The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-31

had not been deliberately fAttnleSS. he
had been turned away. and the blond
girl had tempted him.
The girl fell asleep to dream Of her
lover and the pretty girl who had
waited for him IN Little canyon and
who had received bis kiss upon her
lips with airy nonchaianc
1t was perhaps q week after that
Beth Cushman nee more rode home
by the long trail. This was not from
desire. Stern necessity demanded the
change Of route because during .
severe windst0rm there had been sew
eral trees uprooted along the short
trail and q Ia landslide had completed its
destruction.
40 It happened that Beth rode slow
" along the familiar way. her eyes
fixed on the little space between Bon
MES brown ears.
She had passed Little canyon with
out a glance into its green depths aud.
was climbing the hill when she sud-
denly came to the top. where q thrill
ing scene was taking place.
Riding straight toward her was a
most villainous looking Mexican. and
In the curve Of his left arm be carried
the slender form Of the beautiful
blond whom she had seen with Miles.
Shouting down the distance came
Miles. bending over bis horse In vain
pursuit Of the Mexican.
While she paused there, startled at
the scene. q shot rang out from the
bushes bordering the trail. and Miles
threw up his hands and fell to the
ground. The horse cropped the grass
nndisturbed by the still form Of his
master lying no e a
All this happened In a breath. When
Miles fell the Mexican was still COM
ing toward Beth. A great rage filled
her soul with q mad desire to kill. to
avenge the life Of her old sweetheart.
A word to Bonnie. and Beth dashed
into the scene. her revolver thrust into
the face of the frightened Mexican.
'Give her to me! Let 60! I'll kill
you If you don'tr' she screamed in his
ear.
He released his hold on the girl. and
Beth clutched her In strong arms and
swung her across her saddle: then she
dashed past the Mexican and guided
Bonnie to where the PROSTATE Miles
lay on the ground.
You're safe now" assured Beth Is
she helped the girl to the ground and
then dismounted. To her surprise the
girl stared at her rather impudently
until a smile crinkled the Of
her rouged lips.
Say. Miss Buttinsky, what do you
mean by queering this picture?" she
asked sharply. wait until old Fen.
nell gets up here. l guess you've
spoiled thirty feet Of perfectly ripping
Aim"
"Picture?'' faltered Beth. ''Film? I
don't know what you mean"
The girl laughed gleefully and clap
ped her hands at a stout. red faced
man who came painting toward them.
Don't have a at. Fennell.' she said
saucily. Its only another tenderfoot
taking a movie picture for the real
thing"
But Mr.. Fennell was grinning with
enthusiasm.
1T was great-great-Fl0ra!' he
cried. Young lady, l must have you
in this. What say? Could you do that
stunt againy
Beth looked at him in a ~bewildered
way. and her bushes deepened when
she noticed that Miles Hill had risen
quite unhurt and was regarding her
with grave interest in his brown eyes
perhaps you will explain 1t to me
I've never been called a tenderfoot
before" Beth smiled at the girl called
Flora. and the girl nodded back in a
friendly way. The Mexican had ap-
preached and was nOnchalantly rolling
a cigarette. while from the underbrush
there crawled another actor Of the
cowboy type. 1t was this worthy who
had fired the blank cartridge from
ambush at Miles Hill.
Mr.. Fennell explained all about his
company Of moving picture actors and
how this particular flm was to be q
SUI pIOuuCllOu ~ ~ VA VuS "Ss
And he wanted Beth to help them out
by repeating her rescue Of Flora from
the dark browed Mexican. who In real
life was her husband.
So the camera man threaded up his
machine again. and the scene was re
peated to the great satisfaction OF Mr..
Fennell and all concerned.
At last the company separated. the
actors going back to their headquarters
at Red Ford and Miles Hill riding
slowly home with Beth. who had 80
unexpectedly come Into her ownsagAfk
"You thought I wa dead. honeyT'
be asked after awhile.
She nodded. And | saw you and
Flora In the canyon the other day."
she added.
You mean where ] kiss her and ride
upstream"
"Yes-I-er-beiieved 1t was true
Miles"
He laughed tenderiy. 1t couldn't
be, dear. because there's only . sirl
IN the world for me-. and she's % 6nt
that when she saw the girl she thought