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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-13
U-BOAT OFFICER JOVIAL
AS HE BLEW UP VESSEL
Bomb in Each Hand. He Boarded Bark,
Lighted Fuses from Cigarette

Three American sailors, members OF
the crew of the four masted barkentlne
Gabrielle dali. which was torpedoed
twelve miles off Savona, Italy. on De
cember is. arrived yesterday on board
the Italian liner Giuseppe VERDI, from
Naples and Genoa.
John Hurley. OF Boston, spokesman
for the three, said that the submarine
appeared directly under the Gaprlele
d'AlPs port quarter. Before the bark
entine had time 20 come about the con
ming tower opened and an ofiicer clad
in oilskins and sea boots jumped ilgnt-
~ over 70 their ship, carrying a oomo
in either hand.
"All ashore that's going ashore! ne
shouted in English as he balanced MS
bombs on the tafFrail. Better go now
while the going's good he added,
smiling, as he stopped out Of the wind
10 light cigarette.
As soon az all the crew had manned
the ships lifeboat and were pulling
astern. the officer nonchalantly lighted
the long bomb fuses with his cigarette.
hoped back 20 the submarine ana DIS
appeared down the coming tower.
The submarine cast of and was soon
lost 20 view in the sea fog. The bark
entine sank FIVE minutes later and me
crew vas picked up by trawler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-13
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER"
LEAVES LINER NEW YORK
Collector Malone Refuses to Disclose
Identity of Man on Cutter

Soon after customs officers boarded
the New York yesterday morning and
as the revenue cutter was about to
cast off a dark, medium sized man
called from the deck asking the cutter
10 wait for him.
After a whispered conversation with
the cutter commander the mysterious
stranger climbed with difficulty down
the icy ladder. and was last seen enter
ing the cutters pilot house.
Customs inspectors refused 10 dis
close his identity. Dudley Field Ma
lone. Collector Of the Port, was finally
appealed 20. but he replied that un-
fortunately it was impossible to reveal
the strangers name or business.
is he an aid TO Colonel House, a
criminal or an emissary from the
Kaiser" the collector was then asked.
He is none Of these" Mr. Malone
replied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-13
LETTER PASTERS REMIND
U. S. OF BRITISH NAVY
Epsiles Carry Statement That Arrival
Is Due to Empires Warships

On the back Of every letter mailed in
England which now reaches this coun-
try is a white psster bordered with
heavy blue.
Don't forget" is its message. The
safe arrival Of this letter is due 20
the British navy" Then there is a
hand pointing TO this closing line:
Join the Navy League
In the upper left-hand corners Of the
pasters are colored reproductions Of
the British man-of-war flag
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
ITO be { tfnued)

Want in tn ,aper bring results
be sure ave ley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05

er man riding With a very young won1-
IN. De Spain knew none of the front
rank men, but he knew well Nan Nor
gan and her dancing partner. Gales
face lighted as he set eyes on De Spain.
and he spoke quickly to Nan: There's
your handsome Medicine Bend gun
man :"
Nan, glancing toward De Spain.
seemed aware that he heard. She
looked away. De Spain frightened I'D
with a rage. The blood rushed to his
face. the sarcasm struck in. If the
birthmark could have deepened with
humiliation it would have done so at
the instant of the cold inspection of
the girls pretty eyes. Gale, calling
ehead to the others, invited their at
tGntiOn to the man on the street cor
Ter. De Spain only stood still, re-
turning their inspection as insolently
as silence could. Each face was faith
fully photographed and filed in his
memory, and his steady gaze followed
them until they rode down the hill and
Ciattered jauntly out on the swaying
suspension bridge that still crosses the
Rat river at Grant street, and con-
meets the whole south cOuntry-the
Spanish sinks, the Thief River gold
fields, the saw-tOOthed Superstition
range, MOrgan'S gap, and Music noun
tain with Sleepy Cat and the railroad.
De Spain, walking down Grant
street, watched the party disappear
among the hills across the river. The
encounter had stirred him. He already
hated the MOrgans, at least all except
the blue-eyed girl, and she, it was not
difficult to divine from her expression,
was, at least, disdainful of her morn
ing rival.
Reaching the station platform while
still busy with his thoughts, De Spain
encountered Jeffries and Lefever.
"Jeffries, I'll take that Thief River
stage job" announced De Spain bluntly.
whats the reason that fellow
changed his mind?" demanded Jeffries,
when Lefever joined him later in his
office.
Don't ask me-" frowned Lefever
perplexed. Don't ask me- Henry is
odd in some ways. You can't tell
what's going on inside that fellows
head by looking at the outside of it,
Jefries grunted coldly at this bit of
wisdom. I'll tell you what I should
think-if I had to think: Henry de
Spain has never found out rightly who
was responsible for the death of his
father. He expects to do it, some
time; and long ago some of these same
Morgans lived on the Peace river above
his fathers ranch"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05

the room before entering, h IS Su
prised to find it empty. ice
however, that the sash Of wi
dow on his left, which 10 . Il
patio, was open, and two ks
the hard clay suggested N;
might have jumped thrOJ nniI
out of the front door, h 4 g in
his saddle and rode to W cOu
signal De Spain and Scot, ne L
He told his story as join
him, and the three retUr he in
A better tracker than of /
companions, Scott after -te CO
firmed their belief tina n mU
have escaped by the Wi lie th
took the two men out SON
one, within a few minu i mOuT
cd q horse and g0ll0DPC
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05

white settlers, and is called Morgan's
gap. No RAILROAD has ever vet pene-
trated this southern country, despite
the fact that rich mines have been
opened along these mountains, and are
still being opened; but it lies today in
much of the condition of primitive saw
agery, and lawIessness, as the word is
conventionally accepted, that obtained
when the first rush was made for the
Thief River gold fields
Business is done in this country; but
business must halt everywhere with
it's means Of communication. and in
the Music Mountain country is still
rests on the facilities of q stage line.
The bullion wagons still travel the
difficult roads. They look for safety to
their armed hOrsemen; the four and
SiX-horSe stages look to the armed
guard, the wayfarer must look to his
horse-and it should be a good one;
the mountain rancher to his rife, the
cattle thief to the mOonless night, the
bandit to mis- wits, the gunman to his
holster: these include practically all
the people. that travel the Spanish
sinks, except the MoTgans and the NOR
mons. The Mormons looked to the
Morgans for safety; the Morgans to
themselves.
For many year the Morgans have
been almost Overlords Of the Music
Mountain country. They own, or have
! laid claim to, an extended territory in
the mountains, a Spanish grant. Nor
gan's gap. opens south of Music noun
| tain, less than ten miles west of Gala
| basas. It is a narrow valley where
valleys are more precious than water
for the mountain valley means wa
! ter-and this in a country where water
| is much more precious than life. And
some Of the best of this land at the
! foot of Music mountain was the ma
/ ternal inheritance of Nan Morgan.
At Calabasas the Thief River stage
line maintains completely equipped
relay barns. They are over twenty
miles from Sleepy Cat, but nearly fifty
the other way from Thief river. And
e1cep&a few shacks, there is nothing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
CHAPTER II.
De Spain Changes His Mind.

Before De Spain had walked far he
heard music from the Open-air dancing
pavilion in Grant street Stirred by an
idle curiosity, he turned the corner
and stopped to watch the crowded
couples whirling up and down the
raised platform under paper lanterns
and red streamers to the music of an
automatic piano. He took his place IN
a fringe of onlookers that filed the
~ita"ail But he was thinking as he
s. s,s,, aut 81 the DOisterOuS dancing or
Il clumsy dancers. but OF the broken
i er and the Gatear at the fairgrounds.
/ still ranked N MS mind While he
S Cd thinking the music ceased.
\ n&n, who appeared to be in au-
Il Drit,-, walked to The center OF the
d lciu .-tloor made an announcement
Il t De Spain failed to catch, and
Locked toward young couple stand
II in an attitude of waiting at the
h ID OF the hail.
NJ eyes being turned their way, De
S aims attention as well was drawn
t. yard them The man was powerful
il stature and rather too heavy, out
st aiglt asian indian. His small, req,
q. face was tanned by the sun and
v I'd, and from the handsome hat down
to the small. nigh-neeled ana spurred
boots, ne wore the distinctive cowboy
RI q The mountains. De Spain
st med 10 recall that this particular
fC ow mad crowed the Ioudest when
h. himself forfeited the shooting-match
e. lter in the day.
-jut De Spain, unamiable as he now
", ;, looked with unconcealed interest
Al the nan $ dancing partner She
tCo, was Drowned by the mountain sun
all ara slight, erect girl her neau
Il set and Il delicate walStline above
Delted. brown skirt which Just
reached the tops of her small, higf
tn riding boots. She wore a soft
J cench-gray cowboy hat. Her eyes
1oticeably pretty, wandered about the
platform, rejecting in their unrest the
dissatisfied expression of her face.
talkative woman standing just in from
of De Spain, told a companion that tht
man was Gale Morgan, a nephew O.
Satterlee, LATEST Of the MorganS. d.
Spain at once recognized in the dane
ing partner the little Music Mountain
girl who had been his Qndoing at tn
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~, as the I0ft-t, sun attending to Nor
CANS statement, replied: "Elpaso tells
a pretty straight story"
'Elpaso couldn't tell a straight
story if he tried" interjected Sassoon.
Il have the statement of three other
passengers; they confirm Elpaso. Ac-
cording TO them. Sassoon-" De Spain
looked straight at the accused. was
drunk and abusive. and kept trying to
put some of the other passengers off.
Finally he put his feet in the lap Of
PumperWaSSer, our tank and windmill
man, and Pumperwasser hit him."
Morgan, stepping back from the bar,
waved his hand with an air of finality
toward his inoffensive companion ::
Here is Sassoon, right here-he can
tell the whole story"
''Those fellows were miners" NUT
tered Sassoon. His utterance was
broken, but he spoke fast. They'll
side with the guards every time
against a cattIeman."
"Sassoon," interposed Morgan bel
ISeISu-ls- - a Lltiu NuoSe. NoEu can
always be depended on"
ITO convey his meaning" interviewed
Lefever graphically. "Of course, l
know" he asserted, earnest to the
point of vehemence. Everyone in
Calabasas has the highest respect for
Sassoon. That is understood. And"
he added with as much impressiveness
as if he were talking sense, everybody
in Calabasas would be sorry to see Sas-
soon put off q stage. But Sassoon is
off: that is the situation. We are sorry.
If it occurs again"
'What do you mean?" Numbered
Morgan, resenting the interference
DE Spain is the manager, isn't he?
What we want to know is, what you
are going to do about it," he demand
ed, addressing De Spain again.
'There is nothing more to be done"
returned De Spain composedly. I've
already told Elpaso if Sassoon starts
another fight on a stage to put him off
again.
Morgan's fist came down on the bar.
Look here. De Spain! You come from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05

Morqan'S Fist Came Down on the Bar.
Medicine Bend, don't you? Well, you
can't bully Music Mountain men-un-
derstand that"
F'Any time you have a real grievance,
Morgan, I'll be glad to consider it,"
aid De Spain. ''When one Of your
sen is drunk and Quarrelsome he will
Je put off like any other disturber.
That we can't avoid. Public stages
can be run any o'ner way"
"Au right" re',orted Morgan. ''If
you take that taCx for your new man
agement, wen see now J-Uu &c. =l.-.s,
running stages down in this country"
eve will run them peaceably, just as
long as we can" smiled De Spain. ''We
will get on with everybody that gives
US q chance"
Morgan pointed a finger at him. Il
give you a chance, De Spain, right now.
VIII you discharge ElpasO?"
mo
Morgan almost caught his breath at
the refusal But DE Spain could be
extremely blunt, and in the parting
shots between the two he gave no
ground.
"Jeffries put me here to stop this
kind of roWdyism on the stages" he
said to Lefever on their way back to
the barn. This is a good time to be-
gin. And Sassoon and Gale Morgan
are good men to begin with" he added.
As the horses of the two men
emerged from the canyon they saw a
slender hOrseWOman riding in toward
the barn from the Music Mountain
trail. She stopped in front of Meal
pin, the barn boss, who stood outside
the office door McAIDin. the old Medi-
cine Bend barnman, nad Decn pro-
noted from Sleepy Cat by the new
manager. De Spain recognized the
roam pony, but, aside from that, a
glance at the figure Of the rider, as
she sat with her back to him, was
enough to assure him of Nan Morgan
He spurred ahead fast enough to over
hear a request she was making of Me-
AIpin to mail a letter for her. She
also asked McAlpin, just as De Spain
drew up, whether the down stage had
passed. McAlpin told her it had. De
Spain, touching his hat, spoke: Il am
going right up to Sleepy Cat. I'll mail
your letter if you wish"
She looked at him in some surprise
and then glanced toward Lefever, who
now rode up. De Spain was holding
ont his hand for the letter. His eyes
met Mans, and each felt the moment
was a sort of challenge. De Spain, a
little self-conscious under her inspec'
ton, was aware only Of her rather
| fearless eyes and the dark hair under
her faWn cowboy hat.
THANK you" she responded evenly
eff the stage is gone I will hold it to
add something" SO saying, she tucked
| the letter inside her blouse and spoke
TO her pony, which turned Ieisurely
down the road.
I'm trying to get acquainted with
your country today" returned De
+ Spain, managing with his knee to keep
his own horse moving alongside Nan
as she edged away.
/ Nan, without speaking, ruthlessly
widened the distance between the two
De Spain unobtrusively spurred his
steed to greater acttsity. you must
have a great deal Of game around you
Do you hunt?" he asked.
He knew she was famed as a hunt
ress. but he could make no Roadway
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
CHAPTER Ill.
The Spanish Sinks.

In two extended groups, separated
by narrow but well-defned break, a
magnificent rampant, named by Span
iards the Superstition mountains,
stretches beyond the horizon to the
south, along the vast depression known
as the Spanish sinks. The break on
the eastern side of the chain comes
about twenty miles southwest of
Sleepy Cat, and is marked on the
north by the most striking, and in
some respects most majestic peak in
the range-Music mountain; the break
itself has taken the name of it's earliest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
Scott Was the First to Reach the Trees.

at midnight into the mountains, the
great red heart of the Scorpion shone
atire in the southern sky. Spreading
out when they rode between the noun
tain walls, they made their way with
out interruption silently toward their
rendezvous, an aspen grove near which
PurgatOire creek makes its way out of
the gap.
Scott was the first to reach the trees.
Fhe little grove spreads across a slope
half a mile wide between the base of
one towering cliff, still bearing its
Spanish name El Captain, and the
gorge of the Purgatoire. To the east
If this point the trails to Calabasas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
whatever against her studied reserve

Whatever against her studied reserve
and when at length SO excused her
self and turned her s-Ny from ~
Sleepy Cat road into tn G-0rgar C-p
trail, De Spain had been Sal in
every attempt to arouse the s- htest
interest in anything he had sai0 mt,
watching with regret. at the partir,
the trim lines of her figure as 5. .
dashed away on the desert trail. seated
as if a part of her spirited horse. he
felt only fast-rising resolution to at
tempt again TO break through her
stubborn reticence and know her bet
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
Nan @
Music
Mountain
copyright By Charles seribners sonsI
By
FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Author of WHISPERING SMITH

eve have tempOrized with this Gala
basas outfit long enough" declared JEFF
fries, dropping his mask at last. Deaf
Sandusky, Logan and that squint-eyed
thief, Dave Sassoon-aIl hOld-up men,
every one Of them! Henry, I'm put
ting you in on that job because you've
got nerve, because you can shoot, be
cause / don't think they can get you
and paying you a whaling big salary to
straighten things out along the Span
ish Sinks. Do you know, Henry"
Jeffries leaned forward and lowered
his tone Master of the art of perSuad-
ing and convincing, of hammerlng and
pounding, Of swaying the doubling and
deciding the undecided, the strOng-eyed
mountain man looked his best as he
held the younger man under his spell.
do you know" he repeated, Il suspect
that MOrg2n's Gap bunch are really be
hind and beneath a lot Of this devil
try around CaIabasas? You take Gale
Morgan-Why, he trains with Dave
Sass0on; take his uncle, Duke-Sas-
soon never is in trouble but what
Duke will help him out" Jeffries ex-
plOded with slight but forcibIe exple-
tive. WAS there ever a thief or
robber driven into MOrgan's gap that
didn't find sympathy and shelter with
some Of the Morgans? l believe they
are in every game pulled on the Thief
river stages
LAS bad as thatY
Jeffries turned to his desk. ASK
John Lefever.'
De Spain had a long talk with John.
But John was u poor adviser. He ad-
yised no one on any subject. Heswhis-
tied, he hummed a tune. He extended
his arm. at times, suddenly, as if on
the brink of q positive assertion. He
decided nothing, and asserted nothing.
But concerning the Morgans and their
friends, he did abandon his habitual
reticence. "Rustlers, thieves. robbers,
coiners. outlaws - he exclaimed ener-
getically.
rs this because they got your money
today, John?" asked De Spain.
"Neyer mind my money. I've got a
new job with nothing to do and plenty
of cash"
De Spain asked what the job was.
con the stages" announced Lefeyer.
Il am now general superintendent of
the Thief River line"
what does that mean?"
1T means that / am to be your as
sistant."
I'm not going to take that job,
John"
Lefever took off his nat and twirIed
it skiIlfully on one hand humming
softly the while.
4 believe you'd better change your
mind, Henry, and stay with US"
NO" returned De Spain medita-
lively I'm net going to stay. I've
had glory enough out of this town for
a while" lie picked up his hat, poked
the crown discontentedly, and, rising
With a loss of amiability in his fea-
lures and manner, walked out of the
room.
The late sun was streaming down
the full length OF Main street The
street was SSH filled with Ioiterers
who had spent the day at the fair, and
fingered now in town in the vaeue hope
of seeing brawl or a light before
SundOWn-rOisterer from the Spanish
Sinks and gunner and gamblers from
Calabasas and Morgans gap The
Morgans themselves and their follow
ing were out to the last retainer.
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target.

The energetic piano thumped the
strains Of a two-step. Gale Morgan
extended his arm toward Nan; she
looked very slight at his side. Then.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-05
CHAPTER ~,
First Blood at caIsbssss

Nothing more than De SPANS an-
nouncement that he would sustain his
Safeguards was necessary to arouse
a violent resentment at Calabasas and
among the Morgan following. The
grievance against ElpaSo was made a
general one along the line. His stage
was singled out and ridden at times
both by Sandusky and Logan-the
really dangerous men of the Spanish
sinks-and by Gale Morgan and Sas-
soon to stir up trouble
All CalahaSas knew that Elpaso. il
he had To, would fight, and that the &C.
centric guard was not actually to be
cornered with impunity. Even Logan.
VINO, like SanduSky, was known to be
without fear and without mercy. felt
at least a respect for Elpaso's short
ened shotgun, and stopped this side
actual hostilitieS with him. Sass0on.
however, nOurished a particular griey-
ance against the meditative guard, and
his was one not tempered either by
prudence or calculation. His chance
came one night when Elpaso had IN
wisely allowed himself TO be drawn
INTO q card game at CalabaSaS inn. Ell
paSo was VIGOROUSLY a stickler for &
square deal at cards. A dispute found
him without friend in the room. Sas-
soon reached for him with knife.
MCAlpin was the first to get the
Jews at the barn. He gave first aid t.
he helpless guard, and, without dream
ne he could be got to a surgeon alive.
rushed him in a light wagon to the
hospital at Sleepy Cat, where it wa
said that he must have more lives thar
4 wildcat. SaSSOOn, not caring to BRAY
De Sp9in'S anger IN town. went ten
OC1arily into hiding. Elpaso. in +
end, justified his old reputation
making a recovery-haltinEly it
rue, and with perilOus interva'
sink !, but recovery.
was while he still lay in the hos
-tal and hope was very low that l.
Spain and Lefever rode, one hot morn
ing, into Calabasas and were told b,
McAlpin that SassOOn had been sec
within five minutes at the i'm. To /
fever the news was like a bubbn
spring to a thirsty man. His face
beamed, he frightened his belt, shook
out his gun, and looked with benevo-
lent interest on De Spain, who stood
bordering. "If you will stay right here.
Inc chief stage guard. Bob Scott,
the Indian, was in the barn. He smiled
at Lefever's enthusiasm. "SaSsOOn,"
said he, els slippery"
you'd better let US go along
see you do it," suggested De SIa,l-
who with the business in hand gr~
thoughtful.
"Gentlemen, / thank you jrOteste
Lefever, raising one hand depreca-
ton, the other resting Ii ly on his
holster. eve still have ONE little
reputation to maintain al the sinks.
Don't let us make it a -- Sc for Sas-
soon" No one oppose lin further,
and he rode away alOn
''It won't be any t E1ble for John
to bring SassoOn in." q rmured Scott,
who spoke with a SIN and in the low
tone and deliberate = nner of the In
dian, ''if he can fms m"
Lefever rode dOr to the inn with
out seeing q livi thing anywhere
about it. When lie GismOunted in
front he thought he heard sounds with
in the barroom, but, pushing open the
door and looking circumspectly into
the room before entering, h" IS sur