The evening world. Newspaper, May 15, 1915, Page 11

The Evening World Daily Magazine. Saturday. May 15, 1915 chthenh ; ' ——————. = HE OUTLAW A Siory of the Big Weat Anda “Bad Man's” Love eh he ee ie on ee | WEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE WOVEL IN THE FYEMING WORLD || No. 2 Schuyler Place ; —_—. hl — } u ‘ ’ < . 4iN ‘ ; iy 5 wwe VON eeerr ee te arene! wwe ee tad B ACKSON GREGORY [GREK RE Ebb RSEDETIEEEEERGEEEGEEEERAY t cme . . - . “ | tree . ou very , be | “ ‘ « ‘ CHAPTER ANT ; + of ioe " Orcar Balabrook Man ; OS Fa " ‘ ows ; . CHAPTER VV, : ‘ : 1 tat a ; ; The Valley of the Waterfalle, ] ‘ * " stage!” i : | phim. ot + where } . | ' ’ ' ort rhor | CHAPTER NV. ; : Hen sonia’ Ay 0 wa \ Black Hal Wins a Trick. i ’ ; aying ' i fem and we oan sane . where the ] ‘ n 1 jerked lis “a He watehed them tt pin } i ; o of hed anmicted " ty co he int x . and th no glanes I Gateetaoes ie y.” panted Hiv tt w cif from hie Yun he atpods and. jerked Dutresne's cont wetton with tryin wud tieey. And: Naked ae my 7a SiN He nought to draw hunseif up, to ; be a the . pete FOS hie shoulder HitMeutty t 1 " wan briet, he ain't goin’ to jews i going [hte hy wn suift his arin about Dufresne's body forward a litte, walking lowly, Mo that'a itt? but it wan ampty f buck to the I ' 1 i Chttrley, he aad aharply, “come ERO came a quick step upon the Wwatonful, latent ‘oh ow frenna's voles again, Con: <he niprey: be let! ther iS . walk ain the front deer, and He fe . ¥ \ trickte down hin (tuning, Milled with contemy e mt ve for the He fi ‘ then some one —a woman—was ru fas i Youre pet coming any eleser than ' He said that “AN! before he travele very far rap busy, Hing Up the step, unmet tHtention to ite ou nave to eh, Nesbit! Weil, t A I'm sou’ to introduce Dan Nesbit to Yaw take thre H natd sternly The gambler had shifted the bag of Rae He CWA BOAT eis wou , tron a hetare,, that | 5 A horse is out in the corral, dead. to his left hand, His rueht hand Thitteine has oat ft ‘ ha hand hang iy at bis made, and an in al thas xet the saddle off of him and put 4 gone to his pocket, and Oneat third: tars an th tired afi HO tiey could new that he held bie re Haw hide aThe afternuon w he came at wg roan in the stable. Tm knew what the gesture meant, knew third Uine, and the cowboy could NOL Vier in it, ready : » ORD jaat tot fiw atanit low the apte the house, and FH be riht and realized. before he saw the re- ay RAB COrHS dteady, | buyn! cried = Nesbit es of two me } Mee Ot variety meet him Lk: one! Gee eeele a WHER UW MS MIRED AGAIN oPet apace Tiirowet whieh) Taek HiT ee a ott tt Sauk throw x ame beck to the Bear | At the sppedt ond seram ose stepped to the Kitchen Dufresne jerked back and could not GiBSE TO Socansp wt rhiden a litte way. Henind him Gown your aun and put ao your Gti: Ting alone, not waiting fer j Bled up. t ug to the rear of the tab icked up two thick slices of break the cluteh ¢ o aris about HROm@+ Wis a rocky ridge of the Mmountalts (ands tinder t} ‘ j GAOIn for the banknotes te had left coarse bread, aipped & piece of cold his knees strewn with great boulders, one oF iene didn't anawer anghtet the owes he found Yvon steak Charley Was xolng to make into | “It's iny money,” panted Oscar, them hanging oul over him wher cris about eae! titre, Me found them readily, atuffed (stow between them, found time to “My money! You don’t dare shoot! hed in ius shadows. Ho atoppedd aiickly to ne eiioy ghers thelr faces white and draw them into lis pocket, gazed a moment snatch up a se {paper to wrap It's murt— had choeen his place well for ) NE ROR eee econ rin the: veil ant night , with brighter cs over the Washs 2 the gre ndwich, and, stu He didn’t finish (pose, And hin purpose wan 7, and ae Ne moved he yds lin awit down from the saddle i x J fing it into lis pocket as he’ we The gambler beard the front door She put her arm about hts shoul. to him, and he drew hits horse close treat Wy arin uy quickly and fired. | yvonne ¢ to meet hin, her hands Out that spelled riches—and a tied to the Fankeshouse hang back against the wall ax it Was dere and again kissed him upon Cie into the poreh where she was hick Had atill drow nearer, tie 4: he tullet shed clone enough ty Rew: held out, her question in her eyes, cabin!—to him, and hurried back !o He hurried to his own room, jerked open, heard a woman cry out, lips God go with you, dear. wan all pun in the band haniin ECP Same Lm allot ys sg chy . Its all over.” he told her, aimply, the cliffs. art the softly, heard even the rustling of her skirts, Didn't 1 tell you that dt didn’t that ehe sald. fe saw nothit it th nproken (,4uoe Bis on een oh ‘pan: tHe And he ike @ gontl there, looking down into WAS he sign th: old- fashion Me struck at the man clinging to matter wha Ahad done? t kuew And she ned out toward BUM Hicknead of the overiansing tookm Min firet bullet nti a = i You And from there, looking dc bureau in the catner had been moved, NIM with the barrel of the revolver, you had made—mistakes, But you and lifted her Mpa up to him Haskins OF the overhang FUCkH rick two foat (0 the left of wre Sho hesitated, her eyes asking that the Jevel lands, he saw three men oo laid his hands upon it, swung 2nd as he struck ( r jerked hit were willing to take the consquences: - ——— append el sbary BS AK ULEL ey mibier ‘ Bed bie Re eed. Wiebe eases question that her lips faltered oy att sward the Beat it about, jerked bac " or of head to one side and the thing fell of the things you had done, and L was . rar : dirt at his feet, ay oO put into words horseback riding toward ar it about. Jerked back the corner See ene tle meutaer CF ied to tai Gems with you Red CHAPTER XVII. He had fired back #e 1 Uimes at Cirough winoke of the two others, Vou didnt” Track range house, recon ted eve tee nove Doug. | UM MRCP Tie did not let go, he did mot belleve You are square How, and. good and Dufresne’s Last Game. the spit of Dutreane's revolver, unl pigsod through the loose cloth “No. He fought to the finish and hat distance the white stock '!fted the loose board, Zhe Would Host he Khe “and 1 And you love mo ; began to wonder if one of hia shots Dufrosno'a coat Noabit ° = Tek Wake Buariy ab offer rode and’ 4 N00, @ second. he. did! hot move tha Dbrresha Would shogu a Know Uelty Ane ek and chace: all thee LACK HAL knew that upon jad found its mark. “It was ao ailont "Ande meantime, the gambler bad not ie drew Shor eras nett Tiftes Inged mare Sperry so often r frowning down into the empty apace ONY {hat there in that buckskin bag i oye tla own @houldere there, with no wig of a moving, ving i tivine. : Pe i. is town to him ashe D e C en to be discloses < vas “his one chance to square him- matters, dea . 0 it . 5 wed fir . ral Atte shudder run through Respits nrc Deis ater MEE HAVA pee sh muttered, “lm ‘ : RS aroun nee hia’ len atiaran the welght of the thing that F'n 16 Knew Dufresne and he tact wie toy an stapureterrs: oc bite $ " 4 t Snlonel. ‘hi de ote dud dhe elu to Dufresne's legs, Fern’s eyes, and hia tears gather wa hanna e 0 . tance was too # ror ac + And he saw through Ne oer ne ety PUAviOe a losing. game. But it young wate To tripe him, trying to draw suddenly as he saw what kind of had Happened stopped, his brows drawn into « Volver shooting her apen_& minty poanenn vey bd Beonen and raced down the slope to aes i Ment ae ree a himself up. * woman this was and what it would Dufresne’s roan was carry heavy scowl as he tr to og se And yet he had not emptied bit least he had not com back to Join them, © got to his feet quickly, went ; ‘ F 4 be to die and so leave her. ing him easily, swiftly, across the straining eyes sew through the thick oylinder when Nesbit's curse Was & with tht ad Nesbit, and Sperry and the other down the hall and to Estabrook’a Lhe" yJutresne fired. fred ane Ont ve dors ft JUAL MAKES prass-mutted floor of the little valley, Vell of the 1uxt Half-choked. ery, and. the sheriffs “7, (hiaynane blood upon his hands. man had just passed—but they had door, Me did not knock; that, also, Heard Oscar cry out as iecece clear? 1 seo in & ‘ Hey. “Dufresne. he called sharpl left arm dropped to his side. him th MBit Gos tee passed. took time, ‘The door was unlocked, Stabbed | into his body, heard | the on at ta the man I have always ‘There, in the soft dirt « squirrel iad wwoi7 It was Dufresno's voice, “Vor @ moment there was © 6udden biomed nag nag at Mas & God. Fiy were not turning aside nto “ie throw Kepeiy entered sud anut Scream from the woman whose form YOU to dug a hole AL Dutresnee vole. waa wlwaye! olianeee heen ahort atid his hours ter pecans the trail which ted to the Double it belund him hallway She felt his fingers stir in hers_as ‘The horse’s foot sipped into it, the been, calm, unmoved, with no trace — Dufresne bad thrown himself to the hed had been long, and this meratas ‘Triangle; they were not followit& | Oscar Estabrook was sitting before "ANY Yor the arms about him did not she tried to press the hand that #6 pnimat stumbled, fighting for ite bal- Of emotion In it “It’s Mal, ian't 1?" ground, out of sight, and wan pULtINE jw had laughed his old, boviah lauge him, as he had directed them todo. jis table, upon which he had put selax, but rathor tigiitened spasmodi- had not drawn back from. Pe lanee. Yes, You haven't got w chance in fresh cartridges into the emptied again, and had put his hand “Did you tell Nesbit? he de- Fern Winston's picture. ly, threatening to throw him to | His eyes closed again, wearily, an bh the world, Dufresne, You'd better cylinder, Fern's head and had told her that manded sharply of Sperry, with a “Em glad you ve con Dufresn the floor, his breathing came more gently In a But it could not check the headlong qyish the game out in the courts.” And then he stood up again, and God had seen ft to save her lover my glance at (he third man—a Hes lt he said quietly, "L wanted to talk “Tia fired again, the muzzle close to little sigh which spoke of @ thing (hat apeed, could not Jerk Its foot out jin jmoved a Litto bit, stepping even moved a step nearer, in plain her With a xhary nose and much bushy with you, ; Oscar's throat—and then he was free Was almost happinoss. again, It went down, floundering, quickly to the left, expecting bis voles @iqht of them all. Then they went to where Fern was hair, and very bright eyes we ee nad ent come, to talk and TE with a limp form huddiing at his feet, In the hallway John Brent had vi 4 broken lew. tu draw the gamblers fire. And a4 ho imoved, they could see waiting for them, and Black. Flat Knew to be Cop Kelley, one of Nes- haven't time tv walk!" cried the gam- and was running to the door, carrying driven back Mrs, Estabrook with hor ttle Dufresne, who had — But there came no fourth ahot, the glowing fire of hin cigar, and gave her the things that. Dutreens ‘9 deputies. to find him Wer sharply, “You know what I've with him a blurred impression of a hysterical moaning and sobbing, and And for a little Dufresne, Torhink ye eoright, Hal Pye niain thay fancied that he was mil had written EOE eevane then 1 tol hina Rens i things diftsrent. MANN & white Tace and wild eyes Now opened tno door and cave I oon thrown OVar IH Head, 1A SUL about played to the end of my string. Ing For a little she looked at him with seturned Sperry. “An then 1 tol como to see things different- and of a woman moaning over him, — quietly, bringing with him the "Then, when he got slowly to hiv fut th courts?” Ho laughed softly, Nesbit, with his left arm useless, puzzled eyes when #he had rend 1 cold deck, Hal." had dropped down behind a rock, — And then suddenly he saw that ahe nu & little change In the “hon which to rest hin rifle. had understood, that the gambler who at you sald.” Nesbit, a very went on Oscar, earnestly. “I've As he ran down the steps he saw satchel containing the few almple n foot, limping « “They’ fool, worse than a fool, 10N® four men out in the level land, riding medicines that always went where he saad i feet, he went o litte. And ti nan, already ‘i st middle age, Krave-eyeds StePM= enough, And we've both come to an tly tow: Ouse, Nicodemus went upon their er- ot volee, moving a little #o that he had eo 0 Featured, extended a large hind and end of this crooked business. idan tact ne prook with ber a Frac, ' Black Hal came first upon the crip- TH vee ne veut? Where'e could sco the gamblor, had lifted him that there wae in Tite ta gat tdaid au Dink ford am! “tell you T haven't time to tal!” face in her hands, heard her shrill stooping, he laid bis hand upon pled roan. He swung down from . made reparation, that he had. been ee ate iy” "Any SBApPEL Dutresne | “Where's that ghricka, saw Sibyl with staring, ter- Pern's bowed head ag, the saddle and, after lighting many ‘lL be here in a minute It wan brighter now, ‘They could thoughtful of her duriig the lat CBity, ow Were Fd tne ari y? And don't lie to me! ror-stricken eyes, saw Yvonne runs +, have ta man to Queen CltY inatchos, found the prints of Du- You never were a fool, butt HOt: Tales, hours in which he saved hia last cigar, didn't you cu (s ‘i mal Bist Jying SG ybody, Um ning toward him for a doctor,” he pored, Vat emne's bootheals. And you know you haven't a chan ne suddenly jammed hia res that he had given Osear his chance. angle, like L sad’ vit, con Mek and ured of lyin thevet fe wae Ghaslee hn song to do What we fesne's bootheels. Jae prib z oar Ww F back into bis bip-pocket and — And she dropred “L Was countin’” smiled Nespits “98” phen where it? Quick, mat intone Ra Maura femurs eee oll And he suw that the gambler, even. pY0y" nouuinulys, Have thought turned away, growing a ttle sick. hands and turned ancy Ge hed rig, to te oe Tracy pur you wine CAE you see Lm not here to fool jorge, When she lifted her eyes to him, now, was making no attempt to leave 3, t The man didu't have a ¢ It going swiftly back to where her lover Trak ove yok with you by Yvonne, his eyes no and he saw in them the same aues- the main trail, He was headed for ” ilo grew silent and Black Hal, try. W44 Shooting down an unarmed man, lay, von wanted? What's the Wi K n He shot ‘ a ea brved jie! to a man vin take my tip? Did | Yt's here in this room, and Tam joe. ror anything but what lay tlon that fad shone in Yvonne's b® 144 jouble ‘Triangle, and was «olNK ine to ld Drean to think that He deserved it—yeu, But it was like The last thing to say—to be eure maatter you didnt w what Dwae taking care of tt now head, Charley was fastening the answered her gently he had slipped behind one of the big urd it In all unnecessary, but the story of you figacr f didn't kno i Yes, here was a different man to jiitud | Coat ie tx hin. 1 don’t know, Hut there is tho shortest way now. tocks lying at the foot of the abrupt , Alid Dadreane, standing there, not the “Outlaw” ends there and anot? talkin’ boule” eNot gust that, Hal [he Oscar Ketabrook tufresne had go FEE foes the thing out of the waya hope. God knows what 1s Halt & mile further on (ue cowboy Aone and wax crouching behind it, {¥INK to keep hie body under cover, atory bewine--im that one day. Blaok y Pecett that if you. kuew ‘there lope ae Leite Winneed wel SHInAInun'e HAnGs but maybe He will help ws now swing down from the sadly ioe eT i ee eran ter a little, MOKINK lis list clear, a inugh in bis Hal rode away into Queen Cheyne ‘ c ‘ ‘ t : e ca ded ‘* otto her feet and made ‘There was another crossing here, did yo cvtabrook? Ie he “ler as he called to them take out the nece Tight be: others as Know, and Td |. OUT RNe eet only wort as ho Give it to me," he commanded And as sho got to ner f w did you find Bistal ry My last game genticnen=ana the tue ols the necessary papers for the ate hi get my hands ‘ and oveven winiled softly and with lighted matches he once Putter hurry up afd get my hands MS sharp into the stable and room for hin, he even simile we an ee ntekn of ine. ae8 as owe SKY for a limit!” Bad light, Ne > allow on the man Ym after before he £0% "And what you owe me on the notes {urn every horse loose, quick! Fun aw ho whispered 2 visit Ina who'had gone on bofure his, a, But he sf onohaee an WHOS Ot wouldn't have mia pee Ne Dien =o Fallow Dor ang Oe wise and drifted. ‘That's all, Hab’ yj cigs, thea out of the corrals. “You are a wonderful, brave girl When he found them lr story Chances are mighty sma 4 foot that way, So, Kelly, you're in of Chel, p Now tt was the Heart “Who do you w Tam going to pay in full Again Charley understood, ani, And you are going to help me do our was iiiin, Dufresne was still walk- | “I didn't want to shoot the fool it now? Hui dowan't lke the tat- And when h Rd “Is Estabrook ; o. He turned “in his bed and Jeried With the tear of death Upon bin, pest for him ing toward the Double Triang! Ho made ine do tt, I hope he pulle kiting! Take that, Neabit, Miss with hint ming ame back he brougit SA man makes a intake Soe) sway the pillow, taking up ono of the obeyed , Then it was that Black Hal had '", (Owens vt ev slowly now, and throw: ; again? Next tinea A AG a Lat RR giedengeo a. | mos,” FY plied slowly What {Yo buckskin bags there, the one that — Dufresne tightened the einch with come to the house and had had his ¢.q imprint of the boot upon the left “You needn't fry to mmooth things Spore Nesbit rifle and Kelly's 0S, Bet put them to work upon the was the less bulky a Jerk, swung Into the saddle, and question answered before It was asked qt wag deeper and cleariy defined, over with me," erted Black Hal naa spat their hissing lead at hin good many things, first) and Spring came. ‘Here itis You ean count tt, and turned’ his horge's head toward the by Yvonno's grief-atricken eye while there was a long seratoh In th® sharply, afd a wan aden Hal. Ive found out he's Set Voy can have [t wien vou give me (abyon buck of the house, through tte had gathered ler tenderly into Pwhere the right foot hud been "'“Prepot trving to, L wouldn't care Sy Ne waa dawn | thon a morning that was cloquemt ao, reer i hig An 1 row Patek my notes? He grove of cake = - t his arms, holding her tight, his lps lover it. . for him, It's for her make, 1 WOn- he gtoadied himself with hist need biti fire onee And obeniag fow- daylight up above lim. And h Dufresne took tt As ho went, bending low in the upon her hair, tin anger in his eves After that he Ishted no more der why a woman Hke her loves @ aeunat the rock at his aide. Down, tit Of the bir ie merry season, + wot himself in the claws of @ MAN di making no move to count tt, Middle, his spurs lve red and nly softening as he felt her matches, And he rode slowly, peetiMt shrimp like hin Dut gtll’ shootin 5 he saddled Colonel and Starlight, and galled Dufresne, You oughtt KnoW 6 dropped it Into his coat pocket, | dripping, he saw that the corral gate qyiting not to ler herself Ko. into the shadows about him, listening "promt editative, gentle tone OMA Mts eho tie called softly under Yvonne's window. d he still called out to Riding side by aide they ec 4nd although there were little ie Valley of the Watertallen Ae him" with a twinkle driving the "a" he took it he moved a step Was open and that half a dozen “Ang when at last sho raised her fi r the snapping of a twig or the ¢lt!= one would have sald that if in these), gravity out of the grave eyes neare 8 Were TUNning out across tie er of a stone sent rolling down seme jo untains there were two men with 1 Wie . closer to Oscar and what lay her . 5 R “And Estabrook was iissin’ Tl under the pillow that Estabrook had telds, with Charley shouting at them Is he hurt th rocky bank. revolvers in their hands, watehing 2am apy quit ono ee came iy the mouth of the pass which led night the thing was pulled off. Then thrown back to its place. end w ng his arms. She nodded, pressing tight together ‘The night wae clear and the stare go. oc), other, it must be a long way "Gnoe sire: bote 1 n foto this home of down-drop, Lite Crosby, the express agent, is stabrook,” he said, sternly, “Tt Big John Brent and Leuy Ten oke the lips which she did not dare to made here and there spaces of 4M peony yore, pal 168 Bakr ye—and we oan—a odors from ithe green things willin’ to swear it was a man jus you T mean business to-day, T tad been loitering upon the slope of trust with spoken words. light. fol eth ad spoken again” ». 0 " the cliffs and of the murmur of leap- About Estabrook’s build. Them thins Wine the rest ef it_allof it; and I’m the Knoll upon the further side of ‘"Ang"she wondered whon he asked lick Hal waa riding through ono | Before etter Ae my yg AH nerve.” came in a mutter from ing water they drew rein together made me auspicious, And Uve picked fii to have tt ‘ the house, aud at the sound of shots again, swiftly of these open apaces when a sudden thero came to them through the alle betwaon Nesbit’s aot teeth, She did not speak. But the soft Up some mor , look stood without stirring, emo running. “Has he—said anything?" thought that was like a premonition vest of ihe fii anerige Was only admiration in the yight that shone through the tender “Look here Hal said casually, t pallor creeping into Its John Brent, plunging on ahead, tie was talking with Fern, she came to him. boot Hiack Hal, waiting until he knew eee all nd there was only gray of her eyes told him that se Like 1 suid jes’ now, a man makex cheeky, the sudden brishtening of hia cute upon Mra, Estabrook and Sibyl angwered, steadily. "She and John | If be were in Dufresne'a bootm | iilack [lal walling Ali’ le mel ye and regret in his eves a# he Ped seon, and that her words were mistukes somet fim bettin’ you sand the quick clenching of the im the yard, saw Mrs abrook Prent are with him now" knowing that he was FG wort and f SURI Hina ware MeITRIA, Aare 1 his rifle ueon hie rock, loxt in the rush of a gladness that yuu got che wro tint, Marge Hamas at his sites showin that he Winging her hands, and ran by Mer, Ty glanced over hia shoulder and tat the word of hia Might woul 1) le men, wlth Nin een Wiehe Aas Clogs, together now came his abot was very: close to tara "What ar pottin’, Bs dheard, that he had une 004 ieaping up the a Seabit he others out to-morrow aero! ne ? ! fun ryt Kelley's. The smoke from the wide-th pdb the sh Sea mi ea mt, Hii tape Bee ete ihe hallway ax na oume incat the 1 a thors Ia the ountry, he would waste no fine in watchful for any move on Dufresne’s ! And vi tor Dufresne hand dropped «inimney. drifted out to eect tee ‘ urned Black Ha i nacalmly ant door there was the smell of powder. * 4) tt a aulekly, “Tw ting away $ ; a5 . o hin wide, hin smoking revolver clat- ‘The doors were wide and 7 F thounand Had five Aen! He see Gm Cay ee Rr at . stopped short, hia face go: Pay an ae sald quickly, “T want "if he were hurt, as tho gambler ive minutes tater Nesbit. Dick tered down among the stones about oen, culling to them ¢, ear wees j soe ea dollars! Can you cover t CRIME ee Lh aOe ante fone inv black with wrath, his big hands payer tts about. Rstabrook surely was, so that he limped an try and Cop Kelloy had Joined him and he settled @ little, swayed, come home rang forward without Warning, his clenching at his sides, when he saw. "Wat do you me must walk slowly, he would gett and the four men moved out in wetted lower, and then went down On And within there would be Utte i a man as has SE a tie, driving with all of his Fern had reached him first “About did he—eonfess anything? Horse, nO matter what risk ho woul’ a widening are ao that thoy could hin aide, his wide eyes upon the last anelves with their dishes, and Big | just nouns, “ aes ait hae ychuebleds ont I it into Oseara face, She was down on tho floor at his v¥ps," very simply "He hay told FUR alten Giiava eral NOLne OTs como in on three sides ne man in star fi ding at the horizon. TREE shelves with their books, | and wondered at Black Ta haithiy: hi ecling backward go that 4ide, his head upon her lap, her hand me everything.” AE SORES tg . Ley , = hey came to him and stood abc A big man, G4 siagey as a ahi Maybe Lhaye,” Black Hal laughed Sengine hin feito HACK ard 8 eee rand hot with the blood from the fife ye tig any one else? teed coer ape mia fatorone Lust, aut Although they had called out him, the four men looking down at nord dog, trom 4 bed in the thicket, | back at him nyway, look at that” OC 00 AG acar fell Dufresne’s eyes reat hole in hia throat ong FE Re ie ee tie te teviee hand Again no answer cam him’ where he lay ungainly, Ill dressed, his great form j ar An he oi whipped something | Ant hy Rana Mae der Ked Fern,’ he whispered. “Then don't let him! And 4 ne And OF hi m, There was blood on his hands and 4)! but filling the doorway, was shout> | sed etd itoutte the left hin, Dufresne's hands jerked Then don f hornes Ane io. thee waited: dan (ie Meat oF < ; $ team Dia pockst and hel it ou way the pillow and fuund the heavy | “L meant all the time,” he went on, sou say anything The sheriff is out e the shadows some “ Ythye Knowing that he acts, raed Rosking through bia ab! he to them | aherit. : _ ‘ stopping between words to gather and aide now here's no use Now, i . close enough HE: SAY BROW Ie KNB lood gushing down into bis shoe. “And at his words the red ran i } te as he saw what it was, bag under it now, ani to the trail, hot Ket away from them across into And Nesbit, as be sa SNA Atao clutching: {It in hand, he hold the strength that was flowing vou sen? to shoot the firat man who AAA ids a hi faa And yet, a# he stared up at them he vyonne's cheeks, and for the first 4 sderked his horse down to ad Stop, ae en out of hun, "to return all that 1 was i aie ” f a horse's rein. ken slop rhind him, listen: tried to smile. time she pped her eyes before : foyer boring into the cowbuy's turned and ran to the door, Binging Out of him, “te retun pat inane Nowbit's bie form was already All; te Ns 1 . a fa rollin ne ital for Nees Ail fiithe cada hown! Hh el | Where ul © are’ he it ope an Sram lad More vi # the doorway. Black Hal turne ft thought upon him. ving figure against sky or baal Pasty sine. Ree Pi eM Where did you get tha Te orn stnbrook was-againoupon his. You Knew, Korn, [broke iny promiao (iM tin doorwas. | [Mluak fhe) tMeney Ma horse out of the starht ving fire, againn ky OF Flig volee was a faint, Wavering "Pius. the old, old miracle wae i ‘dt you over and over. And Dufresne t last no le whisper, finto the durkness that wcught agua. For a litle there self for hnek to Oscar's sid counted swiftly and again feet and had tun h fs ty ‘ ne the fi : f day. 5 ; rr" 3 r Ne wanted his money, threatened te | < fe tree-irunks upon the ' e conld make obey his wil three in the Valley of demanded sharply: and before the “door had clos 4 write to father. ‘That is why 1 Come here. Dan" he said. draw AE SDE Spot a Mpo) {they saw him, And they knew the cards were stacked ange 1h ah Valley of tht | “Where did you Ket, a ee ui i syns abou to rob my own friends at Swayne's e Sheriff wide and Wac Upon And then he knew that the thought "it lie, too, was ready and waiting, “You made us do Victor," mut ven «Big John Brent climbed | rey told Dick to Sen yey it phe a back, that he porch. "You can forgot about | And then he know that the tho Hoe had made his way back a Uttle tered Nesbit, “Darin it, Um sorry.” awkwardly into his saddle and fede nan you could take An with | ‘The heavier man jerked back, there and went poiwly tie man as stuck up the stn Ne eee RNa TanOES Hist LIKaNtY nthe tr tle higher on the "I'm glad.” seen Wine Wineineae at / A Black Hal, allowing no striking again, and Oscar's arms to the gquure of light where *owine You've got back mos’ of the money, 9, hor he we Jey iy beg erie Prk ait hie rlaco upon A. (Wie Very: simply weld; and vel Re tea iene Duey ect ate ween | or MIsgIVES Within Linn slipped until they were about Du- oe nd the manos took it aln't the aame feet from him cu au NA 7 7 ; i ‘ » romether, ; trem f SGA dow was, " n 4 tol ie RAME Couet of fire. from. & revo Little’ level space shut in on three already the lips were growing white (The Bad) | 1a Blic or VON wane bs “L thought | saw the wa to xe man as nd 1 Cutter, anyhe m "i 1” “uP feat ereat boulders. he « flent hard for each “1 yeckon it looks like what turned they held, tightening, abner tin aw ane toe What Jo. you know ahout. th the shang enaey 6 hs ede aaron i hod i a j vp maissit arkes the Ho ge ms ie ane 1 Dufresne. father's cattle-—without his knowing Business, Hil? snapped Nesbit su GAIAM Wie, WUE. vt othe se to the horlaon n, looking up into Black Hal's | Crossin', don't it: a Tin about, the you it. Lhave been—atealing them, And” Piclously, "And } eit happen SP evo the Colonel the spurs and ond s ! ke a mas awak ning eyes, his whisper 2o faint a TAN OBS 4 AA ame Dill! as Kstabrook, aint 1" Oscar made no answer. He puthla <nig voce ao faint now that she had Sou Know so much?" GAR dbaker ints tha Mt of the ite from sound sleep, all bent lower over him and GOING AWAY FOR THE j act "Yop mean you wus holdup Head back, looking up inte Dus to bend closer to hear—"l held up the | "What 1 kn vwevou ean niin ontn Ghirknesd, turing in the swdlo and ey saw him fumbling with some ropped down upon his | SUMMER? Remember The Eve. H ma " a a stage at the crossing!" me after a while tin't go. »rUn tip as he 10, his pocket and could not ea torecatch the faltering words. ‘5 ‘A "Ht looks Like it, don't tt 1 His lips were cut, the blood trom ” “Oscar! tway. But there's yan runnin Again he the red spurt of scucan what he was doing, And th In my pocket. I wrote tt Isat J ning World prints each week @. guess we don't ve to go ¢ he them smeared across his cheek. Her lips w ae White as hix own: away now, ond he's n’ like he flame, and again, and the third time yosaw him strike oo mateh and night. A note Miss Winston, You [. 2 Riaar Track now, hub There was no fear in bis eves, no one would anid that she, ton, He's fest 1 nto vo hie heard the whin oe Ayinue tond Take hia: igam Ciel last Clam WhIGh Rove read ita Teil her I'm sorry | complete up-to-date novel —a@ ut they did pot turn k doubting or hesitation, but a sort of were Losing ife's blood. Nata brook, a 1 1 war Hut he knew tat the right mo- he had saved all night une now, yur Ose gets woll.” P week's readin love Th tatow the tn RGR HSN Paty, Aetermination the snot a = “You didn’: he anyway ail Andy spent che had wirned from (ho ClsAe A iene tee vty, turning his a hie ho week's reading! Have The Eves slow the bunk-hounc « part of the man of yest i "No, I should have let them shoot Holloway ane n nthe his’ me into the dense darkness under otgar nd round to get it burn. star at the t World sent to yo ‘ | ried out aloud, a sudden, new fear Let me go, you fool!” cried Du- me before I would have killed a man, Already he had turned the Col- the trees, and that now the gamblers ing evenly, as careful about it ae he again, Graduaiy. the . ee R10 YOUr uty ne Dear Aids forestéul af the freone again, “I don't want t kill I don't know who" onel'a head the way Dufresne had firing was but guasswork, always was, as though there was no ened over the mountains, mer address, epura into ie you ‘My poor Oscar! gone when he heard Yvonne calling Bo once more Victor Dufresne, a other thing {nm all the world this morn- The atar pnied—and was gone.