The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-20

leave her forever. Bud Lane hears the con-
wife intervenes and saves his life. Payson de-
parts. to look for Lane In the iand OF DEAD
things.
Continued From Yesterday
"Yes," said Jack, holding out his
hands. go back with clean hand 10
Echo Allen. 1t is you h loves.
There's my horse up yonder. Beyond,
there's the pack-mule loaded with water
and grub. Plenty of water. Wen just
change places, that's all. You take
them and go back to her and I'll stay
here"
Dick walked toward the spring. but,
a spell of weakness came over him ana
he almost sank to h ground. Jack
caught him and held him up.
ut would be justice" muttered Dick,
as If ~apologizing for his acceptance OF
Jacks remuneration.
Leaning over his shoulder, Jack said:
Sure, that's it, Justice. Just tell her l
tried to work 1t out according to my
lights-ask her to-forgive, to forgive
that's all"
Jack took off his canteen and threw
the strap about Dicks neck. AS Lane
weakly staggered toward the mouth or
the canon. where the ho&e had been
staked out, Jack halted him with a
request:
''There's another thing; I left home
under a cloud. Buck Mckee charged
me with holding up and killing ole
Man Terrill for three thousand dol
lars. Tell Slim Hoover how you paid
me just that sum of money"
st will, and I'll fix the murder where
1t belongs, and then fix the real MUIR
derer."
Jack stepped to Lanes side and, hold
/ ing out his hand, said: THANK you.
[ don't allow you can forgive me?"
81 don't know that I could" coldly
answered Dick.
you'd better be goin."
Again Dick started for the horse, but
q new thought came to him. Pausing,
he said. "She can't marry again I'M
TIL
"Well?" asked Jack; his voice was
full of sinister meaning, n he nm
gered his gun as he spoke.
Dick realized at once that Jacks
plan was to end his life In the desert
with a revolver shot.
you mean to-" he shuddered.
Jack drew his gun. d you want
me to do it here and now?" he cried.
Staggering over to him the weakened
man grappied with his old friend, try
ing to disarm him. mo. no you
sha'n'ti" he shouted, as Jack shook him
free.
'"Why not ?" demanded Jack. go.
There's my horse-he's ~yours-go!
When you get to the head of the canon,
you'll hear and know-know that she
Is free M | have made atonement."
"Why should I hesitate?" argued
Dick with himself. ~ wanted to die.
I came here in the desert to make an
end of 1t all, but when I met death
face to face, the old spirit of battle
came over me, and I fought 1t back,
step by step. Now-now you come and
offer me more than life-you offer to
restore to me all that made life dear,
all that you have stolen from me by
treachery and fraud. Why should !
hesitate? She Is mine, mine In heart,
mine by all the ties of love-mlne by
all its vows-I will go back, l will take
your place and leave you here-here In
this land of dead things, to make your
peace with God!"
Beads of sweat broke out on Jacks
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until they bled. Clenching his fingers
until the nails sank into the palms of
his hands, he cried warningly in his
agony: 1T wouldn't say no more, If
1 was you. Go-for Gods sake go!"
Dick slowly moved toward h mouth
of the canon. still h~esitating.
From the hillside a rifle shot rang
out. The ball struck Dick in the leg.
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Pulling his revolver, Jack stopped and
ran under the o~verhanging ledge, peer
ing about to see where the shot had
come from. He raised his gun to fire.
when a volley of rifle shots rang
through the canon, the bullets kicking
up little spurts of dust about him and
chipping edges off the rocks. Jack
dropped on his knees and crept to his
rife, clipping his revolver back into
his holster.
Crouching behind the rock with his
rifle to his shoulder, he waited for the
attackers to show themselves.
Experience on the plains taught
them that the fight would be a slow
one, unless the Apaches sought only
to divert attention for the time being
10 cover the fight southwark. After
the one shot, Whlcn STRUCK LICE anu
the volley directed at Jack, not a rife
had been fired. Peering over the
boulder. Jack could see nothing.
The Lava Beds danced before his eyes
in the swelter of the glaring sunshine.
Far off the sn~ow-capped mountains
mockingly reared their peaks into the
intense blue OF the heavens. Since the
attackers were covered with alkali dust
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merge into the desert floor when a man
lay prone, detection of any movement
was doubly difficult. Behind any rock
and In any clump of sagebrush might
lie an assailant.
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