Show I I VA VAL oP- oP C I mp PA I ly l lq ik ikie ie G IS I I Ij j 0 1 yM iw wt Ih PhO tf oj t tn wire I TrOP Itan Pep o lb I JOH JOHN HANNON wealthy ranch 10 owner ncr his Ills blind wife ICe BELLE DELLI and thou beautiful VAL Y happily together In s fuk ful- home Paradise Is I the tho king kin ot of the tho th Hee Brood o ot of ho hOI es Ca owned 0 ned by the matter master ma ler ot of tho the rinch Escorted by the s a of ot Pira Pit disc ranch al attends ls the tho rou li ot ot July celebration at nt from Inn ino Border lIlIe dancing with sith LOLA SANCHEZ Is 11 sh sho shoat at by a n Jealous al al ai savas Sa antiles anti Ie s a by the tho built t to togo togo go wild lid the tho celebration Ion at nt Sant i Lu- Lu o- o andra the tho I t lP p pears Paradise Val Vai Is heart heart- heartbroken broken and I Ides for tor consolation to tru Mission to see seo her friend bho bhe iio finds Ht a s tho Mission visiting w with Ith rith 1 II GO Co ON N WITH TIll STORY STOny Tho n look in tho the I a eyes yes deepened sith a sort of ot swift s end and ho he picked up his hat I II 11 go ho ha slid sin gently but the th fath Cath- Cather at r shook shoo his hLad bLad stay until he cle leaves lea es lie be nail anti do Je dos dos- weve Ivo had littin speech ru 0 ethor noi t foi all the tho poor o of oC nis is would rather o ha e iao had S whIstle cut the II t air liati O seen sten The Cornet Cornel on i down beneath th tho lr bo So stood and al caino caine and sat in 11 one ono ot of o tue chali S and put the baby o OIl on oner er knee to play v Ith Ii its It tin fin era and anti touch with Ith lan I Its little waxen waken en a cheeks Its Its it a a a bab pidie 11 all she aid ald I IY I the Infant ailing bundle of oC sweetness S Hut I 1 with 3 ion ou that Murli Is not nol so ell eli The Tho cough persists ts I r I know kno I nois said salol the father tather lou an Y r and I have hac tried all my remedies I n I vain She for tar the sight Cf c t worthless one for tor whom hOnl hom sho has ha I eer ceased to mourn I If It I had ha hold of ot him slid silt Va Val i Id r i d kl Id I Ith sudden swift S im vly 1 daughter said ald the priest I harp arIl end and the girl blushed smiled mlle l as lie ho dropped into a hair across the open space paCe ot 05 othe o aI I he ie sanded Banded walk al SU SUIo Io e ho h lit slid in tho the low I hat at Mas ss Sl et with ith music that some no Ito him back an of ot death to be good to Mull MaIls and he se cherub here hero Would that please ou U V More ore than anything In all nil Hi the tho orld cried Val impulsively 1 e elt- elt 1 t t- t Hut hh sh broke the speech and d 1 at rather It would b be bl a holy work or she ho fin fin- shed hod and l J should h bo ver very I d Then Solid said still stilt It t shall ahall be done Who Is the tho adre and from where did lie its part of ot the country It Is I only a peon from down by Ar- Ar uenta across the tho line by th name lamo t Moses l and he be melted in ho o west nest somewhere It is 13 a hey iv ie-iv you Ou snake male my m son Cut But one I shall be glad giad to lo I Sn erect ered Val looked at him with deep eyes ware sweet with a new nsw depth un n 1 sort Bart of ot wonder Th's stranger strange he ic had begun to meet talked Jt big bl decd and ind was as quick is ta running Sho bhe thought ot of Ills hIs accept accept- c tt lance ance ot of ol Lolo Llo In InI Santa SantI r in n t I I ho hio 1 swiftly Uy he had I caught lid hel itic ining I tid bo o hL ii u tit the I 1 iby an and ain 1 11 11 lI to 10 Ut th thi Cju quid t t ilk II- II ot of it the miland mr mc n 0 nani and ani t V tc e r I d iv LV l v-cd v cd ed to to Si al I Its Ilo n dad the tho sli sll ti iv nf i d i t slaved i iho r rho ho did not to li ive ve BonifacIo broll hl Li 11 ii rind Ic at him v 1 k Ib b h nl ill m m n looh 1 1 it hOrb I es Cs On tl i- i r JLe In the thc str eta of ot the thelI cl lI t t tt t 1 i I hIO 1 t h t e It ts hors horb fesh fealt fi V h ii h lit lu ID 11 Ur nf no I 11 U I 1 lii Ii i II t t C 1 ir r r s I 1 I i pL L lIm face That hat is a 1 Ic hO horse horat Be i 11 Isaid I- I said a sn I tit Ht hor horse hors too I 1 na Know nH I the l he l In the country sha sh 11 sa I j proudly poudly better thin INS IN'S letter Bettor than Shan all others t one l thit slight reference to the lost t her cs clouded and lather I felt the tho sweat start on his flesh But flut she sho said no more and ond held out outher her ller hand band rather i Ill I'll it como come again soon Ihen luen she turned and with an ap- ap appearance ap appearance ot of o timidity that sat Oddly onVal on Val Hannon lannon held out the sam i Irand and to Again the mn took It t-nd t n nd 1 a again aln the father saw that b In both young faces When the girt girl Irl had gone sone liki like I kite 1110 In the winds ind across the o ot of the green plain ho lie wiped d his faco and the lines hines to have hIVO hI VO u- u U o en enI Cl I graven r a tildo deeper dC per therein as It if ho hoI lu lufelt felt Celt II a a presage os 08 d dIsaster CHAPTER X I 1 al at Calls CatL John Hannon stood In the tho dad clec room where tho the India glow glowed y ed and heir hel hii his wife wite in the bend ot othis 0 his arm Ill His face was a 11 mit x- x turo of ot conflicting emotions A vor- vor verl table ot of parting sat Silt upon It I land and hl his dark ee eee burned upon BeHas BeHa's sightless face with Ith such u It IlU oC oClo 0 ond the tha rire lovo loio loas ns SIB lasts be o of south lOt lIe He kissed her acain and again an studied tho the cun cure cuno of ot her faded cheek the tho curls curl of her soft toft hair at her hor tern ten pies I And AnsI Belles Belle's Dello expert fingers ills facu fcc over his features reading beCore departure When ho hoa was sas a BOshe gon she would drop In 1st a chair ant an 1 wo weem O I like liko HI a school girl pirl but she sho spoil l in any Spartan And And when John dear will vou you bo boback b back buck this time tuno Will It be bo as ns loi loia Ion hunt hunta a trip as the thc last ono one The man mun raised his hb e loa lie hiCar earl earland t and looked out through the InJo v across the plains What visions h hr 3 3 saw none nono might know but his hl hi i es deepened and glow glo glowed Cd and ho d l her hair Presently he ha came back to the tha mo- mo mo ment No No 00 lip he answered ans ored n not no noso so long long thin this time timo Then 1 hen he kissed her again motion cd rd to Val Yal to como come and take tako her nitI an ta Imperious nod of ot his head put n gently benty In the girls girl's arms and 18 gone Paradise settled seWed Into a sort of ot pled plas ant nt after acter tho the departure nt if it t the master nEster Belle Ilelle Hannon was ai speaking of ot the time when then hii hei h 1 huband hus- hus husband bus band Dand should rot return urn and Val VIlI spent nany hours rocking lazily In the tle ga gay gay- gay tt In Od hammocks She was lIS her o old Ok self leIf again In sweetness 8 In her hel eagel caro aro for tor all the creatures of ot th house hold and ond tho the ranch but hut deep down do 11 ir In her ier heart she sho lid did not Cease ti to mour tor or the vanished Redstar at Lt sundo sundown sundon n she ahe would cup her han hanto hand hando to o her hOI lips and giving the two tn keen keo ong h 11 n whistled notes listen 1st tully fully as If It from somewhere some here In the t Lu Lup p mw m w J c i 4 I Ii q t i I And when John dear clear she sheI n I O iv Ill wiil you yon be bo buds bade tila Ime of ot the Blind Trail Hills tr he e catch the tho fine tino faint echo of ot h hi his ring answer But Dul aiwas s the vast sast silence of ot th the limitable illimitable land was WIlS unbroken and ton coming In from tho the dust o lI ud ll drouth of ot a II long days day's ride would look 1001 d timer pityingly The Tho days passed and the tho master had ad been gone a t fortnight when on one e day ay Boyce Clendenning rodo In o on Dollar ollar Val eat seeing him from atar afar met In Ii the tho patio with smiles all tro freshly hJ clad lad In a tI starched print dress In lion lion lion- hoI at t fairness she must accord him Ie le- le I I She Sho did not dislike him dine when then It came down to cases cues tor Boyc WAS cry sery much n II man 1 In i a 1 lind ind 1 vi where her here 1 men must be bo all aU of ot tha that thatto to S prosper i I hello 2 BO co she bo greeted erected him 1 lag Ins an admirinG hand on Dollars Dollar s Ila shoulder this Is a II treat you treat coming so tar far to see Bee us Or were yo you going by 1 Hardly said the tha mao man Il down own to take tl he oft off his hat and extend l his Is hand I came camo because I r wanted anted to 5 As Val led Clendenning Into the depths of ot the cool old ron rom Belle Bella Bell Hannon han lIan- hanon non on rose roso with the manner of o a duch ess 68 and smIled toward to ard the otheir ot of beir approach The man had of C their approach The man had ha heard ot of John tannon's Hannons blind who buthe in the 1 had not but buhe ho he had never neer seen her Now isow ow he looked Ionic 1001 ed at the delicate b auty of ot her hur race face fac It Its quick receptive e Intelligence It high mark of ot character an ant 1 Ime 1 hy her was as as a tar far abote a 0 the theother th other iria of or the country as 11 tho the above the grass Ho took Belle Belie s a hands both of ot with a sudden pleasant uhichi communicated Itself Instantly to in the vibrant blain behind the hands hand and an the two fi friends lends at once This This Is BOCO ClendennIng Belle B lIe said Val nl and th the us man felt cit a at the tho girl s e use of her ors Irs name He lie sas to learn lean tha that that was vas one of at thou thell playful des cles which made tho the friendship of ot this mothel and daughter so rare rara and so s 8 I L know knew said Mrs Irs irs Hannon you are the man John Hannon likes oboe all 1111 among ranchers there there- therefore therefore fore tore iou ou are aro good and worthy of ot re- re re regard gard I shall like y yu u u too laughed tossed tos tos ed his at 11 ay and sat aon 10 1011 n a to a long and com corn comfortable visit tnt But ut finally the conversation drifted III as all au speech must In the tho to cattle and finally to rustlers rustle I I suppose you o You o 0 heard that the Ihl Ti's ls had trouble ho asked Idly No said salol Val at once Lost ost eighty nead of ot fat tat steers rc cJ ready for tor the driving Good gracious HOW Rustlers again Drove thor thero through the Needles Needle's eye Into BlInd Trails Trail Mas w ia broad proad as lIght da up to tho the taco faco of oC the cliff hIli th tun ii ot of course courso It narrowed and IID was all lost on n th rock for tor the tho pass p s Into tho the hills hll Is iou an narrow that only two t 0 steers can en enter ter at the tho same time The 0 on flora trailed their cattle there to there to toM taco two rifles sticking slicking out on either side of the pass a perfect guird No o mans man's foot fool enough to deliberately gh his lila Ite ife for n ft bunch ot or steers so 00 they went quietly back bach to tho the ranch But thy th country country's bussing buz mG you ou bet and Im I'm Ith It heart and soul y Vals Val's darl dark wye vye ye flashed for tor she sheI I thought of ot her own loss lOSS word sord o 01 had been boon noised about the tho coun country coun try tr Continued ii In Out Our J ext Issue Isme 00 00 |