Show 3 the 1 BEARER 4 bj J LLAM DUNN i aj 6 1 MA tomia tr blalock BlU lOCK dball IV f I 1 ll 11 buy BY dodd mead cov service CHAPTER XII continued 19 r ayou boll i neati Mr hauler baxter akl yes t av lie le gone golle down to coyote tile the repression of tits ills tone drew marlas marias attention she turned mid and looked tit nt hlin him the in tier her hand its light full on oil Cit Ca caiby leba Ibs bacq she gasped binl aind then theil ft bortl lit billeau i jov jo flitted flirted over tier her birthy sir thy anop madre madie tie di dloss I 1 you inet inel Wet ll aw ati you fou slit giemi It lenol chope you air spoiled for bebin that linn somo some aty flue may lie ii everre turn that p cef ef he it do s beet Is better fur for liesem that int ie aoi meet padilla sl 81 for lilii weel lot lint use ills fiesta ali A now flow vou iu mils wash chiu blood bod front from hiir face senor I 1 beel erveng warm harm water to file roin waltre alic re boll you sleep before after you sou rot eat ou savel and nil all rends ly i s tier her speech fierce nt at tile start inn had beta hetner het ned ed 4 q all novt on caleb wr tier eyes kindi kindly euid kwort out it was as ulain that naich nai cr irid fuld lost favat nt 11 0 o 1 ita vhf qually plain that bad meant to i convey that much to caleb together with tier emp hable of odthe tile oklet that lie lind not contradicted I 1 the coffee nil s sandwiches finished aceb went gli li the to tile boom oom fin ilag a ining w aarin arin water and idl himself wore arb arc file though the lie bruises bauls es und and bibra aloris efte lind had marked ls ault still savl cleansed anti refreshed lie lit ills pipe and strolled through alie the patia to liere ter the three carff wee packed k enne dyg baxters beraud conk un hod had a its bis practice 11 wis evidently larger 1111 nad more profitable than that of bf tile physic physician inn from froin coyote the mati inan spoke to ailin civilly lie ile was ns baxters axters Il car anything wrong wit with hilt tt asked I 1 J caleb a eb no nothing tit ing wrong with the car only with the alienn of the gj ruy eliat owns it let iet I et 1111 buttery run down no june juice the spanish dame daine says lie cu cussed ased it up ant and dami when lyben he tried tp start it nothan Noth ln doln tin an lie lins has to tb hoof tt it way down dod the can on I 1 it fraed to td piece up now the idea that baxter had offended hetty betty clinton and had beon been summarily dismissed so that finding ills cur car batt eiles useless s lie be had decided ded to leave the ar car toba to be sent foe forand and stalked off down da canyon anyn in a mood that calel caleb biad hn I 1 been ready to snatch mr Wn earner warner doctor aind had collie come 1 butof out of tile the house caleb joined film more iloie that I 1 can d do 0 1 must get back to Palo Inlo tim iii ive sug hug bested bosted that eliat you poll go with tile me theres There 1 ti tiburse tit nurse it would be it abood cooil wea idea to get burton iton though Keri kennedy nely all will doing till all that call be je done tile the trouble calmi culminates nates rapidly hut but miss at s Cil clinton liton naturally wants war ton lie ile may baynot ma botje be ablerto got get here in time its touch and go clinton Is n strong trong fe man inan lie got caul in n 1 l tf ane bills jn in tilt the drenched Dren clied then ills hir horse wren wrenched chet it a aln fording ali c swollen ollen stream anti and alln onha on hd it fmc nd dd n D d s I 1 I 1 liate live Suggest rd al 11 that you carl get in ili tou t liolich cli with 1 11 tirton as soon ns as in boj leach n ationo 1 I cari cad get von ou to valdina in time for the lie ten train last hist one tonight and you may lay be able to arr arrange tinge a it nurse she jittu P to come hark with burton burlon in ili ills car i of tour pe e colel reviled replied ill seo see t tt uit a nurse arrives iff if gi give ve tile me some nil dressea tind names to up up if I 1 cont cant get gel one through 1 good l di v tackle it wv tiler n pr told tier her so hop flop in ili we li ment too much time I 1 alicy sinned without a chance for caleb to see f ce the girl again hat lip lie was gift lit in tier her an and she nhe would 1 know chrt at station with a 0 few inin utes to spare ill alif doctor W wrote rolv down the aca nurses horne home anti anil ahr lint of nf t abe e w omit lie he preferred on L euan arbise k ellse it you ca can 6 gt ga a anny ly of these try heelond hee cond lie said men tot s name with will tile the anse Cal Carr ijes esmore mora weight than mine anil and get ehni nurse alvar ocr here to llight it you oil cant ral burlon livres a note abat will got get yol you two tank that must conle come with tile hie nurse it ann in ithe all the difference hero col conny callips lips your ti train aan luck to you caleb jot got a working wire to golden ai a t the 1 C 1 01 kIlle ferry I crry wid lie ile let tile llie bla b alf p go gilill putting alm ilm lit in tile the twenty lill minutes be foiw the bif at out one to lil making liking nr ar ile he got gol it a nairse ant annl gilld ejr diioia h herself in read readiness hiess lie ile i n ut hit lourton wn on in a 0 ct CA el aj r icv et jieva ll taU tilt iny bay ho he found car una otio tram blung JIM fifteen min t H in the ati car ond alief 11 lup tit the terry ferry for the return they slid ot off tho the bunt to the apron at Oa oakville kville estuary at the first moment and went rocketing rocket lii through the night to faloma and onto the elde elseroad road plowing up that with the full fall energy of 0 the high powered car rushing across the valley and sounding the strident klaxon to let the ranch know that they were coming coining kennedy stood walting waiting to meet them its ita touch and go ho he said whores wheres tile the oxygen did you get it thank god I 1 it may save him come nurse marla maria come came out for the he nurses grip she stay here tonight slip site said t of cour course I 1 nin am going back for doctor hirton how flow Is mr clinton all it ll 11 he la is I 1 I 1 pray but I 1 di not know senor I 1 nm am arald 11 her er face worked worded with tile ho emotion ex brewed in tier voice the car lampa showed tier tyes eyes red with weeping I 1 at four caleb got lit in touch with doctor hurton burton sleepless front from lone vigil A cup of coffee and im off lie said its over nver one way or another by y ahlo hut but ill go of course clinton and ils his girl are old bild friends as well as aa As mr bior you boung man inan 11 it ho added suddenly bending beading ills his garr on oil culfa Cul fb youre e nil fill in ill what tile the ilour hims have you ou been up lit to A lot liot bath and bed fo you inn bantly you took look as 6 lifs ifton jiel had been taking pr part lit in it riot t caleb felt like ilki it dealto fils kiik ax lety lie he succumbed tu to sleep in the call he dropped into ancon s the lie he sti etched out n tit tin hliras tilt suit wits was tit tin vi room I 1 it lie awakened hwak ened tt it war is a glorious banking jan king vital hopeful caleb went 1 lately to ills holle barq are any nies ines sages for nic me 1 lie e a asked aced tho the operator ill the girl ga rivta y e I 1 ailin lilt tin tilt adloe number of doctor pix tor bur toil that nid lind been left with her taid on op tits his re got litin hlin tile tho connection alip doctors office liuro spoke climb biting up tile lbook 1100 softly hetty betty cliftons Clin 11 tons father was dead CHAPTER XIII 1 1 baxter strikes I 1 caleb did not feel ft el that his plop present S ent I 1 relations admitted of lili ills writing a of betty chilton and lie would would have been tit at loss bmw t to 0 word it rosend id lowers flowers much na as lie alvari dl red t r 0 do to express t 1 youve had a failing out with bax ter he said abruptly tilt sympathy that he be felt for her su papule sorrow was the function of relatives and friends more inore intimate than lie he hut but mrs marquinez carquinez helped lint hlin out of ills his quandary lie ile met her on oil tte tle street street on oil bior let any to the V ved ed lets ilet cletty ty slie site told ban was almost 1111 lost but was now hearing bearing up tit bravely slie site takes shingi standing dIng up lip said ile aralts artl ts wife she told tile ine of nil ou u did for them we night tier her father vas taken ill slie she ts Is very mry grateful I 1 shall tell tier her tant I 1 bap seen you slie site ended ns as sho shook hands Is there www you lou would ake tile me to rive elve her my my wl wah that I 1 could to do something that Is till all lind it a of in ili tit alir building of the crystal springs water rom company pany lie he turned oyer oer to one olle of thee rooms with ita IN draugh ting equipment tilt and there cn let epli worked hard over ills his while nii ickley with the lie engin engineering vering mart taFf i willi was making fuller the bay with it a view to confirmation of bf the project cv tlona were already being carefully tare fully A bev days should seed see the dent assured and actual work commenced in the held field caleb caught only a glimpse or two of mary morgan coxs offices where phe fhe worked lit in tier her capacity of assistant to the llie presidents were vera on another floor front from calebs ra room oln lie ile knew through tits bank that she sha had received recel veo the money he imagined that hint she ehe find given notice to the company mhd was waiting for its lt expiration before going gning uway away baxter had seemingly dropped out of sight caleb had changed his living quarters at the beginning of the month which was a week weak after the meeting in the canyon and lie he had not met him film though lie he had occasionally heard hlin him leaving or entering hla his room or moving about it lie if knew that blaxter was posted on the tit delinquency lin quency hoard board ut at the altruists tor for dues and dining room chits caits it was plain flint tile the sale rate of valley lint fallen through cox evine one rooming morning into calebs ollice tind and discussed general progress for a few moments before lie took a eat beat across from tile the high stool on which caleb worked nt at ills his drawings youve lint had a falling out with baxter lie scald abruptly illes hes after your lour and lepius to lie he tolerably cochrare lies going to got get it lie he weilt on oil nut iv waiting altIng for comment lie ile nicio anine to tile me this morning with a prop that lint involved with our accept atnee of it your dismissal or tit nt least tit alio i i of lf you ou to it a subordinate posit position lim si so far cur us its dour our on with the project 1 Is 4 concerned I 1 ww win busy mid and I 1 made tin nn appointment for tin three of I 1 should like you vou to bf be pi present chent thanks caleb C ild ill be vt ver glad tf of tile ity lie ile did not and cox did not belm to expect iny any explanations lie ile aull not lot tell exactly exult what Ii aitor tor I 1 biad ld fr for but lie fiu rather fancied lie knew liu principal one that would be employed tind lip he was ready with alth parry parri that would prove proe it a bit discon coating cor ting this weapon wits was it a bootee limp i lie had long known the ext sherice of and looked forward to sei seeing ding it in inched only to return wid and strike the thrower it was only since ills hla talk with mary morlean morgan lit at Hal glita that lie he had considered I 1 laxter as likely to use it 11 fixter was the type of man who wo would uld ne never blame himself und under er any conditions to tile the score against caleb lie would undoubtedly set the denial of the loan the loss of the iler mantis valley sole sale tits his dismissal by hetty clinton on the night of tier her fathers sickness and and the fight on the bridge in which lie he find been first worsted anti and then rescued by caleb the rescue would be an a ignominy it wits was doubtful whether baxter had been normal since lit ills ino mothers thors marriage ills brain had been wider under stimulation or depression depies sion of alcohol fil cohol practically continually lie he and lilt brooded blooded over oer ills reverses and now caleb was waa placed as sole anti author r of all ills troubles tile the target of lis vl against conditions prepared ns as lie he was lit in a measure inva sure bior or the interview it truck struck win him that liere here was a test to see liow how for far tie lie could depend upon cox where tile companas complin comp anys ys best interests ave wore 3 e lit at stake cox knew about the boomerang it was tile decent tiling thing for cox to do to ask him to be present mighty ilc cont calebs fae face was grim when it lip entered coxs office at three hla his eyes ees narrowed and all ills lean jaw butted jutted Jut terl bossed with tense muscles cox pushed over cigars with a greeting genially modulated HS usual there was n difference though coxs eyes were cold as shadow ice fee As caleb lit ills ill s cigar in ills his chair the buzzer sounded rounded and cox took up ills desk phone with a little nod tit nt galeb caleb the nod was ans confidential warning de spite the lie frosty eyes all right show him in lie he sald said blaxter entered jaunty well diesser tits ills head held confidently luit but lie he looked tip tile worse for wear for till nil tits ills glnn lie it swelled led of the barler barber shop but aint angi bad h ail not changed tilt lie flab bliwass of him putty colored flesh nor taken n ohp rings ring front from beneath ly bloodshot eyes ees lie ile stared staled hard at catal COO and then sneered sneer cil again caleb recollected fields prediction it looked as if it wits was swiftly coming to pass baxters eyes eves lind find there was no more soul in ili them the lit than there would have been in artificial orb of transparent glass ath at h of which crimson light was burn ing the was more of a snarl that of it a beast ills his whole face was 1 I understood this wits to ie he a confidential interview lie said TO lit HH CONTINUED |