Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-02
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Sleepy Cat. Henry de Spain, gunman
and t.ainmastcr at Medicine Bend, is
beaten al target shooting by Nan Nor
gan of Music Mountain. Jeifries, diyi
sion superintendent, asks De Spain 10
take charge of the Thief River stag
line, but he refuses.
Chapter ll-De Spain sees Nan
dancing with Gale Morgan, is later de-
risively 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 Lefeyer
ride to Calabasas inn and there meet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
SassOn, gunner and retaihers OF the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the
Spain refuses. De Spain meets Nan
but fails to overcome her aversion to
him.
Chapter lV--Sasson knifes Elpaso,
the stage driver, and escapes to Nor
gans gap, the stronghold of the Nor
gans. De Spain, Leiever and Scott go
In after him, and De Spain brings out
Sasson alone.
Chapter Vie meets Nan, who de-
lays him until nearly overtaken by the
Morgans, 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 a gamoing hall to find her Uncle
Duke and Inside faces Sandusky and
Logan, who pgudently decline to fight
at tau time
Chaptc: 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 a cup of coffee.
Chapter IX-ln the deserted bar
room he is trapped. He kills Sandus-
Ky and Logan, wounds Gale and Sa5.
soon and escapes, badly wounded.
Chapter X-Bewildered and weak
he wanders into Mcrgans gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
Chapter XI--+Nan to prevent furthe,
fighting, does not tell, but finds ou'
from McAlpin that De Spain had rea.
" been tapped and had left his car,
ridge bet behind when he went into
the fight at the inn.
Chapter XII-While De Spain is un
able to travel Nan brings food to him
He tells her that he became gur,
man to find and deal with his fathers
unknown murderer. He gives MAI
his last cartridge.
Chapter XlII--Gale almost stumble.
over De SPANS hiding place. Nal
draws him away and to stop Gale!
rough wooing Dc 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 El Capital
at night, Nan meets him with a hors
and his cartridge belt. which she ha'
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spail
rides into Calabasas.
CHAPTER Xv--De Spain hires oil
Bull Page and gains valuable ali
After two nightly visits to the gar
Despair gets word with Nan. Sh
tells him to forget her and he ask
her to shoot him.
Chapter XVI-Nan attends her Ur
clio Duke In the hospital at Sleep
Cat and Despair wooes and wins he
love.
CHAPTER Xviii efever manifest
nm interest in De SPANS cartridg
belt. and expresses surprise at his III
readiness to get Sassoon. Sassoon a
most discover the lovers at the
trysting place.
Chapter XVIIT--ln Morgan's ga
Gale tells Duke Of Mans meeting
with De Spain and Duke warns Ma
that he will kill De Spain II she trit
to marry him.
Chapter XIX--De Spain arranges
meeting with Duke and tries to mai
friends with him without success
Chapter xX--Galc persists In h
wnoing OF Nan.