September 28, 1934 (8 pages)

PAGE FOUR Fae is BW COPYRIGHT W.NU SERVICE CHAPTER VI Next day Herrick did not accompany his sister on the daily ride, a circumstance which, if anything, gave freer rein to her spirit. Jim had concern for her safety. He could not Judge well of her horsemanship, because of the side-saddle. she rode. Biuntly he disapproved of the atrocious thing and said it 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. r If she had fallen upon rocks. or even hard ground she would have been seriously injured, if not killed outright. But when the horse stumbled ‘she hurtled over his head and hit in the sand. Jim was off almost the inStant she struck, and he yelled for the cowboy. “Water, Barnes,” he called, as the cowboy dashed up, “There ain't none close,” replied Barnes. “I'm all—right,” spoke up Miss Herrick, weakly. “I came—a_ cropper— didn't 1?” : She sat, evidently not hurt, though she clung to Jims arm. With his scarf he wiped the sand from her face, aware that his hand was not steady. Her hair had come partly loose to fall in a golden mass on her shoulder, 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. Then something cold and tight. within let go, and his reaction was to take refuge in anger: “Miss Herrick, I told you that saddle was no good. It’s a wonder you were not killed.” “Oh, don’t exaggerate. I've come many croppers cross-country riding at home.” “Barnes, back me up in this,” pealed Jim to the cowboy. “Miss, he’s tellin’ you Barnes, earnestly. ‘You apsaid ridin’ true,” was ZANE GREY . fast. If this hyar had ground, like it is lots of places, you’: never knowed what hit you.” ad she admitted, ruefully, That experience left Jim shaky, probably a good deal shakier than: tt had left Miss Herrick, But it was not fear for her. Jim reveled in the torturing sensation 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! Miss Herrick took to the Western saddle like a duck to water. She could ride: which she had hinted certainly overtook her. More than once she ran off alone, riding like. the wind; and upon one of these occasions it took the cowboys till dark to find her. That with Hank Hays and Heeseman there to see her gallop away unescorted! Herrick did not seem to mind. As far as Jim Wall was concerned, however, these rides with her Centered him upon the love which had come to consume him; and the several she took alone. were more: torturing because they aroused fear of Hank Hays. It could not be ascertained whether or not Hays followed her, but when the day came that Jim discovered Hays had been riding the trails frequented by Miss Herrick, it seemed time to act, been stony “I believe I did strike pretty hard,” Moreover, that spirit of. This placed Jim in a worse quandary. To act, for a man of his train, ing at such a time and place. was to do only one thing. But how could he kill his leader upon mere suspicion of sinister intent to kidnap the girl? It was a predicament for a man who had always: played fair, alike to honest trical and crooked ally.’ Jim paced under his dark sheltering trees, in the deed of night, when he Should have been sleeping. Days had passed without his once seeking to avoid disaster; and he had not sought because he knew it was of no use. To wish to be with his blond girl-seemed irresistible. More than once he had caught himself in the spell of .a daring impulse—to tell Miss Herrick that he loved her. The idea was sheer madness. Yet the thought persisted, and When he tried to shake it the result Was it grew stronger in a haunting maddening way, At breakfast next morning .Hays raved about the fact that Smoky had not been there for over two weeks, “Things air comin’ to a head,’ he concluded, gloomily, “You want a cow-saddle with a “Reckon they ought to have made double cinch, , and overalls,” concluded } two drives by now,” rejoined Happy Jim, Jack. “Il rid down the valley vestiddy “Overalls!” she exclaimed; and she . eight. or ten miles? Cattle thinned out, blushed. rosy red. “You mean like . boss. Any cowboy with eves. inthe these blue trousers Barnes has on?’ “back of his head would be on ‘to us by “Yes. Then you can ride. ‘This fs . now.” / the West, Miss Herrick. You like to “Shore, Haven't I kept them work. run a horse. It’s dangerous. T shall . in’ up‘here. But I’ve no control oxer have to speak to your brother.” this hossback ridin’ after hounds. “Don't. VIve never ridden astride, Pretty soon Herrick > will be chasin’ but I'll do it, since you are so very . down Léamestone way. heh the fire’ll fearful about it.” be out.” “Hank, he wouldn't know the difference,” interposed Jim. “Aw, I don’t care.” replied Hays, harshly, and that finality intimated much. “Wait till Smoky’s outfit shows up!” Every morning when Jim rodé down to the corrals he fell back under the spell of something sweeter than wine, The 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 bitterly sweet situation could not last. In moments of humility, engendered by the higher emotions this girl aroused, Jim clasped to his breast the fact that he was protecting her’ from worse men. 3arnes and another of the cowboys Tae ney Avs city NUGGET FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1934 SRR ce omen ing over rto her horse. “You're not in an English drawing rvom now, confronted by a disrespectful — butler. You're in Utah, girl And I am Jim: Wall.” “That last is obvious, to my regret,” she returned coldly. “Will you please be so kind as to tighten my cinches? Tt will be the last service ¥ shall require of you.” “Thank the Lord!” eiheetated Jim, in grim heartiness, “All the same I'll tell you, If you were an American tenderfoot, it wouldn't be hard to make you understand. If you were western, you would not need to be told. But as an English lady of quality, who thinks her class, will protect her anywhere, you need to be jarred. . . . It's wrong for you to ride around alone on this range like ‘any. wild tomboy.” “Why?” “Some of these men might kidnap you for ransom,” “Nonsense,” she retorted, contemptuously. “What do you say, Miss Herrick, when . tell’ you that Hank Hays has been watching you from the ridges, riding the lonely trails, biding. his chance to waylay you?” She paled at that. “I don’t believe it,” ently. “And you'll-go on riding alone when it suits your royal fancy?” he queried witheringly. “That is no longer any concern of yours,” she replied, at last stung. “But I certainly shall ride when and how I please.” “Then you're as big a fool as your brother,” declared Jim. hotly. am, she said, preswith honesty enough to tell you. the truth. And I get insulted and fired for my pains.” She sat her horse mute. Jim laid a . strong hand on her pommel. and . shook it. “Your saddle’s loose. Will you oblige me by getting off?” “T can ride it back,” she rejoined, icily. “But your blanket will slip out. saddle might turn with you.” She removed. her foot.from-the stirrup. “Tighten the cinehes then—and hurry.” Jim complied expeditiously enough, but in doing so he accidentally touched . her. Something like fire shot through . him at the contact. Under its stimulus he looked up to say a few more words The had taken the horses for the Herricks up to the house. To Jim's honest dismay he espied Helen riding ahead, with the cowboys behind leading her brother’s mount. Herrick was not coming. The hounds bounded and cdyorted about her, keen for. the chase, 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 appeared more provokingly manifest than ever, Barnes turned Herrick’s horse over to a stable boy, and with his com. panion fell in behind Miss Herrick, who rode out upon the valley. Jim rejcined them, and they trotted their years? per intelligently, it Do You Read Your Hometown Newspaper Published Mondays and Fridays Do you keep abreast all the new developments in this hustling, bustling community? Do you know that Nevada City’s population has increased almost 50 per cent in two Are you alive to the opportunities this growth in population offers you? If you read your hometown newspahundred times its een price. Nevada City Nugget} Costs Only $2.50 a year pit ae AGH can' be worth a Can You Afford Not to Subscribe? horses together, “Why didn’t Herrick come?” asked Jim. “He was rowin’ with Heeseman,” plied Barnes, soberly. : “You don't say! What about?” “Reckon I don’t know. They shet up’ as I come along,” returned the cowboy. “But I seen enough to calkilate somethin’s wrong. They was on the porch. Herrick looked sort of peevish. He didn’t want his sister to go huntin’ today, I heard thet. An’ she said right pert she was goin’.” “How did Heeseman look?” went on Jim, ponderingly. Something was up. For .two days Heeseman’s outfit: had been through hauling timber. “Dead serious, like he was tryin’ to persuade the boss to somethin’.” Jim lapsed into silence. What turn would affairs take next? It was getting warm around Star ranch, ; Each day the hunters had to ride farther afield to find game. Jackrabbit chasing had grown too tame for Miss Herrick, Three or four miles out the hounds jumped a coyote from a clump of sagebrush, re: f wrapped his other arm around her andto her, words to mitigate his offense and protest his sincerity. But they Were never uttered. She had bent over to fasten a lace of her boot, and when Jim raised his head it was to find his face scarcely a foot from her red lips, Without a thought, in a flash, he kissed them, and then drew_ back, stricken, “How dare you!” she cried, in incredulous amazement and anger. “It just happened. I—I don't know— She swung her leather quirt and struck him across the mouth. The blood spurted. The leap of Jim's fury was as swift. He half intercepted a second blow, which stung his neck. and snatching the quirt from her hand he flung it away. Then his iron cluteh fastened in her blouse. One lunge dragged her out of the saddle. He bent her back so quickly that when she began a furious struggle it was too late. . His mouth hard pressed on hers stilled any but smothered cries. There was a moment’s wrestling. She was no weakling, but she was in the arms of a maddened giant. Repeatedly he kissed’ her lips, long, hard, passionate: kisses. Suddenly she collapsed heavily in his arms. The shock of that—its meaning—pierced Wall with something in“Here I . the only man in this Star outfit . wap She wiped the Dlood from her cheeks, and then shudderingly from her lips. “You—did that—to frighten me?” she presently whispered, in horror, yet as if fascinated by something looming. “Get on your horse and ride ahead of me,” he ordered, curtly. “Now, Miss Helen Herrick, one last word: Don't tell your brother what I did to you till after I’m gone. If you’ do Vl kill him!” She left a glove lying on the ground. Jim made no effort. to recover it. The excess of his emotion wore off, leaving him composed, and sternly glad-the issue had developed as it had. The situation had become intolerable for him. ‘It mocked him that he had actually désired to appear well.in the eyes of thig girl. How ridiculous that one of a. robber gang should be vain! But he, was not conscious that being a thief.madeé any difference in a man ’s feeling about women. 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PAGE FOUR Fae is BW COPYRIGHT W.NU SERVICE CHAPTER VI Next day Herrick did not accompany his sister on the daily ride, a circumstance which, if anything, gave freer rein to her spirit. Jim had concern for her safety. He could not Judge well of her horsemanship, because of the side-saddle. she rode. Biuntly he disapproved of the atrocious thing and said it 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. r If she had fallen upon rocks. or even hard ground she would have been seriously injured, if not killed outright. But when the horse stumbled ‘she hurtled over his head and hit in the sand. Jim was off almost the inStant she struck, and he yelled for the cowboy. “Water, Barnes,” he called, as the cowboy dashed up, “There ain't none close,” replied Barnes. “I'm all—right,” spoke up Miss Herrick, weakly. “I came—a_ cropper— didn't 1?” : She sat, evidently not hurt, though she clung to Jims arm. With his scarf he wiped the sand from her face, aware that his hand was not steady. Her hair had come partly loose to fall in a golden mass on her shoulder, 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. Then something cold and tight. within let go, and his reaction was to take refuge in anger: “Miss Herrick, I told you that saddle was no good. It’s a wonder you were not killed.” “Oh, don’t exaggerate. I've come many croppers cross-country riding at home.” “Barnes, back me up in this,” pealed Jim to the cowboy. “Miss, he’s tellin’ you Barnes, earnestly. ‘You apsaid ridin’ true,” was ZANE GREY . fast. If this hyar had ground, like it is lots of places, you’: never knowed what hit you.” ad she admitted, ruefully, That experience left Jim shaky, probably a good deal shakier than: tt had left Miss Herrick, But it was not fear for her. Jim reveled in the torturing sensation 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! Miss Herrick took to the Western saddle like a duck to water. She could ride: which she had hinted certainly overtook her. More than once she ran off alone, riding like. the wind; and upon one of these occasions it took the cowboys till dark to find her. That with Hank Hays and Heeseman there to see her gallop away unescorted! Herrick did not seem to mind. As far as Jim Wall was concerned, however, these rides with her Centered him upon the love which had come to consume him; and the several she took alone. were more: torturing because they aroused fear of Hank Hays. It could not be ascertained whether or not Hays followed her, but when the day came that Jim discovered Hays had been riding the trails frequented by Miss Herrick, it seemed time to act, been stony “I believe I did strike pretty hard,” Moreover, that spirit of. This placed Jim in a worse quandary. To act, for a man of his train, ing at such a time and place. was to do only one thing. But how could he kill his leader upon mere suspicion of sinister intent to kidnap the girl? It was a predicament for a man who had always: played fair, alike to honest trical and crooked ally.’ Jim paced under his dark sheltering trees, in the deed of night, when he Should have been sleeping. Days had passed without his once seeking to avoid disaster; and he had not sought because he knew it was of no use. To wish to be with his blond girl-seemed irresistible. More than once he had caught himself in the spell of .a daring impulse—to tell Miss Herrick that he loved her. The idea was sheer madness. Yet the thought persisted, and When he tried to shake it the result Was it grew stronger in a haunting maddening way, At breakfast next morning .Hays raved about the fact that Smoky had not been there for over two weeks, “Things air comin’ to a head,’ he concluded, gloomily, “You want a cow-saddle with a “Reckon they ought to have made double cinch, , and overalls,” concluded } two drives by now,” rejoined Happy Jim, Jack. “Il rid down the valley vestiddy “Overalls!” she exclaimed; and she . eight. or ten miles? Cattle thinned out, blushed. rosy red. “You mean like . boss. Any cowboy with eves. inthe these blue trousers Barnes has on?’ “back of his head would be on ‘to us by “Yes. Then you can ride. ‘This fs . now.” / the West, Miss Herrick. You like to “Shore, Haven't I kept them work. run a horse. It’s dangerous. T shall . in’ up‘here. But I’ve no control oxer have to speak to your brother.” this hossback ridin’ after hounds. “Don't. VIve never ridden astride, Pretty soon Herrick > will be chasin’ but I'll do it, since you are so very . down Léamestone way. heh the fire’ll fearful about it.” be out.” “Hank, he wouldn't know the difference,” interposed Jim. “Aw, I don’t care.” replied Hays, harshly, and that finality intimated much. “Wait till Smoky’s outfit shows up!” Every morning when Jim rodé down to the corrals he fell back under the spell of something sweeter than wine, The 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 bitterly sweet situation could not last. In moments of humility, engendered by the higher emotions this girl aroused, Jim clasped to his breast the fact that he was protecting her’ from worse men. 3arnes and another of the cowboys Tae ney Avs city NUGGET FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1934 SRR ce omen ing over rto her horse. “You're not in an English drawing rvom now, confronted by a disrespectful — butler. You're in Utah, girl And I am Jim: Wall.” “That last is obvious, to my regret,” she returned coldly. “Will you please be so kind as to tighten my cinches? Tt will be the last service ¥ shall require of you.” “Thank the Lord!” eiheetated Jim, in grim heartiness, “All the same I'll tell you, If you were an American tenderfoot, it wouldn't be hard to make you understand. If you were western, you would not need to be told. But as an English lady of quality, who thinks her class, will protect her anywhere, you need to be jarred. . . . It's wrong for you to ride around alone on this range like ‘any. wild tomboy.” “Why?” “Some of these men might kidnap you for ransom,” “Nonsense,” she retorted, contemptuously. “What do you say, Miss Herrick, when . tell’ you that Hank Hays has been watching you from the ridges, riding the lonely trails, biding. his chance to waylay you?” She paled at that. “I don’t believe it,” ently. “And you'll-go on riding alone when it suits your royal fancy?” he queried witheringly. “That is no longer any concern of yours,” she replied, at last stung. “But I certainly shall ride when and how I please.” “Then you're as big a fool as your brother,” declared Jim. hotly. am, she said, preswith honesty enough to tell you. the truth. And I get insulted and fired for my pains.” She sat her horse mute. Jim laid a . strong hand on her pommel. and . shook it. “Your saddle’s loose. Will you oblige me by getting off?” “T can ride it back,” she rejoined, icily. “But your blanket will slip out. saddle might turn with you.” She removed. her foot.from-the stirrup. “Tighten the cinehes then—and hurry.” Jim complied expeditiously enough, but in doing so he accidentally touched . her. Something like fire shot through . him at the contact. Under its stimulus he looked up to say a few more words The had taken the horses for the Herricks up to the house. To Jim's honest dismay he espied Helen riding ahead, with the cowboys behind leading her brother’s mount. Herrick was not coming. The hounds bounded and cdyorted about her, keen for. the chase, 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 appeared more provokingly manifest than ever, Barnes turned Herrick’s horse over to a stable boy, and with his com. panion fell in behind Miss Herrick, who rode out upon the valley. Jim rejcined them, and they trotted their years? per intelligently, it Do You Read Your Hometown Newspaper Published Mondays and Fridays Do you keep abreast all the new developments in this hustling, bustling community? Do you know that Nevada City’s population has increased almost 50 per cent in two Are you alive to the opportunities this growth in population offers you? If you read your hometown newspahundred times its een price. Nevada City Nugget} Costs Only $2.50 a year pit ae AGH can' be worth a Can You Afford Not to Subscribe? horses together, “Why didn’t Herrick come?” asked Jim. “He was rowin’ with Heeseman,” plied Barnes, soberly. : “You don't say! What about?” “Reckon I don’t know. They shet up’ as I come along,” returned the cowboy. “But I seen enough to calkilate somethin’s wrong. They was on the porch. Herrick looked sort of peevish. He didn’t want his sister to go huntin’ today, I heard thet. An’ she said right pert she was goin’.” “How did Heeseman look?” went on Jim, ponderingly. Something was up. For .two days Heeseman’s outfit: had been through hauling timber. “Dead serious, like he was tryin’ to persuade the boss to somethin’.” Jim lapsed into silence. What turn would affairs take next? It was getting warm around Star ranch, ; Each day the hunters had to ride farther afield to find game. Jackrabbit chasing had grown too tame for Miss Herrick, Three or four miles out the hounds jumped a coyote from a clump of sagebrush, re: f wrapped his other arm around her andto her, words to mitigate his offense and protest his sincerity. But they Were never uttered. She had bent over to fasten a lace of her boot, and when Jim raised his head it was to find his face scarcely a foot from her red lips, Without a thought, in a flash, he kissed them, and then drew_ back, stricken, “How dare you!” she cried, in incredulous amazement and anger. “It just happened. I—I don't know— She swung her leather quirt and

struck him across the mouth. The blood spurted. The leap of Jim's fury was as swift. He half intercepted a second blow, which stung his neck. and snatching the quirt from her hand he flung it away. Then his iron cluteh fastened in her blouse. One lunge dragged her out of the saddle. He bent her back so quickly that when she began a furious struggle it was too late. . His mouth hard pressed on hers stilled any but smothered cries. There was a moment’s wrestling. She was no weakling, but she was in the arms of a maddened giant. Repeatedly he kissed’ her lips, long, hard, passionate: kisses. Suddenly she collapsed heavily in his arms. The shock of that—its meaning—pierced Wall with something in“Here I . the only man in this Star outfit . wap She wiped the Dlood from her cheeks, and then shudderingly from her lips. “You—did that—to frighten me?” she presently whispered, in horror, yet as if fascinated by something looming. “Get on your horse and ride ahead of me,” he ordered, curtly. “Now, Miss Helen Herrick, one last word: Don't tell your brother what I did to you till after I’m gone. If you’ do Vl kill him!” She left a glove lying on the ground. Jim made no effort. to recover it. The excess of his emotion wore off, leaving him composed, and sternly glad-the issue had developed as it had. The situation had become intolerable for him. ‘It mocked him that he had actually désired to appear well.in the eyes of thig girl. How ridiculous that one of a. robber gang should be vain! But he, was not conscious that being a thief.madeé any difference in a man ’s feeling about women. (To Be Continued) NEVADA CITY HOME LAUNDRY FAMILY TRADE OUR SPECIALTY Mrs, O. Mullis, Prop. . Boulder St. Nevada City Phone 491 W } . . . . { . Prompt and Reasonable Service Bi . FOR SALE — 6-ROOM HOUSE— close in. Income property. 215 Sacramento St. Phone Nevada City 452. FOR SALE—BY JAMES M. RICE, Phone 297-R—-One—7 H. P. Witte gas hoist, complete with . sheve wheel. Two—Large Denver Drifters, model No. 33, 1% in. chuck. One—C. P. Jack-hammer, in good shape, 7-8 in. by 3% hexagon chuck. One—3 H. P. Electric motor. Oné-—Duplex.Pump. .One-1% Federal Truck, good condition. Mine and shop tools, also camp equipment for sale cheap. in. FOR SALE—One to forty tons of choice wine grapes, at reasonable prices, inquire of Mr. J. F. Siems, Orchard Springs, Rch., Chicago Park, Calif. 9-23 tfe Be Comfortable * ek oe Get Your ‘-MATTRESSES Repaired and Cleaned by John W.Darke Commercial St. Nevada City 109 YT, Phones 109M. NEVADA COUNTY Banner Gold County of California Annual production over $3,000,000 For Information Address Chamber of Commerce Nevada City, Calif, “Ore and Bullion oo WILDBERG BROS. SMELTING & REFINING CO, Offices: 742 Market St.,San Francisco Plant: South San Francisco. TO TRADE—Seven room _ house, hardwood floor, good location in Lodi, rented at $25 per month, for property in Nevada City. Address Box Y, Nevada City Nugget. tf. FOR SALE—4 burner Hot ,Point Electric Stove—fine oven. in good condition—$45—-$10 down bal. $5 per month. Phone 490 or 36. WANTED—HOUSES TO RENT Daily we have over the counter, calls for houses, cabins; or rooms. Put your want ad in the Nevada City Nugget and get results. = MAYTAG WASHERS SEE US for your new WashingMachine. Exclusive Dealer for ~* Maytag Electric and gasoline engine washers, also Easy Washers, Ilron rite Ironers, Westinghouse Refrigerators. — Very Easy Terms Grass Valley Electric Co. 120 East Main St. Grass Valley Phone 9 for Free Demonstration 2-9-tf USED WASHING MACHINES—<See us for some nice bargains.—Grass Valley Electric Co., 120 East Main street. 5-14-9-wks . . Just a Little Better . OWL TAVERN CAFE “YOU CAN'T BETTER THE BEST” Finest Food and Coffee and BEER 134 Mill Street Grasg Valley, Calif. finitely more imperious and staggering than bitter wrath. He let go of her. There was blood on her lips’ and cheeks; otherwise her face was like alabaster, “T think I must have been love with you—and wanted to protect you —from men worse than myself,” he went on, huskily. “I hope this will be a lesson toyou. . . . Your brother was crazy to come’ here-—crazier to let you . im anos canneceeaaomnas AUTO CAMP SITE—In town for Sale One and a half acres, also suitable for lumber yard er subdivisien for homes on Sacramento St. Address Box 512, Nevada. City P. oO. 8-3-1 mo p. TO TRADE—7 room house in Oakland, 4 bed rooms;* hard wood; gas-steam heat; one mile from U. C; one block from S. F. trains and local cars; one block from shopping district and school. Ex. location. Want nice home in N. C. or G. V. Address Box 78, Nugget. 8-13-1 mo. p. FINE WATCH REPAIRING Radio Service and REPAIRING Work Called for and Delivered Clarence R. Gray 520 Coyote Street Phone 16 come. Go home! Go hefore it’s too , lete Make him go. “y WANTED—Hydraulic property. Give history, past production if any, and value per yard: Give full details, price and terms. Engineer’s reports and maps essential. No drift mines considered. Reply box XX Nevada City Nugget. 9-24-3tp. mia’ The cowboys took the lead, then came Miss Herrick, while Jim brought up the rear. It was a long, gradual ascent up to an open ridge. : Here the hounds jumped a herd of deer. Despite the yelling of the cowboys they ‘dashed up the ridge with a chorus of wild yelps and barks. They all passed out of hearing. Jim caught up with Miss Herrick, who waited in an open Spot among the pines. Flushed and disheveled, with her sombrero on the pommel, panting from the arduous ride, she made a distracting picture. “Hunt’s off for us, Miss Herrick,” said Jim. “Too bad! But wasn tit fun—while it lasted?’ she replied g sayly. “Let us rest the horses. ‘I'm out of breath myself,” Jim dismounted to tighten his saddle cinches, “Wall, she said, take a look at my cinches,” “May I ask you not to call me Wall? I must remind you I’m no butler,” “Pray pardon me,” she rejoined, in surprise. “L presume IT should address you as Mr. Wall?” “Yes, if you're too stuck up to call me Jim,” he said, She lifted her chin and deigned no reply, And that infuriated him, “While I’m at it I'll tell you this, too,” he went on doggedly. “You must not ride around alone again. I've had no chance to speak with you.. But I told your brother. He ‘laughed in my. face. He is a fool,” “Mr. Wall, I will: not listen to;such talk,” she spoke up, spiritedly, “Oh, yes, you will,” he flashed, strida te 8 een ae at OUR telephone livestock or other priceless. Nothing so little. A STOCKMAN had some steers from this one call was $250. the highest prices for grain, fruit, you numerous trips to town. It’s al. ways ready to run errands about the countryside. In the emergency it’s Tue Paciric TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY CARS BOUGHT AND REFINANCED Loans made on cars. 1930 Buick, Roadster in» A-1 shape, Other excellent offerings at out establishment. Fred A, Rupley, 120 East Main St., Grass Valley. 6-22-tr. ready for market, but was not satisfied with the price offered. He telephoned a packing house in the nearest large city and was advised that they should bring least a cent more. Profit F P OR SALE—Young canaries—good singers. $2.50, also hens 50c. Mrs. John McNeil, Weeds Point near Camptonville, Calif. 8-2-te. ‘OR “SALE—_52 ACRES _ NEAR Lake Vera adjoining Mills College, Fenced. 500 cords oakg and pings wood. Phone 25-F-3, Nevada City. tic . can help you get F RATERNAL AND . LU PIBEGTORY. . products. It saves . WOMAN'S CIVIC: CLUB Regular meetings the 2nd. and . fourth Mondays of the moth, at the Brand Studio. President, Mrs. ©. EB. Liege Mrs, C. G. Parsons, Sweeney does so much for Pythian Castle Visiting Native Sons welcome. DR. Cc. HYDRAULIC PARLOR, NO. N. 8S. G. W. 56, Meets every Tuesday evening at , 2352 Broad Street. CARL J. W. TOBIASSEN, Pres. CHAPMAN, Rec. Sec’y. h