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Show VENGEANCE AND 1 THE WOMAN HBv' t ' Synopala B' Henry DIako, railway builder And HBEl ' capitalist, and his young wife, BeBslo HBV' are1 Instrumental In having lllnclc Hl, Jack Haines, outlaw lender, Bent to K' ,. tbo ronltentlary for fifteen yoarH, HLk', , and tho bandit as sontonce-Jh pro- Hl nounced swears vengeance on thorn Hl ,' . both. Three months later ho escape HBK ; ' , after a battlo in which several guards HBK ,i lire' killed. Blake Is on his way to HBV X the Stato capital when ho gets word HBm 1 ri of the escape, and hurries back to HBM i? his 'summer home In the mountains, HBV toftnd It In flames, his two servants HBB '. slain and his wife gone. HBBr m HBBt V Besslo Dlake, happy and content In HBVf the sunshine of her mountain home, Hr , lett-tho hbuso and was walking to a H(.A . spring In a grove noarby when she Bji heard the clatter of approaching Hy j. aorsoiucn. One glance sufficed to Hii '. tell her who they 'were. She could H ' almost fool' the evil eyes of their Hf '- ' leader, Dlack Jack Haines, resting on Br. ' '" lie; For an Instant only sho stood K? ' an If transfixed, then turning, she Kv sped back to tho .house. HF4 . "Dlack Jack's gang they nro com- K Ing!" sho shouted. ' Well did tho watchman of the Klc'1' Slake homo realize tho Import of KJI(VV those words an A oven bofore his Bfi' . young ialstrcss gained tho door, he Ht, had barred windows and laid out HC on tho ,tablo three rifles and pistols. K' SuutchlnR up her own repoator, that H? had terminated tho caroers of majjy H':" rv ' of. Black Jack's gang In former 'eh- BPIir counters, Besslo in a tow quick words Hf SA ' encouraged tho frightened maid and, mm X rk1nKier Position at a front win-BaT win-BaT l ' ' V ,- '.tfuw. prepared for tho sho'ekof battle. ? ! X , Jlut her heart was torn in an agony - . "S, of fear. ' '- ."Henry,, my. husband, did he reach H t, Hho train tor dlil the outlaws " H'; 'Tho report of a' rifle cut Bhort her H , I Tovp'rlo'and a bulet crashed through , theboards abovo her,lead. H' ji,n."i0 'H" hlld Bee" DeB8l aa H i hVrotrea'tedtoi(the houso and a leer H -1 of. nnticlpatfont spread over his face. H -:' "Careful how you shoot, men," ho H: rled as he swung fron his horso In H' V l tho clump of-lroes 100 yards from H ' tho house. "Got the others, but-sparo H tho woman, she's for mel" H Johnson, Comancho Pole, and tho H ?" three others lntho raiding party, all H In convict garb, nodded assent as H they advanced towards the little H building. From tho windows camo H, puffs of smoke and one of the con- H vicU fell with a bullet through bis H shoulders. Dessle shot true well H tho oulaws knew that. Dack to the H .. shelter of the trees they scurried. H 'Again thoy advanced. This time It H wasHUo Indian who felt the bite of a bullet, a flesh wound In an arm. H A grimace of hatred convulsed his H . features. Throwing down his rifle, H ho ran to his horse, and seized his H ' bow, the same which had unlocked H .. the gates of the prison. I .YHere," he called to his compan-H compan-H "" Ions. "The girl shoots .too straight. H ' I'll fix thpm smoke them out." H Smearing an arrow head with pitch H from a big pine, ho touched it with H ' a, match and as admiring and exul- H , tant grins spread about the circle H of bad men, ho sot tho arrow to the . , bow and drew tho string. A tiny trail Hfty,.' . ot.jflame, scarcely distinguishable In H': ,' u i( Jh!o, .sunlight marked Us course truo I I ' .' . ., io'.tho glistening .Bides, of, to houso. H", A moment It nestled against the kiln Hf? c .v.v drleihuoardsvtlion.trdmos curled j)lowi H' r ' H ) Mrs yffHwWWWr -. . ly upwards towards the roof. A second, sec-ond, then a third arrow wero sped on their course. A rear door opened nnd Besslo camo out to place a ladder and quickly quick-ly climb to the, roof, which flames already wero licking, Running lightly light-ly along tho rldgcpolo, sho tried bravely to beat out the flames with a blanket. ' A splendid target tho young form made, sharply silhouetted against the blue of tho dUtant mountains and Involuntarily tho men raised their rifles, only to lower them as Haines turned on thorn with an oath. Then tho front door of tbo house, now enveloped In flames, swang outward out-ward and the. watchman staggered gasping Into the air. He never raised rais-ed his rifle. Three bullets struct him and' ho fell. Tho mnld, a comely young woman, followed. Comanche Pete, from behind the pine, leveled his rifle and with a pitiful cry, she crumpled to ,the earth. Choking and scorched, Bessie half climbed, half fell down the ladder Into the arms of Black Jack. There was a weak struggle as he clasped her to hlnu Then tho outlaw swung tho halt' conscious girl Into the sad- dlo nnd-odo away. Black Jack bad got tho woman! v Towering Hko a sentinel nbovo it mountain canyon, reached only by trails known to outlaw horses, stood Eaglo Bock and at Its root a rude cabin, tho rendezvous of Black Jnck's gang. Towards this rafugo, tho six men swept, Besslo clasped tight in tho arms of Haines, whoso horso led tho way.i Tho men were In a merry mood. Flvo wore breathing tho air of freedom thoy had not droamoil of a day be'oro. And they had horses, hors-es, rlflOJ, food and llquorv Blaclf Juck carried Bo3sIo Into : the cabin and plifced her in a chair, Then ho wont outsldo nnd faced tho men about tho firo. Johnson alone challenged him "with his eyes. "Wo throw dlqo for tho woman," ho snld, and Haines assontod with a contemptuous nod. Women! Tho rost of I ho gang cared nothing for thorn or for her. They ,ljnd their freodom "and liquor. Blackjack and Johnson throw the dlco and. Black Jack won. Ho turned to thccabln, but Bed Johnson halted him. ,, ''Wo holds her here," he said slowly but with a Monaco in his vootce. "Wo holds hor for a ransom from Blake and a pardon from the Governor." A blow, crushing and unexpected was Halnos' reply and lied fell. He struggled and the outlaw leader's heavy boot drove Into his neck. Red quit struggling. Black Jack's eyes again swept the circle, but nono paused in his drinking drink-ing to challenge further his right to Blake'a young wlto. There was nothing no-thing of pity in his smllo as ho swung open tho door of tho cabin. An oath choked his smile. Tho cabin was empty; a horse was missing; a window win-dow had boon pried up. Tho woman was gone! Down the trail dashed tho half drunken gang, Black Jack In the lead cursing out his orders. At the foot of the pass, thoy spread out, each taking a different trail. "Get her! Do you hear got her," and Black Jack swunghls pistol In the face of ovory man asvhe wheeled away. Nt "S Straining ,at the bars of the cabin window, her eyes darkened with terror; ter-ror; Bessie hadrheard tbowords that spelled her,' fate"; ' v" . ?WWo prill-shake: dlco for tho wo- ' i '' man." Covering her face with her hands for one brief moment as it to shut out tba thoughts that flashed into her mind, she was again the brave, resourceful wife of Henry Blake. Sho had been in Black Jack's power before be-fore and bad escaped. Sho would thwart him now. Stealing to a rear window, she quickly pried up the sash. Twenty feet away In a clump of trees wero the horses and among them her own Black Beauty they had driven away when they had fired her homo. Leaning Lean-ing out of the window, sho gave tho familiar call.. Up shot, Black Beauty's Beau-ty's ears. He backed out of tho Impromptu Im-promptu corral, wheeled and trotted to his mistress. Thero were tearB of love for the faithful animal In her eyes as for an instant sho burled- her face In his maue. Tearing a feather from a stuffed eagle on the wall of the cabin, picking up a rock from tho fireplace she tied thorn In her handkerchlof. Then sho lightly climbed through tho window nnd entwined Uio message Eagle nock In Black Beauty's mane, In the hopo that even if the worst Bhould befall her, the norse.-would norse.-would cscapo with her1 message, and that It would fall into friendly hands who would Interpret it and hasten to hor assistance Patting tho horso on tho neck and whispering a word of encouragement, sho vaulted into tho saddle and then da3hed around a corner of tho cabin and down tho thickly wooded trail just as Black Jack, triumphant, and with tho winning dice in his hand, swung open tho door of tho cabin. I . Thero was no need to urge Black' Boauty to creator speed for it was not tho first tlmo ho had carried his misd'eaa to safojy ahead ot uyT bullets and horaes. Down thote'ep' trail thoy sped and Into tho gloomy canyon. A hundred feet abovo, tho keon ! oyes ot ComanchQPeta swept the cn-trauco cn-trauco to tho canyon. In his hands was his lariat, a weapon as unorrlng as his rifle. His cars caught tho approach ap-proach ot Black Beauty. Shaking tho long rppe frco, he ran slowly along tho odgo ot tho precipice Upright Up-right in the saddle sat Bessie, her eyes now bright In tho happiness of her freodom and in the confidence that her husband had escaped Black .Jack and was safely on his way to I tho city, slnco she had overheard I nono ot her captors speak ot meeting I htm. That he would soon' learn ot I her capture and hurry to her aid with I Morgan and Hawkins she well knew, I and this knowledge gavo her courage I as she raced along In the darkness, I hor eyes and oars alert for the first I signs of pursuit. I Measuring the speed of the horse I and the distance, the Indian launch ed tho lariat. Like a comet It shot I through the air and heading Into I tho noose plunged Black Beauty and I his unsuspecting mistress. The rope I fell over Bessie's head, slipped over I her shoulders and gripped her waist, I lifting her from the saddle. I High above, Comanche Pete strain- I ed at tho rope, foot by foot hauling I the girl into space, cruelly dashing I tho helpless form against tho Jagged I walls ot tbo canyon. I At the samo Instant, Black Jack I and Johnson rode their horses at I break neck speod Into the lower open- I Inglng to tho canyon, and with pis- I tois, drawn .pulled up directly bo- I nea'tii'tho helpless girl, her' faco I drawn by'tho torture of' thVroper (ToWcontlnucd) j |