The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-09
THIRTEENTH IHsTALLMENT

rhe B2r-E ranch. 20 which Morton
sDd ngz were carried after their res
cue nrvm the wrecked aerOplane.
ve1itabls kingdom Of the COW. for up
wards Of thirty thousand cattle found
pesturage On It's half q million acres
Which stretched along the slerran foot
BILLS for nearly three-scOre miles over
this great domain the word of VIII
Ham Ellsworth. it, owner. was law.
and his COW -punchers saw 20 Il TINT
the law was obeyed. II was amid
yueb surroundings that Olga and Nor
t0n. after lingering for several days
st the gates Of death. came back 10
cDnsciOusuess
you have had a mighty close cnll.
young woman" said the doctor whom
Ellsworth had summoned from the
nearest town. thirty miles nwny. ns he
sat one morning at Olga's bedside.
-and 10 has your friend IN the other
room. Now the best thing for you
90 DO II 10 stay right here until you
are In shape again. It's healthy.
puiet life. and you will recover much
quicker here than you would Ia the
rity. Mr. Ellsworth tells me that you
are welcome 10 stay here as .Ong rs
sou wish"
Thus II came about that month
after their accident Olga and Morton
were still AT the Bnr-E rnnch. Though
impatient 10 resume their search for
the lost formula. they realized that
shey had By no means regained their
strength and that they could not do
better than TO accept the doctors ad-
vice 10 make haste slowly. They were
now sufficiently recovered, however. TO
spend several hours each day In the
saddle. making lelsurely excursions
MP and down the San Leandro. for
Ellsworth had warned them TO contine
fhdr rides 10 the valley and not TO
venture into the canyons unless some
pf the cowboys accompanied them.
"And It's just as well TO have a gun
along" he had ndded quietly. There's
never any telling when you may need
It."
"what forr asked Morton.
-BearsT
"No." answered Ellsworth. ban
nits."
'BandltsT echoed Morton incredu-
bously. II thought that sort OF thing
was all over In California. sup
posed that bandits we're confined TO
western novels. Sunday supplements,
and motion pictures"
mot by a Jugful." said Ellsworth.
This region has been terrorized for
more thnn a year now by q gnng of
outlaws who have their headquarters
somewhere In the mountains nj the
back. Their leader Is hnlfbrced
Mexican, named Carrlllo-a very able
fellow gone wrong, I understand. lie
used 20 be a lawyer down IN Arizona
somewhere. but ne was mixed up In
several shady transactions, finally be-
came involved In counterfeltlng deal,
killed the United States marshal who
tried TO arrest him, and skipped the
country between two days. We hadn't
had any trouble with them. however.
until about week before your accl-
dent. One OF Cnrrlllos lleutennnts,
q fellow named Lopez. with three or
four companions, raided one OF my
rnmps killed the man In charge, ard
ran on dozen horses. We struck
their trail within three hours after the
murder and chased them right into the
mountains We caught Lopez and
strung him up, but his two compan-
A la NHa 1uN
riilo sent me word that he would even
up the score-nnd he's man that will
keep his word. That's what mean
BY saying that when you and Miss
Ivnnofr are out riding you had better
keep ~ the valley and not get too
far nwuy from the house.
Much obliged for the advice" said
Morton lightly.
Yet 30 little Importance did Morton
Attach to Ellsworth's warning that
when he and Olga took their custom
sry ride the following afternoon, he
deliberately yentured beyond the
bounds which he knew TO be dictated
by safety. When the setting sun
warned them that II was time to re-
turn, they found that they were con
sidernbly farther from the ranchhouse
than they had supposed. Turning their
ponies they were proceeding home
ward NJ n brisk lope when they were
surprised to SEQ a party OF horsemen
ride out from canyon which de-
bouched Into tile main valley and come
60 u halt, as though awaiting them.
at must be some OF the cowboys
trVs the psnch." remarked Olga.
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