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be aa RNC AERAANA AS SiR esi toe , SIME 1 BRN ha TSH IY PUN Sal The Evening World Daily Magazine, Wednesday, July 28 1915 ee 1 HAVE BEEN ToLd “You YES, | NEED ONE BADLY ONLY HY HUSBAND FEE NEED A Good Coa COME RIGHT (IN AND MYSELF IN Big Outdoors FAMILY ARRISH} RED MIST," Bio, ha bt ¥ - ey oF? Greet be was Movin'e same A pera 1008, by A.C, McClure Compsny.) Lie to me about it, And 1 am going to x CHAPTER X. a 18 OF PRECEDIN ‘6 you sit, as a eed Wien a ¢ eee eee 1a know me, Siavin—now adic aL The Pescue of Mise Spencer. iit known as Nerden” Ee atte wasters SPORK! ILE Hampton Ungered be- Topher and seeks to ont Ber ax a cag! had to, I tell you. Ob, you devil, tween life and death he 4 ie ee, Seat folk of se ie Hesoade Men x8 Cr the one you're 7) ‘was tenderly waited upon by recent news was to Glencald bo. tach SihoolR Ganns single moment Ham P both Naide and Mra. Gufty, military telegraph, however 7 =. e cringing figure. en | Moffat and McNeil meantime grew ~ stared at suddenly he rose to his feet in de- Festive, as their sult for Phoebe's love thing or the, terrible cision, “Stand of Lift your hands seemed to progress no further. Moft- Northwest eee first, you fool, w unbuckle your fat sought out “Long Pete” Lumley, He had thus learned Kun belt with your left hand—your Faia ® mer eolidation of the hostile cited Sit waters 4 pon, ot his seek Rawed “Slavin, "wha slows, tertor sat, tient st left, I said. Drop it on the flogr.” & cowboy friend, and laid before him secret a the whereabouts of one ‘There was an unusual sound behind, E58 such as a rat might have made, and Pring no we i ter be done, es near ee I kin fi already A CHAPTER VI. ete mace Batis cas aT it out. You pick out maybe half = Ne- (Continued) dosen good ping his pistol arm at ‘YY WASHING ELL VLLUTRY THE AT "The Door Opens, and Closes the wrist and striving with hairy CLEANING oR LAY sg int ak Save Wi eT, their u ‘ Again hand to get a death grip about bis COOKING ENERY OTHER DAY (e) twig any of the boys fixed up r gain, throat. Twice Hampton's left drove 2 To 00 2 EF AND CAN Nene in thet sorter outft—an; how, she'd was “ URPRISED as Hampton was straight ot nto, that red, gloating f U be too durned skeered, Then you lay bel } by this complete breaking 222%, {Rd then the giant's crushini for her, say ‘bout next Wednesday, oy | weight bore him backward. He fought out In them Carter woods, when she's | down, he knew his man far 1 lently, his slender figure comin’ home from school. I'll kinder o too well to yield him the steel, but Slavin got his grip at naturally happen ‘long by accident = slightest opportunity for ¢¢' pa 4 ed gant aa began wy “bout the head o’ the gulch, an’ jump treachery, With revolver hand rest- jike arm There was, a moment ot A aaley ‘pane’ at hip companion honest; {PT heok ith senate ing on the table, the muzzle pointing exhaustion. Then Slavin slipped, and ~I with eyes expressive of sdmiretion. ‘she Marte at thvene frankly eget at the giant's heart, he leaned for- Hampton succeeded in wriggling par- “By thunder, if you haven't got @ words, her hands partially ‘seegee§ Gewara, utterly remorseless now, and tally free from his death grip. It cocoaput on ye, Jack! Lord, but thet ing her face, her form by {keen as an Indian on the trail, ceva: tee ks be Sta aaa’ wigs z ought to get’ her @ flyin’! Any “Oh, I wish you hadn't said that! ft “Do you know who I am? aside, ewing- is not because I doubt you any longer a ing his burly opponent with him, some = Moffat's face exhibited a —not that I fail to appreciate all The horror in Slavin’s eyes had one struck a vicious blow at his back, | at these words of praise. offer mo. But it is so hard to + nl {changed to sullenness, but he nodded bUt the descending knife, missing It wouldn't be no great shucks of & pear ungrateful, to give nothing in gation. mark, sank Instead deep into 8! fescue without, an this hes got ter return f0F eo vast @ gift.” ” vin's breast. 6 real in ly, 1 reckon, ye “Then it true bi ap bss you ee. ; Hampton ‘saw the flash of a blad Bethe. Lgl high, #0 thar’ won't at me?" i! betdtinad sin % as no reply, although the a hand, a portion of an arm, and oe ‘ho blood flamed sudden: into thick lips appeared to mov then the clutching fingers of Slavin ‘The long shadows of the late after- her face, but there was ‘no’ low eans “ swept him down. He reached out , noon were almost falling across the of the eyes, no shrinkii h wer me, you red sneak! Do fiinily'as he teil, his hand closing gloomy Carter woods, while the Fed was too honest to play’ the cowses you think 1 am here to be played ubout the degerted knife hilt. ‘Tho Z> A Geustete ‘Tus nevertea toware bic. bahay swer!” two crashed down together upon th lountain. / Ag sabe 4 ows “T shall not attempt to decet: ° Slavin gulped down something floor, the force of the fall driving the Wynkoop, who for more than an BOUF sho gaid, with « slow impressivencse which seemed threatening to choke P!ad® home to the gambler’s heart, wane Re > Do You TANGO ? You WON'T do} Dae ite anove the Gancine weiats jastantly carrying ‘conviction. yim, but he durst not lift @ hand to CHAPTER VII PLAY BRIDGE 2 WHO Would of Clear Creek now reclined dreamlly ‘now pyle tree Te far that “Te . rie Q the # urt of is frankness, Tchea'e have this beard ca yon wight The Coho: ud GOLF AND TENNIS ¢ ENTERTAIN eyes fixed upon the distant sky-line, Ponald Brant, now and always, liv. cee Tt 6! e Cohorts of Judge Lynch, CAN Yau SING 2 MY QUESTS His thoughts were on the flossy hair |) OF dead, married or single, where- au thought you knew me all u R G ever, lif * the. time.” IAMPTON staggered blindly ¢ WHILE | DID and animated face of the fair Miss Your, lif¢ may take us, I shall love "Hampton stared at him, still puz- to his feet, looking down on " > Speer ne nnd the edew of the , THO eyes were meeting, but ied. ‘I have certainly’ seen you the motientess body. He was YYouR WORKS pected would Feuply dia ‘he become Bed up her band to restrain. him } Beeewcere. Mousht thas trem the yet dazed from the sudden : Dill, and tinaful reflection as to be from the one step forward, ° “I was in D Troop, Seventh Cav- cessation of struggle, dazed A Mee to everything but ber y nave peat Trosly to ou the great a “ Troop? Brant’s troop?” mare by brbagdeyir! badhrog aid vine ust fe content ty Dante bas™ There ‘The big gambler nodded. “That's Wnstant that deadly knife pas! im. where the great woods ing more that 1 can give how I knew you, Captain,” he said, For a moment the room appeared to / the gloomy £ yap Ne Rtg Mi lutely nothing, I ean’neve cApeaking with greater ease, “but i swim before his eyes, and he cluched / throat Nideously painted: wito; I for your sake @ ae OeE sud won to say anything at the overturned table for support. ? a a that we never meet again.” : fh thauem tor ine” ‘Then, as his senses returned, he SS a th ‘You will, at least, tell “Possibly,"—and it was plainly perceived the figures of a number of It was all that would come evident from his quiet tone Hampton men jamming the narrow doorway. at once, a woman’ pe. had steadied from hie first — and became aware of their loud, ex- \ a sin shrill, startled cry. ‘I cannot tell you. I have othe boot was on the ‘other ing Say cited voices. Back to his benumbed What is up? questioned the no courage. You you had h ith a rush th leading savage, hoarsely. 's from others, and ne agome good reason not to say Snot, hence, the desperation. of his acdoin’ this little Job all by hisself?* loved you well eno! vin aid not answer, but he wet present situation, He had been found ay ‘Dunno,” answered the fellow next tation. But the reason * Bis lips with his tongue, hi alone with the dead man. Those men, him, flipping his quirt uneasily; “but you from my lips.” ° nndow. uh Fo ada when they came surging in attracted ss /) I reckon as how it's hor as squealed, " He leaned forward, half ® “Who is this fellow Murphy?” by the noise of strife, had found him an’ we'd better be gitting in ter hev her feet, and she permitted “He was corporal in that same lying on Slavin, his hand clutching e fun.’ clasp her hand witbin both sir.” The ex-cavalryman drop- the knife hilt. He ran his pee eye Oe a Siua’ fipe aod his bapa at na Ss least, thie—is it sea yeoman reed ecg their, horrified faces Ave murierer, _ He rode out toward the woods, and look across the stream. Spencer extended her arms, “Kiss me first.” not afrald of you or your whole out- Survod'atter, Just below them, and She smiled at him theough a mst ach. |, “He know, you tog, and we santy shock of this discovery etead- Was lucky enough to meet Nalda. stood below waving her parasol fran- With the magical pressure of her fit, and I've got fighting men to back scarcely Atty fet away, a hal tears,-a emtle the sade EE Gece hs aay cecleed, to Meeps Tic He realised the inesning, he was seated with unstudied fotlly, nd even ae he Saeed at her, ips, Wbeh Bist. Be eee a onhy which Wasn't led and Indlled be mob of roughly clad, heavily bearded which he would never forget. “In the ae envhew. joa him. | He ible meaning, for Ne grace on the edge of a bank, ber fis eaf® caught the sound of heavy seddie and spurres down the road. which wasn't led and incited by some men were clustered in the centre of sense you mean, no. No living man “Where is he now?" knew the West, its flerce, implacable hands clasped about one knee, her “""# down the valley. Tt was a principle of his military cowardly, revengoful rascal, Honest the trail, two of their number lift- standa betweon’ us, not even Bob Guessnemeas ining never to temporize with @ men get mixed up in such affairs, but |; thi conscious form of a faint- “He left last night with army des- spirit of vengeance, its merciless sweet face sobered by thought, her Lee pe she le Hampton. for Cheyenne.” code of lynch law. The vigilantes of eyes downcast, the long lashes plainly CHAPTER IX. eee RA a PUCITIGR. force Wablad. Lew coire pomake Wien aa ave. Lo mrtg ppee, be know why thie camnet ber the mining camps were to him an old outlined against the clear cheek: tidly, and his fingers closed more story; more than once he had wit. “Lieutenant Brant, you here tly about the butt of his re- nessed their work, been cognizant of exclaimed, speaking as if bis HAT Miss i jj r. ‘You le, Slavin! The last their power, This was no time to presence seemed unreal, T Hampton's eyes hardened percep @ does know, but I doubt h Plucked fr , him. He reined up before the seom- I confess I don't know all about this the leadin lucked from the Burning. jin, {rerted camp, nis horse Mung Colton, but 1 know enough to say ho git yer?) heii ete ee his knowledge; Spencer was back upon its haunches, white foam is an army deserter, a liar, a dive- ~ “You bet! She's up agin the real F batar) deeply agitated was evident flecking its quivering flanks. keeper, a Kambler, and, to my certain thing,” ejaculated a voice beside ¢ @ glance, while the ner- ., 70" eant!” The sharp ay 3 of his knowledge, the direct cause of the him. “Let's ride ‘em off the earth! a sl iu voice brought that officer forward death of three men, one a soldier of Whoop!" vous manner in which 8h® on the run. “Where are the men?’ my troop. New is) eet specl- With wild yells to awaken fresh Message did not reach here until parley or to hesitate. He had seen “I have been told,” he said abrupt- {hls morning. That fellow is hiding and heard in that room that which ly, “that 1 must no longer force my somewhere in this camp, and the two left him eager to live, to be free, to attentions on you.” hea ‘ef you have been trying to get at open a long-closed door hiding the “B; Bob Hampton?” 4 “wy jon of “Playin’ ball, most of ‘em, , Just men to lead in the avenging of a sup- the whole band plunged irl Now, damn you, what js mystery of years. The key, at last, Yes. Those were, I believe, his glanced in the direct courage, eo ee erh, How, game 7 at 18 mystery OF Yoere within reach Of BIS exact words. “Can you wonder thar those distant gun shots led Brant beyond the ridge |, e? headlong down’ the sharp, decline The big gambler was thinking fingers, and he would Rover ppnaeet 1 hardly know how I stand in your to jump to the conclusion that they «¥oy, ‘gir, horses out in hei Wt tn er el ¢ Colton might, have striking jthe, surprised “road gents iy ( ar, then, perbape, than he had to be Tonbed of raved the loades Er" g wore in some way connected with her “Sound the recall; arm and mount [ike a fash his gun flew to the level, sent half of them sprawling. Re- the & ‘he finally; “is there said, of a mob. He grabbed the loaded “y do not at all understand,” she ; being: th Gh id ts HO possibility that this revolver lying upon the floor and ¢ajtered. “Truly, Lieut. Brant, I do #Ppearance. every mani bring them into Glencaid but was instantly knocked aside by volvers flashed, oaths ou and y obstacle can ev swung Slavin'’s discarded belt upon not, 1 feel that Mr. Hampton would “Ob, Lieutenant Brant,” she cried, on the gallop. Do you know the old the grizzled old miner standing next rang out fiercely, men clinched each SVN lO 8 Out ay EX mente | 8 J - Pine uiders Ie it was to be a ght, not say that without & goed and suf- excitedly, “they are going to kill him Shasta mine?” nna’! thal adh’ ba lerewied: (Or eeeaaa tena blows. Lum there lies between us the he would be found there to the death, fcient reason. He ls not a Man tO down there, and he never did it at all. “Haig way up the hill back of the warningly. “It don't’ never pay to party by tho hair, und endeavored Of & dead man.’ ever thought in his life before. He “was no coward, although there was a wna odl wolfish streak of treachery him, and he read clearly enough in the watchful eyes glowing behind ™ - cy on the man who "7 . “4 open ove, ares: hostel 6, mercileme cer end Coe ee ee be ‘swayed by prejudice; yet what’ I know he didn’t, and so docs Mr. hotel, You'll tind mo somewhere in shoot holes in Tncle Sam. to beat him over the his be stared Ok Ber op fee ae Y He knew Hampton would kill “Stand aside, gentlemen,” he com- ing about It." i Wynkoop. Ob, please hurry. Nobody front of it. ‘This ts a matter of life | “Listen to me,” nald Brant. cXou fevolver, bult, Even, a toa ead man! Not Gillis?” ee TAT, EAATGD Nee he mansed: Maley ack, and let me (Mg MuCU It a ne burst knew where yoo wore until I saw OF. cently ao jump lively now! poya have gone off half-cocked—a his hand to beard ho tt lnaae Guin t beve 96 |" They obeyed. He swept them with mob generally docs. Both Miss fell off, and the two flerce combat- impetuously through all bonds of re- your horse tied bere, and Mr. Wyn- ig pe eiaa A namene” Pi gin Spencer and. Mr. Wynkoop state ants paused as though thunder- = Lo Var) ao that you ety es, “stepped. pact, and straint, her flushed cheeks the inspir- Koop has been hunting for you every- were in the street, all hurrying for- Positively that they aw the real struck, ine Lum- us tn chenus sur tee te te “tree Hammed the door behind nfm, ‘in his ation to hie daring: 1 Nil Spee for where. He le nourly frantic, poor ward in the same direction, but he Due yfimnogt Ane tT toy fold on yore, povine blame Joks, Vocably fixed. Please do not question heart he held them as curs, but cura 7 h pal ee : ‘and I cannot learn where either ‘dashed past them. These were not Bo! ‘on, . retary S ine any more} oon ¢ them might 2 love—love forever. Do you under- man, . y, H back, 1 These fellers is Bill McNell's gang. ; cannot how ready beginning to pour into the just know those dreadful creatures rider skurried along and joined in sharp, clear note, There was a 10¥." ejaculated jhe Veber | teas iit vi! revayn, uncertain yet of the facts, For an instant—one xlad, weak, wins iii hin before we can get help.” tho chase. Just beyond the hotel, xTowing thunder of hoofs, a quick, 7 fae Adee . and shouting questions to each other. helpless, forgetful instant—she did not “i Whome burst. in Brant, balf-way up the hill, rifles were manly cheer, a crashing through the mina’ jaeheeeT on was gover wierel, Totally. ignoring these, Hampton see him, did not even know herself; * speaking irregularly, the white underbrush, and a squad of eager, THe explanation b aoe Totally ineelf recklessly through the the very world was lost. Then she springing down the bank fully awak- puffs of smoke blown quickly away troopers, halt-dressed but with taces Out from the wiiows, disheveled in- you love me, I am going now, crowd. Half way down the broad awoke 2 i Se © green, bie yd ened to the realization of some un- by the stiff breeze. Near the centre glowing in anticipation of trouble, bm nd pa suddenly dashed into sweetheart, ‘but if I live, I shall steps Buck Mason faced him, in shirt arms clasped about her, PS UPCA Ynown emergency. “My dear Miss Of this line of skirmishers a denser came galloping up the slope, swing- ree em or that hesitating ring of in. I know nothing’ of ae . BOv' hers, 4 ‘ out are Be st a a pa an ugly Neryou must not,” she sobbed. “I tell Spencer, tell me your story quickly it old Was berinning to rise In spirals, (og, Out into line as they advanced, iorsemen. With skilful twist of bis mean about a dead man realized that he was not Nkely to fire until he had geined the ‘information he was seeking. Cun- ening pointed the only safe way out »from this difficulty. Lies had serv- ed his mrn well before, and he he 1 much from them now. If he ly knew how much information the other possessed, it would pe easy ®enough. As he did not, he must “wield his weapon blindly, “You're makin’ a devil of a fuss vever little or nuthin’,” he growled, mulating a tone of disgust. “I er ain't hed no quarrel with ye exceptin’ fer the way ye managed 7 , fi ro Who * Brant, percelving the largest group their carbines gleaming in the sun- 9 ti ted road agent tween us, butt enall ter skin me at the table bout two instant the eyes of the two men met, bh hie Wid. ner compen Ten 200 Wish ma to fet, ho ts in dan- orien gathered Just hefore hime rode let, It was prettily, sharply per- font he shat & saree ee Per been tea ula. ‘tar: "ecen i eee 1 Tons OF 2 daly siya to screed 8 und neither doubted the grim purpose Not be false to mynit tot The cin barat into tears, but Sight toward them, ‘The crowd formed, and their officer's face bright- Ayeq to wrench a revolver from his shall remain between me and the in he! : f the other. raYou've. got ter do it, Bob, nounced the marshal, shortly, 4 atrugsled bravely through with her *cAttered slightly at his rapid ap- ened. 1, There was a blaze of red ur face,” he insisted. eee y 6 proach, but promptly closed in again “Very nicely done, Watson,” he said Rank oT itcug of smoke, six sharp “T read it in l reckon you ain't the only ex-con ‘evict ¢ ranging Dakota either fer it i as he drew up his horse with taut to the expectant sergeant. “Deploy 4 “the matter_o” that. No more does er alive.” can ‘Then my face must have lied." sho Its Those Atul me ecncaid, “they fel. Ite looked down into rough, your O SRraCIaD: MAROON Deck Taare: Bad # WHS SRREOOS O8 Fra ‘Murphy. We ain't no bloomin’ de- Hampton never hesitated. I'm qpawered, her Bott voice tremulous, eae ta muedinad Baa Savin: that bis bearded faces. Clearly enough these out those shooters. Make a good Job ‘Then tho Rev. Howard Wynkoop r jtectives, an’ we ain't buckin' ty, on sorey i met yoy ne hog FS deena eran rege 29 gambler who spoke to me this morn- mee mor in no fit spirit for peace- of it, but no firing unless you have flung the empty sun disdainfully have faced it for myself, nor will I mo business o yourn; ye kin just anybody else pee y th ver.” but he didn’t, fc thi ss to," down into the dirt, stepped directly even say good by, for, uni AP Tour wee ee ete nee cee Tit throw. tuts Hor Tae, “ahd they klened me.” ae ane dtd Me “Wynkoop, “You fool!" roared one, hoarsely, ‘The lynchers were quickly acat- GOWD. INS Wie Tet eV eateleloaes Gre eaten tenele Lee rads) “Where is Murphy, then? I wish life, Buck, ‘ ‘ “ff so, I knew it not. It was by He jumped out of the saloon window, his kun poised as if in threat, “what tered, Brant approached the bar- body, and knelt humbly beside @ ef bullet to a mob e be Fyre ag gone. Maybe he Bat right, Bob.” said the marshal. no volition of mine. Lieut. Brant, I bis hand all bloody, and ran away. do you mean by riding us dow ike ricade, calling to Hampto He slender, white-robed figure lying close . “ pre’ " y a ys But they've got him and the town that? Dg you own this country found Bob badly wounded, the mar- against the fringe of bushes. T door he paused and looked longingly SHITE wit Away Ul Ue mor ee in one hell of pringne ‘afore them Tbe have trusted you so completely: that oitahal up behind the Shasta dump, , Brant ‘ung himacit trom the aad- shal standing guard over him, Brant deriy he lifted the fair head to his back. ‘a gone now, all right. What in one neil of & Mehnance left—log it "You mean’ there is something and swear they're going to hang him (y° nnd sirode In front of (ve fellow, Set to work reviving the wounded throbbing bosom, and gaged directly Renate co ye WAL SHAT 2. ene ee Dine! nome perann. perhaps--standing be- if they can only take him alive. Ob, “I mean business, You see this uni- man. Then the soldiers carried him down into the white, unconscious glanced up at him. “Y' kin tell yer all thet urphy a tor Ae." ne mob surged out of the tween?” just hear those awful guns! form? Strike that, my man, and you to the hotel. face. Even as he looked her eyes You kissed me once; will you io a breathless moment neither Occidental, cursing and strugelin, She looked frankly at him. “I do “Yes, but who Is it?” strike the United States.’ Who is Seeing Mr. Wynkoop on the hotel unclosed, her body trembling within again?” forward and dashed mean just that, I am not heartless, “Bob Hampton, and—and he never leading this outfit?” porch, Brant said to him: “Miss Spen- his arm: She rose silently and crossed over D he two spra' all.” “ ' ' wo fe ime that you saw a m: fear,” he implored, read. spoke, Hampton fingering his gun * se netween the and I sincerely wish we had never did it at all. I don't know as it's your affalr,” Cer informed me that. y; & man “Have no fear, plored, to him, her hands held out, her eyes Shervously, his eyes lingering on that into the narrow, siiee sv met; but this must be the end.” Before Brant could either move or the man returned, sullenly. a ap thom the back window of the Oss ing torzas In the expres of her uplifted to his own. | Netther spoke Wristaving h 1 at last, his volce very stapinal and Hampton gained ‘The end? And with no explana- speak, Naida swept past him, down Ain't — Re army andere &) erage ithe raissionary nodded only 1 Mn, Wynkoop, viens th yey a patty © ae f ? : ‘ iding be- tion?” the steep bank. and her voice rang €nt, mister, We're free-born Ameri. 2 es nly T, Mr, their lips met, “ tallic, “I've figured it out, a few minutes leeway by hi 7 . a ‘ 5 Pr oe “ “ ih ‘Good, then come along with me. ‘You! Have those awful creatures a DAFA, Meta es oe now, you lying hind a deserted mine dump. There “There is no other way.” He could out clear, inwistent. “Bob Hampton Can citizens, an’ ye better let Us 1 intend breaking the back of this gone?" EeeeT en ree s Jone." Hiampton panted out his story. perceive tears in her eyes, although attacked by a mob? Is that true, Al” lynching business right here and §°"Yop, yes; be calm, I beg you. There vy Rosai Phoebe? They ‘fAghtih t the ‘That is not what T asked you hl 9, yes; be calm, yo A moment they stood thus face te Mason listened and believed. Then she spoke bravely. "Nor can I ex Phoeb hey are fighting a On oak Mba nt attend’ hia Pes hia BOW: is no longer the slightest danger, I face, reading ih ‘great lesson of and hemmed them in. plain, for all ie not clear even to me. Spas eae you must acc now, for hands clinched. "My queation ‘was. tolitctinie Url’ hasunie where Meneses Protect you with my IIf eternity within the depths of exam brute. You are the fellow who swore ro y the gun ty oat Bee ie toting, ‘and that after- came the pursuing crowd of lyncher® plain, for all 1s not clear even to me, Shasta dump, you say? Lieut. Brant, ward you picked It up.” ’ dened, Lord, between us insurmountable; not even my sake!” Who jy at the head of this outfit? tal, where if need be.” othere oxen, Then, sawiy, peaty here was the spirit of murder in Hampton's eyes hardened. . betw ntabie; en i Whe, ly at bh of a crowd was gathered. Abruptiy ne sR" Howard—Mr. Wynkoop—it ta oth omte Sve, pnd the gambler cowered how he desired to live just then, to the power of love can overcome it; | She sprang toward the horse, nerved A) T want an anawer” = | aqdressed the all strange, #0 bewildering; my }. Berry a heseelt from the of ove a ou to ask 0 by Brant’s apparent siowness to re- iy a ‘A hi back before them, trembling lke @ uncover, at, Teele, “nale. phd and 1, appeal to you to ask me no Dy Ural sopsened the rein from the Upon the others near him with sarin oan aitisena, N shoep, not Ameri- nerves are ao mhattered! But it bas “You believe in.me now? You ao wring tro ech cluding him all these — It was impossible for him to doubt scrub'oak. “Then I will myself go to pf deviston, | "Oh. ve do, hey Well, pounded a little sense into some of taught me a great, great lomon. HOW not go away blaming me?” ehe quae *Captain,” he muttered, his voice yoare: Surely tt was not justice that her sober sarnnaineas, OF tne Septh if they kill me also, the [ reakan we are JE you rua Ray sd you, perhaps you'll Haten to the facts, ee Mr Motfat and Mr. MeNell Wonad, with quiverion lpe,. SH. “ . “I--I nev An should be lost now. The smoke of her feelings; the full truth in her Li . and if you must hang some one put ‘such heroes, and yet now in eeey, aueipl ak I never said I puffs rose from the encircling rifles, words was pictured upon her face, But Brant had got his head now. Shoulder this outfit right yere hes your rope on the right man, Bob Bare rae el lanes RH pig Going Sa 30t Seee ne But I id. J—I only swore to the last part, bin doin’ most of the brain work. So, , ae : fi the hunted men. cowered still and in the pathetic appeal of her Grasping her arm and the rein of the ol ‘ Hampton did not kill Red Slavin, The a ! a . AEN oe eg erat IYING he whistling of the bullets in eyes. She extended both hands. plunging horse, “You will wo home,” {i Yate eot stein wetter apit: Tt fellow who aid kill him cimbed out fe'is"you who re the true Western youn oo bea +. would kill you on sight. “You will forgive me? Truly, this he commanded, with the tone of mili- ter man, I reckon ye better spit It of the back window of the Occidental \night!" you, an’ sorter relieve re you ready to die?” eee barrier has not been raised by me.” tary authority. "Go home with Miss here, and got away, while you were r: (To Be Continued.) Sta’ face was Grawn and gray, CHAPTER VIII _ He bowed low, until his lips pressed Spencer. All that can posstbly be done Chasing the wrong ‘tan. Mr. Wya- qnene Mr. Wapeese. eer yet the perspiration standing + n weedy 4 , the white fingers, but before he could to aid Hampton I shall do—will ‘Who are you?" koop saw him, and so did your achool- confessed it true. Upon hie forehead, but he cowl «ene Loves Me; She Loves master himself to utter 9 word In you £0?” iqThe man's look became dogged. teacher, Miss Spencer." - GOING AWAY FOR A either speak nor think, fase’ nares aa reply, a distant voice called his name, She looked helplessly into his face, “I'm Ben Colton, if it'll do ye any ‘phen Wynkoop stopped gamely to CHAPTER XI. , by those remorseless eyes, whic Me Not. and ‘both glanced hastily around. “You~you don't like him,” she fal- 600d to know.” the trent Rall that te true’ mens ’ Remember The med to burn their way down Into NKIND as the Fates had “That cry camo trom the valley," he tered; “I know you don't. But—but | I thought I had seen you some- The Parting Hi Not Well, then, T will give you, proved to Brant earlier in Wil'go and leary whae it meanee E708, BI WeiD belie 78+ ath FOF. BY vwh owe ou, Dull be fee would lee. 1 un fe, “No 5 an, o i wi al learn what ‘gd | ad bes le a Benes erall than, Z will five ae . 0 an n it mea: sake at ye got against him, young Spencer and I both saw the man jump T O TAeutenant Brant these ‘opvons. Don't move an eye the day, they relented some- She followed him part of the way He crushed back an oath. “Like ler?” asked someon from the window; there was blood on proved days of bitterness. what as tho sun rose higher, through: ‘the labyrinth of under- him or not lke him, I will save him arely his right arm and hand. He was a ‘Just this,” and Brant honestly why you have brush, Wardly knowing why she did if it be in the power of man. Now fronted the man, his voice ringini hi it ehh sole comfort wee the to get word with the girl, 4g ‘and consented to lead him to 59." tie stood alone upon the summit will you go?” Seas alee tua emote Radord Uo Matas nee Water wad. be Olbabs fealing that be bad per- go out from here living. far happier acenes, ; of the piss bluff whence be could ‘Yes,” she answered, and suddenly day, and I've dealth wity them. I'm peared on @ run up that ravine, § formed his Qty,