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Show r- r ruet:6rR _ _ - _ uet:6rR uet6rR : , " 1WDc ( " f 1 1tit tit , It ' k 4vnk 4vn r 9 l / rti Yrti Y l lI lFRAM I FRAM K H . S SPEARNIANS SPEARNIAN ' COPfPIGP FRANK H SPEARMAN W N U SERVILE " CHAPTER VI-Contlnued VI Contlnued VIContlnuedT VIContlnuedr VIContlnued8 VI - - Continued T r -8- 8 - 8Iln 8lb - Iln lb In n the tbe nearer distance lay Denton'6 Deni DE'nl DEnl Dent Denion's ' on'6 on6 on's ons n's ns ' buildings buUdlngs Between the two twolots twoInts twoholnts lots Ints a second fire burned , curvIng curvInge curvingfcke e a treat great Bclmltar scimitar along the cut cutrer cutTer cutIver rer Ter lands surrounding surroundmg the ranch " ' "Bull Bull ' " Bulir 'BuJIJ BuJIJ ! ' she caller callerfearfully called fearfully feartuJIy to toer toer toter er nearest Co\\ Co cottboy Coboy cowboy \ boy . e\Vbnt e Vbnt : " ' 'What What ' 1V \ hat does ItIii It JJ Iii ] menn-Is menn Is mean-is mean mean - Is there anything that thatn thatrtn _ n be saved 7 ? ' 1 . "Why Why " , I can see where they've theyve they'veeen they'veeen they'veeen theyveeen ' | een back backfirin firln firm ' . Can Cant t tell teU much muchbout muchbout muchIbont bout It till tIlI we get closer . , Come ComeDo Comen Comeb n Do , boys ! Push 'cm cm 'em em ' over ovcr the hIJJ hill hIJJthIs hillthis hillIf this Is too fast for you , miss miss"te misste , " be yell yelled cd , "follow follow "foJIow foJIow " us 1 I ! ' Bnt But nothing was too fast for forJ'aDe forJane forJine J'aDe JaDe Jane ' The city girl was always on ontheir ontheir ontheir their heelsT heelsWith heels heelsiwtth T i-wtth i wtth - With the ponies ponlcs In a ' Iither 1'1ther 11ther Tither , the theGunlock theGnnlock theGnnlocic Gnnlock Gunlock crew pulled up short before be- be before be before - - fore the ranch bouse house corral , where wherel wherea a . party of ot fire Ere fighters just from fromtown fromtown fromtown town were starting tor for the front frontBeury frontgenry frontBenry Beury genry Sawdy , smoked and scorched scorchedFITII , was galding guiding them out . Bill PardaJ Pardalee Parda Pardaloe J loe lee headed beaded the town men In the thebunch thebunch theI " lunch bunch were the evangelist evangE'lIst ' preach preachtier ' er , Big Bill Hayes Bayes , alias aUns Panama ; | the liveryman Jlverymnn , McAlpin 1IcAlpin , ; Spotts Spottstbe Spottsthe Spottstth tbe the bald headed and profane bar barber barbet barbtr | ber bet ; Selwood , , the cattleman , wIth wIthbaIt withbaits withlilfa | baIt baits a dozen of bis his men ; Jim Lara Laramle Lararite Lara.ttle Larattle . mle rite . , from av\ay av ay a\\ay a away \ \ up In the Crazy Crazyoman Crazyomen CrazyIonian oman omen country , " with "ltb ltb a bunch ot of otIs ofis ofill Is cowboys cowboysJane cowboysJane cowboysJane Jane saw a man riding up trom from fromie trome frome e creek , but It did not look to toer toer toier er hItC hke like Bill Denlson Denison Not until untilie untile e drew neir ne'lr nelr near ' and llnd lifted his hat bat hatastl1r batastily hatustlly astl1r astily to her ber as ns he : rode over to toIt tolk tollk It lk to Pardaloe Pardnloe , did she realize It 1t 1tns It-res It res - ns s heAs he 'As As " ' ' As rnpldly rapidly as possible he greetedie greetedhe greeteda greeted he a newcomers , told them where wherehey wherehey whereicy hey heyere \ nere \\ere ere sere most moct ; needed pointed and andt:1rted andtarted andarted t:1rted t1rted tarted : them tbem on their " way "ay ay , and andumed andurned andirned umed urned to Jane Jane"Ob Jane"Oh Jane-Oh Jane Oh . "Ob Ob "Oh Oh - " , BIIH BIllI Bilil " exclaimed e'tclalmed etclalmed ' Jane , as asIDson asninon asnison ( IDson ninon rode up "I I " m so sorry " "I I " 1 hope I dldn didn didnt t stir things up uper uper uprer er there , , , by sending that mes mesgee mesge mesice gee ge , . I shouldn t hive h'lve hlve have ' done It It , , only onlyI only-I only I | - I promised , " he slid s'lld slld sold ' In a dry dryEficl.cd dryEficlcd , ac1.Sd ac1Sd acted . . ! voice voiceIIDon't Toice"Don't ToiceDont [ . IIDon't IIDont Don't Dont " ' think about the small smallblngs smallbungs emailjhlngs blngs bungs . , Bill Yon You sliould should have sent sentng senteg sentlone ng eg ago . I brought nil all the men Iould Iold I odd ould old . . . " . "McCrossen McCrossen 'McCrossen " ' refused to come7 come come"Se comeSe ? " { . IIHe "He He " was kind of mean-so mean so mean - so Ime Ime I " me myself-I myself I myself - I hope 111 Ill do for a abstltute abstitute arobstltute bstltute bstitute 7 ? " Bls Hls Bl answering smile was joytu1 joyful joytu1t joyfult joyfulIt t was too good of you to come come.Fine comeFine . , IDe one . . . But now ' I've Ive ' gotlto gottto got to ride rIght rIghtt rightmt t again . Would you step Into thebin thebin the bin and rest up before you rideck7 rideck ride ridencir ncir ck7 ck ? " " "Ride Ride " back bnck ? Yes but who's whos ' go gog gog gotoff g to cook for nil all these men ? 1m 1molng I m mslog mEOlnr olng slog back to get Quong and bring bringmover bringm bringUrn . ' " " ' mover m over , tI < i .Noon Noon : ; . Koon A'oon Aoon ' passed before Jane got bac1 back backbenison's bacLtt . Denlson's Denlsons Denison's Denisons benison's benisons ' ' and Installed Insta11ed herself herselftb herselfLb herselfIlh tb Lb Qnong Quong In the kitchen . One man , severely burned , came camefrom camefrom camei from the front toward dark Car Carconld Carcould CarJ could conld not be reached till UU mornr morn mornC morng > r . C g . . Jane bandaged bandnged the man's mans man'sf man'snn mansnn ' f . and 8nd fed him Denlson Denison rode rodelate rodelate rodeiltte late late , , smoked flmoked and scorched anew anew.at anewat . , ut tireless . . "Bill Bill .BIlJ BIlJ 'B111 B111 " . ' , , " ghe she ns asked ed , sitting down downoslte downosite downiposlte oslte osite him , , "tell tell "teU teU " me honestly : re r yon Jon you holding IU It it"Jane itJane ? ' "Jane Jane " , to tell te1l the truth , I don't dont don'tow don'tow don'tnow dontnow ' ow . Sometimes I thinic thinK thins ' ; we aremetlmea aremetimee are onetlme metlmea metimee < It looks jfad .IIad IIad pad . In a areat ateat aireit reat teat flre fire , every hour must tell Its ItsWD Itsrra Itawn WD rra Bizer etory story ; that's thats tl1lt's tl1lts ! ' about the Bize size sizeIt sizeIt r It it-lit it lit . , - " , It Itwas was late when they wa1ked walked walkedat wa1kedt walkedt t of doors together . The south- south southk southsky south.tt southtt . - ! tky sky k ) ' was angry red "It'll Itll " ' be ard ard a ra rd day tomorrow . , Bill , " saidtne saidfne aald said aaldne tne fne > ne . . . "There's Theres " ' nothing I more can canithere here canhere , , , tonight . ' I'm Im ' going home homeD homebe Ie be back by daylight In the thernlng theruing theorning rnlng ruing Yon You go to bed . . . You YouUlt YouSat Youro Ult Sat t be dead " 11'11 1111 :191 191 : " " 111 ' ride " over along with you youtne youtue youLae tue Lae . . , " II ' IIO 'No No O o.jou ojou . , . , you ou will wll1 not . " "nut nut "But But " " nut Jane , you're youre yot're yotre yoi're yoire . . ' ' not going to torive toy without l1tlve tol1tlve rive me ot of riding "S S " home with out ' "res res " e0 , w . . I am an : " "Oh Oh "Oh Oh " Oh , . , please pleasel I " He pleaded wlth with withv wlthUke withlike "M M Uke like " a boy . , "I've Ive " ' ' been count- count - ' counton countC countg C g < on en It ill all an day- day day - " " daythought day"I " "I I fight.1C fight1C fightall thought you'd youd ' been flre tire fire fight- fight . - ill all day M " M"FlEhtIng " " "FlEhtIng FlEhtIng IIFlghting "yfghting yfghting fire tlre and thinking about " aDd and aboutaDd aboutand nd aying sayIng ayingTonight , - . ' - ' rideme -Tonight Tonight .Tonlght Tonlght 'Tonight ' 1-11 1 11 I'll Ill ride me " with Jane Jane- Jane ' - " 'Bill Bill ' " 111 Jane111 11U YouBt Denlgon Denison , you're youre ' Billy silly . Ton You Bt , "t t to be wit . " willing ling to call It a"After a ; "After After " "er er " er J'What ' . I take yon yoU home , J Jane one 1 I " 'What What 'Whata at ata a * tease tcasel teasel 1 wel1 Well Weli thcn then come comeflrt " ' " , ' , ugt nti flrt ThereM the1 They fafo fost 7 did not ride fa fast st . Theremuch There Thereere 10 fo o Bothae much to talk over , . Both ere ae erious serious Bothserious Denlson DenIson knew better betteri i ; Jane ane how the " dangeroth dangerboth grave danger dangert both oth to himself him sell himt hsell and to her . , t he e had h hIs . : hour with the wom worn- worn - he wornhe e loved loved , , Bnd and tor for that hour t te tIse else hourtIse hourt In matteredV the world mattered ? V + "Oil Oil "Oh Oh " , Bill Bm , " protested Jane Jnne , faintly faint faint- faintly faintly - ly , sick nt at heart " with "lth lth the happiness happi happi- happiness happiness - ness of listening to his "or or words words'Don't " words'Don't wordsDont s Don't Dont 'Don't ' ' I 1 ! You mustn't mustnt ' say such suchthIngs suchthings suchthings thIngs I won't wont ' listen to you . , Bill BillI'm BillI'm BillI'm BillIm I'm Im ' ' nothing but a girl , and you're youre you'remaking you'remaking you'remaking youremaking ' making me a goddess or a falry- falry fairy- fairy falrystop fairystop fairy fairystop - stop such nonsense Not one word wordmore wordmore wordmore more . , Bill Denlson Denison If you keep keepon keepon keepon on , III I II break , out crying Here's Heres Here'sthe Here'sthe Here'sthe Heresthe ' the house , anyway . Good night . " Every Dvery available a\allable a allable asailable \ min m'1n m1n m'in ' ' was wns out on onthe onthe onthe the front lines " when "hen hen Jane reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedthe the threatened thrc'1tened thrc1tened tiire'itened tiireitened ' ' ranch rnnch after day day- daybreak daybreak daybreak - break Quong kept J.cpt Jcpt . the little stove stoveIn stovein stoveIn In the kitchen hot , and Jane . , busy busyabout busyabout busyabout about the cabin cnbln and looking loollng after afterthe afterthe afterthe the boy burned the day dny before , dId dIdnot didnot didnot not realise realtre how fast the morning morningwas morningwas morningwas was going , until Carpy arrived arrivedfrom arrivedfrom arrivedfrom from town to tJres dress the lad's lads ' burDs burns burDsHe burnsHe burnsHe He greeted Jane and find , with her to tohelp tohelp tohelp help . , went to work on his patient . Afterward he sat down beside besideJane besideJane besideJane Jane on the bench outside the door"So door door"fco "fco fco "So So " o , " said he , "you you " re playing playinggood playinggood playinggood good Samiritin Sam'1rlt'ln Sam1rltln Samaritan ' ' How Bow are you youholding youholding youholding holding out over at Gunlock ? ' . "All All 'All " ' right ; the dinger d'1nger d1nger danger ' l9 19 is all alltrom allfrom nilfrom trom from this way . If we can hold the thefire thefire theflre fire over here , It's Its ' not likely to toi tobother tobother i bother us Oh doctor octor , " exclaimed exclaimedJane exclaimedJane exclaimedJane Jane , springing to her ber feet feet , . , 'wbat wbat "what what "whatdoes . "whatdoes whatdoes " 'wbatdoes ' does that me'ln7 meln7 mein mean ' ? ' Riding ntdlng out of the woods south southof southof southof of the ranch house , slie she saw a aparty aparty aparty party of ot men lowly Cllo"ly Clloly "lowly < " " adanclngRidIng adancingRiding advancing ad\anclng ad anclng adancing advancingRiding \ % Riding between two men , sup supporting supporting supporting porting him on his pony . , a third thirdman thirdman thirdman man riding rldmg behind the trio , Carpy Cnrpy Carpysaw Cnrpysaw Carpysaw saw th the Injured man , hatlesa hatless and andcoatless andcoatless andcoatless coatless , and heard him suppress suppressan an occislonal oCC'lslonal oCClslonal occ'isional occisional ' groin grO'ln grOln ' Carpy walked walkedforw'lrd walkedforward walkedforwird forw'lrd forwlrd forward ' to greet the party . "Well Well "Wellboys Wellboys " , boys " he e n aski.d askid ashid aski.dtio lLd , . , 'wbo wbo ' ' \\tio tio \ \ \ ho la ls is It thIs thIstlme7 thistime thistime tlme7 time ? ' Jim Laramie Laramle ans answered " ered "Why Why "WhyDoc "WhyDoc "WhyDoc WhyDoc " Doc , It's Its ' Jake Jahe Spotts There's Theres Tbere's Tberes ' been beena a bad accident Jake Jnle and Panama Panamagot Panamagot Panamagot got cut off up by the pass Sta stayed stayedtoo Stagedtoo ed edtoo too long I 1 m gild gl'ld glld g1'id g1id ' ' you're youre ' here hereDoc , Doc ; he bes s hurt pretty bid b'1d b1d bad ' " , ' No Nol I 1 " screan-ed screan ed scre.ured screured screamed . - Spotts , so soblachened soblackened soblackened blachened blackened and burned as to be un unrecognlz'1ble unrecogniz'ible unrecognlzible recognlz'1ble recognlz1ble recogniz'ible recognizible ' ' , and writhing wrUhlng In paIn pain"It painIt , .It It "it " . ain't aint ' me . , Doc ; ; It's Its ' ' Panama I ! IDamn 1Damn Damn It-go It go It - go back . , boys , and get getPanama getPanama getPanama Panama I tell you , . go backl back I ! " "Denlson Denlson "Denison Denison " has gone to get hIm himDoc , Doc , , " explained Laramie "Keep Keep "KeepquIet "Keepquiet " "Keepquiet Keepquiet " quIet , , Jake . , you only make your yourleg yourleg yourleg leg worse It's Its ' his leg , Doc " Carpy motioned 'Bring Bring ' him In Into Into Into to the cabin " The unfortunate barber , eased easedwith , wIth many groans , off the pony ponywas , was laid on the dinner table , as1.lng as1lng asking as1.lngtor askingfor askingfor . tor for water and half balt hall deliriously dellrlously call call- callIng calling calling - ing for Panama Pnn.lml1 Pnnlml1 . Carpy examined examinedSpotts examinedSpotts examinedSpotts Spotts lie lle found to his relief reUet that thatthe thatthe thatthe the man was not seriously burneduIt's burned"It's burned burned"It's "It's Its uIt's uIts " ' his left legr leg , " explained Carpy Carpya a little later to the group ; broke 'broke 'brokedown 'brokedown brokedown ' brokedown down near the : ankle mhle . . " Keeping up a rapid flre fire of ot talk talkCarpy , Carpy opened his bag , set out hIs hIsneeded hisneeded hisneeded needed appliances appUances and his bottle ot of otchloroform ofchloroform ofchloroform chloroform , gradually subdued the theman theman theman man , got him , with Jane's Janes ' help , un under under under der the anesthetic , and working In Inhis Inhis Inhis his shirt sleeves and In the Intense Intenseheat Intenseheat Intenseheat heat nt at a breath taking speed , fin- fin finIshed fin finished - ' ished the operation , sat down , drew drewa a cigar from his waistcoat pocket pocketand pocketand pocketand and lighted llghted it"Jane It It"Jane . "Jane Jane uJane " , " he said , "I I " * ! suppose this thisIs thisis thisIs Is your first surgical case7 case ? " "Yes Yes uYes " , Doctor . " "You'd Youd " ' make a good nurse , . girl . " "Doctor Doctor uDoctor " , what do you suppose he hemennt hemeant hemeant mennt meant calling BO so for tor Panama 1 ? " Carpy explained explalncd . "Today Today UToday " , " he be hecontinued becontinued hecontinued . continued . , ' "Panama Panama .Pllnama Pllnama " was his partner partneron on the line : ' the men work In pairs pairsgenerally pairsgenerally pairsgenerally generally . " . "I I " 1 ' hope they'll theyll ' find him all aU right " "I I " hope , " obsen observed obsered % cd Carpy thought thought- thoughtfully thoughtfully - . fully , 'hell hell ' he U 11 be all right when wben they theydo theydo theydo do find him " ' "There There .There " . come some of or the boys boysDenison boysDenison boysDenlson Denison Is with them , " " Carpy said saidsuddenly saidsuddenly Baldsuddenly suddenly , pointing to the edge edle : ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the woods "They're Theyre " ' halting They've Theyve |