Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 25

ROBBERS' ROOST by ZANE GREY s 0, b S ot e A b INSTALLMENT XXVL S the robber sprang up Jim's first| shot took him somewhere in the breast. It whirled him round. His gun, spouting flame, tore up the gravel at Jim's feet. A terrible wound with its agony, & con- sciousness of its mortality, added to the| overwhelming ferocity of jealous hate, gave the man superhuman physical ac- | tvity. He whirled, bounding the other way so swiftly that Jim's second shot missed him aitogether. Hays' gun was booming, but it was also describing the same curves and jerks as his body. Then, as passion gave place to des- perate need and the gun aligned itself with Jim, Jim's third shot destroyed aim, force and consciousness. Hays' demoniac face set woodenly. The gun, with hammer up, dropped to explode. And the robber lodged against the slant of wall, dead, with the awful- ness of his mortal passion stamped upon his features. p;,\‘, was cver. Jim breathed. hand which held his gun was so wet that he thought his blood was flowing. | But it was sweat. “I wish—Smoky could—kno tered Jim over a convulsive shoved Hays off the wall. ,” mut- Jaw. Wiping his face, Jim staggered to the rock and sat down. Spent and heaving he sat there, his will operating on a whirling mind. It was over—the thing that had had to come. All dead! Loyal and faithless robbers alike. What to do now? The girl! Escape from that hell hole soon, soon to be besleged again! He must pack that very hour and ride—-ride away with her. “Jim—oh, Jim “Helen—it's all—over,” he called, hoarsely. She appeared in the opening. “Gone?” she whispered. “Yes, gone—and dead.” “]—saw—you . . . 18 he—dead?"” “You bet your life,” burst out Jim, his breast oppressed. “Oh, help me out He ran 10 assist her. She came sliding out, to fall on her knees, clasping Jim with flerce arms. Her head fell against his “Get up,” he ordered, sharply, trying to lift her. But she was more than a dead weight. “God bls you! Oh, God bless you! she cried. The voice was husky, strange, yet carried the richness and contralto melody that had been one of Helen's ms Don't say that!” he exclaimed, | aghast. “Jim, you've saved me,” she whis- pered. Jim's hands plucked at her arms, caught them. She loosened her hold and raised her head to look up at him. He saw only her eyes, tearless, strained in over- Whelming gratitude. “No—not yet!" he blurted out. “We must hurry out of this.” She arose, still clinging to him. “For- give me. I am selfish. We can talk some other time. I should have realized you would want to leave here at once . . Tell me what to do. I will obey. Jim stepped back and shook himsel “You kept me from thinking,” he be. n, ponderingly. “Yet, we must leave .. . . Put on your riding clothes. dress you have on—and all ¥ Take your time. We're safe for the present. And don't look out. I've “I saw you kill the and I could help bury him.” 1 won't need you,” replied Jim, con- strainedly, and wheeled away. Madly | e rushed to and fro, while he searched | tae dead robbers, to fling their money and valuables in a pile. Then he dragged them to the brink of the wash and top- pled them over. Action had begun to steady Jim, if not compose him. He shoved all the money into his saddlebag. Next he packed every one of his shells. He might be attacked again in that hiding place. ‘Then he selected supplies for two packs and filled them, not forgetting a few utensils. His next move was to strap blankets and saddles on the two gentlest horses. ‘Those he led back to the cave, where he packed them. After that he had only to saddle Bay and the gray horse Helen had ridden there. Suddenly he thought of Smoky. If he had been alone, or with another man, even a helpless one, he would have taken time to find that strange and faithful robber and have given him decent bur- ialy. But he would not leave the girl. ‘While he stood there, trying to think what else to do, he remembered a sack of grain that Hays had packed from Star Ranch. He found it half full and tled it on the lighter pack. He hurried back to the girl, calling: | “Al ou ready?” “I've been waiting” she said, and | came swiftly out. The rider's eostume | brought out the rounded grace of her form. She had braided her hair. The | ;nmbrcro he remembered shaded her ace. ““Where are your veil and long coat?"” asked Jim, seeing her as on that un- forgettable da; “He burned them,” she answered in & stifled voice. ‘Get into this” and he held his slicker for her. It enveloped her, d on the ground. l\ mounted. e half | The | He! came a cry from the | back of th= cave. “ Turning to the gray horse, she “Ride close behind me where there's room. Just ahead where there's nof he_directed her. Jim tied the halters of the two pack animals to their packs and started hem off. Then he vaulted upon Bay—the first time for many weeks. The horse pranced, but steadied down under an iron hand and heel. Helen looked back as one fascl- nated, but Jim bent stern gaze shead. “I would destroy this canyon if that were in my power. Come,” he said. They rode up out of the oval, driv- ing the pack horses ahead. The rain was now falling heavily. On the gravel ridge to the west Jim saw a dead man lying prone. Soon they entered the wide, shallow wash, in the sand of which Jim espied footprints filling with water. They TH “Yes, on the trall of degenk men, and across that Dirty Devil River. ‘These Summer rains. It will be in flood. I would not be able to get you through. “You know best. But just to be free . . . to see my brother, Bernie! It is unbelievable.” Jim Wall looked away ‘across the brakes. Presently he said, “I will try to find & way out of this hole. The country is strange. I'll be lost soon. But somewhere up out of here—we'll find & lovely canyon where there is I must not run into ol ere not my only 1 don't want to be hanged for—for saving you.” Hi ! Oh, you frighten me!” “ I didn’t want to tell you. It is no sure thing that I can safely elude the rest of Heeseman's outfit if I try to get out through the brakes. It'd be far safer to hide you a while—south of here, out of the way of riders.” “Take me where you think best,” she said_tremulously. ‘When sénu get out you must go home | rode out of the tail of the storm and into a widening of the wash, where it reached proportions of & small valley. Scrub cedar and brush and cactus be- gan to show, and patches of sunflowers on low, sandy knolls. They passed the | cove where the riders’ horses had been lef:. Broad and deep was the trail to the south. “Are you all right?” Jim queried. “Oh, T did not know I could feel | rapture again. Yes, I am. | “You're dizzy just the same. You sway in the saddle. 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PENNSYLVANIA is my only kin, except very distant rel- atives who hate the name of Herrick. “Then go to a country as different from this naked, stony wilderness as day from night, where it snows in Win- ter and in Spring there are flowers, birds, apple blossom. .. .” “No, I shall not—leave,” she replied positively. A flash of joy leaped up in Jim at her words, but he had no answer for her. He led on, away from that broad, fresh trail into an unknown region. And it seemed that this point of severance had an inscrutable parallel in the tu- mult within his heart. The sun set in an overshadowed sky and storm threatened all around the horizon. Far north the thunder rolled and to the south faint mutterings arose. Jim could not hold to a straight course. He wandered where the lay of the land permitted. Rising white and red ground, with the mounds of rock falling and reen swales between, appeared endless and forlorn. He began to look for a place to camp. 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