Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
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MUSIC MOUNTAIN
By frank H. SpedrmdN
Author Of Whispering Smith
SYNOPSIS.
Author Of Whispering Smith

CHAPTER lon Frontier day at Sleepy
Cat, Henry de Spain. gunman and train
master at Medicine Bend. is beaten al
Mountain. Jefries, division superinten-
dent, asks De Spain to take charge OF the
Thief River stage line, but he 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
ride to Calabasas inn and there meet
Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
sassoon, gunner and retainers or 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 Morgan's
gap, the stronghold OF the Morgans De
Spain, Lefever and Scott go in after him,
and De Spain brings out Sasson alone.
CHATTER CT s, r., y-He meets Nan. VINO de- de.
Morgans. but lands his captive in jail
CHAPTER VI-Sassoon breaks 1an De
Spain boards the Morgans In a saloon
and is shot at through the window. He
meets Nan again.
CHAPTER vII-He prevents her going
into a gambling hall to find her Uncle
Duke and inside faces Sandusky and Lo-
gan, who prudenuy decline to fight at
the time.
CHAPTER WILDE Spain. anxious to
plan with McAlpin, the barn man. TO
drive her out to Morgans gap, and while
waiting for her goes down to the inn to
get cup or cofree.
CHAPTER Ix-In the deserted barroom
Logan. wounds Gala and g. SSDOn and q
capes. badly wounded.
CHAPTER x-Bewiidered and weak. he
wanders into Morgans gap and is dis
covered on Music mountain by Nan.
CHAPTER KHAN. to prevent further
nghting, 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 I'M
able to travel Nan brings food to him.
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.
tHAFIER AlN-De spain craWls out
OF the gap over the face OF FL Captain
at night. Nan meets him with horse and
his cartridge belt, which she had sneaked
from McAlpin, and De Spain rides into
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 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 manfests an
Interest In De SPANS cartridge belt and
expresses surprise at his unreadiness to
get 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 will
XIII De Spain If she tries to 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.