| Show K copy I 1 1 i AX I 1 SYNOPSIS ion I on be h elated isolated tester ranch on an the southern ou thera border deborah meredith trained nune nurse ft in 12 atten Attend dane ancl oa on mrs bearor abr phebe hut band has ha tC recently Atly been kil ed d vl vi urn tin of t an accident oldell immediately aff tha tb death bob Ito axer lira kra ufra me st tepron tep ion xon 6 arrive and take takes jion ton VI 11 I 1 u 1 ta deborah and nd ate r rem ives to ave avs but there at ar no ot of bf e TIt il agop U 1 OTT over D berhe abor bo rhe a night toil boats hr of be has a nt at for I 1 or a of of c nf t ta a pe who rill will toot tomorrow 1101 stour the tb girl ur tol etith M T Jutt td coalt tr garrity aundrel N and bonom friend of arrived with a party boax among them the th kid notorious dr ds derade th the girl lock locis herself up a ZV by br vib ar decoys booy deborah froin from the th room find dolf her hor pro protests teata th the justice perform performs the th ceremony im ordia atoll fly a be h cap and teaches ar er room CI 11 LUrER V boarer seeks the firl girl but she ih cuir him with the re I 1 volar ovar and bd ruehe rushes to V tb the stables table hop ienir to secure horse hor and escape ecale ec ape any ny atre away from meager if it gnp h must d die in n the desert in th the table stables sit ar me mt 08 the th arisco kid he h inspires br hot with ana and sho he explains 11 th the situation b he not haying boon at t tb wedging catt vath atia file her hi 8 name to dani Kl alken ken A lt he h I 1 no fiend of meager Ut and ad nir two hogo hor f th pair fl rid a in into 0 the th dort d ort 11 X p 11 alone the th girl beconi becomes Nome somewhat om what ft aaice 1 but he be file j her 0 his hi servie arvle e in eface Ef nce where doborah r had been a nura nurse and she h put puts full ull ralth ta alth in him CHAPTER VIII knon that the t the frico kid I 1 to I 1 ft a aured character that he h to 1 coall rolar ft a c la to th the trular army detailed 14 to 0 run down a r of thieves chev and durif mu RIf of amr into n t mexico among them the geoger and ana garrity CHAPTER IX the th tirl girl to cane ld ingar exist e d keln disappears later 0 r rom om a h 1 ding place deborah bear him hirn tal talking king with juan Bane hea associate aco clate of marr meater and from t the eon col 1 tiOn she he bell bellver vex kelec to b really a member of th her ap av returned banc h stoke ka to a cap cope but to ta by a eonald concealed me man n CHAPTER X deborahh Deb orahn captor car floo r hr her tIr to imbat bat la to apparently a cave feeling h b e has her securely a prisoner th the iaan man r relax at hi his watchfulness and and the ah afka seeks a way of escape Ls the h cave ahe be finds the th body of a d I 1 d maii ma who w ho had h boon hot shot in th the mete from him s he takes a revolver find ing a passage which apparently leada to the open air air th the sir I 1 to almost free when her guard re ii urns and are nr 8 ht t her she return returns the hot shot and after a hinr succeeds in finding fin dins her way out ot of the cave C CHAPTER I 1 T A XI XZ r after her terri terribly blu experience debora h A overhear overhears ver a conversation between att bob menger and kuen kelleen apparently a violent vilont 0 quarrel the two pert part kelleen kolleen away and meager on foot toot paren tl taking something she 49 fand ale efera hors anil and escapes she ah arnet kilden KI 11 luen who baa has been searching for er end rep cepul re pul ulmos him bat but b he reams ref to to lve ave her while they are eon con etro rine kelleen discovers the cl on a ditc lain far below ix low them of an outfit w which h he must belong to t 0 aimis cha character named aber Cb boer er and ls doubtless doubty dou on its it wr 1 into mex ico iro with arms and ammu u catt 2 mrs deneen Ti explains yng buatt to to deborh telling her he h has fot word to ft a s arty party of american cavalry ve ry who are waiting at a la lac known as a so box canyon to capture el see br boot and his came while they are ar talking dolleon i at the th edgo dx of the th dountain noun tain if hot from behind falling apparently te tb certain dath death down the th ide men barr who had bad arb ake th shott hot and gafter as appear apo and ato that ellen could not 0 t irv the th bullat and the th fall they fall to dle err the pinc pres pr inci nc of ID borth on their a de parter the th irl barf starts on foot toot in the direction which alln had pointed out cut an leading to box canyon agya gya un ant A short diet diB tane 4 tr from th pot spot deborah IN net by the th horr horse which lh kelleen had been riding the animal antina allow allows hr her to mount him and s he h goes rat forward practically in the th saddle she ah li is sto 1 by a older soldier whom she h inform informs 0 of fegl the fact that captain kellen li is dad dead CHAPTER XIV allen ret return urns to co con conlous loun on A lodge not fa far r down the th which had broken his hi fall fits HI watch had stop topped P ed the th bullet its climb climbs to the th top of the mountain and makes hie his way to the cave the boca location n of W which bit ward h deborah abo rah had described to him lit find I 1 it t aters and reali re allx zos it Is a anine probably what in known know A an a alvara boet loet afine ut H I 1 x fired elrd on from the a darkness the tire and alto bif wilh with his hl an afa llant securing grap nir a knifa the trio otner had drawn lc ollen kill kills bin hi oron opponent nt di s overine him to be an outlaw known a the ape man manuel gornek thief and murderer 11 C 1 or and sanche sanchez co w ta its lh c CT to kel alln ton gets the dro drop P on them di disarno if e b but u t S one 0 3 lights and hal kellien it on kuli for him XVI garrity ralva and rellben disarms ll rm him and nd informs di til two scoundrels of his hi real identity driving his hi prisoners the th t it ro ere are their wy way out of the cao when tiler come upon the spoils poll of or goni gom e x the deimit ot at years of 0 raiding A in lantan intern ti is carrein Is dropped d a store tor ot of powder burying the or urte man continued from lost la it nel belt 41 my ity name ie is kelbern kellern Kel lern a careda capt ila 0 of f cavalry MO baen utter after you ifor for ahme months I 1 good gd G d tit I 1 then men youre toure not the fristo arle o kid tin im all the md ild there eer eier wit was admitted carelessly thai party vas dimply manufactured to brier here bere Is where he ends bis his dt ats aerate career I 1 would hae kept the secret awhile longer if I 1 could but per haps it Is 1 just 49 well now we un derstine dere der tind each ruch mothr garrity and the very best thing thin you can do will be to answer my lest lons kelleen paused quickly oer la in his mind what ne h had letter better attempt he felt a profound con tnt lot its prie onera ville physical cal braet i wit a no ni more than a mere cowardly cor coir ardly brute V armity might inight be tray danger dan dangerous gerou ouse ir r treacherous villain bat but physically anable unable to cope with him for it moment and now utterly cowed while be re walnet nned and they were weapon less he certainly had nothing to tear hia first Intent loa bad been to hold bold the fellix as prisoners pi leonere until th the squad of troopers app apparel ired turn them over to the Uen tien tenant la in corn com mand searching the ill cave lat itte at t hi big own leisure lel care but why wait waitt it might be an bur bour two boon hours yet before the soldiers arrived arrive dud ard then theresae there wae deborah nis thought leaped dittly swiftly to the girl what had happened to her during those long dark hours where had ahe the disappeared after he had been dashed from tie the rock she bad had evidently escaped discovery be he knew that had wandered off into the beert doubtless might be there still lost in those leagues of sand struggling for life the vision called to him yet he be could at mt seek her until after his men came prisoners were far for abo too important to be left rt guarded duty as na CM caer oe o e r h held eld lim him in a as I 1 in n a biec but he be realized nt at alint moment a decision that hie his heart was with deborah meredith be ile must find her rescue her and thank bodt thee the e was time enough to accomplish this when did you first learn that 0 go o inez was hiding biding out ott in this neighbor hood Carrl carroty tY be questioned sud end d lily six sir months ago I 1 saw him in no pies Private tyr yes we had bad seine deals together before paid yon you for protection did be net what did he want this timer provisions I 1 was to get him 0 out ut grub at night leave it at a ce certain ertain spot that was all ile dida didat t tell you where he was biding butr out no but he had plenty of money I 1 get much information out of him he never did treat anybody the authorities bad run him pretty close I 1 reckon anyhow be was dot not one of his gang led left when I 1 coulden t find out anything more moro I 1 got meager to come up here after the older meager wa was bure that gave a us a chance 1 I eee see the papers were all la in year your DO not above doctoring doctori dOCtOr iLg rg them were youa you nhat bat the ha h Is that to your not a great deil to me perhaps perlin per hape pa but of some importance to a couple of women I 1 kno wone of them frie friend n 4 of mine old tom meager left an invalid widow whom you fellow fellows have I 1 believe robbed systematically and then there ie is the girl bob forced into marriage marri a go ton you suppose I 1 knew about all this I 1 Imagine well rm solas going to get to the very bottom of it beff o we ar are through but just now I 1 want to use the twe two et of yoo you well find and out bet between wo ri us n jutt just what manuel did have hidden away in this hole line up tip there against the wall fac face about the other way I 1 now listen I 1 v ve I 1 got both sons my own and the one threw away they are cocked and ond within three feet of dovir bac 4 I 1 cant possibly miss you and if you v on make one move except as I 1 tell tall ou im going to let drive are you ready ready for what to do as I 1 order all right then light that lantern meager now ow there ii i plenty of light for me to see you by at tits distance move forward slowly garrity you keep leep your hand on the wall and you meager take bold of garraty Garrit ya a aleene now don t forget it yon YOU do its it ure sure fatal go on slow a step at a time vs they advanced some ten or twelve atrin town an in opening scarcely wide enough for the two to pies abreast Kel leena gaze wandering from the lack tacks of his prisoner to the gray walls on either side the light bickered yet revealed no opening I 1 they came to the very end and fronted tie ati I 1 so ild rock even tren for an instant 11 failed to perceive perc elve the narrow cleft to the left beside meager but the letter excited by the dincov cry ery the puttering lantern forward it ir at nars I 1 7 u awn a rough stone blab stab half halt barred tha the way H 1 a fire I 1 look hero there I 1 he criel excitedly eirl almost dropping dropp lne the light garraty erased hie ills neck to eee see bali men eo so ulla letl at the n discovery as to tose all oil thought of everything else even kelleen revolver 1 in bana and fully aake to the dancer danger of hn his position pushed forward far enough to enin a partial glimpse ilea ger started to climb over put tut the judge juige stood motionless onless breathing hartl his hands gripped on or the stone one his hl eyes tl aring about the oddly room probably originally a cavern formed by water but enlarged by abe he ef forte jot men the whole apartment hav cf teen feet by ten high enough to tand stand erect in the walla walls varicolored and find blAr kling in tho the dayi of the uplifted lantern at the th farther extremity lay a pile of debri tattered mattered rock and powdered yow dered stone as though lue just n tey fell aate an explosion the entire n t ire end almost totally co cohered sered protruding from thia this pile clearly revealed now hi ile aft bad had found footing inside and held the blazing wick higher wui wat the white ghastly skeleton of a man his bonea bones still covered with bits of barged cloth caught by a falling rock be he bad had been pinned there helpless until he adlea the three men scarcely saw all thie this or fare gave it a thought for there imme clakely in front and all till about them scattered in hedla lying othere they had been care lessly over that outer barrier of rock rested the miscellaneous sl alla nils of a thousand robberies the sack of continued Continue a en on page four GIFT OF THE T E DESERT 11 continued from page two cnuT chea a on Ks jewel jewels nofri froth fr o women a hands bands liver silver and gold rich booty ot of crime from midnight raids rugs and the burning of cities the bidden treasury treasures of 0 old manuel it vias staggering what buffering suffering what death what cruelty and torture did these things pic torel and wealth wealth I 1 he even calculate ita its value crimea gotten the fruit fruits of acty yeara years of outlawry he van raa gathered in one vast heap wealth to mule the mind of man hel kless to grap ite value continued next week you are bound to eon trat bill bills but the thrifty mun min expand them I 1 |
