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SAn Ideal Midsummer Romance of the r a . - mr west, oy tne Author of IHE TWO-GUN MAN" and "THE RANGE RIDERS." a JseTfe.. - ALT.E.M 5T00O ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE. NJOTE. THIS. MAM r-tO ! -iFT. ICetnrliht. ltli. Ly lbs OaUsg Pobll C BY.vorsis ok i'i.k-'kih v; i n u:.r. rVrrti, whn iivd a int ranch, 1' Martha lUrkm, lUtifiitat of .1 r rai owi r lm It trinn in dHf I". ri) QUI t' 8ttl I f "(Hi Mn HttlM"" Iim kind a "tWOHPM Mil' timt I ! ' ' . to ml li rs , ; 1 1 piu'st-ta I Vrh of btrittX a ttit'-f . Vlai Uii , iiiiter. fitrt'tty 1iia' IVrr I it Cr'l at ill wi'fi rciKf f r Mai Lia, ' opatiH' w "i h i Bubbftl, by rtai i i oot IngT tu . 1.1 nff thrct ehkteM at loni raAf. sigk.-a Lfafrit rtdlnUoiu In M rl m'i Ktitli foapj t "i'i rt." Soon aftcfrard Itiiblk'll i i-aiii a BjoK fnim ttu ibanii R la Ilia Ii el 1 lO A MVtaM lAAtl BaeU tUr a4it tii ar.'ii'l o Ikivbi t'litl ho is planning i raid on BmMi mrrali CHAPTER I. (OmUmmIsI The Hutkc Thief. LB L JtBKuL did not rem va I saddle from tic ponv He tied the animal t" one of tha t ip rails of the corral famra and proceeded lo the bunh hnufc. wlicr.' if ate !!.' ' ', smii: ii" '"- !nc i" any of t ie : n. After dnlahlng his meal he retu ed lo hla pony, mnunted and. .t i a fiin "f crlm an ticipation on his f i'c departed up tha river. V Teilow Hois. Pi islti'r hai.kel In the soft, callow light of a moon that swam thruuita a f .i of M:a. I: waa '! ilet o"i Yellow Horae. Whara the n i buttea broke abruptly off and tank to tho level of the river bottom there ws dim trail thai led i the crove or fir balsams about which ltankln ha l writ ten and Which HUbbell knew wed iiut a can lha gun-man arrived he ogrefully f iinoltred, dlamountlng from his pony and making hi way slow ly ton ai d the ahadowa of u rookg promontory lhat ovarhung ilia timber prove. He wan a long time Cfl n ng the shadons. and wh'n ha dually dropped into them he Whs surprised to Dnd two horea there bafuro Ulm, The an 'aals were tied to a tree at Ihe a4g uf ' grow and ware pawing Impatiently, .vp- JParsfeJVij 1 --' -"-- ta'Ot l c gfa n Ik. AT wMSeiSeeevsstsKs Ftoot , roOT, TOOT'j I GLinC- 1 i LANG' T uu' A COW ON The Evening World p-' ntly they had lien there for I lone lime, HUbbell grlWMd triumphantly an I - inlv f. rtlier luick Into the shadows to aa..t the imlag of the men who had tolen the animate. Ha made llttla preparation for the romlr of tha thlevea, He forced nis pony prone to the tanclsd ti i"r of the grove, an oi s'.me nondeaerlpt bruah Which offered concealment, while lo in m i sank n6lseleeely down behind sn ne stunted oak brush near Ihe edge if t tie grove, ii. eras ongratulatlng himself upon the t , with which he had secured his position and epeculatlng upon lha num bi . i of Ihe i i levee when he became aware of a sound behind htm. He wheeled ewlftly hla hande dropping to hla hokttore, to see half .1 dozen men rise out of some tli: It shrubbery. His hands fill away from 1.1s holsters when ha heard the aharp command! "Hand up!" I reokon We've ant him, boys," said nr." of the man. II" cine forward Into 11 patch of moonlight nnd Hub bell rc Ognlieg Ferris. The latter advanced 1 l"e lo the nun-man, je ering Into Ml fa Ihueke!" lie -v.l evenly.- "It's Hub- bel "it sure '" said another votoa R3 si vera! grlmeyed punch' ra advanced and -surrounded the gUUman. They ranged about Mm silently, their six-shooters out, hem nlng him with menace, Among them he rooolliliod 1 ie man aho had delivered the note to him that evening. He grinned, certain that the men had cone- upon tho Came orrand lhat hud brought him and equally certain that they would ! crestfallen when told ol their blunder. I reckon you boys arc makm' a mistake," h" aald cheerfully to terrla. The hitter did not stlllle. "af boa . "ii think It's a mistake," ho returned coldly, "I reckon you won't deny that 1 was p; v - Iog to them ,'sei We wei expecting esjd' 1 la laugh' d Ironically, "I reckon thai When RanMn hears ol (hie he'll know why you ain't hatched that there horse thief which you've claimed to be lookin' fur." The smile suddenly died out of Hub bcll'x fin e. ".Meanln' .'" ha said, glaito P0t000i '"--e---.rfnnnfVu-uJ-f "S'Matter, Pop?" mm . ea3aaaiassassaJssaja HyHi it I t?an AGAINST SUMIN P.EEM TeTfMrif i Vr -iT - i Jsrfjgjy 'sssislel THE TRIANGLE BY Ins rMrfuliy ni me giim faces r ihe punchers i r him. ' ateonln' mat we've caught iron with Hi- good, cm," isclersd Kerrls coldly. "MeaMn1 also tlwit Itanklti'll lo soma llekl'd When he ntldll lllllt VoU'Ve been pin? in' him fin- ii 'in'krr- rlalmln' to is iryln in find his horse thief an1 bcln' the horse IMef : oursi'lf. That'll tuft tli kin Rankin a heap" The gunman's lain ha! mo ghaettjri In the yellow moonlight his eyea flashed with n growing doubt ami dread, Tal he kcjit a good (trip on blm tolf -e ven smiling When 'hip of th pttnchtrl stepp-d close to him -and deftly removed tho two cum from hla holsters. "on tioy uri- sure funpin ." h said ii... i i ' J. . V, . "' Wilt I ulii t none scared. Ho you might - rii 'nil ii on hp nn uri a nneer off." Ila poirupil a Anivr at the mm lio hail brought JtankJn's not to blm. "That there's the man whirl! lining thp note," he aild, "tellln' nip to come here." Kerrls turned la the puncher that the cunrnjan ladlcatad, "I re kun rOU'Va hpar.1 what hp an Id." h ssld. crilTIv: 'Mid you Rive him a nolo from Rankin T" The man shook hi head. "I ain't seen Jlnkln In a month.'' he relumed. Ferris grinned coldly as ha saw Hub bel! allffpn. Up motioned 40 one of the nun ami the latter began significantly to uncoil a rope that ho produced from somewhere Muhhell took a backward atop. Iil Hp twitching strancely. "Why why" hp began, his volrp cstehlng In Ma throat, "I reckon you bnvs ain't coin' to do thai!" hp said, polntlnc to thp rope "I can takp Joke aa well aa most mpu. hut you're uarry In' It n haaft too far. There ain't nothln' happened to chow that I'm any horae thler. That there man brunc me thp notp from" The mM grinned and Kerrla Inter rupted coldly. "Where's the not"' he queatloned. "I hurtled It Ilka Ilankln said." re turned the cunman. lirlna apbeared on the fare of sev eral of the men. l'errla lifted hla voire derisively. "Yes," he said coldly, ".i man hrunc you a notp. only he anya he didn't. Mil you had a note, only you burnel It. we've found two of my horaea tied e an' we eauaht you ftniikln' tnei mound In the hruah." lie notlOMd to the punrhera nod they came dose to Tlubhell and ranaed .themselves around him. Two of them seized bla artnal two more were sud denly enaaced In caatlnc one end of a rope over ii huce branch of on.- of the trees', atlll "another eombrcly cocked IiIh six-shooter. Then llubbell'a fortitude deserted him. lie kneel cave. way. he sud denly sacced forward a dead weight In the biinda of thp two men who had seized his arms. The men releuaed hlmi he was on his knees on the tan gled floor of the grove, bubbling In coherently to Ferris, some of the man Moiled derisively, others turned their baoka, not raring to witness the un til inly spectacle. .Ml withdrew to some little distance, leaving Ferris and the Kunmitti alone. A little later they heard Ferrlsa voice cnUIng them. They returned, gain ranging themselves about Hub be! I. The latter stood before them, it drooping, crushed flcure of a man. with no traie of the overhearing In solence that bad previously marked iswssesseesesessessseeseweeeisssseeiMwwwseiw Some sk m ti'vif 1 m sec f ct tirra MlSTArfErJ 1 sJ"i Hmmm n in "I ranrrnei iasi sisrebiiri ijtsnatskafbJfw n ijaj rjT (-(our homor th yiu J T" yAhT," rvooK MowoR,-rhE."s gP, VtJEFENDT HAS 'iW SACK'S W JURY OUST DIED OFjT' ( 1 I L 9b aTsTsTS Daily Magazine, Friday, August CHARLES ALLEN SELTZER It I in. lie stood silent. Ms ej s d"' o ciiat. while Kerrls apoke "I want you hovs to wilneai that M here man has p o tilsrd lo hit t.ho hret s out of 1 hie country. I'm lettln' him OtU but lie's cUlIu' out an' he ain't never r Off) In' bgCki That's all. H'l rlchl. I reckon?" he aald. epeaklnc to Milhlx II. The lalier nodde I. One "f the men left the giove and Waa seen maklnc his way over Yellow Horse crosalnit. He returned presently, leadline Hubbell's pony i Orlmly and silently the men watched lluhbell as he clambered Into the saddle and departed down the rler trail. VI. Dave ltankln had heard the news at 1 try Hottom on his re'urn from laia 'Mil tho day iierorc, mm ,pp,vd Pllt of the door of Vecaa tho day before, and now aa he his office .... i ,... v., . i..i.i. . ... looklnc down at MJss Martha, who was recllnlnc In tier hammock, he smiled and stepped toward them "I'm richt sorry that I got you wronc, Ben," he aald to tha latter aa he came near and extended his hand, "but there's heaa ..f lliluaa don't Co richt In this here country. For Instance, who'd ever Hunk of Hubbrll turnln' out to be the ihlef which hsa ten elealin' my Irorsps?" . Ferris smiled cravely. "Yon ean't al ways tell what man la by hie looks," he returned succinctly. Miss Martha dropped her book and sat erect, looklnc up with surprise, "lluhbell a horse ihlefl" ahe exclaimed. "You've cot It richt." returned Ilan kln with a crhn smile. "Kerrla n' some of his men eauaht him with the Cooils down at Yellow Horae. He' a COne. Hit the hippie rlpan out of tha country' Ilankln grinned slcnlfleantly. "I'm leavln' you two to talk It over. " ho aald, winklnc at Kerrls. "I don't ikon that I'm ever coin' to Interfere anymore." He s'rode down toward the atahle, halting at a distance and calling hack, "Stay for dinner. Men." he sold. "Meiibc Mary'll have chicken"' Roth watched ltankln as he disap peared Into the stable Then Miss Martha looked up at Kerrls with a smile. f "Well." she said, flashing s demure glance at limt, "I'm rather clad he lias Cone. I never quite liked him." She caucht hla (air and her eyes dropped. "Now. you" ahe said, "you are" "Original." supplied Kerrls dryly. "You see." he continued, "I slnt foratot whst happened the day Huhbell shot the chickens. Mlsa Martha lauehed. aecure In her power over him. "Bo you haven't for- COtten?" she aald. "Wo did have chicken for dinner that day. And a Utile while a co I saw Mury ktlllne aomn chickens for dinner to-day. Odd Isn't It " "Awful," returned Ferris. He stood erect, stretchlnc languidly. (Miss Martha surveyed hla tall flcure with a clanco of admiration, ethe rose and stood be side the hammock, smiling slcnlfleantly. "If you don't mind." she snld archly, "you mlcht walk with me as far as the river " Ferris stifled a yawn. "I reckon not." he said slowly; "It's too hot." Ha moved slosh- uwav. leaving her stand lug beside tiie hamniock, her face al ternately flushing and pa line. A few steps away ihe looked hack over his shoulder, crlnnlnc. "Von take your walk," he said quietly: "I'm coin' to help Mary pull the feathers out of them chickens." Day--(Maybe) m TOOl TOOT TOO T f I 6l-ArJCl,iUAV(,., V I J f4 ! WELL WrlADDA "TA rTWOW efjOJT TrlAT' iT JUST r.ErM'j UirTE jUM?IN5 IN TE WAY tuiTQtf ee A i 7 L i 1- 1 r 1 s' y 1 leesL resMasal t CHAPTER 11. The Man on the Ridge; M N was niovmc anionc 'he rocks and bushes of a lone. hlCh i Idee Me llltt-d he'd and there- uolaelev. 'y like I shadow. Ills movements we-o eautloua. catlike, and he placed his feet carefully, after the manner of the hunter atealtnc upon hla prey. Yet somethlnc In hla actions; some thing about the crlm. bard lines of his fare; somethlnc In tha furtive, douhtlnc and runnlnc Clancea with which he scrutinised every bush, rork and erac In his vlclnltv proclaimed blm not the hunter, but Hip hunted. Hp halted often. Komeltmes It Wgt behind a bush, sometimes bhlnd a weirdly shaped rack or a clcantlc boulder: frequently It win behind a clump of shrubbery. But always when he halted It was behind somethlnc. Not once did hie flcure rise above the skyline. And alwaya he crouched. When he crossed an open place he did so on hie stomach, wrlccllnc end twl.tlnc and e.,ulrmlnc OVT j! aaud. the prickly cactus and the jacced with numerous pauses, hla face wreathed In ii blttsr snarl, hla lips mutterlnc curses, his eyea clltterlnc malevolently. In aueh a manner mlcht a wounded beait drac himself to his lair. There seemed to be M nee1 for the man' caution. Besides himself there seemed to be no llvlnc thine on the rldce: no llrnc thine on the vest, deed plains below. In the shallow draws nnd cullies and on the lower rldcea nothlnc moved; notMnc moved 1n I he creat. blue arcii of the sky ex-ept the sun a disk of shlmmerlnsr silver. All was sllenl. pea.erul, motionless, aium- broils. The world aeemed suspended In a vacuum. And yet the man proceeuefi cautiously, always g"lng toward Ihe crest of the rldce. In an hour he came to the edce of n sandy, open place, ahoiit twenty feet across. CrOUeMsVI behind a niasnmnth boulder he estimated the distance with crafty, calculating eyes. On the opposite edce of the open epace was a thicket of scrub oak about tlfty feet wide. Near Its centre rose a pile of Jagged rork. surmountlnc the ridce. From here u man mlcht view the entire gurroundlne country within a radius of ten miles, and la- safe from discovery. For two hours Ihe man had kept "its aurnmlt In sight; It was the eon! Mr which he tmed. From It he would be able to ere many thlnca. Ho slipped down upon his stomach and wriggled slowly and noiselessly forward-squlrmlnc. twlsllnc labori ously workinc his way toward the scrub oak thicket. In ten minutes he was at Its edce. In ftvn more he was ,Pop nt it. aguattlng on hands and knees, panting and exhausted For a lone time he remained motion less Then, aoout to move forward, he suddenly sank flat to the tangled flOOT of the thicket, his eyes glmimlnc. 'its head raised, Ills body rigid. On Ihe other side of the thicket something bad moved! " J For live minutes the man remained motionless. Then his right hand WPiit slowly ba'k to his holster and waa wlthdrnwn, grasping the stock of his heavy revolver. He poked tlm mu.le or the weapon through the stunted oak brush, toward the point win 11." tho sf J SefflS (OserrkM, 55 5 the Pnsa rjbashlag Os. 1 . Ilae Mew Iet WerU.) ) 1 SAY CiLIM WILL, YA I r.mC M TPelLHT Ce iRAlK A fTAfi' jf VltvMII.L Tli1'' I it ArJ Awful. rySH, W'a ,f ,i f.Tiil-n'Ti i T I ' -I I I 1J 'Vs... ........ M fl " agr V. 1 ' f I 1 I ! CUPID irtOVS men I had coma Again he na'teil. And then presently a voi.o cftaka lW, veil, but atartllncly tesomtnt In the pei fp.-t sllenca, ''He's sure -" neivhete In these hlllf," It aald "I finer that he'll make track! for the (Vlorsdo lino likely htttln' I'ur gatoi y I'roeeln '.'' Tho man In the thicket showed his tajaggj In a tlcerleh crln He had rgCOg nixed Hie voice; he Jcnew that on ti e other aide of the thicket Hen Allen, lbs Hherlff of Colfax 'ounty. was standing si anulnc every foot of the surrounding connlry for a allmpse f hlfa He knew that the man to whom Allen had spoken waa hla deputy: (hat these two men were sworn to take him bnog to Drj rtottom dead or alive. The rtn gg his face paled and was sue eedrd by a venomous aneer. They would never tak. tilin bachalive. Iinc aco had hi de cided on thst. There waa no further sound from tli edce of the thh krt. Kvldently the deputy had olnclded w ith the ahenff's Mews, for he had not answered. Yet He couhl easily Imaclne how the two , Y . . .,..,; ... .k.. ..l... . edce. wnt' Idnc the plains -for hint. Allen he knew personally ami It "as easy for him to conjure up a mental picture of the crlm and patient sheriff, etandlne on the eummtt of the rldce. I hii I nt on the muitle ot his rule uniting Walllnc' The man In the thicket snarled. Walling for him' Ha snarled again, one coiner of hla month slimline upward satirically. It seemed airange to Mm that Allen had aull Igatad Ilia trail; thut hn stixl now within ten feet of him, swaillnc Ills Doming, I la hid alwsys felt a eorl of fear of .Mien; there waa somethlnc about the grim. JJJJJ Mm unlet, easy enmg aherlff thai h id nlwm s queer, qualmish sensation In the pit of tho stomach He hated Allen because of this feeling, though the men bad never passed a word In anger. Hut he knew that Allen had measured Mm that when their evia met It was bis soul that crluccd uwav from the sheriff's that In the slierllf's evee was a cleim of understanding, of perfect knowledge. Allen knew him for what he was Tho world- Dry Holtoin'a World - nl II I fear blm. might know him lor an "in law: a despersdo whose raohlaaa dis regard for human life had made him a terror to the country, and made Ills name feared wherev. i men oongregatod. nut Allen did not fear him lliut le knew. He oonld s.e this when hla eyea met Allen's. The sheriff had a way of looking at lihn. of aqulntlnc hla eyes at him, of studylnc blm, which seemed to hint of a mvsterlous knowledge, it wus as though Allan could read the future and knew that one day he would have to deal with the man alone, thut Fate had marked them for tha clash, and the gleam In Allen's eyea when he looked at tho man said more plainly than words that he was measuring him, comparing him to himself, that when the clash came he would make no mlatakea. And, curiously, the man came finally to understand lhat Allen would makp no mistake. This thought was coiilln ually In the man a mind It became, an obsession thut he could not shake off. One diiy lie and the sheriff would clash, and the sheriff would come off victorious. The man could feel It. In tan, E IB IBS HbaUae OK fTae sw Tsek W.rkl). Ic.nm Pul,ti ' J IIMO TH (J U I U 2) INI. J t I lIN iLJ lK in 9, 1912 The Adventures of Border Maidens, "Bad Men" and Cattle Rustlers A Tale of the Great Outdoors. C SVSASAAAAAAAAAAAeAAAAA vneevxeAeeveMeAeeeyrWW' eatSaV IsCl OawBerdBanfr-'- , BMTaVi-iirTafcjL.'anssaaBSMMsassssMsaasaessa sume subtle mamier Allen bad male htm feel his Inferiority . the man had fought axalnst It, but In his heart he knew that It was so. (And new, "oncealed In the IMcket, not over ten feet from Allen, he realised t'Umly that a chance was off. -red Mm. lie was In a iMialtlon I i thwart Fate, to sHsed a bullet that would forever set st end the sllenl, wordless enml'.v lhat had been between them from the first; that Mould m.it the glaOh thai he kaw must eomo. v.-t it seamed that lie wss not to tak" advantage of It. lie Crawled nearer Ihe edge of Ihe thicket, near enough to make OUl the f'gures of the two men who stood there, their backs lo him. He slowly raised the mussle of his weapon until It yas tiuined fairly upon the middle if Allen's 'isck. Hut he did not praOC the trigger. At the Instant that he had raised the mUSelS of the weaptitl II" had h' ' O il' aware of a sound O peculiar, dry busl ine thai seemed to eagreM all ttie hale and Venom that had BC UlUUleted slice the Scriptural Warning! "Thy heel shall brulre his head and hi head shall brUlBO lav heel." The man s flesh crawled with a sud den fear. In front of him, not over an arm'g length distant, was a gigantic dlamond-haik rattler He saw Its dirty oils, triangular head ere.'t, forked tongue darting, Its venomous, lldless tvrs glittering gvltll The man hesi tated, slowly lowering the tousxte. of his weapon. The huxlng ceased, the trlanguiar head slowly sank, though tin venomous, lldless eyes still glittered evilly and warntngly. The man again raised Ihe weapon Again arose the pei Hilar, dry huzxlnc, filling the thicket. Again the iiiun low ered the weapon, again the tiuzslne . lased The man shrank bn"k a llttlo bis blood chilling. He saw Allen turn. "d he sank prone to the floor of the thl ket. among things tint pricked Mi fa.ee and hands. He heard Allen's voice. "I reckon that there rattler ain't feelln' eiartly tickled over somethln'." And then arose Allen's laugh, flllel peeullar, dry humor, as he turned hla hack aga u to the thicket The man lifted his head and rrsumed his forme:- posture, though retreating slightly Again he raised the musslo of the A'ipoii. Again the peculiar, By C. M. Frontier Heroeu HrVLF AJ HOURJ UATCR THt MC&QE.rHGCr DtPRTD dry bussing filled the thicket. The trlangulsr head wss ralsrd higher this time, and the forked tongue darted more rapidly. A old, superstitious horror cupped the man. He did not fear the snake, though he knew that the flash of his revolver would roues the reptile to ac tion. And since retreallnc he could no longer get a clear view of Allen's ha -k numerous gnarled and twisted branches of scraggly oak Interposed. A bullet would have been deflected, and th" man could afford to take Bo ' h. 11 Il retreated a little more to give the rattler a chance to make off with good grace. Hut the reptile seemed Iti no fear of him. merely low ering lis head and watching him. For a long time hs lay quiet, looklnc at ft. Then again he heard Allen's voice. ' I re. ikon we're wastln' time standln' here. It we've missed him he's probably sneaked around the Mils. In that cga we'd bitter he hlttln' tbe breese ta Purgatory Crosslu' so's to heed him off " The deputy's voice rose to aasent. "He's plum slick," he said. "Mebba be ll go by eay of l'urgatorv i'roeeln' an' mehbe he'll think we're waltln' for him there an' sneak back to Dry Bot tom to se i n k 1 1 of his." Allen lauehed crimly. Mehbe be win," he returned; "that'd be Juat Ilka him. Hut I've rtxed for that. Before we left 1 swore In Clem Miller an' Lefty Andrews. I reckon they'll take rare of him richt and proper If be gees back." The deputy snickered. "I'd rail that rlg.t foxy of you. " he commented : "the ' bailees are that he's plum lonesome without soetn' bis girl." "An' hungry," added Allen "A -nan that's gone for two days without gruu might he accounted to have & nuui petite for If An' If he's anrwava elo,. to lry Hottom he might take It bWo hla head to sneak back, trustln' that nobody d touch him." IHe laughed, jrj reckon that If we'd happen to get jggl" of Msg now there'd be one of two tfXttgs Happen r.iiuer ne o come up tame an' be wlllln' to eat our of our hands, or he'd make g plum lovely tight ' The deputy'e voice waa In earnest 'Tf I've got him slsed up right na'd tight." lie said. tTo Re Continued.) Payne I ?,MATTE "