Show the he light li q ht of 0 A 13 BI romance zane arel arcu ID western estern stars by 4 Hs hopr r ind brothers CHAPTER XVI 13 norliss limit haling nil he o ri 0 ftc 1 r illi h that lin tin I 1 till luti rest fir r tin tho in AlIt lill quietly du f r r it 11 nut lim I 1 alti I 1 tie knew out I 1 m n rood in a desire fir f r they were nl at binom birtil if tit roughing it helen a dl ills manifested lo 10 her remark ro I 1 guenn nothing not ie Is going to happen after all I 1 madeline fadell not their I 1 if IfO asure Bure in regard to the tile bri bricking akIng of caina and meanwhile nn none of them cared for moro exertion aho she took her walk walks without them nm acci in pan led by one of the tile cowboy cowboys alway always by the epting houn Is one day whal fil loll albing alone too b I 1 ff re ulie ally realized it the he had go C ne a long way down flon a dim dlin trull fruit winding adiong a tie flip rocks it was wn the Il nil dillo of it a summer afternoon und and all about tier were sha linsowe lin dowe dots of tie ile crags cr oMin the unlit sunlit batches the quiet fix undisturbed slip she went on and on not blind to the tile fact that she he as per flaps going too far from front camp but risking it pe she wn was lure sure of her way flock and enjoying the bild lid craggy that ere new to her F finally nhe rile came out upon a bank that broke abruptly into a beautiful little glade hire ahe he eat sat down to rest be corp fur undertaking the return trip sullenly Sud lenly the keener of the agur houndt raised liln tit head and grou teti madeline feared he lie might lime mile a mountain lion or wild rot a t she hc qu iettI film and carefully looked around the little glade was aug 1 I t tn n and grassy with here a pine trie tre then a 0 boulder the outlet seemed to to down into a of can one find ridge rad ex bi keliik in 11 this direction n bladt line enn pan tin tile slight light dark figure of ionian con cotil ilni lill alon along un ull the pines 1 madeline was mam amazed then a little IM for that stealthy stealth tte alth walk froni front tree to tree was suggestive of if nothing not liln worse presently ahe he woman oman wae was joined hy by A 1 tall nian man who carried a package which he gave to her they came on up the clade glade and appeared to be talk g earnestly in another moment adelane adel lne stewart she had no creater greater feeling of surprise than had at first been hers hut but for the next moment he she scarcely arcely ec thought at all merely watched the couple approach ing in i a flash came back her former curiosity as to stewarts strange ab ances from camp and then with the return of her doubt of him the recognition of the woman the small dark head the brown face the big eyes madeline nor now saw distinctly belonged to the mexican firl girl bonita stewart had met her there this Ws was the secret of his lonely trips taken I 1 ver since he had come to work for madeline stadel lne this secluded glade lade was a rendezvous he ile had her hidden there quietly madeline arose with a it gee lure fare to the dof dogs and went back along the tho trail toward camp succeeding her BUT prize was a feeling of borrow sorrow that stewarts regeneration had not been Comp complete lele sorrow eave gave place to insufferable distrust that while she the had been romancing about this cowboy dreaming of her good influence over him he had been merely base some how it stung her stewart had been nothing to her she thought yet ahe she had been proud of him she tried to revolve the thing to be fair to him when every instinctive tendency wat was to expel 1 I him hint and all pertaining to him from her thoughts and her effort at sympathy at extenuation failed filled utterly before her pride exerting her will power the dismissed stewart div from v m her mind madeline did not think of him again till late that afternoon after rigon when as its to ahe she was leaving her tent to join several of her tier guests stewart appeared suddenly in her path mies miss hammond I 1 saw your tracks down the trail he began eagerly but his tone was easy and nd natural tm orm kingwell thin well maybe you eure sure got the idea A 11 1 I do not wish for an explanation interrupted madeline stewart gave a light slight start ills HIS manner had a semblance of the old cool audacity As he be looked down at her it subtly changed chanto what effrontery madeline thought to face her before her guests with aa a explanation of his conduct I 1 suddenly abs sh felt an inward flash of fire that IAU as pain pala 90 strange so 80 sible bible that her mind whirled then an ter possessed her not at stewart but it t herself that anything could rouse in her a raw emotion he ITS stood there outwardly cool serene with lerel haughty eyes upon Stew stewart artl but in ardly she ws was burning with rage rap and shame rm sure not going to have you think lie began passionately but he be broke off and a low alow dull crimson blotted over the healthy red brown of LIs ills neck and cheeks what you do or think stewart Stews rt Is to concern of mine mist Ml Miss Ham hammond you doat don believe uel leve altered faltered stewart the crimson re celd from his face fam win paying it pale 1114 eyed were appeal aig they had a kind of timid look hat that struck madeline even in her an lr pr 77 clr tro was something boytan falout ill out hlin then IN II 11 took a tep step for uncil and riar pl out ith hi him hand ln I 1 almod in a gesture that wa was lionil ie IP yd yet held field a 4 1 utility dignity hut but listen never ruin min I 1 now what ton you think about me tile there a a I 1 1 I 1 I 1 have no lah to bear hear your rea ron hut you ought tio lie periled d 4 sir I 1 I 1 start underwent another swift chance change lie started tart cil violently A lark dark tide shaded hie his face and a glitter leaped to his eyes II 11 took two over her IT I 1 m not thinking about myself he thundered ill you I 1 no she ih replied and there wai was froeling fro eying hauteur tn in her tier voice with a slight gesture of dismissal able in iti its finality she turned her back upon him then ehe she joined her stuwart wart stood perfectly motionless lem then slowly he began to lift his hi rig right 11 t hand in which aich he held hie ills sombrero he lie swept it up and up high over hi ills head ill tall form towered ith flerry suddenness he flung a his sombrero om brero down 10 n lie ile leaped at his hl black horse home and dragged him to here hi his raddle saddle lay mth one pitch he toned tossed the raddle saddle upon the horses back iiii ills strong blind flashed at girths g arth and traps straps esery action wa was swift de calve florce bounding for his hi bridle which A hung over a bush he ran against nial nt it boboy hoy who tried to avoid the onslaught alt out of my way I 1 he yelled then with the same savage haste lie fit adjusted the bridle on his ills horde horse atle I 1 I 1 e you better hold on a min nit oene ole feller said monty I 1 rice monty do you want me to arnin you 1 said steuart stew art with the short I 1 hard ring rin in lili lots olce NOM nou considering con the high clai class of my brains I 1 be real re at careful to keep cm em reilley 1 monty I 1 IOU ou can hetcher betcher life gme gnp I 1 ain aln t coin goin to pit git in front of oa on dut but I 1 jest say eab is 1 listen isten I I 1 art raised his hi dark face ev er boly listened and everybody heard the rapid beat of a horses horse s hoofe the eun sun bad had set but the park a 08 light nels nets appeared down the trail and his horse was running in another moment be he was wa in the circle palling ats bay back to a sliding halt hall lie leaped off abreast of steart stewart madeline saw aw and felt a difference in nels presence what up genet gene he queried sharply nels nets lone long arm hot shot out and his hand fell upon stewart wart holding him down shore raa sorry said nela nels alow W ly then you was golat to ha bit t the trail 1 I am going to let go nels nets shore you aint coln gener let so go d n you I 1 cried stewart as he wrestled tree free what asked nels niels lifting his hand man I 1 dont touch me I 1 nei nels topped stepped back instantly ile to become aware of stewarts what wh a t you do or think stewart Is 1 no concern of mine white wild passion again stewart moved to mount nels dont make roe forget weve been friends mends he said shore I 1 aint fer gettin replied nela an are I 1 resign my job right here an art tow I 1 ills trance strange speech checked the mounting cowboy stewart stepped down from the stirrup then their hard faces were till still and cold while their eye eyes locked lancea glances madeline was a as much startled tart led by nel nets speech as stewart quick to note a at chance change in these men ahe the now sensed one that was unfathomable Resi gul quest questioned ionel stewart shore abard you think rd do under cpr circumstances sich as has his come bat but see here nels nets I 1 wont oat stand for it IL youre not oy my bo bou a to a aw a I 2 nil alit t I 1 till it I 1 fill in top mis in I 1 I 1 tin in nn till own on 1 lioma an III if 1 lis I 1 il 1 1 timp oa 01 1 pit II 11 r no i 14 1 arl or is A I 1 ro lit tit anee wl will 11 I 1 III I 1 IW is fill f 0 lilii in aou iii tent HIP tile on it little let down in IT III 4 in tinto ill tit in lit t yo you I 1 pit I 1 III 11 1 rigid I 1 illel will it a n it ni vr ithary besix in lit I 1 lot 1 iole sole it oa 01 ill oah ro r I 1 i was A as mo 0 o got 1 I a I 1 right in coir nir hi rin ae I 1 I 1 mine alint I 1 tit pick with f oil if ir iu u lip liin li in t sent ml trop will uni I 1 1111 lit might hey hot As it 1 it ue e re shore up agalio R hell of a I 1 how flow significant wa sas the effect of him hi words upon all tile tie conboye I 1 stewart ninale it florein ant 1 violent molln ter here his hi other motion motions had been but passionate monty leaped straight up into the air in a Aln insular action in As uett lri of surp surprise ai as it wal was nf of wild acceptance of menace I 1 ike a stalking giant nick steele strode over to nel nels and stewart the other co a boy boys rose ro silently without a word madeline anil and her guests in a little kroup group watched and listened unable tv divine what all this marange talk and action meant hold on nel nels they don t need to hear bear it III mid said stewert hoarsely as he waved a hand toward madeline a silent croup group a al I 1 m sorry but I 1 reckon they it d ns as well know fut fust a as lat last thet kearnin wish of miss ml helena fer FINn ethin to hallen hail en will nill come true shore I 1 cut out the joshin rang out mont monty a strident voice it had as decided an tin effect ai as any pro proceeding ceding word or action perhaps Ier hais it was aas the form these men doing unaccustomed id duty ns as escorts of women to their natural state as men of the HIM A till rell us white u hi t a vant hat wild s ild stewart Stew cm cool and slid crim girlin don caries carlos an lits ills guerrillas ar art campau on the trails thet lead u ud here they ie e cot got them trails blocked 71 ali toino er they d bed hed us corralled abbe they meant to surprise us I 1 he e s pot of a lot of greasers an a they re U ell tinned armed now what do they mean meant you all nil can figger it out to suit yourselves debbe the don wants w ants to pay a sociable call on our ladles mabbet his gang Is some hun kry gry ns as usual debbe they want to steal a few hoses or anything any thin they can lay ley hands on debbe they mean too now my idea Is this an debbe it its 8 wrong I 1 lone long since separated from love with greasers thet black faced don carlos has cot got a deep game thet two bit of a revolution Is hevin bard hard time times the rebels want amer lean ican intervention stretch any point to make trouble we re only ten miles from the border suppose them guerrillas pu errilla rIllas cot got our crowd across thet borderi border the united states cavalry would toller foller you all know what thet d mean debbe don carlos mind way it t I 1 reckon veil well know soon an now Stew stewart artI whatever the dons fame game Is N shore youre the man to Out outrigger figger him bleb meb be ite its just as well you re good an mad about something an im rm going coln to resign my job because I 1 want to feel holdia to anybody shore it struck me long IOD since thet the old da daye ya bed hed come back for a little spell an there I 1 wa was trall tr allin ln a promise not to hurt any greaser CHAPTER don carlo carlos stewart took nels monty and nick steele islat out of earshot and they evidently entered upon an earue earnett st cot colloquy presently the other cowboys were called they all talked more or less lem but the deep voice of stewart predominated over the others then the consultation broke up tip and the cowboy cowboys scattered I rustle tustle you indians ordered stewart St enart the ensuing scene of action was not reassuring to madeline and her friends they were quiet isu awaiting alting some one to tell them what hat to do at the offset the cowboy vow boyst appeared to have for cotton gotten madeline some of them ran off into the s woods other others into the open grassy placer where rounds rounded the horses and burro S several cowboy cowboys spread tarpaulins upon the ground and began to elect select and roll email small packs evidently for hurried travel nels nets mounted his horse to ride down the trail monty and mck steele went on off into the grove leading their horses stewart climbed tp up a steep jumble of stone between two sections of low cracked cliff back of the camp Madel lates friends all importuned her WM was there real danger were the guerrillas coming would a start be made at once for the why had the cowboys suddenly become so different madeline A answered as best she could but her replies were only conjecture and modified fled to allay the fears of her ber nests guests helen was in a white glow low of excitement soon the cowboys appeared riding bones driving in others and the burros some of these horse horses were taken away and evidently bidden hidden in do deep between the thoi crata this string trin of bam we packed aad and t 1 IT ty itan tin tile troll in lit charge of n 1 I 1 ay iy NI it naf alf 4 io lit kiil I 1 1 M I nty oily rr re I 1 I 1 in try e el I 1 I 1 fit it sli t art at I 1 ared I 1 in it I 1 I 1 ing in 1 I 1 wn un titi the renk 14 1 tei alwen it I 1 il I 1 if it tn t t 11 I 1 ne ose WM i tom to or cpr till 11 flip til I 1 IK lit 1 il I 1 1 klc ging I 1 mt ia nril r 1 I 1 r it i t up HP liff I 1 11 I 1 I li it t s I 1 nn n i 1 n 14 1 4 1 11 rf r i tiring the neeta fa f 1 4 i 4 to to built ui ul I 1 HP I 1 P effect 1 t ro oily ti to alln 1 h AM nl I 1 sten art fort li it k L t I 1 A 1 arty iii arre I 1 pre asked kc kiplen HP lie impi 1 ills hl linn I 1 at the ascent to to in IP I 1 of dismay fol I 1 1 ea r him 11 jecture mr ir Is III there dantrer 1 drothy nil annl I 1 her voice trem hel I 1 ills wa was the qu quilon lon madeline hat tit fit tor ter lips to ask ste art but she ti atil f ill I 1 not speak it 0 no o theren here no danger replied stewert teu art but we opre re taking precaution o we AP all agreed on oil is best pin tl IT y will ahli ered that ithe bell believed ered tied ot littleton leton asked another question anil and then harvey followed fol follow loed ed uit airs heck mn ran ie a timid query I 1 lease keep quiet and 10 lo to as you re told pill I 1 stewart stew art bluntly at juncture when hen the last of the wn was being haul hauled pit up th 0 cliff 11 nty approached madeline and removed his sombrero ills black face fare beird ee ird d the ame same yet ct this thi was a vastly chanced monty nilst 1 hammond im I 1 m rhin notice I 1 resign rov job he raid monty f lint do ou mean hat does nel nunn now when hen danger threatens thren tens 11 e jest quit that s all replied at ltv berely 1 ife via was stern and i miter he could not |