Gunnison news-champion., 1908-02-07
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CHATTER r-cscarz. aiinsson. . poor
rsncluan. high nilnsIs.d and cultured.
-rarches for carti. nli-sing frpm his
rsnch-the Lar : on = Nooaed spot
% M riesrs bed shat Wcl.a have
beca ~ hiEh water. b. discovers
a band 81 hurse thieV.s engaged
IN wefsing over sraHds on cath. ~
of the aThrae Bars brand on one s4scr
10 the u. A. brand
CHATTER II -pauI t.anesord. the rich
o~u.r - tle ~Thr.. Bars ranch. " scut
for b. Niiliston and H. informed 81 the
oreraiions q ~ sans q cattle ti'.sSes-
who loug have doiled the Law and aHfher-
ticr cf keHah coEnty. south Dakota
vita impsnitt, hsf who. heFeiofore had
not darfd o. MODEST auv af the property
81 tho great Three Bars" ranch Willis
ton shows his rsluctancv in opposing
band - pawerfui in politics and 50 dread
cd By al The community Istugfprd
pledges Niiliztou his friendship u b.
viii assist In bringing "Iesse Black" and
his l.i,. ssFg e iestiee. Lamsfurd Is struck
known as "wlilistons Httis girl"
CHAPTER III.-I.ouise Dale. an expert
court stenuerapher. who had followed her
Uncle. judge Hammond Bsie from the
east 10 TIE i'akgfats. and who is liv-
ing with him at Wind City is requested
hy the county attorney. Richard Gordon.
20 come o. kemah and take Testimony In
the preliminary hearing Of Jesse Black
sns accepts the invitation and makes her
nrsi trip into the wild Indian country.
Arriving at Nelpen across the river from
kemal. she is met by Jim Munson. hot
headed cowboy OF the Three Bars
ranch.
CHAPTER IV.-Iu waiting FOR tho train
Munson looks at some cattle In the stock
pen. In the herd being shipped 20 Sioux
tny BY BIZ Brown he detects old Mag
"a well known "onery" steer belonging to
his employer Of the Three Bars" rsnch.
CHAPTER v.-Munson and Louise
start for kemah. They take lunch at the
Higgins. great admirer OF Richard
Gordon. the county attorney.
CHAPTER vI.-Ic,ise Is told Of q
meat poisoning plot which resulted in the
illness of Williston, Lanxford and other
witnesses for the state in the cattle thief
tries 10 block the way of Munson's team
at the entrance to pontoon bridge across
the river Munson crowds past the buck
board team wrecking the blackboard.
They arrive at Williston's.
CHAPTER yI.-Crowda assemble in
;nstics Jus n..;,,,' Sames MeAlIi-ter. court for
springs the first of many great surprises.
waving examination. Through Jake
bs ,6s Ss sss the
been recovered and thus saw the useless
ness Of fighting against being hound over
ordcn the cSscsy n. ..sorrsy s. wn:
70 secure convictions ~ court. wins the
sAniratioa Of Louise. which y usutual.
CHAPTER vIu.-County Attoepsx
Gordon accompanies Louise Dale on her
return to Windy city. He tells her Of the
dl.sppointments Of his once. Of witnesse.
that can be bribed and Of the system Of
tampering with justice which prevents
him from securing = conviction. He has
the girls sympathy.
CHAPTER Ix-while Wiliaten stands
In the light in his door at night q shot 10
a battle ensnes between winston and I HE
daughter, on one side. and the outlaws
m the other. The house 10 set on nre. A.
an outlaw raises his ri ne to shoot WILLIS
ton a shot from an unknown source
pierces his arms and the rife falls to the
ground. Aid has come to Williston, but
he and his daughter are captured and
borne away by the outlaws.
snence came back to the night
There vas no more movement. Yet
down there at the spring something.
maybe one Of those dark. gaunt cot
ton woods. held death-death for her
and death for her father. A stream Of
ICY coldness struck across her heart.
She found herself calculating In delib-
GRAFTON which tree IL was that held
this thing-death. The biggest one.
shadowing the spring, helping to keep
the pool sweet and cool where Paul
Langford had galloped his horse that
day when-ah. il Paul Langford
Nould only come now,
A wild girlish hope flashed up in
her heart. Langford would come
had he not sworn il to her father?
Had he not given his hand as a
pledge? 1t means something to shake
hands in the cattle country. He was
big and brave and true. When he
came these awful. creeping terrors
would disperse-grim shadows that
must steal away when morning comes.
When he came she could put her
rife in his big, confident hands. lie
down on the floor and-cry. She
wanted to cry-oh, how she did want
to cry. Cold reason came back to her
aid and dissipated the weak and
womanish longing to give way to
tears. There was a pathetic droop to
her mouth, a long. quivering, sob
bing sigh, and she buried her wom-
ans weakness right deeply and
stamped upon it. How utterly wild
and foolish her brief hope had been,
Langford and all his men were sound
in sleep long ago. How could he
know? were the rufians out there
men to tell? All. no. There was no
one to know. 1t would all happen in
the dark-in awful loneliness, and
there would be no one to know until
1t was all over-to-morro maybe or
next week. who could tell, They
were on the main trail. few people
ever sought them out. There would
be no one to know.
As her strained sight stared out in
to the darkness it was borne to her
fntuiuvely, 1t may be. that something
was creeping up on her. She could
go nothing and yet knew II to BE
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