Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-10-27
Satan Sanderson By HALLE ERMINIE RIVES
 Aathsr cf Hearts Courageous" etc.
 Copyright 1908. he Bobbs MerrilC Company

fanny. shud1ering abhOrrence O. his past self ns he saw it through the piti- less lens of public opinion: on the other was grim constancy of purpose. a pas sionate wish to reconstruct the warped structure of life of which he found himself the tenant. days of healthful. peace inspiring toll. a woman's face that threaded his every thought. As he wielded his pick in the trench or labo- riously washed out the few g,istening grains that now were 10 mean his dai. ly susienance he turned often to gaze np the slope where. set in its foliage. the glass roof of the sanitarium spur. kled softly through the Indian haze Strange that the sight should mysteri. ously suggest the face that baonted him,
 Prendergast saw the abStracted re. gard as be came up the trail from the town. He was in an ugly humor The bag of gold dust which he had shown to Harry be had not returned to the hiding place in the wall. and with this In his pocket the faro table had tfat day tempted him. The pouch was empty now.
 Harry's back was toward him. and the gold pan in which he had been washing the gravel lay at bis feet. With a noiseless. mirthless laugh Pren- lergast stole into the cabin and reach ed down from the shelf the bottle into which each day Harry had poured his scanty findings. He weighed it in his hand-almost two ounces. little less than SEQ He hastily took the empty bag from his pocket.
 But just then a shadow darkened the doorway. and Harry entered He saw the action and. striding forward. took the bottle from the others hand.
 Prendergast turned on hih1. Q sinis- ter snarl under bis afectation of sur prise. Cant you attend to your own rat kIIlingT he growled 'l guess I've got right to what need"
 Not to that" said Harry quietly I've shall touch the bottom of the cour sack tomorrow. You expect to get your meals here. I presume
 "I still look forward to that pleas ure." answered prendergast. with an evil sheer Three meals day and a rotten roof over my head. When l think of the little 1 have done to de serve 1t. the hospitality overcomes me. All l have done is to keep you from starving to death and out of quod at the same time. only taught you a safe way to beat the game. au easier one than you seem to know. and to live on Easy street"
 "I am looking for DO easy way" re- sponded Harry. whatever you mean by that 1 expect to earn my living as I'm earning it now. It's an honest method. at all events"
 You've grown all fired particular since you lost your memory" retorted Prendergast, his eyes narrowing. "You'll be turning dominic one of these days. Perhaps you expect to get the town 10 take up with you and to make love to the beauty In the green riding habit that brought you here on her horse the night you were out of your head"
 Harry started. What do you mean?" he asked thickly.
 Prendergast's oily manner was gone now. His savage temper came upper most.
 "l forgot you didn't know about that" he scoffed. "l made a neat story of 1t in the town They've been gab- bling about it ever since"
 Harry caught his breath. As through mist he saw again that green habit oD the hotel balcony that face that had haunted his waking consciousness