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Show -- piled oli -- TVOFPl&.-3l'ln ! anIHar cowboy, "if that a garrison surrenders, there's no. tellln' wham happen, an' beta' across the U. 8. line a few inches or so don't make no h of a difference, Mr advice la rw, w Miss Castaneda ever aet font in naal-Looks like you've shore snote ne." Mid Udd. T reckon. Gale, you an' the girl ought to come with us. we snow people who'll take care of the senorita till your friend can come m th nnt. of 1 parinerenip wuu nr. forme LunVn roan whom he later wrrmn father of J"11"" " wronged, '"Z, Carried. back to Ulinola. Lt'bter . expUnmttone eppeae. m w ,n-- iir? the other two-b- it RIVEH FORLORN "fuga .from a a cave. Cameron .Tfoid. but to late; both Taktng ZANE GREY Author of Riders of the Ptirnlo Oage. Wildfire. EtC. Copyright by Harper were slipped, securely tied and hidden Ladd strapped a blanket around one of the horses. His next move was to take off his ; ..y:: :i chaps.' . "Gale, you're wearln' boota, an' by In a mesqulte clump. Brother. The coat's a little large; we might wrap It around you twice." i Mercedes smUed and lightly thanked . Dick warmly spoke hi TBr.fnin0. of fold, and personal-docuhim In Spanish. He was about to start and. Richard Gale, adventurer, inexpressibly relieved and when he observed that Ladd had half Mexican border town, for Mercedes, he went towardhappy !aiita. the ed and was lieutenant Lta George Thorne, peering ahead In evident or cactus where he had left ciump !T.h, Ninth cavalry, old college caution. Mercedes' horse began to her. She ia stood r he tell Gala vifin. Thorne aark as It was, he could tell she had stamp Impatiently, raised his ears and to save Mereedea Caatadena, wife. affianced hi lost the terror which had so shaken head, and acted as If he was about to Snl.h ?1rl. neigh. Bolus. Mclean bandit. Gal her. and hi gang. A warning -- hist" from Ladd bade Cu,hhous" Koja two American He led her into the rood tin to th IrtTthe help of Dick quieting hand on the Cm "d he, Mercede. and cowboys, who now stood bnrphflrtprt horse. putLasha came nolselesstv forward In the : starlight They seemed shy, to Join his companion. The two then Ctort order Thome to hi rgt- and Lash was silent while Ladd made liltened and ta'nt H leave Mercede under watched. emoarrnsswl. unintelligible reniv tn Salt's protection. Lash went to the rear Mercedes' thanks. I nnd Ladd started ahead. The prog There were five horses two saddlmi ress now, however, was considerably CHAPTER III two packed and the remaining one slower, not owing to a bad road for vamea only a blanket Ladd hort that became better but probably ow the Desert A FIIaht Into ened the stlrrlps on his mount, and Ing to caution exercised by the cow Wagy ana Biniucu, vbi boy guide. At the end of a half hour wind. Presently i Mr to the soft this marked deliberation changed, and pTiL or imagined he beard, low sr the horses followed Ladd's at a gait was certain he moment V in a that put Gale to hia best walking were the padlike steps of "sound paces. 5 The regular Is yielding sand. Hia steps were 'halted by Ladd's ac fc. of grazing horse, sp was not that fc tions. The cowboy reined In his horse, and w i the Instant, made caution listened a moment then swung down Merout of the saddle. He raised a cau Jthy by alurm,. Gale drew it deeper Into the gloom of the tlontng band to the. others, then "bberj. The sounds of hoofbeats slipped Into the gloom and disap t louder. Gale made put a dark peared. Gale marked that the halt had been made In a ridged and cut-u- p tag mass against a background of a, nay. There was a line or norseg. pass between low mesas. To the right, tie ronld not discern whether or, not up under the ledges some distance bv tat, Vivrooa tHt IS. away, stood two square black objects, or of a voice struct his ear too uniform, be thought, to be rocks. While he was peering at them, uncer i low laugh. It made him tingle, American. Eagerly he It sounded tain what to think, the shrill whistle ed. of a horse pealed out to be followed Its shore was, Laddy, It shore was," If;. by the rattling of hoofs on hard stone, te a voice out of the darkness. men a dog barked. At the same alls ;h house Laddy, since wire moment that Ladd hurriedly apk drove us out of Texas we ain't M peared In the road a light shone out il An we never the like of that. and danced before one of the square fc snch a call. black objects. w ill? It was a burnln' roast, re-- i "Keep close an' don t make no 4. another voice. "I felt low down. noise" he whispered, and led his it mtt-lamoosed some sudden, an' I hope horse at right angles off the road. oik bis friends snooK me oust or Gale followed, leading Mercedes' hk That's a rotten town, Jim." horse. As he turned he observed that e lumped up in Joy. What luck ! Lash also had dismounted. f speakers were none other than T.o . keep closely at Ladd's heels 8he Stood Erect, Waiting, and. Dark o cowboys whom he had accost without brushing the cactus or stum H as Could It Was, Tell 8he Had the Mexican hotel. over rocks and depressions was bling Lost the Terror That Had So b. ld on, fellows," he called, and a Gale found impossible. It was k task Shaken Her. It Into the road. no easy matter to lead a spirited horse joir m. horses snorted and stamped, through the dark, winding lanes walled i followed swift rustling sounds I prom the and she settled herself by thorns. Dick saw that the travel way or ping spurs, then silence. The took the few restive prances of the was fast but by no means noiseless. ts loomed clearer In the gloom. mettlesome horse Gale Judged that The pack animals at times crashed and nw five or six horses, two. with she could ride. Lash urged Gale to ripped through the narrow places. It bw and one other, at least, carry- - take his horse. But this Gale refused seemed to Gale that anyone within In When Gale got within to do. I pack. a mile could have heard these sounds. fat jn feet of the group the foremost Ul to used "I'm Presently Ladd led out Into a "IU walk," be said. man said: lane that appeared to run wider are know I not" cowboys walking. I reckon that's close enough, The cowboy mounted his Once started with protection assured straight for the girt and a real objective point horse, and this convinced Gale that jMthlng In the cowboy's hand In view, Gale relaxed from the tense they had circled back to the road. tfea M darkly bright In the stariight strain he had been laboring under. The march proceeded then once more Hut Vd recojmlze me. If It wasn't so How iftn'I glad he would have been to ac- at a good, steady, silent walk. When T replied Gale, halting. "I spoke quaint Thorne with- - their good for- Dick consulted his watch he was dn 11. h t little while ago In the sa--1 tune I Later, of course, there would amazed to see the hour was still early, '' Tuck there." be some way to get word to the cav- - He asked Mercedes If she was cold. over an' let's see you," said fa But till then what tor and ahe answered that she was, speak ,ac alryman. swboy, curtly. tea ing especially of ber feet which were ments his friend would suffer t to je advanced till he was close to It seemed to Dick that a very long growing numb. Then ahe askedAt be first Jorse. The cowboy leaned over down to walk awhile. helped off he since stepped time had elapsed H saddle and peered Into Gale's one he went she wss cold and lame, and accepted afcr" by the train ; and. one . , IJ a. Dick proffered. After I Then, without a word, be over every oetau oi uiciuem wuiuu the helping hand the M wV gun and held out bis had occurred between that arrival and a little, however, she recovered and 1 .Gale met a imi!? They His meeting went on without assistance. grip of steel that the present moment a ma blood. The other cow-- with Thorne; the wonderful black had reached the summit of what was m with off his nervous, spirited horse eyes f a Spanish girl her appeal te evidently a high . ridge sloped irew the bridle. He, too, peered blm; the hate Inspired by Rojaa, and much greater steepness oi the far Into Gale s face. side. It was only after a few more the rush, the blow, the action; sight I name's Ladd,"e said. "Reckon forward steps, however, that Dick of Thorne and Mercedes hurrying see down the slope. Then full to glad meet fn hands you again." laia pressing could safely away; the girl's In' view flashed a bright campflre felt another grip as hard and bis to her heaving breast; tne sweet which clustered a group of adit I the other had been. lie Are of her kiss; the fact of her being around dark" figures. They were encamped In fl be had found frlends who alone with him, dependent upon him horses could be pd to a clnss of men whom he all these things Gale turned over- and a wide arroyo, where In black seen patches of grass grazing pPalred of ever knowing. over In his mind, only to fall of any A second of trees. clusters between hsd which to (Jnle is my name," he definite conclusion as Gale told the look st campers they wlftly. i dropped Into Caslta affected him so remarkably, or to tell Lash moment At this Mexicans.' were him hardly knowing where I was. what had really happened to came forward to Join Ladd, and the I took me to that hotel. There I Had he fallen In love with Thome's two a long, uninterrupted mo ? old friend whom I had not sweethesrt? The Idea came In a flash. ment spent the arroyo. A hoarse studying or years. He belongs to the Was he.' all In an Instant, and by one faint yet distinct, floated upon laugh, of 'stationed here. He had be- - of those Incomprehensible reversals wind. cool the u IU BUTB character. Jealous of his friend! Dick "Well, Laddy, what r you makln' of had killed this girl's was almost afraid to look up at MerR'Js outfit -that Inquired Lash, speaking ineo to abduct her. , .1 . cedes. Still he forced himself to do softly. what took place at the ho- - en rnin III it chanced Mercedes was "Same as sny of them raider out If it's ever possible, looking down at him.. With a quick, fits." replied Ladd. "They're across ou bow I appreciate what graceful Impulsiveness she put her the line for beef. But they'll run off r n.e mere. r- apLike her shoulder. I got away, hand upon his good stock. As hoss thieves these -7 irmnd with the girl. We pearance, the action was new, strange, sny have got 'em all beat That rebels J" oi)t here home It but brought beyond the edge of striking to Gale; waltln' till It's late. Nothtn' Is outfit of gratiI '"en iiiorne had to make a suddenly to him the nsture head south for the Rio For but It to her of a In ramp. girt heard bugle calls, tude and affection on the border line, but It's It's lorn. C? he ,v wsy without leave. Wood. It was sweet and sisterly. He where these rebels aint been country me in not th-n. raiicn had rn tlrl with m that he trn. t yet." iu no. Thome me iwimi Ca- - love with nr. I "It's a hike to Beldln's ranch. An . ... - lnAnnoU CfOAmoH- til- h flf . . P 1)0 W r. tur juprrtHiP sir i a Kin iu htiu'upj o get there in daylight some If Mer-Gal-e heutlfiil something for wnicn will see the girt before Beldln Greaser life, Thome's sin t no peon, no common cedes stood In her. Itll get talked about bide can pr tnt ''nipted Ladd. then grasped the bewildering poasl- The news 11 travel to Caslta like sage Her name is wum or wonaer Castaneda. She bllltlev the infinite balls before the wind." o an dlil -Sm.t.i.1. n- to a man. i uurc a girl could mean inilllljr, "Short we don't ride Into Rio For r" "imii'tlllnl, uray The desert began to ngnien. -In the daytime. Let's slip the lorn ..VI.. much," replied tho openincs. In ..tne Doroer m .uruuu, packs, Jim. We can hide them off In the In hue. There's more than Rojas' growths changed to paler cactus an' come back after them. w khlnnp a a white glow grew brighter and the pretty girl. Shore the young man rldin' we" With . .. . that of a line rperhlnr uo- to nrmuiK, The whispering waa Interrupted by ?merhln' rKilltleoi .tanned nharnlv below by a loud a ringing neigh that whistled op I t ciasfi. well r..i notched range. . arroye. One of the horses the from lr your friend', rirt . I am cold." said Mercedes. tsf the trsvelers on the scented had . ni.fc had been carrying ui tv- - rMce too. The Indifference of the ,"n who'd tab m i.t noon his arm. lite stopped the horse 3cev Mexicans changed to attention. oecewary. But It ain't wlae and raised the coat up, and helped t Ladd and Lash turned back and led , w.vmuIm nut It on. what yon say horse (fate the first opening on the tMn' hott round this . "I should have thought ef yea,", he the south aide ef the road. The packs CWTl for soatt' rtnt 1 seeinea te tHi warm, , , weeka," re-- JST ere dying. Cameron leave for her." i ! lt . ' But the th-etus," he whispered. Miss Castaneda; she'll be torn, all to pieces unless she puts these on. Please tell her an' hurry." Dick took the chaps, and, going up to Mercedes, he explained tho situation. She laughed, evidently at his embarrassed earnestness, and slipped out of the saddle. "Senor, chapparejos and I are not strangers," she said. Deftly and promptly she equipped herself, and then Gale helped her Into the saddle, called to her horse, and started off. Lash directed Gale to mount the other saddled horse and go next. Dick had not ridden a hundred yards behind the trotting leaders before be had sundry painful encoun ters with reaching cactus anna. The horse missed these by a narrow mar gin. Dlck'a knees appeared to be In line, and It became necessary for him to lift them high and let his boots take the onslaught of the spikes. Ladd pursued a xlgzag course south ward across the desert, trotting down the aisles, cantering In wide, bare patches, walking through the clumps of cacti. Gale became chilled to the bone, and his clothes were damp and cold. His knees smarted from the wounds of the poisoned thorns,1, and his right hand was either - swollen stiff or too numb to move. Moreover, he was tiring. Mercedes must be made of steel, he thought to stand all that he had been subjected to and yet when the stara were paling and dawn perhaps not far away, stay In the saddle. So Dick Gale rode on, drowsier for each mile, and more and more giving the horse a choice of ground. Once when he, thinking to fight his weari ness, raised his head, he saw that one of the horses in the lead was riderless, Ladd was carrying Mercedes.It seemed that hours passed, though he knew only little time had elapsed. when once more he threw oft the spell of weariness. He heard .a !og bark. Tall trees lined the open lane down which he was riding. Presently In the gray gloom be saw low, square houses with flat roofs. Ladd rode on for perhaps a quarter of a mile, though It seemed Interminably long to Dick. A grove of trees loomed dark In the gray of morning. Ladd entered It and was lost In the shade. . Dick rode on among the trees. , Presently he heard voices,-ansoon another house, low j r i" w iwri 5f a- m ' ... i- . tt-- r uh, T rni .. ... r ,.a good-nature- nut el r t In-U- 11 worn out"! Likely your are to blame. Lamene, sharp kidney tuDoing pains, Dacaacne ana annoying urinary disorder are all symptom of weakened kidney. Don't wait for more aeriou trouble. Get back yovx health and keep iti Use Doon't Kidney Ptili, Thou ndi of folk tell their mera. Ail; your neighbor I " An Idaho Cam 4t Mr. Eva Logan. FourteenlO . St., Boise, Idaho, "My kidwere la a ney bad condition and I naa nagging my Kin acroa I couldn't rest at sight and morning I felt tired, 1 had aerv-DudUxy bead- ache and my kidney aian't act reaularlv. Dotn'i rm were reeommenaed, o juaner X UMd'aom. Doan' entirely cured ay: 111 d amazed at being so championed by the cowboys, delighted with Beldlng's Idea of employing blm and much amused with the quaint seriousness of the three. -tiow s tne young manT" called a woman's voice. It was kind and mel low and earnest Gale heard footsteps on flagstones. He's asleep yet wife," replied Bel- "Guess he was pretty much ding. knocked out . . . Ill close the door there so we wont wake him." There were slow, soft steps, then the door softly closed. But the fact scarcely made . a. perceptible- - differ ence In the sound of the voices out 4 Are you dull tired 'and achy both ered with a bad back? Do yon lack ambition, saner headache and diszi- - V boys, 9 Weak and tliserable? : aw, i didn't mean to Insult you, don't mistake me," said Beldlng. "Course he's all right" The object of this conversation lay quiet upon his bed, thrilling and 5s Dlek lug band he, had seen since football days, and that it would Inconvenience him for some time. The door at the far end of the room was open. Through it he saw poles, of peeled wood upholding porch roof, a bench, rose busies in bloom, grassx. tnd beyond theaa bright-gree- n : V foliage of trees. He shore was sleepln' when 1 looked In an hour ago," aald a voice that Dick recognized as Ladd's. Let him sleep," came the reply In tones. "Mrs. B. deep, says the gtrs never moved. Must have been tough ride for them both, Forty miles through cactus 1 Laddy rm right down glad to see you boys. and I'll do all I can for the young couple. But Tm doing some worrying here; dont mistake me." "About your stock T" "I've got only a few head of cattle at the oasts now, I'm worrying some, mostly about my horses, 'The TJ. S. Is ' doing some worrying, too. dont mistake me. The rebels have worked west and north as far as Caslta. Of course, my Job Is to keep tab on Chinese and Japs trying 'to get Into the U. S. from Magdalene bay. But I'm supposed to patrol the border line. rm going to hire some rangers. Now, rm not so afraid of being ahot up, though put in this lonely place there's danger of It; what I'm afraid of most ts losing that bunch of horses. Tou know what those guerrilla Mexicans will do for horses. They're crazy on horse flesh. They know fine horses. So I don't sleep nights any more." "Reckon me an' Jim might as well tie up with yon for a spell, Beldln'. We've been rldin' up an down Arizona tryln' to keep out of eight of wire fences." Laddy, It's open enough around Forlorn River to satisfy even an old- time cowpuncher like you," laughed Beldlng. Td take your staying on at some favor, dont mistake me. Per haps I can persuade the young man Gale to take a Job with me." "That's shore likely. He aald he had no money, no friends. An' If a scrapper's all you're lookln' for he'll do," replied Ladd. with a dry chuckle. Maybe I ought to think twice be fore taking a stranger into my fam ily," aald Beldlng, seriously. "Well, I guess he's all right, Laddy, being the friend. No bum or cavalryman's lunger? He must be all right "Bumf Lunger! Say, didn't I tell you I shook hands with this boy an' waa plumb glad to meet him r. de manded Laddy, with considerable hest Manifestly he had been af fronted. "Tom Beldln. he's gentle n man, an' he could Uck yon half a second. How about that Jlmr "Less time," replied Lash. "Tom, neres my stana, xoung Gale can have my boss, my gun, anythln'. of mine. , I..-..- B V7" A e, nCatinDeea't compiainu at u Star. a mc Tin aiv KtDNftvr vill-SO Aay Bee 7 FOSTER --MILBURN CO, s BUFFALO, N. Y. COCKROACHES WATER BUGS ANTS EASILY KILLED BY USINQ STEARNS' PASTE ELECTRIC It ebo kill rat and tnle. . It for taeae peat te ran from fcolldlng for water ABA fVMli Ml 1 II, MB.k toklilMtalSSretaeratle, Oet It troo year drag or geaeral ater dealer today. 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BefuM (ubetftotea IdiM po bayDonglaa iboM with ing Tbe retail prio and theaam nped ea tbe tot. Tbe ratal prieee are the Hut of W Urn Hmri in Imt tmtuw ml Ut4 W- a. Mtebpm W-- U a fffA-..rfo UttCUAKTt . rr M w mtmmim .Tjt.- r ten fittkom, rwHi4 .Ltti4 mmirr w w 7r fMthum nfklt t aaatfM lM twi Mlnaf, - ikt tt PftiUttott, mnm prww U r 4m MO few mvmru fi em 3K UV3 iaa;ii!feisvTiifii . ; ,, j j in viwn wew. "There's a fellow who has nothing to do." -- Welir "And he gets very tired of the Job." lM Suspicions which may need not be strted- .- . be unjust ' side. "Laddy and Jim are going to stay," went on Beldlng. "Itll be like the old Panhandle days a little. I'm pow erful glad to have the boys, Nellie. 'WW Well see some trouble before the rev olution is ended. I think Pll msk I Are Not this young man Gale an offer." "Senor, Chapparejos and She Said.. Strangers," and flat like the' others, but so long he could not see the farther end, stood up blacker than the trees. As he dis "Osd, I shall fall in love with I will t your new ranger. have' mounted, cramped and sore, he could scarcely stand. Lash came alongside. tTO BU CONTINUED.) He spoke, and someone with a big. hearty voice replied to, him. Then it Essy Arithmetic. seemed to Dick that he was led Into knows that learning the Everybody blackness like pitch, where, presently, tens In the table Is as multiplication he felt blankets thrown on him, and aa "pie," and that the lives are easy then his drowsy faculties faded. not much harder. But slight as Is the mental effort required In multiplying CHAPTER IV any number by Ave, It may be lessened still more by discarding the multiplier Forlorn River. and substituting a divisor In When Dick opened his eyes a flood entirely stead. In at the This of golden sunshine streamed may sound paradoxical, but by open window under which he lay. Ills you will find that divid experimenting first thought was one of blank wondgr two will ing by bring tbe same results as to where In the world be happened ss five, providing you multiplying by was to be. The room large, square, a cipher to the quotient If the divi adobe-walleIt was littered with add dend be an even number, or five If It saddles, 'harness, blankets. The sight be odd. For instance. If yon multtpty of huge dusty spurs, a gun belt with 2,734 by 3 the product U 13,070. What a sheath and gun, and pair of leather to still easier, divide 2734 by which chaps bristling with broken cactus Is done almost Then Instantaneously. Dick the cowboys, thorns recalled to on your 0, and you have 13,67(X the ride, Mercedes, and the whole tack strange adventure that bad brought Secret ef Diving Bird. him there. . the air within their expelling By of He felt a dead weight complete birds make themlassitude, and he did not want lo bodies, acquattc . than selves heavier water when dlv- In A his hand sudden 'pain move. caused him te bold It up. It was in.: ; black and blue, swollen to almost Qet Ants Out ef lee Cheat twice Its normal alze, and stiff as a ants If get rffl Ice cheat, set a pail were skinned knuckles board. The ef water under each leg and more box and crusted with dry blood.' Dick away fro as tbe wait tlloqulted that It was the worst-loo- d. - lira. i. Stlngtajf began taking tho 'Favorite Prescription' but It completely cured mo of all my weakness and built me cp Into a good healthy, strong con-Cltio- . Mrs J 8tlngley, J1S3 Q BU Go now to your nearust drug store and obtain this wonderful' Prescription of Dr. Pierce's In tablets or liquid or send lOo for trial pkg. to Dr. Pierce's Invalid Hotel, in Buffalo, N. Y, and writ for tree medical advice. CYC CALVE w ir fcnnn turn, 4 , k. . "Dr. Plerce'i Bakersfleld. Favorite Prescription baa been a great help to me as a tonic and nervine and I am glad to give It My health toy recommendation; bad become very poor; I was suffering with Inward weakness, waa nervous, could not sleep, and lost sny appetite, I was weak and suffered with backaches and pains In my aide and my limbs ached. 1 was a physical wreck when I CaUf. It JjJJ . - miliM,,alial.iy If. TdiX . l35tYaIS ' |