Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-15
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Chapter l. On Frontier day at
Sleepy Cat, Henry de Spain, gunman
and tsainmaster at Medicine Bend, is
beaten at target shooting by Nan Nor
gan Of Music Mountain. Jeffries, div-
sion superintendent, asks De Spain to
take charge of the Thief River stag
line but he refuses.
Chapter Il-De Spain sees Nan
dancing with Gale Morgan, is later de-
fisively pointed out to Nan on the
street by Gale. and is moved to
change his mind and accept the stage
line Job.
Chapter Hide Spain and Lefever
ride to Calabasas inn and there meet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
S1AsOn, gunner and retainers 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
Inn.
Chapter lv-Sasson knifes Elpaso,
tho stage driver. and escapes to Nor
etp's gap. the stronghold of the Nor
tpup. De Spain. -Lefever and Scott go
"a tfter him, and De Spain brings out
eApl0n alone.
Chapter Vile meets Nan, who de-
lats him until nearly overtaken by the
Morg4ns, but lands his captive in Jail
Ch4pfer vl-Sassoon breaks jail.
De6paiu boards the Morgans in sa-
loon and Is shot at thru the window.
He meets Nan again.
Chapter Willie prevents her going
Into q gambling hall to find her Uncle
luke and inside faces Sandusky and
EUsAh, who prudently decline to fight
at Tue time.
N Chapter vllI-De Spain, anxious to
make ueace with Nan, arranges lit
lie plan with McAlpin, the barn man,
II. drive her out to Morgan's gap, and
while waiting for her goes down to
the inn to get cup Of coffee.
Chapter Kin 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,
Neafanders into Morgans gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
2 Chapter KHAN. to prevent further
lighting, does not tell, but finds OH,
. from McAlpln that De Spain had real
ly3tcun trapped and had left his cart,
ridge belt behind when he went into
'@sekesHEht at the inn.
Chapter XII-AWhile De Spain Is un.
able to travel Nan brings food to him
aastfAs tells her that he became a gun
man to find and deal with his fathers
unknown murderer. He gives Nan
his last cartridge.
Chapter XIII--Gale almost stumbles
over DE SPANS hiding place. Nan
draws him away and to stop Gales
roHEh wooing Dc 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 Ell Captain
4 at night, Nan meets him with horse
! did his cartridge belt which she had
\ sfeAked from McAlpine, and De Spain
rides into Calabasas.
Chapter xv-De Spain hires old
Bull Page and gains valuable all.
After two nightly visits to the gap,
Despair gets word with Nan She
tells him to forget her and he asks
hertz shoot him.
sChapter XVT--Nan attends her I'm.
Gle Duke in the hospital at Sleepy
j Cat, and Despair wooes and wins her
love. o tass &7 @~Nt fH
Chapter XvlT--Lefever manifests
an interest in De SPANS cartridge
belt and expresses surprise at his un.
readiness to get sassoon. Sassoon al
most discover. the lovers at their
trysting place.
Chapter XvIIT--Tn Morgan's gap
GaiO tells Duke of Mans meetings
with De Spain and Duke warns Nan
that he will kill De Spain II she tries
to marry him.
Chapter X1X--De Spain arranges
meeting with Duke and tries to make
friends with him without success.
Chapter Xxx Gale persists In his
wiring OF Nan.
Chapter xxI--De Spain enlists a
lepy. He hears that Nan Is kept In