Show W on alg H t es t t ars A ROMANCE by ZANE GREY by harper and broders Bro hers AN UNKNOWN VOICE SYNOPSIS arriving tit nl tile lie lonely railroad station it at rl el onion now new mexico madeline itam mond new york society aoi lety girl find to no one to lo meet tier her while in tho the waiting room a drunken cowboy 0 enters aiters asks it title aha ili 18 married marr leil anil and departs leaving tier her terril led ire iio ret returns ans with u priest who mho goes aea through nome sort of ceremony and the cowboy forces tier her to say st sl asking tier her iame and learn in ing tier her identity the cowboy acenia dazed in a shouting outside the room it u mexican in la Is killed k ailed the cowboys lets a girl bonita take ills hla horse and escape then conducts Madel madeline lne to moren ce kingsley kant eloy friend of 0 lim lid brother norence orence welcomes her learns her story at and d tile the cowboy aeno steart Ht Ste eart next day alfred 0 ond Madell brother brot lier takes to damic madeline Mad ellue exonerates him of any wrong intent alfred melon of a wealthy family had beau dismissed fro from I 1 its his home homa because or of ills his dissipation tion Madel madeline lne sees lint tile wt wi it tins ima redeemed him film she blie meets stillwell aim AIB employer oin plover typical western we steril ranchman stillwell tells ells tier her how stoart stewart beat up the to savo tier her from arrest and then it lit out for tile tho border danny mains one of Still wells cowboys cow loys liaa has disappeared leai ed with some of Still wells money 1114 friends link ills ahli name naine with the sill girl Ilo honlon illta Madel madelane Mft dellno lne sets gets a glimpse of life fro on oil ti a western ranch sends bends madeline lila ills borso majesty she blie inia buys out stillwell ani an I ifer hir stancho ham ho becomes famous slie inah tier her life work vork under the light of western stars learning stewart had been hurt lit in it brawl nt at madeline visits him film and persuades him to come to tie I 1 lie ranch is as the boss of tier lier olivya oli oya jim nela neis nick steele anil and monty price are aio Madell nes chief riders they have a feud with pon don carlos vaqueros roa ros who are leally guerrillas madeline makes stewart prociso that pence peace Is 14 kept they raid lion don carlos I 1 os ranch for contraband ili nima 71 and nit florende Flor enve e returning home from alfreds ibsch run into an ambush imbus li of vaqueros ros Ilo ence ienco decoys them thein away afta and madeline betot houle home safely CHAPTER XI continued 8 slip she entered the lust last room there was ns no lock or bar upon the door alln but the room avas ns large inigo anti dierk and I 1 it was half hill of bales kinles ol of alfalfa lefly lin probably it waa tile lie safest place 1 ia the house nt at least billic would be nc essary to fill elih liny fifty ono hidden there then she blie dropped d tier lier valuables lit in it davic dm corner comer find covered them with loos lily that done she felt lit tier r iva n town dow it narrow nisle lateen tile alie paled u up bales arid presently res crouched in III a i li felle with the necessity of action over oer for tile the immediate present 1111 dellno bof aine that she wits us quivering and aul fist ifer her skin felt tight light fill cold there was ns a eight on tier chest her ns diy daiy she had it strange tendency to swallow shallow dull sound canie from froin parts phils of the house front tier hoi in ili the inter vals ah of sil etick between these solindo slie she heard the alio s find rustling of mice in ili the liny hay A mouse ran inn over tier lier liand hand alio to listened walting uniting hoping yet dreading it tn hear the clattering ap lloa cli of tier her cowboys there would lie he fighting blood eliell injured tier leips till little tile thought of alo 0 o lenco fence of tiny kind hurt tier blut por imps haps the guerrillas would run lit in time thile to nold avold a clash with tier lier men site she hoped hope for that hint prayed for it through tier lioi inland flirted flitted what she bhe laic anew of NOR of monty ty of nick steele abill title bhe experienced a sensa sensation tiou that lint loft left her somewhat Bom elint chilled anti sick then the elie thought of the dark fire eyed eod stewart St curt she felt a n thrill thrift drive ity the cold nat in insen isea and tier glicr excitement listening increased all her emotions nothing appeared to lie be happening yet hours seemed to hilss enss while slie she crouched there had floronce leen been overtaken could any of those thoe it iann ail horses outrun i jesty sh slie 3 doubted doubled it site she knew it could not lie le true nevertheless tile strain of uncertainty was ns torturing suddenly tile the bling of tile the corridor loor door pierced tier her through and through with file lie fread tit of uncertainty some of the guerrillas lind hall entered the cast wing ing of the house silo heard it babel of jabbering voices tile of loots boots und find of spurs tile riall ruing of doors and ransacking of rooms Iadell Iii lelie ile lo lot loit t falth in ili tier hitting place tr alje se found it liepos ihle to take lie file chance clin nce ill the idea of living in that lurk foont liy by those ruffians llord her with horror she klic must get i ft out litto into tile light swiftly she bile re find went to lo the window it was rather more of a dour than window being a large aperture clo closed ed by two woolen wooden doors on hinges the iron book yielded readily to ivr grabp tind one door stuck stitch fast while alv waw ocene opened 1 I a few inches silo she looked wit out upon it i green slope covered with and nineties bunches of sage ange and bu bublies lius lioa neither man mail nor diore e showed allowed in I 1 the narrow field rit ld of tier lier vision site she holl hollered eved she he wo ulal be ba safer hidden out there lit in the shrubbery than in the house the jump front froni uie the window boull be P way for tier ber alic sh p pulled ol at the door leorr it did not budge it hill licul nt at the bottom ill with nil her might binl lit prove proved to le be in III anin Inus lii hot find bruised she heard u louder loi ider closer approach of tile thu invaders of tier home pear vi ath till impotence contested fui for vicy over tier tind tint drove hotto desperation silo ans alone here and rhe must rely on oil herself glicr ulf arid and us as she aliu strained ned every muscle to move tint that obstinate door find heard tit alie quick harsh voice alcos of men and the tit sounds j of n hurried search sliu site suddenly felt suro sure that they wore cro hunting for tier she know knew it site did riot not nt at it kut lilt site wondered if slit were cre really moally Al adeline and if it t iberti cru po foible Ible that lint brutal inan of A hurin her then the tramping of heavy feet on oil tile floor of tit ud joining room lout lent liar tit alio lust last strength of four rushing lushing with alth hands and tin shoulders site filic moved tile door fur far enough to penult tile the passage of tier body hod thim fill shipped ped upon tile slit sill bild through tile aperture she sn saw no ono one lightly site she jumped down arid and run ran in ili among the alio bushes but those these did 1141 nut not afford tilt alio cover fille lie eded silo sho from ono to another nn othor hiding too into that tant sho lind hall chosen with poor judgment tile position of tile bushes Inis lifa had rawn tier closer to the front of tile lious liouc than away from froin it binl all just before tier were uric horses liU nil beyond a group of excited inen with tier heart in fit tier throat crouched down doun A shrill yell followed by rin ining and ino miling guerrillas hot hor hope they lind anid sl oiled the cov lovs bild were in III flight rapid thumping of loots bouts on oil tile lie porch told of fuel binn from tile house horses dashed past her w not ten foot distant une one rider tier for or lie turned tin nod to shout buck back this drove ladel lne into it pilli tc knowing alint flat she alio did ah site benn begun gun ti it run away from froin the lionso house efel fret feet seemed iud lendon sliu she fult felt tile sibille horrible that hint entine over tier when un site she of being pursued pur sued with shouting riders streaked past tier lier lit in the lie shrubbery thore there avas ts i it thunder of olt hoofs tier lier sliu sit turned ashle lint but tile thundering grew nonder silo was leing till don low A As madeline shut shift her eyes arid staggering was about to full fall right under pounding hoofs a rude powerful hand chipped round tier clutched deep find strong anti swung her aloft silo felt it heavy 1 blow when the shoulder of the horse struck tier her nil binl then a wrenching of tier lier arin na its she avns dragged up A sudden blighting maln made sight arid feeling tilde fade from tier hut lilt she lilt riot not become unconscious to the extent that alo llo lost the sense of being rapidly borne away she 13 he seemed soffin d to hold that for a long time when tier facilities began to return the motion of the horse wits ns no longer violent for 1 or a few moments slie he could riot not determine let ermine tier her position apparently she was upside ilon down thell silo saw raw that lint she ans ns facing tilt the ground and be lying across it n saddle sni lillo with M tier head lintig ing blown own slie silo could riot not move n found she could not tell cicro where tier hands fiands vere vie then sl she I 1 e felt tile lie touch of soft loft leather site she saw it Alex leat ciui I 1 boot u AMA curing ring 11 huge silver spur till and tile reeking keoki iff flank blunk n horse arid and a lusty dusty row arnil soon a kind of rod red darkness felled lier eyes tier lier lend head swain and she felt motion find and pain only dull dully after what seem a thousand weary pary hours some ono one lifted tier her from the horse mid tint alit tier lier upon tile ground whore ns as tile lie blood left tier her head mid find slie she could see sec silo began li gaii to got get the right relation of ti lings she lii in in a n sparse grove groe of firs and the lie shadows slin doa told of into after afternoon tilla site she swelled wood smoke slit she heard the sharp crunch of horses bior acs ics feet nipping kings grass voices caused tier her to turn tier lier ance A group of men stood and tint slit sat round a campfire campf lre rating eating like 9 tile the looks of tier her captors ninde made madeline doss close tier lier eyes ces anti and tile lie fusel nation the fear they roused in tier her mado made tier her open them agillia mostly they wro were thin bodied thin ho arjell black nil anil haggard find and starved whatever they might be they the surely were arc hunger stricken and squalid not one hall a cont coat A fow tc hall some wore belts in which were ere scattered cartridges only a tc few liml li id runs guns find and these arc were of 0 diverse patterns madeline could sw no pucks packs no blankets tind and only it ft few cooking utensils nil all battered arid blackened iler her eyes fastened upon nion she bell believed eved were ere white alto tilean but bul it ans ss from th tr features arid riot not their color that abe judged once she lio hall mn geen a band of nomad robbers in ili the lie Sali firn anti and somehow was ns reni hided of them by alili 4 motley outlaw troop they divided attention between the of ravenous appetites and a vigilant watching matching dou own the forext forest aisles fil they expected sonic some one madeline thought and manifestly if it A ore ere a pursuing posse they did riot not show acho anxiety she could not understand under strind I 1 ro re than a word mord here and there that 1 aey ey had uttered presently however the name of don carlos carlod revived keen curlo Alty in n tier her and realization of tier her situation arid and then once mare more read dread possessed poses ged tier her breast A low exclamation and sk a sweep seep of linn firm from one of the guerrillas caused tilt the whole band to wheel ancl anti concen their attention in tin tile opposite direction they henri something they saw soine honic one girline lindula ought Men iven pons and then every nian stiffened still seiw what hunted men looked like lit fit the moment of discovery arid tile bight was terrible silo close I 1 tier eyes sick with ith what lint slie she sn saw fearful of the lie moment when the kuna guns would leap out there were muttered iod curses a short period of followed by whisper ing in i mid and then it ft clear aico voice rang out el coldman I 1 A strung shock vibrated through find tier ollai oll di open instantly site alic associated the 1 LI 1 l Cal calliban litan with ith stewart till anil experienced a n of strange regret it was is riot not pursuit or rescue she thought of then lion lint but benth these inell auld would kill stewart hut but surely lio lie lind had riot nut conio colue alullo tiloi ic slie she hear liquid the lie slow heavy of soon into tile avide between the trees tiers moved tilt alio form fonn of it i wall arins hung flung high over ills head bond thou then madeline saw the horse ind find still recognized majesty arid site know it was really icell stewart Ston rt who vw rodo rode the roan when doubt wits MIS no longer possible she felt n suffocating sense of gladness und tind fear nil anil onier oni kr inny of uie tile guerrillas leapoal up with d alinn rawn we allons still stewart approached with etli ills hands high and ln he rode lode right into the calilli fire circle then it guerrilla evidently the chief waved down tin the threatening eliell anti strode tit up to stewart ile he greeted him there was ninozo and tin pleasure and aspect jn fit tit lie greetin grec tin malethie Mn male dellno ihie could tell that slit bill lilt not know what amt wits ais fill at the moment slow steart appeared to hot her us its cool and ciul cure care loss less a 1 if lie were nt at tier t taps aps vps but N lien licit lie rot got down don she lie v v that lint lili his face was ns white bilte lil te ile iio tends etli avith tho the guel 1 arid then ills glittering c eyes roved over the inell find mound around tile glado glade until they upon without inov ino ini ing front ills tracks in he ind to imp na its if it 11 powerful current had shocked 7 ii s q A grimy crimy hands sought weapons and then every man stiffened hint tried to smile to tons fissure siiri him she wes nilve find well hut but the intent in ills eyes the power of ills his controlled spirit telling tier her of tier her peril find lils ills frac the anillo on oil tier lips with alint lie face faced the chief arid spoke rapidly in ili the mexican jargon madeline had find always found so difficult to translate the alie chief answered spreading de ills hands one of which holcli d madeline ns as she lay there stewart Sten rt drew the fellow a little aside 11 and of said something for ili ahli ear alone tile chiefs hands swept up in n gesture of ond acquiescence again spoke swiftly ills hearer then turned to addre addres s the band madeline N caught the words word don carlos anti apesos pesos there was a brief muttering protest t which holcli the chief thundered down madeline guessed tier jelense rele ise lind had been given hen by tills flits guerrilla nil anil bought front from tile others of tile bund blind strode to tier her side hide lending tile tho rutin roan reared anti when hon lie sn aw ills ml nil stress 1 rot 8 1 ra I 1 p stewart knelt kalt still holding tile lie brid I 1 e are jou fill all right lie asked 1 I think to so site lio replied it laugh that was MI rather a fitt lure M feet are lloil licit dark blood blond blotted out nil th alie ewhIte alte from lits ills fino fin aj o find lightning shot from froidl ills his eyes e aliv felt ills his 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