Show AT HANK HOTEL FAINT YKLLOW I light still IIngtre1 In the west although al-though the moan was ihlnlnit It I wu a hot night not a breath of 7tII J air I stirred the stiff llmbi of the yucca trees or the fiery cactus blooma The stifling heat still Reified to radiate from the baked side of th mill adobe house and the candy soil wae uncomforUble to walk upon although the un bad been down In hour The town wu Just beginning to how signs of life Any one srrlvlng there I between the hours of 10 In the morning morn-ing and e < < at night would reel aiiured tint the place was deserted Poor and shutters wore closed and the fierce rajri of the sun beat down from the bur nlsred blue Arizona iVIft with mallg flint glee holding undisputed away At sundown however humanity began to avert Itietf Not that It Wes much cooled but the terrible blinding litre wu gone Men appeared on the one long Draggling street clad In cotton ulilrta and trouiera the former tunnel luck from the throat aa far aa possible Pontes came loping screw the trail from the neatest camps with their swarthy rMen and llghta began to Hire In the tatoona and gambling tent Bound of voleea were heard tootrue ntottlr In oath and coane Joke but they were human and on thin pirtlcu lar l night came the wheesy wall of n 1 fiddle and the livelier rattle of n banjo from the upper floor of Iho Ingle two lory building In the place a rough atrueture of unpainted pine board with the word hank Hotel In largo black letters over the door A dance waa evidently < In progress fur eeveral pontes were tethered to the yuwa tree In front and out nn the atlll night air came the aounda of a man voice ahoullng order Inilde the room It wai tot and uncomfortable un-comfortable made more ao by the light of half a dozen lamp Them were perhaps thirty mm and one thlyd an many women the former cowboy In high boot and lucked In trousers or redthirled miner from the ramp hllnl milt awny In the mountain and all had plitola or knlvea gleaming In their boll The women were brazen painted thing who had drifted hero when they were down on their luck and stayed because their sex wa such a rarity that they were tolerated A hard crowd thought Jack Do yore aa he leaned against the door Idly watching the dancers all of them toughened with crime and all of them how It unless 11lblt ono over there and hli eye rested one 1 young girl who hail Just finished dancing and stood leaning agalnt the wall panting and ihauiled Jack Devote In spite of till travels and dangerous life did not bow his 4 1 year Looking at him one would lake him for n gentleman of quiet and retiring taatoa lIeu remarkably handsome of the blonde type > and dressed In excellent taste lie poke good Spanish and purest Kngtlih bad n knowledge of Bhakeipcaro that many a acholar might well envy poueaied n tenor voice that would have made hli fortune on the operatic atage and a pair of epee that would win onea heart they were so Innocent and honest Yet Jack Pevoro had been put down by more than one aa an unmitigated villain vil-lain lie was a profcialonal gambler a I cuitai YOU and hod broken mora hearts and ruined more live than any other man In California Cali-fornia and Arizona lie woe said to be utterly without pity all hough sown swore lathe contrary At any rate he was retention In hla pursuit of nn object ob-ject and a dead shot two things whisk made a man whom It would be unwlio to offend He waa well nwaro of the furtive glance which wen cant In his direction na be lounged against the door It pleated him to hear the respectful In vltailons to dane which he ree lveJ but he felt nn desire to Join them Jack Devote was rather fuildluua In his Hate and touching one of Ibo painted women was out of the question but tho girl at whono face lilt eye had Hopped wee different You might look from the City of Monica to San Pranelafo he mused and not find another faco Ilko bOil and Jack waa an excellent Judge of beauty She ilood loaning against the wall u In n posture which brought out every line of her rouiidod l figure from tho I mall foot lapping the floor In time to the groaning fiddle to the top of her saucy head She woro n abort cotton iklrt of abnio coar o dark material while a largo white handkerchief lojv Inc her throat etch arm bare served for a bodice Her hair which full In long black curia below her waist was caught up at Ibo left side of her head with a few brilliant cnctua flowers her teeth ahono white through nor parted Up nnd her eyebrowa met In n atratght level line over n pair of glorloua dark eye Aa If aware that eomt one was watching her the stirred uncomfortably uncomforta-bly and then looking up mot Jack Pe toroe gate for a moment she stared at him then tier eye fell nervously Thinking that this Will a decided point In her favor he routed himself and eroeeed the room to where she stood Will sou dance he lAId In his muileal voice Abe gave him her hand and he led her out on the floor What la I your name he allied Ian she answered II am not like the rest and she looked at him half proudly half apologetically It le l eaay to ice that he replied I but not aa Nlor to see why you ate here lie did not ask the queitlon but she answered It I hate the town she Mid bitterly both eanl get away My mother died hero she used to any her heart was broke I wish I could leave It lie looked down Into her beautiful eye half amlllng Would l you ro with me ewe Ibrl he aaked I Idly I She looked tip atarlled and henllnl Inr but before she had time to answer the banjo muilo stopped with a discordant discord-ant crash and a rude hand thrust them apart Jack turning sharply found himself confronted by one of the mini etsn whom he recognized aa the au I prlnlendnt of the Eagle ntrd mine Turin you the young fellow aid MVBfol what do you want with her Nice la I the ono pure thing In this cursed hole and you shall not touch her Decor did not newer him but turned to Inca You have not an I avored me hn aid will you Itol She looked Into hla oyeii half hwillal Ing He had taken n 1 powerful hold nn her that he could tee and felt lure of victory but she was flung to ono aid and hla aiutlanta knife gleamed In the air for a moment the two glared nt each other while the other men crowd i et around silent and loth to Interfere I hut bound to see fair play I Inei sprang between them Dont Max malt I she cried The young man turned to her fiercely fierce-ly Choose he commanded You know I love you and would give my life for you but Id rather see you dead than have him touch you and he ahantt She looked from one to the other afmld and doubting The violence ot one terrified her and the other Will dUo frrcnt from any man she had over known The chances of A new life opened before her and dastled her y ut Max had always been kind and gentle Doth were waiting for her answer Impatiently Im-patiently and Povoroa hand Will on his roolver he was not accustomed to defeat She could not choooio end womanlike burst Into tear At this juncture Dig Jim proprlo tor of the JackIot saloon raw fit to Interfere Quit your bawlln now then ho ordered Youve rolled devil enough Youd better square yourselves your-selves boy at SO purest a little cold leadII l loon aetlle tho difficulty And ho laughed pleasantly aa he marked off the dlitance with long atrldea nnd the men took their places A duel Will the surest kay after all I Jack Ievore took his aim with hta fr r Wr customary coolness In reality lie a cared I Illllo for the girl but ho was not used to being thwarted lie could easily kill the young follow who stool oppo I 1 alle him but the girl where would It lead her Ilia face took on a more serious I IIIIe oo rloua look than anyone had ever seen there When he had tired of her aa he surely must what then She was ao different could aho ever Ink to be one of thoao painted creatures A curious II I Impulse furred him and when lug Jim gave the word to Ore he railed hla arm and fired In tho air receiving at the Hmo time a severe bock In his right mm I paaa waa all he lAid When Jack Dovora recovered his tenses he was lying on a rude couch and n woman lilt beside him Aa ho opened hub eyea she leaned forward and lnf tho Olm light he rccognltcd her I Jack ales sold softly you know me and I know you and I reckon ttero I aint much love lost but Im glad you cllJnl shoot You remember Lola your wlfo I Jack did unit he ntlrred uncaally It had been hard to leave her when he I waa forced to lenvn Bacramcnto han ha-n ao pretty and did not speak much Kngllih nod she had followed hUll nil the way from Mexico Poor Lola Yea lie answered shortly llecnuae the woman went on I know her She died hero situ loved you I Jack Ioore and Inca la I her daughter hero nndollr There Will allonco for a long time I then aa It begun to crow opprnalvo Joel Mid In a itrangely aoftentd voice voiceDoe Doe aho ilora Into know It 1 No tho other answered Dont tell her then ho acid And My 1I000ho rcaclied Into his pocket and painfully produced 1 JOOO In bill give her this unit loll her to marry that feller and gel out Youll do It 1 T Yea answered the woman Anything Any-thing elne Jack ee waa Ibo quiet reply Im going go-ing get mo my pony hose like n good girlHalt Halt an hour later the Bound of galloping gal-loping hoof was heard growing fainter and fainter out on the moonlight llcatrlco llellldo do luna In Argonaut Argo-naut |