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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH get over his scare, even of Nels and holler thet heads near the trail a few Monty. But Gene 11 pick out the right miles down, Nels was saying, as ha "Thet holtime. Never saw Nels in but one tightened his saddle-girtfight, then he Just shot a Greaser's ler heads into a big canyon. Once in arm off for trylif to draw on him. But thet, Itll be every man fer hlsself. I Ive heard all about him. And Monty! reckon there 4ont be anythin wuss than a rough ride. gunMontys the real $ Nels smiled reassuringly at Mademan. What I dont understand la how CHAPTER XVII Continued. My boys don't carry liquor on the Monty so quiet and easy and line, but he did not speak to her. keeps 14 trail, replied Stewart. peaceful-like- . That's not his way, with Monty took her canteen and filled It An I'll bet you a million pesos thet If "Haw, haw! I heerd over In Rodeo such an outfit lookin for trouble. at the spring and hung It over the Copyright by Harper and Brothers thet ye was glttln to he shore some you got goln onct, an' she seen you as ! a Now for the grand bluff. Looks pommel of her saddle. He put a couple I like no I've seen you wal, I know what shed fer temperance, said this fellow, of biscuits in the saddle-bafight at all!" think of you. This old world aint to wait developments. There came a hate to drink water, but I guess Ive The guerrilla leader had ceased his Dont fergit to take a drink an a changed much. Some women may be slight rattling of stones In the rear. gotter do It. and glances, and turned bite as youre rldln along," he said. restless steps whlte-sklnnean sweetHe went to the spring, sprawled She turned to see Helen sliding down an soft-eyeAn dont worry, Miss Majesty. Stewto Stewart with something of bold but they all like a bank with a perplexed and troubled down to drink, and all of a sudden he resolution In his voiced an art ll be with you, an me an Nels aspect. to see a man Gene, heres your game. cowboy. Ambrose sternly and hero- thrust his arm down In the water to Adlos. hangln on the back trail." Gracias, senor, he said. Let Don Carlos come along. He civil. ically prepared to carry her back to bring forth a basket. The cowboys In He his sombrero In the direcHis somber and sullen face did not swept If he an his gang are hungry, feed the others. He laid hold of her. In a the hurry of packing had neglected to tion of the trail leading down the in its strange Intensity, but change em. Tuke even a little overbearin fury, with eyes blazing, Helen whis- remove this basket ; and It contained mountain to the ranch ; and as he com- the look in his eyes Madeline felt she : wnnts MadeIf tuJk. He blind he bottles of wine and liquors for Greaser pered pleted the gesture a smile, crafty and would never forget. Left alone with his gang to steal somethin. I.et him "Let go of me I Majesty, w hat does lines guests. They had been sub- Jeering, crossed his swarthy tace. these three men, now stripped of all think the women hev mosled down to this fool mean? merged In the spring to keep them Ambrose whispered so low that pretense, she realized how fortune had Madeline laughed. She knew Helen, cold. The guerrilla fumbled with the Madeline the ranch. But If he says youre lyin scarcely heard him. "If the favored her and what peril still hung If he as much as looks round to see and had marked the whisper, when orlid, opened It, and then got up, uttering Greaser that way he'll find our In the balance. Stewart swung astride goes the women jest Jump him same as dinarily Helen would have spoken Im- a loud roar of delight. horses and get wise to the trick. Oh, his big black, spurred him, and whisStewart made an almost Impercept- hes wise now! But Ill gamble he tled. At the whistle you Jumped Pat Ilawe. Me an Montyll periously, and not low. Madeline exMajesty Jumped, hang back fer thet, an If your strong plained to her the exigency of the sit- ible motion as If to leap forward ; but never even starts on that trail. and with swift canter followed Stewhe never "Guess bluff dont go through, If the Dons uation. checked the Impulse. I might run, but Ill ray Neither hurriedly nor guardedly art Madeline looked back to see Nels gang even thinks of flashln guns, then scream, suld Helen, With that Am- party forgot that. Youre welcome to Stewart rose out of his leaning posture already up and Monty handing him a well open up. An all 1 got to say Is brose had to be content to let her fctay. it." and took a couple of long strides rifle. Then the pines hid her view. If them Greasers stand for real gun- However, he found her a place someLike bees the guerrillas swarmed toward Don Carlos. Once In the trail, Stewarts horse what farther back front Madeline's po- around the lucky finder of the bottles. play theyll be sure fust I ever seen. Go back the way you came, he fairInto a gallop. Majesty changed broke Nels, there are white men In that sition, where he said there was less The drink did not last long, and It ly yelled; and his voice had the ring his and kept at the blacks heels. gait to of he served liberate the spirit only gang," said Stewart. danger of her being seen. Then of a bugle. called back a warning. The Stewart Shore. Hut me an Montyll be sternly bound her to silence, tarried a Ambrose nudged Madeline ; his whis- low, branches of trees thinkln of thet If they 'start any- moment to comfort Christine, his wife, was tense and rapid : Dont miss might brush Madeline out of the sadper thin itll hev to be shore quick. acting as maid to the ladles, and renothin. Genes called him. What-ever- s dle. Fast riding through the forest All right, Nels, old friend, and turned to where Madeline lay concornin off will be here quick as along a crooked, obstructed trail called cealed. He had been there scarcely a thanks, replied Stewart. See! I guess maybe that forth all her alertness. lightnln. Nels returned to the campfire, and moment when he whispered : Greaser dont savvy good U. S. lingo. Before long Stewart wheeled at right "I hear hosses. The guerrillas are Stewart resumed his silent guard. Look at that dirty yaller face turn off the trail and entered a holangles low com In In'." Madeline's guests sat talking Put one eye on Nels and low between two low bluffs. Madeline green. voices until a late hour. The Incident Madelines hiding place was well Thats great Just to see saw tracks In the open patches of Monty I now begun to take on the nuture of protected from possible discovery from 'em. Just as quiet and easy. But oh, ground. Here Stewarts horse took to adventure. below. Shecould peep over a kind of Helens Bent and stiff that a brisk walk. the difference! In In even an Some of the party the grew merry opening parapet, through means every muscle is like a rawhide At last Madeline was brought to a a subdued way. Then, gradually, one tips of the pines that reached up to riata. They're watchln with eyes that dead halt by Stewart and his horse to went a bed. the cliff, and obtain commanding view by one they tifd and can see the worklns of them Greasers blocking the trail. Looking up, she To keep from thinking of Stewart of the camp circle and Its Immediate minds. Now there aint a hoss-bal- r saw they were at the head of a canhe had caused She could not, however, anil the burning anger surroundings. between them Greasers and h 1!" yon that yawned beneath and widened her to feel for herself, Madeline tried see far either to right or left of the Don Carlos gave Stewart one long Its green-patche- d slopes un to But her mind other things. the obstructing foliage. to keep camp, owing stare; then he threw back his down to a black forest of fir. Retractmalignant thought of him recurred, and each time Presently the sound of horses hoofs head, swept up the sombrero, and his ing her gaze, Madeline saw pack-horsthere was a hot commotion In her quickened the beat of her pulse and evil smile showed gleaming teeth. , cross an open space a mile breast hard to stifle. Intelligent rea- caused her to turn keener gaze upon he began. Senor she thought she saw the stag and In seemed of the out her below. power. cowboys soning With magnificent botfhd Stewart was hounds. Stewarts dark eyes searched the daylight it had been possible for Although she hnd some inkling of upon him. The guerrillas cry was the slopes high up along the craggy course men deceit were and his oblivious to Stewarts the Stewart her to be A fierce throttled in his throat. Then he put the black escarpments. after the moment of Its realization. At to pursue, she was not by any means ensued, too swift to see to the descent. wrestling In Indifference saw. silence the for the she prepared strange night, however, clearly; then heavy, sodden blows, and He led off to the right, zigzagging and hovering shadows of gloom, with Frank was asleep, or pretended to be. Don Carlos was beaten to the ground. an intricate course through the roughunconwere to to Three call and the speaking stars seeming cowboys lazily Stewart leaped hack. Then, crouch- est Madeline had ever ridden ground her, with the moan of the wind In the cernedly attending to campfire duties, ing with his hands on the butts of over. He crashed through cedars, pines, and the melancholy mourn of such as baking biscuits, watching the guns at his hips, he yelled, he thun- threaded a tortuous way among coyotes In the distance, she wras not ovens, and washing tins and pots. The dered at the guerrillas. He had been boulders, made his horse slide down able to govern her thought and emo- elaborate set of aluminum plates, cups, quicker than a panther, and now his slanting banks of soft earth, picked a heard etc., together with the other camp fixShe hnd Inadvertently tion. voice was so terrible that it curdled Nels conversation with Stewart; she tures that had done service for Made- Like Bees the Guerrillas Swarmed Madeline's blood, and the menace of slow and cautious progress across Around the of Finder the weathered slopes of loose rock. MadeLucky Nick had listened, hoping to hear some good line's party, had disappeared. deadly violence In his crouching posiBottles. line followed, finding In this ride a a his smokto to with or back Steele sat the had news hear log, worst; she tion made her shut her eyes. But she tax on strength and Judgment. It was v learned both, and, moreover, enlightening his pipe. Another cowboy had Just recklessness. The several white out- had to open them. In that single dust and heat, a parching throat, that ment on one point of Stewarts com- brought the horses closer Into camp, laws began to Nels and Monty had leaped to prowl around the camp; to think of time; and she plex motives, lie wished to spare her where they stood waiting to be sad- some of the Mexicans did likewise; Stewarts side. Both were bent down, caused her to see the sun sloping to was amazed Nels to be over . dled. fussing any sight that might offend, frighten, appeared with hands on the butts of guns at others waited, showing by their west. Stewart never stopped; he the or disgust her. Yet this Stewart, who a pack. Stewart was rolling a cigexpectancy the nature of their hips. Nels piercing yell seemed never looked back; he never spoke. sho-vea fineness of feeling that might arette. Monty hnd apparently nothing their thoughts. to divide Monty's roar of rage. Then After a mile or so of easy travel have been wanting even In Boyd llur-ve- to do for the present except whistle, was the demeanor of Stewart and they ceased, and echoes clapped from the ground again began to fall deIt maintained a secret rendezvous which he wns doing much more loudly his comrades that puzzled Madeline. the crags. The silence of those three cidedly, sloping In numerous ridges, with thnt pretty, abandoned Bonita. than melodiously. The whole ensemno anxiety or even men crouching like tigers about to leap with draws between. felt they Soon night Here always the hot shame, like a ble gave an Impression of careless In- Apparently Interest. Don Carlos, who was more menacing than the nerve-rackin- shadowed the deeper gullies. Madeline particular live, stinging, Internal fire, abruptly difference. had been yells. them, now was refreshed by the cooling of the air. The sound of horses hoofs grew made Ills covertly watchingeven ended Madelines thought. The hours Then the guerrillas wavered and aggresopen, scrutiny Stewart traveled slow-.- now. The wore on, and at length, ns the stars louder and slowed Its beat. One of the sive. The leader seemed un- broke nnd ran for their horses. Don barks of coyotes seemed to startle him. guerrilla no the was to down sound cowboys pointed trail, toward decided. but not In any sense puzzled. Carlos rolled over, rose, and staggered began pale and there Often he stopped to listen. And during which several of his comrades turned whatever, she fell asleep. In her growing excitement Madeline away, to be helped upon his mount one of those Intervals the silence was a head for was called out of slumber. She her their moment, then went hnd not clearly heard Ambroses low He looked back, his pale and bloody broken by sharp rifle shots. Madeline Day had broken bright and cool. The on with their occupations. and she made an effort to face that of a thwarted demon. The sun was still below the eastern crags. Presently a shaggy, dusty horse whispers some of her attention from whole band got into action and were could not tell whether they were near distract or far, to right or left, behind or beAmbrose, with several other cowboys, bearing a lenn, ragged, dark rider rode below to the cowboy crouching gone in a moment. those fore. waEvidently Stewart was both of halted. Another Into the camp and had brought up buckets spring declared Ambrose. alarmed and baffled. He dismounted. I knew It, beside her. ter, and hot coffee and cakes. Madfi-llne- s followed, and another. Horses with The quality, the note of Ambroses Never seen a Greaser who could face He went cautiously forward to listen. party appeared to be none the Mexican riders came In single file and That was some warm. And Madeline fancied she heard a cry, low whisper hnd changed. It hnd a slight worse for the night's experience. In- stopped behind the leader. never flashed a gun Hell and far Price Monty away. It was only that of a Buenos dlas, senor," ceremoniously sibilant sound. deed, the meager breakfast might have over that. I reckon, Miss never get sudden-likIf be mnd I Dont she convinced herself, yet it clap coyote, been as merrily partuken of as It was said the foremost guerrilla. hands over your eyes, Miss Ham- Hammond, we're some lucky to avoid was so wailing, so human, that she hungrily had not Ambrose enjoined By straining her ears Madeline my Gene had his way, as you trouble. silence. heard thnt voice, and she recognized mond, he wns saying. "Somethins seen. Well he niakln tracks for the shuddered. Stewart came back. He below. seen never I so Gene brewin slipped the bridle of both horses, and Theyre expecting company down tt as belonging to Don Carlos. S'.ewart ranch In about two shakes. he led them. Every few paces he answered the greeting In Spanish, and, cool. Thats a dnngerous sign In him. below, he said. breathMadeline, work-i- n whispered Why?" how see are And the look, boys This Information and the summary waving his hand toward the campfire, lessly. She became conscious that she together! Oh, Its slow and wanner In which the cowboys soon led added In English, Get down and eat. was weak and shaken. I know but not sure Its The guerrillas were anything but "Because the guerrillas sure will get Greaser accident. That knows, foxy slow In complying. They crowded to nerve back, and come sneakin their men his But too. If dont. maybe the fire, then spread In a little circle on our trail or try to head us off by sense wise are haven't they and squatted upon the ground, laying they Thats replied Ambrose. ambusliln, care. to The Don, though enough s their weapons beside them. The Otherwise three cowboys their way. Nels and worried. Its Monty he's were not cordial In their receis hes And well he need do It I couldn't bluff a whole gang like that tlon of this visit, but they were hos- watchln. Nick and Frank have settled Gene knows the nature of Greasers. pitable. The law of the desert had There, on that white-livereBut I reckon down log with Booly. They Theyre always been to give food and drink to now more In than before, danger w'ere be to But seem don't packin guns. wayfaring men, whether lost or hunted look how vests hang. A unless we get a good start down the their heavy or hunting. Gene's callin'. There! gun In each side Those boys can pull mountain. "They appear to be friendly enough," a and flop over that log quicker Come! Hurry! gun Ambrose, tell whispered Madeline. Helen had slipped down from her than you can think. Do you notice me explain to me the real thing." how Nels and Monty nnd Gene are vantage point, and therefore had not Sure. Gene thinks theyre after between them guerrillas and seen the last act In that little campBut square you ladles to carry you off. trail up here? It doesnt seem on fire drama. It seemed, however, that the Gene Oh, Genea some highfalutin purpose, but It Is. Look at Nels and her desire for excitement was satisIn his Ideas lately. Most of us boys fied, for her face was pale and she Monty. How quiet they are confabbln think the guerrillas are out to rob when she asked If the guerno trembled to attention the together, paying that's all. I see Monty look at Gene, rillas were gone. guerrillas. Whatever might have been the se- then I see Nels look at Gene. Well, Ambrose hurried the three women cret motive of Don Carlos and his men, Its up to Gene. And theyre goln to over the rough rocks, down the cliff. they did not allow It to Interfere with hack hkn. I reckon, Misjs Hammond, The cowboys below were saddling a henrty appreelatlon of a generous thered he dead Greasers round that horses In haste. Swiftly, with regard amount of food. Then, as each and camp long ago If Nels nnd Monty only for life and limb, Madeline, Helen, every one begun to roll and smoke the were lassoes Theyre beholdln' to and Christine were lowered Inevitable cigarette of the Mexican, Gene. Thats plain. And, Lord! how and half carried down to the level. By there wns a subtle change In manner. It tickles me to watch them Both the time they were safely down the He Forward te Went Cautiously They smoked and looked about the packin two forty-fivebutts swingin other members of the party appeared Listen. exIn camp, oft Into the woods, up at the clear. There's twenty-fou- r In on the cliff above. They were shots crags, and back at the leisurely cow- them four guns. And there's twenty-thre- e cellent spirits, appearing to treat the stopped to listen. He changed his diboys. They had the air of men waiting If Nels and Monty matter as a huge Joke. rection several times, and the last time guerrillas. promise Not to Make Any Noise, for something. ever throw guns at thnt close range, Ambrose put Christine on a horse he got among rough, rocky ridges. The Replied Madeline. Senor, began Don Carlos, address- why, before youd know what was up and rode away through the pines; iron shoes of the horses cracked on the the party higher up among the ruined ing Stewart. As he spoke he swept thered be a pile of Greasers. There! Frankie Slade did likewise with Helen. rocks. That sound must have peneshelves of rock caused a recurrence of his sombrero to Indicate the camp Stewart said something to the Don. I Stewart led Madelines horse up to trated far Into the forest. It perturbed wonder what. I'll gamble It was some- her, helped her to mount, and spoke Stewart, for he searched for softer anxiety. Madeline Insisted on not go- circle. Madeline could not distinguish his thing to get the Don's outfit all close one stern word, Wait! the shadows Then as fast ground. Meanwhile ing beyond a projection of cliff from which she could see directly down Into words, but his gesture plainly indi- together. Sure! Greasers have no as one of the women reached the level merged Into darkness. The stars shone. cated a question In regard to the rest sense. But them white guerrillas, she was put upon a horse and taken The wind rose. Madeline believed the camp. Ambrose, do you reully think the of the camping party. Stewart's reply theyre lookin some dubious. What-ever- s away by a cowboy escort. Few words hours passed. and the wave of his hand down the coinin off will come soon, you were spoken. Haste seemed to be the guerrillas will come? she asked. Sure. We know. Nels Just rode trail meant that his party had gone can bet. I wish I was down there. great essential. The horses were In Mors Modern Time. In and sqjd they were on their way up. home. Stewart turned to some task, But maybe It wont come to a scrap. urged, and, once In the trail, spurred A girl used to want to know If he Miss Hammond, can I trust you? You and the guerrilla leader quietly Stewarts set on avoidin that. He's and led Into a swift trot. One cowboy had enough to start up housekeeping He looked cunning and a wonderful chap to get his way. Lord, drove up four won't let out a squeal If there's a fight smoked. and these with ; now she wants to know If he man though, Id like to see him go after were hurriedly loaded with the partys nas enough to pay alimony. Cincindown there? Stewart told me to hide thoughtful. Presently a Seel the baggage. Castleton and his comyou out of sight or keep you from with a bullet head and a blistered red that overbearin Greaser nati Enquirer. face of evil coarseness got up and Don cant stand prosperity. All this panions mounted, and galloped off to lookin. "I promise not to make any noise," threw away his cigarette. He was an strange behavior of cowboys Is beyond catch the others In the lead. This left Which? American. brains. Then hes Madeline behind with Stewart and his pulque-soakereplied Madeline. Howard My daughter plays the Madeline urranged her coat so that Hey, cull," he called In loud voice, a Greaser. If Gene doesn't knock him Nels and Monty. 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