Show TH alts tie ratree rA I 1 IP rey Trem 7 U f A version of the motion picture drama of the iho same lame namo name produced by the universal Univ erml film co jemne yaba fly by LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE ulfer f tin fordam aunut bowl tin black dw tic with from the picture projection bopf I 1 right IW 1914 by L xua joswph vance S SYNOPSIS the 1 2 ot of henria in 1 the death sign em aloyed by seneca trine in the private war of vengeance which through the agency of lilo ilia daughter judith lie ito wages against alan I 1 w aon on of 0 the ninn now dead who wan wnm innocently noat a antly rem pon sIble tor for th the a hect dent w which aich re rendered nd ered trine a hel pikes calp te pit alan loves andla and Is loved by judith n twin and double IOU 10 judith vows to compass hla his death but under dramatic circumstances I 1 at al wee es her life and go BO unwillingly waru ilni love thereafter judith Is in by turi mated by tile the new lovo love the ho old lin hatred tred ind and jealousy jeal of her ter r lster ste r in tier her persecution alan and n none 0 me and t their heir fr friend end harcus tako take r refuge a fuge in alie painted hallsa ranee 0 ot f arid r id rp ju bordering the 1 to ran A arizona go n a dbert judith willo purs a ito change 0 cheari heart arid ard warns arns them in time to avert oln an attempt upon their lives in return for this site nhe la Is seized by an outlaw accomplice and bound helpless to the nic liach of a horse homo alan theota ilia acco mccoin in ice and tho the horne home runs rung away following k perl elloso loui mountain trail i CHAPTER the mar mail in the ahe shadow two hundred feet beet it one ilott jim feu fell from the lip of the cliff then sud and donly the thing that had b been een floal jim slade was checked in KB its headlong decent by the outstanding trunk of a tree over which it remained doubled up limp horrible the miniature landslide that had been caused by hla his fall went on bottling gradually as the slope be came less steer only part of it a double handful of pebbles gained the bottom b 0 atom of the be canyon its ats muffed impact on oil the ground round his feet roused the man who had compassed tho the bandits death from the poso pose lie ho had unconsciously ns as burned on tile the instant af tiring firing ile iia stepped back and snatched up it ft aase case containing binoculars not before the glasses were adjusted to his vision did lie ho find time to re spond absently to the alarmed and in blatant inquiries of his two compan ions bonsa a raan of ills his own age and a girl of some years less who had been wakened from their sleep by the report of the rifle now tho the latter plucked bib hi sleeve momentarily deflecting the glasses from the object which they were following GO en sedulously as lt it moved along the heights a wildly terming horse with a woman bound helpless upon its ita back both sillar sharply ply in silhouette against the burning blue alan Al aril the girl demanded what Is it why did you fire why wont you answer met me what Is it judith alan replied tersely again picking up with the glasses the runaway horse that fled so madly along tta tie perilous and narrow track of the idill trail the name was echoed from two throats as alan swung sharply and thrust the glasses into the hands of the its girl judith he bo affirmed with a look of A poignant solicitude ashes roped to the back of that crazy broncho help belp leeal least see for yourself one false fals tep step suppose a stone turns beneath its hoot hoof shell be kil killed ledi while the girl focused her gla glasses a salt upon apon that speck apeck that flew against the sky eky alan turned to the two horses 14 moistened Mot ened his hl parched upa lips and throat threat hobbled near ty by and seizing a saddle it over the back of one at this the other man turned to hla his side and dropping a dota inin land upon afi his ana am asked what are you going to do alan shook the hand off and went on with his self bulf appointed task so 0 o after her tom of course he feille 11 what else that animal Is 7 crazy i tell you even so eo tom narcus barcus argued u cant climb that hillside on horseback aarif and it you could jaa be too late to catch up much less prevent tin an ac cadent r 11 1 I know it t but suppose it tall fall you know beyond these hills desert sl and the girl Is bel I 1 tell you bound hand and oot foot think ot of her being carried that way adall all day perl lips f face ile J 0 this brutal sunt shell go some thing lhing dorie done P youve e gone mad yourself already it it ir garcua contended darkly t to you it if she does suppose you do succeed la in rescuing her what then aj won ocoa BS as tha she gets on her plas shell try to stick a knife into you like as all not site been chasing you for all over this land ot of the brave and home of the free but to take your tool fool life and now you want to sacrifice yourself to her out of 0 sheer downright foolishness in the ferdl I 1 suppose 1110 mo me to call it chivalry ill tell you what I 1 call it lun dont bo be till an asel ase alan responded temperately gathering tile the reins rains together and instinctively lifting a foot to the who warned us yesterday in fit time to prevent our being crushed by that rock judith wily why was sho she separated from Marro phat and the others alone up there when that beast sneaked up behind lier her 0 0 I 1 saw maw him film 1 I saw it nil all and grabbed her and roped lier her to that bronco it if it because she had broken with them for good and all and started to fight on our ourelie side elde youre raving barcus commented in a hopeless tone todo ile he looked to the girl roie miss trine reason will this madman dropping the glasses the girl camo came swiftly and confidently to her lovers side lifting her lips to his go sweethearts she told him save her it you cant did you dream tor for an instant rose would see ace her own sister carried to her death it if anything could be done to avert it no matter what we may have suffered buffered at judiths hands with an indignant grunt but considerate si none the less mr darcus barcus caught up the a glasses and turned his back go ont he grumbled pretending to ignore the tha hand alan offered him from the saddle ive got no patience v alth ith you but got gol lie ho insisted of a sudden seizing the hand and pressing it fervently and god go with you my fri friend endi I 1 then hoot hoof beats drumming on the hard packed earth of 0 the canyon trail struck a hundred echoes from rom its rugged rocky walls I 1 mr air barcus showed rose trine a face almost ludicrous with its anguished smile that was nas intended to seem reassuring lets look sharp and follow him as quick as may be ho he urged lightning will never strike us so BO long as wo we stick to mr law of 01 the charmed life but I 1 dont mind telling you once out of hla his company im just naturally it afraid of the dark I 1 CHAPTER the trail of flying hoof prints in the still air or ol that young day the tha chill of night lingered stubbornly and would until the thador of the eastern rampart had bad crept slowly down tho the canyons western wall telescoped upon itself and vanished letting in the sun aun to make the place a pit ot of torment and of 0 burning refreshed from rest and exhilarated by this grateful coolness his horse horsa responded willingly to the first light touch of spur in a twinkling the overnight camp dropped from view behind the rounded shoulder of 0 a hillside mesquite cloaked then from its first spirited night flight the horse settled down to steady going lengthened its stride and ran for leagues leagued with the long apparently ef tireless lope of tile the plains bred broncho ventre a terre departure from camp had bad anticipated by a round quarter hour the appearance on the tha upper trail of friends of tile the slain blain bandit to tho the number of four or live who had both discovered disco ered and recovered his body called ills his death murder and pledged themselves to its avenge in ent I 1 laying ay ing responsibility for the putative crime at the door of the man an aal 1 woman to be seen in the canyon immediately below the scene of ilott jims NIL fill between the moment when discovery of the men on the ridge trail interrupted their simple and hurried breakfast and that which found rose and darcus mriva ted on the back of 0 their own horse and making the besl beat ot of their way down the canyon in pursuit of alan but little time had elapsed and even with its double burden their horse made better time upon the broad lower level than those who followed the didgo trail ny by mid morning when they approached the foothills that ran down to the desert the he pursuit was more than a mile in fit the rear and shut off to boot by a monolithic hill while ah alan L n was many a weary mile in advance lie he sat eat upon ils hla horse just then at standstill upon the summit of a rounded knoll the painted bills lifting up behind him the desert beffie unfolding like a map but like a map all blurred was wait judith out there somewhere lost defenseless forlorn impotent to lift a hand to shield her face from the tha blast ot of that savage sun no rest tor for alan till he knew descending the knoll he be reined his tagging logging mount bade back into the trail following its winding course through the foothills and round the base of that tha monolithic mountain toward the tion with the ridge trail miles away it approached the hour of noon knoon bo fora he ailien atle point where the two trails joined and struck out across the desert and here he discovered what lie he thought indisputable indication that the tha fright of judiths horse had persisted abandoning immediately all notion of returning through tho the hills by the ridge trail lie turned and swung away at the best pace he could spur from ills his broncho delivering himself into tho the pitiless embrace eri braco of that implacable wilderness of sun and sand at long intervals lie lic would cheek check tho the broncho and reeling in his saddle endeavor to sweep tho the desert with his binoculars and toward tile tho middle of the afternoon lie he fancied that something rewarded one such effort something for an instant swam athwart the held of tile tho glasses something that seemed to move like a weary horse with a human figure bound to its back dut now the phenomena were ilia which had he been more desert wise NN would ouia have mado made him pause and think before he ventured farther from those hills already beyond reach as they were wera ills first appreciated warning came when the surface of the desert seemed to lift and shake like tho the top of a canvas tent in a gale at the same time a mighty gust of wind swept athwart the waste hot as a furnace hast blast in a trice dust enveloped man and horse a stilling cloud of super heated par Hes tiMes that stung the flesh like a myriad needles and then darkness fell the twilight of 0 hades a cop per colored pall nothing remained visible beyond arms length blinded halt suffocated unspeakably dismayed and bewildered the broncho swung round back to the blast and refu refused ted to budge another inch himself more than half dazed but still hounded by his nightmare vision of judith alan dismounted to escape baing b torn bodily from the saddle by that hellish eind blast and seizing tho the bridle bought to draw the horse on with ith him lie wasted his strength in that endeavor the animal balked planted its hoofs deep in the sand stiffened its legs and restated resisted with the stubbornness born bor ness of a rock then thenon of a buddem jerked erkel ills his head smartly snapped the bridle from we his grasp and flung away scud studding scudding ding before the storm pursuit was out of the question indeed the bridle was barely ipri pro from his bis hand before alan lost ight of tile the bro broncho for a moment he stood rooted in consternation as in it a bog with an arm up thrown across his bis faco face then the thought of judith recurred head bonded bended and shoulders rounded he began to forge a way into tile the teeth of the sandstorm ilow how long he ha fout fought ht on pitting his strength against the elements cannot be reckoned in tile the end he stumbled blindly down a slight decline and was as abruptly con conscious selous that he had in some way found hjelter from the full force of the wind lie staggered on oil another yard or two breathing more freely and blundered into a rough ribbed wall of rock some sporadic outcrop he be under sto J 1 whose but bulk stood between him and the storm lie he thought to rest for a time until the ilia storm had its greatest strength but as he laid his shoulder gratefully against th rock and scrubbed the dust dual from ills smarting eyes he saw what lint lie he at first conceived to be a hallucination judith trine standing within it a van it t him alive strong free lie ha stared incredulously saw her recognize him open her mouth to utter a wondering ny that was inaudible and come quickly nearer alan you came for tile me you followed me through all this lie he throw threw off art her hand with a bitter laugh that was like the lie croaking of it a raven Vs PS it issued from his throat and in momentary possession of madness reeled away away front from tho woman aud and the shelter of the rock and delivered himself anew to the mercy ot of the he dust storm CHAPTER open mutiny though she had bad been schooled to hold bold the very name of law in loa loathing un I 1 anil and to think of alan as a mortal enemy and as one whose death alone could properly requite the c uel injury that had been done her father and though tho the man himself had laughed to scorn her first involuntary confession of that love for him which now consumed her being with its insatiable flees fires she aha swallowed tier her chagrin and followed him with the solicitude of one whose love can recognize nize no wrong in its ita object through all the remainder of that day of terror she was never far from rom hla his side with the meekness of the strong sho she mado made hla his shadow and she was waa now the stronger for she had had more than an hours rest beside the waterhole which he had missed on the way of that rocky windbreak sooner or later his strength must fall him and lie he would need her till then she ete was content to bide her hour it befell presently in startling fashion she was not a yard behind him when ho he vanished abruptly aut the tha next moment judith herself was trembling on the crumbling brink of an arroyo of depth and width indeterminable in tile the obscurity of the dust storm down this evidently alan had fallen in his dizzy blindness she found him insensible lying with tx ann w vj 44 N wrose miss trine reaton reason with the madman an arm bent under him in a pose frightfully suggestive of dislocation yet when she sha turned him on his back and released the arm he made no sign to indicate that the movement had caused him the slightest pain there was a slight cut upon his brow a bruise about his bis left temple she tore linen front from her bosom beneath her coarse flannel shirt and with sparing aid from the canteen washed the cut clean and bandaged it then seeing that tho the storm held with fury unabated she rose recon loitered nolt noite cred red and returned to exert all her strength and drag the unconscious man across the dry bed of that ancient watercourse water course and under the lee of its farther bank there sitting the she pillowed billowed pill owed his head bead upon her lap and bending over him made her body an additional shelter to him from the swirling clouds of dust and for hours on end judith nursed him there scarce daring to wove move auve to minister to his hia needs bathing ilia his fevered brow and moistening his bis parched lips and throat in tho the course of the first hour she was as once 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