Show mAM NAMELESS ELESS RIVER ROY Y AND ono ity in mi at to cathrew attl aal too km owner or of no the a sky I 1 in balsom on Us her way to me kne tot e att cordov or acin rine ri ne my L k karl a in vicey bolow rl bm 1 a bvm hemf is feet T the a 1 arl I tk lk I 1 no node oll role KO 0 0 on 1 to loo in town w where alro h her profile S r am 0 on a the u arder n at e w makia v nd alert beblin selwood AIR AIH oa the be arl oa arole p ws row w had bad her r lual alte h 1 with be her widowed motet he ind ad crippled slid bud M land ad token a brother arf an lakil up by her in tr killed ill ft A bore I 1 her in ayla aid aldani a bud ad to I 1 in the victim I 1 of dellbeni dellbe b er nf to so me an oa 4 kill I 1 him a sets ke cihra w was winf the h tarm or to or laiture to land ad andi and ta trying a to is ou the aubion into sia bar barford bay I 1 una rider it in an love walh kate 1 mv pick quarrel w with ft ft fallow ra rider C rod slone mon X ant to part it the hem boford a aroi i the f face with will ft A lada CHAPTER IV continued with bearl art and aine the th owner of tile lie toil faced her in the low mouth of if cave a hit his P pointed it ean net flat to his him head bit hl feer far proud wid wide spurt pact his hack back dropped in ht isa bawa we open apart and ad and ad round him big outstretched neck it th there re stood up ill ia on ME lne defiance de flance the brond white reff raft ot of apar pure bred bad bedd collie dog T the h a iv eirl 1 I soared at him with open in mouthed allied and ad at ill the more astonishing thing which lay along I 1 a the pebbled earth bomen beneath f him I 1 fat for ain this i was the thin little I 1 lee a and ad f foot of a mial 1 child ju in a atter silence and ad tille she ehe mond ro mo her hard handa on oa the roch it top nd ad for far oil all tte the length a rf ume time that she watched there kasnot a tremor of the awal onal little lee nor a movement but of the dog a crouching bad boda th the only motion 1 in the tau tense picture wa the ripple of the atres tream the aher ol of the lip drawn back bach fr from the gleaming fangs f a when the tension be became mi unbearable luear his nan nance spoke P kc softly omm come b bov she ehe said aid come boy come amas bhe he ventured moved a hand bond across mom the rock mck bud hut the quivering verl g lips drew draw back bach a trifle aftel more lg t the he big body crouched a bit lower mad and the I 1 little I 1 tile bite bare leg drew draw out of zb sight behind foe cave a edge careful carefully I 1 ly the girl slipped back from M the rock a toward the pool gained alabed lt it lip and dropped swiftly pon way away down the canyon my at a little distance she drew a deep breath and looked be back tile tha mouth beath at the cave was waa black and ad vacant there them was wag no sign of the nerv eyes la it slavering havering joe ab nb of a thin little leg under major a fringe of blue jeans rags mom 11 1 with e eves dilated and lips closed in a memo mazed silence liters no ance allison made mad her way back to buckskin mounted and returned to the flats fiats of if nameless sh she it had d found mystery with a cap cepl till tal hut but she knew that she must watt wait with patience its tho those a pale eyes between the go Z reas mrs held ld R challenge which only a in tori would wood dis disregard it would take lake time and patience but chit for the love of humanity why w waa a eld child hiding biding like a 2 fawn in blue farha stone canyon 0 w with ith only a dog doe to beauy guard it and d wa alta h no co sign 19 of if aimy wimy a or people CHAPTER CHAPTER V what N nance found d nonce nance pushed so buckskin hard and do de I 1 in early to the fine callin cabin and fact ber mother other C counsel it she ahe P put of tile the little tile home away my in the stable abad a land and fed fail him his h quota of the he precious III hay y tr for buk back aln 48 not turned out to so he come with dan and to ovi smarY to the life of the it to t all chances 0 ith T hey would ml him orely mould holl he RO an the way of 2 the a six at she h id upa ad pulled upon the ki ithem it a 14 y he said aid excitedly to the gaunt woman peas h by the h embla 1 emu joltes I 1 ve found in 1 the canyon I 1 wonder wander should I 1 meddle maddle ill mrs ant allason I 1 old laid h her at wrinkled it brown hands bonds on the of the dan ban bud sd looks looked ill BI 1 her daughter 11 according she bhe said lin obly kinberly do floes it need it vi eddlin r tS ahat 2 what I 1 dont kneas I 1 found a all do TT savage dog for that by d d little irA child biding in a cave I 1 coulden couldn t get asur to the bar they like they know what 6 d aoltia l g th they had sat watched chini we me from be b hund it ad bawled re the to 1 la A ills it sh B I 1 turned r I 1 only saw the child fetid it as a min little S allue mal the old jeans pont leg was was to met there wt t 1 jsnr I a of comm nothing what could it 11 harr the 0 mandery 10 of a ally loving bating ban et om 1 no oice did I 1 do right to come should I 1 it adeo surn 1 I M as ile it ys coulling coul lint be done than the dog 1 zo w rd kell heth tam be in died elf 1 sam if aidt im allison considered il deed this odd add in 1 far fb 0 Ms gravely 1 ma I am some one elm besides the child bud V dog that attain they v in 1 ear them br bit find a selvage y but maybe they X ut last too from me a ad be ans ay b houtum bm girl half rob am at t bt thought blamen inot Kathen hernig ng in im damme 1 th troug U choner rt loever could 11 be b 1 in blue st stone can YOU and d hot tor for I 1 elm dost I 1 know knew TM the older woman shook her bee hood head by E ROE cis ky 1 th abat comour ah I 1 not mor on oue chance he 1 in thousand of that N fo some e one else te Is there that a surf sure an I 1 don I 1 believe I 1 it meddle hot but nonce hamal to rose determinedly detent inelly 1 I ve sot FM to mammy she raid bold td rd never or sleep an another 0 that night if I 1 ill ant tomorrow ili J JJ gi ga back bright and early the mother regarded her with iron bled 1 eyes I I 1 et at bud go t too yu you never ever it know in might lh in be as trip trap or with such each baft an that M ill leg so we was BO thin like its owner ana a 1 I by I 1 I 1 all it was morning ing all v the he rest t of the day and tile the tran trail all q aull it er re B of bila nance ace felt thrill and are within her a trouble she talked milked 0 old id at 4 and no her sleek block black d daughter no its henrly arly to the min remembered sound bound of the fairy volcey of the canyon nd ad when bhe he sat but to her nightly read mad las ing of if th the e word bereath the coal oil lamp 1111 n the table there them hd on the sacred re it P page axe the ile glem altur large fangs above that malli oBlena fla aramil ls leg IN with till gray dawn she ass as up and hour about her work mark that she blie might ret get an mry early a start aft bud was all 11 for going with her be b but t she h would not of have it BO I 1 III have trouble enough getting near bar I 1 slie mile told him the hest bet I 1 eon can do another stranger armager would auto make them wilder belll the boy caught her hand band as she a enung mag up on Bucl buckskin skia he be careful sis itis he be said look sharp on an aery bide able he had bad never forgotten that 11 etched tape rope neither had nance but she he walked waited braell in a faith which made her se greyly benely hold bold commit h v way av unto the lord mal etli ill she said d sm smiling ng trust also in him I 1 don t you fret nor let mammy if you dom ca can help it il rii fit be back soon man as I 1 to can then them she w was as rone gone down aerials across the it flats to with buckskin on 01 the tape lope one hand feeling carefully for the package she had bad tied behind the saddle middle this I 1 I 1 ilk I 1 b come boy sh she said come CM boy come com a contained soundly goodly piece ot of boiled balled corn beef and two slices ot of her mothers bread fresh baked the day before she bausal w ana going armed with ith briber bribery the whole dhole nameless valley between its great escarpments was fresh and IMA cool with shadow for the loan BUD wait waa not yet above mystery matery ridge and ad the rim rho rock that marked the way to ra the canyon the river itself talked to the boul den dem to in it if bed and the little winds 1 do that it drew up the myriad defiles were sweet with the fragrance fro grance of pines dina find bud that nameless el coat of water which cannot be described all these things were the joy of life to nance she sh loved them with if a passion whose whom forre force she did not comprehend they were chat w hat sweetened her hard bold and ad ceaseless toll what that made of each new day 1 in her mountainous monotonous round found some anum thing to be met with eager gladness to be b lived ad through joyfully missing nothing of if the promise of down dawn the fulfillment of if noon the blessing of do awl light they had stirred old and delighted the nomad ad heart ot of her father before her bar they ibey had filled her own with con mannu tenement tent ment cht iager eager as she are was vaa to be 1 in the any canyon she be did not miss the pale pageant of I 1 put light above rimrock or fall to watch the be golden halo mine come long along the crek m of rainbow clift but 8 aufai ati 6 BOOB ament crossed the river and ad al entered 1 the if h mouth ill of if in the great C cut bell ba dou arbo leaving 1 a behind the adv miracle 1 of I bar burehon i ing day for here hem the shadows shadow were still thick nice like tray gray ghosts she pushed on up for far an am hour hoar or ar M so listening to the th 1 voices I which were a till still talking while the shadow ba denvit thinned between the dusky wa walls at the point where she had bad left the pony the day before she danum dismounted mated bud and li topped dropped nta hill rein you wait here old md nuisance be ahe said mid darkly rubbing hla bit restless rest leaa ears a tor far I 1 may in have 1 sudden need deed of you yon if you see in me a come III flying out with a task streak ot of tawny fur behind me dont dan I 1 you date dare break when ban I 1 lamen so go long she I 1 took the me bread and ad meat from it oi the a edzo bud and malted on foot me she w went careful carefully ll 11 y picking her way eyes eye ann in ca each h turn and boulder at the pool poll a edse edge she me stood stand a long lone time vAtch watching ling listening but there them wax wait noth DOW ing to be been I 1 a or hard beard ill ahe went at ame mme to be mouth of the cave and peering paring in eau cautiously t bously called soft 1 y ahlie he w waited at led bu but t there them was no an 0 aderine edg growl no BO whirlwind hirl wind rush as an etie be had halt bait expected the shallow cave was empty sea far or some ome mill ashes of a dead fire and y blankets blanket she circled th the I 1 rock and began bunting for U tracks eks in ill the white bite rand mud of the canyon to bid bd and in presently bently she found tb them airall 11 truck tracks of I 1 r childish feet set close beside the padded narrow prints print ot at a dog and they were sere going up the canyon it deeper cell er into let fastnesses fast nesses she abe traded tailed them easily tor for a distance then lost them in tile the foaming shallows shallow of a biffl riffle e and search match as she would she could not find end where they came out th there oas nas a flat 0 t lip of rork cok on tile the other side aide to be sure but b beyond BY and that was sand mad gain again and ad it my lay clear un am rallied above the riffle was along a long deep pool sitt and flowing and ad she stood for or a time contemplating it it ila hardly till seemed possible that the outlasts two outcasts could have swum awman it and vet where were their trucks tracks if they had no hotl 2 she circled the pool and went on trailing failing carefully but the bed beyond ass composed of if ebale halo bl blue and ad ehrp hard going for a child a bare feet she s th thought ought corn passionately and go agnie e no mg sign of a crossing for far up an other hour she went on scanning the walla wall the fallen stones the eire stream aral it self seit and every nook or corner comer where anything might hide she was tar for in blue brolle car caral canyon al bv this time and wondered at the tha endurance w aih could have hare brought a child so a far or had rome mine one come and III taken it away avay that was aei possible bible of course and yet a 4 gro person would have left marks in the soft send sand mea assuredly she would but at this point in her bar train of lb thought ought she came around a sham jut in the me wall and ad faces face to face with her quarry or it at least with part of it startled the dog she had bad seen the me day before was crouching 1 in the nar her row way that led around the jut jet wf his body halt half turned one toot foot rallied raised tell tall lowered and the face he turned named back across his shoulder was wait the most at vicious thing houte had ever seen man he son waa crouched to spring and ad the lacy fury of his him snarls buarl stubble audible above the sound mould of 0 the garea stream made that odd add clutch close her throat which always accod a panics sudden horror nance allison was a brave woman but bill she was scared then she stood rooted to the spot and could not tear her eves eb from the nog due B pale flaming orba to twit look at the no little creature which she he knew was waa running with a furry flurry of to rags and naked asked mrm arms up along I 1 1 the canyon any wall for a long moment they eyed such each other othe the then without other warning 1 a than a flicker of those flaming eye eyes we the collie coille sprang he came m high sailing up and for ward laid ills hit forepaws fobb spread pin d ll 11 his head bond thrust out at and ad downward hla J jaws in the second that followed instinct acted C led in nance not remain reason instead of recoiling n g she he surged forward to twee nice the a onslaught blought ht her right a arm raised load be form fore her bar like a horizontal hoje nd bar the faded denim sleeve w was down and buttoned at the where r a in the mal gauntlet of her cheap Is leather elm glove made a eon cuff into that mouth went the arm am jamming hard while she flung filing her left arm around the ruffed w white bite throat ii like it a a clamp I 1 if she he was surprised at he her OAB 1 in it live and prompt action the cattle we was more am so aown on the sale sand A went ent girl bud and dog a roll ing a t I 1 or bundle 1 in the halt second ahlich which meed me ed to make the dog the a victim ID 1 th tend of the attacking f his him out look on the Bitu atlon was comple teh changed H he I 1 had boo charged I 1 la a fur enry ot if rage me now he it a ought fought from U call but it was as to free his him mouth from the choking bar that filled lt it to get his held head out of the it vise v aich held it t run bui fiance nan found herself in a dil dilemma maim to too she was mom afraid to let go ax she a rolled dh over I 1 in the struggle she C cast despe apte aie eyes up along tall the wall where alie he had seen ban the eerie small figurs figure running in it if them rags true enough it was there at stopped did facing br bent beat fp forward cd it ita litt tami little hands blind clasped 1 in earl curiously sly old fashion of if distress dairies little boy she ahe called come here her 1 come and talk to your four dog C come me quick I 1 I 1 won wom I 1 hurt you co come and call him pla please come at for a moment she ae lay imy panting Pa took look ing into the dilated eyes 0 o near maur he her face old chap chain he nud bold softly what wha tB all the fuss fusel im 1 y your friend it if you yen mut knew LL it nice doggie she glanced at the child chad again who had bad not halt moved coma on 11 bonny my ehe he called coax angly ely come came on 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