Show avow law SYNOPSIS CHAPTER cru ion ton T on the isolated mar meager ranch inch on the th outturn southern border deb orah raa trained nurse to 1 in attendance it oa on air airs meager whose husband bai has recently been killed vla um of an as ol dent ail after the death dot meager mr mrs te poon arrival arrives nd take a poe ilon on 11 he ansu ingulf 1 is deborah and b to leave ave but there shama no ot br of getting away alor CHAPTER IL meager gloats loat over debor deborah h a plight telling her lie he has ha sent nt for or a j justice ol 01 the th peace who will acry 1 therm 0 tomorrow rl tied the girl in inure a revolver CHAPTER M th tho justice cornell ux r garrity scoundrel cound rd and bosom friend ot f meager ble aier arrived with a party among 0 them the friedo kid notorious not orlou de des rd the trl lock locks herself up 1117 rt by b rs jeer meager decoy decoys deborah from tit the room and juille her protests pro teste the justice performs per fonna tho the marr age cervony mony lm afterward she h escape cape and reaches her room CHAPTER V seeks ek the girl but she h muns ituna him with the revolver and mahe to the stables table hop inar to secure cur a im haree and escape any where litre way away from meager it rh rhe must ale ie in the desert in the mables she h meets the frisco kid somehow he h inspires her with confidence and she explain explains the situation altu atlon he not having been present at tb the wedding CHAPTER VL althe tho kid lell tells hr her his As nam name to daniel keltgen that he Is I 1 no friend of meager and acu ecu ing two horses the pair rida into the desert CHAPTER VIL VII alons Alone auli the sort L eff somewhat ome what apprehend give ive but he tell tells her ot of his hi service in prance france where deborah had been a nurek and she h puts full alth faith in him CHAPTER VIII delleen exp aims all that ano frisco kid la Is a manlutac manu tac t ti red character that he la is really a in the regular army detailed to run down dow a ganc of thieves and of arm into mexico among they mamer a and nd garrity CHAPTER IX while the girl Is I 1 sleeping exhausted kelleen kellson disappears later from a hiding hiding place deborah hear bears him talking with w th t juan sanchez associate aco clate of aad the fon con ahe she believes belle vr kelleen to be really a member ot the cane her ap returned she he seeks to escape c but I 1 isi lied seti by a concealed man CHAPTER X captor car rif rite her to what W a cave peeling he has ha her sc securely lecure cur ly a prisoner prie alo oner the man relax relaxes hi haj watchful neon and n rl ahe she seeks a way ot of escape the cave avo c the he finds the body of a dead des man who had been hot shot in the back prom from him mho bh takes tak a revolver finding a passage which apparently Is lid ads to the open air the girl ie to almost free theolen when r guard return returns and fires at her she return returns the phot shot and after a time succeeds eucce td in finding her way out of the cave XI while resting af er or her terrible experience deborah over beare bears a IL conversation bet between mAcen job and kelleen apparently ft a violent quarrel the th two part away and M meaner e ager on foot toot a apparently patently e nt i ly seek 1 she se fins hide ar 78 nan to R I 1 re r horse hors e an sea pes she onetto kelleen who a been searching f r her and rep repulses bim him bit he to leave hor nalle they are comer comers ing kelleen discovers dic overe the presence on a ave plain in far ar bolow bo low them of an outfit which h he reet is must belong to a notor loix character casebeer Cae beer and la doubtless doubt lee on its it wv into me mexico kith ith arms anil and anisun ammunition war t on continued from last weak week the rhe less yon you know abt at that the longer you boull 11 lice live bob lC kelleen elleen replied calmly it Is enough that I 1 do know not only what you are up to out bere but that it as also your game to double en crusa me you tried the saine game once before dob bob the scheme has never worked ery well yoa yoi haven t got the brains to do it v aati aiti iab casebeer never told roe me anything thin nor garrity alt all I 1 needed was to knoby you ami and your bind kind loo were dair hoalt in our life and when I 1 breard about tills deal it was easy ey enough to figure was nas up I 1 alint deal kid 1 I U 11 hat do you keatir this ranch inherst ince garrity fled fixed up so 0 o nicely for you no I 1 haven I 1 t 11 the lie dope not yet cut but im on my in to to it all right the haest deil I 1 ener genrl about and it will 1111 aba r up like a punctured balloon duft j ji 4 soon as sour stepi gets nerve enough to fro fee n good lawyer lanyer that true aln flint t it cob bob the old anin let it to me ye he did not I 1 n down clown in old alex 1 when I 1 first heard beard what hat was eding on up here loung oung clair got I 1 old of one end of 0 ohp story somehow 0 W and told it to me you remember cliar he lie worked 1 here on the ranch 1 I as abut shnte x made him illin talk iles riu arc that kid and vou fired him and every other american on ohp place then put on Mex leins 1 that matle him fare pore lien he told rn that I 1 came pretty near knowlie knon knowl jig ig what hat was up you did heyl a hand band in the lie ri ii wol ital I 1 U h t I 1 bob I 1 held you up when hen you v was as flat didat t 11 there ie in no reason why you should forget me S now D n you I 1 I 1 apap to eee see that yon you don dont t that x u hat lint I 1 im in here for new now listen I 1 in on to what whitt ie is coing going to le pulled fit ff bonig lit this casebeer Cas ebeor tusin pus you sent sanchez and hig hi helper over I 1 ere to take anre of the casebeer Caseb outfit that s right irot it va meager growled something lne indistinctly indistinct ly his hi eyes angrily watchful but kelleen remained on guard nard there nere Is 1 no do use playing the hog bm i dob bob the a latter went on choily 1 got tho 1114 1 rm 1 RN gill iou cn con play the bruto brute with like yon you dd ld last night what time does thia this outfit come fill in liet between neen now and mod midnight cht are they gr war stuff of course and you have the way cleared 0 garrity brought yon you that I 1 information no d doubt has he be gone back to nr g gales a I 1 e ar yes thie thin morning 1 I see everything has lifts been attended to somebody with ith brains ie Is engineer lug lag this you and banc sanchez hez do the rou rough ii work while the judge clear clears the trail all right rye got it mapped out now you are really not supposed eup posed to be in this deal at all the mex takes the stuff across the line alln get gets your share of tho the boodle an and d brings it bach back all yon you need do Is bide lido out here and wait pretty soft id say bay Is it well nell what hat are you going to doa do I 1 play square bob im dd d d it if 5 sou oil deserve it but only take my share III go along with the outfit though to make I 1 get it then well spilt right here keep chrt hand away you have been edging in toward that gun for the last ait a it five fire minutes got you covered you sneaking cur I 1 don dont t take any chances with your kind now are you diady to come como ailt any there was no immediata answer and kolleen settled back into his raddle but still faced the other bo had risen to his feet I 1 I 1 cam caim up here half inclined to kill you the younger man said soberly but now I 1 am going to give you a show down if you play fair I 1 know you would double cross anybody if you bad li it chance I 1 don dont t nean mean to give you ail you tay stay here until I 1 come back tt if you on fall ill run you down no matter where you go to aia you know what that mean meanly q If meager eagers fingers angers clinched and uc ur clinched his tongue wetting bis his dry lips you make any promise bob your word means nothing to me you stay here until I 1 come back if it you dont dorel you pre ie i e as good as dead all that a my pledge and you know whether bether it Is good or not any thing more you until to say I 1 he ile backed hia his horse slowly ay iy down into nto the bottom of the gully turning the animal animals be heid id toward the opposite bank but still twisted in the saddle so as to confront meager lie ile had bad drawn his hi re reaoler rev oher and held it care leibsly in his hand you are such a dirth low ion down brute he said coldly it be a pleasure tsure sure to put you out of the world I 1 sometimes wonder why I 1 dont don t the efer tells roe me 3 ou got mar ried last lost night anns as it tho real thins thing ail ill time I 1 that a e none of your d d business busl busi perhaps not but lete lets he be social while we arc are together u ought not to quarrel surprises me yoa you should desert de sert the fair bride bade so soon tou you seem to haw have your head wrapped up be a love tap top could icv it temper obtained full con arol at this 1 1 was drinell drunk be browlee gr viciously but shell she II 11 pry pity for li it the next time I 1 let ct hands on the wench so she got aminy then lord bob I 1 always thought you nas mas a woman tamer this one Is of another sort then than those you are abens tomed to handling docant t take kind 1 to the eive ninn stuff I 1 alic choll 11 cuke hike it all right the d n little oxen she hit me when I 1 was ing drunk and then got away hid bid in the old lady ladys room I 1 reckon for I 1 find her nowhere but ill 11 bring ill the girt girl out 0 there tonight by G d nn she wont u on t have no drunk man to deal with fill neither helleen faugl pd ed evidently well s sit 11 istler with what hat he had learned find having no further desire to adi still to mongers discomfiture his ills horse suddenly sprang forward under the quick of the man a heer heet crushing through the tangle of sige and up the steep bank to it t e apel IM el of the desert above deborah tind barely kimt to sink her body loner louer into the sand lelnd her covert alwn hen the continued cu ru fallowing age Valver ibers are asked ked to watch th label on their paper and to promptly when their subscription expires it if your late 1311 reads it mean means thit four your subscription Is pal ra up to september 1 1923 and that you should be sending in another 3 2 to pay for the next year we now ask ail for subscription money in advance ils x ii Is done by marly nearly all 11 II it if your label shows how a date data that is past please sena in the amount due witheat without farther further notice att a an and d aa anc a D OF THE dood from two A altomay at B price alay aft attorney S at ja and electric arke N U y P attorney Att at lj at P price duj DR ag X hys cf and fand dize ice in shivam price i DR J A amy and a in price Com am such a dirty lowdown low down office phot ateo H said coldly P all swept past one boot hoot basins 11 her meager linger with itt swung a band hand back to his hi pis aa ra 0 star C ban litt butt yet was already too late hite abon 0 so had gone 0 er the cret crest the aba cba of a laugh floating floaten float tn behind i tantalizingly LES run gea IL a the girl irl could do waa was to remain bys ician and acma atty where she lay behind that S wice office 31 itar arof cf sage a it was already erow grew 7 emu tak it and sha hn doyra dolve bung over the PRICE becoming deeper with every jn viat if 11 ebe she had escaped tion so fac far she would soon be a ay iy safe and elie alto was hasebe be want certainty was like a glass of ni 4 the blood coming back to her t her pulse steadying kelleen 11 I 1 13 ridden on never pausing she ha id I 1 hear boat t the e dull thud of his horse horses dentart fit in the and sand until the bound sound died 7 work end extrude in the distance and meager special tte atio there revolver in 12 cursing 1 vy atly finally loping forward tw athe the gully to where be he coald DIL L S ir iv out ever thi th edge of the bank beaud an rd where hie his und bad and 30 rea heither man then had een seen B r ret let she he dare not move or attempt un position lon th moa price mean betrayal she shrank omer in the shadow waiting 13 X vittia od viewer stay there or go away teacher of antu bof ot the two main ahe she dreaded 20 the least despising the fellow so a gaily as to have larsell lost her aphone bet ut Kelle kelleen ent t she was war actually J street rath d of him if she h bad had till still retained leering doubt as to what he was JE FUND pr it at doubt bad had entirely vanished dup dur this conversation the than man had der taker and lim in mask no talking with bob mea embalmer aide made no attempt to dt ng 29 adelf she site recognized him new now ai as 4 e and ald border des desperado no better bably than those he associated E 3 DAME DI DS E LOF ith tiland and far tar more dangerous er Giov amont it kerned to deborah as though LW bortl MO at it dimly outlined figure landing standing at price every I 1 t edge of the bank never nevor clock sanity bete OT TL nis ilia actions and cerf aln mut after i red rei words aroused her interest and rind the he various biffi 44 1 lil id hr her in concealment watching bla his f the peo people t ey movement the fellow pur par marriage wil but what those ant at with the butoi rely irely were mere night grasse glasses through hach he searched arched ee the hor horizon crossi B A L L I 1 N j 1 from side to aide of the tile ravine eta ts of title BW U 14 1 lying flat list on the sand while weep sweep bonds bovey b atti 19 the circle before him inch by inch vi security was wt av I 1 dently nothing waa was dis discovered covek ad to ailien suspicion for be came back a convey conveyancer anter ita 1 his hi horse and loosened a long rope led a out the saddle pommel acl first door borill i ath th this on his hi arci art tramped down lank flank pe 1 pilly gully within a yard of where iho lar jay his figure fading almost in N r COUNTY AW AI antly into the darker shadows below COMPANY at kt that moment the girl scarcely W IL ramond aw 1 calved Cel ved what his mission might be state ii gubanc t w whole mind seemed to concentrate rata of title prepra 1 the opportunity for escape which money moner to loss lo 10 absence tottered ott Oft ered she arose cro crouch itch is i at 8 per tt celt at upon tier her feet yet hesitated an aft in leond floor floore feeling a sudden curlo curiosity alt to an 4 what meager might be searching no e 0 lie ile could not go far fop for the ra T p ended abruptly eg against a mk rk T coun oil I 1 she had a picture ire of tha pel t rep cene G o 0 dj coad the man ba be cs made to a arter mat narrow opening sorrl OW which she bad had lust just escaped 11 CO bouth 11 4 it t lo 10 possible he knew of ite its AUTO az 1111 ce there where it led the se xe ROW I 1 ga ret of that mysterious lou tunnel in tha th rico to to 14 ite the opportunity to escape r ase ims now rat door swit 21 of N 14 pro pell meager stenger had entirely disappeared ight the store about darkness a she could no longer i distinguish the sound of the taco far alas movements while hie his norae borse alvs lied and bridled stood unguarded LZ aa ae lot ct it dozen yard away tet yet the th eirl girl land p wd aed waiting to assure herself as bics fr aura aal aol iho real ek laiture pt thu tha feuola MW leave iW 4 6 r fro the dar knew to her P 0 rips by d ears an came the sound of it low belstle a peculiar pec nilar not note sav s roy its call ct ot a ft wild bird quite evidently I 1 I 1 im signal anal as it 0 wae was repeated three t T V aviol 0 1 TO denorsha Debora De borsha oB the rheum sti i whistler wn curt must be bending above the orifice jn in t tle e rock there was a pause pa use the desert hence silence prof profound lund and then again the signal ampa gently given apparently there was no response of any auy nature from below and meager bit lon control ot at his ht raut lon fur for he bum burst arth h in a string of antha ending this tirade by calling tailing down 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