Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-02
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Chapter I. On Frontier day at
Sleepy Cat, Henry de Spain, gunmon
and t.ajnmaster at Medicine Bend, is
beaten al large. shooting by Nan Nor
gan of Music Mountain. Jeifries, diyi
sion superintendent, asks De Spain 10
take charge of the Thief River stag
line, but he refuses.
Chapter ll-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 miAG and accept the stage
line Job.
Chapter Hide Spain and Lefeyer
ride to Calabasas inn and there meet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
Sasson, gunner and retaiLers 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 lV-Sasson knifes Elpaso,
the stage driver, and escapes to Nor
gan's gap, the stronghold of the Nor
gans. De Spain, Lefever and Scott &c
in after him, and De Spain brings out
Sasson alone.
Chapter Vie 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
into a gain;,liac hall to find her Uncle
Duke and Inside faces Sandusky and
Logan Tho pluduntly decline to tigh,
at tac time.
Chapto. Wilde Spain, anxious &c
make peace with Nan, arranges lit
tie plan with McAlpin, the barn man
to drive her out to Morgans gap, and
while waiting for her goes down tc
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 wanders into Morgan's gap and il
discovered on Music Mountain BY
Nan.
Chapter XI--Nan. to prevent furthe
fighting, does not tell, but finds on
from McAlpin that De Spain had real
" been tapped and had left his car,
ridge belt behind when he went int
the fight at the inn.
Chapter XIIWhile De Spain Is IN
able to travel Nan brings food to him
He tells her that he became a CUR
man to find and deal with his father
unknown murderer. He gives MAJ
his last cartridge.
Chapter XIII-Gale almost stumble
over De Spain's hiding place. Ma
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 gap over the face of El Capita
at night, Nan meets him with hors
and his cartridge belt, which she ha
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spai
rides into Calabasas
Chapter XV--De Spain hires oil
Bull Page and gains a valuable ali
After two nightly visits to the ga
DeSpain gets q word with Nan. Sh
tells him to forget her and he ASK
her to shoot him.
Chapter XVI-Nan attends her Vi
Gle Duke in the hospital at SLEEP
Cat, and Despair wooes and wins M
love.
CHAPTER XVII-Lefeyer NANTES
nm interest in De SPANS cartridt
belt and expresses surprise at his u
readiness to get Sassoon. Sassoon
most discover the lovers at the
trysting place.
Chapter XVIIT-In Morgan's "a
Gale tells Duke OF Mans meeting
with De Spain and Duke warns M
that he will kill De Spain II she tri
to marry him.
Chapter XlX-De Spain arranges
meeting with Duke and tries to ma
friends with him without success.
Chapter XX--Gale persists In
wcoing Of Nan.