Show I ISE iSae I 1 PMt b it I GI HIRE TODA I I JOIl JOHN HANsON ON wealthy tanch I owner r his hi blind wife nELl n Ind their daughter VAL I happily together In wonder wonder- wonderful wonder wonder-rul ful In ranch homo Paradise He l the tho king of the lied Hod Brood Drood of owned by tho the master ma t r of tho the ranco 11 hits rod from front Paradise Faradise rATHER FATHER HILLARIE In Charge ot Of the tho Mission Is ha friendly with nith VELAN from the tho Border and aDd cs es Cs his friend to Val To the priest consternation a aarm warm arm arn friendship arises I bet n the two young people John Hannon loaves leasCa home homo on A journey end nd hIs absence DOl DOICE cn IN J for tor the th hand ot of Val Vat caM at Paradise Ho pledges himself to help helpIn helpin helpIn In tho the capture of ot ru who ma may h ha l e C stolen Redstar Val Yal asks to be allowed to ride with nith the tho party parly GO 0 ON nil 1111 Till TUU Im I'm with Ith you toO loo she said bitterly heart and soul If It the ranch rs can cm ride on a rustler rustlerS rustler'S trail I want saut to go llong I d like liko to It tho men man that took nods Redstar tar It s 5 coming sooner or l later lator that Ilde answered It must come conic or wo 0 so lay down our hands beaten Ivo 1 I 0 been talking to the At- At At tison At-tison bo bOs s and Quinlan and they alt all ta ol our organization and short rt shrift for tho victims wo to 0 may catch with tho the I goods It looks loos like the tha work or toe tile I I Slack Black Ru that cie c er or lifter litter whom none nono meet and but row few have hate everI vcr ever I glimpsed tIle glimpsed the smooth silent client chap ho works like a 0 a machine with Ith neat neatness t ness and precision and rides the tho fast fast- fast fastest est Oat horse over scan sten In those pall pam pa Is t mere are aro some aoma wonderful afloat about that horse horse-a horse a great graL bay bayhorse bayhorSe horse tall and high Ithol cd seven seven- seventeen seventeen teen teon hands hand they thy 51 sa and so 60 fast thit t th thoM who ho have havo caught a l far tar glimpse ot of him sa say It runs like a II super horse As he lie talked Val Hannon flannon sAyes a s Ayes yes bo- bo became be became came wide tide Ide dark pools o of eC cc tiOn Sly My Iy land she said I I be be- be I lice huc lic e l le Ite e seen that horse fruiTs horse the tho top o of Orande one ono day at t sun sun- sundown down Bun thoI I down I had ridden the up and was sitting on tho thio I ilm looking I Iacross across the thc ranges when ehen hen a 0 a band of at men out of ot the north up Santa Sant Lc- Lc Lc andla way ay and one did ride aft a n wonder wonder-fi r ft fl horse horse-a horse a long rid red horse horae th th-l th t lay I down and ran for all the or word like 1110 I himself And the rl rider r oeo I me In his stirrups and waved III his hat to tome tome tome I I Did Did he ho wear ear a black mask mash as ask ed cd ed quickly Why Vh I couldn t 80 sai 55 lIe Ho was 6 1 ta taS ta'S and away Il too tar far off oft for or me mo to see his taco face I got ot the tho general outline and an and colom-and and that mighty tit of speed It might o hate been Is a about that h lie ha has cEn cn In III Santo Santa Leondra Leandro se se eral times but no- no no-bodi no bodI cares to question the Rustler An n hour later he Ito tools tool his hia o leato and the tho two women omen loped him front from the ps- ps PA tie the tho sweet spring tai 1 cJ In inthe Inthe the stillness Val said Belle lIe Hannon flannon quietly lIlet Tm Im with l our dad I favor Hoyce Clendenning He Is honest lId and fixed of ot purpose It if ho lItS ort Olt ortto ortto to catch tho the Black Rustler Hustler hell he'll Get him sooner 01 ot later It If I he lie sto s sto to 10 loie lote e cherish and protect a Vc woman man holl do 60 so till ho he die dies And she did not know lenow with wha hol utter itter t p 1 sho she spoke lat at al laugh d a ringing peat peal au ati hook b her shoulder Via pla till f mill John had better be get get- get getting t ting log bade back she se sail said lightlY or M hIts wife rite 11 ii be bo tailing falling In lot lo loc c e with his bis Js boot Tho were coming In t r tie rai-tie tie t le of ot and bit and chain he red redi ell ells eile web welO beginning to 10 sift alft do don doan n fl om the t ho blue Infinitude obo e and the tho long t ht would soon lOon bo be 0 I am adise e standing alone alono In the lie patio at af after t ter if Belle Bello had gone cono indoors loco down across acro the empty fl fielde l lot fat t lim h Hod Drood grazed crazed razed no mor more without It guard and a 0 a sigh lifted 1111 her breast CHAPTER XI The Lure of ot the tho adre Garden I hero hert wa was a 0 time Att after atter r Clendon flings s lait when nothing red to stir tho the Quiet life at ot the ranch Vat ill talked with the rider M about tho ho troll troll- trou trouble roil ble tile at the tho FI Fling Filing Y and aDd had little to sa say any In fact feat there was waa wa an uno t reticence In their speech about the holo affair Sho She did not know that ery cry man-jack man of o them had be ben n f till tilled iii- iii ed 04 with a ague ague dismay over 1 the In- In In Incident nt ot of o the he dance danCa hall ball at SAnt Santa Li Lf Le-andra Le andro andrit nor that they had bad listened lI to faint concerning the tho arm strangers Holy TOOke mok paid ald Perly tho the I in- in It if that thore there 10 the Rustier lustIer an nn our Val lI cd M hl hi rotten r Uon hl hide her be bl nil all over this country nn an I ace Bee hON herO his hll hose haio 0 to do a lot of John Hannon did not return is s a I IJohn aa 1111 they had d him and timo dragged tI i ft little al rodo rode to tho nile nile- mis mission sion slon many times but never nevor did I she sho encounter a tall stranger In ill the dry garden gardon and though she silo d drew the th tall talk artlessly to this stranger a time or fr tv 0 Father was non non and she ehe learned 11 mON about him She Sho helped th the bois bos with the tho break breaking ing ot of the new string of hors i lor br John Hannon Hannons Hannon's daughter was u thin th a lot of mono men at tInt that ind her hel du dusky ky akin burned a n tawnier shade thado In inthe the tho Bun sun while her hor cheeks wore lute liKe ro es In tho the sunset The boss had been gone five lve August was nas ae blazing on the tue rangeland ran The Tho heM ens ens were Cre high huigh and hard hart titi heat and the sun run shone hone continually nut Dut always alwa's at dusk there came Out ou or Of orthe the south the little cool wind nind that along among th the tho levels OIs 1 and n the ma colors sifted Bitted down from freni rom iii 11 finitude I I I I II 1 a- a Let mo nt inor S nor Mew f Fecu ento ento he hC Said gently And nd then one day lay Val riding aim aim- alm lo sly far tar down Alro 0 Pecos stay ay canto cAmo up from tho the cool shade hado of the thefOrd theford fort fOrd on Little Antelope and face foce to face with Hit two tw-o nten men men on a abig abig big white whito horse boree and a ja slim aunt dark darl le with a I sullen face ace instantly s face taco lighted wIth the smile she nhe had not forgotten and his broad hat came oft off with nith a graceful a its sweep eel Hiss his lIss Hannon he Ite cried and It wes ci well ell dl for or rather peace of mind that ho he could not see the look of ef sudden jO Joy that flashed lashed be- be between be between tween thorn thom Mt Mi ft mimicked the girl Ith a laugh Its If its it's been long leng since Wo met In the padres padre's garden rarden Has lIas It 7 said Bald the man eagerly and sImply an and 1 Val Vol blushed Hasn't It If she sho asked honestly yes Lord Lord yes said softly For a n moment they the were ere silent ellent look look- lug Ing lookIng at each other othor with the old ago ago wonder that comes cornea once In every life Then th tha man thought quickly and sharply of the church door and door and the and oman and became on tho the Instant I the Indifferent smiling strang stranger I Val al saw the chango and became gra graso 0 herself turned to the rider be- be beside be beside side him a 11 slim looking good youth scarce more lnore than a bo boy and a stated ed edan an eloquent hand band Let me roe present ent Senor Mesas reso I 1 cuento cuento he hs said I gently of ot down Va way bound the mis- mis mission missiOn flon sion to work for tor Father an nn ani t incidentally for tor or wedlock edlock In the chapel Val Hannon blushed again but the look an SiC flashed was seas elo eloquent quent of gratitude and gladness and admIration for tor or DO so successful a quest They spoke f for or r a IL few tew more but the tho spontaneity was nas gone from their meeting and presently the strangers rode Into the Antelope Antelop t tu emerge to the tle U e sight lint of ot the dIstant mis- mis mission mission sion palely In the lI light ht while Val Hannon touched and went on toward the th south on the bit of his 0 n desire went straight to his Ills des dos destination I I think padre he ho said gald that I 1 Ishall Ishall shall come but little more to this country Perhaps no more moreTh I The old man looked I keenly oen Why Thy he asked naked simply It tt Is 3 not well that II I should I I Father sighed No he sl l acid sadly It It Is not well t This white A a good horse Ve- Ve Ve said Bald butI miss miM The rhe Cornet Cornet- Comet laid up with a sprained rained tendon He rodo rode straight back the th way nay ay he had come como and he ho wU was wa deep in thought u as he neared the fringes os of the Little Antelope that concerned l Vat Val Hannon bad had known many women but none of ot them had come Into his life for tor more titan than a fleeting touch He Re was a a he had told Father aman who mastered himself U HB nO had bad ridden away from much that a weaker ireaker mao man would have c stayed for tor whitehorse Therefore he h truck the th big white horse with a a heel and nd rode through the shallow water and water and there corn oom- cornIng InS big slowly along In her caddIe faddle as a It the she Idled on a away away way she the WD wits wao used need to making at speed peed was the girl herself Val Hannon for the fIrst time In her bel life lito deliberate deliberate- deliberately ly smiting to cr crOss crt trails trail with a a mart man and as us tact fact as a any child I At the th fringe 11 of ot the little tream they met face alain an and the Ulo shadow of ol thel the poplars played OVer theIr young youn ta laces Tapes ee where the th eager light leaped helplessly j I They drew drw w up u by common consent an and sat lIat still for fed foi a moment smiling t teach each other like two wo children Val children Val thiS the h prIde of Parasite and end sometime of ot the tha border I sant ant to you said 1101 this tho girl Irl at tut lt Ou hate han We to ilaria ii I know And to io lf aft- aft l the man for tor for It hl has g gen given gisen en me mo pleasure to do your will still It Is a gentle will still III and ard kindly rather too will be bo full fuli ot of joy loy 0 over oser er the erring sheep brought to his fol told fold for tor he ho had ej tutu Ith and over Maria a deal Where did lou IOU ou find Not ot far tar from his native heath lIe was hiding among the tho jacala It was no fIE Bleat thing to find him But Dut how did you make mako him bins come asked th the girl I smiled Ho Ht did not tell that among the poor Mexicans across the line lint the tho I name of ot was stas magic that In man many an sn humble hut It boro a I sound of ot deliverer that It carrIed hope as as fear tear and that Its own own- owner owner own owner er hid had merely to speak peak an and hi hit ord running afar among the peons cre is ere like riatas creeping on tho the ground to brIng back the thing timing they sought Hought Continued In Our ut J uc uc |