Show the he light of 0 f western stars BAST MEETS WEST aT NOrsiS arriving attlein AtTl rIn at the ion ions ly little railroad station at ll 11 ca jon new mexico ham mend new now york tork society girl irl and finds no one on to meet most hr her while in th the waiting room a drunken cowboy nofri asks aek if it she ih Is I 1 married and departs leaving hr her terrified terrt ned II 11 lie returns with ft a primal who zoom through sorna lort sort of ceremony and nd the h cowboy force forces hr her to aay say HI RI asking her bar name and learn ing tn hr her identity the th cowboy me did dazed in a hooting shooting scrape out olde id the room a next an li Is killed k tied ta T cowboy lots a girl blonita take hi his hon borne and cap then conduct conducts madeline to Vloro florence noe Kl nily friend of I 1 ler or brother clorence 1 I el lc omi cornes her larni learn hr hot lory story ani nl the lh cowboy alons dewart next day alfred hammond madeleni Madell ni brother taken 11 to tack task madeiln ln exonerates him of any wrong intent alfred clon scion of IL wealthy family had been dismissed from his home horn a of his dissipation madeline 1 sees that th the wt west h his redeemed rd md him rho rh metto met to stillwell al at employer mp loyer typical wa worn storn ranchman well collm her kow how stewart la beat up the th sheriff tirl ft to save v hr her from arrest and thin tit lit out lo 10 for r the th border dunny main one on of t st well i a cowboys hai has denap reared with some om of a money inon e Y him friends link his nm name with th 0 fir girl ito lite ladel lne gets fc a of life lit on ft a western ranch sends nd madolene ln lne ht his horm horse she ah buy buys out still wll well and her bilty MaJo etya lunch becomes acom farolin fan iii she bh finds hr her life work under th rho of Wo betm attral store 11 earning stewart had been hurt in a brawl at chiricahua madeline visits him and pread pru ad him to corn come to the th ranch ai to the th boas of her cowboy jim NI no nick steel and monty I 1 price an are madeline Madel ln a chief thief riden riders they thor have a feud foud with don carlos ciquero vi quero ros who ar are really madeline makes stewart kroml UN that a pac peace Is I 1 kepl kept they raid don carlo joe ranch for contraband arm arms madeline and florence ln home from alfred i a ranch run into an ambush of vaquero vaqueros florence decoy decore them away and it madeline adelta acet elm horn home bately A raiding rilla band bind carries oft off madeline anart follow follows atone alone 1 its rele sae th girl arranging arran cinc tor for ransom 14 turning home with stewart Bt ewart madeline finds herself strang tily stirred 11 CHAPTER XI Continued 9 1 I lie se done the bervice service only dont mention pay to me tue hut but there therel one filing id I 1 d like ou to know and I 1 flad it hard to eay say its it prompted maybe by what I 1 know you think of me and nhat hat I 1 imagine your faintly family and friend friends would think if it they knew ite we not prompted by pride or con conceit celt and it a e this I 1 such a m woman oman as you should never have roin a tto jha iha godforsaken country unless she he meant to forget herself but as 0 you did come and as n you were ere drugged away by thoe those der des Bs ills I 1 want ant you to know that all your wealth and position and influence all that power behind you would never lave aed saied you from hell bell tonight only I 1 uch rich a man as nell nels or nick steel steele or I 1 could have done that madeline 11 ammond felt the treat gnat leveling force of the truth whatever the difference between her and stew art att or whatever the imagined differ roce set up by false standards dards of class bass and culture the truth was as that here oa on this wild mountainside mountain side she he was only a woman and hi he nas simply a dinall it was a man that she needed and if it her choice could have been considered la in this extremity it would have fallen upon him who had just faced her in to quiet bitter speech here was as food for thought 11 1 I reckon wed better tart start now he aid and drew the horse to ft a larce large rock come Madell nes will greatly exceeded her strength for the first time he she ac ae know ledred to herself that she had leea been hurt still she did not feel much aan except when she moved her aboul boulder once la in the addle saddle where stew art lifted her be she drooped weakly the way wa was tough every step the bone horse took hurt her and the lope slope of the round ground threw throw her bar forward on 00 the pommel here Is the trail trall said stewart at length not far from that point madeline swayed and bat but for stewarts support would have fallen from the addle saddle she heard him wear swear under his breath alere this wont do he be aid bald throw your ie let over the pommel th the other one on ethere there then mounting he lipped slipped behind her ter and lifted and turned her and then held her with his left arm 0 to o that abo ah lay across the saddle and hia his knees hr hir head bead his boulder shoulder aa As the hone home started into a rapid walk madeline pa gria dually lost au pain and discomfort when hen the he relaxed her muscles iBus clea presently she he let herself go 0 o and lay lar inert gr estly to her relief for a little while she teemed to be half druck i with the senile gentle swaying of a hammock bim her iter mind became at once dreamy and active aa as if it thought fully recorded the alow slow soft mons pouring in ih from all her ber lensea she could not believe the evidence of the daya days happenings would any 0 ot her people her friend friends ever bellere believe att A could ahe she tell itt it she remembered the ghoulish houll sh timatea of those tarred starred rebels and marveled manre led at her blossei fortune in escaping ce capin them stewarts arrival in the bialla lade the courage with which he bad faced the outlawed men pew p ew aa as real to her now a the iron arm that clasped her had it been an insi which bad had imbor her to aare save thia this man when he lay III and hopeless hope leaa in the aback shack at 2 la helping him had ahe she 4 bowd aw 6 forte forces that bad lad jur liti av save be ba me his or if not A romance bi zano une ciree by and nd brotten that more than life alf wai was to hert her she believed bell eved so to A heavy languor like a blanket begin begon to steal upon her she wavered and drifted with the lait last half con enne sense of a muffled throb at hr her ear a something intangibly sweet deiV toned and strange like a distant calling boll ally he felt fell asleep with her bar head on Ste breast CHAPTER XII friend friends from the bait east three day days after her return to the ranch madeline could not discover dit cover any physical discomfort at a ig tf le minder of lier her adventurous experiences if it had bal not ti for jbf quiet and tent of her cowboy the she might almost have hase forgotten don CWM ml rat tho baldera madeline was assured urca of if the splendid physical phyrl cal fitness to litch this ihl ranch life had developed der eloped her and that bile waa was assimilating something of the intern disregard of danger A hard ride rid an accident a day in the nun and duit dust an adventure adren ture with out laws these might once hare have been matters of large import hut but bikow tor madeline they in order wilh with all he the reat rest of her beg changed alfo there na as never a it day tha orne pome thing interesting wai was out not brought to her notice stilwell Sll lwell who had ceaselessly reproached himself for ridin riding away the morning madeline waa was captured crew grew more like an anxious parent than a faithful superintendent lie waa was never A a t ease regarding her unless he wai was oear near the ranch or had left stewart there or else nela selo and nick steele naturally he trusted more to stewart art than to any one else elm ills altos majesty ita its aure sure amarin strange about gene aid bald the old cat aleman as a he trumped tramped into madeline office chats hat the matter now the she in al gene has off into the mountains mount ning ilos lies sneaked off an nil ha who aas as doun to the loner loer trail saw him blin somebody that looked like pad pud k u to U al I 1 went down to the chi cli i jud aud eure sure enough padre marcos alamos 1 13 buic 11 hat lint do you think of that misa miss majesty mae stem stennet art Is 13 gettly religious rell plona laughed madeline let mm him take his hi mysterious trip trips into the mountain mountains here still ell I 1 have new news for you that may give 1 you reason for worry I 1 have letters from home and nay my xyth ith a party of friends Is coming aut to visit me they are society folk and one of them Is an english lord let ra me read you a few extracts from my mall mail Ma madeline dellno took up her sisters letter with a strange sensation of how ea J hy 11 tight of a crested monogram and scent of delicately perfumed paper could recall the brilliant lit life she bad had irea given up she scanned the pages of beautiful handwriting helen seldom wrote letters and she never read any 41 46 I 1 1 I lt for a litti little chife she ah seemed to as B half hall drunk with the gentle sway ing of a hammock thing not aven popular novel of th dy day she was w as absolutely ignorant Irn orant of 0 the wet west as the who bo she aid said expected to hunt buffalo and fight indian indians moreover there vm was K luric note in irk the tb letter that madeline did oot not like and which roused her sparil when seq he angshed reading aloud a few ew the old cattleman snorted and hie his fac face crew redder did your abler write that he h asked doea does abet he think were a lot of wild men from SEvI evidently dently ahe 00 does I 1 rather think a he la ts la in for a 11 surprise now sull still well you are clever ever and you can sea the situation I 1 want my guests to en joy their stay here hero but I 1 do not want that to be at the expense of the thel feel ln ing of all of ot us or even any one will brine bring a lively crowd crowl crave excitement the ie unusual let us lee see that they are not disappointed you take the boy boys into your confidence tell them what to expect and an d tell them how to meet it it I 1 hall mall help you in that I 1 want the boy boys t t be on dreu dress parade ben hen they are us off or duty I 1 want them to be on their most elegant behavior I 1 do not care car what they do what measure measures they tike take to protect what trick tricks they con contrite trie no long aa as they do not oera tep the limit of kindness and courtesy I 1 want them to play pity their parti parts seriously naturally aa as if they had lived no other way my sty guest expect to have fun I 1 et t ua us meet them with ith fun now what do you say aya stillwell roe rose his great bulk tower ing his huge fare face beaming al at I 1 lay may its it i the moat amalin line idee I 1 ever heerd in my life indeed I 1 am glad you like it went on madeline come to me again dl after afler you have spoken to the boy boys bilut now that I 1 have sue sug it I 1 am a little afraid you know what cowboy fun IL I 1 perhaps Ier hape don t you go back on that idee interrupted stillwell he lie wn was ing and nand bland but his hurry to ron con tince vince madeline betrayed him leave the tile boy boys to me inay hj dont they nil all sear by you name ai as the mexican mexicans do to the I 1 irgin they wont disgrace dimi grace you miss majesty be imply simply immense it 11 beat any how show you ever seen 1 I believe it will replied madeline iery ery atell we will consider co nilder it settled my sty guests will arrive on may ninth meanwhile let tie us get her ifer Majest yi rancho in shape for this Inva invasion slon 0 a 4 0 0 0 a on the afternoon of the ninth of may perhaps half halt an hour after madeline had receded received a telephone message from link stevens announcing the ar rival of her guests at el cajon fior flor ence called her out upon the porch stillwell wai was there with hie his face wrin kled by his hi wonderful mile smile and his eagle eyes riveted upon the distant valley kalley far away perhaps twenty miles a thin streak of white duet dust rose from the tile valley floor and slanted sky ward viard looka aid said florence excitedly what te Is that asked madeline link stevens and the automobile oh oil not IN hy by ite its only a it few min utes since ho be telephoned saying the party had just arrived take a look with mith the glasses clas sei eald said florence one clance glance through the powerful binocular binoculars convinced madeline Madel lne that florence was right and another glance at stillwell told her that he was speechless with delight wal as nels says I 1 wouldn t be lix o 0 that there ot to mobile richt right now for a mil I 1 jon pesos apesos he remarked why Is stevens driving fast good lord fasti fast miss majesty there halat ever been any anything thin except A streak of run so fast in this country I 1 reckon id like to be byar when link drives up lip but I 1 want to b be with the boys down by th the bunks 1111 be some fun to see kels nels an monty when link comes alyin along 1 I wish al had stayed to meet them said madeline her brother had rather hurried a it shipment of cattle to california and it was Madell ns supposition that he had welcomed the opportunity to absent himself from the ranch 1 I am sorry be he stay replied florence but als ars all business now and hes beg doing finely its just as well perhaps surely that was my pride speaking I 1 would like to hare have all my fm farn lly ily and all my old friends see what a man al has his become well link stevens Is running like the wind the car will be here before we know it florence were weve only a few moments to dress but first I 1 want to order many and various and exceedingly cold refreshments fresh ments for that approaching party leu less than thin a half hour later madeline MAdel lne went again to th the porch and found florence there them oh you look lust just ex claimed florence impulsively 1111 as the ib taxed tp up at madeline and somehow so different madeline MA delane smiled a little adly sadly per hapa when sir she had put on 00 that ex whit hit town something had corn come to her of the manner which befitted the wearing of it IL she could not resist thed estre lr to look clr once more la in the yes of these hypercritical sj frienda friends ve sad smile tralle had acu bee for the day days that were cone gone for she the knew know that what whit society bad had once been cleasel pl easel to call her beauty had trebled since it had last been seen in a draw ing room madeline wore no jewels but at it her waist walt she the had bad pinned two creat great crimson roses against the dead white they had bad the life ill and fire and redness of the desert hit the old round up traia trail and ob oh ism t he riding that earl with florence as with most of the cowboy cowboys the car was wa cerer never driven but ridden A white pot spot with a loni long trail trill of dust bowed showed low down in the valley it wa headed almot almost straight trat ht for the anch Madel madeline lne watched it U crow TOW ing in larger moment by moment and ad her pleasurable emotion frew grew accord angly then the rapid beat of a hone horses hoofs fauel ho hofauer her ber to torn tum stewart waa was in on his hl black hone horse ile had been absent on oil an important mission 11 and his duty had bid taken him to the international boundary arv line his ill prevents tv horn home lony lout be for be he irai vu expected waa was particularly to maikela Maik lla for of it meant that his hl allied oat had bad bee brovo to go a sure orui 1 issue once more for the like hundredth tin time the th man anani a reliability truck struck madeline lid IN was a loer doer of things madeline advanced advas ced to the porch atel te s and stewart |