| Show L NAMELESS ra RIVER R by bv VINGIE E ROE 1111 at a by the his alleen company w ebenm THE AMAZON eal alier deals 41 alca a I 1 the period when the cattle t hangea were e how to brea a der r 0 the determined d push own of f adall met farmers its it heroine he r 0 I 1 IE doah ter of a one or of tho those ae lowly calr ct lr end nd the chief incident tarm il are it derived I 1 from Us harta or of ft 1 cattle it outfit tat to eel al liw of the re farmer a lend land talley many men leura figure a the 1 bu I 1 ill atwal Utta barutta elemen baU tB of MIrl villainy lil are inspired al red b by ft A 1119 hard handsome handa a ome S t but M person known aa C cattle I 1 C kate mic in the U licad sd or of the breeding in and grating enterprise adlaon I 1 1 a tha battler meet e e hl at s lu etar death and ad hla 1 so aon la lr crippled j p 1 ed fa for 1 life l re under older very auspicious plot cir u it dv devolves lv upon a nance ab aliceon the d daughter hr to carry on 0 nance a under the 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broad br ad elopes pa the tei towering blunts of the hill hills elc the C bonifera con a ifera Is sees sang th their evell everlasting we andin monotone awne turned by the lilile wild fr from the until south great C canyons anyone cut the ridges dark and myer mysterious alt murmuring with so snow water fa painted hated foulest fantastically rally in ID the reds 7 and ad brow try tra na and ad yellows yellow of their west weathered here stone H but or in the sweet calleva that ran like playful I 1 I 1 fingers all nays eye among a the mere hills hill where lav a trader tender grass grams of a lau laughing bing brightness fiti flowers oll nodded thick in the drowsy meadows it was sw a hat lonesome lead land set far fr from alon t on but withal beautiful b withal serene ore el 1 with I 1 lent cut wild with crag bud and peak and it precipice e deer dee r browsed browse in its sheltered places d a few timber her wolves a on them while here and there u ere a panther screamed e d to the stars fit at night a for many maity years a pair of golden gold ca eagles gl a had reared their young on the fic beetling ailing escarpment that crowned M aiva ter ridge thill it I 1 I 1 was a s a rich land too for miny melch call cattle he ra ran n on its than red slants slant mal grew sleek lack and ad fit for far fall long along the 1 readies I of the rac river on a day when olien all the world beamed basking b ask ing in the he I 1 tempered sun a horse herse ad and it rider come came down along the maple lopes heading ending toward tile the west on the broad bar background ground of this set art chwi they I 1 aey wade a striking picture one 1 to a arrest the eve for both were am re a mar kabe its in of the two too perhaps the le h horse ae would first have caught the at nation of a an observer ler owing to ito ita great tattle stature bud and its ile shining hitting mou mouse bit blue e coal coat I 1 F far e it oft off also the prideful grace of its iab carriage ariage tile the lightness the arro gance of I 1 it iab step MP would old have been no tillable but 1111 US as they drew draw near car one a looked has ely to see ece what hat man wo nei of rider bestrode lat s rude so splendid a let fel low and ad was not at disappointed tor r the rider n as a woman oman she was a gallant woman if an one ca could old so EO d ribe be her net 01 ol luge large but bui built with such ad nicety rely of aln line of pro pre poulton lon am 08 best beat I 1 to 0 show he off the be spirit in hr her und nd that waa oas a lid thing widen which not mil be described under her sombrero worn low on her brow brew and level one got at the seeming of darkness bem hot with till ore fire the black eyes and till hit of dusky hair above cheeks bristly heated flushed she rode at ease tier her g gaunt I 1 estial head hands clapped on her pm pommel her relna ana A blue it cannel el chirt guy gay walli it pear pearl I 1 buttons on IS luy one offo at the throat and intoned bloused a trifle above bread blood hoah bal belt well ell worn or and it r studded it it willi anh nickel let P ell A divided bairt a of lurk dark leather bif clady ill filed filled 1 budwin and deply fringed at I the bottom con cealey aed the corat of high laced boots all ali dinv inv d betokened betak eted especial make tating and icv van er thorough a wear A As the hie blue norae a sidled eri pertly he le do down tile the slope a I 1 loose stone lane limie muir hla his bad abod hoot half causing him to mull tile eer ell ao an slightly 1 though boost tie be caught him himself rif As I 1 instantly ly the oman an s spurred sparred heel his flunk flum her swift agid tighten ing of the relt rein multiplied anticipated his resultant start pick up year vow teel feet you youl she be said fl ronn burg irs T the he stallion did did pick up life bis feet fec for far hs he was t at but bet he shook shang his wi T proud mall b lead laid id him hl so ears back on an his him neck and ad I 1 the h e sweet sweat started on an his bis men hen shive skin at the needless need lems rake of the spur spar 1 I 1 lie ile great dark eyes I 1 in him gray are blue taie role shone hone fur far a time ilk like fr acx fire 1 in in the a dark iwan avirt park beneath the light of his taxable silver forelock ne he them hose hi fit training footing more carefully carean go ILI though he was an aa tuat brust la in hill hild climbing at all times tor for the woman on ine hla back 11 hard inala taskmaster bor can caught a bt as aa lot colt ID the high meadow of the upper grace col country beyond deep heart it hill the horse had ad her to faithfully I 1 houll Y to for r too tour r of his seven beven years year of I 1 life lt and he hated led her sullenly entirely there liters wn was 1 mixed I blood 1 in ill his veins wea wild d fr from the slim it wh white 1 mother the who had bad neer felt a rope lope pat patrician alcuen smile gentle tractable fr from the thoroughbred black father lost last from a horse herse trader a 8 string ea eldien an years back and sought ought for many bootless were moons because of hla ble great value IM soared snared by the of the these a we two at rains the superb but animal I 1 obeyed lh this woman she was unquestionably h master though lo rebellion bellion urged surged la 11 him at t every chastisement for an hour been the two came down at ong a t the he breast or of I 1 A ridge dropping rely only in a to long as ding diagonal 1 and ad pre pres bull came out mar on an a bold shoulder the that jutted butted from the part parent spine it here with the I 1 thioni DK trees failing abrupt ly away w 7 a magnificent I 1 fir cut view spread P read wil out aug fug how below for 8 long time there had mg bee leen in the rid riders ears a low law bud and h beay all murmur a cou ceaseless seles sound ad of rower power now its source was visible alte it he ra river let the that I 1 wound between wide 1 flar elle flou it mae eadoms do w all spread run it like flaring flounces on 1 either cither side brood bawd level aar green Ince stretches trine that looked rich us as a kings it big land anda bud and earn ft ere the woman reined up her horse bre and ad sitting sidewise dewise Bi looked down with mood moody Y eyes A frown drew close class I 1 the h lark dark brows wider under the IIII hit brim blue the ull full be sensuous mannis tips lips hardened into hito a tight line ie hatred howard flamed in her passionate face ace tor for tile the smiling valley silly as was to ten anted A at 1 the 1 I 1 11 far edge of the green geter b theil I 1 floor I 1 across C the le river there ere nestled against the hills bills that rose a abruptly apt ly the small mall log ing buil dioRa of a homestead there baa a a cabi cabin squarely built and ad neat be a stable a shed or two had and at corrals Is point built after the fashion of a stockade ad a their choir close set upright sap lings ing a gleaming n g faintly in the light and on the b e green carpet a I 1 long ong bre brown ile line toy lay stretched attached from end bud to end ad air straight e lit as a plumb line site attest ing to the accuracy of the eye that 41 ai 11 it the were woman all reined tied up her merge horse and sitting th dowlea looked down dow with in moony lanoy eye it drew it A team of his bl b bay ay hor hordes even esen new BOW plodded all along that st tin line leav ISM mg ing behind them a tiny ad addition dithal 1 in the form of a flange of pew new turned earth a the ta restless mark effect of if the conquering III plow the ahe plow hated of all th those who rid fol low law the he fringe of the wilderness an sav ae a trapper and cattle cattleman alum 1 in the fit furrow behind set walked h ad the owner of the he accurate rate sn eves fir dec p wide P blue a even they were ere set apart under rown calm brow bons a of a golden brone which matched exactly the thick 0 lashes o ties and the 1 heaby ay role ro e of if hair air braided and ad pinned phoud mood around the head hidden hadda 1 in me an rid old fillad mul ebin an bonnet tor fm this only at other lure figure in the primeval victors picture was a m woman also skis she a young by thrasa the arnie in of tile llie upright cour carriage ringe strong w b the ilia way illy she fihe handke her plow to in e deiv erv movement every action bin bhe stood almost be as tall be aa tile the aru a ru frae ninn man find and mile blie walked with alth the free aing of one I 1 or a long how time the rider on an the high id st shoulder of the ald ride e tat sat rard te log a these then dinv plodders pl in the valley then 1 the ie deliberately took oak from its id IP IJ the B r aln joe hut but heon hun be her fad ad die lifted it ft to 1 her shoulder took slow blow aim in and ared it wa nr 2 bich gun capable up his of carry carrying Mir much further farther than it thia IS point of aim and its bill bullet let spat liltingly into the earth M a near tile the moving team in that one ile of the horses moving JU jumped top it and squinted Equal led the I 1 he n soman oman lowered the gun and H tell it but the upright legate figure plodding to in 1 its furrow farrow never so an much as turned 11 lr tied hi ad it merely pulled the lines iwas heckled buckled shout its he wept walt thereby the frightened ned horse hinse back to it its amuses add it crept arald at t its it plowing D DI n I I 1 said gaid the woman she laid the tire rifle across acres her pommel lail reined ed the blue In atal alfine llon sharply b aply away bud and west treat on an her tat led J journey y two hours later she rode into the shady crooked creaked lane that passed far or a street it in C a in C imposed composed of a gen an eral 1 store blacksmith shop a few ancient ISM cabins the tallied isolated trading point called itself a town mckane of the store did fourtly four ply lan business dece and fancied exceedingly A As III the a woman came bantering cantering cant telling ering down th the a treet street between the cabins blue he cooled whittling on the splinter splint r in hla his hands and watched her she was a welt wall north tb watching too ton for or she was straight a as an indian india and ad she rode code ilk like 1 one I of the half dozen me men lac lounging cull on aw I 1 the be store porch in the drowsy afternoon etere not one b but I 1 gazed at be her with covetous eyes alight A light grew up in mckane keen face a satisfaction so an appreciation a re recognition ca toor toof excellence 1 by gem george a I 1 he slid said softly B bivs ku U ait I 1 don out t k know which Is ie the most worth while the cle imbt blab breed d or ar kate ow on hla him back III take the wm woman slid mid a lean a youth in worn leather leathe him hia starved 1 loung face attesting to the its woman loung i less a wilder wilderness neIs of if the U upper P per can country try from froal whence he hall hailed d yea lot lord it III tall take the woman you me mean YOU yon would old 9 mc kane gone smiting smiling it if you could M MY miny Y it a man ell he has tried it but kate rules alone yea and rales niles her kingdom with on an it ron hand that s w wrong g it s 0 steel 01 1 and toledo treat steel at I 1 that h at tempered miller 0 it ties fine and ad merciless m 11 T you seena seem to know th tb lady pretty well 1 all I nameless met knows barb her said aid the trader trade lowering hla him voice jr be as in she ire drew near ill and ad the deep aery hearts heart to too am aa far B as cattle run tale take a an n ke keep yet yer wom woman lf if ye ya cw cm put pat in a bearded man of flits who mho sat against a post poll his booted felt feet sir stretched in clied along the floor fall but give we mp th her horse ive I 1 ve loved him ever a bence ai I 1 first laid eves on an him two me years back bach he a more than a horse home hes got get in brains I 1 us behind the them an sp milo eakin eves soft sat an in black ck w when he bea peaceful but bet barnin like coals cents when wen he be 8 mad I 1 ive ve are seen him mad ad an itched ditched to own him in then rate hat a a brute to him bim dont un on der him an do don t want to dropped his bis chair forward and rose quickly to his him feet am aa the woman cantered crowt up III hello hate he said aid as am she sat at moment regarding t the h group h hows g P the world at stir ll 11 line n e ranch I 1 all there thel she ile eald aid shortly or we was when we I 1 left she aftung mig no out of her siddle middle and flung gun 9 her reins rains to the ground she P pulled 11 it air on her gi glovia a and pushed the hot hat back from her ber forc forehead howl which showed sweated white bit e above the fie tan of her face bhe passed into tile the store with in mckine the spurs spur rattling a on be her abo hooted led beet L left eft alone the big blue stallion wille to turned MI his alert head and looked at tile the idevert me men on the 1 porch drabing draw ing il a delp deep breath an and d rolling t the be wheel wheat lu in his him half breed b bit it VHS US as I 1 the he bearded hall had old intelligence in n a mark marked ad it degree al looked out of the arm starry evea eve in the ne III blue B face kimt individual reached en out a arvet covetous alls hand hut but the horse did wu not Ecial move he know knew hp his ho business too ell all n ime cwb imelde the afre the voni mall in t tok tk k two to 7 le tl min M kane haiie gave her from the dingy pigeon holes that did duty a post office read them frowned frd and put pill the them in the pocket parker of her leather till rid ins 19 bairt ihen she selected a fr few thing from the she chohos on which she stowed owed in a flour floor sick sek and was t to 9 go 0 mirtee fall he her close clear hla him e OMS a her fare face with eith III con on catching ceded deidre e re she did not net notice tire the ti men on an 1 aho he regarded her frankly hut bar passed out our among 0 be as though in they were le not there it was it dh this cool call ulie U li e which cleared the twill path before her wherever he 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