Show t j I II I I I t I j I Raine I COPYRIGHT by G c CO THE BLIZZARD I Word SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS Word that their nightly frolics are are distasteful toa to toa toa a party of toned high d British British- era ers recently arrived at the Lodge among them an army cap cap- tam tain and his sister of ot the same name as himself Is brought to Jack known to his In Intimates in- in s as as Crumbs and some friends camping on the Gunnison in Colorado Called to account for the uproar b by Verinder Verin- Verin der snobbish millionaire m mem m mbar m- m ber bar of the British party Jack snubs U that it Individual and has a friendly chat with Mo Moya a Dwight attractive Irish girl Jack has no use for his British relatives two ot of whom he ha knows ar at the Lodge While fishing again meets Miss Dwight and andi b by her Is Introduced ced to the other members of or the party chief of whom are Lord and Lady Farquhar Farquhar Farquhar Far- Far as na Mr 1 Crumbs Jack Is Imm Immensely n ely Impressed b by the l lOveliness lOve lOve- ve- ve 11 liness ness ss of ot Joyce Seldon companion of ot M Moya ya Next day at t Gunni- Gunni son son eon the Farqu Farquhar ar party sees sees ees Mr Crumbs win the bucking broncho bron bron- cho championship He lie disappears rs after atter the contest On their way way home Moya and her co companions are are overtaken by a D sheriffs sheriff's p posse ss In pursuit of t two men who have rob robbed ed the the treasurer of ot t t the te I County Fair association of ot the proceeds of ot the s show ow Th The sheriff i declares th the m men n are Jack KilI KU- KU I meny Crumbs and nd his friend I Colter C Captain and his I sister realize that Ja Jack k Is their thel cousin His participation In the robbery seems seems' assured Jack meets Moya and convinces convInces' her herot of ot his Innocence of ot the crime charged against him Joined by the Farquhar party Jacks Jack's relationship relationship relationship rela rela- to Captain and his sister r is established He leaves them With Tack Jack his prisoner the sheriff m makes les a short stay sy at the Lodge Jack on leaving tak takes s' s the capt captains captain's hat Instead of ot his own In Jacl Jacks Jack's s 's hat Moya Ma a and nd I India dla discover a aI I paper giving directions for finding find find- ing inga a a. package Captain and the two girls find It the It-the the I money stolen th the fair as as- as Convinced that J Jack ck Is altogether unworthy of t her thoughts Moya becomes engaged to Captain who has ha's long been her suitor Meeting Jack Moya Moa frankly tells him the the- discovery of ot the loot has convinced convinced con con con- vinced her he Is Isa a thief She in incidentally In- In reveals the fact th that t C Captain is on his way to return the money Practically ordering l Moya ya to the me meet t him at the same place In Ithe the morning Jack leaves her The captain 1 Is held held up p and n 1 robbed of the cash Jack und undoubtedly being e g th the th thief t. t CHAPTER l Y Continued VU-Continued Continued ont n ed edI l I I G GM M My f father ther was a y Ung man an wh when n. n ie e e came cameto to this tills country The West K wasn't v very vry rS civilized then My My ft father ther was K-as fearless and outspoken This made him hD en enemies les a arn among ng rig t the ang If ol f fattie cattle attie v op op opra ra ratin In the country where his ran ranch lay tay ay H He lost calves eS Q day at he caught a blotter at n Vor t rhe The fellow refused to surrender nel n- n der dei el There Was Wa's a fight and my father ki him J t Iohl cried the girl gir so softly In fascinated fascinated fasci fasci- horror Such things had shad to be beIn in those d days ys Any man that was a man li hid had d sometimes to fight or else go goto go o to the wall waH I can see that I wasn't b blaming I your father Only it must have been horrible to have to do The fellow thieves of the man swore vengeance One night they caught the chief that's chIef that's what I used to call my father father caught caught aught him alone In a gambling hell In the cow town where the stockmen came to buy pro pro- visions My father had gone there by appointment to meet a man lured man lured to his death by a forged note He knew he had probably come to the end of the passage as soon as he had stepped Into the place His one chance was to turn and run He wouldn't do that Moya looking at the son could believe believe be be- lieve Here easily this story of the father Go on she nodded tensely The quarrel crime came as of course It would Just before the guns flashed a n stranger rose froth from a corner and told tolt the rustlers they would have to count hIm him In the scrap that he he wouldn't stand for tor A six one six toone ow ow that fine I suppose he was a friend of jour your father he had help helped some time No He had never seen him before But he happened to be a man The eyes of ot the girl were shining For Por the moment she was almost beau beau- A flame seemed to run over her ber dusky face the glow of her generous i heart beart finding expression externally I Im glad 1 there are such men she cried softly The story ol ot that fight Is a classic today In the hills lulls W Wh n It ended two of the rustlers w wre Wl rr dead two badly wounded and the oth others galloping gal al- al loping away for their lives The chief and his unknown friend were lying on the floor shot to pieces But th they y lived surely lived surely they didn't t II e Yes they lived and became close friends A few years later they were J Both of thea them are dead now Sam Lundy that Lundy that was the name of ot my fathers father's rescuer rescuer rescuer-i rescuer left left ft two children n a aboy a aboy aboy boy arid and a girl We v call t the boy Curly He t as was down at fit t the camp amp fishing with me She saw the truth then then knew knew In a atla a flash that the tIie man beside her had run the risk of prison to to save his friend And her heart went out to to him In such a rush of feeling that she she had to turn her face away avay You iOU paid back the debt to the son son that your your father father owed his Oh Oh Im I'm Ims s so gl glad so d-so so glad Guessed It have ha you Your friend was was the thief t. t He took the money but hes he's no thief thief apt not In his In Eng England only a criminal would do such a thing but Its It's different r A hold holdup maybe may maybe be a decent fellow g gone ne wrong wrong through drink and bad company Th That's ts t's h how howit w wit it was this time My friend Is a range rider His Bis he heart t is Is isas ris as open and clean as the pia plains ns But young lies he's hes young oung yet yet yet- just turn turned d t twenty and twenty and hes lies e easily ted led This thing was sprung on oi him b by byn an n older man n with jUl whom he had bad been Before they y were sober he and Mosby had tal taken en the money I am sorry the girl said almost I under her het breath He explained i d more more fully C Colter lter i by chance go a line on on what the he kid a and d Mo Mosby py were pla planning ning to pull off on Knowing I J had some sonic influence with Curly be came straight to me That was as jU katt after the finals in the riding We We- hurried ou out t to find Curly Well we were toO tob late While we were lookIng lookIng look- look Ing ng for r our friends so o as to st stop p this crazy pl play y they were wre going to pull off Colter and I met the president of the bank We had known wn him In the mining co country and he held u us there talking While we weere were ere ere still there news comes comes' of the robbery And then We struck k straight i back ack to the cor cor- cor rat ral Our horses wei were there T The c b boys ys had ridden ba back k swapped d them for their own and hit the trail Mosby's Mosbs Idea had been to throw suspicion Onus on onus n us for cr an an hour or or tw two until they could make their get get aay We We rode- rode back back to the crowd learned th the particulars and and followed t the the boys s My thought was as U that if we could get th the money from them we might make terms with the J association lation t rr 4 s. s sW W why you Q were in a hurry hurr when u passe passed usi us us- us i why And ot of c course urs' urs t the e s sheriff Iff thought ought you rou ou were i way y fr m hlin f He He couldn't think any n thing else se cOUld couil he hel 1 How r was as w lacking in faith d i all th time tIme tIme- f klew h In my heart y you YU fu couldn't have done It she reproached cli d l r lr His masterful eyes fastened edon on h r r. r pid Did your frI friends l i know io d' d it It Ii Did Miss Miss' JS Joyce think I c hh have v done don it t. t t have to fisk ask l h her hr r What liat at she thought I didn't hear heni J Jyce y an opinion opinion- i a A. A Is Is' Is she going to marI marry Y th that f t fellow llo Verinder I doi don't dont k know bw H Hell lI ask her her wont won't h he her herShe She smiled I at his bunt blunt question a n little wanly wimly have to ask Mr Verinder that Im I'm not In h his s dence I Youre quibbling You k know o well enough I think he will Will VIll she take him Its hard to tell what Joyce will doId doId doId do Id I'd rather not df discuss the subject pl please ase Tell me did you find your friends We Ve ran them down In the hills at nt last I knew pretty prett well ell about where they would be and anti one morning I J dropped In on them We talked It a all allover allover Oyer over and I put It up to them that If they would turn the thc loot o over oer er to me I Id I'd try to call off the officers officer Curly was sick and ashamed of ot the whole business and was willing to do whatever whatever what what- ever eyer I thought best Mosby had ad different different differ dUrer- ent notions but I persuaded him to see the light They told me where they the had hidden the money In the river J 1 I was on my way back to get It when I found little Bess Landor lost lostIn lostIn lostin in the hills Gill nabbed me as I took her to the ranch And after atter you were taken back t tn did Gunnison-did did you break prison I proved an alibi one alibi one the sheriff couldn't get away from We had gilt- gilt edged proof we weren't near the scene of ot the robbery The president of ot the bank had been talking to us about ten minutes when the treasurer of ot the association drove up at a gallop to say saybe saylie he lie had Just been robbed So freed they you ou I I 1 made madea a proposition to the district attorney and the directors of the asso association asso that elation that if It 1 I got the money backall back backall backall all prosecutions would be dropped They agreed I came back for tor the money and found It t gone If you had only told me that the I had bad r no time My first thought was to tell my cousin the truth but butI I was afraid to take tale a chance on him The only way to sa ev save sa Curly was to take back th the money oney myself I 1 couldn't be lie dure sure that Captain would believe my story So I played It sate safe and helped m myself You must think a lot of ot yo your r friend to pro go o so far for him His ills mother turned him over to me to make a n man of him and If she hadn't I lowed owed it t to his fathers father's son Her ller eyes eyes' poured upon him their warm approving light Yes you would have to help him no matter mutter what it cost cast He Be protested against heroics with a 0 n face ace crinkled to humor It wasn't costing me a cent It might have cost you youa a great grent deal Suppose that Cap Captain had picked up his gun You couldn't have shot him Id have told him who I was and why I must have the money No Miss DwIght I dont don't fit the specifications of a hero Moyas Moya's lips curved to a sweet little derisive twist that was a smile In embryo I know about you sir took his eyes from her to let them rest upon a man and a wom worn woman woman an walking walkIn the le river trail below f lie lieman man bowed and th the westerner answered answered an an- the greeting by lifting his hat When he lie looked back at his companion he was smiling impishly For the two by the river bank were Lord and Lady Farquhar One glance told Moya that her chaperon chaperon chap chap- eron had made up l her ler er mind to drive Jack from fiora the field Lady Jim looked at her husband He ile cleared his throat in some some embarrassment embarrass embarrass- ment Morn Mornin In Mr 11 KUI If It yo you have time Id I'd like like- to 0 have you look over o er some ore samples sent from our mine The American smiled He understood understood under under- stood perfectly Iv Ive got all the time tithe there Is Moya Maya Intervened again First let me tell fell you the news Mr has hns been been ot reed freed of all suspicion In c connection con m- m n with the robbery The money has has has' been returned and the whole t thing dropped I Farquhar's face tace cleared Glad to hear It He ne emphasized his words by adding a moment later By Jove I am mn glad Congratulations Mr meny HIs Bis wife added l hers ers but there was wasa a note of ot reserve In her manner Plainly she was not fully satisfied Eagerly Moya turned turne to the young man May I Iten Itell tell all about it He hesitated then nodded shortly If you like Her voice olce vibrant with sympathy Moya told rold the story In her ardent way said nothing but the corners of ot his mouth sugg suggested sted amusement Something of humorous derision In his blue eyes eyes eyes' told Farquhar that the Colo- Colo did not take the girls girl's admIration admiration admira admIra- admiration tion as his due Rather he to regard It merely as an evidence of her young enthusiasm Lord Farquhar shook hands frankly with Weve done one you an in In- justice If I had a son a-son son I would want t to have played the part part you did under the same annie circumstances His Ills wife backed him u up loyally but t with misgivings The ThO character of this young oung man might might- be be- cleared hut but that hat did not nt make hira any more ell gible Her smile had a In som some it-some ome suggestion sug- sug of f the reserve reserve- of ot th the 1 chap j eron I Im glad to to know the truth Mr It dj does ds s you J cr credit r Jour cousins wont won't be Ock to lunch Jut but If 5 you can sta stay stay- j r cant can't Lady Farquhar har Thanks s just just t tI the e same Ive I've got to ride up Into Into- the hills to Jet et the boys know I k its it's its t W Well We'll l be J leaving tomor- tomor I lO 1 low to g goback gorback bacK to work woric I We go t tomorrow morrow too I suppose lifs will be good-by good then Lady Farquhar offered her hand turned last to Moya aroya foy Goo Goodby Good j by neighbor Her ey eyes s did not shrink as is the small and hand was burled buried for an an in Instant In his brown palm but the youth in her face was quenched Good by she repeated In a colorless color- color Jess less voice Sorry I wasn't able to say good-by good to my cousins and Miss Seldon I understand youre you're all going up to the mines Tell Captain Ill I'll try to see him at and make all proper apologies for my bad manners j yesterday esterday Moyas Moya's face lit up Do you live at Sometimes SometIme He bowed and turned away The girl gIrt was left leU wondering There had been a note of ot reservation In his Ills manner when she hal had spoken of or Gold Gold- banks Was there after all some m s m. s 's tery about him or his occupation something he did not want them to know Her Interest was incredibly aroused CHAPTER VIII A Blizzard Moya MOra found In much to Interest her Its helter streets following the line of least resistance Its slapdash buildings the scarred hillsides dotted with o rod r. d beneath which straggled slate-colored slate dumps like long beards were nil all IndIgenous Indigenous in- in In In- to a life Ilfe th the manner of ot which she could only gU guess SS Judged by bv her Bret Harte the place ought |