Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-03
Nan ST
Music
Mountain
(Continued)
SYNOPSIS.
By
FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Author of WHISPERING SMITH
ibnsr's SoLsI

Mountain. ferries division superinten-
dent asks De Spain to take charge OF the
Thief River stage line. but he refuses.
CHAPTER II-De Spain sees Nan dane
Ing with Gale Morgan, Is later derislvely
pointed out to Nan on the street by Gale,
and Is moved to change his mind and ac-
cept the stage line job.
CHAPTER III-De Spain and Lefever
Tids to calaoasas Inn m and .ndl,ev there meet nd
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis
fuses De SPAN pam mests ss1 Nam @ but fails to
overcome her aversion to him.
'"rhe old story" remarked De Spain,
inspecting with mild-mannered interest
the punctured plastering, "they always
shoot high"
He walked over to the left end of the
bar, noting the hard usage shown by
the ornate mahogany, aud spreading
his hands wide open, palms down, on
the face OF II, glanced at the low Win
dow on his left, opening ON the grav-
eled patio. lie peered, in the semi
darkness, at the battered door behind
the bar.
Henry" observed Lefever, "if you
are looking for a drink, 1t would only
be fair, as well as polite to call the
Mexican"
De Spain, turning, looked all
around the room again. "You wouldn't
think" he said slowly. from looking at
the place there was a road-agent with
in thousand miles,"
"You wouldn't think, from riding
through the Superstition mountains
there was lion within q thousand
miles. I've hunted them for eleven
years, and l never saw one except
when the dogs drove 'em out; but for
eleven years they saw me. II we
haven't been seen coming in here by
some of this Calabasas bunch, / miss
my guess" declared Lefever cheer
fully.
The batten door behind the bar now
began to open slowly and nolselessly.
Lefever peered through It. "Come in,
Pedro" he cried reassuring!y, "come
In. man. This is no officer. no revenue
agent looking to- ypnr license. Meet
n friend, pcVtrc, Ae continued encour-
agingly> as tac sITU-thy publican, low
browed and sGilen, emerged very de-
1iberateiy froas the Inner darkness into
the obscurity of the harroom, and bent
his one good eye sparchingly on De
Spain, "This," Lcfcver's left hand lay
famlliarly on the hack OF De Spain's
shoulder els o;:- new manager, Mr..
Henry de Spain. Henry, shake hands
with Mexico
This invitation to shake hands
seemed an empty formallty. De Spain
never shook hands with anybody; at
least f he did so, he extended, through
habit long Injured. his left hand, with
an excuse for tho soreness of his right.
Pedro did not even bat his remaining
eye at the Invitation. The situation, as
Lefever facctiously remarked, re-
mained about where 1t was before he
spoke, when the sound of galloping
horses came through the open door. A
moment later three men walked, sin
gle file, into the room, De Spain stood
at the left end OF the bar, and Lefever
introduced him TO Gale Morgan, to
David Sassoon. and to Sassoon's crony,
Deaf Sandusky, as the new stage-line
manager, The later arrivals lined up
before the bar, Sandusky next to Le-
fever and De Spain, so he could hear
what was said. Pedro from his den
produced two Queer-looking bottles and
a supply of glasses.
"De SPAIN" Gale Morgan began
bluntly, zone of our men was put off
stage of yours last week by Frank FL
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liminary compliments, and his heavy
voice was bellicose.
De Spain, regarding him undis-
turbed, answered after, little pause:
"Elpaso told me he put a man off his
stage last week for lighting"
"No," contradlcted Morgan loudly,
''not for fighting. Elpaso was drunk"
whats the name Of the man FL
paso put of, John?' asked De Spain,
looking at Lefever.
Morgan hooked his thumb toward
the man standing at his side. Here's
the man right here, Dave Sassoon."
Sassoon never looked a man in the
face when the man looked at him, ex.
cept by Implication; 1t was almost i'm.
possible, without surprising him, to
catch his eyes with your eyes. He
seemed now to regard De Spain keen
ly, as the latter, still attending to Nor.
gan's statement. replied: "Elpaso tells
a pretty straight story"
'Elpaso couldn't tell a straight
story If he tried" interjected Sassoon.
II have the statement Of three other
passengers; they confirm Elpaso. Ac-
cording to them. Sassoon--" De Spain
looked straight at the accused, twas
drunk and abusive. and kept trying to
put some of the other passengers Off.
Finally he put bis feet in the lap of
Pumperwasser, our tank and windmill
man, and Pumperwasser hit him."
Morgan. stepping back from the bar.