Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-31
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Chapter l. On Frontier day a
Sleely Cat, Henry de Spain, gunmai
and tra,nmaster at Medicine Bend. /.
beaten at target shooting BY Nan Nor
gan OF Music Mountain. Jeffries. diyi
sion superintendent, asks De Spain t.
take charge Of the Thief River stat
line, but he refuses.
Chapter lI---De Spain sees Mar
dancing with Gale Morgan, is later de
risiyely pointed cut to Nan on the
street BY Gall. and Is moved to
cnange bis mind and accept the stage
linz lob.
Chapter Hide Spain and Lefeyer
ride 70 Calabasas inn and there meet
gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and
1sspM eunmen and retainers OF the
Morgan clan. Morgan demands the
discharge Of stage driver and De
SPAN refuses. De Spain meets Nan
DIV fails to overcome her aversion to
'Gpepler ~ sasson knifes Elpaso
the5yteke driver. and escapes to Nor.
G4A,h mp. the stronghold of the Nor.
gapk de Spain, Lefever and Scott 20
i9tsfter him, and De Spain brings out
asesnh alone. \
phApter Vile meets Nan, who de.
lAye'Asm until nearly overtaken by the
!, - hnt lands his captive in Jail.
NIX. lpter vi Sassoon breaks jail.
~ Mn boards the Morgans in a sa.
leon And Is shot at thru the window.
III Mpcts Kan again.
chIpte: VII He prevents her going
tAtd F'sgsmf,ling han to And her Uncle
pdkc'And inside faces Sandusky and
hcDeR who .prudently decline to fight
attahs time.
Chapter Wilde Spain, anxious to
make peace with Nan, arranges it,
tie plan with McAlpin, the barn man
to drive her out to Morgan's gap, and
withdrawing for her goes down to
sttel4t 70 get cup OF coffee.
.CHxbter IX--In the deserted bar.
room he is trapped He kills Sandus.
Ky and Logan, wounds Gale and Sas.
soon and escapes, badly wounded. I
Chahter x-IBewildered and weak,
he wande-s into Morsans gap and is
discovered on Music Mountain by
Nan.
Chapter KHAN, to prevent further
fighting, does not tell but finds on,
from McAlptn that De Spain had rear
" been trapped and had left his cart.
ridge belt behind when he went into
the fight at the inn.
Chapter While De Spain Is nm.
abl4 to travel Nan brings food to him.
He tells her that he became gun.
man TO md 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
rough wooing Dc Spain bluffs him out
With m empty gun. Nan plans De
SpaiH's escape.
Chapter xIv--De Spain crawls out
Of the sap over the face Of Ell Captain
at night. Nan meets him with q horse
and his cartridge belt which she had
sneaked from McAlpine, and De Spain
rides Into Calabasas.
Chapter xv--De Spain hires old
Bun Page and gains a valuable all.
After two nightly visits to the gap,
Despair gets word with Nan. She
tells him to forget her and he asks 4
her TO shoot him.
Chapter xvI--Nan attends her I'm.
cle Duke In the hospital at Sleepy (
Cat, and Despair wooes and wins her !.
owe. Is
Chapter xvIl--Lefever manifests
N interest In De SPANS cartridge
,elt. and expresses surprise at his I'm.
badness to get sassoon Sassoon al
most discover the lovers at their
sGeMng place '~ '
Chapter xv1Tf--In Morgan's gap !
j9lC te1ls Duke OF Mans meetings J,
nth De Spain and Duke warns Nan !
hat he will kill De Spain II she tries :
. mAFsy him. .a .4 :,
Chapter NIX De sppin arranges q o
Meeting With Duke and tries to maIN d
'iends With him without success. Il