Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
G NAN Of 9
MUSIC MOUNTAIN
By frank H. SpedrmdN
Author Of Whispering Smith
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER Ion Frontier day at Sleepy
Cat, Henry de Spain. gunman and train
master at Medicine Bend, is beaten at
target shooting by Nan Morgan Of Music
Mountain. Jeffries, division superinten-
dent, asks De Spain to take charge OF the
Thief River stage line. but he refuses-
CHAPTER n-De Spain sees Nan dane
Ing with Gale Morgan is later derisively
pointed out to Nan on the street by Gale.
and is moved to change his mind and &C
cept the stage line Job.
nde to Calabasas inn and there meet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
6assoon. gunner and retainers OF the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis
charge of a stage driver and De Spain re-
fuses. De Spain meets Nan but falls TO
overcome her aversion to him.
CHAPTER Iv-Sassoon knifes Elpaso.
the stage driver and escapes to Morgans
gap. the stronghold Of the Morgans. De
Spain, Lefever and Scott go in after him.
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 De
Spain boards the Morgans In a saloon
meets Nan again
CHAPTER Willie prevents her going
into q gambling hall to find her Uncle
Duke and inside faces Sandusky and Lo-
gan, who prudently decline to fight at
Tho time.
CHAPTER Wilde Spain. anxious TO
make peace with Nan. arranges a little
plan with McAlpin. the barn man. to
drive her out to Morgan's gap, and while
"a n
got cup OF coffee-
be Is trapped He kills Sandusky and
Logan wounds Gale and Sassoon and es
capes. badly wounded.
CHAPTER x-Bewildered and weak. he
wanders into Morgan's gap and is dis
covered on Music mountain by Nan.
CHAPTER KHAN, to prevent further
lighting. does not tell. but finds out from
McAlpin that De Spain had really been
trapped and had left his cartridge belt
behind when he went into the fight at the
Inn.
CHAPTER xII-while De Spain is un-
able to travel Nan brings food TO him.
He tells her that he became a gunman to
and and deal with his fathers unknown
murderer He gives Nan his last cart
ridge.
CHAPTER xIII-Gale almost stumbles
oyer De SPANS hiding place. Nan draws
Ing De Spain BLUFFS him out with an empty
gun. Nan plans De Spain's escape.
CHAPTER xIv-De Spain crawls out
OF the gap over the face of Ell Captain
At night. Nan meets him with horse and
bis cartridge belt. which she had sneaked
CHAPTER xv-De Spain hires old Bull
Page and gains valuable aid. After two
nightly visits to the gap. De Spain gets a
word with Nan. She tells him to Forget
her and he asks her to shoot him.
CHAPTER xvI-Nan attends her Uncle
Duke in the hospital at Sleepy Cat. and
De Spain woos and wins her love
CHAPTER xvII-Lefever manifests an
interest in De Spain's cartridge belt and
expresses surprise al his unreadiness to
Eet Sassoon: Sassoon almost discovers
the lovers at their trysting place.
CHAPTER xvIII-In Morgan's gap
Gale tells Duke OF Mans meetings with De
Spain and Duke warns Nan that he viii
XIII De Spain II she tries 10 marry him.
CHAPTER XIX-De Spain arranges a
meeting with Duke and tries 10 make
friends with him without success.
CHAPTER XX-Gale persists in his
wooing OF Nan.
CHAPTER XXI-De Spain enlists spy
He hears that Nan n kept In the house
and that her uncle is trying 10 force her
10 marry Gale.
CHAPTER XXII-A mysterious message
comes from Nan to take her away
CHAPTER XxIII-De Spain. Lefever
and Scott invade the Morgan stronghold
De Spain alone walks into Dukes house
and, preventing forced marriage, takes
Nan away.
CHAPTER XxIv-They escape over Ell
CAPTAIN. De Spain kills Sassoon.
CHAPTER xXv-Lefever rides liz and
out Of the gap.
CHAPTER XxvI-Pardaloe, who has
peen working for Duke tells De Spain
that Sassoon had said that Duke killed
story.
CHAPTER xxvII-Nan goes back 10
get the straight story from Duke. De
spain sends his spy into the gap