| Show t y "T - 1 7 — CHA3 LAMMERSDORF IIANS Pres AV HUISII Cashier DIRECTORS— Chas Lammorsdorf Hans Tuft W H C Y James A P Huish gensen Scorup TUFT s Brown Chris Jor- Farrell 1) First State BANK 'aS’RSSBS — n whem Wilderness Was Kihg EtcCtc tuusTRAtiona By Dcarbi?n Mclvh McClurg (Copyright SYNOPSIS Jack Keith a Virginian now a border plainsman is riding along tile Santa Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war He notices a camp parties of savages fire at a distance and then sees a team attached to a wagon and at full gallop pursued by men on ponies When Keith reaches the wagon the raiders have two men and departed He searches the victims finding papers and a locket to with a woman’s porlrult lie resolves hunt down the murderers Keith Is arrested at Carson City charged with the murder his accuser being a ruftian named Black Bart lie goes to jail fullv realisA ing the peril of swift hordt r Justice companion In his cell is a negro who tells him he Is Neb and that he knew the Keith family back In Virginia Neb savs one of tlie murdered men was John Sibley the other Gen Willis Waite formerly an officer In the Confederate armv The plulnsman and Neb escape from the re and luter the two fugitives become lost In the sand desert They come upon a rahln and find its lone occupant to be a young girl whom Keith recognizes as a singer he saw at Carson City CHAPTER u IX— (Continued) “I have been a perfect brute" he acknowledge frankly “with no thought was my except for myself Hunger master and I ask your forgiveness Miss Maclaire" Her eyes smiled “1 am so very glad to have an one " here — feel even any one — In whom a little confidence — that nothing else Can you both eat greatly matters and listen ?” Keith nodded his eyes full of Interest searching her face “Whoever I may be Mr Keith and really that seems only of small Importance I came to Fort Lamed seeking some trace of my only brother whom we last heard from there where he had failed into evil companionship On the stage trip was fortunate with enough to form an acquaintance a man who told me he knew where could meet Fred but that the boy was hiding because of some trouble he had lately gotten Into and that I should have to proceed very carefully so as not to lead the officers to discover his whereabouts This gentleman was engaged in some business at Carson City but he employed a man to bring me to this place and promised to get Fred and meet me here the following day There must have been some failure In the plans for I have been herb entirely alone how for three and days It has been very lonesome —and I’ve been a little frightened Perhaps I ought not tp have come and I am not certain what kind of a place I was this Is so afraid when you came but I am not afraid now" "Jou have no need to be" be said soberly Impressed by the innocent candor of the girl and feeling thankful that he was present to aid her "I could not wrong one of the South” told me I could “My father always trust a Southern gentleman under any circumstances Mr Hawley was from my own State and knew many of our old friends That was why felt such In him unusual confidence although he was but a traveling acquaintance" “Mr Hawley?” I “The gentleman whom met on the stage” “Oh yes you said he was in business In Carson City but I don’t seem to remember any one of that name" “He was not there permanently only to complete some business deal" "And your brother? I may possibly have known him" She hesitated an Instant her eyes shaded by dropping until completely the long lashes “lie — he w'as rather a wild boy and ran away from home to enlist in the army But he got into a bad set and — and deserted That was part of the trouble which caused him to hide He pnlisted under the name of Fred WilMr Hawley told me this loughby much but I am afraid he did not tell me all" "And he said you would meet him here?" about the bare surKeith gazed What was wonderingly roundings this place hidden away In the midst In a isolated of the desert spot where not even Indians roamed Could It be of crime the a secret rendezvous of desperadoes of catheadquarters tle rustlers of the highwaymen of the Sante Fe Trail — a point to which they could ride when hard pressed certain of hiding here in safety? He began to suspect this but if so who then was this Hawley and with what he sent this girl here? object had Every way he turned was to confront Whatmystery to face a new puzzle ever she might be—even the music ball singer he believed— she had been here innocently enough Inveigled “Yes" she replied "he said that tbla was one of the stations of a big ranch on which Fred was employed and that he would certainly be here within a Jay or two” on the “You met Hawley stage coach? How did you become acquaint td?” "We were alone for nearly flfty Miles ” her voice slightly faltering “and— and be called me what you did” "Christie Maclaire?" f — think to seemed ha "Ires he be knew me and I needed help so much I thought that let him believe so It could do no barm and then when I found he actually knew Fred didn't jy iw £kj Mf ‘AT'Vs of Saliiia- XS10) “He sho’ am Missus dar ain’t dau de higher In ol Virginia Keiths Dey ain’t got much money sence the Yankees come down dar hut dry’s quality folks Jest de same I was done born on de ol’ Co’nel’a and reck’n dar wan’t no plantation fliirr man ebber libed He was done killed in de wah An’ Massa Jack he was a captain he rode on an’ Iawdy but he did look scrumptious when be first got his uniform He done fought all through de wah an' dey say Ginral Lte done shook hands wid him an’ snid how proud he was ter know him You kin sutt’niy tie to had been frequent robberies along the Massa Jack Missus” The negro's voice had scarcely ceastrail and he had overheard tales of mysterious disappearances in both ed when Keith came in again clobing Larned and Carson City Could it be the dcor securely behind him “All quiet outside” he announced stumthat he had now accidentally with new confidence “I bled upon the rendezvous of the gang? speaking of the He w'as not a man easily startled but wanted to get an understanding In ease of this thought sent his heart beating surroundings emergency" as if in answer to the lie knew enough to realize what such he explained a gang would naturally consist of — questioning of the brown eyes gravely “1 see there Is deserters outlaws rustlers both uplifted to his face dians and whites no doubt combined quite a corral at the lower end of this Gazisland safely hidden behind the frjnge under some desperate leadership And a log stable eyes he of cottonwoods ing into the girl’s questioning could scarcely refrain from blurting back of the house Is the creek fordout all he suspected Yet why should able both ways?" so He “I man who brought the could do? It think he? What good could not hope to bear her south to nte here rode away south" “And are you going to trust yourthe “Bar X” Ranch Tor the ponlea self to my care?” exhaustwere already too thoroughly She came around the table with ed for such a journey he dared not turn north with her for hat would hands extended He took them into think of anything else only how fortunate I was to thus meet him Surely something serious must have happened or he would have been here before this Do you — do you suppose there Is anything wrong?” Keith did not smile nor change posture The more he delved into the matter the more serious he felt the situation to be He knew all those ranches lying south on the Canadian and was aware that this was no Ho cattle ever came across driven by that sandy desert unless rustlers and no honest purpose could account for this Isolated hut There CHAPTER X Mr Hawley Reveals Himself fragment of candle stuck tightly Into the neck of an empty bottle appeared on a low shelf and Keith light edjt the Rirl returning the lamp its former position on the front room table Investigation revealed a dozen cartridges fitting The revolver but no ammunition was discovered adapted to the gun which Neb had and was dragalready appropriated Into ging about with him peering paeh black 'corner in anxious search The two were still busily employed at this when to their ears through the stillness of the night there came the noise of splashing in the unexpected water without and then the sound of a hotse stumbling as he struck the bank Quick as a flash Keith closed the intervening the door extinguished dim flame of the cfindle and grasping the startled negro’s arm hushed him Into silence close behind the door Crouching a crack of which the light through streamed yielding alight view of the interior the plainsman anxiously awaited developments These arrivals must certainly be some of those connected wiih the house there could be little dount as to that Nevertheless they might prove the posse following them who had chanced to stumble In elth-on their retreat accidentally er case they could merely wait and learn Some one swore without- and was sharply rebuked by another voice Then which added an order gruffly the outer latch clicked and a single closmen stepped within immediately Keith could not see 'he ing the door girl through the small aperture but he heard her quick exclamation "Ob Is It you? I am so glad!” The mafi laughed lightly “It la nice to be welcomed although after your time of loneliness perhaps any arrival would prove a relief Did Chrisyou think I was never coming He Flung Both Coat and Hat Down With mean his own arrest leaving her in worse condition than ever If he only knew who this man Hawley was his Yet what proand plans! purpose tection could he and Neb prove alone here and without arms? All this flashed through his mind in an instant leaving him confused anj uncertain '’1 hope not” lie managed to say In answer to her query "hut It is iuther all around and I v strange fail to comprehend full its It Is hardly your likely (leaning and by jdendj will show up what we can decide jiorntng perhaps best to do Let nte look around moment jutslde Her eyes followed h'mas he stepped the door Into the darkness through then her head dropped Into the sum There was silence port of her hands of the fire except for the crackling Until Neb moved uneasily At the sound the girl lookea up seeing clearface of the negro ly the "Yo' don’t nebber need cry Missus” he said soberly “so long 'as Massa Jack done ’greejJ to look after yo’” “Have — ha you known him long?" hint long honey? knotted "Has Ebber sence imfo' de wah Why I done knowed Massa Jack when he Lawd he sho’ wan’t jnore’n Jet high was a lively youngster but mighty good hearted o s niggers" She hesitated to question a servant the and yet felt she must uncover truth "Who la he? Is he all he claim to be — a Virginia gentleman?" AH the loyalty and pride of slavery dava was In Neb the Intention of Remaining his grasp looking down Into her cves "Yes" she said softly “1 am going to trust you Captain Keith" He laughed "Captaiu hey? You must bate been talking with that black rascal there" The swift color flooded her face but her hands remained Imprisoned "1 just done tol' her who de Keiths was down In ol' ‘Virginia sah" burst in Neb indignantly “I sho’ don't waut nobody to think go trapsin' 'round wid any low white trash" The gray eyes and the' brown gazsmiled with uning into one another derstanding “Oh well’’ Keith acknowledged "I cannot sav am sorry genially of my past you know something if one can’t have a future It Is some source of prido io have a ptjtt to Hut now about the remember We’re not much protecf(n to any one the way we’re flxid as we are unarmed" "There is a big revolver hanging in a holster in the other room" she answered "and a short sawed off gun of some kind but don’t know about ammunition" “May we Investigate?" “Host certainly" and she threw door open the intervening As the two stepped into the other apartment she held the lamp In aid of their search Is the revolver on the "There wall and the gun Is In the opiwslte corner Isn’t It strange you shouhl be out In thin country without arms’" “We left Carson In something of a I’ll tell you the story hvrry GOOD SAUSAGE J oi GROCERIES The White Front W G LONG COFFINS and CASKETS' and Burial Supplies £3 kept in stock at my store imported from leading del- ers You can examine the goods and make seletion at fcj any moment Call in and see my stock of burial goods f PFPETERSON Furniture Store! cs®seoeeeaeeococeesees®eeMas®©®ase LUMBER I LUMBER rc'in Nephi Plaster Portland Cement and a fine line of Builders’ Hardware Doors Windows Phone 16 Black Moulding I Li JOHN ARNESON LUMBER CO j®c9aa®®®aacceM®e®ae8s®sa9 6 MisJhtiiitirnir vkVfraitfi Why not say Hello to them? 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Answer me dat hou!’” r 4l Frtsksnd Fine med to “I could not understand" she rewith much less enplied evidently thusiasm a and to Keith's thinking shEfue resentful of the familiarity "but naturally supposed you must be unexpectedly delayed" "Well was” nd he apparently flung both coat and hat on a bench with the intention of remaining “The marshal arrested a fellow for a mur der committed out on the Santa Fe Trail and required me as a witness But the man got away before we had any chance to try him and I have been on his trail ever since” (TO BE CONTINUED) CAL fl'i pH rnisjigi tie?" Fired u Four per cent interest paid on time deposits U An ilVPiU A UNCLE - Drafts drawn on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe Banking- in all its various forms Accounts Respectfully Solicited j Again We Say ks! |
