Show sk TV ay w 47 all THE 9 LE 0 tilt PL INS MI athor ormy LAVY of WHEN waa KIWI ja SUN ri A C A cc 9 SYNOPSIS jck JA keith a now a bois bor der 11 a to Is lookin tor for roaming war parti part es of savages it 1 goes a wagon team at t full callop junul by mn on annl ponie 0 xa apri I 1 when keith lt h th W aaion th the raid d era a have massacred inui maa acred sacred two men and departed pr at arted ile JI searches the th victim victims finding and a locket with ft a woman 1 por I 1 frant it X ath ith ie to arrested arrea ted at L t carson city my charged ath the murder r his hi accuser be ing a ruun huun named black c j bart dart A companion in alt hl cell named neb tella tells him that he knew the keith in virtual virginia N nc cy one of the curdled men wm was john sibley the other aen on willis waif watts formerly CV rats a confederate fedo officer the plainsman ilal ant neb escape and later ha the corn ome upon a cabin and and it its occupant to be a young girl whom keith think thinks he saw at cron carson city the girl explain explains that the she Is in in search of a brother who hal deserted from the army and that a mr bir hawley induced hr her to corn came to the cabin while he be sought her brother hawley appear appears and keith in bidler reco nita him 80 a buck black hurt dart then there is a ter rifle mile battle in the darkened room in which keith la Is victor are appropriated and the kirl who ay says that her name Is 1 hope jolna join in the escape keith explain explains ahti hi situation Itu atlon and the fugitives mke make tor for rh tort ork lamed larned vilore here the eirl girt is I 1 left with ho hotel landlady bliss hope tell tells that ahe I 1 I 1 the daughter of general walte watt lynok alth an and neb drift into sheridan where keith meets an friend dr ir keith meets the brother of hope hole witte under tinder the name of fred wil loughry lough by CHAPTER continued just a little carelessly but what bort sort of a trick could he be be working trying to snake make you acknowledge christie maclaire ae as your sister Itt erT willoughby did not answer shifting uneasily about on the bed keith waited and at last the boy blurted out ob it nothing much I 1 told him something eom ething when I 1 was drunk once that I 1 thought maybe might have stuck to him odd be he should mike that mastako mis tako too for I 1 showed him hope is e picture darts a schemer and I 1 know but what be he nia t have figured out a trick though I 1 dont see bow how ho h could it no more than a it pipe dream I 1 reckon where whore did you meet hope back la BIN alouris ourt V v oh ob ive known her some time not long aso ago I 1 did her bar a service 1 for which be the to e grateful did you know ebe she waa out out la in this country searching for ou out here beret la in kansas I 1 sure that much of a trip or a spirited girl bhe she got it in her lead from four letters that you wore were a trouble and set out to and you roii and bring you home she tell me this but that Is the way I 1 heard IL it was for her cake sake I 1 cama la to here why not go to her willoughby and then both of you return to missouri the sullenness kaness sul had bad gone out of the boys face be looked tired discouraged whole Is to alope he asked fort larned I 1 suppose abbe nt to carton carson city well that settles it IV asking 21 akina b a head bead you dont suppose u I 1 could g brownin brow sin round lamed and not get snapped tip up do you they don dont t chase deserters deser tera very far out here but the post I 1 skipped from and jug me all right besides Be eldes ira im damned if ill go back until I 1 get got a stake I 1 want to see a fellow first what fellows fel fello wt well its hawley if it you want to know so bad lie ile said it I 1 woud come here and 2 visit alt for him hed bed ant ae me on an to ft good thin thing was there a deeply laid plot back of at all these preparations involving both willoughby and bis his sister what was it hawley was scheming bout about so 80 carefully holding this boy deserter ic ir one hand while be he reached out the other after christie Macl maclaire alre surely the man was not working blindly he must hare have a purpose in view wil loughry had acknowledged bo he had told the fellow something once when he as drunk about his bantly history no doubt for be he had shown him hopes picture what that famia secret was keith had bad no means of but hawley ilaw loy the moment oe to saw the th face on the cardboard tad bad evidently recognized christie Maci majistro bad had thought of some way la in which what be he now knew know could be turned to advantage the few scattered facts which keith had haa collected all LII seemed to point to each such a I lawley bid bad sent the boy v sheridan where he ke would bo to out of sight with order orders to wait tor for him hire there and the this prom leo ito of a stake Bt ake to keep him quiet then he be had gone to independence and topeka seeking after christie blac latret evidently he meant to keep the two apart until be he bad gained from each hatier Khat ha teer ever it was he be sought out but what could that lae be what family secret could willoughby havo blurted out in his cupi cups which had so 0 o stimulated the gambler s wits two things to cause keith to determine he be would uncover thia rascally lt his h desire ta 11 repay Ilaw lcy and bis bin lote late reet in the girl rescued on an the salt fork this gota gosia mer web of intrigue into which be he had tumbled stumbled unwittingly wae was nothing to him personally bad had it oot not involved 1 both hawley and miss lope hope he be would bare have left it unsolved without another thou thought tbt but udder the circumstances it became bis his own battle there was a crime here hidden as yet and Dro 11 bably not ja girl II 11 ile would dig into this until be he wrong perhaps disgrace dix grace to the young uncovered the truth ho be would find cut out what dirty trick black bart was up to an ho be thought this out not swiftly aa as recorded but lowly slowly deliberately the bite bits together within bis his mind blindly feeling bla his way to a final conclusion the boy bad had sunk back upon the bed nver overcome come with liquor and fallen asleep keith steeped over and looked down upon him in the dim light ile could lecog nize thing of het bet features la in the upturned face and hie his eyes softened there was no use seeking again to arouse him even hd be been sober he be would not have talked freely treaty keith lifted the dangling fact into a more comfortable position turned the lamp lower went out and latched the door two men were tramping tram pine heava ly IY up the stairs and they turned into the ball at the very he dia appeared arp eared within bis his own room lie ile still retained his hi grasp upon the latch when a voice outside asked what dumber number did you say bill as 2 keith straightened up as though suddenly ud denly pricked by it knife he be could cover forget that voice it waa was haw leya leys CHAPTER A glimpse at conspiracy leaning against the inside of tie own door startled tart led by aja rapid sequence equen ce of rente events keith was wa ablo able from different sounds reaching reach inc bim him to mentally picture meet most vt of what hat occurred la in the next room he ile heard dill bill tak mink down into the convenient chair and drink from uie the bottle nit the gambler apparently advanced adran cd toward the bed bod where he stood looking down on ita its unconscious occupant the fool la Is dead drunk be he dap dtp oe blared disgustedly we cant do anything with him tonight 1 I fray say throw backst water over him coughed the other genially een lally allers sobers me of hawley made no response evidently finding a goat at OB on on one end of the wah wash stand Il hardly ardly worth while scott he returned finally perhaps Per hapa I 1 better hare have earn understand understanding Int with christie Chrt lUe anyhow before I 1 pump the boy any further it we cab car once got her working with 0 us willoughby wont vron t hare have much band hand in to the play we thant bant need bim him thought I 1 told toa you ic keep aobert aia ara sober solemnly aint bad but six drink drinks jut just tired out oh indeed well such a room as this would drive any maa man to drink cid did you get what I 1 ent sent you hero here affert 1 ure sure did darta and keith beard the fellow get got to hi bl feet unsteadily elerea the picture an letter I 1 only what he hil bd tn in the grip hawley shamed huf fled the letter letters over la tu 4 hi hie m bands hands apparently baldly hastily reading them th em with difficulty in th the dim d im light nothing there to give us u any help be acknowledged reluctantly mostly advice RB as far aa as I 1 can eee am damn the tight light a glow worn worm would be better abere was a pause ther ha he slapped bis his leg however its clear they live in springfield missouri url and thin photograph Is to a peach just look here hare will nhat hat did I 1 tell you aint christie a dead ringer for this girl you bet she be la in bara dart admitted the other la in maudlin admiration only enly I 1 reckon maybe some older well ehe she ought to be ac cordin to story an them paper papers bear him out all right so I 1 reckon has he told it athla phyllis would be b twenty six tx now and just about what christie I 1 to it have fit better it we bad made it on purpose if the girl will only ply play up to the part we wa lont need any other evidence keith could hear the beating bf of fils file own heart in to the silence that followed hero ifera was a new now th eight a new understanding understand log a complete new turn to affairs christie maclaire Macl alre then than 00 let tat cupl damn he called HIrn self jack wae was not eliter elster hupe the girl bw rescued on the desert the girl with tho the pleading brown own eye eyes and the soft blur of the south on an her tier lips wae waa not the duilo MUSIC hall infer singer lie ile could hardly gramp the truth at ort first it antagonized to with all b he had live L yet U tbt this were true hia his own duty became clearer than ever aye and would tx be more performed out but farhm did hawley know did be he already realize that the girl ho 10 had first 1 va met 00 oo the ata R 8 co coach aab a and n d I 1 later a t or iq incited ticked into the he esert was ae hope and cot not the eukle ball artist he ile of course fully believed her to be christie Chr letio Maci Ua claira alre a at t that time but something might have occurred ince since to change that be lief anyhow the man was not now seeking hope nut out the other alpar bently the latter wa was elshar already 1 here hare in sheridan or expected oon soon and exactly what was it the gambler desired this Mac maclaire taire woman to dolf do i thi this was the im important PO matter and for its solution keith possessed mero ly IY a few hint hints a few vague suggestions she was expected to represent herself all a phyllia Phyllls Phyllls who some ibyl lla its surely whose physical resemblance to hope ruurt be marked to be at once noticeable willoughby had pad evidently revealed to Il hawley lawleY soma hidden family faintly secret having s money involved no doubt and a which the discovery of thit this my stert J op phylls figured bile might per A 1 baas be a jeter ister or litiff later slater ao 60 bad had disappeared and agnor rat as an to any inheritance hopes a picture shown by the boy and reminding hawley at once of christie Chr Matl Mb dalre alre bad had been the baki bass of th the hole whole plot exactly what the det detal of that plot might be keith could not figure out but one thing wa was reasonably certain it St waa was proposed prop oed to defraud hope and who in the very truth was llota et it suddenly nud denly occurred to him aa as a remarkably str anice fauct that be he not the slightest inkling ai as to the girl a name her liar brother bad had assumed to be b celled called when bom be he enlisted in the army and his companion companions coutta continued ted to call him this if it be he could interview alti tb girl now for only dye ira minute minutes te to should be able probably io to ti out the whole intricate tangle 10 out but where ram she 11 the bi bae e re bained until this time at fort larned A with kale kate murphy there was a nole of movement la III the next room appa apparently antly as its hawley i arose carelessly care leasly from train bis his edge of the washstand he bad had dislodged dodged di the glam which fell tell abl shivering vering on the floor molt IX swore x ore audibly at the loei losi shut up bill snapped the gambler irritated youve got the bottle 1 left im going theres nothing lot of any of us to do now until after I 1 ite christie Chr litle you remain beret do you 0 remain here damn too tt it that drunks ta 11 t ent waking up bhore was a it rattling of at the rickett bed and then the annd boand of willough bys voice abicic from liquor almighty glad to aa e yoa you dart am lada indred ed aaa money mon eyUl bl an I 1 i both want money can cant t arili with out money can t eat tat without money r shay when you gain stake us illsey Ill see yuu again in ibo the morning 1 fred returned the other briefly on back to steep when I 1 git good an az ready go sleep stay wake just as I 1 please dont caro care damn what yer do got new frien now i A new now friend who hawley u with arous aroused eti interest 0 ob oh has he all right hes might mighty ila i f fellow follow come ta in in fabits tion called her llopez foot fool uart bart ll awley think my sister christle chrystle tle mama tar lister Hope dont want yer money moner my my rew frind hell bell stake me m be he knows my slater sister Hope tha tho gambler ga robler grasped albe speaker haking shaking him afo into some slight earn blance a of sobriety e bow ow Jeck here bere I 1 wank want the nud and mean to baye a it he in alsted slated has ilan some ionia one been L bar here 1 while scott was gone gonet Sure I 1 just tell tel yort yer tri friend trind nd a 0 elopes labo aho vho ww wu he net speak apt I 1 want f the i there them was a faint gurgling sound as though the tambura tamb kra vice like tin gers were at he the boy boys a throat a slight struggle and iben the choked vole votes gasped otal let apt 4 hum tuan jort its I 1 called him jack keith TO DE continued 1 I |