Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
SYSNopsiS.


Chapter /. On Frontier day at
Sleepy Cat, Henry de Spain, gunman
and tranmaster at Medicine Bend, is
beaten at target shooting by Nan Nor
gan of Music Mountain. Jeffres, divi
sion superintendent asks De Spain to
take charge OF the Thief River stag
line, but he refuses.
Chapter II--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 Lefever
ride to Calabasas inn and there meet
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
him,
Chapter IV--Sasson knifes Elpaso,
- the stage driver. and escapes to Nor
cans gap, the stronghold of the Nor
fans. De Spain, Lefever and Scott go
IN after him, and De Spain brings out
SAMSON alone.
Chapter Vile meets Nan, who de-
lays him until nearly overtaken by the
MOrgans. but lands his captive in Jail
Chapter vI--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
intoa gambling hall to find her Uncle
Duke and inside faces Sandusky and
Logan, who prudently decline to fight
at the time.
Chapter Wilde Spain, anxious to
make peace with Nan, arranges lit.
tie plan with McAlpin, the barn man,
to dive her out to Morgans gap, and
while waiting for her goes down to
the inn to get cup of coffee.
Chapter IX-In the deserted bar
room he is trapped. He kills Sandus.
ky and Logan, wounds Gale and Sas.
soon and escapes, badly wounded
Chapter X-Bewildered and weak,
he wande-3 into Morgans gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
Chapter KHAN, to prevent further
fighting, does not tell but finds on,
from McAlpin that De Spain had real.
~ been trapped and had left his cart
ridge belt behind when he went into
the fight at the inn.
Chapter XIT-Whlle De Spain is un.
able to travel Nan brings food to him.
= ne tells her that he became gun
man to find and deal with his father S
unknown murderer. He gives Nan
his last cartridge.
Chapter XIlT-Gale almost stumbles
over De SPANS hiding place. Nan
draws him away and to stop Gale s
rough wooing Dc Spain bluffs him out
with an empty gun. Nan plans Dc
SPANS escape.
Chapter XIV--De Spain crawls out
OF the gap over the face Of FL Captain
at night, Nan meets him with horse
and his cartridge belt, which she had
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spain
rides into Calabasas.
Chapter Xv--De Spain hires old
Bull Page and gains valuable all
After two nightly visits to the gap
..l Despair gets a word with Nan. She
tells him to forget her and he asks
her to shoot him.
~ Chapter XvT--Nan attends her I'm
Gle Duke in the hospital at Sleepy
Cat, and Despair wooes and wins he,
/. love.
Chapter Xv1T--Icfever manifests
an interest in De SPANS cartridge
belt, and expresses surprise at his un
readiness to get sassoon. Sassoon al
most discover the lovers at theft
trysting place.
Chapter XvIIT-1n Morgan's gar
Gallo tells Duke Of Mans meeting,
with De Spain and Duke warns Mar
that he will kill De Spain II she triel
to marry him.
Chapter X1X--De Spain arranges ,
Nv meating with Duke and tries to make
friends with him without success
Chapter xx--Gale persists In hi
wonins OF Nan.
Chapter xx1--De Spain enlists :
, any,. He hears that !. Nan Is kept II
I ldl 600H ana thlt her uncle Is tryinl
to f0rce her TO marry Gale.