The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-03
SYNOPSIS

water. A large land syndicate ir trvi 4
% obtain control OF same by buying odi
have the settlers lands at their mercy
Macpherson believes the syndicate viii
nblsimatssg nba,, succeed In their purpose and has
urged 70 stay and fight for his rights by d
loung friend, a consumptive named Jack
timate with Settlers daughter Nan, until
school-teacher. Miss Winifred Sanborn,
throsrb 70 tSs sse sffstlsTsn aS i Is evidently
intends to leave without causing trouble.
CHAPTER I1.--Hilgore one OF Macpher-
son sons men, comes TO him one evening with
his sntire rights TO the syndicate Miss
Sanborn, with whom Macpherson has
taiien desperately r. love. asks him to
quietly.
CHAPTER III.-Angus goes to see Setter
sna on the way learns that Wykamp, the
q work OF construction OF a dam. is there
Meeting Miss Sanborn. he talks with her
Ihey walk on and meet Wvkamp returning;
ne evidently knew Miss Sanborn, and COM
ing up TO them, passed an inpulting remark
tIhscpneesS@2n thsope @ strikes him and II Is only
tnroush MISS Sanborns pleading that Mac
pherson does not Kill him
CHAPTER 1N.--Macpherson tells HAL
cott MISS Sanborn has forbidden his seeinx
her again II is evident that Wylamp has
some strange power over her and Macfher-
son believes that Miss Sanborn's WORDS Al,
'Wykamp command and not her OWL wish.
EHtIoO
Wykamp decided him tcSsht lie syndi-
cate 20 finish and he loca a placer claim
Just above the site OF the syndicste's pro-
CHAPTER vI.-Ore afternoon 4sIco,,
tides UP the stream to Macpherson's 5 claim.
Mnils climbing up the mountain side he
etumples ana slides down into the stream.
CHAPTER vII.-Three weeks later n.
tcBAins consciousness In Sellers cabin ana
learns that Settlers daughter Nan had
rescued him. Setter has realized his niistals
IN selling his water lights and he fesiinS
IN the settlement is very hirh ngainst ths
s ssyneicate and also against the engineer.
rmryhamp. Ihe latter has ceased annoying
TO Nan. '''9 ~''sii''onI
CHAPTER vlII-In writing to an inti-
aaate friend IN the east Miss Sanborn teiir
her The Is here" meaning Wykamp' n IL
evident that they had met before. and hs
nso ffeaty wrongec her In letter from
2n OLD friend, a. classmate OF Wykamp'-
nAicott learns that Wykamp is a bad one
sas, snna receives 2 newspaper clipping Of the
iat1sr i,.s5r. ! ,sstcapade with Winifr~%
CHATTER Ix,-1Ialcott decides to try
ana save Mar from Wykamp BY showins
Winifred. He does so. but she refuses To
believe him. He thcn decides to 90 to her
father but during the night the letter and
The horseman was the engineer.
He was riding slowly and his face
was turned from me as if he were
inspecting the turbulent stream as he
followed its coursein reverse toward
the upper canyon. ] OWNED his pur-
pose. Some one Setter, / think II
was-had commented upon the un-
safety OF the timber coffer-dam
which Wyl1amp had put in to divert
the course OF the stream while the
workmen were making the excava.
tion for the foundations of the per-
4 manent structure; and the engineer
\ was on his way 90 see how the
temporary barrier was standing the
pressure of the night food.
IL was no concern OF mine, and but
for the fact that in the act of rising
heard the house door open / should
have gone in TO put idle speculation
to bed. But II did not seem worth
while to arouse curiosity touching
my late vigil and Icrouched stilllowe |
in the shadow ofmy cottonwood when |
man crept out at the slowly opened /
door and went off al shutting run
across the nearest field. 1t was
Setter, and | wondered If he had been
sharing my vigil, and to what end.
lie came out into the road at the
point where the dicch crossed il. still.
running; and when he held on up the
dry bed of the ditch instead OF keep
ing TO the road, | understood his OBJ |
1ect BY following the line OF tho
ditch and crossing the canyon on its !
fume above Macpherson's placer, n
man on foot might reach the dam /
workings in she upper canyon in ad-
vance of horseman on the tran.
Again I said 1t was no concern OF
emine; and If Setter had carried his
rifie-as he did not--he should have /
gone unfollowed by me. Once more
my hand was on the gate-latch, and
once moro the warning wind brought !
the click of horseshoes on the hard
surface of the road. Looking east
ward could make out the figure Of
. horseman rising and falling ia
rapid galiop up the gentle ascent
from the schoolhouse. Some vague
premonition drove me TO the shadow
Of my tree again, and 1 sew the
horseman as he cantered past; saw
his face and caught a glimpse Of the
short repeating rife of the cowboys
unslung and lying across the saddle.
II was Macpherson; and Mans long
absence was explained as clearly as
need be- II was 20 the young stock
man that she had carried the proof
OF Wykamp's yillainy, though TO what
end no man might guess. But the re-
suit was before me. Macpherson had
forgotten his promise to Winitred:
forgotten that vengeance belongs to
God and not TO man; and was on his
..gou - n4II ff.a anwfnaar 10 his ne |
counting,
was in no doubt as to the out
come. knew Macpherson wen
enough 20 be sure that he would give
his antagonist fair chance to de-
fend his liie-and no more. As IL
have aaid, / saw his face as he rode