The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-16

than five hundred feet into the valley
from it. Mans horse, frightened by
the sudden appearance of Gwyn, rear
ed and started to turn in his tracks.
One of his feet slid over the edge of
the trail and he commenced to fall.
Gwyn, in an instant, was out of his
saddle and beside her. 1t was useless
to try to save the horse. Already he
had lost his balance. Gwyn caught
Nan Just as she was about to go over
the edge, and dragged her back to the
trail while her mount tottered on tie
brink for a brief second and toppled
into space.
Nan, when she had recovered from
the shock of her narrow escape, muir
INJURED her thanks and was wondering
how she would reach home, when
Gwyn astounded her by revealing his
identity. He, also was agreeably sur
prised to discover that she was the
daughter of Don Carlos Ybarra, whom
he was on his way to see He had
lost himself in the mountains. and
was trying to find his way out when
they met on the narrow trail
She looked at him with her great
dark eyes, and Gwyn was overcome
by her beauty and carefree freshness
Father will be mighty glad to see
YOU" she said.
That night, shortly after dusk, when
the sierras were clOuded with the ev-
ening mist, three figures emerged on
horseback from the woods and ad-
vanced across the little clearing to
Ybarra's hacienda. Won Bleck and
his desperadoes had returned They
dismounted, Won Bleck leading dashed
up to the hacienda, bolted through the
unlocked door, and faced the Occu-
pants with drawn revolvers. Won
Bleck had calculated that this would
be all that was necessary, but even
such an efficient expert of the Central
/ Powers System" as he must some
time calculate incorrectly. Neither
Gwyn nor Ybarra threw up their
hands in surrender. Instead they
| drew their own weapons, and gave
furious battle. Won Bleck and the
outlaws fired. Gwyn and Ybarra re-
5 turned their shots In the excitement
l no one was hit. For several minutes
l the fight raged-hand to hand at times
2 and then Don Carlos fell, bulle
3. in his head Gwyn's gun was snatch
GU liOll DtiAinQ anu 4Ncli was 1du6 IL
: in the iron-like grasp of the chucklinl
/ Cut Deep.
e. Get it, Get it," Won Bleck yelled
Hurry up, and then rum"
! The outlaws rushed together towarI
= the kitchen, and suddenly stopped
o They listened. Through the open doc
o came the sudden clatter of hOofs upol
= the grass. The marauders knew i'm
y mediately what it meant Yaqui Joe
e returning from town, had seen tn
: spot where Nan had fallen and ha
d seen her horse in the gully below. H
# was rushing to the house for Do
/ Carlos. The position became danger
It Gus. Taken thus by surprise, the
e might all be killed Cut Deep releas
If ed Nan and ran to the cover of tn
IS kitchen. Won Bleck followed, jus
If as Yaqui Joe burst into the door an
% fired. The bullet pierced his han'
n but Won Bleck leaped into the kitche
lie before he could shoot again, slamme
N the door, and bolted it.
For several minutes Gwyn and JIG
I'd hurled their bodies against the porta
Of At last it sagged and fell in, wit
W the two men, battered and bruise
Of sprawling upon it. They looked u
it quickly, expecting to meet a volly
* shots. Nothing happened The kitcl
h en- was empty
We An open window, with broken pane
told the reason. But a few feet fro
ne it, the cover torn off. was on oil
de wooden chest. Yaqui Joe rested h
d. eyes upon it for a second. Then, Wi
yn a little cry, ran to it and began run
de maging through its contents.
y, 49,
re They've got it! They've got it,"