Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-17
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Chapter /. On Frontier day at
S(eery Cat. Henry de Spain, gunman
aud tranmaster at Medicine Bend, Is
beaten at target shooting by Nan Nor
gan of Music Mountain. Jeffres, div
sion superintendent, asks De Spain to
take charge Of the Thief River stag
line. but he refuses.
Chapter Il--De Spain sees Nan
dancing with Gale Morgan, is later de-
ristvely pointed out to Nan on the
street by Gale. and is moved to
change his mind and accept the stage
line Job.
Chapter Hide Spain and Lefever
ride to Calabasas inn and there peet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
SassOn, gunner and retainers of the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the
discharge Of stage driver and De
Spain refuses. De Spain meets Nan
but fails to overcome her aversion to
!. htm.
Chapter lv-Sasson knifes Elpaso,
the stage driver, and escapes to Nor
I CANS gap, the stronghold Of the Nor
@ e&4s. De Spain, Lefever and Scott SO
ii after him, and De Spain brings out
Sasson alone.
Chapter Vile meets Nan. who de-
lays hin, until nearly overtaken by the
Noreans, but lands his captive in jail.
Chapter Vl--Sassoon breaks Jail.
Despair boards the Morgans In sa.
loon and Is shot at thru the window.
He meets Nan again.
Chapter Willie prevents her going
into gambling hall to find her Uncle
luke and inside faces Sandusky and
l.Ogan, who prudently decline to fight
81 me time.
Chapter Wilde Spain, anxious to
make peace with Nan, arranges a lit
tie plan with McAlpin, the barn man,
to drive her out to Morgan's gap, and
while waiting for her goes down to
the inn to get cup Of coffee.
Chapter IX--In the deserted bar
room lie is trapped. He kills Sandus-
Ky and Logan, wounds Gale and Sas-
soon and escapes, badly wounded.
i i Chapter X---Bewlldered and weak,
lie wande-s into Morgan's gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
4 EN- Chapter XI-Nan, to prevent furthe,
fighting, does not tell, but finds ou'
w fBom McAlpin that De Spain had real
n ly.bcen trapped and had left his cart
''4 ridge belt behind when he went into
= tic fight at the inn
Chapter X1I-While De Spain is un
able to travel Nan brings food to him
He tells her that he became a gun
man to find and deal with his fathers
Unknown murderer He gives MAI
his last cartridge.
y Chapter XIII--Gale almost stumble'
over De SPANS hiding place. MAI
q draws him away and to stop Gales
rough wooing Do Spain bluffs him GU
with an empty gun. Nan plans d.
SPANS escape.
Chapter XIv-De Spain crawls GU
OF the gap over the face Of Ell Capital
at night, Nan meets him with a hors
and his cartridge belt which she hal
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spail
+. rides into Calabasas.
Chapter xv--De Spain hires oil
Bull Page and gains valuable aid
After two nightly visits to the gar
Despair. gets word with Nan. Sh
~ tells Aim to forget her and he ask
her to shoot him.
Chapter Xvf--Nan attends her Tn
Gle Duke in the hospital at Sleep
Cat, and Despair wooes and wins he
lt love-
Chapter XvIT-Lefever manifest
al, interest In De SPANS cartridg
6 belt, and expresses surprise at his ur
readiness to get sassoon, Sassoon a
most discover tho lovers at thei
trysting place.
Chapter XvIII--1n Morgans ga
Gallo tells Duke of Mans meeting
"a with De Spain and Duke warns Ma
that he will kill De Spain II she trie
to marry him.
Chapter XIX-De Spain arranges
meeting with Duke and tries to max
friends with him without success.
Chapter xx--Gale persists In HI
wooins Of Nan.
Chapter xx1---De Spain enlists
spy. He hears that Nan Ia kept
the house and that her uncle is trsin
70 force her to marry Gale.