Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 11, 1922, Page 2

/ ; PAGE TWO 14 ”, - THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER N SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 11, 1922 | jg - | ert, “Cameron,” | PROLOGUE. —Seeki: Author of SYNOPSIS . | g0ld In the des- solitary prospector, forms a partnership with an unknown man whim he later learns is Jonas War- ren, father of a girl whom Cameron ‘wronged, but later married, back in Illi- nols. Cameron’s explanations appease ‘Warren, and the two proceed together. Taking refuge from a sandstorm in 8 cave, Cameron discovers gold, but too late; both men are dying. Cameron leaves evidence, in the cave, of their discovery of gold, and personal documents. tells Gale he is the: Castaneda, Spanish and Thorne escape. the fort orders ro_to girl, wife, trom Rojas, Mexican bandit. CHAPTER I.—Richard Gale, adven- turer, in Casita, Mexican- border town, mmeets George Thorne, lleutenant in the Ninth cavalry, old college triend. Thorne save Mercedes his ‘afanced CHAPTER IL.—Gale ‘“roughhouses™ 1 Rojas and his gang, with the help of two American cowboys, and he, Mercedes bugle call from ‘horne to s regiment. Ho leaves Merced: i He les ercedes under Gale's pro- ection. CHAPTER IIL—The pair, aided by the cowboys who had assisted Gale in the eacape, Charlie Ladd and Jim Lash, ar- Tive In safety at & ranch known as For- lorn River, well across the border. CHAPTER IV.—The fugitives are at Tom_ Belding’s home. Belding is immi- fratlon inspector. Living with Mm are is wite and stepdaughter, Nell Burton. Gale, with Ladd and Lash, take service with Belding as rangers, Gale telling Helding the cause of his being a wanderer, a misunderstanding with his father con- cerning usiness abllities. CHAPTER V.—Mercedes gets word to %horne of her safety. Dick also writes tc his parents, informing them of his whereabouts. Nell's personality, and her kindness, attract Gale. CHAPTER VL—RIding the range, Gale #ulls In with a party of three Mexican raiders encamped at a water hole. Watching his_opportunity to oust them, he sees two Indians ride into the camp. One of them. a_Yaqui, is evidently badly wounded, and the Mexicans seek to kill him in & cruel way. Dick drives them off, conveying the wounded Yaqui to Belding’s ranch. e M BN ) CHAPTER VIl ! White Horses. i @A cripplied Yaqui! Why the h—1did you saddle yourself with him?” roared Belding, as he lald Gale upon the bed. Belding had grown hard these late, vlolent weeks. “Because I chose,” whispered Gale, in reply. “Go after him—he dropped in the trail—across the river—near the first big saguaro.” “Sure, Dick, sure,” Belding replied, in softer tones. Then he stalked out; his heels rang on the flagstones; he opened a door and called: “Mother —glrls, here’s Dick back. He's done wp. . . . Dowhat you can to make him comfortable. I've got a little job on hand.” Gale slept twenty hours. Then he arose, thirsty, hungry, lame, over- worn, and presently went in search of Belding and the business of the day. “Your Yaqui was near dead, but guess we'll pull him through,” said Belding. Gale told of his experience at Papa. go well. “That ralder who tried to grind the Yaquil under a horse’s hoofs—he was a hyena!" concluded Gale, shuddering. “I've seen some blood spilled and some hard sights, but that inhuman devil took my nerve. Why, as I told you, Beld- fng, I missed a shot at him—not twenty paces!” “Dick, in cases like that the sooner you clean up the bunch the better,” sald Belding, grimly. “As for hard sights—walt till you've seen a Yaqui do up a Mexican. Bar none, that is the limit! Dick, if I'm not mistaken, this fellow was a chief. It was a waste of strength, a needless risk for you to save him, pack him back here. But, d—n the whole Greaser outfit generally, I'm glad you did!” Gale remembered then to speak of his concern for Ladd. “Laddy didn’t go out to meet you,” Teplied Belding. “I knew you were due in any day, and, as there’s been trouble between here and Casita, I sent him that way. Since you've heen out our friend Carter lost a bunch of horses and a few steers. Did you get a good look at the horses those raid- ers had at Papago well?” . | Dick had learned, since he had be- {come a ranger, to see everything with Xeen, sure, photographic eye; and, be- ing put to the test so often required of him, he .described the horses as & dark-colored drove, mostly bays and blacks, with one spofted sorrel. “Some of Carter's—sure as you're born!” exclaimed Belding. “Well, what shall I do now?" asked Dick. “Stay here and rest,” bluntly replied Belding. “You need it. Let the wom- en fuss over you—doctor you a little. When Jim gets back from Sonoyta I'll know more about what we ought to do.” Gale had recelved several letterS from his sister Elsie, the last of which ‘he had not answered. There had not been much opportunity for ' DESERT GOLD Wildfire, Etc. Wwriting on his Infrequent returns to Forlorn River; and, besides, Elsie had written that her father had stormed over what he considered Dick’s falling into wild and evil ways. “Time flies,” said Dick. “George Thorne will be free before long, and he'll be coming out. I wonder if he’ll stay here or try to take Mercedes away?”’ “Wwell, he'll stay right here in For- lorn River, if I have any say,” replied Belding. “I'd like to know how he’d ever get that Spanish girl out of the country now, with all the trails over- run by rebels and raiders. It'd be hard to disguise her. Say, Dick, may- be we can get Thorme to stay here. You know, since you've discovered the possibility of a big water supply, I've had dreams of a future for For- lorn River. . . . If only this war was over!” The discovery that Belding alluded to was one that might very well lead to the making of a wonderful and agricultural district of Altar valley. While in college Dick Gale had studied engineering, but he had not set the scientific world afire with his bril- liance. Nevertheless, his smattering of engineering skill bore fruit in the last place on earth where anything might have been expected of it—in the desert. Gale had always won- dered about the source of Forlorn River. He had discovered a long, nar- row, rock-bottomed and rock-walled gulch that could be dammed at the lower end by the dynamiting of lean- ing cliffs above. An Inexhaustible supply of water could be stored there. Furthermore, he had worked out an irrigation plan to bring the water down for mining uses, and to make a paradise out of that part of Altar valley which lay in the United States. Belding claimed there was gold in the arroyos, gold in the gulches, not in quantities to make a prospector re- joice, but enough to work for. And the soil on the higher levels of Altar valley needed only water to make it grow anything the year round. Gale, too, had come to have dreams of a future for Forlorn River. On the afternoon of the following day Ladd unexpectedly appeared lead- ing a lame and lathered horse into the yard. The legs of the horse were raw and red, and he seemed about to drop. Ladd’s sombrero was missing; he wore a bloody scarf round his head; sweat and blood and dust had formed a crust on his face; little streams of powdery dust slid from him; and the lower half of his scarred chaps were full of broken white thorns. “Howdy, boys,” he drawled. *“I shore am glad to see you all.” “Laddy, go In the house to the women,” said Belding. “I'll tend to your horse.” “Shore, Tom, in a minute. I've been down the road. An' I found hoss tracks and steer tracks goin' across the line. But I seen no sign of raid- ers till this mornin’. Slept at Carter’s last night. That raid the other day cleaned him out. He's shootin’ mad. Well, this mornin’ I rode plumb into a bunch of Carter’s hosses, runnin’ wild for home. Some Greasers were tryin’ to head them round an’ chase them back across tlie line. I rode in between an’ made matters embarras- sin’. Carter’s hosses got away. Then me an’ the Greasers had a little game “Shore, Nell, It’s Only a Scratch. My Bronch Throwed Me.” of hide an’ seek in the cactus. I was on the wrong side, an’ had to break through their line to head home. We run some. closer call than I'm stuck on havin’” Belding curéed 1ow and deep in his throat, and the sound resembled mut- tering thunder. The shade of anxiety on his face changed to one of dark gloom and passion. Next to his wife and daughter there was nothing so dear to him as his white horses. His father and 'his grandfather—all his progenitors of whom he had trace— had been lovers of horses. It was in Belding’s bloed. “Laddy, before it's too late can’t I get the whites away from the border?” “I reckon we'd better stick here, Tom. Dick, it's some good to: see you again. But you Seem kinda quiet. Shore you get quieter all the out Sonoyta way?” ward the watering-trough, while the two rangers went toward the house. Dick was telling Ladd about the af- fair at Papago well when they turned the corner under the porch. Nell was sitting in the door. She rose with a little scream and came flying toward them. “Now Tl get it,” whispered Ladd. “The women 'll make a baby of me. An’ shore I can’t help myself.” “Oh, Laddy, you've been hurt cried Nell, as with white cheeks and dilating eyes she ran to him and caught his arm, “Shore, Nell, it's only a scratch. My bronch throwed me.” “Laddy, no horse ever threw youw You've been shot! . Mamma, here's Laddy, and he’s been shot. . . . Oh, these dreadful days we're having! I can’t bear them! Forlorn River used to be so safe and quiet. Nothing happened. But now! Jim comes home with a bloody hole in him—then Dick —then Laddy! . . . Oh, I'm afraid some day they'll never come home.” time. DId you see any sign Aot Jim | Then Belding led the lame horse to LAKE HATTIE W. G. Cook of Northern was an overnightguest at the J. S. Hoglum home Tuesday. Warren Stillwell went to Cook’s camp near Turtle River taking with him Gust Peterson’s team for woods ‘work this winter. Mr. and Mrs. ‘E. L. Horner and Carl Anderson went to Bemidji on Thursday with* L. V. Harpel. Mr. Harpel brought out a new range for || JMr. Horner and. supplies iffor Vhe Fernhill grocery. George_ Stilliell ‘'sold s Maxwell to Milo, Stilwell. i Erick Landgren was a Bemidji shopper Thursday. Mrs. E. Land- gren spent the day with Mrs. J. Wy Heggie. 3 . J.'W. 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