The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. FIVE, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1921 Page: 4 of 6
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THE CLAN CALL
(Continued from yum 3)
Old" see" pap" huIT as u7uT as he was
when he got home last night fro us
a-fotterln' in."
-Mad at your asked Dale
"No; but he would ha' been ft be
hadn't ha' had all his madness turned
ag'ln them Morelnnds. You knowed
about pap'a trouble on yan side o' the
river last night?"
"Yea 1 knew about thfct" Dale au-
awered slowly. "Hut John Moreland
thnnvlit vnnr ft. I her whs m imtlifo-
DlHt of yesteray." I
"An antagonist?" Hub muttered
inquiringly. "What's that?"
l mean Adnm Hall y'ki.ow."
"Oh. Thnt'a what 1 told imp. Hut
pap he wouldn't believe It him) tie
won't never believe It 'cause be don't
want to believe It. I told tilru 'at John
Moreland wasn't a-shootln' to bit and
be wouldn't believe Unit neither. ftp's
a hard-headed as a brludle cow when
be fit a fool notion on him. What
what did them Moreland" say r.U'ut
their guns a-beln' gone?''
Dale straightened.
"Mow did you find Unit out?"
"Don't matter bow!" She milled
almost saucily. "I knowed about It
afore you did. Mr. Hill Dale. Don't
you think whoever dune It done a kind
thing?"
"To disarm the Moreland so that
when the enemy conies they will have
nothing with which to defend them-
selves?" Dale didn't know much
about these hill feuds. "No. Miss Lit-
tleford 1 can't any that 1 think It watt
a kind thing to do."
alius Uttleford arose and faced
Dale. Her cheeks were flushed.
"Das the Incmy come?'" sne de-
manded Icily.
"No. but"
"All right" the young woini.n hrike
In sharply. "If Uie lneroy hain't come
whnt're you a-klckln' about?"
Her brown eyes were full of tire.
They defied and they wlU. red tnC
111 Dale suddenly feit that he v
mailer and of less account in the
acheuie of thlugs than that nnedocat-
ms Mil. lit. Lii...rh .-.iilliru II lit KtooO
before hi in.
"1 beg pardon" Dale raid cwt-'y. "1
didn't mean to offend y'keow."
Ills quick contrition struck the girl.
Her mouth quivered. .She dropped
her fishing-rod unit began to toy nb-l
ently with the cud of her lout: thick j
plait of brown hair.
"I've seed so much o' this tihtin'"
lie murmured tremulously "Hint il -makes
me go to pieces. 1 oucht to b '
yore pardon mebbe and I o-oo. . . .
l'e need a good tuany hle. Uroiis-
aueu brought home dead or ! ')'"
from the Moriland bullets. Ami ih (
Uttlefordii has killed More notis.
One Hide about as manj as i i iinr. I
reckon. I'd he glad o g'c
to stop it !" !
"I'll help you. if 1 in. ' IH.'c told
her. "I'erhnns we run ni.l-e rr.einik
of the Morelnnds and jour peoj ie.'
"You don't know what a nurd tli:nn
It'd be." she replied teurfaHy. "The
two M'tH has hated onej ether ever
aence I can rlckolleet. And you won't
be here very long I re- 1 oh."
"I may be here l r the i-cm of n:
life" said Dale.
"Is It the coal?" r-i I
'Tartly yes it t.c :; 1.
tug to develop It for rho M'
Hiilie looked tit him v .11' a
1 he.
1 11 J.'!'"
hinds.
.e.y h r-
aid of hope In her cce.
could speak c trie 1 1 1 thr.
Hi !( 1.
ci.llie
I. 1
(.!!
some" here hack In H e u .i 1
aound of her fathers ..e
"Habe! O-oh Hube '."
"Coinln'!" cried Hie j.- ri. .;.:: .lim-
ing. "We'll try to mM't n. r r . : 1 1 ;
we'll try. Old Mfijor Hn.iM . hi'1; te
lip here afore Uil".'. to el.i.' the ::.i -iner.
and he'll help i.s. 1 It r. 11 .!''
.ooil man: you're slu'c to like hitu.
Jle p-ii'nlly lus ivit.'i us v hen he s
here. 011 tm nsv with John floie-
land! Hut when c jr t h in je'li have
'em all. I'll work on 1 1 p. 'J'l.c
no dnnuer o' truuhle ril.t now
nint
any-
way. liiMidliv l'.lil I 'tile!'
one uioineiit. .M l.!t!iti 1 '.:
I took a tep after I "An .. n
aine 1 here's 410 dimmer now'
Habe halted fll'-ed shvi t neMi;l.
and Moiled u little.
"Don't call me 'Mi i." mor .' m.ki
she. "It makes me let ! 01;. 'nh toe
what everybody ele cut it im et e
don't mliul. Why every n ' the
Uttlerords lost their rltien u.st mirlit
the Name an the MoreinndH did! i.cei
me here at suuilown 1 nd I'll ten ve
about It. Soodby Hill Dai!"
"Hoodhy. Habe!" be smile.
CHAPTER V.
At th Blver s4n
John Jdorelnnd met Dale at 're yat.
-What did ye Bnd ontr
"1 learned" waa the anrwr. "tt
th Mttleforda all lost their gum Just
aa the Morelnnds did."
"i he devil I"
The mvuntalneera began r erowd
bout Dale.
"Aed who" asked the r leetler. "
ye tblnk doee Itr
llill Dale shook his hec.d eiowlj .ni
threw eut hl hands.
"How should I know?" tie went
n : "Bnbe fold roe abewt the l.lttlcftrt
funs disappearing. I sow l.r down
at -the river; she was Balling."
"Did she aay anything." pursued
John Moreland "at sounded lile sde
fenowed whar them guns went t7"
"Uhe told ine" aald lnle. "she wnnb"
give her life to stop the l.glifinr. She
eeecned rather badly worked up over
It."
from the cabin's front ilocrwny came
a woman's aorrowful voice:
."And. roe tooj.lU give jnj life to
stp this here flgfiiTnT X had n hoy
a big strappln' boy "
John Moreland frowned toward his
wife and Interrupted "Now Addle
honey don't do that."
It ended the talk.
Mrs. Moreland dried her eyes on a
corner of her freshly Ironed glnplinm
apron and announced the noonday
meal. The mountaineers dispersed.
Orandpup Morelaud went away claw-
ing at his long white beanl and grum-
bling over the loss of his beloved old
Lancaster.
An hour Inter Dale cornered the
Moreland leader on the vine-bung
frout porch and suggested that (hey
look over the coal property that after-
noon. He was eager to go to work
eager to he doing something worth
while he told Moreland. The hillman
atood very Mill for what seemed to
the other a very long time and bad
no word to say. Kvldenily the feud
had all Ids mind now.
When he did Kpenk be vald simply:
All right. Hill."
After half an hour of fighting their
way through ihlckets of blooming lau-
rel and Ivy they drew up before an
old and mildewed cabin at Ihe north
end of Dnvld Morelnnd's mountain.
Moreland led the way in and pointed
to a sjMit under a small paneless win-
dow. "Thar" said be "Itr whar w e found
my Pro) her David."
The two men turned tor the point
at which the con I vein ran out to ti'.e
light or day.
Dale picked up a piece of the shin-
ing black stuff. Judging by the little
he knew and the greut amount of de-
scription he had hoard the vein was
very large and ihe coal Itself of the
finest grade.
"It wns a big find." he told his com-
panion "a big r.nd. It was a pity to
let It lie here untouched for so long;
and yet It's worth more today than It
wis ever worth before."
1 1 In eutliusissm ran warm and More-
land ea nght It quickly. Together they
hastily planned out the little railroad
that wan to wind Its way through the
wilds and connect with the big rail-
road at the Halfway switch.
1 know l ui a doin' right about li"
the mountaineer said twice for the
benefit of hi conscience. "1 know
pore Dnvld he would want me f) do
tlit h of he could know." I
"I'm sure of It." agreed Dale. "I ll
stcrt for Cincinnati tomorrow. I've
got enough money to take me there
and hack. I have 11 very wealthy
friend there his name Is llinris; I
think I can borrow enough from him
lo Muauce the tK-inuing of this lliiug.
And I'll hiiy h locomotive and mix
and all the oilier necessury machinery
while l in in Cincinnati unless I lud
to jret ihe money from Harris. When
I vet hack which should be wimin
eivht dujs. we'll start the work. At
a nuess I'd sy we'll need twenty
men. Cm) we gvt them?"
"Shore." nodded the mountaineer.
"And all .MoreinndH at that."
I hey turned homeward. At lust
Hill I rule wi. happy lie hsd some-
thing to do now an aim in life. He
had difficulties 10 overcome obstacles
to remove harriers to surmount It
was lilt hie chance 1
It wns almost sundown when Dale
returned Trout bin visit lo the roal
vein H'.g I'lne mountain hid the sun
nt a little ttfler throe In the afternoon
lie hnrrowed a tihing rod and 11 min-
now .i.il uli'.cli made his uoing to the
river to proner enough to John
Morelund. and set out to meet Hiibe
Uttleford. lie was find that nobody
ipressed it desire to accompany him.
ne found Hen Uttleford's daughter
where he h:id found her twice befon
Slttihl.' oil II sj the ize of tl simmII
bnrrol. She wji tlshiug with an un-
hliitid book which was equal to ti-li-liig
not at 1. II. and she seemed pleased
when ihc -iiv him coming lie sj.t
down on the stone ut her side. She
moved over 11 I tlle shyly and tried lo
cover lor feet with her calico skirt-.
"Needn't hot hi r to hide I hem."
Inujrlied Hill Dale. "They're pretty
oioi-h. M M feet y'know. are ncces.
vary ei!s. !il:c chimneys and rnin-
M outs !"
Hi. he I. ill ford blushed. He went
on. lo hide l.cr eof.f ijslou. "Tell hie
about the rifles. "
"Voll must shore I eei It secret"
tic told him.
"I promise."
"Hotter put yore book lu so's ef mo-
body con.es nloi g "
Dale threw out en empty hook.
"I want to tell ye some oilier th'ti'i
fust so's ye'll ondersfuinl better whoo
I come to the part about ffe rilies.1
Hr.be began looking M.ouchifiill.'
aero the water to where a ktn:Mslier
si t In watchful waiting. She contin-
ued slowly. cl.Aos.ng her words cers
fuily. "I was brought up to hate then
aforelniir's. but I don't think I d. My
l-eopl Is Jest like tle Morelwuls. The
biggest' r.Jffereuc ye can tiud la thai
cue s!de mostly baa grey eye like
ju r.rd t'oiher aide Mrosrly has brown
eyes I'ke ne. All but thetr everlastln'
Ughtlr". they're good people. Bill Dale.
"Kach side ye eee. Is brought up to
bete t'other '. I'm ashamed bo tell
It. but I .nVrtard th fnst plalo
worda my I ncle M.nl t.lttletvd'i las'
baby said was rl-ene here: D n Johr.
Moreland!' it sirred a long lime i.K".
and It starts! over nofhlii'. tJrinlpM
Uttleford and John M.e-etr.nd s p:it
got in a :ispute over whether Katn
fucky wr.a in Vlrg'i-.n or Viiwth r
liner and went to Ir'n'"' ab.in I..
Purty tufin my line'e Si ul and A bin1"
Moreland M.enel a 'eng. 1r.1l Hi-'
went to righfin'. to. Tbrnl: goMin-s.
It was on HuiMii.y. 1 nd ii" e of
d'dn't have their rib wfh cm. WbiH
ever else we ore or nln t up here. HH
Dale we gen'ally respectn the Sabborn
day to keep It holy. . . "
"1 see." Dole muttered svinnr.thet-
THE SNYDER SIGNAL SNYDEJV
101111;.
"I've seen my own mother set down
In the floor und take her boy'a head
In her lap oh such n big tine boy he
was! while the blood run through her
dress from a Morelnnd's bullet. He
died with mother's arms and mine
around him. It was all we could do
fo' him. was to love him. I've seen sis-
ters wntch their brothers die from
Moreland bullets and young wlmmeii
watch their sweethearts die and wived
watch I heir husbands die
"I tell you. Hill Dale them More-
lauds never misses when I hey have
even half a fair shot. You'd be puf-
feclly safe In n-lettln' any of 'em shoot
dimes from atween yore finger and
thumb all day. And It's the same way
with the Llttlefords. They're fighters
too every one and they don't give In
any more than ihe Morelnnds does.
"Addle Moreland knows what It Is
to take her dyln' boy's head In her lap
whilst blood run through her dress to
her knees. Ills name was Charley
and he was bnd; he'd drink and oncet
he shot up Cartersville. Hut Addle
she alius loved him betler'u t'nle 01
Luke. Wlmmon like her allu loe
the worst boy the best; 'cause they
heed It the most the worst boys does.
"it's the wlmmeu Hint pays Hilt
Dale wheu the's tightln. The wlm
men o' this valley is riubl now mi
needles: they're a f card the mi n il llinl
their rilles. You can guess whnr tin
guns went to now caln't ye? The wlm
men hid em last night alter the met
had gone to sleep! Hy good luck they
hud almost a whole night fo' It. You
must be shore to keep II to yourself
but I know ye will. Addie MorelamL
she started the Idee. She gol (.irumiy
Morelnnd to spread the word amongst
the wlinmen o' my people. When tli
tightln' fever Sort o' dies down tl"
guns'll all be brought back and pul
whar they belong."
She arose and Mood there siniimt
down upon him. lie whs staring at
the swirling wi..r without seeing il
at nil.
Her voice luullghl him to himself.
"What're you a-thlnkin' about Hil'
Dale?"
Dale went to bin feet lie saw Ihttl
she was smiling and he smiled too.
"I was thinking." he said "Of the
difference between you and some other j
women I kuow." 1
Her clear brow a eyes wldeued. j
"And I reckon 1 seem purty no 'count1
don't IV" !
"No. not at all. It Is er. quite the
opposite Habe. You make them ap-
pear unreal artificial."
Hube Uttleford's oounienauce bright-
ened. She did not doubt that he meant
It. He was not or the sort Unit flat-
tered. She began 10 like Hill Dale at
Unit mine moment.
And Hill Dale told himself as he
went homeward that he wa begiunln
to like Hube Uttleford. lie did not
tight the feeling because It somehow
made the world seem a better place.
Karly the following morulng Dale
mud ready for his Journey to Cincin-
nati. Having learned the evening be-
fore that he was going Hy Heck had
come to accompany him to the Hulf-
wny switch.
The two set out. They had three
hours In which to cross Duvid More-
land's mountain before the arrival of
Dale's train and they walked lei-j
surely.
They had not gone a
when there came from
down near the river the
dozen rods
somewhere
sound of a
rifle shot. Holh stopped
and faced
about ii!' kly.
"I'll be dndguinuied ef the Little-
fords am i found their weeponsl" el-j
claimed Hy Heck. "They have Igod .
as shore ns daugit '" I
"How do you know?" Dales voice 1
was troubled. . I
"I shore know
his gaxe. "'At
old Winch.
I lleered il at
" and Heck narrowed
was Hon Uttleford's (
I'd know that gun el 1
the nawth pole. Tht :
bar'l H' men cut olf and It don't
sound 'Ue other Winchesters." j
".'n!eb Moieland was dow n near Ut
rler cleaning out the sprlnghoust j
dlti h" I 'alt muttered facing his com j
panion. "I think we'd better go back."'
Together they went back to ihi-i
cabin. .lo!n Moreland and hi- wife)
and tl 'lr on l.uke were standing at 1
the w iiii.eiheiiien front gate with!
their c.ies uined at.Alously toward Hie
river. Caleb was coming up through
the im ihIiiw 1 i.d he carried his hat In
his h:md.
"Who 'Ki-imI thul shot?" asked Hale.
"Hen l.nti lord." John Moreland an-;
aweri'l remit 'y. j
Two i.'.i:;:ej later t'nleb leaped the j
old rail fene. on tb oiber side of thej
road ri:l 1 .pproi . lied them hastily. Ilej
was bivmhiig 11 n'.t'.v himI bis strong
young rife was dirvvri ano priewith
the old hi.te.
"Weil." Miii r.' iron fi.rher. "hai
Is It?'
I'aleti laid .p r.s brt.adritutiied
black hat er.1 rtn a l.eger ibr..ngh a
hole in fb"i.'ier ls.ri of the erown'i
peak.
"Ue dito't Kisa!" auappe.d John
Jdoreland.
"No" quickly replied Caleb "be
didn't miss. He (loo t never miss. Ten
know that pep as well as ye hoes
Uod made ye. Ue done It Jest to shot
sac be meant what be said. He told
sne to go and tell yon to getber op
yore set 0' rabbit-hearted beat hern f
nd come down to the river fe a leatf-nd-powder
picnic onless ye was a-
keered to cornel He said te tell ye
the wlnuix-ufoles had hid our gun
and we'd tnd em ouder the hous
lloorn."
John Moreland took It with utfei
calmness though his face was a llttl
pale behind Ida thick brown beard
lie turned to hi" wife who looked at
bim Miuurriy.
"Addle t.ouej" said be "I'm mighty
sorry."
"Kf ef jou was inucb sorry John"
Mrs. Moreland half eoWved. "ra
wouidii t go down thar to the river."
"Me a coward?" Moreland appeared
to grow an Inch In stature. "Me let u
Llttleford send 111c uews like this her
which I'ale brings and not do nothln'
at nil about It? I thought you knowed
uie better'u that Addle."
He faced his two stalwart sons. Al-
ways he was Ihe general the leader
of his clan. He sent Caleb in one di-
rection and Luke In another to nrous
bis kinsmen.
Then he beckoned to Dale Who had
been trying hard but vainly to think
of something to do or say Hint would
be of aid to the cause of the women
"I don't want you In this here mix
up" he said decisively. "You tnusi
stay clean out or it. You aln t used
to this way o' tlghfln'. Asides you r
our hope. More'n that mehbe you
owe yore lire to Habe Llttleford; you
caln't get around that. Hill Dale."
He went on after a moment "Kf I
git my light put out today 1 want
to do the best ye can with the coal
Hut o' course ye will. I want ye to
do me two favors. Hill Dale ef I huvt
my light put out today. Will ye do
'em fo' me my frleud?"
"Certainly" Dale promised.
"Much obliged lo ye sfiore. The
fust la this: I want ye to take good
pay out o' what ihe coal brings. pu
fo' yore work. The second Is this: I
want y to go to Hen Llttleford utter
I'm done pervlded lie i jet 11 live
and tell him about the end o' my bed-
time prayer; I want him to know I
went him one belter at I was a big
ger man inside a 11 bliu. Kememlur
Hill you've done promised me. Now
you go ahead to Cinclunaty and d
Jest like ye didn't know the least thltiji
about this trouble we're agoin' te
have. So long to ye an' goo! luck I"
"1 don't like the Idea" Dale begun
when the big hillman Interruptec
Wiarply :
"(Jo on! You caln't do i.o gin.
here !"
Heck started. Dale turned ind fn
lowed the lanky moonshiner; ther
seemed to be nothing else to do.
When they had reached a point a
little way above the foot of Duvlo
MorclMid's iiioiihMilii. Ihe pmr linltei
. . ..i..i 1 '-.. . 1 o.M
fords and the Morelnnds every one ol
them armed going toward the river
It had a strange and subtle fascluii
tlcu fur Hill Dale a fascination tt.111
he did not then try to understand.
As the lighters reached dnngeroui
ground (hey dropped to their baud'
and knees and began to crawl throng t
the tull grasses the Ironweed and th
meadow clover. They were Intern
upou reaching the shelter of the treei
that lined the banks of the river with
out being seen. The stream here waf
more than fifty yards wide; this wai
Ulue Cat shoula. The two lines ol
trees stood back a rod or so from th
water making the final shooting dis-
tance some seventy yards.
Drawled Heck: "Le's set down ber
and watch It ; hey?"
Dale was silent. The very air wrs
tilled with Ihe spirit of tragedy. The
raroff tinkle of a cowbell semed
trnglc; tragic too sounded the souk
of a bird somewhere In tie tre
branches overhead.
"Did ye hear roe. Hill?"
"1 think." Dale muttered "that Id
better not go away until tomorrow.
I can't leave matters like this. Do
you know of any way to step that
down tl.ereV
Frit Alk1
kmmHmvtdimttm
Btwmt rryttmi gtu
Ymmi4 mitk
Miittur
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V;jiv-"'' j ltwmljp. -ji :':ht!iii.i'ii;iji!i
f'h" -1 : '
r b o.ru.x'Mi ills ahoulders.
Do you know o' any way to stop
the rlsln' and settln' o" the sun?" he
grinned.
I bey went buck to John Moreland s
cinm.
I I 1 altogether by accident that
I. :oid chief found his weunons.
They Dropped te Their Hands an
Kncs and Bsoan to Crawl Through
the Tall Graasta the. Ironwood and
the Moadow Clover.
ne iimo oroppeo a small mm nroiigb
a cr.ick In the floor. Hube was quick
to say that she would crawl uuder the
house and look for the coin although
she had Just put on a freohly laun-
dered blue-and whlte calico dress. Her
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anxieiy snowed piainiy m her race.
Ilcr father questioned ner huui"
Hie siuinimrcd In spite of herself. Hen
Llttleford s suspicions were aroused.
So he came out from under the cabin
Door with bis hands full of the steel
or rllle barren and with the money
forgotten. He pl.'l '''" nr'.
fully on the iloor of the porch turueit
and caught his daughter by the arm.
"Who hid Vm?" he demanded gruffly.
"I hid 'em" was the ready answer
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The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. FIVE, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1921, newspaper, July 15, 1921; Snyder, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288454/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .