The Huttig news., 1917-05-05
SYNOPSIS.
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CHAPTER II-Next day at evening the murderer appears with a companion.
 CHAPTER III-Iaw captures the mur- derer but Is compelled to kill his compan- ion. Panfilo Sanchez who happens .1 ue cousin of Mrs. Austin's horseDfeahei' Jose Sanchez.
 CHAPTER IV-At Las Paimas Alaire tells her husband, Ed, that ms ea'ousais na,ais at La Feria the Mexican ranch. are con fiscated by I1ongorio, Mexican federal general, and she finds that II IS because Ed has been helping the reoei Juhta.
 CHAPTER yI-Entertalned al their home by Blaze Jones ana ms daughter rraloma, Pa Dave hears ybieh sN is snspected enf nf catfle steaIinp With Ricardo Guzman and his boys Dave and Blaze go on a scout after cattle thieves
 CHAPTER vII-Law catches two of the Lewis outfit branding stolen calf and in under him He trails the other thief to Las PaImas where he is insulted by Ed Austin whom he knows to be very friend Iy with the Lewis outfit
 CHAPTER vIII-Law follows up the trail of Urbina, the escaped thief, to no purpose except to confirm Austin's con neetlon with the Lewis outfit.
 CHAPTER Ix-On her homeward jour ney E1aire again meets Longoro. who onsnly makes love to her. She obtains ths release of Juan Garcia from prison.
 CHAPTER X-Jose Sanchez swears to And out the truth about the staying of Panfflo. Dave gets further information sbout the Lewis outfit. Ricardo Guzmsn goes to Mexico to sell horses to the fed erals.
 You do speak their language" Alaire said, after she had watched them for few minutes. You lave bewitched the creature" Dave nod. CHAPTER XI-Dave and Alaire attend the Las Paimas rodeo. She presents Dave with horse to replace the one killed by the cattle thieves. They discuss the kill ing of Panfilo-
 CHAPTER xII-Guzman does not re- turn from Mexico and his reported killing arouses Americans Dave and Blaze ar and recover the body Jose hears that Dave killed Panfilo and goes to join Lon gorio. Paloma and Alaire arrange to go to the river to await the return of Blaze and Dave. Longorio appears at Las Pal mas with an escort and overhears Ed telephoning news of the trip after Guz- man to Tad Lewis.
 CHAPTER xIII-Longoro compels Ed follow fls and al hide in the pnmphonuse The prevented @ Ii by Captain Evans and his rang ,s CTS who appear on the scene and support Dave. Dave arrests Urbina.
 CHAPTER xIv-Blaze lodges dress makers and fortune tellers.
 CHAPTER xv-Strange. a fortune tell CT. warns Dave that Jose Is cooking up trouble for him and Alaire. Dave goes to see her and in a moment of emotional stress they confess their love.
 At length, having sufficiently recov- cred his health to begin drinking again, he yielded one evening to an alcoholic impulse and, just as Alaire bade him good night. clumsily sought to force an explanation.
 "See here!" he shot at her. "What's the matter with you lately?" He saw that he had startled her, and that she ing thoughts. "You're about as warm and wifely as stone Idol"
 Am I any different to what I have always beenT"
 "Humph! You haven't been exactly sympathetic of late. Here I come home sick, and you treat me like one of the help. Don't you think have feelings? ,Jovei I'm lonesome"
 Alaire regarded him speculatively, then shook her head as If In answer to some thought.
 In an obvious and somewhat too mel low effort to be friendly Ed continued Don't let's go on like this, Alaire. You hlaIAn ma rnIlnb hnt when I'm home I feel like an inter loper You treat me like cow-thief.'
 I'm sorry. I've tried to be every thing l should. I'm the interloper."
 Nonsensel If we only got along together as we'll as we seem to from the outside, 1t wouldn't be bad at all. But you're LOO severe. You seem to think man should be perfect. We'll none or us are, and I'm no worse than the majority. Why. know lots of fellows Who forget themselves and do things they shouldn't. but they don't near anything by 1t. They have wives ant homes to go to when It's all over. But nave lf You're as glad to see me as If had smallpox. Maybe we've made a mess Of things, but married life ism what young girls think 1t is. A wifi, must learn to give and take."
 I've given. What have I taken?' she asked him in voice that auivered
 Ed made an impatient gesture "Oh don't be so literal! mean that, sine, we're man and wife, it's up to you t, be little more-broad- gauge in you views"
 Tn other words, you want me to fig nore your conduct. Is that 1t? Tn afraid we can't argue that, Ed"
 All right; don't let's try to areu 1t" he laughed. with what he consik