Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-27


~. days, to restrain the fury Of BIZ
ssgs lent, and keep him from rldlnl
Il .a gap in temper that each o.
;ian new would mean only Il tragedy
"e'a han what had gone before
l.,n1 three days OF tactful representa-
tfH / patient admondon from cool
& counselors did not accomplish
- t'ey hoped for in De SPANS atti-
'n. His rage subsidized, but only to
'.,oHed by a settled gloom that
cew might burst into uncon-
soie anger ut any moment.
rport reached McAlpin that Gale
N.rg3n was making ready to return to
aas.c mountain with the remnant OF
"Guausky's gang. to make demand
on Duke for certain property and
partnership adjustments. This rumor
he telephoned to Jeffrles. Before talk
luz with De Spain, JefIries went over
the information with Lefever The two
agreed IL was right, In the circum-
stances, that De Spain should be near
er than Sleepy Cat to Nan. Moreover
the period of waiting she had enjoined
on him was almost complete.
without giving De Spain the story
tr'iy, the two men talking before him
IT, The discussion drift toward pro-
po>al on his part to 20 down to Gala
basaS, where he could more easily keep
track of any movement to or from the
ean, aud this they approved. De Spain.
e.~tady chatting under hardly en-.
t7soI restraint, lost no time In start
.aE Or Calabasas, directing Lefever to
s. DIV next day.
added nothing to his peace OF
rad ID the morning to learn definitely
,-ou McAlpin that Gale Morgan. with.
y Fenty-four hours, had really disap-
red from Calabasas. No word Of
arF Kind had come from Music noun
"a for days. No one at Caabasas
aware even that Nan had gone
= The gap again. Bob Scott was at
q River. De Spain telephoned to
10 % come up on the early stage, and
ri,aj his attention toward getting In
ts.u8tiou from Music mountain with
~ violating Mans injunction not to
r. rate her most delicate effort with
I fncIe.
- q possible scout to look into her
7tf~elt situation and report on it, Nc
Ann could point only to Bull Page.
,E,-N was a ready instrument, but his
: rut value as an assistant had be-
,-f q matter of doubt, since prac-
iy every man in the gap had
n eatened within the week to blow his
,hatd on'-though Bull himself felt no
'Tt-7H'les against making an attempt to
E5t-a Music mountain and get back
sfs. 1t was proposed by the eanny
&cSiDin TO send him In with team
e.r .ght wagon, ostensihy to bring
Z trunk which, If it had not been
80 10 the horses, was still in Dukes
f'e As soon as rig could be got up
- started out.
WIS late November. A far clear
c's crew the snow-capped ranges
Cher y down TO the eye of the DESERT
&, the speckless sky, lighted by the
nc sun, We're but monster glass
- TO trick the credulous retina. De
4. i, In the saddle in front OF the
\ his broad hat brim set on the
( i've level of the western horse
49,. bis lips seeming to compress his
tH"c gh.s, his lines over his forearm,
/ Lis hands half-slipped into the
D. Of his snug leather coat,
w Cd Page with his light wagon and
Et drive away.
lang around the nelghborhOod of
q 3alns In the saddle, De Spain saw
h. gradually recede into the long
a. ~ perspective, the perspective
vi almost alone enabled the watch.
er &, realize as he curtained his eyes
bsN' - their long, steady lashes from |
Z! 11ing sun, that It was a good bit |
o. 8 way to the foot Of the great out \
p+1t o. the Superstition range.
IA Spain's restlessness prevented his Y
remaining quietly anywhere for long. /
~ Tho morning advanced he cantered s
'9t on the Music mountain trail, think A.
3 Of and wishing for q sight of Nan.
The deadly shock of Pardaloes story
had been dulled by days and nights Of a
paln. His deep-rooted love and his Il
loneliness had quoted his impulse for II
vengeance and overborne him with
profound sadness. He realized how is
Hfferent his feelings were now from HI
THAT they had been when she knelt be-
ore him in the darkened room and, not Ell
hIing to plead for mercy for her uncle Fl
lad asked him only for the pity for al
,erself that he had seemed so slow et
. give. Something reproached him d.
low for his GOODNESS at the moment q
hat he should have thought of her
before his own. C,
It was while riding In this way that tn
is eyes, reading mechanically the 70
gsgon trail he was aimlessly following pl
for no reason other than that II -,
rcught him, though forbidden, little .
lcser to her-arrested his attention. -"
se checked his horse. Something, the c.
rail told him, had happened. Page y
ad stopped his horses. Page had met :.
no men on horseback coming from the
30. After parley-for the horses -
40 tramped around long enough for c.
ae-the wagon had turned completely ~,
,om the trail and struck across the ~
ssert. north: the two horsemen, or ~
ne with a led horse, had started back
IT the gap. 80,
Al Of this De Spain gathered with. W. W.
tt moving his horse outside circle OF ~,
irty feet What did II mean7 Page an
lght have fallen In with cronies from w
Q gap, abandoned his job, and start 70
for Sleepy Cat, but this was unlike