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CHAPTER XV.
D
DOMT know what to think,"
- ha arowlad, ''about you.
Ibu.vm Uh.
I eaa you eavadhe abow
to-nUTht. but you might
karat Jun Wit you had to;
a 'at au being taera. I'll beg
raar saraaa far the way I've acted to
yea all day'lf yoa'H ihow ma'l waa
wroag and didatjlkear you' tell Ather
toa Cnla umulng to hare -patience and
rea'd aaa tie a-ot area, nor didn't aee
yaa tradaa tm tha tmaknouaa daor."
"I did both 'thing' aaM Bophy
- n. , . - -i r .
eaaty; , Bne ahoved aome ehlpa Into
taa, open atove, and la the audden ,
Maia turned and aaw Hasard behind
har, "I'll iell you tell you,'' aha
atiaUwored. and felt her heart knock
iggjgu kr Tihm. Rhe hail navr mn
igt mum Mice ioo jvm ma. pni nopeo, muivm vi uubii uvsr aim u waa
,W Bhealag, that' he had not 'heard. u true; promteed to marry him for
V It aa had-ha gara ao atgn of It.1 He nothing, unleaa ha got the godl"
IL walkad to tha window, pulled the "Oh, my dearest," waa tha alngle
.abutter tlghjt, abut tha door of. the thing Haaard aald. Ha gathered the
attire till they could luit aeo the meal girl to Jt)m and klaaed her once; aha
ea tha table. Even W Rider there' waa ' waai'don with' ahlfta'hnd being made
a araalhtaaanaaa In the alienee, wneW'use of.Vhlle he nail blood In hla body.
T'Sf?!!? 5. wliealad, and l6oked d'utalde the bnakhouaa the big
aamaratatr tato Sophy Rldfewaya'aWede aibod ready for the trail, hla
I J3& ,., . 'j ' ,i ' . I6ad packed on hla broad back, and
V11.. B,idl. 1 S?6 of blm corered from tha bitter
I. 11 ftW u.. Then" towlri night bttt bla ayea, Bophy-a filled aa
caa laii nioer aii you wani 10; imni
"
tha-rVy iH
ard aa ha atood la front of her, dirty,
tlrad, and eowihow more of a man
tha any baa else In tha World. "You
' . . .
ooaM IWnKTtn aorta or tmnga about
maT aha aald almply. "I've deaerred
5' r,-oh you're -alwaya
ao rallablel' '
Aaa . pTBa ,onjy xne wou-man
waald.kava knows exactly what aha,
amaant.. , " ...
1 .
tlJ mro WW
, nt -M 43 J r
0aU appearance there bad
aot been a algn ot life In
A thairtnn'gi nun mil dsiv.
mraVi t!,-Kah m h.
Kelly, crouching behind the
HVitUVIU liu w V Wtaaiau aaa
"Mttir tttiiMt, iuddenly tired
tha
through tha thrown-up snow wall ha
bait, loopholed In the time-honored
maiiiod of small boya making forta,
.aa- (-nil ad oa ha lowered hla nun.
ZTT . .77. ' . . 7 .
la aaaa rhitv nnin nm . t i i db
Wf.w ' - '
kaaw where Atherton'a
were,
aaav-whefa one of them
waa no
lotufar. t. ,
p. 1,yi-"rw 7T,"1TTl ,
hi... .. vt. . nm.N rrnas . ...m .
2K .taai Dan. out ud aia ahu. um ,
aiaaaa.snou "Beoma iuim aiix.g -
m" fta 'avciaimaA. 'TPitT . laavaa
W - -- - .- .
(.eouirtnig Atherton ir .
ard frewned. "It's not numbei
'going to all us," be remarks
ara
"w
Ponder ha hasn't rushed ua.'
turned Rider aucclnctly,
"Ha flrtt. post Xellv's lot.,. There's
ao' other 'way. that jr,knpw or; any-,
heravJ don't balla.raJie'll. try ,lt., Ba
a naaa. , wui ina fuoim. v
1 -11'- ."- i--,-Tiv ... r
MSK.-'Cftptd.i imLpinr t. ,
"Hi wanta . arn&t ware cot out. al-
ritwli jLflwn 1 1 t. ,
.Wanta.aijlatjiKoJi? Wt out. al-
thartaai
tkftf
wi eiae. ana picxea it up. tie crawtea
we?TB BO cartridges but What I had, aah6r over The eracklnr lea. and one
and.that'B , no wholesale. lot. Tharo's came on the last man who waa to
waara w not trying to ruan wer- corer Olaen. Ha was stone dead, and
A tm f
WSnder ha hasn't rushed ua." ra
. fcv.01!1'; bilW."1Wh.T
- haTrtd the sheas .In tbajtlrst place;
ka taought wVd all go off rebul ding
them, nd gtye him, an hla .wen a
. cAaacatolokdup our.goldandgatoff,
thMs, an
ckaacaU
Ha kaen
na naaw oa ,iitii ,trrm
aoon, or .uisea mho mm aw u,
an It n than ha .tbaiurtit
WaJWdn
I kidnap .me.
- - - 7. ; ; . . .
otnerwise ne a nave
ant?r-i,2USld; to ruih "Hi
L ..?? rfSr,.fvu.!l..S'..J!2
IT!
nayar .liked trouble; ha tried every
f oof war to cet'round me flsst I take
lt,.pomekpw. that he'a In a hurry to
getaway from are; he'a not going to
stay and tight ua for the claim, unleaa
haVdrivanTfolt, It he la. there'a a
simpler way than fl-htlng, If be thinks
otjt. Our only chance ta that he
doeari'-a
R(d m idded aasantlngly. "If he
eoateVf- ..ilage to 'stake fresh and get
oufanfl cccord' ahead of usT That'd
.dlah us all right."
VPKM no .uuu wui ,i..v, a... wwv
k. j.A..nl Mf anv In 'In
Tin
meantime. BeeT" '
Rider looked round the office, as If
at Xgarded the grim horizon and the
uaaroken. rail,
I 1. . i . . r n 1
aaaantlma. RkaT" '
Ail t uuu 1 mi wiiu iw iu, ua
ratarned succinctly. "You can't, for
there's the girl to. leave."
"Oleen'a going, pimply. He nnd I
flgurtd It out this morning. He'a got
s ttr tha lake at first; then if ba
striken, across Into Dead River
country, and down It to Rear Lake he
aaw. kin., m.fe. M.MrvA I nnllili..
r v . - ,
umm w mm."
-jaaciBuuf jioii nrTcr ao in
Haaard shrugged hl ahouidera.
They
haren't opened a recording
oaaa'Cat Tabeaki to my knowlge"
ItVao aaa nia going that way. It
lift 1 !? 4
(TlrfjMy"-1TFtmmTmmmmmm m m aaaBBBsaaBaBBaaBm
r'Pbn't forget that Next Week Complete
Novel in The
Urn
MV MM Ml Mt thrOUS M
tolas tkrea kmae at Indian better
than I ao. im I Mat t m H
U alt m tknUa.1
"Otoen'a
said Bephy ItMft
rk MMrt for Ma
way. "It's Mi iark easugh for
to tUrt, and I wan ta speak to betk
wa, a u w i Hnn a mmm ww.
wai 10 wina inn im wng.
'The waor dsmaaded Haaard.
Hodrt tun aat with taa nai
"Do you meaa it waaa't Athsftaa I
aaw with you In tha now storm T"
uld Rider.
"Just that"
Baa add ant. a scrawled bit of
paper. "I found that la tha cava thle
morning, whaa I waat to leak for tna
welf-maa hlraeetf."
Haaard atarad at tka Maellad word
4?- 'tar
kjh niTcrr
"Wail." erlad Beahr Imnatleatr-.
"Ja' m sort ot warning r
"Depeada on who It'a to."
, "I don't know," aatd Sophy. Thara
aound la bar rolca tkat atartlad
Haaard, even bafora she caught tha
map from him aad throw It on tha
rrouna. -i ao," aaa said tarouga har
taoth. "I nerer meant to hare to tall
you thought That map's not father's
at ail! It'a am Atharton.mada lnviaail
of fatMr'a, and all wrong. I toM you
I didn't know whethar to ballavn blm
or not when he aald It waa hU map
flm Ma rjltn,p n,d ito(ll, ,t. WJ
when Athertou wouldn't give It back
ana raraer aaia ra ruined mm. and
Ipat tha only chance we ever had of
ouying Atnarton on. i aound a fool,
but when I waa with father I be
ttered him; and when I waa with"
Atherton It waa the other way. I
begged Atherton for tha map. He
gara It back to me when I aald I'd
marry him'. I thought I bought father
off and the very Brat thing Atherton
A whan h 'awawu to laugh at
me. Ha aald It waa .all a lie. He'd
never heard of Laatluck till I told
him; he gara me back a wrong man
and kept ours: ha thought I'd think
he waa clarer, that I'd marry htm just
the aame. All' the time father told
me Atherton waa holdlnc Drlaon and
aba clutched hla hand. . Olaen mlghlj
rnaaa ikiib oi u, out ii jaa a Dig
ftS
gold.
But there waa no excitement In OI-
Mn. "I will the beet do. my froken."
mioa no waa aoina 10 ao xor ner ana
he aald alowly. He aet off. Boon
afterward, aa Haaard atood on h
ellff top. came the aound of ahota.
Ha aiid down th oJir inn tha nft
n
of
Bo
anow beneath,
. There had been four ahota aouth
htm. down tha lake! Thav eotiTd not
be at OUen; he had had time to round
the Island and ha nut nr rnna-a
Than ha anw limn wna innilhlna
The atarllghr might be decepUve, but
they were , aot : hla m.n who looped
uiiici4iHw uu w.a iwc, tutu no
"o1 ,nt0 the crowd of them vlclcoualy
B, ty acattered and made for ho
.VUIU UU. vyiaOItJ AUVJ WWrU
atone, and that was all there waa to
"f ',UJI -
gome one 'sniped at Hasard aa ha
stooped over It; and anlped no more,
MB neara a cnoaing cry ana running
feet, then dead alienee, aa ha drooDad
on nia nneea nr oiaan.
. . . . -
nid they aat vouT" ha aald. ahan
ouenr
Mm', xla " n . n.,.,,i
i10!1" iur m niutiia va onnisi
.. . . i .. . . it . i
nacaa .it. nafi enma anutn art.,.,
allf - stratUrt aouth, where -he' was
w . .
ruUVIinjI aUU UIO UQDil aUU t. D UQ
back with a rlne. Only., where were
tna anianla7 Hazard InoVad at tha
axe uv uiaan-a siaa: at aomatmna-
Ilaa.Ml wa.trt nn lm. .n nl 1,
"w- t "w iiliwi
rankled ia blm tlutt he bad not done
Atherton-Justice; the man waa clev-
... and itlI1 carrvlnx aomethlna- he
plumped round the corner by tha
.torehouse on Riders hunting round
to aee what the ahota bad' been.
i gueaa they covered Olaen. ,aU
.Hght," the foreman muttered, "but
w mom wiiri ii
"I guess th
i-v.. ,h.
I don't make
fcom, ,n ..
, "Toil will." i
..a it . J..la
Tou will." aald Haaard. Hla.r-w
broko out of him, "Atharton cot
thorn, and Olaan, too. And I think
that dUposea of tha wolf-maa'i atda
In the how!"
iin inraw aown a man'a nana ana
Ha threw down a man'a hand and
.Mn ...-.,...,.. ..v. .i-.t,.,
-.T-w,?..wv..w.,
' ut the lingers, in bloody wolf
akta. It bad not been for nothing
that Olaen carried bla axe,
CHAPTER XVlt. ' x
Y the morning there waa no
doubt that Atherton waa
clever' if hla tactlca were,
cieyer. nia tactica were.
nlaln thev seemed to ba sue
cessful, and Hazard atood
In the biting dawn that waa thick
ith naadla nolnta of froat and count.
Ith needle .polnta ofrost and
I damages. Olsen waa dsad; ha and
. .
CO
Rider had brought mm in, at tne
cost ot a gash on Rider's head from
. 1Mnt hullat( the three men who
,p?nt T
had haan immr alona tha anora to
'
cover Olsen'a going were dead, ahot
from behind, like Olsen, and all four
h"T " ww rtatr .una.
had been robbed of tneir guna.
The armament of Laatluck waa re-
durad to Haaard'a rllta: hla two ra.
., nf which ana waa tan nvar
rOIVBrS, Of WIUCII OHS WM glVSn OVOr
v.u . .A,,t. i. .w.,,
peionging (o tne men ana up in ua
i0intaionk hut at Atharton and tha
...,.-,'.,... .,.
wolf-man were nftaen rifles, anyhow.
"IV rery simple," said Haaard bit-
'
Eveinlng World
- -m iIf ammmmmffii li'M ammamaaammawMammaam
I amamwg
rh.t."5
them out on8 br on w,th PcUlon
ana 00 nr any one left to tell
ugly talea of Laatluck claim.
And aa ha atood.a. bullat cama naat
hla ar. wiM tha aound of m hTaakTi
banjo atrlng. Prom the aouth. ,om-
whnra. Athartnn waa Mmniinr
whnra Athrtnn waa Mm mantin
LMUtlck m 2nd all thSarflS
It Tkawwew o uilUlJekfof
In. .101'
where; It alwaya anowed a little every
nlaht at Laatluck. thara waa navar a
vaalardava IwlnH.I In,, mnn..
tag. If Haaard had never noticed It
Particularly jUI now. v
niuvr umuo ucviuuaiijr mot itio
bunkbouae, 'nithed the bare clearlnjr.
and Joined Hazard, a bloody bandaae
VWTVnUf OO UU IUO laaaJl QI II LB
mouth that h wai not using for pro-
w
wharf - rat like hlml Look." he held
out a chip with painstaking marks
on n. -ire naa to put w nil up on
the claim: there waan't anr of Kelly
inia moraina out tnia: "l aeaa i nnr
... .... ..
aa Mutch aeaae aa olaen.
l-Lef-
aun.'"
K can't dn HI" aald TTftrard
way'
way,
ot. i a. ..u1. i.m. ,1..
m.m. o uu.u w m.vr ...o wa.i
nor inn wooaa. Miner.
e woods. Ottner.
"Tdon
m't know; mr Picked jtpa dtal;-
ot careless.llke." but Rider
.f10 ..cw.."- . "Though. I
uiM
awore
auaaa
wen
damn thing to eat. Mr, Hazard,
attar iiudiv"
aner toaay.
Atherton doean't own tha earth
...t T .!,...
aT v hvi awaaa.aM) wa.aava
Haaard'a eye'waa out the window;
iKfifrffl0"
tha
hi.v ww.v luiviiiiuiM, wuv ih .i.w
boat shot he had: eren supposing a
boa
raa
raw hand like Kelly ever got to Moo-
lead. It waa tlma to Aa aomethlna. tt
ha did not want to be ahot like a rat
In a hole. There were raooso back In
Via. asaillavaa aa4 amiMa a aViaka
An'a.a (..Ik Va.1 M kaa aauafr TTak wa.M
iuia a, tui uau w u viu .u tiwh-
aerea enarpiy wnero no couia put.
Bophy while h waajrona, and what
lino Atherton meant to take about
bpri and uddenly had an answer to
thing. BomethlnE attrrtd In
won rir diwoo rum ana mt
mo i w-fc a.... wwv. ...... m.m ...
aun. allDned behind the bunk house.
- -r- - -
d out Into full now. and tookcover
by office In a headlong ruaj but
not unnoticed. '
"Bophy I" cried Hazard;
he fired
Into the southern glitter where It
aeemed auddenly a little thicker than
the ar, before he heard the shot;
ared again, to corer Rider aa ho
kauled the girl In. "What on earth do
yo mean b y wing ojitr he demand-
. 'a..i.. sn,an mt
Bophy laughed breathlessly. Blie
waa
aa pale and red-eyed; she had cried
fl Httle, not much, over Olsen, but the
tur-mirti made Haaard aee aud-
denly how worn ahe looked. ' She held
up the ragged akirt of her coat ana
her band waa ataady.
"They mlaaed," ahe said calmly,
"too low! That'e where I come In with
. . .. r. .. .
Ainenon. t'aui. 11 m mm wen 10 anow.
Look here, there'a aoma ot our stuff
In the cave, It waa the wolf.mat
-tole It, and he put aome ot It back,
but the rest's In tha eara. I romem-
bared alttlng on a box there, aad I
want to look. It's there. I didn't watt
to seo what."
,. ,j v. ,.w i. Mf.....
tm, ,n .Mvn. 14 mu
hardly. I wonaer ne nasn t lea nis
rrienas aown mat way aireaay. we a
better get what there la bafora ba
does.. . . . .
"111 taxe a eoapM or men ana
boot these prorMoaa Into tka bunk
V. . j " " 7 . " . Tl . I .7" ' . "? anuweu looiprinis 10 coniuse ma ,.. B(m hafora tha word waa out. .Ann', man nllad out nark and
r nnn i m.vT.r.. .nvw.w na . v. . . j . . i . . . ... . . .iiuu.uv. .v ..wu.aj, . . n... 1 ui.uc.i.u.. . . u... ... u vm..m-..www.
to'feaV.n3foV: wa haren't man', extr" ltt ran for 'the office, brok.
e MARIE "
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD
will be
"Won't You Give My Son m Roition?
house," he announced calmly, and ha
denarted. The s-lrl. too. vanlahed.
Rider, atandln hv tha wlndnw.
atarted. From up the rally by the
ciaim cama snot alter snot, ana ne
wnndararl lla.a.llw hAw Inn tX7 V. 1 1 .
w.a ...mm. .t..?
T rr. ,r rr. ,
nid rTiSokaV round htm with
Kiaer, ana looKeo rouna mm wun
'All wnman am fnnla " rrnwlad
Mr, ana ioKoa roup nun wun
ua,len lanknee. This one had taken
Haaard'a revolver!
AH-'J"-
In tho cavo that waa empty of both
DOXea and Hazard. She crawled
throuah tha irchwiV. and knew, at
leoat where the man had gone. The
traU - wDM aa ciawea up tne
tfiaawtor oiuii vi vr -ve a-.va
ao waa hla purpose In taking It.
nn. m th Hrl elowlv. "of
course! And ir ne aoesn t get inero
nen want nia own." ano uncocxea iu
slipped It In hor pocket and began to
cllnib. .
Hazard, at that moment, waa nnd-
lngK;y.two.f,man'ahut. He
puuea up suudeniy Detuna a rocx, dui
wlti aatlafactlon. The dors were what
I hay1 j " V"""
t .the rettUy "all4 hlm. J10" .ni.h"
' thn..0hfutnHyyS
eoX
somewhere." he muttered. "He Isn't
mini in tl. on. ...n. .)..) i.
ting out of this without dogs." And
with a long Jump Hasard dropped Into
the nrst path of many winding ones
behind a loi wail. "
,. " , .
mere waa no sign of a "entry any
wncre, but neither waa there a-laoa Vn
tha hilt wlndnw .n lnnk .1
- -- - wv awwaa. miiwuM ejaaau
t might or might not bo empty. Has-
'1
. "i IIH.IWI t.mmui'
opened, the door. . i rr
,
atrUCk
-J kal
"ora
nU111Dwlrr Ol
1 110 UUt WU fflrl fl n I Ia Baai a m
iitHiru uaira
; V1 vu na auppta to'the
"ftthl a,. . M n
h tSniS fwSfi1 th Hwt
KdSf nd Pra Haaard
Vthi t0 th Incraduloua paa-
'vr-;'. "uu in m hla-
. . . . 7 buii 111 nia
umaa oeiora ne remembered th.r.
muat ha An nl..
' n noise He caught blm
on 'ho wrist, and the man'a revolver
dropped. He fought without It. Ilka
Du' no.' for long, a stab
rLI?7 feacn. naa been too short
unaea wazard'a arm. but
ev,a o " w better than doing for
weeping man.
Hazard picked up tho rifles, wiped
bla bands fasUdlously before he
crammad hi. nni,... ...Uu 7:' .
ateppon out with the rifles bend-
. . " w .. j r...u..w wu. .t I UAnhif hii, tna ain waa . ...i.ti.rt Am th. himv.nAnut. Am
htnTiika'.T.n-'SlS thebunk-house. with Itathre win- throtf.ee" 'wlndowi ..Tw Atherton'., "Z J1?. wartth.
d0"nnI" ljJ&PJ fuVtoJliiy ,backonto',Vh. W .J?!!J1t- 32. 2 ISlZZ
' an dick. Me bad not liked the'"" "nut 1 aon't
Job, but it was done.
woe a fool." thought
"If I'd put hlm aomewhere th
Hazard.
1 thav Tnlvhl
"ve inougni ne a gone out and taken
the irunsl I wonder": And he
f'opl?7wdeT.a. ,n the "Pfucea at the
op of tbe elide, and mechanically got
hla back m n.i . w. u n....
... r -. ". '""
nim . una taanucx Hopnie climbed.
""Jif- V!ro,u'5h the crunching snow,
.Bhlr,,'00k J without eur-
Prts- "You got them." she aald.
coolly, "aire me one," and very
auddenly ehe laughed. "I came to
kelp you, but you don't seem to need
ma. Yflll'ra VAPV. .rall.hla D.i.ll"
- - " ," . . . ' '
-nmB wi saia tiazara, tren-
n"i ueuevo i ve maae a 1001
of myself. Take the guns, one by
one, can you: I've got to go back and
see."
He waa out of sight before aha
could have anawered him, but Bophy
waa not e-lvan to oueatlona1. Bha un.
lnadad liar rlflpa. hatna. a wnmnn. and
slid down with them; climbing pain-
ruiiy up, ana taking time at it. Tnere
mtam 1 -f , wkH U --n -4 hlir.. nn
...
u...
' . It-
l.-w?
W.
"I WM tOO late." Ha mDOed UO
both rlSca. "Slide,
"ou P'i?"
"""- , """
Tve found Folae Hirer, but they aaw
me. rye ahown them the way down
oUvncheSto apaoa.
; h.,t' thaVaYw
ij" nrud of him. But there
rdo , Haaard aa. he landed
aa-itti nta two rlllei At tntt ira.ll. v. T a. : r.iTa T-
"Lg It' aald he briefly, andvEor, one moment Haaard thought of
,nifd v.r . 1 would" have vKelly, who waa dead somewhere Just
obeyed.
Hopny's nouse waa nurning uae .
tar barrel. Between It and the of-
nee door half Atherton'a men were
hand to hand with ntder and the
lJJZ
","",.7.r: ,vr,"l,""J-;
precision, wnere iv wuum u
tha moat rood.
HsSard flred and could hare aworn
AtrockCTut
wJuttWm"'! 2 the
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rm.i. v.ninr nt hia
. ' ' " . . .
rucn uu ino mo u i yp, w
Snid'.a
t0?un. ,f.
.wJ?,uA J
chance, while Atherton
he were dazed.
barked .Hazard over Ma
Dl ?n"l-... .
ini nun ne awwign uropuru,
. ran and nn th. vafiv.
V. 7S .vTi. vr-C:
"" '" .
d caught up- his two
and waa making the
lOUBfl XlailUi U
other rifles a
S!?l!!Wwr run labia
1UC, Vim Dill DM inOUBUl 1I flin
head. He waa cut off. Atherton had
At a. JB 1 W. - Jt -
inruuKii IQP uunnnou uuuri
CHAPTER XVIU.
HE remnant of Laatluck aat
i.... .1- . . ...
uiM.ny oi. uia .iuur , v.-
office. Their gold waa still
under them, otherwise there
waa not much for conaola-
tlon.
. .
Atherton had crept round on
White and
wiped out him and his
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he would have finished the Job on
Rider and the five men left In the
bunk-house which he had captured
Hazard stared out the window. "Wa
,00K m Bna ,l,aPe
said he Irrele-
""J'
not more even with Atherton than
we've ever been. We're seven to ten
now, with guns: Instead of beln
eleven to fifteen without. them."
"Eight," said the girl fiercely.
"Tes, eight," sold Hazard. He stared
.v. L.
""
cheek hard, for one Instant, agalnat
tbe girl's arm and atood up. He bad
aeen Atherton'a four miaalng men
come out of the dusk, bang a moment,
and then race for the bunkbouae In ro-
sponae to something he could not see.
"Tim. nhl" h. ..M rl.nlu T.l,.
-. . . """"
ana Anaeraon nung niter mm to tne
ooor.
"Oh,' crlod Sophy frantically, "what
ara they going to do 7" Dut Rider cut
ner ore nail way to tna door.
"Couldn't do anything, ataylng In
ana
ni miuut, mm. ana ion uTcr inn umto iiuciiuiu, hunk.hous. had him. to all Intent! lowrruiiwa jiimmii aigaiu-
here," aald he.
"Not room enough laf
ona wlndnw fn thnnilm and i naa
nn AnA Kit - ffM -. M
the bunkhouaa with all tha wtndowa
they've got. Hasard'll gat 'em o
A . t V. .
inn in hi ipg curmr mi t .
Outalde, between the bunkhouaa and
Tou get In the corner till I say.
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AnJ.l"?PX"Anl ".wf?
tne emDera oi nopny a enaca, r
,nt M day. betwn the lira at
oferhnnglng cliff toward the
"B'!.Wh
a rlvar.
?iaar. .we.?P 01 hm bunkbouae front
w f""kindU
i m nann anmnw risarm luit
''a a. . . . i a -m
: .V,. im 7,m.. ..iT,. 7,.
r.rjrr-r ...r tt,. vilw nf
0,f ult ,rnm tUnkhaa.
the 1 river ralley from the , bunkbouae.
J5t S? thadark in tha
fulftWthe'f! raatUrVeK Pt tli:
in run viw. Ha knaw luat how
u Y"' ;C1 iT.7w-f.T...
,as
iror
der;
hut
" wouia iook rrom tne Dunx-nouee, as
If they were clearing out, up the rlror
?.r2nr..
Twice round would look aa if ail out
J II V. .. V n .1 .I....4 ,...
ono man and Bophy
n.. t a mnmant it
UMU W.VMVMIWUk.
seemed aa If no,
... -
oue had aeen. TM next, uaaaxu
laughed.
A chip flew .from tha boulder, a bowl,
crop
under
inenre mnr iook wemoa
iook cover wnere cortrr was, ani.
,....1,1 nv. i.un. is.nrn hahind
i""V'i."ri .v.'" "".- I-1.7w.
the shelter of the very cliff Hazard
stood under; till he doubled back tha
IIUII-H -
way he had come.
Breaking for one aecond Into tho
and hla cartridge mlaaed fire. But
Atherton did not shoot. With hla
ftn'-era on the trlwer he wheeled and
lookea nenina mm, uae a man wno
.dalmanvo:
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om l '"'M w, 11 uiu not
Haaard. What did waa tha
nicker of a Colt's automatic coming
from somewhere behind Atherton, like
",'n'iu"Jn.7?-nI??'.-lC!ri"
aiailfc vft a moil minima, (ii.iu uovwboi.
y,. CaVe and the bunk-house. He had
miscounted Atherton'a men. Aa he
ahlfted his rifle to nut the. count
atra gbt a whirlwind came on him
from behind.
screamed Sophy,
"Don't shootl"
"Look!"
Atherton had fired straight at tha
man. misled, nun up bis arms, ana
AmkiuJ unfU, n .III, tt hliltafa that
drove nis men into tne bunanouse,
After them raced a- tall man In
blanket coat, who took deliberate
cover In the doorway, and method
ically cleared out the refugees.
"Who In hell?" gasped Hasard; for
this was no reinforcement of Atber
ton's.
"ita roe,
'It's roe," shrieked Bophy, "It'a tha
wolf.mani I knew him tha second I
Mw him. I never thought you'd
wld him; It waa Just one of Ather-
ton's men In his things that you and
olsen got."
nha hroka awav. and Ffaaard
crabbed her back, Just aa tba atrange
? .. LT.t'.ljL .."..'
man iioiu up 111a nauu iu atop ner.
He bestowed no attention on Ather-
ton s men running south from tha
back door of the bunkhouaa. Ha
marched straight to Atherton. lying
stretched on the snow,
"I guess I got Donkln all right that
iv, in mnA rt-. mlaaad flra. Hut caaur. " uiun o in macicon
Its hero is Allan Quatermain (hero of "Kjnti: Solomon's
Mines77), and the story
mosi eninrauing vein. KJdiAii ii;
ttina, Mlaa Maaaway." a aald art aw
ly. "Ka'd kU waraia not to meddla.
la maa araaaad ap Ilka me that I
fetiad la my houae doata't aaem ta
Mro wavaaa, attaar."
Doaklar eaelalmad Baphy. "Hea
Ataarteal Oaakla waaa't hla aaaee."
Tha woaf-maa rtarad at bar. "It
waa whaa yoa got dawa to bed reek,"
aaM aa, -taoaga it never aawnea oa
mo yoa aad I were talking of tha
aaae maa. I aaraaay ha waat br
athera beaMea yoar 'Athertea;' but
ne'a piaia uaania aow
Haaard aald aothlag at all, aar
eared what Athertoa waa eallad. He
waa atanag wun a auaar aaaaa or
"Ia Athertea deadr aafced Sophy
ahokmgly.
Tha wolf-maa iteoped aaUaaaly, aad
toaohed him.
"Pretty aear," ha aald, aot uaklad
ly, "I weaaar It ball aver kaaw It
waa I.
To Saphy-a alak harm Athertoa
atlrrad. aha covered bar ayaa aa aa
elutohad at tha hole la hla braaat.
"Tout" ha gaapad, with hla aaddaa
rlelouaaaaa. "Do you meaa It waa
. .-
.rrr.rrL:.:;.."'" u"'u"
"j urn i me," earn taa wan-ma com-
Do'ak a '0tm '0r' t,-t
JUUIV W aval laaMPe AlUWWIl UM aliraa,
II. waa dead bow. but not bafora ha
had atuna.
Haaard. " -ypr- -
i didn't think he'd dara aome here.
either aa Atherton or Donkln-or I
inMit hva nu ta Waaiaod."
"Macleodl
What
hat fort"
ti. tnr .. t tra
choked and crumpled forward ea the
anow. "I'm kind of dona from tha
tramp," ha muttered. "Brandy-la
w n.ii. i an
rlihtr
"Tou want" Haaard held tha
brakdy to hla mouth; aaw It run out
I J How d'ya k aOaar
It "Bldoni nvrryeara ago.
aaia ni
a.i . i
Pw2,.rI,.,: .v.
hd Mima7 hack to him Ilka a nkoto.
graph. One-atraetad,, mwlag aadoa
ZmA kj. InraiH Imtn kaadaasnaluaa la
' Vila nnnni mum luwnuiiniuf nin . . ' w .awamwa
rout a name. "Daraklakl" f.flp15rfffJ!i3
Tba wolf-man atarad aa aadar ti&'JiSE
! WWM roumut: Sd SlfttWa
".acaDtam.0Uaophy Tn?Jz t?w?W
?l i hH?V S?? l8-,wB,5LsJ'aa lowerad kU Votoa dii
crown huh w wiwww.
aad half a doaaa othera, who hap.
Mill to kaow all DeveaUh had
"T7
against tha iva, it
anaaathlnv ahav If Utarallv it
... m! -1 mMaav Tha, nal artlafaka
iusci lor a rkuh bhi.
Haaard could aaa tha daaca hall
okanea for a aacoad ahot.
. ..a av. v.li
w. with bimaeii aaa nw rrtenaa
.iT. t!Sai till n, M
"' " v"l "
never aeon the facea of tha men who
52 h!ipwLmJ.Jl? J""'
had never known their names.
And It had been at Laatluck that
- . .
anvauiBai iiava kaaaaaMa idiubb nuou aaiea
hue and cry waa after mm; it naa
wen uevaavsn wno naa piayea tna
wolf-man thara to frlghUn away
gxrrmtnn Qod know with good
raaaon, area It ona ot them had not
happed to bal)onkln, or Athertoa.
aa it pieaaea aim w em oauea.
It waa no aacrpt to Haaard that
DonWn had sworn to git oaraalsh'a
blood money. Aad lophy. whom
XXnmmrJt hail aacratlv thnuaht al.
Tt ... m-,rt R.u,
Haaard had aacratiy taoucht. a
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UHUIU UQ IU IUUJTCI. WM fcllW W
naraoa with saoaa anouah not to
tMak Daraalah waa oa AtharMeva
side. Haaard Dialed blaualf toaetber
as ha beat over Deraalsh. ,
"I waa with you In. tha trouble at
WI.a. M .... mmm4 ..'.m.. aW.
remember we backed you throve
Harrys place ana neia tna ooor till
roa aot clear awarT And you maaa
to say you've been to Maclaod to
a.K', YZ. ""?1L zUl
"'. you ouk yaar
Ufa In your handa when you waat
there? It'a almost aaxt door' to Sf -
don'a, aad you you ware a kind of
for you, anyway; I did It far your
gin; an
I waaa'l
and to get even wltk Donkla.
n't going to let Mm gat a daw
ila gold.If you ware at Etdoa I
on 1 nia aoia.11 you war ai ciaoa 1
maaa mn Wnnw wv I wm JMn'l
" " f
anow nia ngnt name aran. na waa
tha kind that doesn't forgtt-whea
.. .
nwara, aaa ra goi to m a aia or
i . 1.or
f Wm
last spring;
)me back, or
n uiBU-pucwu iruviii
acarnd blue out of here
didn't think he'd dara come
I might hare dona differently. 1
thought you ware hla lot at Brat, till
your girl told ma. I didn't tell brr
1 waa going In to record for you.
IHdn't faal"hla .oIm had a auddan
ugly bubble "too aura about getting
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hn .b- fMm UaMand "
..w... w.Hb.wu
un, aon i im mm tain, oneo
Bophy. "Carry him Indoors."
DevenUh smiled. "Don't trouble,"
ne mutiereo. "i wouian t get tnera.
Don't cry, girl!"
It waa true. Hazard covered Der-
anlah with hla own coat, and en a
sudden Impulse pushed Sophy's hand
Into the ona that groped and fingered
"I got Donkln cheap." gaaped Der-
enlsh, at the touch.
"Don't talk!" cried Boohy. "Oh,
wolf-man, dear, don't Ulkl"
tou Keep tnat for your own man,"
hurt for you: I got hurt for despising
. T V. ' ... ?. A . ' .T."
wun ino 01a cyniciam. uiun 1 sui
uonain,
breath,
added
holding
girl',
till
keep him away from other woeaea.'
uenin a row a. ratmng tuny, 1 aawai I'm going hnw raa'fA
. "I'm kind of glad. Bpohy." ba 'aoma.' 'Wonder, It rll hare time sa'.A-ii
simply. I never thought Id die get anywhere there'a eaouah aauM i.'1'H
on to a woman'a hand. My grouad to run an autbmoblia oa. .aw'fV&y
a dead this .tan years. Tea yeara toro. 1 bare to Hustle book Kara la tka tf Vf
I could get eren with Donkln. aaa aattaatl'' .ViTJiA
is written in Haggard's very 1
-Yon keat aka Croat aaa.1
walaparad. '"I eWda't , know. aa.
Daaaia. bat yea kept Mat I
"Than I'm aaaarar tnaa
it waa ao aunt taat
aad klaaed him plttfaMy aa kw
oioaad. uereaUh aat aa
opening mem, ana reagat i
"Tea rearm." aald he.
"What'a taa rearm, mr arlrlf"
pbantlr. "On. mr alrir He laaa
both arma to the womaa they aaM
not pee, ana mi oaca.
Haaard bent over tha dead
and for tha flrat and laat tliaa la Ma'
nf in anawer to
uetwa'aff
Sophy Hldgeway'a.
"What did I kaow aboat
aemf
p Mai.
In a row once." For none at Dariaf gj
uh'a, aina ahouid be wrlttea aa tke)
memory Sophy had of htm: DaraaaiaT
naa wiped tnat record yean.
Sophy caught Haaard round
.h w tl .J;r1
aaatatk aa4 t hla. IIAa, M a a ...
from harat vmt oi.arr.Va taaa.
from here! First Olitn.'aad than anp
wolf.maa died here to kelp ma,77!?;
waat
to aa
away.'
am ma nuara, air iru aaaaaav
ahaar ke that ranwada hlmt aa. X
r. -Ti'ir, "i.7r
SSIJmitS-,
-a--,tM mvavlleaa aaat uaa Ika a
la tha other half ' ha waaM aat raa9J
a.B "MlMf fl
""M w lt J
two, tore down to tmyUaaw. .; -.ity
Under tha atara adraaead tara aVaa
their antaraed aaaaa raS am ?
ltlucki aad tram tha arat aa m "i
mlatakabla raloo bawl
"Kellrl" ahoatad ktaaara. W
yoa beeaT I tbaaaat yaa aat aaae,
trylag to make MaataeaV ,
Ha waa auddaaly awara aS aaaa em
Im aaooad daa? alad mt aaaahaw aaa
tha aecoad daa? alad. mt
nan Kelly, of'Sophy aaHlag'wi
are name, aaa waa aaaaa wita i
at.
ttlaa r&mn dnwm taa lalu aaiiM'aal
aid BTallvt vl - ' aB Ml ''.'vlmWBBtl
7Mut tha m k. a-aaaa1i
taaped Haaard.
Aaa lUaaawaal
.r,e
aveuy wnggwa
Vw lhShMmtimd ais,
-AW aUOUaa atK I
waulda't fcalfava ha waa
.Ti
Vh !
.rau bat Atbartea'a aaaaidaaa't.
aail Joa aaa taa aiaar aaatM,
' aUTOPed I Bll
out; of
' - ra-.w.
uaMnamarabia wkaawT mat!
zTM.Tvi.Trri fYTi-.TriT"
""W " awaWB) HI I
ton'a man clearlag uat, aad'ka I
"Z. KrTH. '
aome oi nia iai on, i
in-r'
B Hly.roraaaa,
aothln. Ha looked aa
defiance aa Haaard ' atraaa araa.
a . - , -
aiiaaa uiwn aajaBi BBaraaa atana BTWarmm.
aopnra waiat.
"I bareh't anrthlaa? ta aar
ataylng away,", he muttered. 1
rm aot to blame that Bank
aiuea nare, nut i eouian't a aaw taa.'
1 eouldat help golaa- whaa rdid.TM
won t unaerafaaa, aar-HM ;
x J-tir
'?TLf2iti?-S. "-.. j
ii1SaBi2JL-,M f'W,"i?
BUr BO a IPBIIJ .lBM, . . ( .. , J
"Tea knew km. rati
Surprtaa ierkad IU aat foe
though It waa no baataasa af
"I aarar tMaaat it aoUM
Rldegway awaaMC1. aava ,
tarnra es'iwaivi aavatag
I'd told bar.? .ka.pahMad tta
N.Wil M.. ij.i I. Il V - .. m
eaan,raa4 laat waajhaw. aa
ininau aawaw, mev rraa i
niaaaaa
myatif ta ary aara,
faak at
blood T"
reVJ3y
"I wouldn't bars aarag waa yaa.
done," Sophy orled, manag a Maa, i
Bat Rldgaway took aa aaafaaJ
"WMra'atha goldr aaM aa. nCaaV.;
aald you'd anough.to waaa lav" . ,
aoaaea 'eaaxampiu
offtne. Ha awa.aanar-J
for Rtdgeway. Ha eaaM i
ha waa Boahya fataer. - a..v.I
R flnwiv waiaaa aar a afaai
opoae unaxpaoxaoiy over auaaaai
a'h'.'J,, jLZW
if Vnii .urt f d rhoms wltkta. tT"' ::
TJir-alJ.wia iSit..
-111 gire you my aaara at
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!""""' T?
OX laUHiHOK." J . 1
-oreat Soott. RlavwaaatraalaAam'il
ard. "Do you aupvoaa I waalmTtSaa ' v
m j own Bnara 10 maa Borr' 1
Bophy looked round bar at tka
"ophy looked round bar at tka,
trampled, bloody anow; at RMer aaa . .
LaK. tenderly carrying Devonian lata .
the oca to wait for burial; at AtkarVl?
ton. lying atark under tha atara: at
tha ofloa that held tha hard.haaa
Xaauuck gold. It had "been laat laaki'i
for an of thm; daaU for two, oaalaclWr
Mhnm wh. w.. nnt a. na.
wmv.m ... w " hw. . s.. , mwhk 1 .Km
and money and aafety for bar aad hr.
.. ' at.. .mA l.w., . I. v .a
u..,v.. uu. uuu turn ii.ij hub mm. w
tne place, dui nw, in spite sc. taa
a0ld, aha had Indeed "had enoua at I 'V
ft," and audden teara blinded her. '
"Can't wa all go." aha aaked aa-
steadily, "Just aa aoon as we're ready? ,
We can take out moat of our geMi"'
we've plenty of docs and sleds. And '
somebody ought to go up aad tee s
Atherton'a dogs at" ahe 00 uld aa
ltaaard griped her hand aaekrV-
atandlngty. Yea. wall go," ha sawatf.S
"nme ox ua anynwW.- , .
Kelly, paaatng with aa armtal ,eM;i
wood to start up taa. punk-aaaaa lira.,.'
voppvo.
-oee-wnisr exclaimed ba the a pat r.
i naia mm v ClTSa.
a . 4iBmMmBi
m