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with Lefever. who, like woman,
reached by intuition conclusion at
which Scott or De Spain arrived by
process of thought, only revealed the
Iact that all three, as Lefever con-
fessed, were nonplused.
'It's one of two things" declared
Lefevcr, whose eyes were never dulled
by late hours. Either they've sent
this to lure you into the gap and get
i you, or elSe-and that's a great big
or else'-she needs you. Henry. did
| that message mean the way it was
| worded-sound like Nan Morg9n?"
De Spain could hardly answer at
did, and it didn't" he said finally.
But" his companions saw during
the pause by which his lips expressed
the resolve he had finally reached
! that he was not likely to be truned
| from til am going to act Just as
If the word came from Nan and she
does need me"
! More than one scheme for getting
quickly into touch with Nan was pro-
posed and rejected within the next
ten minutes. And when Lefever, after
comforting with Scott, put up to De
| Spain proposal that the three should
ride into the gap together and de-
mand Nan at the hands of Duke Nor
gan. De Spain had reached another
conclusion.
+, Il know yen are willing TO take
more than your share, John, of any
] game 1 play. In the first place, 1t
isn't right TO take you and Bob in
where l am going on my own personal
| affair. And | know Nan wouldn't en-
| joy the prospect of an all-around fight
on her account. Fighting is horror
to that girl. I've got her feelings to
think about as well as my own. I've
decided what tc do, John. I'm going
in alone"
You're going In alone!"
Tonight. Now, I'll tell you what
I'd like you to do If you want to: ride
with me and wait till morning, out
side FL Captain. If you don't hear
from me by ten o'clock, ride back to
Calabasas and notify Jeffries to look
for new manager"
"On the contrary, If we don't hear
from you by ten o'clock. Henry. we
will blaze our way in and drag out
your body" Lefever put up his hand
to cut off any rejoinder. Don't dis
cuss it. What happens after ten
O'Clock tomorrow morning. if we don't
hear from you before that, can't pos
sibly be of interest to you or make
any difference" He paused, but De
/ Spain saw that he was not done.
When he resumed he spoke in a tone
different from that which De Spain
usually associated with him. Henry,
you've pulled a good many rough
| games in this country. No man knows
better than l that you never palled
one for the looks of the thing or TO
| make people talk--Or that you ever
took a chance you didn't feel you had
TO take. But it isn't humanity pos
sihle you can keep this up for all
| timei 1T can't go on forever. The
pitcher goes to the well once too
often, Henry; there comes a time
Wlltu II uDGSu come DaGks
Understandable not saying this to
attempt TO dissuade you from the
worst job you ever started in on. /
know your mind is made up. You
won't listen to me; you won't listen to
Scott; and I'm too good an Indian not
to know where l get off, or not 30
do what Tn told. But this is what
I've been thinking Of a long. long
time; and that is what l feel ought
to say, here and now"
The two men were sitting in De
SPANS room. De Spain was staring
through the broad south window ut
the whlte-capped peaks Of the distant
range. He was silent for q time. 81
believe you're right, john" he said
after a while. 81 know you are. In
this case | am tied up more than I've
ever been tied before; out I've got TO
see It through as best l can, and take
what comes without whining My
mind is made up, and. strange as 1t
may sound to you, I feel that / am
coming back. Not but what | know
it's due me, John. Not but what
expect to get 1t sometime. And may
be I'm wrong now; but I don't feel
as it's coming till I've given all the
protection to that girl that a man can
give to a woman"
CHAPTER XIII.