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circle watched tier alie still far form on an lie hie bed rhe dome doctor fe from bement belmont had not left his san elation I 1 t tor for acon hours heart outside comb A all armed walked here hem bud and there ther e and on an the deep veranda sit ell the h prospector ilk smoking isma loodie cigarettes and walt ailing on destiny 1 it I t may be RD an hour it ft may be ten b but of something is 18 going bring to happen soon the he doctor had said at dusk dask he ill w til elther either rail ralla or sink if lie he speaks speak he be wit will be rational 1 I think thing and and OR on that illint ill chance the Bt image ranger we waited I 1 led to ask one qu question a aaion namely 11 ll bar Is t ties the secret see at of sky k line liu where la Is the other emot end of the P pa are to E or all the hours boom that price selwood StIo nood had ad lain aim unconscious fourteen rum nico under ends BOB bossak s ilk had bad camped bullied 1 in I a glade under the flaring flaral ahto 0 of mystery my cry B western end ready to answer pale calra CU II 11 ID R fair thoughts were ot if tile girl oa its N nameless I 1 1 c of f arr he long blue ayea w with their s tedy RW of her aali bistline mea lips Ps and the golden colden crown of her braided hair he drifted denied RD an ay y no as love lovers re have bale done dome mer time was walk bud it was the low law toned voice of the ills doctor which 1 re cles called red allin in clr smith it old aid without a change of inflection infection come in care cam fail fully lie he rose and I 1 tossing away his bis elger clear el estr te stepped step pil set aly zero across the bill in ID the f faint int tight light of the oil lamp oil an 6 mund to no sheriff selwood looked up op I 1 into GO the face ol of his bi wife heading bending above him sadly he bald old weekly weakly then he turned his bla head bend and looked iba J ty I 1 7 around unit at ran die others U hello doc ne he whispered then thea they y md dlan I 1 in bet Z roe after it an 11 II 1 smith smitha aund budden 1 l light I 1 leaped lot into the dazed wen eyes I 1 afew w them drle drive bockh floral lib steers reave into the face of 1 nit how clur 4 mile west went ot of aay it liu line that thai a plenty mid bald pat fair n ily you ou murual t talk sol wood mand j it the ductor doctor im telling leading now amer and with a gentle touch on an the lick As an a shoulder Bh he win we gone aan he ran to 0 o tile lie mable arabi and ad get fat dla DID blond und five fin ot if Solva ti elwood red elders were throw ing tb rid on an k OR ls in hark esa time alm than teemed possible di the a bix 1 men 1 we were riding for far the rendezvous on hamel natelea Na melea at ng all long along the floal flowing vine river the there we was ri the a meeting of portent Dor tent a wase sense of calp impending dia tragedy for many riders were ir abroad in ID the quiet night might on one of those these we was bud aali allason bi his Y young no face set act and all awful ful his poppy a old id rifle groped grasped in a steady III band d P pushing ing big dun dan to an unaccustomed limit at 1 speed toward sheriff sewood selwood a ranch fhe boy bay we was peal prating inar that he might find bud brand there and the old aad was dIl dilliner lined for or action but w within thin the narrow crow margin of a mile fair we waa passing toward the north as aa he be went ormall ind and thus bud nal missed d him with fill the A of native ppe arance had they met the a happenings p of th that at night bi might hal hive had a caf different ferent ending for I 1 ale air would have hale etor nied sit the vit citadel eriel of sky line like a fury forgetting all filings in lip bl fear car for or I 1 the it a woman he la loved lad d the ends of justice R which ell he a sought bought to serve erve bowleg bossick a steers and everything else and in the shadow of at rainbow cliff rod JIM stone atme and pine walled patiently tor for illa ranch to settle down that they in might t RID slip away at the camp left on the skirts skirt of my to acry ry fair found bostick read ready Sc lwoods conscious he told him qui quickly c kly and ills first thought was ot of lift bis race tor for life he said they did dlan I 1 get me biter after all and 1 1 saw them driving s itheria into the face of rainbow cliff a mile from sky line that a thes the secret sent he discovered and lor for which they tried to kill bi dim there it 8 some sort son of opening in the rock face which connects 1111 the subterranean passage that leads to blue bill a S stone I 1 mile cany canyon the desert range bevo belond U it and ad finally to allston all ston on the milr railroad ad that mai gentlemen themen Is the se an crot cret of your disappearing cattle set sel wood said they always vanished at the same mon time hate hare cathrew drove her stock don down n to cordon camel a rod and out to the station do you are abeel 2 the civil arhe e rolling coming down to the ri alt it er obliterated all tracks cracks of those going ing up biow ow that we know I 1 think were we ve got the sky li line motion rust lerg dead to rights ghere are am money one on a of us ral id tilde you you to nick g go ing but your party up to rainbow cliff old and I 1 I 1 striking up through the mysterious pas passage age this ihla trip will take a long ing hard grill tor for it IB tar up blue stone to the moth and one none of us know the length of the und under ground around way my however it must met lend lead to so some P pocket bocket not far from tile din cliff itself and on the inside A gunshot will locate us e nhen he we e are am re ready dy for each other ke lot lord r it k knows a what well we 11 find or what the outcome e will in be let lets go and EO an ft was that bome am it alnie later late broad brand fair iab nith bi his posse passed close along the upper edge of nance at al if lison I 1 ruined field and thought tender ly of the blum blumeyer eyed girl with her dogged courage and tier her simple faith little drig that she be was waa not safe bate 1 in it her ar bed 1 in the cabin ties the hall of the night wore son on crossing dt diagonally 9 row down rod stone stace min eafe ray aw ay from felin sky line at last made for 11 cordova with whit plus pine behind bi him bosack Bos lck hoeing having the shortest journey of if all bat it in a ell clamp man P of place pines with ald his men am around him and ad waited settled 1 in trained strained silence tor for a distant shot it was waa well after midnight when two things took place bi at almost tile same moment t brand fair rode mile in behind the clump of willows willow that we were ul di ways waya blowing out from the mayn canyon e nail rb bi his nes men 1 in single singe file behind him and rod hod stone got oil off his horse hore st at cordob he handed his bia rein min to the porm borno girl bid and nd went swiftly up the steps opening the door upon ina abe be lighted me raoui where a group of men were or playing they were mostly froin on upper country though one or two were cordovan Or dunc among thorn them wen riah the carried bearded man who had set sat on me me kane a p porch mb that day in ill spring and ad watched mike cattle hate hale car come filliat in ID on in Blue firs and the th young cowboy with who whom he had poked concerning th them stone a sky line man received cold III from tile the faces face raised it at bi his entrance all Iter Kame seless leBS know knew and it in dis approved of sky line but the be boy was wa made of courageous acuff and it he tackled the issue promptly air men he h buld aid Bliar obo ply vidy tin rm from amo sky LIR line As aa you an know rod oas you may DRY ides id es RD me now do A traitor teatime to my outfit POrt portals alls I 1 aw am thatis that neither here nor there I 1 doi don t give a it n what whether I 1 bin am or not I 1 it bit nave stand true free n an all val caleb lies but mv one that one box baa happened sherea hem a gd g tarl 1 I 1 a bib bible girl ilk she I 1 used to know bout b back oak in the middle west shat abut up in as a as ecret spot with S sud it arm provene I 1 and ad ive got to his have hen to nave her bar and it that quick she a fighter I 1 and ad 1 if trone but you all know pel P el 1 I don dea I 1 know what par im up law ika I 1 don I 1 can cam will you minor comer every chat at 1 ir dwy dirty ean ered end table but one me hot back anil and out tb ward a the tb players row Alie 1 reB alili ill he here spot apo an ahoi be th ill gi r ir mild it me die cowboy bell L lead ld d lu AS 10 a ear cm in rainbow eliff ond and the agliam girl fron from uie ties homestead im UK n river or 1 th b I 1 1 you say ay I 1 AID aint I 1 thill that poor kid bid do had or ill trouble trea 7 ill but achane the he I 1 trader der snake from frazz where be sat ast frowning it ain aim t you all taking a lot let tor for grant bedr lie be asked afif ced and ad roll wing 1 in rule kate cathrew band ties bearded beamed roan tamed on hint him D n ahnie call cathrew we bul butil monal dem she can t tile give detent t girl to that tiny limy reptile rep tile md and get b by Y with it la in country u acy not t b by y d n birtill get gel your homes horata be bobal I 1 A As th abe play players urged surged out oat mck achane obeying m ing serve lome liens instinct which orlden pulled at his heart bear like a cold 16 hand rose and followed A alt all till I 1 get mine ir I 1 he as be m ran CHAPTER got conclusion Conc cam lucion when nance allison mounted buck skin at kate hate Cath cathrew ws a door a terrible weight hung at tier her heart yet a cur car rent real of strength teemed seemed floding aloft ing in time tier veto veins atie ahe lord Is the strength of my in life sho he th thought ought valiantly of shall I 1 be afraid ilie I 1 he counge of the familiar oral elordi b hk been itilia J her through many bit t ler or trials it ft did not full fill tier her now I 1 so site she rode mile in silence with Pra pradines pralines lines lascivious eyes upon her from behind and ad big bie basford glowering in self cen can tend ina ahead III the way led it one close along the toot feet of rainbow cliff among the ered cred debris which sifted alfaya down the he rock face and presently she elie was vas mazed amazed to see the wall itself seem to slice anes in between bete bet e bastard and ad herself and in another second at she was riding into a very narrow debts 1 in the liv ing stone nith praline close upon tier her horse a heels best there was just room tor for horse hors and rider 1 in the echo ha in aisle and none to spare it we was dimly lighted by what clemed si emed a crack in the earth a surface high up among tile the clouds the girl looked up to ID onder tills this she knew was waa the secret of rainbow cliff and mystery rid ridge a dm de spit file her hep d dinger tor she lie noted the passage with keen ant interest er est the way vay wis va short for in a f few w ral minutes it c s tile the rock ck walled cut turn turned ad sharp sharply I 1 to the cleb ad id ended abruptly before her startled of or rido liy KY spread out a I 1 title little paradise pi radise mu round or it as a cup green eulth tender griss dotted w with I 1 th 1 oak and poplar trens trees be side its c countless wi springs trigo and graz ing contentedly on its ita peculiarly rind forage was a bond of cattle bah one me of hach bore beer on 1 1 ta left the he in B 1 L of if B fallk brand I 1 tills this then was vas rainbows bows p pot tv of which arnold h had a it spoken in utter astonishment stord she drew draw 13 indal up and ad looked at the secret spot anne of at sky line ranch 11 fadl 11 said it provine pro line amusedly amused lj how do lo 10 you like icv it I 1 ahe he girl did not but reply but sat it still with her hands crossed on her saddle her horn the snaky eyes under the black borovs irons lost their bronay pleasantry 1 I wouldn t adise you purt purl he said to cam come the high and mighty with we me A little kind landness ess now DOW would go a long way toward nn an under get off that horse hem W without I 1 t a word no nance ce uttered ahon A little attl cold it tell touch c h we was at her bar in n most heart but tb that a I 1 tight tense feet feel ing of strength was still with it 11 her she measured provine praline a all shoulders with her eye eyes ns as he unsaddled the animals and turned tamed them out to graze S sace e dd at his long arms areas his lean and d sinew back 1 ive handled my view plow alt 11 aal spring ani ehe idle said am it to herself sagely I 1 pitched pit bed hay bay all day and a was not let too tired at I 1 can UK life a grain sack aas ill sell out hard if I 1 b hav e to ti for memory mammy and it broad brand and it bud and ad sonni and when prod provene turned and ad came I 1 toward her smiting smiling he nas as met by all bg blue eye byca that were hard na tine ft mouth like a line of battle and bit hands bands clutched hard bard oa an folded arm as 8 oh 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