Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-07
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By frank II. SpedrmaN
Author Of Whispering Smith
SYNOPSIS.
Author Of Whispering Smlth.

CHAPTER lon 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
dent, asks De spain to take charge OF the
Thief River stage line, but ne refuses
CHAPTER II-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 ac-
cept the stage line JOB.
CHAPTER Hide Spain and Lefever
tide to Calabasas inn AND there meet
Sassoon, gunner and retainers OF the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis
charge of stage driver and De Spain re,
fuses. De Spain meets Nan but falls to
overcome her aversion to him.
CHAPTER 1v-sassoon knifes Elpaso.
the stage driver, and escapes to Morgan
gap. the stronghold of the Morgans De-
Spain. Lefever and Scott 60 In AFTER him'
and De Spain brings out Sasson alone.
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 saloon
and is shot at through the window. He
meets Nan again
CHAPTER Willie prevents her going
Into a gambling hall to find her Uncle
Duke and inside faces Sandusky and Lo-
gan, who prudenuy decline to light NJ
the time.
CHAPTER Wilde Spain. anxious TO
make peace with Nan, arranges little
plan With Mealpn the barn ana NAV 1b 1e
waiting for her goes down to the inn To
get a cup OF cofree-
CHAPTER KIN the deserted barroom
he 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 xI-Nan. to prevent further
fighting, does not tell. but finds out from
trapped and had left his cartridge belt
behind when he went into the fight at the
Inn.
CHAPTER XII-While De Spain Is I'M
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
over De Spain's hiding place. Nan draws
him away and to stop Gales rough WOO
Ing De Spain BLUFFS him out with an empty
gun. Nan plans De SPANS escape.
CHAPTER XIV-De Spain crawls out
OF the gap over the face of FL Capitar
at night, Nan meets him with horse ane
his cartridge belt, which she had sneakee
from McApin. and De Spain rides int
Calabasas.
CHAPTER Xv-De Spain hires old Bull
Page and gains a valuable aid: After two
nightly visits to the gap. De Spain gets {
word with Nan. She tells him TO forge
her and he asks her to shoot him.
CHAPTER XVI-Nan attends her Uncl
Duke in the hospital at Sleepy Cat an'
De Spain woos and wins her love.
CHAPTER XVII-Lefever manifests al
Interest in De SPANS cartridge belt. ant
expresses surprise at his unreadiness 4
get Sassoon. Sassoon almost discover
the lovers at their trysting place.
CHAPTER XVIII-In Morgan's ga
Gale tells Duke OF Mans meetings with d
Spain and Duke warns Nan that he vii
kill De Spain II she tries 10 marry him