Show dl d L 1 W L Q I 1 1 4 I 1 11 X C I 1 I 1 z ii E W i Z a 1 I op A aff 1 r ak 3 R ac pa xa 6 cc il r r r I 1 IK 1 I 1 X b h alight spring morning cn c A a texas te aas farm t A I 1 iiii girl with s r towy 1 sweet sweat tace said ad r satt bil I 1 chiw 1 ayes oes A whose dark i only partly V veiled th ar ten 4 wt 1 I IV der der atia ana h I 1 v nasa mass of dh atik k hair tv I 1 hawing 16 1 loosely 6 0 0 I 1 I 1 1 0 su velber her a gl A 1 l arb irom I 1 m ba urra ih P broad trimmed I 1 turk atiat 1381 her her pretty bre ty unet blue esbe be taina her graceful er figure e All zether hafti ofas nevil eville was worth ff ett as she stood beside otho tho glossy black pony her little liand liandi I lightly crl sal ing its arainty teab ead R bssie th abe 6 pony had bad just jest te been burch asad and ye rea gentl dented d to c xora anora by her bather fat I 1 lier near by stood 1 a young youg stranger who mhd had aea for a few weeks L upon the neville keville farm it was his first e es peris nc as L far caruer but he 11 iras as fast I 1 1 chent and the outdoor I 1 erciso was rapidly eibing hm him health ahti ith and anderl Z Q strengths anath a 0 i 11 bibily she per site fm kt I 1 rif tally believe you yon 0 do enot not lika 1113 lay efty pet you have not sp olien li one ne word d upraise craise wiss koram axom xa 1 teu tell you yon the truth I 1 l he be said slowly 1 I donov don alike like thel the looks of belle bella there is a lurking I 1 deal in ia her ayes eyes I 1 am afraid adral d she is hardly safe you Yom enst must let lei me break her in moro more yon nde her 0 1 11 I wont von lt 4 ata nora brought her dainty utta 4 trot bof aown down firmly 1 I can i alie any borss for miles around ar ere e and I 1 a word you say about belle bela le see how how gentl she is ii its it shame to say such things j just u st to annoy P mel me it is not very manly 1 l to talo take the course zy you on do ao toward me ae ithial you arja area sha paused a moment as if lot for sA doila thought though te but aiwas do ca luethe lue the an gry ry words were lip tipon on he her r tonyne ia a coward I 1 believe yo yoa u are afifa to ride th this is gp gantle anve pony lr prank frank barretts Barret fc s handsome hand somSy face flushed bushed crimson ile he started ns as icho had been an 3 hytt x Z es gaped escaped his lipsy tut but he t turned anid quickly c 1 th that it sora nora al might edt t see h how d deeply giorc had bad hur hua 1 him somewhat ws ashamed hamEd of her owa j t pet det ulen 1 ilce celora nora turned tamed hastily awny and a little later laier her graceful egure nure had an wintered t re d the ahe lony low loo farmhouse farm h house 0 u se frank barrett wat watched ch ed her until she he was ras out auto of 3 I 1 C my darling le be mirrum d softly my willful ful bittle little abc like rosea ia full of thorns and ancl sweetness as willful aa the so soa southern SoT ithem freezes that alafa play about her home little leyie does she dream that I 1 have dared to t wt lift my j elpes ees to her abe the only child of bf tom neville the cattle brogl kiu 1 0 1 j 2 0 A hoarse shat t fell upon she balence sil finca inda nian an mounted apon abi a bi white horde horab coverd with xvi th gaud gacey y trappings tra Ln md dh y much jing jingling ling of shtil sp ms k duade alya upon cupoli the scy scene neyA k stacker friank to frank Barrett who turned d coolly abou tand faced the intruder ir uder A dark bearded faze face witta avit g i h hard ara beauli N e yes eyes and nd a maccare may eart ij sj pre kon aia d I 1 adi sdi brero pullam lk down over oter his brows i s were shifty and did acet meet the frank gaze odthe young farm hand b 3 A fo 0 1 aate ave yea y qu seen 1 anything m of a black droun 1 I lere the s jager stranger I 1 biltz in q i 4 Z a pretty little maret mardi wai with a whit ettar on het her forehead d by jove turning returning with a start there she heis is oven oyer yon derl deiV T r think you ore are mistaken mL staken t 1 returned euria a Sr frank ank slowly I 1 8 bat horse belongs belan gs to torn tom neville N avul I 1 I 1 imagine youve heard of mm him he bought the horse Us morning as a git to ta his nis I 1 daughter ter il ta Lump hl reckon I 1 know 2 seville corrm a neighbor of his my name nama 7 1 is is barke jasper barkl darke As batig ahter aliea the prettiest sst girlin girl in the county and when f I 1 take 11 hs horse reckon ril tike her e rt too 63 a thing thins and can caa be ead theTas kinf no c 1 11 but he uever never 1 frank barrett had sprung i g for forli yard andsen aej seizing aln I 1 the t by the bits threw theana i in mal ra laack dack upon I 1 its h aran aes whiled while stick which he be h held old in hia harbid daod li be rained a shower of blows phom af S r casper dark barkee facek and shoulders you yon cowardly frank pa panted nid between his settee set ih 40 to dare speak of her in that insulting g manner I 1 e cje tt a re r it 1 yeo I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 V I 1 rz I 1 I 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horse thief j jasic us t az as lis ii a 4 hai S huniak 1 0 I 1 O bati palts api its simply absurd izu to ln 1 c of fi j a th thag ing in iii connection 0 n WRE with faauli bar E e man or dmn who write h v 43 letter letier ine character of 61 another stab isan in n the tha barkl 13 adof my dearl 6 and nora K ora 1 I tiar wint yon yo u are a r e right concern in jr pr frank ank I 1 like the boy X alwill will yo go and make ari in rard to himl that very fery day mr mn jasper I 1 erkd rode oyer t ta the kalle farni house honse with the intelligence that the horse belle was rea really his 0 own property yi but bat had been otolea from MIA hita and sold 1 to oai str I 1 ther r 1 ney sy say 4 T wen went on darke eagerly that tha hief is caught however the tha mau man who stole B baue olle roma you seville 6 ville shall we tide rde to lii ebo the thief afif is there or near there I 1 am told 3 with pleasure pleasa r returned tora neville grimly chatz the matter nora chih 1 I i ottay A with yon you 13 papa thaia all Don taya a word a against gains t 1 it 1 1 I 1 I 1 can ride selim andi and anil I 1 t want lant to gril gol ont hit of tom tm seville could arvei aasve refuse his child iier althin ay j th thin U i nt that th at she iiii e asked ask edn so S a little 11 ye later the three set oat for r the eight mile alil ride ide i to toledo 0 n 0 near hear alie they nev eville lue farmy farm thy they th y over tool y man 4 riding 1 I e I 1 I 1 s u ely along ra ai sight of neville he reined I 1 fidis in his steed I 1 with a courtly how 1 I am adge st strong io ij kni from dallas 4 1 he said 1 1 I ani am ir for P bogl youn gYnan ian dined named 1 bardelt frank arre tac A f 2 11 Ss so ars we interposed neville sternly iti rally then he related the story s face grew grave I 1 theu then he smile a 0 p 1 I think thin k you are mistaken m is ha h r ii turned Hief cly 4 we vill tide ride br OE to Isred dand L and learn all the bartim particulars mars s 1 l q s i but taj the e end came sooner than they expected inace in the copas halfway half wa way to laredo they came yaa jaon a k dread nl scene c e e A fl 6 it p dt auh be men gathered t ed g about out a tall U pine nine tree from ans e of f the blib s a rope d dangled anglea and under und erthe the tree pale pa I 1 le and calm the end odthe rope fastened d alaf about u t As neck stood Prank harrett Parr lt tt c ilelle belle the jony was wa tethered therado e alii a ditl lii 1 nee niva away Y nak at 41 sight fl dt the party one of th men I 1 shou ahou ted led h hoarsely geere GW ere ot him r illel heres berea the th stole fole your horse we are gorr ahlm vhf 1 LY youre oure going goh C to do nothing n othin of t the sort cried cria abra estille ys evil Tille M e a spring lilg f from r hap horse b c ii e a and add deedre ifrid the 43 3 tou ton 1 shed men med i t schuld ld recover from then amazement nien t she had i drawn ff rawn a knife ind and evered angered the rapa about frank xa carett anil thrust a load loaded 1 1 1 d revolver i ba band n q T t defend she cri cried ea ii fl f l i vil la oh Q li my 14 I 1 ia 1 syi bortma for all at fo n or C Z truth lah had coma conis home atin e to her hei heart t 1 l and she knew ilaw tha thata t ahe loved ho hima dearly dg devotedly but j judge aad atio strong fiz cametto anie to tha rescued rescue gentlemen he cried in a commanding voice el yon yoa are not award afi that this young a nj iiii lanfrank man binl trank Frank barrett B irrett Is the evand and heir hei of a dallas millionaire lie he came out here hera 64 work w oikun in the fields s tb i D regain his hisil lost ost I 1 health his latha has grawn weary of walting waiting foi foe him to come home an ana 4 sent me abee after hi him im touch hg at your peril r g 0 of c course ours 6 it i was all settled As it they ey rz rode e on oil slowly i taik to tho the neville meville farm k d 51 that he ead taken abelle belle from tha ilie stable intending Ito break her and train h deiv er so sd t that hat sya won be safer I 1 or NOA to 1 ricce sau a knowing coras p perversity he h e had thought best to male make bihy ihy the attempt privately matiy then i e told the bici si stork ci 4 of jasper darkes Dar keld conduct and the tl lie anthor authorship shi p f the un anonym ons letter was made plain to all ail ai it I 1 was C v amerry party that took of the neville farm li hoase ous e that ul u and the n next e t mc ng when franic bat ett rode od away altho aith his old frieida friend judie strong it aias was all arranged that ihen he lic should return a few I 1 weeks later word kora become his wife rife 0 |