Show F ZEN EI air OF THE Y D 0 q fifo oel of e f the by ROBERT STEAD author urba of the cow cota Tunch ci the fefa STEAD DENNISON GRANT or 10 tr n IS hav aj cut duttine a no after fi at slacking kam oooo to tobio is ia OR on its if R way RY Y k to tile the b big A I 1 D ranch look headquarter ad rier iran grandey 1 B 1 ft abst master or at men in and a gnp lied prim fore niMi 1 I 1 but not at elf belt aaker it alv z Gs geci KB D was on of 1 ill ahe it chap wa alio in men la IS in an 1 to very every woman P n h he rt T ley and ad under dp dine n with be T y D and ad hr his wife and 4 daughter satan an tram Tran alpy iral ira resolve l to marry y zen are Y YD D Instruct r a T alry to put cut the south siut T D baite t 0 h I 1 an utah high water d pit land dc didik to zan and 1 jentli ill I 1 b toa D 1 inches 10 on lit the south Y f D and ad hass no outfit hay den ea niton grant ent landson ad a aaka manasar 1 a tr Tra nelcy ley that he hb 1 la work k in under a I 1 lease from 1 alie I 1 lebal I owners and warns Ira naley ot on all of 1 which means a war YD and ad zen in to the uth south Y YD D zm 11 1 natural it 11 vamp 11 not w yet 31 hafter 11 ill hrolfe ke ana a ille tor 1 I ma mating I 1 D he has taken calls a liking 1 to trana 1 lay zen 1 dolila ale T mil on and mi under zen ajo aj 0 clr prospect of a race between tT anley ley nd it under linda tor for Us her fa IP but I 1 japthe at both S she ile be hae another and ad more lou encounter with hol araik Y D mow mx inic so are ruined by iron beaked ct in the grass zen in arc vents an open with Landa ad translay slay atey A halt 1 my I proposes and as Is crr off acts a that he attacks Us tho landion blacks PP the T YD D I 1 outfit sat haltem to aid the enemy n zen rides ald oft R alone to vale help TO the wl wind no raz changeat gs and the I 1 D rd now haia to P flutie so the be prairie alro zen I 1 rides into n Us kive to epp P tl arloa to abduct be P her an she dro 1 him or thin if ehe hoi hall CHAPTER V Con continued tamed 7 the wind had bad gone earn do down as tile the fr wn waned and it the fire was stalley working up the tb valley leisurely when zen ze act out a on her return trip A couple a of miles IUS from the lint or 11 home on le ld so bhend she met at its advance guard it was tow now the sun shone h dutt drill red it through rough the banked clouds ot of 2 sooke resting in g against the mount ilna to the west the hie flame danced and flickered advanced and receded needed pm p M up and died dona dean again along cut nule after a I 1 of front it vas a beacht beautiful to thing 1 A to behold and zen drew her her horse to a top stop 0 on a A hill top up than 1 to take 1 la the grandeur AT or ot of the in scene asay ear at hand frolicking flames flame were vm w about atie base of the hill bikel and far down the volley vailey and it over ever the foothills the hanks flanks of the lire fire stretched like lines of impish infantry in single file suddenly sudden fahe e heard tile the mind bound of h hoofs earn and ad R rider drew draw up at her per bid bide she he supposed him one mrs of trims trans ley a men but could not net recall hav he ing seem him in the camp he sat his it horse 0 mw with 1 th nn an was ease and grace arms that her bar 9 wye ye wa waa quick to app appraise raie toe be re moved his broad felt nat hat before he poke pk and he be did hot at call her ma am pardon re me I 1 believe I 1 me am peak inz a to S Y da D daughter y h he a asked and before mak nailing ailing for a rep reply hastened 1 to airi introduce robua cas hp my idy name Is D den mae dibon 0 grant r foreman OR on the landion land ion ranch much oh I 1 she he aimed 1 I thought I 1 thou thought g lit you wore were one me of mr air Trans ausla leyB Y men then a quick brier sense ene of 1 the be barrier b between the them abe he added I 1 hope you yen dust don t goal the that 1 I that we had anything to do with b this sh she bull indicated e abid the ruined lead valley with hw her hand no 10 more mom than I 1 bade had to do will those these coward a stakes be answered heither or ot at Us understand just race now but can we take that much ft tor started there u og bout about him that fi t rather appealed to he 1 I think v ano ehe he said aid simply 1 P I 1 for far B moment set they watched a abed the out kaleidoscopic sceal a below them it may help you to re understand she one con tinned noted it if I 1 an eay in that at I 1 ses nas riding down to I 1 ee a I 1 if i ire I 1 could it be of some smile use to we urn landion when hen tile the vind changed and d I 1 saw I 1 would be in more cam likely to be 0 needed coded here and it may by help you yen to under stand brand he bald aid if I 1 eay any that AS 8 boon 88 a immediate do danger our to tile the lord claudson real ranch at was over wr brode I 1 rode up to a camp only the cook wan ans thine and ad lie be told me of your year having set out to help lira L lint un eo I 1 lou followed so up ray for torm innately tel the firs bre had lost loat it its punch it will probably go out it through gb the III eight them a short tS uv lence 1 in which libb eue he be began to in well realize be her promise peculiar 0 I 1 alon in fiill U man an we wan the alkali of and under la in the business i ot of tiny hay rett 1 US in tile the valley lie he vm as the foreman of a rh in lambol crowd I 1 andson against who whom be her father kind bad been voicing very cry bear apar to murder threats out not mary hours ngo ago had she bhe met him before the fire she ells would lis hae spurned and despised t tire him but nothing the factions or of yoke man like it bant A so against a common elemental emon enemy y BP Be beilmer idea ildeR that there I 1 nai abw alio I 1 need as so U how OW did tte the am start I 1 we waa queen ivory every landson Ianda oo nam old be a grant t had b been about 1 t it 11 1 he had a aided k e if il her 4 to be k ft qually ally genera kentrou beat about ta h SRI 01 sode auto of the stake and there them was so ething bout about the man that up wet pealed ed to her slip she had never felt that way about trusley usley or under linder she had been interested in I 1 them b em emu amused ad perhaps out tor for nn an p per I 1 naps haps but bat this man ema Nook nonsense ersel it wis 8 the environment the romantic tle setting As aa for dral A quick sense of horror caught her as the memory of his chol chocking king face protruded into her ber consciousness wid well ap suppose pp we ride ilde been lion e be auK Kested by jowl jote the lire fire has haa worked round around us it was true me the hill bill on which they stood ws was no now entirely war surrounded rounded ily by a ring it 9 of file citing slowly up t the he side do the warmth of its ita breath at al road against alint faces face the mean funnel effect created bv tile the circle of fire use vs up u stronger it draugtin alit ahe u a i loke eke seella seel iid ld to be gather gathering ilig to a center dovw them he swung up dose close to tier per will your year h horsa face it tf lie he hd if sit n it wed e d better belter blindfold till ftfe try him she a lid vie tle was vas nil all right this his afternoon but huse he rock reck in les tile then with a hard salton gallop bons aen s horse hone trotted forward it ft her urging to within althin a down doen yards yard of tile circle of or fire th then 11 lie topped stopped snort mg ing and ad shivering she rode back up the hill bill better blindfold him grant ad liked pulling polling oft off lila his leather cont at A sleeve of my ablit should be about right vt III ion on cut it off khe pro protested tented there a no time to lose ie he re IS minded her a as he placed his knife in her I 1 hand my horse horae will go through it t all right so urged she deftly k mt cut off A his UP aboe the elbow and dew d ew it through the bridle of her horse home across h hla ees now ow keep heep your hend head down close to his neck nark you I 1 11 go a through all it right give him the spurs space and good I 1 luck in ajl he shouted li red she we waa already calmen careering 9 dw down the hillside bil Jaide A few pace flame film t the to e B alre IS I 1 the hk a horse b ors plunged pleased into badger badge hole old and 1 fell I 1 11 it be headlong thinks she went 0 over his I 1 head ad down with a terrific shock bulk 1 in the very teeth of the fire CHAPTER VI when zen cam came to herself it with a sense a of a strong selemer se lemel la 1 he her head bead ge gradually d any it I 1 resolved wed itself into a sound of water star about her head a splashing fighting water two heads head 1 in the water nater two lienda heads inn hi the tile water a fish ash floating la in the v water oh P she was wa an bure she felt we wa ter is 1 on 11 her far face hal a me am I 1 youre all ai rag yoa 11 be all right in a little while but where above am ia W what h at be hns imp hap peaked she tried to s sit up all ii A wn was rock where quo am I 1 r she de banded dont be alarmed 71 7 I 1 think your name bame Is ie zen 5 she he heard S mane voice 1 I baling g louve on ve been hurt burt but you 11 be oil all right I 1 presently pm it then t the he our curtain lifted Y you ape re DI Denni D dennison I aon grant she ile bald aid 1 I re member her you now but bat am has happened why am I 1 here with you III so EO far you a been e a about ne t three thre houra boom unc clo sourness li lie told her at a distance which seen seeing about a mile from liebic dinue al th mig it may be tees leas Is iff a little pond poad I 1 ve a carried are d water in the sleeve alerv ot of re coat t tort una belv 11 it la 1 leather 1 tb and y d poured mored it somewhat generously upon your brow bmw and at last I 1 ve been rc larded by a pon conscious elms word ord she tried to sit elt up but dontley desisted des dont isted led w when hen a sudden twitch of P pain SIR held her it ar test fast let me help 1011 oil he said mid gently i we how have camped US aa iou me ingv notice mair on a big flat rock I 1 found it not art far ar from tile the scene of if the accident so 10 I 1 carried iou aou over to it it ii 10 title diler ilk han n the earth and for the forepart it 01 tile the night at least will be wanner armer with willi a strong arm r beat about her shou bell dera dem lie be drew her into a sitting bitting pos ire Is hot her sir eien were becoming accost oil to 0 o th the dark darlings darks s abate wrong runs with mv 1 toot mati she ahe demanded my boot beat a off I 1 ain in afraid you turned bour on ant anile Is getting tree from from lour our stirrup he be explained 1 I had bad to do a little burg ery I 1 I 1 could find bud bottling broken it wilt 1 I be pa I 1 of it but bat I 1 fear none la 1 mud nothing as to do but hear bear it ft she 1 1 reached due down end ad felt her toot foot it was neat nealey IY bandaged with cloth very much like that which she he had used 1 10 lif quiler it was eay easy to surmise where what a it 11 came to abe aiom evl evi berul cpr protector tied had stopped at root nothing bim well ove are we to in toy atay be here permanently are asked presently 1 only 0 ly tor for the night I 1 he told her be it if w w re lucky not net that long heas search portion parties will vill be hunting to for you and it th they y will dubrea dub tea bals ride mile this way war both of if our homes chome bolted belted 1 in the are oh YS yea Y S the deal tell que me what happened B he fib fi B d 1 I remember riding killer 1 into the am continued aral and theu then next at thinks I 1 was 0 on this rock nick how flow did it all happen 1 I lour our horie horae fell he explained just as vou mottled tile the or fire and ad throw threw you pretty prett von heavily to the ground around I 1 was waa behind so I 1 dismounted and dragged you through oh I 1 she felt her face but I 1 S am in not 0 teven even singed she exclaimed it was plain that he be was wag holding so something methin g back she turned and laid hoe hep finger s on his arm tell nie how you did it she he p preyed oil tie the dark darkness hid his modest con can in fusion spin it was really nothing he stammered you see ahad I 1 had a lustful leather coat and I 1 just throw threw it over your hen head mot and milland mill mine and dragged you out she was silent tor for a moment while line the meaning of hla his words came home to her tile then the she placed her hand frankly I 1 in his thank you 0 she bhe said and even in the darkness she knew that their aea I 1 had bad met you are very rP she 10 con tinned pre presently lenty must no e sit here oil nil night I 1 can think of no alternative he liala bonfi rd pd if we had firearms we could bobit a signal or if there were ye grass about we a could start stan a fire at al ihmud though it II foolishly would tot not be noticed with till so many glows on the horizon tonight Us ue stopped to look bebout dull of red 1 in the sky pointed out remnants of the day conflagration still eating their way through the foothills the at air was on full of I 1 the be P pungent intent but not let oaple ant smell of burnt grass A pretty hard night to send a big nal hl he aalde id but bill there they re almost sure am aakre I 1 to ride this war 7 she wondered why he did tot not offer to walk to tile the camp for help it could not net be more than tour four or sva mi miles as S suddenly site she tio thought night she he und understood erste I 1 am not afraid to toy atay here bar alone she said with a little laugh it was we the first time great grant had heard her laugh and he be thought it very nine musical test indeed I 1 I 1 lie e slept out many a night and you yon would be back within a couple of hours boom ain 1 I m quite rare aure you re it not afraid he be named agreed but you yen see I 1 am you got quite a top tap on the head beail and for e I 1 I 1 at that I 1 flared up some time before ven TOU I 1 came me to you yon were t a ikino 9 rth r rather th e I 1 now it if I 1 should its leave you it la is not possible but qui quite is probable that you would lapse east again into unconscious chus 1 nesa I I 1 think yo you 11 ans aie to ho put up p with tit me a here be oil 01 1 I gasn wasn t thinking of that I 1 did I 1 did I 1 talk pother seemed to think on were an hooking R fighting ht Is I 1 co amit be ure aure aluch n aich F sometimes azes you seemed to he be doing both oh PI ill a old cold the eventa is of the alie day came be back ck upon her that sti 1 la the its water r it fr come me to tier her now DOW like a bad theare dream out net of if tile the long imig long pont past how amb had bad she he said old II how w much would abild bhe IT liae glien to know she had bad 1 bald I d I 1 sus she gl tell ini be herself if recounting events presently bike bhe pulled herself up with a start she bike must not let him think her moody wet it if we a must to at enjoy ench curb ill ers Is COMP company Y wis we may as well do ao 00 she ehe said old eulth an if ef fort at gaiety let US ua tally talk lell 1011 ine am beat about yourself first m I 1 things first be parried oh I 1 le a noclla to t tell sly lily life kne has been cry unromantic A fr few you yearn at 5 I 1 too and the alst at of it on the range as A nor eri ever everi day kind of existence let an i 1 I think its it tile the kind or existence Int erco that Is romantic he re turned it Is a great arent mistake to think of romance as belonging to other it toniea and other places PI eian E an the OR most meet lation commonplace W 1 person P e he has expert coded cooed rabo en enough g h for a dozen book I 1 quite he has not we tha he romance I in but bat it wes was there them the trouble la IN that with our limited dense of be humor what we think thick of as romance cc in othi other cepl peoples I 1 lives live becomes tragedy in our own on how minh did tie be knoer yeb she he old 1 I suppose t that a I 1 0 I 1 1 I know it Is IB so he went on it if we could rend read the thoughts thought know the experiences of 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