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Show V- -J 67 i ZANE GREY A NEW GALE , . . wr . A . I M Im tha Author of nroa- - aolltarr Mrtnemhlp with whom be later Warren. latner or Riders of the Purple Saseu " WadfireEtc 7 Copyright xDlapatlon. appeasa twB crocked to a Taking refuge fromdls-P m m cave. Cameron lat.; both man but fitmtV Cameron leave, the cave, of their docu-gold, and personal Richard Gale, adventurer, frlilta. Mexican border town. Thome, lieutenant In all -- ?roB ' by Harper Brother like a phantom ct happier years, of Nell's face was there, and lnanltelj more or beauty th'an had been transmitted to the daughter Dick believed Mrs. Beldlng's friendship and motherly love were worth much striving joLwla. entirely nsiae rrom any more selfish mnHv. J no ueciuea both would be hard to .... get tl ta 4ut a urop 1 or a tuirty horse. - However. Blanco Sol rubbed a wet muzzle against Gale's hand to appreciation. Gale loved the horne, and was loved In retrra. They had saved fach other'a Uvea, and had sient long days and nights of desert aolltude " , though t wa ciiei;e at Lawrru-and oucf ouly twelve. - T "law" race Mr. Gale, of otbftlt " T r. real coarse, you've seen. Mines!" Ye, a few." replied Dick ; and he laughed a little. It waa on hla Hps then to tell her about some of the famous games In which he had par ticipated. But he refrained from ex There was little. ploiting "himself. and sound and however, ef the-colcheer, of the violent aetlotTand rush and battle Incidental to a big college football game that he did not succeed In making Mercedeind .Kelt feel Just aslf Jhey had been IhereTheylhang breathless and wide-eye- d upon his words. Some one m was present at the latter part of Dick's narrative. The moment he became aware of Mrs. Beldlng's presence he remembered fancying he had heard her call, and now he was certain she had done so, Mercedes and Nell, however, had been and still were oblivious to everything except Dick's recital. He saw Mrs. Beldlng cast a strange, Intent glance upon Nell, then turn and go silently through the patio. Dick was haunted by the strange ex pression he had caught on Mrs. Beld lng'a face, especially the look In her eiea. It had been one of repressed pain liberated In a flash of certainty. The mother had seen how far he had gone on the road of love. Perhapa she had seen more even more than he dared hope. - ' FOr? INDIGESTION aX noMj " - The spot of secluded ground waa covered with hunches f galleta grass upon which Sol began to graze. Gale made a long halter ot hla lariat to keep the horse from wandering In search of water. Next Gale kicked or 6 Bell-an- s Hot water Sure Relief IS) ELLrAWS th3 cumbersome 'cbapparejoftv with. their flappingtripplngio)daj)f leather over hts feet and drawing a long rifle off ZU mo 73 from his saddle sheath, he slipped away Into the shadows." In the soft sand hla steps made no sound. The twinkling light 'vanished occasionally, and when tt did like a show It seemed Mill a long way off. Gale was not seeking trouble or In viting danger. Water waa the thing that drove him. He must see who these campers were, and then decide how to give Blanco Sol a drink. Stooping low, with bushy mesquites between him and the fire, Gale ad vanced. The coyotea were In full cry. Gale heard the tramping, stsmp- - PACKAGES EVERYWHERE Bad Breath lowara evening Gale heard the I guess poor Thorne trnmp of horses "Assuredly. and Beldlng's hearty la almost crazy, m write to Is U$tudly Due to him voice. Presently th mnciior Bnwio No, I can't with this Constipation crippled hand." m upon Gale, shakinjr the rrav dust "That'll be all right. Gale." mid from his broad When you are constipated, shoulders and waving Beldlng. "Nell will write for you not enough of Nature'a letter. She writes all my letters.' lubricating liquid is proGood news and Dick! iieuo, So Beijing arranged It ; and Merceduced in the bowel to keep bad he-- said, putting the letter In f Ninth ravoiui the food waste soft and des flew away to her room to u write, Dick's hand. "Had no trouble finding Thome tells Gale ! U moving. Doctors prescribe while Ca.taneda, Nell fetched pen and paper and your friend Thorne. Looked L. m save Mercedes lite he'd Nujol because it acta like t ,r his affianced wire. seated herself beside Gales bed to oeen arunk for a week! Say, he this natural lubricant and v.Ylcan bandit Gale take his dictation. nearly threw a fit. I never saw a fel thus replacea It Bojas and hla Bans. P.cl;." What with watching Nell and try- low so wild with PL. h.m ot u Joy. He made sure Nujol heto catch her ing "d glance, and listening you and Mercedes were lost In the lubricant not irerced?,,nd s A bugle to jieiatng-tallc with the cowboys, desert. He wrote two a medicine or letters, which fiortTrder. Thorne to hi. regl-Dick was hard put to It to dictate laxative so under Mercedes 1 i Caslta is one Drought. h of He leave. cannot rrine. kind of a creditable letter. Nell place these aided any Sf", The pair protection. days. I tried to get your "v. ,bova. Charlie Land and met his gaze ' once, then no more. oaggage, and think I ggfjkTTT U today,; made a mistake. rw 4 Lash, arrive In safety at a was Beldlng Inover the risks talking were going to see travel toward r. U known aa foriorn volved In a trip to Caslta. Forlorn Hlver. The federal garrison The fugitive. f irar. Til tell you, boys, I'll ride In my- got Hi Tom Beldlng's home. from somewhere, self with Carter. There's business ana is ' Inspector. Living CHAPTER VI holding out etepand wife hi. are 1 can 1Mb see ana 10, I'm curious to "lo you think we'll have trouble fittr NeTTBurton. .Gale, with know what the rebels ar Tho Yaqul. rlnins- herer asked Dick, excitedly. ,ak Mrvloe w,lth d of a lowering De Toward Gale, I'm going to Caslta myself. evening L?M ranger.. Oale telling sure. Some kind of trouble . , 1. L f Stti 'th. cause of M. being a some miles west of cember fifty day, uuui 10 get oacK tomorrow some sooner or later," replied Beldlng, r. . . misunderstanding With a horseman rode along time. I'll be ready to start In an hour. gloomily. Forlorn River, I0!." . "....nlna the son'. "Anyway, my boy, as soon Have your letter ready. And say If as you can hold a bridle and a gun an old, dimly defined trail bew abilities. This lonely horseman bestrode you want to write home It's a chance. you'll be on the Job, don't mistake of magnificent build, perfectly steed we sometimes don't go to the P. 0. roe." a dark bar of color for white In a except month." V "With CHAPTER Laddy and Jim?" asked running down the noble head, from He tramped out,- followed by the Dick, trying to be cooL Sweat-cake- d dust to nose. tau "Sure. ana enWith Rose. was them then Dick and me, and by ears A Desert cowDoyg, Cvrtlwn Bap triManB witlMait'Mff evavrwikanSox flanks. The horse the stained long Dick lay down that night he abled to bring his letter to a dose. yourself. was lean He had been running. neaa- - aierceaes came dbck, ana her eyes Dick drew a deep breath, and even Ily conscious 01 pain ana worn, a huge machine of muscle H&ES COLDS -- LA GRIPPE ue- - were snining. hat he dltl not reei weiu uicK, remembering aftw Beldlng had departed he forgot gaunt and in beautiful head and bone, only . rV Beldlng a suggestion, decided to profit for a moment about the letter In his is and a mind thronging .with weight-carriea horse strong hand. Then he unfolded the paper mane, a ne sue- - ny it. es and anticipations, and fierce like the desert that had to weariness and soon fell "May I trouble you to write another and read: bred him. Standard cold remedy world over. Demand for me?" asked Dick, as he received The rider fitted the horse aa he fit "Dear Wck Tou've more than saved box bearing Mr. HUTa portrait and signature. he but when the letter from Nell. awoke, ml 8i light life. To the end of my day. you'll ted the saddle. He was a young man t seen through AU Plflafs 30 Canto ' "Its no trouble, I'm sure TA be be the one man to whommyI owe iixe brightness t Al everyof exceedingly powerful physique, A mo-- pleased," she replied. fall to Wmed blurred eyes. Word, thing. express my feeWngs. al "This must be a brief note. Beldlnc i. Lssed before his mind worked was altogether a wonderful waiting, That His lean face, where It was I used and. up most of the time "as and then he had to make an fseech of hers, Dick thought, because not red, blistered and peeling, was the writing to Mercedes. He was dizzy. When the words were the first coherent I'm leaving Mereede. In your charge. hue of bronze. He had a dark 0 think. eye, a ubect, of course, to advice frm Beldlng. bved to lift his rlBht arm, an ones she had spoken to him. and His keen. falcon gaze, roving Take care of for her, life t. Dick, my iitln? pain made him desist He settled back and began. up In Her. By all mean, keep jaw was prominent and set mastiffGalo Dismounted to Load Hla Horse, wrapped ie discovert! that his arm was Presently Gale paused, partly be- her from being seen by Mexicans. We like ; hla Hps wa re Btern. It was youth to Go Forward More Slowly. swollen, and the hand' had cause of genuine emotion, and stole are, sitting tight here nothing doing. -with Its softness not yet quite burned comdown before it things quiet ray a look from under his hand at Nell. mission hSas bandages. The injured niemexpires, I'll get leave of absence, and hardened away that kept the lng thtttnps of many hoofs. The sound -- and red, angry, Inflncied, If she had In the very least been drawn run out to Forlorn River, marry my whole cast of his face from being worried him. Foot by foot he ad "HABLA USTED ESPANOL?" Iti normal size. He felt hot all to him But that waa absurd Im- beautiful Spanish princess, and take her ruthless. vanced, and finally began to crawl. (UO YOU bTEAK WAMSHTI to a civilized country, where, I opine, Vnd a raging headache con- ! with "tiuchor'e Rapid possible Thla young man waa Dick Gale, but The nearer he approached, the head Easily, quickly learned tan son a of who sees Sont nmtpsld tor every her will gun lose him. When Dick finished dictating, his hi. bead, and drive me mad. Dick, harken not the listless traveler, nor the loung of the arroyo, where the well waa lo k TIMELY Hl.XTM f'O. MSS tlaeela I'lure came stamping Into the eyes were upon Mercedes, who sat to these glad word.: Rota. Is In the hos Brooklyn. X. T. t:U ing wanderer who, two months before, cated, the thicker grew the desert veg m was interested to Inquire. I He Tlilk Territory, tor pital. RenmentatlYes Waated favorable-posa secured He curious and Caslta. chance Into etation. had dropped smilingly i sympathetic. had a amaahed by Uoud I IK lorac.lv ma. ot woman, wool finger, a dislocated collar Do yon know It's How Jo, Dick. rose to peep from be or purlBiMliioa and then claimed she wast He looked bone, three broken had and had desert The Gale, tion, Beattl time Plsbarim. responsive Seattle, Wash. ribs, and a tearful star How's the busted fist this at Nell. The hind hla covert l Presently she rose, holding gash on his face. He'll be In the hospital drawn him Into its crucible. TTa vai In at In tima tor a month. Dick, when I meet that pig desert had multiplied weeks Into Aiif hla lAftAP kk He saw a bright fire, not a cooking- - ONE IS BORN EACH MINUTE headed dad of your. I'm going to give tried to sit up, but his effort recede-froto of wave red see a her thirst, hunger, loneli- fire, for that would have been low and Heat years. I . his him ot JL.I1. life. the surprise n nt .kAt uau uV, .i.i.ure. II.e gui uvui k.ll face, Sne gave him one swift gaze, Send me a line whenever any one ness, toll, fear, ferocity, pain he red, but a crackling blaze of tnes-quitHero la Gold Assayer Who Bought lit himself weakly sliding back. had felt them all In come. from F. R- and lncloee Merknew them then Three men were in sight all averted onconscious, searching, "Gold Brick Believing It to Be a lest-I'm Drettv sick." be said. It and turned Away. She left the eede.' letter In youra. Take care of her, the white sun, with Its glazed, coales close to the burning sticks. They were Wit the Real Thing. the In hold store and future Dick, may aw fieldine lean over him. feel room with Mercedes before he could for you aome of the sweetness I know cing, lurid fire; the caked split Hps Mexicans and of the coarse type of ft, ind speak, and then every- d and rasping, tongue; the raiders, rebels, bandits that Gale had now! Faithfully yours. express hla thanks. The fact that gold Is so scarce now leemed to drift, not Into dark- bt "THORNE." sickening ache In the pit of hla atom- - expected to. aee. A glint ot steel adays la responsible for an expensive flash of But that strange, speaking Halt it into some region wnere ne eyes remained to haunt and torment ache; the Insupportable alienee, the caught hla eye. Three short, shiny mistake which a St. Louis assayer. ! While Dick was eating hla supper, of gray moving Gale. perceptions empty apace, the utter desolation, the carbines leaned against a rock. A lit- made recently. When he waa offered was Indescribably sweet, with r It appetite rapidly returning to nor and of voices that were and provocative of thoughts that he mal. Ladd and Jim came in. Their contempt of life ; the watch and wait, tle to the left, within the circle of 60 pounds tor 17,000 he Jumped at the rs" there came an Interval believed were wild without warrant the dread of ambush, the swift flight ; light atood a square house made of pais "bargain," thinking he bad made a lit was blank. When he again friendly advances were' alngularly the fierce pursuit of men wild as adobe bricks. This house waa a rare good buy. . He cautiously assayed to but he welcome waa still Gale, id his eyes the room waa sunny, Bedouins and as fleet, the willingness Papagon Indian habitation, and a the It offering. assayed Ilka gold, so He backward. allowed himself to U with a that sudden of to deal death, the pain month before had been occupied by a he fragrant breeze Later It struck him as bought he to was show aee that them. glad Dick Sroogh the open door. poison thorn, the stinging tear of lead family that bad been murdered or being strange that the gold waa In and he listened. It took no keen Judge through flesh; and that strange para- driven off Iter; but he had no particular by a roving band of out the form of a brick, and he decided to of human nature to see that horses dox of the burning desert, the cold at laws. A rude corral showed jo move or talk or eat dimly In melt It Alas, for the bargain 1 The constituted Ladd's ruling passion. f next day he was very much night, the piercing Icy wind, the dew the edge of firelight and from a black nice ran off, leavshiny gold "Shore It's a cinch Bel din' Is agoin' that penetrated to the marrow, the mass within came the snort and stamp ing brass beneathiplating to lose aome of them animals of his," numbing desert cold of the dawn. . been afraid of blood iol- and whinny of horses. The next time that assayer la of he said. "You can search me If I don't tald Beldlng. "But my wife Ladd's prophecy of trouble on the Gale took In the scene In one quick fered 'a gold brick for sale, he win bormore be on doln think tberell the he been mild had to border compared danger's past. You'll have glance, then sank down at the foot not decide that no swindler would be the Rio than Grande." here der along (hat arm for a while." what had become the actuality. With of the mesqulte. He had naturally "Look-a-herto an Laddy; you caln't be rebel occupancy of the garrison at expected to' aee more men. But the foolish enough to sell near-gol- d and Jim came peeping In at nor will be purchase expert assayer, lieve all you hear," replied Jim, seri Caslta, outlaws, bandits, raiders In situation was r. by no means new. This ously. "I reckon we mightn't have rioting bands bad spread westwhrd. waa one, or part of one, of the raider before he has made sure that ha asp In, hoys. He can have com- sayed deep enough. Detective Story n any trouble.", raider bestrode bands harrying the border. more the better If Ml Mnny a They Magazine. Jim. Shore "Back stand up, In one you're of fast and. content. Beldlng's horses; were stealing horses, or driving a herd He mustn't move, pill." In' on your bridle. There's more doln' deed, all except his selected white stolen. Gule revolved ques already than the raldin' of a few hossea. An' thoroughbreds had been stolen. So tions In mind. Had this trio of out Inrjortant to All Wceim cowboys entered, slow. easy. Forlorn River Is goln' to get hers!" the Job of the rangers had become laws run across Ladd ' It waa not Another dawn found Gale so much more than a patrolling of the boundReaders cf TMs Paper If touch." said Lndd, after P likely, for In that event might recovered that he arose and looked ary line to keep Japanese and Chinese not have been so comfortablethey Pteted Dick. "You look used and care after himself; not however, without from being smuggled Into the United free In camp. Were they waiting for Thmiaanda unnn thnninUkt!. of women considerable difficulty and rather dis States. ksh wagged his half-balmore members of their gang? That tave kidney or bladder trouble and sever ' 1 On this December afternoon the was very probable. "With Gale, how suspect it. heartening twinges of pain. 1 "' - 'T N head. "Musta been more'n Some time during the morning he three rangers, as often, were separ to be Women's often k Rnja- sprove complaint, most considers ever, the beard the girls In the patio and called ated. Lash was far to the westward tion was how to Important his horse to wa nothing else but kidney trouble, or the Uddy me one of our tells get itta to ask If he might Join them. He re- of Sonoyta, somewhere along Camlnc ter. Sol must hsve a drink If It cost retwtt of kidney or bladder disease. h, fellow named Carter. Is If the kidneys are sot in a healthy conceived one response, a mellow, "SI. del Diablo, that terrible Devil's road. t Cnxlta . ' nut InU I)IHIn. There was stern reason for dition, they fight I'M. UVIUiU. may cause the other organs' he aa as was much not senor." It where many desert wayfarers bad per- Gale to chance to get word to your eastward along the trait to become diseased. hurry h aoldler." wanted, but considering that It was ished. Ladd had long been overdue He thought It best to go back to Ton may suffer psra m the back, head enough, he went out la the shade of In a prearranged meeting with Gale. where he bad left hla horse and not ache and loss of ambition. t will be fine!" exclaimed a beautiful tree, he found the girls. The fact that Ladd had not shown up make Poor health make, you nerrous. Irri I declHre any decisive move until day- I'd forgotten table and maybe despondent; it makes Mercedes sitting In a hammock, Nell miles west of the Papago well waa . How la Mia. Casta- any one so. a blanket significant, -J hope " With the same noiseless care he Hollo. Dick! Good Nowa and Badl" upon But hundred, of women claim thai in. ex to a he beautiful dismounted lead hla Gale "What horse. had exercised In treer I HI rh'lif r.ni. iw. iv ewff Gale re Kilmer's Swamp-Roo- t the advance. by restoring health (in ratio for two dawned upon him that for the brief claimed. "I never saw one like that to go forward more slowly. He had treated until It was safe for bin to days. She miles la ridden since It!" his gaze What morning, and rise and walk on down the arroyo. remedy needed to overcome such oondi- sixty ""ie. mends at once, m Instant when Nell had met not a Nell. waa and verde." he was "Palo replied tired, It ah had lost her shyness. entirely healed He found Blanco Sol contentedly Hons. p In, Msnv send for a sample bottle to sea "Senor, palo verde . means 'green wound In his hip made one leg drag a (Sins mine In Mprco ImI woman's questioning eyes that had Gale carried his - saddle, what FwsmD-Roograzing. the treat kidney, liver Mercedes. mile Its A near added the. up arroyo, him. tree,'" Nell, she worn whir nrM pierced through blankets and bags Into the lee of bladder medicine, will do for them. By and learned details Dick Little by little head, lay the Papago well The need little greasewood-covereI red rose In her hand J?h Next day Dick believed he waa well mound, from enclosing ten cent to Dr. Kilmer A (Jo., Mrs. of Netl'a varied life. She had lived of water for hla horse entailed a risk around whch the wind had rut the Binghamton, samI1". iniimlslve In J. Y, you may receive move- - pnourh to leave his room; but As a child ahe re that otherwise be could have avoided. In Yoa many can' places. do bottle to ait post. him psreel ple by not In rpach Dick's side. a wash, he risked pennlt Bctding would soil; and here, purchase medium and large ns bottles at mow membered Lawrence, Kansas, where The well was on Mexican soil. Gale 1 am so snrrv von were fire. o. Khe waa kind, a time wind the this By all drug storea. Advertisement studied for several years. . Then distinguished a faint light flickering building !Ppy yon are better." was piercingly cold. Gale's hands were riv and she was always coming In she moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma through the thin, sharp foliage. Camp she ner. ottering hla left I to minister u hi. ruiun, numb, and he moved them to and fro After. tho Wedding. to Austin, Texas, and on to ers were at the well, and whoever In .' w ,- 1Pvely spohnrinng for the fact felt that the frlendllnesa ae manifest from there the little blase. Then he made JtJ 1.... mar mother met doubt and had her where to were, they prevent they Waco, u I uiu to a inn some nousenoia In nthPi-cooked of of the slices a in coffee th. cup, h. ld typewriter of yours? They lived In New ed Lndd from meeting Gale. Ladd bacon on the end of a stick, and took .'mil- - extend to-- her. He waa conscious, of ried Beldlng. ft er the richt Brown Oh. 1 married-her- . In In hack next to the had Arizona. Tucson, waterhole, 'J awhile, Mexico gone fombinod sympathy. graU- - something that a little thought pera couple of hard biscuits from a sad I or In waa come an had to he hiding arroyo ur-- Douglas, and finally lone; maybe !",lr'lnn. Then Dick spoke auaded him waa antagonism. It dlebag. Of these bis meal consisted. Confidential. " to the eastward, awaiting develop Forlorn River. reflected He ly Ikewlse him. After that he removed the halter from hurt and offering hla hand, prised lovere of advanced ea to Advices one never In ments. live . "Mother could took ahvlv. Blanco 80I. Intending to leave hint th.r ihpr mkht come a time when r : The nrot nannrea on NelL not his without of turned said Gale horse, time," length' any place """l. imlntelligible to graze for a while. free It would bt desirable, far beyond any nr but ere hardest. the Ufe. one; ana In arm been South we've iron the atnee urge ot persuasive '.-re friendly ktodU- -' "And K!ad. and the tint In ground of every-dascented desert ceased the steed to never for hat aha west speech, trying well threatened to rival tb. neaa. to have Mrs. Beldlng be Look to Your Eyes of her father. He water, and plodded back to the edce rox kh. hltn. So be thoagnt find aome trace "'A crippled Yaqul I Why tha In a secluded where In of fourteen of heard the like fine arroyo, Nogalea Beautiful waa last maxe I P"T h I did you saddle yourself with Mck rmomh a b.r and oondered how to TartK st the Nsuh of Cmanmt The thinks grandfather circle of mesqutte he hatted. She h ago. years take very not hlmTV roared Beldlng." CamTTke dairy aa ef M-- rt matter of cettin r. h like him. It did horse snorted hla relief at the removal waa lost in the 8onora desert, wakes Evas Clear ead Kadkm. . . , . . H nirk to discover that ' ntorabla. Harmlaaa, sold an we go la worse. Oh. of the heavy, burdened saddle and ac And piece every aha when " I wrlti to hlmV. , Will liked he-r- ller face, except .. Gale Td But (TO ni CONTINUED.) the coutrements. like corf Jo desert go poured the love I lake a ,h.ifv thoughtful and aaO. to Lawrence or to aee Chicago tenta of hla larger canteen Into hla "m him!" she aatd; and It aeemed too atrong. too tateoee. too back Follow the river and yoa wUl go is York aome of the places Mr. hat and held It to the horse's Boss. New or . .. a it . fill iMt.. . . vii a face to make sea. nil ) n u v as, now nnn i ill ivi. ' he said. remeaober . of Sol," Drink. I Gala speaks -- hauntln thadow, ke aerrow-Llwe & evl-L'- in ou-E.- EJ rlm r,!. r tcan two-m.r- W 1, Jack-o'-lanter- n, " Tu- - Ih. 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