Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-21
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Sleepy Cat. Henry de Spain, gunman
and trainmaster at Medicine Bend. is
beaten at target shooting by Nan Nor
gan OF Music Mountain. Jeffries. 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 q stage driver and De
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
CAMS gap, the stronghold of the Nor
cams. De Spain, Leftover and Scott so
III after him, and De Spain brings out
Season alone.
Chapter Vie meets Nan, who de-
lays him until nearly overtaken by the
Motgans, 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 Vile prevents her going
into q 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 drive her out to Morgan's 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-4Bewildered and weak
he wande.s into Morganis gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
Chapter Khan, to prevent further
fighting, does not tell, but finds our
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 XII-While, De Spain is un
ableFto travel Nan brings food to him
He tells her that he became a gun
man to find and deal with his fathers
unknown murderer. He gives MAI
his last cartridge.
Chapter xIII---Gale almost stumble
over De SPANS hiding place. Nal
draws him away and to stop Gale'
rough wooing Dc Spain bluffs him on
with an empty gun. Nan plans d.
SPANS escape.
Chapter XIv--De Spain crawls on
Of the ga" over the face Of Ell Capital
at night, Nan meets him with a hors
| and his cartridge belt, which she hat
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spail
rides into Calabasas.
Chapter xv--De Spain hires oil
1 Bull Page and gains valuable aid
! Attentive nightly visits to the gar
I DeSniifie a word with Nan. Sh
q tells AIM o''forget'her and he ask
i her to shoot him.
\ Chapter xvT-Nan attends her Tn
! Gle Duke in the hospital at Sleep
Y Cat, and Despair wooes and wins he
love.
CHAPTER XVII--Lefever manifest
an interest In De SPANS cartridg
belt. and expresses surprise at his uf
readiness to get sassoon. Sassoon a
mostssl hcover thctlovers at thei
trysting place.
Chapter XvI1T-In Morgan's ga
Gallo tells Duke Of Mans meeting
with De Spain and Duke warns Ma
that he will kill De Spain II she trie
to marry him.
Chapter x1X--De Spain arranges
meeting with Duke and tries to max
friends with him without success.
Chapter xx--Gale persists In hi
,GnynInkS& Man. ..-. ~@-.
Chapter XX1-De Spain enllsts
spy. He hears that Nan Is kept |