TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1922
Gunsight PASS
BY WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
OaeexrM M» »» WITTI«wi Mwlmi Nam*. All nikta >W>»4 m*i.« h,
»"»■»" •' *' with Mnuititon M ff III* iS>nru>
toniinticd f>i>m YcMrrday)
"You boj 1 oughtta have the doc
w- you." H irt aaid geutly. "He *
d.iwn at camp now. . . . You tak*
I my haw** and ride down to camp,
I Davit l'U «Ucl» around here till the
|old man aend» a relief,"
"No. you go down and report to
[htm. Bob If Crawford ha* any
f fie*h men I'd like mine relieved.
They've been on *teady for 'moat
two day* and i-.tghta. Kour or five
, can hold the flte here. All they
need do to watch It."
"I/mnn go an" report," *ug*eated
Shorty. "I wanta get my bronc an*
light out pronto. Never can tell
» « AppUsate might drap around
qumtlona. Ma, I'm due In
>*"®lta."
.. "Wi right." agreed Hob. "See
Crawford hunaelf. Sltorty."
Tfce out I" w pulled hinuHrlf to the
•addle and uutleral Off.
Half aa hour Inter tha relief name.
Hart, I>av*. and the three firefight
er* who had >ta>ed to watch rod*
back to auttp.
Oi*wft«r>! »«*d already i»u Hart
•iik* the fire h.id aubnided to hi*
greeting wa* to Sander*.
•i;ood work, aoo," he managed to
whtoper. a quaver In hL* throat. "I'd
rather we'd loet the whole worka
than to hate had that happen to the
bey*, ft hundred time* rather. I rack
on It must V been mighty bad up
there when the back-fire caught you.
The boy* have been telttn' me. You
•ml all their Uvea, I judge."
"If the doe ain't buay now, I reck
on Have could u»e him," Bob aaid
"111 have him tend to Dave'*
burn* right away then." aaid Craw
ford. "How ahotit It. non? You sure
look bunged up pretty bad."
"I"» about all In." admitted Dave
"Beckon we all are. Shorty gone
yet
\ "Tea. Wt wit after he'd mad* a
•Vrt. Said he had an engagement
a man. Rxpeot h» meant
an engagement not to mtet
UJ» ahertfT.
For MW*] minutes they had
fceord tho cmktnf of a trafon work
log op an improvised tvail toward
the camp Now it moved Into sight.
Tho tea miter called to Crawford.
"Say, I got titwi for you. Mr
Crawford. RnJ Steelman's dead
They fo-md him In hla house, ahot
'.Jamb thro the head. 1 reckon he
won't do you any more BHanntaa."
"Who killed hlmT*
"They ami aajrtn'." returned lha
tmnurter cautiously. "80me folks
was guetwln' that mebbe Dug Dobla
aauid tall, but ther* ain't any *vt
datv-e f»fi | know. Whoever It waa
robbed th* wife."
A question brought his mmd back
to the preaent. The teamster was
talking-. •... so she started
pronto. I s'poee you wunt as bad
hurt as Sender* figured."
"Whafa that?" asked Crawford.
"I wti aayln* Mi«a Joyce she start
M right away when the note com*
from Sander* "
"What note*"
"Th* one telUn" how you waa hurt
In th* fire."
Crawford tamed. "Ome here.
Dave." ha railed hoaraeTy.
moved arroaa.
RWatk says you sent a nota to
Toyoe sarin' I'd bean hurt. What
about RT-
"Why would I d» thai when yoo*r»
M( hurt T"
"Some nw*« N»e*i atrtnrtn' yo«.
Hank." Mid Crawford. umlling
Ttw twniitw KittrM hla head
"Na. ttr. I wa* th»re wh»n *ha left.
Ahott tw»Jr» o'clock Uat night. roeb
b« lat»r -
"Ttut lUi>4*TH mrx he didnt !w>ml
a note, and Joyce didn't rome her*.
So yon m>i«t V mimed connection*
"Probably yoo »aw her itvt for
him«" »org»»te<] Dave.
Rank atuck to hi* *u nr. "No. «!r.
Wie wu on that «orr> l of hem. an'
Ket»h WAS rldln' behind her. I **d
di«d myaelf and took the horne to
tha atom They tu waltin' there
for me, the two young folk* an'
Juan." '
"Joan?"
"Juan Otero. He hrnuKht the note
an' rode back with her."
The old cattl-man felt a ctutrh of
fear at hta heart. Juan Otero wan
»' of Du( Tloble'a men.
"That ail you know. Hank?"
TUCs all. Mi m Joyce Mid for
me to g»t thin wagonload of grub out
*sam I>n I could. Ho 1 on me right
"
"I>ohl» h«*n r»en In town lately?"
a*ked Dave.
"Not aa I know of Khorty ha#."
"«horty ain't In thin."
"TV> you reckon—V
Sander* cut tha team«t»r *hort.
Some of I *ohle'n work But I don't
•«•<> why he ««nt for Keith, too."
"Ha didn't. K'ith b»g«*d to go
ADVENTURE'S
THfr TWINS
V Oiv Robttf Barton
I Fuppone you came bach for a mncU of my cake?
Nick turned when he aaw the
chocolate cake If there waa any
thing he loved It wan cake, and
chocolate cake waa not to bo realised.
"Oh. come on NlckT' Nancy pulled
at hi* arm.
The red feather In ht« hand, too,
kept binding the other dlr»rtlon,
which ahowed that If lie would avoid
danger he would keep away from
the at range cave and all It con
tained.
But chocolate cake! Round, high,
ablnliig and itellctounf
H'.m-thlng In poor Nick** |eg»
"•ernM to be pushing him back to-
the cave. He tried to t;)k» a
away, but he had no mor» will
tun a terrier on the end of a chain.
Ami there wm nothing for Nar.cy to
"e t»sj| to follow.
"Tl»!!o, children." came a vo'ce
of the followed at onee by
• flmre in the form of a rypny
■"enan dr~wd tn r»d with a errem
cap aod yellow mitK. Her hair waa
long brnida wound around
tUoiw ,%n - M - - joy,,. took him."
"I >" glad Keith'a With her." mid
Hart, who Im4 Jotnnl the group
With Keith ftiut Ihr M«'ikmli tit* re
—" III* uieunlng did not need a
completed sentence.
"V)u«*tkMi l». where did he take
her," mud Crawford. "We might
comh the hill* a week and cot find
hi* hole 1 «i>h to Hod Shorty »u
•til) here. ll* might know."
"He'e our beet bet. Hob." unH
"Kind Mm He"« Rim* off
wnwwhcr# to aleep. Kode iway |m
thun halt an hour alnce."
"You goln" along with me?" aaid
Bob.
"No. Tak* a* many men u you
out get- I'm going back. If 1 can.
to find the place where Ot.-ro and
Mia* Joyce loft the n>ad. Mr. Craw
fold, you'd better gel back to town,
don't you think? There may be clue*
iher* we don't know anything about
here, I'ertiap* Mix* Joyoa may have
got back."
"If not, m gather a |mw« la rake
the hill*, Ikave. If that villain * hurt
my 111 girl or Keith—" Crawford*
whUper broke. He turned away to
conceal the working of hta fa« <•
I"H APT BR XI.II
Shorty la Awakened
The r> e* tluit locked Into thuee
of Joyce In the gloom of the rablit
abruptly *hook off aleep.
"Ho you've come to old Dug. have
you. my pretty?" a heavy voice
Jwmt.
The girl writhed and twleted r»
gartlleivt of the pain, exerting every
miim-le of the strong young arm and
ahoulder.
'lxft me go!" th# cried, terror
rampant In her whit* face "Don't
touch me! I,*t me g»"*
Ther* was a awtft flash of whit*
teeth. With a startled oath Imble
snatched his arm away. tiavage as
a tigress. Joyce had closed her teeth
00 his forearm.
She fell back. got *0 her feet, and
fled from the boun
iMible caught her.
"You young hell-eat, I'm not gonna
hurt you." It* said. "What's the u*e
o' act In' cnagy***
Ther* was a patter of rapid feet
A email body hurlrd Itself a|ain>t
Dottle's leg and clung there, hasting
his thigh with a valiant llttlo flat.
"Tou I*' tny slst*r go! You la" my
sister go"" live boy shouted, repeal
Ing the words over and over.
Th* outlaw waa Irritated.
"Ptel this kid off'n my leg and
hit th* trail. Juan. 1 don' care a her*
you leav* him so long as you keep
an ey* on him till afternoon."
With difficulty the Mexican
dragged tb* boy (mm hla hold on
Dobie and carried him to a horse
He swung to the Middle -dragged
Keith up In front of him. and rode
away at a Jog trot.
As his bore* climbed toward the
notch. Otero looked ba>-k. Doble had
picked up his prisoner and was car
rying her Into the bouse.
The Mexican formulated his plans
ll# must get out of th* country
before th* bu* and try started. He
avoid not count en mere than a
faw ham before the chase began.
H"lr«t. he might get rtd of th* child.
An riding tbru th* ehapar
r*l brought him to the watemtiM
far above the Jackpot. Otero picked
hla way to the upper *nd of th*
goloh.
"!/**■ tea. mnehaeho fin down
down—down. Flrat the gulch, then
a canon, then th* Jackpot. You go
on these trail."
Th* lral> waa a rough and pre
cipitous one. Stumbling as he walk
ed. Kalth went sobbing down the
gulch.
He reached the Junction of the
gulch and tha eejon A ainall
air earn, which bad survived the
summer drought, trickled down the
bed of the latter. Thru tangled un
derbrush Krlth crept to the water
He lay down and drank, after which
he sat on a rock and pitied htroaelf.
in five minutes he would hav* been
asleep if a sound had not startled
him. Rome one waa snoring on the
other side of a iMaqultr thicket
Keith Jumped up, pushed bis way
thru, and almost stumbled over a
sleeping man. He knelt down end
begjn to shake the snorer. Hhorty
sat up. at the same time dragging
out a revolver. Hia gaze fastened
on the boy, after one awift glance
around.
"Who's with you, kid?" he de
■landed
Keith began to sniffle. "Nobody,"
"Whadya doln' here?"
"I want my daddy "
"Who la yore daddy? What'*
yoro name?"
"Keith Crawford."
Hhorty bit off an nath of tnjrpri*e.
TIIE SORCERER
| her h«wd, and on her n»ck wer».ao
; many at rings of beada that Namy
1 couldn't help wond»rlng how alio
■ ooulrt stand no straight.
"I rappono you came hark for a
i *m«l! of my cuke."
"Jt looka very nice," said Nick.
' wondering If ba war* to l*i offered
a allre,
"And so It ahould," nodded the
Oypay woman, smiling, "for d«*nr
known, enough trouble I've had talk
ing It I've spilled half of the allr-ky
Idng on my floor and I can't g*t It
off I've hurt my finger and I can't
hold a cloth."
"Oh," cried kind Nancy, "Can't I
do it? I'll clwin your floor"
"Then here," cried fha Oypsy I
womnn, throating a large rag Into
he- hand. "Come. I'll lead you to the
plare"
Aa abe l»d her away the Muah !
rnom'a note fell to the floor.
Nick atooped to pick It up
(To lie Continued)
{Copyright. 1522, by beattla Hlarl |
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
"liowcome you here?"
"A mm l>rou|ht III»,"
An (or u IMP understood them. the
U>y told the atoiy of th* night's ad
*«IIUIK hb-rtya ftm grow (rim
ll* appreciated the mwnin# bark iJ
them for better than ihr lull* (>l
low. Keith's answer* to hla que*
Hons told him that the man llfiirlni
In the episode must be Doble and
(*»r» The man waa prelty aura of
th# valley wh»r« Doble »u lying
hid.
Ha Jumped to hla fort. "We'll to.
kid."
• To daddy?* 4
"Not right away, W« got burry
up business flrat "
Th* nun saddled and took up
trail, Keith digging to hie waist.
CHAPTER XUII
Juan Ol'-m la Cotaarrtpted
Crawford and -Handera rods rapid
ly toward Malapi
Several ml lee from toarn fkndem
pulled up "I'm going back for a
couple of miles. Rob araa telling me
of a Met -an temiejoti In the hills
kept by the father of a girl Otero
goes to see. She might know where
ha la If I can get hold of him
likely ( can make him talk."
They separated. Dav* rode back
up the mad. swung off at the place
(fart had told him of. and turned
up a valley which pushed to the
roots of tha hills The teudejon
waa a long, flat roofed adobe build
Ing close to th* trail.
Dave walked thru tha *pen door
Into th* barroom. Two or three
men were lounging at a labia. He
hind a counter a brown-eyed Meil
can girl araa rinsing glasses In a
pail of water
The young man sauntered forward
to the counter, lie Invited the com
pany to drink with him
"I'm looking for Juan Otero." be
said presently. "Mr. Crawford
wanted rati to sea him about riding
for him."
There was a moment's silence
All of those present were Median*
eacent Have. The girl flashed a
warning look at her countrymen
That look. Handera gueased at once,
would seal the lips of all of Ihem.
At once be changed his tactics.
What Information he got would
have to come directly thru the girl.
He slgnnled her to Join him outside.
"Th* seoor wants to see me?" ah*
asked.
"I want Juan Otero." he said.
"To ride for Henor Crawford." Iter
white teeth flaahed and she lifted
her pretty shoulders In a shrug of
mock regret. "Too bad he la not
here.. Home other day —"
will not do. 1 want him
now."
"Hut I have not got him hid."
"Where Is he? I don't want <o
harm him, but I must know. H*
took Joyoe Crawford Into th* hilla
last night to Dug Dohl* pretend
ed her father Itad been hurt and he
had been sent to lead her to him,
t must save her from Doble, not
from Otero. Help me. I will give
you money a hundred dollars,
two hundred."
She Stared at him. "Did Juan do
that?" she murmured
~Y#»i. You know Doble. He's a
devtl X must find him , . . soon."
"Juan haa not been here for two
days. Ido not know where he Is."
The dust of a moving horse waa
traveling toward them from the hills.
A Mexican pulled up and swung
from the saddle. The girl called a
greeting lo hlrn qul'kly before he
eould speak. "Ilui-nos dine, Manuel.
My father Is within, Manuel."
The man |o<pk«d at a moment,
murmured "Bueooe, Ttonlta," and
took a atep >»* tho to enter the liouae.
I»ave bnrrod the wnjr. Tho floah of
apprebenelon In lion It*'* face, her
unnecessary repetition of the nam* 1 ,
the man'a qtieatlonlng look at her.
]P®% anadl Paul —anadl Pads
R J Zoo Berkley
togprng*U it2i, by Th* mi-i
"Come on. d.str, they're algnallng
u* to Join them at their table.
go over. After all. Violet'a a good
aort and the man with her looka
right enough. What do you any?"
"I say ye. let'a." A warmth ha/1
come Into I'olly'a velna. The golden
room, the acene of flowera, tlie
mualc. the delirious food and tn» lit
ll* taste of wine Paut hnd Inslatcd
on, made her blood move quickly.
Hhe felt well-dressed and confident.
IJfe aang
Mlaa Rand greeted them cordially,
especially I'IIUI. Hhe presented her
friend. "Monsieur Hurray I cal' hlrn
'monsieur* bemuse lie has adapted
Krauce aa his nutive luiid," laughed
CHAPTER XXIII—SPEEDING UP
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
FRECKLES AND HIS l'Rlh\\r><
told Handera that thta was the per.
eon he wanted.
"Jiift a minute. Otero Where did
you leave Ml«e Crawford?"
Ttir keeper of the tendejon asked
a suave question. "Who are you,
lienor? A deputy ahertff. perhaps?"
"No. My name la I>«ve Handera"
The wound of hla name waa a po
tent weapon Hla fame had spread
like wildfire thru the hilts alnoe his
return from Colorado.
(Hero wished he had not come ]m»t
1 now to see tlonlla, but he stuck
doggedly to hla statement He knew
nothing about It, nothing at alt.
•Vrawford la sending out a doxen
posses. They will claaa the payees.
Doble will be caught. They will kill
him like a wotf. They will kill you.
: If they don't find hlra, they will kill
you anyhow."
Itonita caught her lover by the arm
and shoulder.
"Why <1 id you do It. Juanr* ahe
begged of him.
I "He said ahe wanted to row, that
•he would marry him If she had a
chance. He said her father kept her
from him," the man pleaded. "I
didn't know he was going to harm
her."
"Where Is he? Take me to htm,
quick." said Handera, relapsing Into
Kngltah.
"81, sTior. At once," agreed Otero,
Utoroly frightened.
"I want a six-shooter. Some one
leml nui one,"
None of them carried one, but
Bonlta ian Into the house and
tjrought back a amnll bulldog. Iwive
looked it over without enthusiasm
It was a pretty poor concern to take
against a man who carried two forty
five* and knew how to use them. Hut
he thrust it Into hi* pocket anc
swung to the middle,
((To lie Cofillunetf)
Violet.
"Franre adopted my father t.eforw
I lind any aay In Oie matter," h«
answered her, but he looked at Polly.
"My futlier wa# French," he w*nt
on, "and my mother Amerli-an. Hhe
cama from the atala you call In
diana. I alwaya pictured It aa belli*
brimful of Indians?'
Polly liiuifhed and felt Instantly
friendly.
"Why, that's my atata, too! Mmr
ly all m<f paopla enme from there,
Mowdy do, Friend!" And Polly
ranched her lutnd across tha table
Inipnlalvcly.
He fciuxped II corill.illy, and held
it just au Ui-uml louver Uuui lie
THE SEATTLE STAR
r>a*id and the minister's lilt hi
girt h"ir»n talking alwut the
e«rly <!*>• schools. and the begin
nings of schools In Heat tie, and
David told her about how they
knew the dean of th« law school
at itm Mini university. and how
Ifui Condon had played ball
when he wwi little and founded
the law school In !&•>, when he
RTew up, and Peggy looked
bored.
All this toy kind of talk wnn
very well, but *he had nomethlng
on her mind—no a* noon an ahn
grit a chance she said, "Many of
my pioneer ladies do tell me
stories about how they did get
their early-day dollies."
The bl*, aoft kitty climbed pur
ring into Imvld's lup, as If ahe
would do her beat to keep him
■Ull while Peggy got the doll
story.
"Dollar" the minister's little
girl said, "Tea, almost every doll
had a atory ID those days. I knew
only one little girl who had a
real doll, the rent of u» had ntiroe
sort of home made one. one had
a clothes pin with a face paintwd
on the knob and a pink calico
dreaa. One hod a wooden one her '
need Violet luurhed Iran naturally
than the rest.
"Hpauklnn of Indiana, my dear,
what a pretty frock! I declare, they
do them awfully well in your town.
If you told ma you *ot. It In New
York I'd almoat lielleve IL It'a a
nice little dreea."
What did disturb Polly waa that
Pnul otn-loiialy waa Impressed by
Vlolet'a speech. Polly could read In
hi* fare what waa pan sin* In hla
mind: "A ha! Bo Violet thlnka tha
frock la frumplah-amalltownlsh. t
knew It wasn't much of a dr«as my
i-e|f. Violet known about these
things. Polly doe*n't. And *he paid
JIHO for It Ouch!"
la bar high mood, with the adinlr-
RY AH FUN
B|y MAIX»I ■
Page 611
TIIINIi OK THAT!
THE OLD HOME TOWN
Doinq llrr Bit
•t fht Hm 'it ■ '
t»lg brother And whittled out of a
block of wood; mine waa a rag
doll, mad* at home, hut we had
I lots of fun with them
, "I nememi** how we used to
play house around the roota of a
groat old cedar tree, and how
each of ua felt Just a little—oh,
ever no little—ln awe of that real
| doll.
"AH of ns but Minnie, and
Minnie would *make house,* or
Rather flowers, or pretend to be
the father, but she always said
she didn't bring I er doll.
"And on» duy 1 aald, "Minnie,
why don't you ever bring your
doll out to >.la>r
" 'l'll show you If you wont
tell, and promtn> not to make fun
I of me,' ahe aaid, and we went out
to a llitle pile of stones behind
her house.
"And what do yon tMnk she
had for a doll? A real, live ll*.
nrd! Hh« had ps-tted It and tend
ed It, till It would come when «he
called, lie on Its back tn her hand,
and she could croon to It and
rock It as If It «ere a bahy.
"I think that w»a the strangest
of all our d iila "
In* rlame of MonwMir Hurra v upon
her. and ruling that alia looked her
ba*t desplta Violet, deapita Paul, de
spite livr own eurlh'r mixirlvlnjfs.
Polly told heraelf she could choose
between two llnoa of behavior. She
con hi will a* Violet wan led her to
—or she could be a c»od little Ameri
can and fiKht luck. Who decided to
flirht liaik.
"It wasn't made tn Fans,
Minn lUnd. though my town Is
pretty clever. I Rot It at Paverel'a
Monsieur Pmrarel hlmnelf supervised
it YOII lold IIH unit you could al
waya e(>ot a Prnvcrelf Then. turn
In* upon Hncray her prettiest antile
(Polly's einlle was wonderful). she
tultKd. "Xou Uke it, Moualeui, u'aat
EVERETT TRUE
CC pu':" i
"Wulte the most dlntlnrulshed
row" I've «een In montlta," tie re
sponded sincerely. "!n fart ir you
wUI pardon me—we renutrkvd upon
It when you came In. No one, I
think. wears l*«ut!fut clothei with
such distinction as tlie Amenuan
jrlrl."
Tactfully he proposed a toa/it to
"Tlie American Girl" and the claMi
wiui over Biimiy and Polly kept the
ball of merriment mlllnir. ami when
(he diners If-rim to thin out and
Violet Kpoke of (coin*. lijrrsy cut In
with afi empliatlc
"Not till I have the promtee of all
of you to lunch lomnrmw at d'Ar
menonvtUel I won't take no for
aiuvkir, Coma, now. cue, iwu,
BY STANLEY
BY ALLMAN
HY BLOSSJSii
BY CONDO
three— ~
"Tear* Polly's roloe alone re
s ponded.
"Good: Tou're an*w«rlnf for allf
Violet looked stormy.
"Sorry," she »aid rising. "I !»«•
an en*i<(teiue»t."
"It's mighty flna of you. - mM
Paul. "I.tit I've a business appoint*
went out.. Me of Paris."
'Tlan, little I ehaPanjt*
you: Will you hare pity en a tooely
old Rcnii-m in or *<oul4 y*n be
bored with lilwT"
Poii> t,i»m hi nt Paul, tat he wma
talking to VtoleL
"1 accept the challenge," aha Mid
demurely, "and will risk —baiAff
borad."
(To &, rmhnrntm
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