The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 12, 1920, Page 12

C omrades of Peril BY’ RANDALL PARRISH (Copyright, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919) (Copyrighted in Great Britain) FoR SIXTEEN YEARS The Famous Hotel St.Francis (Continued From Yesterday) | There was nothing for Shelby to Shelby rode away atlently between! do but obey. Suspicion caused him the two, conscious that this brief con: | to feel a thrill of apprehension from Versation had in improved his position. To be sure, he had escaped an immediate moeting with Manley, but the fact that the latter had entirety failed to mention his probable arrival, must have lett an} unpleasant suspicion in Laud’s mind. ‘The fellow said nothing, however, and apparently took no precautions, but Shelby was nevertheless fully| * aware that the other watched him/ cautiously, and would be quick to} eteact the slightest movement. They Fede at 4 walk thru a darkness so Profound that he could not be sure they were even following « (trail ‘There was no flash of lights any where, and, if there were cabins scat tered about, they must be well con eettted among the rocks, of hidden away in the woods The sound of bolaterous voices rang out occasion ally, but they bore off steadily to ward the left away from the noise, and he noticed the Mexiean had grasped the bridle of the buckskin and was firmly guiding the animal “Hell!” said Laud suddenty, “I for got all about the Kid. Wanter see him, Churehil’ “Not specially admitted hastily soon enough “All right then; tain't much farther enyhow. There's the hich rock Juan; the light! show round the next turn.” It did, shining out lke a star, and they drove up in front of a log shack, an odd-shaped, rambling af fair, built close in against a wall of rock. The door opened in rexponse to the sound of the horses’ hoofs, and a young woman appeared in the entrance, peering forth. i “That you, Juan?” she asked tn Spanish “Si; there are three of us, Pancha. replied the Mexican, “and we would fat quickly, Is the senor here? “Not since noon. Juan. He said Mitle when he rode away, yet there hag that occurred I would talk with you about. “"Tis well, little one there will be time Laud swung heavily down from hig horse, holding up his rein to Juan, who remained im the saddle He moved like one whose Limbs were stiffened by bein in one pout uion. “Holy Smoke! [ he muttered. “I will go along with You to the corral to teach my legs how to behav And as for you, Churchill.” his voice deepening on the word, “go on into the cabin, and wait there till we com “1 WAS DOWN AND OUT,” SAYS SEATTLE WOMAN Gained Thirty Pounds on Tanlac and Is Back on Job Feeling Fine, Now. j no way Sheiby will be ternight.~ mornin after we eat rity walk, “I count myself lucky that J got | Vanlac,” said William Weigel, 2602 ‘Third avenue, Seattle, a well known employe of the New Washington Ho tel, “for the medicine has really and truly built me up until I feel like a new man “Why, at the time I began taking Tanlac I was all down and out couldn't work, and thought my time had just about come. But now I ain enjoying the best of health and have picked up thirty pounds in weight in two months’ time. “About seven years ago my stom ach got out of order and my troubles kept multiplying until it seemed like nearly everything was the matter) with me. My appetite left me entire | ly and I could not eat anything with-| out bloating tetribly and suffering s0| much pain from indigestion that | could hardly stand it. Then my back | and kidneys got to bothering me, rheumatiam set in and I was in pain all over. I could not bend over and straighten up without suffering| agony and had headaches and dizzy spells so bad I could hardly stand on} my feet. My legs ached so bad with rheumatism that every step I took | was in pain and many a night I could not sleep on account of my| nervousness and misery. I lost| weight and kept going down until I} had to give up my job and thought I| wasn't much longer for this world. | “So Tanlac has certainly had a/ ** good chance in my case to show what | it ean do. I began to improve right! from the start and in a few weeks I was on my feet again. My stomach | simply feels like a new one now und| I don’t believe anybody has a keener | Appetite or better digestion than [| have. I am not surprised at my won- erful increase in weight and strength for I have been eating like| ao and picking up rapidly ever | since I finished my first bottle of Tanlac. I never have a pain of any kind now; am no longer nervous and dizzy; I sleep like a child every night) and feel better than I did even for|& years before my troubles started. After getting such wonderful results 4s this I could not do otherwise than recommend ‘Tanlac.” Tanlac is sold in Seattle by Rartell Drug Stores under the personal di- rection of a special Tanlac represen- GET WISE TO (wiy suffer the discomforts and )) embarrassments of a Gottre? £5 C. preparation for goitre bas bene many. Why pay several hundred dollars for an ‘Operation to Temove a goitre when O,G.C. €an be obtained for such a comparatively wasn .G.C. when pre tly applied senna oF yout euey will be et feel eed tect. by mall | Address Dept. C 0.0.6, CHEMICAL SE a ives satis || ly, feeling her earnestne. | etri's Indian Joe's curt manner, was nothing in the and his only chance of mfety lay tr words to resent han outward appearance of satiate tion, The girl drew aside, stepped forward into the room. An instant she lingered, ax he glanced hastily about at the plainly furniahed interior, then closed the began burying herself in arranging the tabla Shelby sat awkwardly down on a bench agninst the wall And apparently sb’ paid no further attention to his presence She was YOUNg, Not over aixteen, he judgtd with dark hair and eyes, decidedty pretty, and with a quick movement like the Might of a bird. ‘Twice she passed him on her journeys to the firopince, without even gtancing in bia direetion; then suddenly their eyes met, and she laughed outright ‘ou Verra dull, Americano, I not eee @ man like you before,” she dé clared positively, “You not care talk with me?" Sure I do.” and he straightened up. “I thought maybe you couldn't talk my language.” “Oh, that eet: you not speak Spar ish, senor? “Well, bardly, I kin make out in & way what anybody says, but when it comes to talking the lingo, bit rusty “Where you learn?” “When I was in the array, in Ari zona. 1 in Arizona once—Tucson: you there? Good. You not soldier now “Ob, no; that was quite a wt go; that is why I have forgott my Spanish. There aren't many « your people up here She shook her head, resting back against the table, and gazing at hv frankly with her dark eyes. “Juan and | all alone here,” « confesmed. “Eet is not nice—n Uke not these Americanos. You do not look like the senor—vat vas » funny name he call you™ Shurehill.~ “Shirchii—bdah! I not say cet verra goxt, Maybe you hav’ some other pame I can say better? You teil mo*" My given name you mean; that | Tom ‘Tom! Oh, I know that: I call Tom then, I am Pancha Villemont Which you rather say?" “Pancha, of course Juan?’ Juan Villemonte; brother—he. You not than? No; we fust met above. I had lost my way, and we ran into rach other up there, He and Indian Joe were driving cattle, and brought me along with them." rm a and who is he is my know heem ier ayes opened wider, and her) at hands tnteriecked. “You noe here before then? You never tn Wolves’ Hole till now?” “No, “But why you come then? Why they my you ride with them? Madr: de Dios! You know what sis place You, Pancha,” he answered sober I came to help a woman.” “You tell them that? Indtan Joe” ot Just as I have you; I let them believe I was in on the game bein played. In fact, I didn’t have to aay much of anything, for as soon as | mentioned the Churghi) understand. Wh I failed to make clear was that m object waa to help her.” Why yeu tet! me this™ “Because you are a woman, and because I think you ar straight.” rr name of Laud seemed to yet there and he | | | “1 know! She stared at him A moment in| silence; then went over and stood was breathing hard, and her cheeks were red “She come from a ranch on the Cottonwood” Yea.” “Senor Macklin brought her?” “Yea” Her white teeth gleamed angrity between the red offher lips. “An' what this woman to you, senor? Why you care what happen to her?” s looked frankly ito the ace, ‘ddtermined to rink all, suddenly convinced that this young Mexican bad an interest in his am ewer beyond any mere curiosity. “Because I am her husband,” he said quietly “You! her husband?” She almost screamed the words, advancing to ward him fiercely. “You not lie to |me! "They say to me you dead! They tell me that; they tell her that.” “Whe told you?” “Macklin; the Indians—al tell cet. Ranning Horse, he kee! you—like zis, es, he struck me all right, Pancha; at least someone did, also they left me there. But I was not dead.” An’ what he want of her? What Senor Macklin want of her? You know that?” “L know & little, but perhaps not all. Up Dragoon Creek I heard two fellows talking about !t; you know them lkely—Matt Hanley and Hank Slagin?” She nodded. “Hanley had got and pumped him. It’s some matter of a big fortune down Haat. It seems Macklin’s real name may be Churchill, and if ‘so his father is trustee for all this property, which really belongs to the woman. She didn't know anything about it, but wanted to get hold ned turn up, and claim it Macklin has got'an idea he can marry her, and #0 cop all the coin.” “He marry her be is the way Hanley under. Macklin drunk it's Shelby.” J Senor Macklin—bis name Churenin?” “I reckon likely; I don’t know.” There wa® a sound without, and she sprang instantly aside to the table, busying herself furiously. Laud and the Mexican entered, throwing their maddles down nolaily into one corner, and, without paying the alightest attention to Shelby, pre-| To} the} pared themselves for the meal. the rather curt invitation of former the ranchman drew up the bench to the table, and joined them. Pancha asked her brother a few questions, but Indian Jos never ut tered # word until he had eaten his |with her back agamst the door. She| [fill, Once Shelby caught his eyes) jlooking across at him, but except for | |that one glance, the fellow seemed oblivious of other presence. Finally he pushed back his chair, pulled his feet around, to where the| butt of a revolver was within easy | reach of his hand, and his eyes glared straight into Shelby’s face. “Had enough?” Plenty; Pancha ts a good cook.” ne is that. Thought I'd wait till after supper before we talked busi- ness, Now, Churchill, or whatever your namo is, maybe you'll tell me where you got that brone with a Three Star brand on him? 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