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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH dons, he said, how strange It wan for Madeline to beer English spoken in a soft, whinlngly sweet accent I The gracious hospitality of Don Carlos has passed with his house. Stewart stepped forward and, thrusting Don Carlos aside, he called, "Make way, there! The crowd fell back to the tramp of heavy boots. Cowboys appeared staggering out of the corridor with long boxes. These they placed side by side upon the floor of the porch. CopqriqM Vq Harper and Brother , Now, Hawe, well proceed with our said Stewart "You see business, these boxes, dont you? IIS I reckon I see a good many thing! at ease; and at nightfall he told Made- round hyar, replied Hawe, meaningly. line that he guessed there was now no "Well, do you Intend to open these reason for concern. " boxes upon my Wal, though its sure amazin No 1" retorted Hawe. "Its not my strange, he continued, Ive been wor-ryl- n place to meddle with property as come some about bow we was goln to by express an all accounted fer regufire Don Carlos. But Gene has a way lar." of doin things. "Ill open them. Here, one of yon Next day Stillwell and Alfred deknock the tops off these boxes, boys, cided to ride over to Don Carlos place, ordered Stewart. No, not you, Monty. taking Madeline and Florence with You use your eyes. Let Booty handle them, and upon the return to stop at the ax. nowl Rustle, Alfreds ranch. They started In the 'Mpnty Price had Jumped out of the cool, gray dawn, and after three hours crowd into the middle of the porch. riding, as the sun began to get bright, The manner In which he gave way to they entered a mesqulte grove, sur- Booty and faced the vaqueros was rounding corrals and barns, and a not significant of friendliness or trust. number of low, squat buildings and a "Stewart, youre dead wrong to bust huge, rambling structure, all built of open them boxes. Thats agln the adobe and mostly crumbling to ruin. law, protested Hawe, trying to InterOnly one green spot relieved the bald fere. red of grounds and walls ; and this eviStewart pushed him back. Then Don dently was made by the spring which Carlos, who had been stunned by the had given both value and fame to Don of the boxes, suddenly beCarlos range. The approach to the appearance came active In epeech and person. house was through a wide courtyard, Stewart thrust him back also. The bare, stony, hard packed, with Mexicans excitement increased. He s In front and watering-troughwildly gesticulated ; he exclaimed of a long porch. Several dusty, tired shrilly In Spanish. When, however, the horses stood with drooping heads and lids were wrenched open and an Inside bridles down, their wet flanks attesting torn away he grew rigid and packing to travel Just ended. allent Madeline raised herself behind e Wal, It, Al, if there aint Stillwell to see that the boxes were Pat Hawes hoss Ill eat It, exclaimed full of rifles and ammunition. Stillwell. There, Hawe ! What did I tell you?" Whats Pat want here, anyhow?" demanded Stewart. I came over here growled Alfred. to take charge of this ranch. I found No one was In sight; but Madeline these boxes hidden In an unused room. heard loud voices coming from the I suspected what they were. Contrahouse. Stillwell dismounted at the band goods I porch and stalked In at the door. AlWal, supposin they are? I dont fred leaped off his horse, helped Flor- see fnss as any call fer sech ence and Madeline down, and, bidding makln. Stewart, I calkllata youre them rest and wait on the porch, he youre some stuck on your new Job an' followed Stillwell. want to make a big show before From the corridor came the rattling Hawe, stop slinging that kind of of spurs, tramping of boots, and loud talk, Interrupted Stewart. "You got voices. Madeline detected Alfreds too free with your mouth once before I quick notes when he was annoyed: Now here, Im supposed to be consultWell rustle back home, then, he ing an officer of the law. Will you said. The answer came, No ! Made- take charge of these contraband line recognized Stewarts voice, and goods? she quickly straightened up. I wont Say, youre holdln on high an have them in here, went on Alfred. mighty, replied Hawe, in astonishOutdoors or in, theyve got to be ment that was plainly pretended. with us I replied Stewart, sharply. Whatre you drivln at? Listen, Al, came the boom of StillStewart muttered an imprecation. wells big voice, now that weve but- He took several swift strides across ted in over hyar with the girls, you let the porch ; he held out his hands to Stewart run things. Stillwell as If to Indicate the hopelessThen a crowd of men tramped pell-me- ll ness of Intelligent and reasonable arbiout upon the porch. Stewart, tration ; he looked at Madeline with a and somber, was in the glance eloquent of his regret that he lead. Nels hung close to him, and could not handle the situation to please Madeline's quick glance saw that Nels her. Then as he wheeled he came face had undergone Indescribable change. to face with Nels, who had slipped forThe grinning, brllllant-eye- d Don Car- ward out of the crowd. los came Jostling out beside a giant, Madeline gathered serious Import d man wearing a silver from the steel-blu- e meaning flash of shield. This, no doubt, was Pat Ilawe. eyes whereby Nels communicated In the background behind Stillwell and something to Stewart. Whatever that Alfred stood Nick Steele, head and something was, It dispelled Stewarts shoulders over a number of vaqueros Impatience. A slight movement of his and cowboys. hand brought Monty Price forward Miss Hammond, Im sorry you with a jump. In these sudden Jumps came, said Stewart, bluntly. "Were of Monty's there was a suggestion of In a muddle here. Ive Insisted that restrained ferocity. Then Nels and you and Flo be kept close to us. 'Ill Monty lined up behind Stewart It explain later. If you cant stop your was a deliberate action, even to Madeears I beg you to overlook rough talk. line, unmistakably formidable. Pat With that he turned to the men be- Hawes face took on an ugly look ; hla hind him : Nick, take Body, go back eyes had a reddish gleam. Don Carlos to Monty and the boys. Fetch out that added a pale face and extreme nervousness to his former expressions of stuff. All of It. Rustle, now ! Stillwell and Alfred disengaged agitation. The cowboys edged away themselves from the crowd to take up from the vaqueros and the bronzed, positions In front of Madeline and bearded horsemen who were evidently Florence. Pat Hawe leaned against a Hawe's assistant!. post and Insolently ogled Madeline and Im driving at this, spoke up Stewthen Florence. Don Carlos pressed art, presently; and now he was slow and caustic. "Heres contraband of war! Hawe, do you get that? Arms and ammunition for the rebels across the border ! I charge you as an officer to confiscate these goods and to arrest the smuggler Don Carlos. These words of Stewarts precipitated a riot among Don Carlos and his followers, and they surged wildly around the sheriff. The crowd around Don Carlos grew louder and denser with the addition of armed vaqneros and bare footed stable-boy- s and dusty-boote- d herdsmen and blanketed Mexicans, the last of whom suddenly slipped from doors and windows and round corners. Shrill cries, evidently from Don Carlos, somewhat quieted Then Don Carlos the commotion. could be heard addressing Sheriff Hawe In an exhortation of mingled English and Spanish. He denied, he avowed, he proclaimed, and all In rapid, passionate utterance. It seemed to Madeline that Don Carlos denied knowledge of the boxes of contraband goods, then knowledge of their real contents, then knowledge of their destination, and, finally, everything except that they were there in sight, damning witnesses to somebodys Then a Crowd of Men Tramped Pell-Me- ll complicity In the breaking of neutralOut Upon the Porch. ity laws. Passionate as had been his denial of all this, It was as nothing forward. Ills swarthy face showed compared to hls denunciation of dark lines, like cord, under the surface. His little eyes were exceedingly To Madeprominent and glittering. line his face seemed to be a bold, handAll over the ride. Bolt now some mask through which his eyes and keep your nerve! piercingly betrayed the evil nature of the man. He bowed low with elaborate and (TO be CONTINUED.) sinuous grace. Ills smile revealed brilliant teeth, enhanced the brilliance of The square mile of the city of LouMs eyes. He slowly spread deprecatory don Is divided Into 27 wards, with such ' ands. quaint names as Portaokan, Vlntry, thousand par t'ordwalnar and Candlanlck ward "Senoritas, I bag ill Ligkl of DON CARLOS Arriving at the lonely little railroad station of El CaSYNOPSIS. jon, New Mexico, Madeline Hammond, New York society girl, finds no ons to meet her. While In the waiting room, a drunken cowboy enters, asks If shs is married, and departs, leaving her terrified. He returns with a priest, who goes through some sort of ceremony, and the cowboy forces her to say Si. Asking her name and learn- ing her Identity the cowboy seems dazed. In a shooting scrape out-slthe room a Mexican Is killed. The cowboy lets a girl, Bonita, take his horse and escape, then to Florence conducts Madeline Kingsley, friend of her brother. Florence welcomes her, learns her story, and dismisses the cowboy. Gene Stewart. Next day Alfred Madeline's brother, Hammond, takes Stewart to task. Madeline exonerates him of any wrong Intent. Alfred, scion of a wealthy family, had been dismissed from his home because of his dissipation. Madeline sees that the West has redeemed him. She meets Stillwell, Als employer, typical western ranchman. Stillwell tells her how Stewart beat up the sheriff to save her from arrest and then lit out for the border. Danny Mains, one of Stillwells cowboys, has disappeared, with some of Stillwells money. His friends link his name with the girl Bonita. Madeline gets a glimpse of life on a western ranch. Stewart sends Madeline his horse Majesty. She buys out Stillwell and Her Majesty's Rancho" becomes famous. She finds her life work under The Light of Western Stars. Learning Stewart had been hurt In a brawl at Chirieahua. Madeline visits him and persuades him to come to the ranch as the boss of her cowboys. Jim Nels, Nick Steele, and Monty" Price are Madeline's chief riders. They Lave a feud with Don Carlos vaqutros, who are really guarrillas. she had saved Stewarts life. To be sure, he had been a ruffian, but a woman could not save the life of even a ruffian without remembering it with gladness. Madeline at length decided her Interest in Stewart was natural, and that her deeper feeling was pity. Perhaps the Interest had been forced from her; however, she gave the pity as she gave everything. Stewart had taken up his duties as foreman, and his activities were ceaseless. He was absent most of the time, ranging down toward the Mexican line. When he returned Stillwell sent for him. This was late In the afternoon of a day in the middle of April. Alfred and Florence were with Madeline on the porch. Madeline saw the man she remembered, but with a singularly different aspect. His skin was brown ; his eyes Yes, CHAPTER IX 6 The New Foreman. Toward the end of the week Stillwell informed Madeline that Stewart had arrived at the ranch and had taken up quarters with Nels. Genes sick. He looks bad, said the old cattleman. Hes so weak an shaky he cant lift a cup. Nels says that Gene has hed some bad spells. A little liquor would straighten him up now. But Nels cant force him to drink a drop, an has hed to sneak some liquor In his coffee. Gene's losin his mind, or hes got somethin powerful atrange on It. Stewart was really ill. It became necessary to send for a physician. Then Stewart began slowly to mend and presently was able to get up and about. Stillwell said the cowboy lacked interest and seemed to be a broken man. This statement, however, the old cattleman modified as Stewart continued to improve. Then presently It was a good augury of Stewarts progress that the cowboys once more took up the teasing relation which had been characteristic of them before his Illness. Wal, the boys are sure after Gene, said Stillwell, with his huge smile. Joshin him all the time about how he sits arotrnd an hangs around an loafs around Jest to get a glimpse of you. Miss Majesty. Sure all the boys hev a pretty bad case over their pretty boss, but none of them is a marker to Gene. Hes got it so bad. Miss Majesty, thet he actooiy dont know they are Joshin him. Its the amazinest strange thing I ever seen. Madeline smiled her amusement. It had been impossible for her to fail to observe Stewarts singular behavior. She never went out to take her customary walks and rides without seeing him somewhere in the distance. She was aware that he watched for her and avoided meeting her. When she sat on the porch during the afternoon or at sunset Stewart could always be descried at some point near. He Idled listlessly in the sun, lounged on the porch of his bunkhouse, sat whittling the top bar of the corral fence, and always It seemed to Madeline he was watching her. He was pale, haggard, drawn. His eyes held a shadow through which shone a soft, subdued light ; and, once having observed this, Madeline fancied it was like the light In Majestys eyes, in the dumb, worshiping eyes of her favorite She told Stewart that she hoped he would soon be in the saddle again, and passed on her way. That Stewart loved her Madeline onld not help but see. When she discovered this she felt a little surprise and annoyance. Then she Interrogated herself, and concluded that It was not that Stewart was so different from his comrades, but that circumstances made Mm stand out from them. She recalled her meeting with him that night when he had tried to force her to marry him. This was unforgettable In f. She recalled subsequent mention of him, and found it had been peculiarly memorable The man and his actions seemed to hinge on events. Lastly, the fact standing clear of all others tn Its relation to her Interest was he had almost been ruined, almost lost, and sh had saved him. That alone was sufficient to explain why she thought of him differently. She had Wfrl ended. uplifted the other cowboys ; stag-houn- tht I you have a crowd of eastern friends due next montb. We want the range to ourselves then. But, Stillwell, If yon drive those vaqueros off, wont they hang around In the foothills? I declare they are a bad lot Hell have to be forced off, replied The Dons pretty Stewart, quietly. slick, but his vaqueros are bad actors. Its Just this way: Don Carlos has vaqneros coming and going all the time. Theyre guerrilla bands, thats all. And theyre getting uglier. There have been several shooting-scrape- s lately. Its only a matter of time till something stirs up the boys here. Stillwell, you know Nels and Monty and Nick. Sure I know em, an youre not mentionin one more particular cowboy In my outfit, said Stillwell, with a dry chuckle and a glance at Stewart Madeline divined the covert meaning. Stewart, I see you carry a gun, she said, pointing to a black handle protruding from a sheath swinging low along his leather chaps. "You Don't Mean You Follerea Them Hoss Tracks Thet Far? were piercing and dark and steady; he carried himself erect; he seemed preoccupied, and there was not a trace of embarrassment in his manner. Wal, Gene, Im sure glad to see you, Stillwell was saying. "Where do you hall from? Guadalupe canyon, replied the cowboy. Stillwell whistled. Way down there ! You dont mean you follered them hoss tracks thet far? All the way from Don Carlos rancho across the Mexican line. I took Nick Stbele with me. Nick is the best tracker In the outfit. This trail we were on led along the foothill valleys. First we thought whoever made It was hunting for water. But they passed two ranches without watering. At Seatons wash they dug for water. Here they met a pack-trai- n of burros that came down the mountain trail. The burros were heavily loaded. Horse and burro tracks struck south from Seatons to the old California emigrant road. We followed the trail through Guadalupe canyon and across the border. On the way back we stopped at Slaughters ranch, where the United States cavalry are camping. There we met foresters from the Pelonclllo forest reserve. If these fellows knew anything they kept It to themselves. So we hit the trail home. Wal, I reckon you know enough? inquired Stillwell, slowly. Miss Hammond cant be kept in the dark much longer. Make your report to her. The cowboy shifted his dark gaze to Madeline. Were losing a few cattle on the open range. Night-drive- s by vaqueros. Some of these cattle are driven across the valley, others up Into the foothills. So far as I can find out no cattle are being driven south. So this raiding Is a blind to fool the cowboys. Don Carlos Is a Mexican rebel. He located his rancho here a few years ago and pretended to raise cattle. All that time he has been smuggling arms and ammunition across the border. He was for Madero against Diaz. Now he Is against Madero because he and all the rebels think Madero failed to keep his promises. There will be another revolution. And all the arms go from the States across the border. Those burros I told about were packed with contraband goods. What is my my duty? What has It to do with me? Inquired Madeline, somewhat perturbed. Wal, Miss Majesty, I reckon It hasnt nothing to do with you, :ut In Stillwell. Thets my blzness ar' Stewarts. But I Jest wanted you tS know. There might be some trouble follerln my orders. Your orders? I want to send Stewart over to fire Don Carlos an his vaqueros off the range. Theyve got to go. Don Carlos is breakln the law of the United States, an doin it on our property an with our hosses. Hev I your permission, Miss Hammond? Why, assuredly you have! Stillwell, you know what to do. Alfred, what do you think best? Itll make trouble. Majesty, but Its got U be done, replied Alfred. "Here maam. "Why do you carry It? she asked. "Well, he said, its not a pretty gun and Its heavy. She caught the Inference. The gun was not an ornament. Ills keen, steady, dark gaze caused her vague alarm. What had once seemed cool and audacious about this cowboy was now cold and powerful and mystical. Both her Instinct and her Intelllgdhce realized the steel fiber of the mans nature. As she was his employer, she had the right to demand that he should not do what was so chillingly manifest that he might da But Madeline could not demand. She felt curiously young and weak, and the five months of western life were as If they had never been. She iow had to do with a quesAnd the tion Involving human life. value she placed upon human life and Its spiritual significance was a matter far from her cowboys thoughts. A strange Idea flashed up. Did she place too much value upon all human life? She checked that, wondering, almost horrified at herself. And then her intuition told her that she possessed a far stronger power to move these primitive men than any womans stern rule or order. Stewart, I do not fully understand what you hint that Nels and his comrades might do. Please be frank with me. Do you mean Nels would shoot upon little provocation? Miss Hammond, as far as Nels is concerned, shooting Is now Just a matter of his meeting Don Carlos As for Nick Steele and vaqueros. Monty, they're just bad men, and looking for trouble, How about yourself, Stewart? Stillwells remark was not lost upon me, said Madeline, prompted by curiosity. Stewart, I have come to love my ranch, and I care a great deal for my my cowboys. It would be dreadful If they were to Mil anybody, or especially If one of them should be killed. Miss Hammond, youve changed things considerable out here, but you cant change these men. All thats needed to start them Is a little trouble. And this Mexican revolution Is bound to make rough times along some of the wilder passes across the border. Were In line, that's all. And the boys are getting stirred up. Very well, then, I must accept the Inevitable. I am facing a rough time. And some of my cowboys cannot be checked much longer. But human life is not for any man to sacrifice unless e In or In protecting those dependent upon him. What Stillwell and you hinted makes me afraid of Nels and Nick Steele and Monty. Cannot they be controlled? I want to feel that they will not go gunning for Don Carlos men. I want to avoid all violence. And yet when my guests come I want to feel that they will be safe from danger or fright or even annoyance. May I not rely wholly upon you, self-defens- Stewart? I hope so, Miss Hammond, replied It was an Instant response, but none the less fraught with consciousness of responsibility. lie waited a moment, and then, as neither Stillwell nor Madeline offered further speech, he bowed and turned down the path, his long spurs clinking In the gravel. exclaimed Stillwell, Wal, wal, thet's no little Job you give him. Miss Majesty. It was a womans cunning, Still' well, said Alfred, Majesty, whatever actuated you, it was a stroke of diplomacy. Stewart has got good stuff In him. He was down and out. Well, hes made a game fight, and It looks as If he'd win. 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