimed “You don't belong in this fuss. {t's gonna be fuss. as he pulled up his horse, And a There'll be “I'm playing a hunch; that’s all! | V've got to see it thru, Anyway, Joe, I never was much of a hand at run- ning away.” | They rode on for a mile or more | before Blaze spoke. | “Why don't you take the thing to court? This is still the United | States, isn’t it? You've got the law,” By Mabel CI “Te | “Law? Joe mocked. “The country is smeared with it; but {t's all made for the other fellow. fret. We'll get | every man-jack But don't you stavted. T'll have in the valley down | to the Rancho Buena Vista tomorrow | night. I'll see to It, too, that we don't make any small-town affair of | this row. er twiee. things tied T been county commission- I know how Acklin's got up around here. He's ¥ | 1'm dead. ctlon’s coming on soon |Tom Brand 4s out for district attor- | je just felt as if they wanted to in Winnemucea. Acktin take it, and make {ts wonders | Ple Just felt as it penta sig $i Anabondn COHN Cb than useful to the world. possible away from the horror || beat him. Still, he's got a following. Up and down tie crast he sail- | of it | Folks have had about enough of ed for three years more, then he One of these people was Mr, | your n Francisco millionaires,” CHAPTER VIIT | | the Buttes now,” Bodino stated when ‘ | | | Chet will trail me, Ill hang out} The boys rode up at that instant, 5102) camitted. “You heard about | around the Winnemucca road. If we| closely followed by the hb One id: t ouoens | have any trouble, it'll be there—|wagon. Cash jogged over to see it) yes moo bad! ‘That ain't bring: | ongee mt tacit Il drop} lt ty trgsin Ae Mo ik. Bodine. Of |» vou aver here; is tt" | Ghet abou alt-wa, . ered + ngare' | “It's e ie jot of ee He turned to Chet, Cash Joined them, and he and Bo-|,, 1)" ianen me a lot of places. I “You and Melody keep tn touch|dine went on, Blaze ambled over tol wx toca hore, Hlaset” Jao a with each other. You can see a|where Widget was going thru the F m Tere, ee 100 X=) Yt after the receding Chet. Blaze|by the boys, and, with the free-|) 1 AO vn itm OM i before It's a. Ackiin's over Fx Melody jogged on masonry of the. cow-country, WAS! ti head. As long as it don't mean 4 anythin’ to you, why not get out of itr" | and began to get Interested in| had one, and the biggest one of I strong enough down tn Carson, too this big country which was so Whole books have been written But I'll take a lot of beating before | 8 a while; after that he tried Lopez | wife, “the clty 1s no place for a A Narrow Escape island, but in 1871 he came to| family Ike ours. People with It was late twilight when Blaze ‘ wy, children growing up should have , 5 set Snohomish, and he said, (Ve | ee eee ae ee aetia thaie || Walked his horse into Bodine's yard. wandered almost. al) over the| own, 1 hear much talk of that [| Webster creek cut across It between world. I've seen the countries| country out on Puget Sound; || house and barn. Ahead of him the | east and west, north and south,| Yn what we have we could Puy || house bulked dark and silent. He| and each in its way t# good, but| the elimate ts Rood, ‘nnd think vent My Man prancing thru the this, this is hore for me.” rt ne but || Water and was about to ory out to He was a young man ai ity ques {hing but 1) geo If he could arouse anyone when worked for a while for Mr, . a farmer, if he could || short, bandy-legged shadow do- Ferguson (that's the man who| oMly manage it, Fou, walt till tached Itself from the blackness of ou rw you school boys, was called the father of Snohom-| and you will’ too. Most of you the house and dashed madly for the ish), He took a homestead claim | will. barn, and began the fortune which he he eget tunny thing te that A vole boomed from the stops of 4 iew women thinic ; . ‘ left to his wife and children last| they want to be formers; you the house asking what he wanted. winter, walt and you'll soe, too. Blaze recognized it for Bodine's. 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