The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-06

the surrounding country is irrigated, and
s.m hss S..R mas Su. snd S.teF b.S the
FIRST homestsader, has a prior riRht to the
water large land syndicate is trying
SsItsr's claims; By doing 40 they would
have the settlers lands AZ their mercy.
Macpherson believes the syndioate vii
about decided to move HIS ranch, but 10
urged to stay and nRht for his rights by
haieett MScphsrpon hsd been quite in
innate with Settlers daughter. Nan. until
= school-teacher, Miss Winifred sanborn,
came to the settlement II Is evidently
through the latter's wish that Macpherson
intends to leave without causing trouble.
CHAPTER 1I.--Kigore, oGs OF Macpher-
sen's men. comes comes 70 him one eysninF, with i,,
his entire rights to the syndicate. Miss
SanbOrn. with whom Macpherson has
fallen desperately In love. asks him 70
cause no trouble and he decides 10 leave
quietly.
CHAPTER III-Angus goes TO see Setter
and on the way learns that Wybamp, the
land company's engineer, who has charge
OF work OF construction OF dam, IS there.
Meeting Miss Sanborn, he talks with her.
They walk on and meet Wyknmp returning;
he evidently knew Miss Sanhorn and, COM
ing UP to them, passed an insulting remark
Maepherson strikes MIN ard L Is only
through Miss Sanborn pleading that Mac
pherson does not xiii him.
CHAPTER Iv.-Macpherson tells Hal
cott Miss Sanborn has forbidden his seeing
EeF again. lt Is eNl0eht tnht WNhnfnH mas
some strange power over her and Macuher-
son believes that Miss Sanborns words are
Wykamp's command and not her own wish
CHAPTER Y.-Macpherson's hatred OF
WvIamp decided him to fight the syndi-
cate TO fnish and he locates placer claim
1ust above the site Of the syndicate's pro-
posed dam.
CHAPTER vI.-Ors afternoon Halcott
rides up the stream to Macpherson's claim.
while climbing up the mountain side he
stumblss and slides down into the stream.
CHAPTER VII-Three weeks later he
reGains consciousness in Sellers cabin and
learns that Settlers daughter Nan had
yescuet him. Setter has realized his mistake
IN ssllinE his water rights and the feeling
IN tne settlement is very high against the
syndicate and also against the engineer,
Wykamp. The latter has ceased annoying
10 Nan.
CHAPTER YIII.-In writing 70 an intl-
mate friend In the east Misc Sanborn tells
her he Is here" meaning Wyksipp. 1t IL
evident that they had met before, and he
had greatly wronged her. In letter from
an old friend, a classmate Of Wykamp~.
Halcott learns that Wykamp is bad one,
and receives a newspaper clipping Of the
latters escapade with Winisr@A
CHAPTER IX.--Halcott decides to try
sno save Nsn from Wykamp by showing
her the evidence OF his VII ainy toward
Winifred He does so, but she refuses to
believe him. He then decide5 to so 10 her
father but during the night the letter and
clipping disappear.
------ - --.----,e Eszt evsafnR a-t-
colt sees Wykamp come riding up along the
stream, Soon old man Setter leaves quiet
~ In the same direction, and a little later
Macpherson comes riding along. Halcott
sSrulsss vWIst, % Lnat nan nan NAG tsken the proof
that tie IS on the way 10 call the engineer
60 account; Fearing tragedy. Hslcott
dentally crosses to the wrong side OF the
stream. From there he can see the en-
ginesr inspecting the coffer dam. A few
the dam. AID throwing wykamp into the
uurginR water
CHAPTER XI.-Macpherson rescues the
half-drowned engineer and with Haicott
slowly brings him back TO life; meanwhiis
Macpherson tells the cause OF hs ride up
the stream. His and Wykamp's men had
been coming TO blows and he had ridden up
20 where ne had learned the engineer had
gone to speak TO him alone. The destruc-
tlon OF the eoner-dam is the work Of Sell
CHAPTER XII-During the following
days Halcott becomes quite conhdentiat
with Mas Sanborn, and she tells him that
she Il Wykamp'e wife, having left him
after learning he had been married before
but later learning his first was but mock
marriage she being his lawful wife. Mae
On the Sunday morning, therefore
u small thing kept me from going tc
the schoolhouse with Winifred and
Mrs. Setter. 1t was fact brought
out by my field glass. On the higher
slopes of the hog-back l had chances
to desery moving speck making III
way westward toward the upper can
yon; in the object glass of the binoc
ular it defined itself as a man zig
tagging across the ridge with heav,
burden of some lend on his back. !
was Setter, and the mystery nigh
then have pointed to its own solution
ifIhad not been SO deeply engrosse'
in Macpherson's affair. The time 70
the trial was drawing near, and il
watched Setter like a paid shadowe
af men, it was chiefly because
feared he might disappear before tn
critical moment. This going ahel
with a backload had the look Of il
Doubtless he was preparing hidin
place somewhere in the mountains /
which he could retreat at need.
The schoolhouse meeting had be
gun when lost sight of the movin
Gpcck and lighted my pipe to weig
.he promisings of an attempt TO TO
low Setter. From my chair on tn
porch / could hear the singing quit
distinctly above the murmur of III
river in its bed across the road. TIL
autumn storms were delayed, and tn
weather for fortnight had bee
cool. In consequence the water wa
low and itS thunder was softened ~
til the cataract pouring over th
waste weir of the completed dam wa
clearly audible. Up among the ives
ern peaks the clouds were gathe
ing; and 1 remember thinking this
Wykamp must be relieved to kno
that the season for cloudoursts va
fairly over for the year.
The thought had scarcely take
shape when the man himself eau
riding by As once before, anxie'
was ia his face, but this time his ga
was not upoa the river. 1t was hxs
4pon the cloud wraiths hanging oy'