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Show P't .,....- (fit, Hjvr r. Hi ' i v " v DQS. G. 17. HALL "y GO liJJ SICK FOR YEARS by Zane Grey tftsU Wcsea to Author o'Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, Etc, Copyright by ITarper A Brother. WIT immii mm in i nfflMiiH in I HRflBa x to-ic- r. oasis. Gale used his glass, told Taqul no smoke, no sign of life; there was water left sweet look-dow- n U Bel-din- Ir-dar- k If "Taouj: will slip through. we thank any locky stars let It be for the Indian. Tou may go to Tuma In sis days and maybe In six weeks. Tou may have a big fight. Loddy, take the .405. Dick will pack his Remington. All of you go gunned heavyv But the main thing Is a pack that'll be light enough for swift travel, yet one that'll keep you from starving on the de$ert?-The rest of that day asseff swiftly. The sun set. twilight fell, then night closed down, fortunately a night slightly overcast Gale saw the white horses pass his door like silent ghosts. Even Blanco Diablo made no sound, and that fact was Indeed a tribute to the Taqul. Gale went out - . " '' ft 'f I Was sick for several years, and from reading your hours r he would set men car- - the women hang the children actus thorns!" I Come Back No When I Come , moment's silence followed her "If You Will Back, Marry Mr halting whisper. en the Taqul uttered a singular on Bianco Sol. The Cale had heard this once before. to put his saddle rubbed a soft nose against his oew-h- e. reraemliered It was at the horse shoulder. Then Gale returned to the go well. was nothing more ook at the Ind'nn," whispered sitting room. There . do but wait and suy Mer to 'ng, hoarsely. "D n If I don't In leather chaps onri came clad cedes ve he understood every word Mer- a slim stripling of a cowboy, her I said. And, gentlemen, don't m la cout, dark eyes flashing. Her beauty could me, ir lie ever gets near Senor and sot be hidden, and now Sf . ? ' . good-by- s there'll be some gory Aztec t work." Jul had moved close to Mercedes, stood beside her as she leaned st her husband. Site seemed Im 1 tojneet the Indian's jrar.e, and ntly It was so powerful or hyp-thit wrought Irresistibly upon But she must have seen or dl- what was beyond the others. lie offered him her trembling ..' Taqul took It and laid It :t his body In strange motion. owed his head. Then be stepped Into the shadow of the room. ling went outdoors while the took up their former position west window. Each had his somber thoughts, Gale imagined. new his own were dart enough. iw Beldlng halt at ha corrals avt his hand.- - Tlien the rebels ed and came briskly op the this time to rein In abreast fever Rojns had kept himself i the .former advance was not ; but he certainly was prominent-sigh- t now. He made a gaudy, t a dashing figure. Rojas dls-e-d and teemed to be listening, g made gestures, vehementljr 3 his big head, appeared to talk bis body as much as with his a. Then Rojos was seen to reply, xfter that It was clear that the became painful and difficult It finally In what appeared to be il understanding. Rojas mount-nrode away with his men, ti Beldlng came tramping back to ouse. ne entered me aoor his eyes ! shining, his big hands were bed, and he was breathing au "i at ' ( t c. jr ' i t 1 1 1 ' i Alt W Ml I rr fo.W ' ' u la for : sn : - jrotkN i for tiM b4 rathr rthr rr ik , ' fc raw , ta d' wW 4 TW trmk M un S- ' tl7 I no :w nr ',, W n t" ; on ran rope me If I'm not lo- V he nurst out "I went out to illate a little mur- r. and d n tne If 1 (Jldo't meet no suitame name wen. !y. I stsrted my bluff and got well, but I forgot to men-thf prettyMercedes was Thome's wife, what do yog think? Rojas swore ved Mercedes swore he'd marry In Forlorn River i right here "m he would give op robbing and na tart her away ng popl, i Mexico, tie has gold Jewels. swore If he dldnt get her noth- Mattered. He'd die anyway with er. . , ," And here's the strange I believe hlra ! He was cold , tad an -- tnatdt, Kcrer saw red-hand- , it at t i hope courage had Cred her blood. Gnle drew Nell Into his arms. "Dearest, I'm going soon. . . And maybe IH never 'Dick, do don't say It," sobbed Nell, with her head on his breast "I might never come back," he went on, 6teadlly. "I love you I've loved you ever since the first moment I saw you. Do you love me?" Tes, yes. Oh. I love you sol 1 never knew It till now. I love you so. Dick, 111 be safe and I'll wait and hope and pray for your return." "If I come back nowhen I come back, will you marry roe?" "I I oh yes!" she whispered, and returned bis kiss. Beldlng was In the room speaking softly. ' "Nell, darling. I - must go," said ' i ; Dick. ' Tm a selfish little coward," cried Nell. "It's so splendid of you all. 1 ought to glory In It, but I can't. . Fight If you must, Dick. Fight for that lovely persecuted girl. I'll love you the more, . . . Oh 1 Good by! Goodbyl" With a wrench that shook him. Gale let her go. He beard Beldlng's soft voice. "Taqul says the early hour's the best. Trust him. Laddy. Remember what I say Taqul'a a godsend." Then they were all outside In the pale gloom under the trees. Taqul mounted Blanco Diablo; Mercedes was lifted upon White Woman Thorne climbed astride Queen: Jim Lash was already upon his horse. which was as wblte as the others but bore no name; Ladd mounted the staU lion Blanco Torres,, and gathered up the long halters of , the two pack horses; Gala cam last with Blanco , SoL A t.- sda. I finally decided to take Lydia E, Ptokham'a Vegeta-bl- a Compound, lam m now dolnf tny own ' he toea tne stirrup, hand on mane and pommel. Gal took on more look In at the door. 'Nell stood lo the gleam of light, her hair shining, fact like ashes, her eyes dark, her lip parted, her . arms outstretched. That tweet and tragic picture etched Iff cruel outlines Into Gale's heart He waved his hand and then fiercely leaped Into the saddle. , Blanco 8oI stepped out . Before Gale stretched a line of mov ing horses, whit against dark shad' owa. Ha could not see the head of that column ; b scarcely beard a soft hoofbeat A single star shoo out of ft rift in thla clouds. Ther arv ' A cold, gray dawn was fleeing before a rosy sun when Taqul halted the march at Papago well. The horses were taken to water, then led down Ihe arroyo Into the grass. Here packs were slipped, saddles removed. Jim Lash remarked how cleverly they had fooled the rebels, "Shore they'llybe comln' along,",, re. . plied Ladd. , cooked and nte. a built fire, They The Taqul spoke only one word : "Sleep" Blankets were spread. Mercedes dropped Into a deep slumber, her bead on Thome's shoulder. Excitement kept Thorne awake. The two rangers dozed beside the fire. Gale shared the Taqui's watch. At th end of three hours the rangers grew active, Mercedes was awakened ; and soon th party faced westward, their long sswdows moving before thera. Taqul led. with Blanco Diablo la a long, easy lope. The heated air lifted, and Incoming current fro pi th west swept low and hard over the barren earth. In the distance, all around the horixon, accumulations of dust seemed like ranging, mushrooming yellow clouds, Taqul was th only on of th fugitives who never looked back. Gale had I conviction" that : when Taqul gaxed back toward the well and the shining plain beyond, there would be reason for It But when the sun lost Its beat and th wind died down Taqul took long and careful surveys west--v rrd from th high points on the tiall Sunset was abt far off. and ther la a bare, spotted talloy lay Coyot tanks, th only waterhole be tween Papago wall and th Soneyta the gray of gnarled and dwarfed mes quite. Blanco. Sol, keenest of scent, whistled hls welcome herald of water. Tbe other horses answered, quickened their gait Gale smelled It too, aweet cool, damp on the dry air. Tnqul turned the corner of a pocket in the lava alt" The' file oi ; whit horses rounded the corner after blm. And Gale, coming last, saw tbe pale. glancing gleam of a pool of water beautiful .In the twilight Next day the Taqul'a relentless driving demand on the horses was no longer In evidence. He lost no time, hut he did not hasten. His course wound between , low cinder dunes which limited their view of the sur rounding country. These dunes finally tank down to a black floor as bard as flint, with tongues of lava to the left and to the right the slow descent Into the cactus ptaln. Taqul was Bow traveling due west It was Gale's Idea that the Indian was skirting th first slmrp-tocthe- d slope of a vast volcanic plateau which formed the west-ehalf of the Sonnra desert and extended to the Gulf of California. Travel was slow, but not exhausting for rider or beast Thirty miles of easy stages brought the fugitives to another waterhole, a little round pocket under tbe beared-u- p edge of lava. Ther was1 spart. NO DEAD d -- LEVEL IN NATURE Gardener 8mlngly Mad cussion With th Box Sage. Point In Dis Soap Th gardener was trimming th front hedge and the soap box tag paused to converse with bis. acquaint ance wielding the shears. The orator toon had his favorite theme going. Tbe gardener was something of a phi ' loaopher himself and ventured to put a question. Then you think humanity should be kept trimmod to a dead level like thl hedge "rut It that way If you wish," said r the orator. Ilia gardener pointed to the aid of th yard. "Ah, but I trimmed that hedge only we can see every branch hnd the same opportunity. Tet some are higher than the rest. Tou can't keep 'em down, friend, yon can't keep 'em down." Chicago . Dally News. 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T. f low-bushe- -t run-do- wn d was not In evidence. His vole harsh. Gale's eyes, keen as they were, were Inst of the rangers to see tlny'needle- points of light Just faintly perceptible In the blackness. Campflres?" he asked. "Laddy I quickly. "Shore's you're bora, my boy." "How mnny?" Ladd did not reply; but Tnqul held up his hand, his fingers wide. Five campflres! A strong farce of rebel or raiders or some other desert troop was camping at Coyote tnnks. Taqul sat his horse for a moment as stone, his dark face Im Then he mutable and Impassive. stretched his right arm In the direc tion of No Name mountains, now los lng their last faint traces of the after glow, and he shook his hend. H made the same Impressive gesture toward the Sonoytn oasis with the same somber negation. Thereupon he turned Dlablo's hear to the south and started down the slow. His manner hnd been decisive even stem. Lash did not question It nor did Ladd. Both rnnsrers hes'fnted however, and showed a strnnre almost a sullen reluctance which Gnle ha never seen In them before. Raiders were one th'ne, Ro.'ns was another ('amino del Diablo still another; but that vast and desolate and nnwntered waste of cactus and lava, the Ronom desert, might appall the stoutest heart. Gnle felt his own sink felt himself flinch. "Oh, where Is he going?" cried Mer cedes. Her poignant voice seemed to breau a spell. "Shore, lady. Taqul'a goln' home, replied Lndd gently, "An enns'derln onr troubles. I reckon we ouetit thank God he knows the way." They mounted and mde down the slope towsrd the di.rkenln? south. Not until night travel wns obstruct ed by s wall of cnetns did the Ind'an holt to make a dry camp. Water and gross for the horses and Are to coo' by were not to be had. Mercedes hor up surprisingly; bnt sbe fell asleep almost the Instnnt her thirst had beer allayed.. Thorne laid her npon a hlnn ket and covired her. The men nte and drank. Gale lay down wenry. o' limb and eye. He heard the soft thump of hoofs, the Sough of wind In the cactus then no more. Day dawned with the fueltJves In cacthe saddle. A picketed wall-o- f tus hedged there In. yet th Taqul made a tortuous path, that slgrng a It might In the main aiwaya headed south. The Taqul. If not at fault was yet uncertain. His falcon eyes searched and roved, and became fixed at length at the southwest and toward thin he turned his borse. The great fluted saguaros. fifty, slxt. feet high, raised columnal forms, and their branching limbs and curving lines added a grace d to th desert It was the cactus that made the toil and patn of travel.' Tet these thorny forms were beautiful. In the basins between the ridges, to right and left along the floor of low plains th mirage glistened, wavered faded, vanished lakes snd trees and Inverted mountains hung clouds. suspended In the lilac air and faint clflea. tracery of white-walle- d At noon Taqul halted the cavalcade, He bad selected a field of blsnsgl cac tus for the place of rest Presently his reason became obvious. With long, heavy knife he cut off th tops of He these barrel-shapeplants. stone and with out "oft pulp, scooped and hand then began to pound the deeper pulp Into a Julcj mass. Whan - wmea- haven't don for several vears. and can walk long distances without those drag " ging pains ana weas. iwuug Compound is fine, and I never it toother forget to aay a good word forneed somewomen when they say they thing." Mrs. G. W. Hall, 639 Hazel Avenue, Lima, Ohio. There ara many women who find their s household duties almost unbearable ew big to soma weakness or derangement. The trouble may be alight, yet cause such annoying symptoms m dragging feeling. pains, weakness and a Lydia E. Ptokham'a Vegetable Com. pound is a splendid medicine for such conditions. It has in many cases relieved those symptoms by removing the cans of them, Mrs. Hall's experience la but one of many. .. slowly out. Gnle fell In behind. Peer ing low with keen eyes, he made out three objects a white sombrero, a blanket and a Mexican lying face down. The Taqul had stolen upon this sentinel like a silent wind of death. Once under the dnrk lee of the river bank Taqul caused another hnlt, and he disappeared as before. Moments passed. The horses held heads up, looked toward the glimmering campflres and listened. Gale thrilled with the meaning of it all the night the silence the flight and the wonderful Indian stealing with the slow Inev Itnnleness of doom upon anpther sen tlnel. Suddenly the Indian stalked out of the gloom." He mounted Diablo and headed across the river. Once more the line of moving white shadows stretched out. Gnle peered sharply along the trnll. and. presumably, on the pale sand under a cactus, there lay a blanketed form. - prone, outstretched, jl carbine clutched In one hand, a cigarette, still burning, In the other. The covnlcsde of white horses passed within five hundred yards of rnmpftres. sround which dnrk forms moved In plain sight. The lights from time to time, grew dimmer, more flickering, and at Inst they vanished altogether, Beldlng'fr fleet and tlrelesa steeds were out In front: the desert opened ahead wide, dark. vast. Rolas and his rebels wpre behind, entlng, drinking, careless. The somber shadow .lifted from Gale's heart. He held now an unquenchable fsith in the Taqul. Beldlng would be Istening back there along the river. He would know of the escape. He would tell Nell, and then hide her As Gale had accepted a safely. strange and fatalistic foreshadowing of toll, blood and agony In this desert Journey, so he believed In Mercedes' ultimate freedom and happiness, and his own return to the girl who bad grown dearer than Hie. - washing:.- g. good-nature- er twenty-fou- n white-thorne-d lojas swore by his faints and his in that if I wasn't given to him to the village kill the thought-provokin- . work. cold g. upon the Spanish girl. All Taqul's looks were strange; but was singularly so. Gale won-- d If the IndLm were affected by loveliness, her helplessness, or her sr. Ysently Beldtng called his rang- to him, and then Thorne. isten to this." he said, earnestly. go out and have a talk with Ro-- 1 I'll try to reason with him ; tell ' to think a long time before, he s Mood on Uncle Sam's soil. That now after an American's wife! not commit myself, nor will I re- outrlght to consider his demands, wilt 1 show the least fear of htm. plar for time.- ' If tny btOff goes ell and good. . . ugh . . . r dark the four of you. Laffdy, Jim and Thorne. will take Mercedes my best white horses, and. with il as guide, circle round through r valley t the trail, and head for a. I want you to take the Indian, use In a cas of this kind he'll t goaseno. ir you get headed or or have to circle off the trait ' what it'd mean to have a Taqul l. you. tie knows sonnra as no ,ser knows It He could hide you, water and grass, when you would lutely believe It Impossible. The an Is loyal. He has his debt to , and he'll pay It, don't mistake me, n you re gone ru nuie Neil so ,s won't see her If he searches the a. Then I thlpk I could sit down wait without any particular ry e rangers approved of BeMIng" 7 and Thome went to the side of wife. lercedes, we've planned to outwit s. Will you tell us what be CocpcaJ could do no heavy he threw this out ther was a Uttl water which still the Indian fixed his falcon eyes man and horse shared eagerly. Thus on distant siiots and looked long. No he made even the desert's fiercest further advance waa undertaken. The growths minister to their needs. Taqul bended south and traveled But he did not halt iong. Miles ef slowly, climbing to the brow of a bold gi spiked wells lay between height of wiatbered mesa. There he him and that line of ragged, red lava I sat his horse and waited. No one which manifestly he must reach be The rangers dis- fore darkv The travel became faster. questioned him. mounted to stretch their legs, and atralghter. And the glistening thorns Mercedes war lifted to a rock, where clutched and clung to leather and she rested. Thorne had gradually cloth and flesh. The horses reared, Across Cactus and Lava. yielded to the desert's Influence for snorted, balked, leaped but they At the far corner of the field Taqul silence. He spoke once or twice to were sent on. Only Blanco Sol, the halted, and slowly the tine of white Gale, and occasionally whispered to patient, the plodding, the Indomitable, horses merged Into a compact mass. Mercedes. Cale fancied his friend needed no goad or spur. Mercedes Taqul slipped out of bis saddle. He would soon leorn that necessary' reeled In her saddl. Thorne bade ran his hand over Dlablo's nose and speech In desert travel meant a few her drink, bathed her face, supported spoke low, and repeated this action greetings, a few words to make real her, and then gave way to Ladd, who for each of the other horses. Gale the fact of human companionship, a took the girl with him on Torres' hadxjong ceased to question the few short, terse terms for the busl broad back. The middle of the after Strang Indian's behavior. There was ness of the day or night, and perhaps noon saw Thorn reeling In his saddle, no explaining or understanding many a stern order or a soft call to a horse and then, wherever possible. Gale's The sun went down, and the golden powerful arm lent him strength to of his maneuvers. But the results of rosy veils turned to blue and shaded hold his seat. them were always The fugitives were entering a des Gale had never seen horses stand so darker till twilight was there in the world. The waste silently as In this instanc; no stamp valley. Darkness approached, and the late, burned-ou- t no champ of bit no toss of bead-- no clear peaks faded. The horses stamped i)f and,; begaj jo yield to ..cinders rne norses sans to tnetr retiocks as snake of saddle or pack nd heave to be on the move. "Malo!" exclaimed th Taqul or snort I It seemed they had become they tolled on. A fine, choking dust He did not point with arm, but his blew back from the leaders, and men Imbued with the spirit of the Indian. shadows falcon head was outstretched, and hi coughed and horses snorted. But the moved Into the away Taqul as noiselessly aa it ne were one oi piercing eyes gazed at the blurring sun was now behind the bills. In be thera. The darkness wallowed him. spot which marked the location o! tween ran th stream of lava. Il was broken, sharp, dull rust color, full He had taken a direction parallel with Coyote tanks. "Jim, can you see anything?" asked of cracks and caves and crevices, and the traiL Gole wondered If Taqul meant to try to lead his string of Ladd. everywhere upon Its Jagged surface horses by the rebel sentinels. "Nope, but I reckon he can." grew th choya. Then Ladd suddenly straightened Again twilight encompassed .the The Indian appeared as he had van But there was still light ished. He might have been part or up, turned to his horse, and muttered travelers. enough for Gale to see the constricted the shadows. But be was there. He low under his breath. "I reckon so," said Lash, and for passage open Into a wide, deep apace started off down the trail leading tone wan where the dull color was relieved by Diablo. Again the white line stretched once his easy, - -11-el- ding Vegetable Uma, Ohio. 'Indeed, yotar medklna liaUyoQ say it Is I I had very sever .. i troubles such aa wo m r. ir men often have, and fl a Gmtser like him. Anyway, without no wind: The air was cold. t The dark my asking be said for me to think ft space of desert, seemed- to yawn. Tc paced up and down the over for a day and then we'd talk the left across th river flickered a few campflres. The chill night Hent a. Jim and Ladd whispered again." "Shore we're born lucky t" ejacu and mystical, seemed to close In upon Gale walked to the window Gale ; and be faced the wide, qulver-tnlooked out at the distant group lated Lndd. black level with keen eyes and !, reckon Rojasll be smart enough )andits, and then turned his gaze est upon Mercedes. She was con-u- s to string his outfit across the few grim Intent, and aa awakening of that now, and her eyes seemed all trails out of Forlorn River," remarked wild rapture which came like a spell to him la the open, desert, larger and blacker for the white: Jim.... ; "That needn't worry us. All we t of her face. INo one but Gale CHAPTER XI want the Taqul in the background to come,' replied CHAPTER X Continued, f Lsa't Sb Know How s' W. N. U Salt Lak City. No, Criminal Neallgene, I dropped a Mrs. Newlywe-Oli- t fr rk that means mother's coming here. ' ' Newlywed Butter fingers I Mercedes Must Ride but th Must Walk. Dont Forget Cutlcura Talcum When adding to your toilet requisites. An" exquisite face, skin, baby and dusting puwuer and perfume, rendering oilier perfumes superiluou. Tou may rely tie It because one of the Cutlcura Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum). 25c each everywhere Advertisement. - v v' Frequently Happens. Briggs "Wasn't It a case of Vv at Other short, bleached grars fcr th horses, but no wood for a fire. This night ther were question and reply, conjecture, doubt, opinion' and conviction expressed by tbe men of th party. But th Indian, who alon could bav told where they were, wher they were going, what chanc they had to scape, maintained his stoical silence. Gale took th early watch. Ladd th midnight one. and Lash that of th morning. The day broke rosy, glori ' ous, cold as ice. Action was neces sary to make useful benumbed bands and feet Mercedes waj fed wh!t yet wrapped In blankets. It was a significant Index c th day's travel t Taqul should keep a blanket worn th pack and tear It Into strips to bind th legs of th horses. It meant th dreaded choya and tit knife-edge- d lava. That Taqul did Dot mount Diablo was still more significant Mercedes most rid but , Los ousts must wait. . C9 aa GoxTixgsa) - nrst aignir ungg case of divorce at first slight m It 1s the easiest thing In the world for a man to deceive himselL Frank Un. ., In extremity It Is character that saves a mnn. rz--t 011 R LY L5 often, in. nr Adult. AtsnDranrtstt. writeftf fret Ef Beak, ibe etCr'i Sotk, J Smart or Burn, li Sore, irritated, unaroea w Grsnulted,ise Murine |