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HAPTER “ years old her father, “ihe Naures The Search for the Missing a of tage, ran owes womar " ¢ anrestraiwed joy pile he wife took the jitte aud . t t oe one parentiy ber hand w f and he was bending . : | . * fi mpee of the face partially | room, @ olen, and J moealed by the fo: f the man cane ng thowe & ard t . th only "4 oF Li , hy SA hep, « little laugh, and the woman's re owe 9 th voler Whe father of Mra Wante'e —, I: Why, of course I hurried; you eald Ore! bused died he lett * ur « you had » thing of euch impor prop bis grandeni Noe her Fy aed ae tance to tell me Oe Eaten oe Cue h, Vairbain,” spoke Keith, hie lips * . an time, failing at the ear of yther “That wry wan t be @ all right, and abe hee we hong certain dese aire Now, man, will} Wa was na Pus out H We nid 1" How 10 terest in it as (hough it was bie own CHAPTER XVI. Go back there, and meet Miss hie lets wirl, bul made mighty litte progrees. Maciaire I don't care where you take conspiracy anne did digeover that the father had Miss Hope Suggests. her lunch, anywhere; only keep her | vely, “but it doesn't the child to Bt Louie and left ROM Christie Keith went to y the hotel as long as possible brighter for Hawley m ere with @ woman a 4 ° eeeh veot: can do it far better thai for! php fg ond, but after the woman died “A will not suspect you of any in- y girl completely disappeared. “L was eure you would terest in this affair” Tell her any te phim if mothing else Then Mise Mackure is Mope u can think up to account for Ha come,” she declared frank. ) Waites haif-mater? know where the follow we, 4 . * atwence Good Lord, old man, For a moment ne one “That's the way it looks now.” Juneh 00 a8 to hens cd be ld a ene Cn ennel ew though Keith took “And Hawley merely Rappened t0 sa ee oe + in and win Jreminded tnatantiy of Me able o the right party It has seemed a long time since . ment y et re he could apeak, how ee clear. mone how {net “L had the pt cf tw " , Cheiatic looked up, with swift about. The boy told him abou per with Mt. 2M ial . eeminaee CHAPTER XVIII. pushing k her loosened the lost heiress his father waa aeare ne By Force of Arma. ing after and showed him hin sisters a was to have at the pf “Not in the least; our conversation ITH her heart throbbing to-night,” ture. ‘Hiack Hart’ instantly y inod her resemblance to Chri was She was fiercely, Hope clung to the trembling, “but w Maclaire and thought he saw @ telling me about what @ or ¢ f came out; het eha ertain exactly the terme wonderfully good man he is, L have Sitar GCOr Or Lhe) Yeevnu)s I pertaps naw foe of the will and what would be neces- begun to suspect the fellow has fas- endeavoring to see a@ little! sary for the identification. He never ‘And failed to show up-did he ted the poor girl he is a 1 what was traspiring | intended to go into court, Dut hoped fend Ho message?” OkINE devil, possesyed of @ tonKUe without, Just then Hawley came Up. | : P r Ore Dri Paina wee wellte ey e cite eet nce Win’ that Chrisie 4 BUFO Ny yu 45 not mean abe has WHY, hullo, Christie,” he said fa-| was called sud aly ot one ~~ the girl, relying on her gratitude fallen in love with him,” and Hope Millarly, “I thought I was early, and aft turned to for his profita, The eyes of the 8 Fairbain, wh face than usual, as he shifted toward Keith @huddered at the thought. “Why— why that would imposs'bie for—for a good woman. expected a ten minut wait, Leame out as soon as you left the stage. “Ob, | can dress in a jiffy when grow redder “When Waite played into his hands his axe by coming to Carson City, the chance was too good to be lost, i'm not eure Ho went over the whole long story . Hf That was a lie,” he confessed, he meant to kill him, but he did mean in detail, watching eagerly the ex- there is any cause for hurry,” Hope ? y eh 3 . ‘ ely, “be-t was told to say that” to have those papers at any cost: pression upon her face an she listened responded, permitting herself to drift b at ent, Sherif,” and Kelth Probably you know the rest—the grt “Do—do I really appear so much Mointed? Would you prefer to com- Unavoldably been mixed up in vented Hawley from winning except Uke—like that woman?” she asked Une with nature?” ffair from the beginning. Just that Waite got mad and decided to * a@axiously as he finished. ‘Very much indeed, excepti:g for the slight difference in age.” “That would never be noticed in “Well, I should say not,” drawing her hand through his arm, and then pat.ing it with’his own. “L have seen about all [ care to of nature, but not t relieve the or of his embarrasament. Miss Hope Waite and L have been associatad together in an effort to svlve yatery. ‘That knocked over the whole ‘They were outside now, a the first touch of the cool night air, the of Christie Maclaire. Will you give me time to talk to you?” the dark, or a poor light. Am I the eame height?” ‘This ovening, taking advantage of the first glance up and down remarkable resemblance existing. be- £ ? the sely atreet, brought Keith to bimseif, bie * “Why, of course,” surprised at the ° twoon herself and Miss Maciaire, Mia# mind’ ready to ‘with the | PAA ee vole he<oould you dis- aWwestion, yet full of eagerness, “Way —Wwe've got to find that woman who “Oh, but you will, my beauty,” he I reckon it must have beon her—any- form trembled. ‘There was ® mo- Hope decided upon a maak” — problem oi Hoye'a aignppearance, Tt | tiguish me from her by my voice?” should you ask that’? brought you up.” growled. “I thought you might act thing wrong?” ment's sile: nat seemed to him he had already looked : TT might; yet probably not, unless _ “Because I want you alone where | “Oh!” said Hope, not knowing what up and I'm ready. Do you think I “I'm not sure yet,” shortly, “Who kentiomen,” ahe be- citedly. everywhere, yet there was mon my ‘suspicions were aroused, What is 2° one can o rhear a syllable. Will else to way. am fool enough to leave you here was this other person? ingly, “if there is any ‘Yes, has been for do except to continue the search, only ’ it you are thinking about? you go to Joe's saloon with me?” Yer he went on, apparently alone to be pumped dry? It is a big — “Old fellow with white hair and fraud, any conspiracy, I have borne bad all the The more systematically. sumed control—clear headed police force of stake I'm Are ing after, girl, and I Mr. Hawley hunting you." “Oh, 1 would rather not," Hope fal- Satisfied with her exclamation. “Of no conse “Of playing Miss Maclaire to-night,” whiskers—swore like a pirate--had ous part in it she sald quickly. “Ot taking tered, bewildered by this unexpected course, 1 know she's dead, or at least, am not going to lose it through the the sheriff along with him came to me saying a dying man had The old man ed at the speaker, customed to that sort of thi: her place, and learning what it is of request, already haif tempted to break YOU say 80, but wo haven't got whims of a woman. it you won't go It came to Keith in a flush—it was left with him certain papers, naming open-mouthed, and muttered som in Hickock and his deputies to #0 much Importance Hawley has to &¥@y and run. “Really I—I don't ©nough proof without her—not the /pleasantly, then you'll go by force. waite, Perhaps Christie kn Per- one Phylliss Gale as heiress to a very thing about Fort Hays, but Keith, and fairly combi e town from j report. Don't you think it might be Want to go there.” way old Waite promises to fight your Keep still, you tigress! Do you want yaps the General knew, Certainly large estate In North Carolina, left paying little attention to him, hurried one end to the other voice re- Claim—and so we've wot to hunt for “You shall “ substitute. Do you happen to know There is @y old woman about the right age Nt right, Christie gaining its pleasant tone. have your way this time. me to choke you?” She struggled to break loose, twist- ing and turning, but the effort was jot a rat have slipped unobserved througs: the net he dragged down that y or ita intersecting atleye—but he wad ; her in trust. He said on with his story. on taken West, when ‘Aa l say, she decided upon impor. rs old, by her father sonating Christie here, boping in this done?” “The result, if accomplished, would abundantly justify the means, Hope,” by her grandfi the girl had b scarcely two y something of importance was crystal- lizing in the actress’ room which might help to explain all else, He ur too much at stake for us to quarrel! WO would make affidavit for you? useless. There was the sound of feet pushed up the stairs, barely walting to in a fit of drunken rage, and then way to learn more regarding Haw- without result; nowhere was there Penmriee ecbae OF ade 7 Ad 208 over: tris She probably wouldn't have to go on scrambling down the path, and the fan once at, the closed door before deserted by him in. St. Lou lny's plans, We had discovered that found @ trace of eltber the garabler esitating on that account, but con- “ dichtened, yet not daring to resist the stand at all. Waite will cave in frightened woman perceived the dim jy pressed it open. The sight within “You--you saw the papers?’ Waite tho two were to meet after the eve- or bis companion. anne the rhage would incur.” iy oF exhibit the least reluctance, she % soon as he knows we've got the outlines of several approaching men. noid him silent, waiting opportunity broke. ee a eee ning performance at the stage door of dug ‘into eslecns, begnion, ene hat Would Bo yo small merely clung to his arm, and permitted him evidence. She gave one scream, and Hawley 14 blurt out his news, Here, also Was “Yeu, thono that Hawley had; he the Troc Lescorted Hope there, gance-halls, searching back rooms to lead her to the right down a dark | He waited for an answer, but she Teleased his grip on her arms to 2 5 ‘ ‘ ~ dressed as near like Miss Maclaire as yng : the theatre to the hotel,” she plead- . reap her thinas tragedy, intense, compelling, which gave them to mo to keep for him, » 4 und questioning inmates; they routed ed, “Once here it could make no Passage and out into the open land hardly knew what to way. ‘Then she Fish) jerked away, halt stumbling £0" the Instant soemed to oven over She crossed to her trunk, and eamo Binlie Wwalting for Black Hart’ te Out every Coctpant of the Sei ae } difference if he did discover my Devons. ot ae ake “yt ‘emembered that Keith insisted that packward over a feck. The revol shadow the fate of the girl he loved. back, a manilla envelope in her hand ' 2 : vaded boarding houses, ai } 4 y, and scarcely spoke, yet pro- Miss Maclaire had no conception that revolver, ‘There were © men present, and his Bppear. At the head of the alley [ram shocks and tents, indifferent to the identity, for there would be plenty of CArdill 4 curried concealed in her dress, was ; 5 and Waito opened it hastily, ruuniog bis by Id him some t q eode though the passage was there was any fraud in her claim , woman. She stood clutching the vonte into Fairbain, told him something Of rote those disturbed,—but with- ; men near at hand to come to my regent i f laim. in her hand. Mad with terror, why ‘ we eyes over the contents, the circumstances and porsuaded bum ® defense. Oh, please say yes. reasonably familiar and he had some — “No, I know no one, Rut what do scarcely knowing What she did, one back of a chair, white- and opens “wre infernal scoundrel!” he ex- score Mina Chriatie buck to the Cut re@ult. They found several who ] “If 1 do, then we must make the t1- doluite point in view. She answered you mean? 1 thought everything was pulled the trigger. In the flash ane C¥e% With Kalrbain slightly behind giincq hotly. “These were stolen jot he know Hawley, others who had seen ; fusion perfect, and take as few ! monosyllables, now thoroughly straight?—that there was no ques- saw one man throw up his hands and er, one hand grasping her arm. the oi nie at Carson City.” He was not very hard to persuade, th?.two together passing by the tents : regretful of having permitted herself tion about my right to inherit? m. 1 other clinched, his jaw set pugna- i a M p ed windows of the Trocadoro, but be- chances of discovery as possible, Toto’ irirt into this position, yet not In sw ht to inherit? go down. ‘The next instant the others Gigusly, Facing these two was Waite, et moe sno them, The aberiff Well, liawley came and Hope m ond that—nothing. must learn exactly how the other " Well, there isn’t, Christie,” pulling were upon her. vt , ran them 0: merely glancing at him; they went out of the alleyway *% P dresses, and when she leaves the the least knowing how to extricate fercely ‘on his cigar. “But the courts py aege ne & heavey, eae man wears ® the Indorsement towether arm in arm, talking pleas- , Keith, with the Sherif? end twe s : 8 a. herself. : ae J ‘ ‘do 4 maimed. , H owethe . theatre, | Fortunately, for, the mic- Mawiey took everything for grant- {ye harticular: they have got to have CHAPTER XIX. oud netter acknowledge it" ‘Just ax you represented, Waite,” wntly, and turned thin'way toward the eee eet ean ee ae Car eee MP bitereees tonne ed, her very allence convincing him [thought all mone Pak ae ine In Christie’s Room Di heb urs geapteeetePeyd LE Se IL) SO a Ae A Ry ny A ee den taas dbase ase Kind flush of dawa, they Sane tem, ‘ or aquiesce y rol fe One ‘ould le the . oe le newcomer, “I ake your commission as Kuardlan, and d the: delayed not to ex= a found thea behind the scenes, so that Hawley Of Lor gaulesnn ine eoallavavee entire matter with Waite outside, but RUTH swept his 10nC0 OD ee ee ee ree vou T teil you tis gemoranda of identification, Well, coad two mines king @ Ane) selves at the oping of coon wilt be compelled to wait for the Indy jiaden within her dress, undoing a yay 4 fool won't listen to reason. 1 and down the street with. is tue Sheriff, and we've got you both Miss Maclaire, how did you happen word t Trenched Nit" ‘Pesring down, ipto ite ett | 9 Outalde the stage door. 1 had better hidden within her dress. undolng ® saw him twice to-day etry eit fa be po easily convinced that you the at hud di CM wed dase’ thal alee 1 0 at once and see to these detail” micit grasp it more quickly. Haws worse. surprise wringing the out results, Surely, Haw. ded Hee iged, “why should 1 be were the lost girl have hunted them everywhere with. Shatowed, deptha | they, | Moe! ley felt the movement, the trembling “i Fram her ley ant his companion arrexted? 1 have done nothing.” “Mr, Hawley brought men picture Out Hnding a trace—T have even been there motionless. Keith sp n CHAPTER XVII. of her arm, a rete thouRht 1 had got him off on could not have disappeared ““YGu'ro an adventuress—a damaed which he said was of this glee halt. (rough the resorts, She bas not re- beside it and turned the rigid form Stage Door of the Trocadero, ,"¥°%, 80 afraid, just the same,” Ara aa Bue hee uta eee so suddenly, They had turned to the adventuress — Hawley mistress, sister; the resemblance War move en A Ae horn hoping that Mise Mar over until the dead fdce was re- OPE discovered very tittle eed preaeine her, to mim lover, lke a bad’ penny. What's worac, he's Tieht, he was certain as to that, and probably a" — startling. This, with the fact that F claire might have some information.” teeed, | the wen LERLit wee Uae ‘ @ifficulty in duplicating woman's narvant? evidently stumbled on to @ bit of legal he pushed through the crowd of men bak oe ; eta Sree es meth A any y ‘ame, and that ,,588 shook her head, and Walte, staggered back at the recognition, via a) lonalinbane t- Information which piakes it safet for ground the theat tran nd: gene ee lee acne aela { . glaring impotently at the two of them, purely abl late. the outer garments Keith “Yes, that and loneline Fesent- ito disappear until we cainmer ger around the theatre entrance, and qron that, Miss Maclai my ‘tr my earlier life was paswed in st. Sti mbit arely able to ejaculate, reported Miss Maclaire as ing his familiarity ere need to hie of our ehain fomeed, Hen akon hastened to overtake them. and if you say another word I'll smash Louis, sutticed to make mo belleve he sed Ged man! my 1 Hope, Be Sheriff! This is one of ples Bo any farther? Surely, We AF the case into court already, and the He found nothing to overtake—no- You, Sheriff or no Bherltf. must be right alone with that damn villain, Come “ani Geri was bending instantly “amX Christie Mactatre?” Hope “Only’a few stops; the ravine ts Sheriff Ia here tryin’ te find me so aa where along that stretch of atrect, SA Ea! Be chmortad,. “lwnas, Pe ag Cle FL A a gn. Sheriff: we've wot to find ‘her. above the corpse, searching for the ana far be erv papers, I've got to ski aaay wc ‘ 5 be d ‘ait though!" and he strode al- asked Inughingly, when she had yonder, and we can sit down on the oui tnd gorve par Bot to Skid umined by window lights, was there nave you Kot to’ do with this? re ity gy sh ‘ Be yearn, Uiode ale truth. pinprist depned them, » beventirely out of signe there” “I?” rising to her fect indignantly, SOY #en of a man and woman walk- | 't've got this to do with it, youn I do not," her ips barely “First, 1 want to know who the devil |,you Know the fellow! ‘Bufticiently #0 to fool our friend,” be ontirely aut of alight ththe rather “What have J done to bo frightened 6 together, He stopped bewildered, fnd-tho woman iy to be tioated wid forming the words. "Phe wounan Who you are? “Yo name was he returned, “but I am ready to swe Ho helped her down the rather | 1129, ta bilnaly al failing utterly TexPect or LM blow your dainned Ob- yrought me up never told me. Keith stratghtened up, looking ai- “Well been dead some hours, that lady never looked so charming.” sharp declivity until both were thor- ? staring blindly about, failing utterly gtinate head off.” “Who-—who was the woman?’ rectly into the force questioning eyes, at least six, I ehould say; shot just They barely entered the cuter circle oughly concealed below the prairie Ho laughed, but not pleasantly. to comprehend this mysterious van- The Sherif laid his band on Waite'’s «A Mrs. Raymond—Sue Raymond— “I have told you my name—Jack @bove the ¢ nd Fe of the Trocadero lixits, noting @ level. Feeling about with bis hands Mh eo egistics can't ydu “un ising, What could it mean? What shoulder ashe was on the stage, and dled 1m Keith," he replied, quietly. "Doctor 100k here, Keith, at the sise of this group of men thronging’ about the he found the surface of a smooth derstand? Old Waite is after you the jag happened? How could they have “Come, ho sald, firmly, “this ts no ‘Texan San Antonio, f think.” Fairbain knows soincthing of me but bullet wound; that’s no mans guy doors, and hearing the sound of the rock, and seated her upon it. ‘Then same way he is me. Ivl knock our 4 Apa i way to get at it, We want to know ite wwore audibly, his eyes never for your further informa will in this country—no more than @ ‘83, band within, and then turned swifly 4 match flared, casting an instant’s Whole case if he can get you into 4isappeared so completely during that certain facts, and then we can pr once deserting the girl's face. add that when we met before was I'd say down the narrow, dark alleyway lead- gleam acroys his face as he lighted court before our evidence {is ready, single moment he had waited to coed lawfully. Let me question the —“Iiawley told you to aay that?" Captain Keith, Third Virginia Cav. _“Miss Waite had @ small revolver. his cigar, Blacker than over d the stage entrance, Keith, the All you know is what I have told you ‘4 ? Th o Sho must have mhot the fellow. But ing toward the stage e © a ee eee na eye ee een eb e cu gy speak to Fairbain? ‘The man's heart woman,” he did * she protested alry, and bearing despatches from “No, no’ having been there before, advanced beat like a trip-hammer with ap- ri vo older men still fac oe warmly. “It was never even men- Longstreet to Btonewall Jackson, why did they leave the body here to nevenentiy, but Hope, her heart beat- groped for a seat beside her, She sot to have proof. I can get it in @ prehension, @ sudden fear for Hope arciber" ein eae ae eee on Ty eee ne viuast, not Sue The «ruff old soldier, half-ornzed D8, discovered? ing wildly, clung to his arm, scarcely could perceive just ony star peering month, but he's got hold of something taking possession ef hun, Ghelatie draw tue actor pack fea Waymond's nav What ulfference by the nows of his daughter's peril “They were in a hurry to get away, Venturing a word in reply to his through a rift of cloud, and in her which gives him a leverage, I don't “Surely the girl would mever con- between her and the Sherlff, can that make? the glean of his eyes still revealing and knew he wouldn't be found be- whispered assurance Fortunately, nostrils was the pungent odor of Ww owhat it is—maybe it's Just © sont to onter any of those dens alon “You thin He stopped forward, one hand flung UhControtied temper, stared at the fore morning, A six hours’ start they encountered no one, and Keil tobaceo. the charge is conshiracy, the way, and Hawley would not dare ou may ask mo any iw you stopp om 4 OF 1 unger face fronting him; then means a good deal, They did drag {ney ag cautiously in the dark, eaaily With a little shiver of disgust she and-he's got warrants out, |The fosort te foroe in the open strect, ‘The please” she announced, quietly. “I out, and Fairbain sprang tnatantly slowly he held out his han him back out of slght—look here. This succeeded in locating the opening to drew slightly away from him, dread~ Moghing for us to de but skip very thought seemed preposterous, fight hero In my POUT en ee er stem there, Waite,” he com shang Coee ea ae was where the suse Welt s wha 1 come, » thing 08} gage § ! . t hero ny room, ands ©! re, Wa owe! . and here Is where the ma us the veatlbule | cing to leave Wiens ate. fart wae in’ her eaves atte ureed, feeling the insistent and yet With no other supposition “Very well, Mins Maciaire, It will manded steraly, "Whatever she ways 4) lod, ‘thats socold Ing it out upon the ground. “SNe Now, 5 0 i alo: a . s¢ the man, and sparring for Possible, ered o r ment, 7 re t tht y . you,” he whispered, “and your own However familiar Hawley attempted Hoe oe ee earns {oF the other in hasty search, questioning Tits You wuowa this man Bewley tt You blundoring old idiot," the fietam "And vou keow Hoper? " Sterd they aregsed her up the petee Wit ‘will have to carry you through. 1 to be, he was evidently not sufticl- \e'the Sheriff ia hunting us, the trains the inmates sharply, only to tind him: “Morely a few, daye—aince I ars other axploiied. "Tm not going to Yen, Genernt where they Grageed Her BP tB8 Raue wnow you eet RAY ove, BatE Pe Some entirely offensive. She might Will be watohedy at > Hope oie vanished ne thouaet awake Ted im Bherigon mmuntoation MUI Neri stand aaiia, wil Your | He lookwd wbout ay though dazed, been half a dozen In the party. Get right, and 4 ah " . “Do you suppos am fool enoug! f anae a H ou were romm| oT Ho mached the starded girl, thrust and the sheriff broke tn not uakindly. back out of the way, Sima, while Christie and give her some explana- not have frowned at his love-making, ty risk the train he lowed by the earth, He explored with bim before that?” aside iho darie wale combed low OVOP Be My . ¢ : f. “ 4 ‘ains ; s 4 th 0 ? site c c 0" pl, Walte, if we ire going to follow the trail, ton of why Hawley failed to most ola sepe rently he Ne V not yet Pror roughly, plainly losing patience, "Not @ark passage ways between the scat: ‘Pho pleasant. volcw and quiet de- tho neck, aWwung her about toward earch for your dauahter we better bs was plain hough, aaw thee bie 4 Aamo proniised, tt will never fo for gremssd, Sursclonsy Far F704 much; horses and tho open plaing for tered buildings, rummagin: about meanor of the Shorift soomoed to yield the Nut, and stared at a birthmark bo at It, Come on, il of y Mis® daylight to assiat them, and led her to suspect, until you have time iy Graces to venture ether determined W# and a good night the start of them, recklessly, but caine back to the the girl confidence und courage. balitnd the ear, No one spoke, old Maclairo will be safe enough here around the edge of the bill, A hun- fears ah possible You are Aol pressed her lips together, cere the They, Will search for me Arst, and Street again without reward, Yos, ho had written ma two or Waite seomingly stricken dumb, tho alone ired feet away they Gata te hae afraid?’ ia sii to resist any further approach of the your never be missed until you fail Could they have gone down the three letters. woman shrinking away from lim as — He took hold of Keith's arm, ques- jiorsog had been standin, the “Yes, Lam," clinging to him, “but man, However, his earliest werd’ to show up at the Trocadero, Never other side, in the deeper shadows, "You mat bim bere then by ap- thouvh sho feared #he was erived toning him briefly ax they ‘pasted troupied od evidencing they’ mes but I am going through it just the were a pelle. rari lowly, Mind the clothes; they can be sent and thus reached the hotel more pointment?" “What is it?” asked the sheriff, down the hall, On the statra the pave thane Pegibene Pee Aes same.” i R reckon Chriatie,” Me anid alanis atten ua quicily than it seemed to him “Ho was to come to Sheridan and sternly. latter took his turn, still confused tiny, ‘Keith and the Sheriff circlea % ‘There was no one In the alleyway, between | puffy on his cian the wTo-nixht:” she cried, awakening *ble? There was hardly @ chance explain to me more fully what his let. Slowly Watte turned about and by what he had Just heard out until they floally struck the trail 1g” which was narrow and easily ex- lighted end of which faintly Mlu- to the immediate danger, and rising tat this could be true, and yet Keith ters had only hinted at." faced him, running the sleeve of his “Who ix Miss Maclaire?”" he asked. ra 2 ™ minated his face, “you've got the idea to her of the party, which led forth south. T have brought you out here to make you. te urse, but who ts Phytiis Gale? West across the prairie. plored, but the glow from the front id taint ealed the shadow eat. “You urge me to fly with sTasped at It desperately, cursing windows plainly revealed "Yor UsseRTed night ?-—now ?"" himself for having wasted time, Five LA rapt edge of his purpose Phyllis Gale,” “Ot ¢ coat across hin eyes. dazed, confunded, previous knowl. He appeared Srna man near the entrance, and love. Lord knows I'd like to well ‘gure, don't be foolish and kick up minutes later, breathless, almost “Only ‘the barest outline— “My God, it's all right,” he sald, What has she to do with General ven horses, one being led lght," Keith slipped up toward him. enough, but Just now there's more @ row.’ The horacs are here waiting Speechless with anxiety, he atartled were given me later” ee ny od ee eee, Mahe Waite? His daughter haa told ma Said tho former. ‘That was Bott's, “You, Fairbain! What does this important matters on hand, Fact 18, just around the end of the ravine,” the clerk, Vill you tell Us briefly exactly she's the girl.” she never heard of any one by that Probably. eo. mean?’ What are you spying on us my gai, we're up against a little “she pressed her hands to her _ “Has Mise Walte come in? Miss t Hawley told you?" Christie stared at him, her Mpa nare, Sq "'Tuat's the whole story,” seplied : back-set, and have got to make @ preast, shrinking away from him, Hope Waite?" ‘Tho girl's bewildered eyes wandered parted, unable to grasp what it all “Well, Kelth, the old man has never the Shoriff, stardog off towaed the "She sald,” sputtered the doctor, shift in’ our plans—a mighty quick “No! No! I will not go!” she de- "Blamed if [ know," replied the from face to face, then returned to meant. told me much; he's pretty close- bare horigon, “anu the cusses at’ Miss Maclaire said"—— shift, too,” he aded, almost savagely. glared, indignantly, “Keep back! other, indifferently, n't for tho the waiting Sheriff. You mean IT am actually Phyllis mouthed, except for swearing, but ['ve least six houre the start with tres “But, man, that was not Miss Mac- —1 don't think T understand.” don't touch me!" life of me tell those two females “May—may I ait down?” she asked, That—that there ta no mis- read his papers and picked up a point horses.” He turned around. ‘Well, Jaire I was with; it was Hope Waite. “No, of course, you don't, You im- Hawley must have expected the re- apart, One of them passed through “Most certainly; and don't be take?” or two, I reckon the daughter, Miss boys, that takes ‘em out of my bali. Come back under the tent flap while agine all we've got to do in a matter sistance, for with a single movement ‘bout ten minutes ago; Doc Fairbain afraid, for really we wish to be your Ho nodded, not as yet able to put Hope, maybe never heard a word wick, I reckon, Some of the reat of T explain” of this kind is to step into the nearest he grasped her even as she turned was with her, Another party just friends.” tt iharn clearly. Inte words, Bhe about It, but the boy--the one that you will have to run that gang Fearful of the coming of Hawley court, and draw the money. One to fly, pinning her arms helplessly went upstairs hunting Miss Mac- She sank down Into the chair, and daa though about to faint, and was shot-—must have stumbled onto down, wed the portly figure of it to Hawley. he fairly dre ——_—_—_—_ - THE SEA WOLF | trouble 1s, our evidence isn't complete to her sldq holding her as in a vice laire, and as they haven't come down, even Kelth could see how her slender (To Be Continued). ain caught her, but she slipped the story and repe Jack London’s strongest, most exciting story, will be next week’s Complete Novel in The Evening World. It is a tale whose tense grip begins with the first instalment.