Show Si reed All don Pa HiniE TODAY I JOHN HANNON wealthy ranch rand owner his hi blind 1 Ife BELLE and their be beautiful daughter Aughter VAL PAL lit 11 e 0 happily together In 1 wonder wonderful onder- onder ful ranch hour home Redstar Is 1 the king of o the Red nd Brood of ot hore owned by the th mater master of ot the tha th ranch Val on Redstar rides ride to tho the Mesa Grande GraDde and 1 while resting resting- on it Its It flat tint flattoP I top she hc see sees seel n a strange horseman horeman onn ona on a n mount amazingly ama like Redstar In a gains ram at Hunn Hunne ells ell's ell Store stoe In InI Santa Leandra L andra front fron I the th Border Dorder wina win LOLA SANCHEZ who offers oft rs h herself as a stake slake for a man of mystery Vt- Vt Ve sand sends Lola home horn to her father fath- fath cr er FATHER HILLAIRE In charge of the tho th Mission lon near nar Paradise Is 1 lilt lt- lt ed d by his hi friend V tho ho brings hIm a a present of gold eold for or his poor GO O ON WITH TISE I I hI hate hav e ridden a day and half halt a 0 night to bring you this I will CO COer er erthe the th same sam ground In the th next few fT hours to t get tet bac back from whence I come came But the bringing me mejO meJo jO t tH Hs He H lifted the tho th old mans man's man hand and placed therein a buckskin buck bag bac heavy heat and musIcal nith l the dull clink of gold Take Tak It lie he h said ald It it I Is yours But Bul Father shuddered and his fingers or slipped loose loo from the theother's theother's theother others other's pressure so ao that the th bag bac fell back upon the table tabi cant I I cant can't he h said ald sadly It It Is taInted gold irold True said Id gall gail I I took It from a Q o ol oner ner nr who sho 01 ona ns a thousand peons soul and body nho ho drives drive them through h hunger hUDger and 01 op- op op donn n Into the tho th darkness ot of death with ne nver noor or a hope bope or a corn com comfort com comfort fort Ills His HI soft oft voice vole had become suddenly hard and bitter Father Hillaire caught his on o breath In a sigh Oh my son on I cannot vision such sucha a It cuts me Ine to the tho th heart GI Gite GIe e It up up-gite up e up thIs thi life Start Into the north north- north go oter-go to Into away away R orn-R and hero here and forgot forget these rides desperate risks this dashing against the law of ot God and man I With Ith a quick spring wason tas as ason on hi his feet He lie s sept t-nept ept the bag bar of gold old Into his hand and held It out V cill ou take tak It If he h asked e eten- eten even evenly en- en enI I I ly Is- to buy food for your poor your aged til our sick and our little ones that swarm hero her In our blessed gar gar gar- garden den lar-den den Or shall hall hall I ride south again and squander It on the th gamIn gaming tables table or of and on OD the gIrls i ot of the dance halls ls lie He H l at ta was steady teady cool ready to do what be h e promised ed Slowly the tb old priest 1080 to face him In the dusk Ste He stretched out a hand I will take It my son he said saida a doubtful means mean to a holy end eDd and ho he h took the th bag bat of at gold fold and dropped It In the th deep pocket ot of o hIs cassock smiled that that brilliant lighting of ot his hla hi lean Jean face that shone like a a fire fir behind a curtain and put put- putting put tin ting a hand on the th others other's other shoulder houlder shook it gently Then Th n lie he h whIrled and I put his hi fIngers to his lips The that startled the quiet gar gar- garden garden far den den wa as 88 enough to split the th ear ear ear- eardrums ar I drums Instantly from the distant sIde Id of the th enclosure where the stables stood there thero came an answer a wild shrill heats heal scream cream the th pierc pl rc Ing neIgh of ot a stallion and a hugo hUKe huc-adark huc dark bulk came canto trotting swiftly s a down the waiko 1110 beneath the th trees tre Its rein reiD jerked from front the hand hands of dangling at Us lis feet The Th Comet Cornet came camo cam to his master put his hi palm paint to the horses horse's lip their secret ecret sign l n of greet greet- cret log father said ald ald ra buenas noches Yale Vale Val he added gracefully the th ell farel In three tongues tongue Then he h gripped ripped the th otters others hand band hard caught ca the th pommel and leaped Into the saddle Vi without a toot foot to stir stir- stirrup stirrup rup rup though the great hose horse hors stood e hands band to his hi bare shoulder There was as a sudden leap a a thun thun- thunder thun- thun thunder thunder der of hoof hoofs on the hard beaten hard earth and they ere tere gone tone a II wind and a bolt of ot speed pod out through the gate which wj Bonifacio had opened For a II Ion long moment Father ather Hillaire stood In the th dim light by the th narrow door of ot the th church and listened to the roll long of ot their going a 0 lifting exciting sound lound and he h shook hook his hi head and sighed and touched the th gold In his pocket I would that thal he h came cam no more mor to this land of his destiny he whis whis- whispered whis- whis whispered whispered miserably bly gay reckless lot lov- lov-abl lov and able and lost lo t to all eternity What If I told him of that other horse horse- hor that only other one on In all the th earth to match The Comet the wondrous red king kiDS of John Hannons Hannon's Hannon brood CHAPTER Y V I Why J Dont Don't You Run lay soft oft on Paradise Tree toads talked at Interval Intervals and a cicada shrilled Its endle tune while out utIn In one on of o the th gay fringed hammocks oung Felicita slim and ana brown lis- lis listened lis listened 1 with Ith do downcast eyes to the tho th gen gee genUe Ken tl Ue tle vole olce of Aria Gomex Gomez also slim end and bro broin n pleading the ancient tale In the th ancient t way In the th great reat room of or the th deep adobe house hou there ther were no candles candle lighted for though Fanita had come corn tooted soft to do that service the master had waed her hr away John Harnon sat at In one on of the th big chairs with the tb cushions and smoked the short hort pIpe pip that alway always rode rod In his hi In- In InId aide Id pocket or between hIs hi lip and listened In lo Ineffable content cont t to the tho gentle alra airi air that came cam softly from the ancient keys ky key under Belle Han Han- Hannon's Hannon's nn Haa-nn non's fingers Stretched on a couch In the th tarth- tarth eat t corner cor r her ber slim length compassing ing It from end cutS to end nd her sun browned hands beneath liar Irr er hud head Val lay and aid listened too though her bee hert wr ere not In the th put past but the they tre-they t r they had bad to do with the th corn com Inc cm-Inc Ing comIng dance at store tor and fIU iL the th gay ray bunch of rIders from tM t outlying outlying- ranches ranch who would bl b t It te e In all their gala attire I It n would be b Fourth ot of July and ad ev- ev every v-ery v cry ery cowpuncher who wh could straddle a 0 cayuse would attend There would be race and as a always alway the th Red Brood d would be b there too All that Is ill but Old shut lout of the tho th excitement m nt by motherhood end an Redstar the th king would run aw away y from all alland alland and sundry a he be h had bad done don for fot two years muI now nw and an If the th mu- mu t ma-t I tn r would put her hr up would make mak a aap speedY dy showing and this thi year yar for the I first time tim the th young yum youn matched racers rac FIrebrand br nd and The Tb Flame riun would have theIr chance cha c was WU getting a trifle old o and she he Jh bad kad some orne m talk between twe n the th boss boo and Torn Tom concerning his ails withholding Poor Por wild wild and nd stron strong and keen as a the th wind In She h him scree amine In his stockade pounding the th earth with hr his shining hoot hoofs when the th rest reat re t went off ottto to town for town or the th first t time tim without him Im ghe frowned In the th duck with a 8 I quick sorrow orrow for tor the th old raters rater's pass pa-as- lag ing Redstar Redstar pow now Redstar the tho great gra I Ti I S jj t Sith a quick spring was waa n on hL liLt feet He lie Pt Ih the tho O bag bagI of gold goM Into Inlo hl hH hand I king king-ho kinc he would placidly In his green reen field and take lake no note noto of the thRed Red Broods Brood's Brood arrogance and pride as athey they trotted away each with a rider In attendance He H would l not so much as raise his s splendid head blink his soft ott e ees cica t And et ol of them all he itts 8 the king kini faster fasler faster than their fastest stronger r than their best Dad Val said ald presently when there came a 0 lull In the tho tinkling mu mu- mu music music sic Ie while Belle Helle flann Hannon n hummed an e melody the better bettor to bring It Itlo to lo her fingertips why Dad Dad why have hate you neter neler run Redstar In the th laces Eh The rancher took the h pipe from his hi lips III's suddenly and sat eat at up in his chair HI handsome handsom dark eyes so like Vats Yal's 01 on n In one or t two to 0 nar- nar narrowed narrowed rowed In the darkness Why do ou ask me that At the tone of ot hi his olce an any ono one on on the rancho M save sae e and except these the two women have 1 ceased coated to press the tho conversation Why hy I dont don't know the th daughter ered calm calmly except that keen as you are ar on hor horseflesh and racing youve you've never ester let him run And ou know knott and I r know knott that he can an beat anything r under Gods God's God heaven On that ever everan ran on n these thee thc plains John Hannon put the th pIpe pip back bet ren his lips lip Perhaps he ho said that's that just th rea reason on Hes He's too good The Th girl eirl studied a a moment That s so Theres There's nothing nothing- to run i not him him not In II a n nor mile mil nor a thou thou- thousand thousand thousand sand miles And hed he'd dwarf the tho th ned fled Brood down to nothing nothing- Yes Yes-I Yes I toe see She Sho la Ia silent thinking while white the elusive caught in Belle Bell Han Han- Hannon's Hannon's Hannons Hannon's non's pale fingers came cam tinkling forth tort In the th t twilight At the end nd of an hour ot of perfect quiet sate for the tho th old pianos piano's piano voice voice hen her mother swung around on the ancient bench and the l master rose roseto roseto rosito to take tak the thee outstretched hand hind that had held him fast for lo ho these thes many man year Val Yal her hr healthy young bodY and rose also Dad she he said again did vou tou ou evel ee T Isee see a a ho hose se se that looked like He In even every line and aDd motion John Hannon HanDon topped stopped In n hI hit his tracks tock No he be h said ald at it last sharply hy Because I from dId did from the th top or of oMesa Mesa liteRa Grande Grand the th other day day-a day a horse hor that led ltd a bunch of ot riders from tram up Leandro Leandra way way-a way a horse hors that tas as TV a a dead rInger tor for the or Im I'm a liar Color size six speed action It action mIght bave been the th king king himself himself It ItI ItI II I had not sat at upon him that tery minute Id I'd have said laid ald It was the th king The rancher wet vet lila his lips but he h straightened led up and taking hr leis hand led her out from behind the th bench shoulders his hll arm about her ber h r frail trail ders Youre Your see seem In thing things Val ral he h saId al 1 with nith hossin Ith a careless laugh lauh theres no hos hoss In this country that looks like tho th Redstar Th Tb height 0 o tho th mesa the mesa they distance they distort your sight night No N there aint no match fer him hint this sIde o- o o Where 7 asked Vail I as a her tat father her paused Hell Hell he said ald succinctly and ared led hi his wito away If to toi I J-I i women John Hannon was wa good rood and bravo brace and aDd tender ing leg combining the rugged Qualities that passed for tor vIrtue virtu In this wild land there wert werd others other In the th Scattered community community who though differently atthe athe of the th Star Bar for tor Instance over at atI I the southwest beyond the th Broken Buttes whose whoso fine tin black ra racer er Live Coal had been run off ott his hi hl feet by in his hi and printe-and prime and the tho th Attl Attison son on boys Sun Sam and Dyke tyke of ot the th CIr Cli- CIrcle ClitIe Cirel tIe cle A forty miles mile duo due du west west we t whose who tongues were not so o guarded cuard d as 88 a they mIght have been Continued In Our Oar 0 r Next Issue op no |