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Show to.. (Copyright. 8YN0PSIS. Jack Ndth a Vlrplman now a border plul irnan. la rlillng along tin Suia It- trail in the liMikuut for roaming war parti os of Sivagot He notices a camp hie at a tliKtanee and then area a team attached to a wagon and at fall gallop pursutd b men on ponies W h, n k!th real lies the wagon the raiders have itutt ai red fw o nit n ami dt parted He at ari lo s the victims finding papers and a loi ket He resolves to witty a woman s portrait hunt down the murderers K ith is at Cayaon City charged with th murder Mb 4.1 user hi ing a ruf 1. r alu Blaik Hut lie goes to Jill f Ing the erll of swift Itordir Justin comp: nlori In his ell Is a negro who tilts him he Is Nib and that he knew the Keith family back In Virginia Nib t one of t lie munh red tnen was Ji hn 8 bley. the other Gin Willis attt-an officer In the Confederate arnn The plainsman and Nib escape from the cell - 1 11 11 v V in y CHAPTER "VTHContrnued.) Jk. HR the Kte t!'T ov--- f 8, ung ier wg oo .h It was the quiet, confident voire of assured coin ni and, of one satisfied with his plans, and the obedient negro, breathing hard, nevtr dreamed of opposition. all instfhet of slavery he'd him to the dominion of this white master Keith leaned forward, staring at the string of deserted ponies tied to Success depended on his the rail choice, and he. could Judge very little In that darknehs Men were etrag gllng In along the street to their right, on foot and horseback, and the sa loon on the corner was being well pat A glow of light streamed ronized forth from itstwlndows, and rhere was the sound of many voices But this narrow alley was deserted, and black The fugitive stepped boldly forward, afraid that otherwise he might startle the ponies and thus create an alarm. Guided by a horseman's Instinct he swiftly ran his hands over the animals and made quick selection "Here, Neb, take this fellow; lead him quietly down the bank," and be thrust the loosened rein into the blacks hand. An instant later be bad chosen bis own mount, and was silently moving in the same direction, although the night 'there was so black that the obedient negro had already entirely vanished. The slope of the land not only helped cover their movements, but also rendered It epsy for them to find one snot her Fully hundred yards' westward they met, where a gully led directly down toward the river. There was no longer need for remaining on foot, as they were a sufficient distance away from the little town to feel no fear of being discovered, unless by some drunken straggler. At Keith's command the negro climbed into his saddle. Both ponies were restive, but not vicious, and after a plunge or two, to tes.t their new masters, came easily under control. Keith led the way. moving straight down the gully, which gradually deepened, burying them in its black heart, until it finally debouched onto the river sands. The riotous noises of the drunken town died slowly away behind, the night silent and dark. The two riders could , scarcely distinguish one another as they drew rein at tbe edge of the water. To the southward there gleamed a cluster of lights, marking the position of tbe camp of regulars. Keith drove his horse deeper Into the stream and headed northward, the negro fol lowing like a shadow. There was a ford directly opposite the cantonment, and another, more dangerous, and known to only a few, three miles farther up stream. Keeping well within the water's edge, so as to thus completely obscure their trfil, yet not daring to venture deep for fear of striking quicksand, the plainsman set his pony struggling forward, .until the dim outline of tbe bank at his right rendered him confident that the proper point for they crossing. He had been that way only once before, and realized the danger of attempting passage In such darkness, but .urgent need drove ntm forward ''Fellow me Just as close as you can, boy," he said sternly, "and keep both your feet out of the stirrups. If your horse goes down hang to his tail, and let him swim out." There was little enough to guide by. merely a single faint star jeering out frciTi a rift of the clouds, but Keiths remembrance was that the ford led straight out to the center of the stream, and then veered slightly toward the right. He knew the sand ridze was only used by horsemen, not being wide enough for the safe passage of wagons, but the depth of the water on either side was entirely He was taking a big problematical. " for daylight. chance, yet dare not Summoning all bis nerve and alertness, he urged hls horse slowly forward, the Intelligent animal seemingly comprehending the situation, and feeling carefully for footing. The actions of tbe animal gave tbe rider greater confidence, and he loosened Lis grip on the rein, leaving the ponys instinct to control. The latter fairly-creforward, testing the sand before resting any weight upon tbe hoof, the negro's mount following closely. The water was unusually high, and as they advanced it bore down against them volume; then, as ifjer . veered to the right, they were com-- . pel led to. push directly against It eight In struggling toward shore. d it Mij .I Hu A A. C. McClurg A Co.. UUl "A hundred and fifty nHles as the hauMed tb 1t ibeir riders finally dls Muf-iri- d crow files, and sand all the way, ex- - mounted U forward on pt for the valley of Salt Fork Ceme foot, hading tl stumbling bliudly Ber t lie on now and keep close, for It's easy Dim horse negro a tho pel, at to get lost in these 6and hills " to ik tad to be Keith nad ridden that hundred and fe-'- t uviii unpe U( 'ths pony stum fifty nibs of sandy desolation "before, bh d and f, on him hurling him face but bad uev er been called upon to down luh) tin- - sand and he would make such a Journey as this proved to have dud there, lacking sufficient be He knew tht re was little to fear Strength to Int the dead weight, but Iron liiiina! iiemies, for they were for Nib in t "ujiv 1.1.: irg ruling far enough east of the Santa Fe lorwaiu .i triol to be out oi the path of raiding fu.nt iio.j bungir and iul arias, while this desert country was fbtlgue It conshunned by lunl, mourners i Abm.t 11111 night fnally closed in, sisted of sand hill after sand hill, a bl.tck uii.t vit fortunate'y Vith a gradual ill ear waterless waste, where nothing awav of llie dung grew, and mid the drtad sameness of J0M1 lor .1.1 hour past they Lad which a traveler could ouly fiud pass- Been stuigglu ; on, doubting their ill-- , age by tne giinlatue of stars at night rt'ftlnii win.) ling dullv if they were or the blazing inn by day 8lli-- t and imi lv drifting about ill Ttiev ad coveted ten tulhs of It by I Cireli riiev hud debated tills day hunk, tiuir ponies traveling heavi- 8Krlv on (,e ponies standing de-in the si. rm. Neb argu ly, fi tlock deep, but could advance no Mi r t,u further. Wnh the liist tint of rose tu ibl U -- t iht w,t, blew from the ilth Mid hi ail contending it had the ast the blooding storm but at upon them in wild di sert furv, the $ Iftul r .u me wistvvaid The white t wot Is wav, an.l they staggeied tierce wind buffeting them back, lusht unis ing their fates with sharp gilt until Uuln, the uigio gratping the tliev were nn hie to bear the pain. Irst ponys t.iil to keep from be ng The living sai.d smote them in clou. Is, f pirated fiom his eon panion. Some driven with the speed of bullets. In fcistlnct of the plains must have guid vain they lay flat, urging their ponies kl them, lor at last tiey dragged forward, the beasts, maddened and themselves out from the desert, the blinded bv the merciless lashing of the trusching rand id r foot chai plug The men could see nothing but this solid sheet of water rushing down toward them from out the black void, Once and then vanishing below. Keith s horse half fell, plunging nose under, yet gaming foothold again be-- ' fore the rider had deserted his saddle A dint darkness ahead already re veated the nearness of the southern bank, when Nibs pony went down suddenly, swept fairly off itb legs by some fierce eddv in the stream Keith heard the negro s guttural cry, and (aught a glinipse'of hurt as t!i two were sent whirling down The coiled rope of the lariat, grasped tn his rigtit bund, was hurled forth like a shot, Not another hut came back empty sound reached him; his own horse went steadilv on, feeling his wa', un til he waif noie against the bank 'with water merely rippling about his ankles Keith driving feet again into the sur rups headed him down stream, wading close In toward the shore, hailing for ward over the jiommel sttiving to see through the gloom He had no doubt about Nebs pony making land, unless struck by some driftwood, or borne to tbe tenur of the stream tiy the shifting force of the current. But if Neb had failed to re tain his grip he might have been sucked under by the surge of waters. hundred yards below he found them, dripping and weak from the struggle, yet otherwise unhurt There were no 1 d j 11 -- ' 1 ' 1 I 1 v sand, refuer d to face the storm Keith, all sense of direction long since lost. Ip to 1 , rock, and linn to short brittle gran, at whidi the onies nibbled cag irly. Tbe slope leij gradually down 1 tarl, the animals scenting water, and Struggling to break away Swavlng h their saddles, the riders let them g'. Ind they never stopped until belly ieepln the stteatn. their nobes burled The men shivered in their sadil.es. at last satisfied, the ponies to be forced back up the bank, fbe they nibbled at tbe short tufts of herbage, but in a manner expres-iVean Gregg, Clevelands 8tar Southpaw. of weariness. Keith flung bim-lel- f ou the ground, every muscle of Connie Mack, manager of the Ath- championship would come to Philahis body aching, his exposed flesh still letics and a championship specialist, delphia as often m h fall rolls declares be would part with a matting from tbe hall of onsand. around. or O'Toole and a big sum of 4 H had not the slightest-conceptiA pitcher of Greggs ability coul la to where they were, except hs money for a certain piayer It it were work wonders pitching for Connies 4ne this must be the Salt Fork, tit- - possible to land that individual & mem- crew this season. The pitching probr confused by the maze of shifting ber of the Cleveland team. lem Is worrying Mack not a little and -The head of the Athletic school has thats why he passed the remark that i, through whose intricacies they sa wenwwrwBevweffmn wtni tnuctr t;ui"'SK ointhow found passage, the blsck-- i a. warm i5 of the night yielded no clue as to vanla Gregg, the Naps star offside rency If It were only possible to make Mir point of emergence. The pitcher. Connie is of the opinion that Charley Somers see such a deal.. The of water in tbe stream alone with Gregg on tils pitching staff Naps need Gregg ss much as they do Mgested that In their wandering American league pennants and world Lajole and Jackson. , liy must have drifted to tbe and come out Liucb lower down tin had been originally tntended. If STARS AS A FIRST BASEMAN then they might he almost directly noth of Carson City, and In a section Jake Daubert la Considered by Baseor.th which he was totally unaequaint ball Critics to be Cleverest Man C One thing was, however, certain on Initial Sack. -t- liev would be compelled to wait for Jake Daubert, tbe great first, base-maiiyllght to ascertain the truth, and of the Brooklyn team, is consid4lde ujjon their future movements j tdth arose reluctantly, and remoV ered by most experts tbe cleverest eijihe saddles from the aulmais. hob Klg them so thev could graze at w(,-N- eb was propjied up eneath an Philadelphia has unconditionally reoiicropplng of the bank, which partly leased Pitcher Masters and Outfielder jwjtected him from the wind, a mere ITart htfifTTf a shadow. Keith could not Block, tbe young catcher sent te til whether be slept or not, but made St. Paul by. tbe St. Louis Cardinals, nijeffort to disturb him A moment Is hitting .84 5. hi! stared vacantly about Into the Pitcher Jim McGinley baa reported Wack silence, and then lav down, pilto Toronto and will be given a chanee-tHe lowing his head 'upon a saddle come back. foind it Impossible to sleep, the chill Chick Brandon, returned by New of the wind causing him to turn and Orleans to Kansas City, has been sold twist. In vain search after comfort to Grand Rapids. Mle unappeased hunzer gnawed Cleveland has sent the towering His eyes ranged about over James to Toledo. He had tbe speed the dull gloom of the Bkles umii thev but lacked tbe control. fell again to the earth level, and then Jack Kelly, after a long bold out,, f h suddenly sat up. half believing signed his Newark contract. He may how In a dream down the stream, "Do You See That Straight Ahead of You? be traded to Jersey City, far away he could not Judge, there . Newark made the seasons record words spoaen, but the black and white rolled wearily from tbe saddle, bur glr&med a s'eadv, yellowish liebt. It when it scored II runs in one inning hands clasped silently, and then Neb rowed under the partial shelter of a ws no flicker of a camp fire, yet off Jersey City on May 28, crept back Into the saddle, shivering sand dune, and railed upon Neb to FureivnoHr stationary. Jake Daubert on May 23 In the In his wet clothes as the cool night follow him. With their hands and feet could he bo low and large, nor did he game got In the five of wind swept against him. Keeping they made a slight windbreak, drag recall any with that peculiarity in five times up class. hits close in toward shore, yet far enough ging the struggling jiouies In! its color, if such a miracle whs possible Tbe benefit game played at St. Paul out so that the water would hide their protection, and burrowed tbh toives lo the heart cf that sainlv deseit he for tbe widow and child of Hank would have sworn it was a lamp ntln trail, the fugitives tolled steadily up there, the clouds of sand skurrying Gehrlng netted about tU00. stream, guided only by the black out- over them sottii k as to ohscu-- e the hi through a window Put he had Cleveland is said to have made an never ou.Whe line of the low bank upon their left. and settdei sky, heard of snv rapidly burying the. altooffer lor Outfielder Luyster of the gether as though in a grave. Within Fork, and almost limphed at the La rente, New England team. an hour they were compelled to dig ,'hongbt, believing for tbe lnetant h.s j CHAPTER VII. Jack Massing, a former Southern themselves out, yet It proved partial 'irsfn placed him some eihsh trik Je'igue catcher, is managing the rtuv-vil- le In the Sand Desert. escape from tbe pitiless lashing The Yet that light was illusion, he r.ib of the Three-- I league. lesm his eves, onlv to ee it m- r Ci r Suddenly Keith halted, bringing his wind howled like unloosed demens, Columbus bad booked Glenn Lieh-harv. and the air gr-l'e convinced now of its reality cold, adding to th ponys head sharply s'tout. so that the for Nashville when M in nn tolls N'-I rode hastily aeros. an shcok two faced one another. The wind was sting of the gnt, when tome sudden refused to waive and claimed him. e hi 'rt hurled .v-it into clouds of eddy sand their Into drazg'ng rising, hurling hiding p " ItciKirtB of the Lind of hall Bill their eyes, and the plainsman held one To endeavor further travaj wouhi ImjiMIv up the bank and pointing down j Bcigtr, in catching at BaIUniorewould mean certain death, for no one count ih sred.n, hand before his face. that Uiooklyn could use him. have fora-inmd."Lo rex a course Inmiired guided e that" he There's no'' need of keeping up a you A4 Brennan of the Phillies is now t 1U.iy water trail any longer," he said.quiet feet through the tempest There. Mriight abend of a tree .'.gent He xvae granted a It was three o clock befohe It d. d I ly. 'By all the signs were in. for a The ly the court in Iola, Kan. last, suffi( down for thrth to venture sand storm by dav light, and that wilt j negro sared. il al ng wth ec'L t week. .l alone r.ond cover our tracks so the devil hjmseje out. Even then fh air remained full to ab'e epreiy ' Maybe It am Edd;e Phelps Las been hitting thw s! ilt-nGot a watir bw, of sand, while constantly couldn't foltow-the'm- . de mooh, Masih Jarh, hall for Brooklyn, but that ulowlhrow " on your saddle ridges made travel difficult. ' Only he muttered, thhk1y, or a grb'in s of his has been tbe dellgbt'of base . "I reek'n dls am one. sail." grim necessity tbe suffering of the hi of ern I.awd. I don't Jest like de stealers. Keith felt of tbe objt-c- t Neb beld ponies for water, and their owh need looks ob dat ting " for Catcher Peaches , Graham of " tbe toon unthe I habitation of Well, reaching Keith do. and laughed forth. man Phillies has been at his home in and t AH drove acquiringfood tberp easily at tbe negros fears. "Yes, and a big one, too; fill ft and loathe venture. atwanted must what saw early attending the bedside of hie to If know was They ' you on It we've a long, got tight; strap Jake Daubert, tain tbe mother. I saw, of the Fork Salt valley that Tbat'fi a through dry ride ahead. One of Charley O'Learys first a aindow, Neb. What in heaven's man in that potltionin either of the - "Whar' yo propose goin Massa night, or else perith In the desert there no other choice. Ty- name it can be., doing here I am un- two remained moves when be took charge of the one is Jake slugger leagues. Jack? big Indians was to Issue,' a recall for To the Bar X' on tbe Canadian ing neckerchiefs over their horses able to gueas, but JFm going to find out besides being a finished fielder. eyes, and lying fiat themselves, they It means shelter and food, boy, evenlf-Wes terx 11, the tnfleider turned loose Ive worked with that outfit- - Tbeyll succeeded in have the to Come Getter. Run on, by Burke. Is for Niles forward, pressing slowly It fight give us whatever we need, and ask Helnle Zimmerman, of the Cuba, is no questions; I don't know of anything winding in and out among tbe shift- horses are safe, and we'll discover Harry Niles of Toledo leads the run bat la behind that light yonder. a specialty this season of association American of the making in between. It's going to be a bard ing dunes, with only the wind to guide getters tTO BE COVTthTEni with an average of little more than knocking the ball to all corners of tbs ride, boy, and mighty little toeat er-ce- them. If was an aw ful trail, the boots the Colum- lot, sad is rapidly getting into tha ' what I saved from supper. sinking deep in drifting sand, tbe Overpoliteness Is tte surest indica- s run per game. Shelton, Wagner-Meyerclass as a batter. second. is bus THow far am It to dis yere 'Bar XT " struggling star, ponies becoming so ex- - tion one is not to the manner born. lutQ, eon-lento- v Mar-quqr- d e vol-m- e -- east-?ard- 8T0RIE n !AM01 v 1 o him-i-et- 11 -- - 1 dt b e 1 - i -- dl-vi- rce y MIu-nesot- a, lamp-shinin- a ' r Mb |