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Show St lie Light of Western in Valparaiso Then he headed north arid found it up near the : 'jumping-of- f place" A ROMANCE by ZANE GREY Us- - " tie round u . ill budge. It had caught at tha bottrwn arm from one of the guerrillas eaused glade. Stewart gulu4 the roan off to him tili morning. That was the best Pulling with all her might proved to the whole band to wheel and concen- the right and walked beside Madeline, I could do. I was sure lucky to come AN be In vain. Pausing, with palms hot trate their attention In the opposite steadying her in the saddle. At first np with the band so soon. I had fig and bruised, she heard a louder, closer direction. They heara something. They Madeline was so weak and dltzy that ured right I kne.w that guerrilla chief. SYNOPSIS a) M0" approach of the Invaders of her home. saw some one." hands sought sha could scarcely retain her seat. He's a bandit In Mexico. It's a busi w little railroad station ai Ham- Madeline ear, wrath, and Impotence contested weapons, and thenGrimy man stiffened. and ness with him. But ha fought for The dizziness left her every flnda New York aod.tr jflri, for supremacy over her and drove her Madeline saw what hunted men looked then she made an effortpresently, withride to Madero, and I was with him a good to WhUa th. on. to meet ar. to desperation. She was alone here like at the moment of and out help. Her weakness, however, and deal. He may be a Greaser, but he's room, a drunkan cowboy discovery, and she must rely on herself. And as the sight was terrible. She closed her a married, and asks If b pain In ber wreuched arm made the white." she strained every muscle to mnvp e.ves, sick with what she " ieavi"S "How did you effect my releaser . saw, fearful task laborsome. hn rod jrta, that obstinate door and heard the of the moment when the If "I offered them money. That's what struck off Stewart the would had trail, of guns tort ceremony. ouib some quick, harsh voices of men and the leap out. there were one, and was keeping to the rebels all want. They need money. iv an gnd ths cowooy lorcee nr sounds of a hurried search she mil- " ASKinf There were muttered curses, a short denser parts of the forest Majesty's They're a lot of .poor,- - hungry devils." '" aaems that denlxJelt.sure to her identity tha cowboy were I gathered that you offered to pay they hunting period of silence followed whisper- - hoofs made no sound on the soft in a shooting acrapa out-th- e uc. nun mevi iu one nin not Ings, nnd then a clear voiceby rang out. ground, and Stewart strode on without ransom. How muchr room a Mexican la killed. wonder at It. But she wondere If "El "Two thousand dollars Mex. I gave leti a girl, Bonlta, speaking. Neither his hurry nor vigilCapltan!" S cowboys than she were really Madeline Hammond, ance relaxed until at least two miles ray word. I'll have to take the money. A strong shock vibrated through lake hie horee and aacape. Madeline to Florence and If it were possible that brutal men Madeline, and eonductt her eyelids swept open. had been covered. The soft ground I told them when and where I'd meet frlnd ot hr Drtnr-Florencwould harm her. Then the tramping Khley. welcomes her, learna her Instantly she associated the name El gave place to bare, rocky soil. The them." of heavy feet on the floor of the I'm glad Tve got the "Certainly. -- cry and dlsmleaea tha cowboy, Capltan with Stewart and experienced horse snorted and tossed his head. A room lent her the last strength a siOjne' Stewart. Next day Alfred Madeline the broke sound of money. water iaugnea. weal a of sensation splashing was It strange regret Madellne'a brother, of fear, rushing with hands nnd not Hammond, to to met I a hollow wider happen The Into lence. thing strange opened pursuit or rescue she thought of takea Stewart to task. Madeline she moved the door far wonder what dad would say to that? shoulders, mur one a inbrook which little hut men through kill death. These would then, Mitrtt atrywrong ejonenrt enough to permit the passage of her Stewart. But surely he had not come mured Its way over the stones. Maj- Stewart, I'm afraid he'd aay two thoutent Alfred, edon of a wealthy from dismissed been had famtry. body. Then Rhe stepped upon the alone. She heard the slow., heavy esty snorted again and, stopped .and sand .dollars is more than Pro worth, ht noma because of Me diaalpatiotu slH and slllrped- - through the aperture. But tell me. That rebel chieftain did thump of hoofs. Soon Into the wide bent his head. jlidellne sees that tha Wert has She saw no one. Lightly she Jumped aisle between the trees moved the form "He wants a drink" said Madeline. not demand money?" redeemed him. She meeta Stillwell, down and ran in among the bushes. of a man, anus flung western "No. The money is for his men. Al'i employer,' typical high over his Tib thirsty, too, and very tired." But these did hot afford her the cover head. Then Madeline saw tha horse, ranchman. Stillwell tella her how Stewart lifted her out of the sad Wa were comrades before Juares. One Stewart beat up tha sheriff to aave him out of a ditch. I I she needed. She stole from one clumn and she recognized Majesty, and she dle, and as their hands parted she day dragged fctr from arrest and then lit out to another, finding too late that she knew It was reminded him. Then I I told him Danny Maine, one for the border. really Stewart who rode felt something moist and warm. Blood had chosen with poor Judgment. The the roan. When doubt was no longer was running down her arm and into something I I thought" of MMwell's cowboys, has disappeared, with soma of Still well's position of the bushes had drawn her possible she felt a suffocating sense of tha palm of her hand. "Stewart, I know from tha way ha money! His friends link his name closer to the front of looked house a she little at me that you spoke of ma. I the rather said, wonder. and and fear gladness with the girl Bonlta. Madeline gets than away from It, and Just before her a glimpse of Ufa on a western Many x of the guerrillas leaped np unsteadily. "Oh, I remember. My arm heard Don Carlos' name several times. were horses, and beyond a group of with drawn weapons. Still Stewart was hurt" ranch. Stewart sends Madeline his That Interests me. What have Don horse Majesty. She buya out Stillexcited men. With her heart In her approached with his bands high, and She held it out, tha blood making Carlos and hla vaqueroa to do with well and "Her Majesty's Rancho" throat Madeline crouched down. he rode right Into the campflre circle. ber conscious of her weakness. Stew' thisr becomes famous. She finds her life A shrill yell, followed by running and Then a guerrilla, evidently tha chief, art's fingers felt so firm and sure. "That Greaser has all to do with work under "The Light of Western Stara" Learning Stewart had roused her hope. waved down the threatening men and Swiftly ha ripped tha wet sleeve. Her replied Stewart, grimly. "He burned mounting guerrillas, In a brawl at Chlrtcahua, been hurt They had sighted the cowboys and were strode up to Stewart He greeted him. forearm had been cut or scratched. hla ranch and corrals .to keep as frbra Madeline visits him and perauadea in flight Rapid thumping of boots on There was amasa and pleasure and Ha washed off the blood. come to tha ranch aa tha getting them. But ha also did It to ktm to Jim Nela. boss of her cowboys. the porch told of men hurrying from espect In the greeting. Madeline could "Why, Stewart, it's nothing. I was draw all tha boys away from your Nick Steele and "Monty Price are the house. Several horses dashed past tell that, though she did not know only a Uttla nervous. I guess that's home. They had a deep plot, all right Madeline's chief riders. They have her, not ten feet distant One rider what was said. At the moment 8tew the first time 1 ever saw my own I left orders for soma one to stay with Don with a feud Carlos' vaqueroe. saw her, for he turned to shout back. art appeared to her as cool and care blood." Madelyon. But Ai ana stuiweit, who re oom who are really guerrlllaa. rode off this morning. ine makes Stewart promise that He made no reply as ba tore ber This drove Madeline into a panic. less as If he were dismounting at her peace Is kept They raid Don Carlcame down." Then ber tha handkerchief bound into and down he But when she she guerrillas what be got did, strips Hardly knowing porch steps. es' ranch for contraband arms. "Well, what was tha Idea tha plot gan to run away from the house. Her she saw that his face was white. He arm. Uls swift motions and hla silence Madeline and Florenca. returning some from Alfred's ranch, run Into feet seemed leaden. She felt the same shook hands with the guerrilla, aud gave her a hint of how ha might meet you call It?" an ambush of vaqueroe. Florence "To get you," he said, bluntly. that sometlraeaj then his glittering eyes roved over the a more serious emergency. She felt horrible powerlessness decoys them away, and Madeline "Me I Stewart, yon do not mean my came over her when she dreamed of men and around the glade until they safe. And because of that Impression, gets home safely. being pursued. Horses with shouting rested upon Madeline. Without mov- when ha lifted his head and she saw capture whatever you call It was riders streaked past her in the shrub ing from his tracks he seemed to leap, that he was pale and shaking, she was anything more than mere accldentr I do mean that But Stillwell and I bery. There was a thunder of hoofs as if a powerful current had shocked surprised. He stood before her folding CHAPTER XI Continued. his scarf, which was still wet, and your brother think the guerrillas want behind her. She turned aside, but the from which he made no effort to re ed money and arms, and they Just hap JShe entered the Inst room. There thundering grew nearer. She was be move the red stains. down. run pened to make off with you because lock or bar upon the door. But ing "Miss Hammond," he you ran under a horse's nose." As Madeline shut her eyes and, stag Edo was lnrge and dark, and It "It was a man's hands a Greaser's fin "You do not Incline to that point of full of bales, of alfalfa hay. gering, was about to fall, apparently cut I arm. know that your gernalls view?" a under hoofs, It rude, was in pounding the safest place right jobably who he was. I could have killed him 'I don't. Neither does Nels nor Nick I house ; at least time would be nec-- powerful hand clapped round her I freedom. have But got your And we know Don Carlos and Steele. mightn't and and clutched find to strong, deep fsary any one hidden there. waist, I didn't dare." You understand? the Greasers. Look how tha vaqueroa e dropped her valuables In a dark swung her aloft. She feh a heavy Madeline gazed at Stewart, as chaspd Flo for you !" . blow when the shoulder of the horse er and covered them with loose tounded more by his speech than his "What do you think, thenf That dime, she felt her way down struck her, and then a wrenching of "I'd rather not say. Once I heard excessive emotion. narrow aisle between the plled-uher arm as she was dragged up. A "My dear boy I" she exclaimed. And Nels say he'd seen the Greaser look at sudden blighting pain made sight and and presently crouched In then she paused. She could not find you, and If he ever saw him do it he. feeling fade from her. words. With the unconscious again he'd shoot him." did become not she for over But action of necessity He was making an apology to her immediate present Madeline be- - to the extent that she lost the sense "Why, Stewart, that la ridiculous. a man who had laid a To shoot a man for looking at a wom not for me conscious that she was She killing borne of away. rapidly being quivering d almost This Is a civilized country." rough hand upon her person. He was an breathless. Her skin felt seemed to hold that for a long time. ashamed and seemed to be in a tor :ht and cold. There was a weight When her faculties began to return the Well, msybe It would be ridiculous ture that she would not understand in a civilized country. There's soma her chest ; her mouth was dry, and motion of the horse was no longer viohad a stranfn tpndfmcr to swallow why he had not killed the man. There things about civilization I don't care lent. For a few moments she could seemed to be something of passionate for." iill sounds came from parts of the not determine her position. Apparently scorn In him that he had not been able remote from her. In the Inter-- p she was upside down. Then she saw "What, for Instsnce? to avenge her as well as free her, of silence between these sounds that she was facing the ground, and "For one thing, I can't stand for the Ton were way men let other men treat women." heard the squeaking and rustling must be lying across a saddle with Stewart, I understand. I mice In the hay. A mouse ran over her head hanging down. She could being my kind of cowboy. I (hank But, Stewart, this la strange talk hand. you, from you, who, that night I came" not move a hand ; she could not tell But she did not understand so much She broke off, sorry that she had 4oue listened, waltlnt boning, yet where her hands were. Then she felt saw a She as she Implied. She had heard many spokw. Ills shame was not pleasant leather. soft touch of the to hear the clattering apuuig d stories of this man's cool indifference to see. Suddenly he lifted his bead. 3 of her Mexican boot, wearing a There would cowboys. flank to peril and death. He had always and she felt scorched by flaming eyes. the and silver nghtliiK-M- ood reeking spur, men Injured, per- huge W killed. Grimy Hands Sought Weapons, ana seemed as hard as granite. Why Even the thought of vlo-- and legs of a horse, and a dusty, nar"Suppose I was drunk. Suppose Than Every Man Stiffened. should the sight of a little blood upon had met some ordinary girl. Suppose of any kind hurt her. But Der- - row trail. Soon a kind of red darkness DS the her arm pale lis cheek and shake bis I had really made her marry me. Don't riu.rrltlo. wntil A . Im tin. veiled her eves, her head swam, and him. Madeline tried to smile to assure hand f old a clash with her men. She she felt motion and pain only dully. and thicken his voice T What you think I would have atopped being the but him she was alive and well; was there in his nature to make him a drunkard and have been good to Td for that nravtt tnr It. Thrnnffh After what seemed a thousand weary In his eyes, the power of his conBind flitted what she knew of hours some one lifted her from the Intent implore her to see the only reason be her?" trolled spirit telling her of her peril co'ild not kill an outlaw? The answer or Monty, of Nick the Stewart, I do not know what to and laid her horse ground. upon and p. Steele; and his, froze the smile on her Hps. to the first question was that he loved think about you," replied Madeline. wperlenced a sensation that left where, gradually, as the blood left her With that he faced the chief and ber. It was beyond her to answer the SOnif W hflt rtllllo1 -V to Then followed a short silence. Made P Than ........ t. an1 suu vavm. I .uvh head and she could see, she began rapidly In the Mexican Jargon second. But the secret of It lay, in line saw the last bright rays of tha sat. spoke thouKht of the flre--P get the right relation of things. Madeline had always found so difficult the same" strength from which his love Stewart. She felt a thrill drive ting sun glide up over a distant crag. Sha lay in a sparse grove of (Irs, and The chief answered, sprang an intensity of to translate. which Stewart rebridled tha horse and looked the cold nausea. And her eidte- - tha shadows told of late afternoon feeling fy wide his hands, one of which seemed characteristic of these western at the saddle-girths- . augmented. She (melted wood smoke, and she spreading Madeline as she Isy mere. men of simple, lonely, elemental lives. Indicated "I got off tha trail. About Don Car."Uting, listening increased all her heard the sharp crunch of horses' teeth Stewart drew the fellow a little aside AH at once over Madeline rushed a los I'll aay right out, not what Nela to her caused Voices Nothing appeared to be nipping grass. and said something for his e'ar alone. tide of realisation of how greatly It and Nick think, but what I know.' Don apening. yet hours seemed to nass turn her face. A group of men stood chiefs hands swept up In a ges was possible for such a man as Stewart Carlos hoped to make off with yon for ne crouched there, nad Flor-- and sat round a campflre eating like The of surprise and acquiescence. to love her. The thought came to her In himself, the same aa if you had lWl overtaken? Could any of wolves. The lookaof her captors made ture His all Its Stewart spoke swiftly. Again power. All her eastern been a poor peon slave-gi- rl down In 'wn horses ontinn faWvl" Madeline close her eyes, and the fascl hearer then turned to address the band. lovers singular who had the graces that made. Sonora. Maybe ba had a deeper plot H. 11 """""" anew It could not nation, tha fear they roused In her Madeline caught tha words "Don them her equals In tha alght of tha world than my rebel friend told me. Maybe M"- - Nevertheless, the atraln of mad her open them again. Mostly Carlos" and "pesos." There was a were the only great essential he even went so far as to hope for without, thin bearded Prtalnty wai torturing. they were brief muttering protest which the chief that a lonely, hard life' had given to American troops to chase him. Tha and Madeline guessed Stewart. Nature here struck a Just rebels Iniy the bang of the corridor Mexicans, black and haggard thundered- down. are trying to stir np tha United r pierced h starved. Whatever they might be, they her release had been given by this balance. and dim in States. They'd welcome Intervention. Something deep n and hunger-stricketh, (rPHd of nnwrtainty Som surely were guerrilla and bought from tha others the future, an unknown voice, called But however thst rosy be, the Greaser rierniios had entered the east squalid. Not one had a coat A few of the band. to Madeline and disturbed her. And mesht evil to you, and haa meant It w the house. She heard a babel had scarfs. Some wore belts ui which to her side, leading because It was not a voice to her In ever since he saw strode Stewart yon first That were scattered cartridges. Only a few the roan. Majesty reared ana snort ea - vav uttMiiu telllgence she deadened the ears of ell." Dl1 of diverse were HnklD and these had linm-of thn mistress gun", his prostrate. her warm and throbbing Ufa and de nri when he saw "Stewart you have done me and my Xfedultna could See 00 qoora And ranMrklnff nf nittorai Stewart knelt, still holding the bridle. cided never to listen. a service wa can never hope to family a few packs, no blankets, and only "Is It safe to rest a littler ahe repay." "Are yon all right V ha asked. and lellne lost faith In battered all MrlffnP cooking ntensils, "I think so," aha replied, essaying a asked.- "I am so tired. Perhaps I'll Moreover ). e.. blackened. Her eyes fastened upon it i tauch that was rather a failure. "My be stronger If I rest" . tVe the chanca. Tha idea of men aha believed were white men; but "We're all right now," he said. "1 ' tied." ar "6he fell asleep with her head feet their not and It wii from their features In that dark room can by white get you home by midnight They'll out all the blotted on Stewart's breast," . blood Dark rumnna.... . had she v Once sha Judged. vu uwr wun oorror. color that be soma worried down there," must ret ont Intn . it.kt ih "Whathappenedr eves. Sha felt his hinds, like steel . . rose- ii4 . . .. Sahara, and somehow was remiuaea his "u nu ue io window, "Nothing much to any one but you. round her bonds (TO Bl CONTINUED.) tha loosening, .. m . "as tongs, -. rathr . aoor man of them by this motley outlsw troop. That'a the the hsrd luck of It Florui lifted ber word ha a Without ankles. uow. helnr a the between i i They divided attention t. "Qrocery Storea, . , Majesty. Made-- ence caugtt us out on the slop. Wa lW OlKll. - itoAH VI - satisfying of ravenous appetites ana a upright and then tpon tna T.were Webster's VU tllilTT. fire. from tha Wa Jill dictionary gives aa one of V l. , neiu returning a in linn reeled saaaie, nine yielded readily to er grasp, vigilant watching down the forest Q were dead beat But we got to the th meanings of the word "grocery' In h wtn ,ni, rf wt f to naia Made L. ' unot tuck fast, wttflt tbt aisles. They expected eoroa one, to lean on 8tawart's shoulder ranch before any damage was done. the United Sfstes a retail grocer few ,Dcne- - She looked Una thought, and, manifestly, if It were We sura bad trouble In finding a trace store." It Is quite correct to use It in ! other. the with n slope covered with a pursuing ... eJ aia not . of yon. Nick spotted tha prlnta of this sense and to plural lie It so as to i ... MMF tt Mid 1 If HI I Kit ' ' anxiv. Sha could not understand kh7 v"4 bunch furtively Into the your beela under the window. And make It nnnecesssry to aay "grocery She saw him ga that '"bT man nor bona ftshowed mora than a word hera andaS there And It surprised then wa knew. I had to light the boys. stores," Just as we have "bakeries.' sides. on al . VAeatatf ; forest flH liU"r'ow ber .slon. She they bad uttereo. tn rierTlll8, rlding ,w.y If they'd coma after yoo we'd never r "ii ' Aii ba safer bidden tha name or Don "VUIII I two facts together. Made-- have gotten jtm' without 'a fight f ther. In the pott(n(f In eurWlty in her and realization of. her. II .... a k than that neither Stew dldnt want that I bsd to rope Monty. Nigerian Cradles. shrubbery .nJdea UI IIS tmA JVeMil us f Tha Jump from tha wln- - altuatlou. and then once mur, The women of Nleeria carry their with Honest I tied him to tha porch. Nela deilr0)1 ,0 n tWcAm I new-bor- n her breast. babies in calaoash abulia. wu ,TIdenUy due shortly la the I snd Kick promised Jto stay and hoi . ... not possessed f aa Duaweep of 1 to a and v ma exclamation low A ioor. It did UNKNOWN VOICE Ir. rj No matter what part of tha world you may find yourself in, few thing make you feel mora at home than to walk into a store and discover your favorite smoking tobacco for sale. You get a great thrill from seeing your horn newspaper 111 strange land and an even greater thrill on meeting samaon from tha old homo town. But tobacoo certainly come next in tha order of importanoa in thrills. With your favorite tobaeco in your favorite pipe, Ufa is worth living la almost any corner of the globe. This thought was inspired by th following tares ting letter from Mr. W. E. Bromley, an Edgaworth smoker from Fort Wayne, lnd.1 away-from-ho- , "I'm-blead- lng," If Rickmoad. Vs. et dworta d. 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