The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-12-30
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CHATTER Tom Shelby, . raneher
rides In TO the frontier town OF Poncs
looking for . good time after long spell
OF hard work and loneliness on the
ranch. Instead. he runs into a funeral
that OF Dad Calkins. a retired army man
of vhom little is known. girl. still In
hs teens. survives Cslkins
CHAPTER u.-AcCarthy. q saloon
keeper and Ponca's leading citizen, de-
cidss that the girl. now alone in the
world, should marry. Shelby starts q
hunt for eligible husbands and the min
istsr ross to confer with the girl
CHAPTER IIi.--She agrees to pick q
husband from a score OF men lined up In
her home. To his CONSERVATION. she Sc
lects Shelby. who had gone along merely
as q spectator. He declines the honor.
indignant. the girl dismisses the assem-
blAga. Later. Shelby goes back 20 make
an explanation She receives him good
naturally.
CHAPTER Iv.-Leaving her, Shelby
runs into two Of the rejected suitors, and
IN . night worsts them both. Angered
1t their remarks. he returns to the girl
astermined 10 marry her, II she will have
him After his explanation she agrees
10 marry him.
CHAPTER y.-The wedding takes
place and the couple set out for shelbys
ranch. With them is the KID" Mack
I'm, whom Shelby has hired as helper
on the ranch. On the way the girl tells
her husband her name is Olga Carlyn.
and also tells him something OF the pc
culixr circumstances OF her life.
CHAPTER VI.-Jeaving his wife In
The house. Shelby goes 10 care for the
horses Returning, he 10 struck from
behind By an unknown assailant Hours
later he RECEIVERS consciousness, to find
that his wife and the kid" have dis
appeared. He starts in pursuit.
CHAPTER vII-Shelby overhears n
conversation between two outlaws that
throws some light on his wife's history.
lie learns she is an heiress and that her
abduction has been planned He also
learns that she has been taken to
Wolves Hole" a haunt of bandits and
bad" Indians The whereabouts Of the
place is unknown 20 Shelby, though It's
reputation as a resort of criminals Is
widespread
CHAPTER vuI.-shelby lays plans
10 rescue his wife. He liz discovered by
INDIAN Joe" Iaud. the leader OF the
outlaws and forced to accompany him
into the stronghold There Shelby makes
friends with a Mexican girl. Pancha,
who is betrothed to Mackln and In
tenHely jealous.
CONTINUED from last week.
The trail led downward at rather
steep grade, In spite Of continual curry
ing. The sure-footed horses moved
faster than the cattle, and before the
outfit reached the level OF the valley
the three riders had closed In on the
Indian drivers Shelby knew them at
once as young Sioux warriors, and was
again able to distinguish plainly the
brand on the flank OF the steers bring
Ing up the rear of the herd. They
were unquestionably his own stock,
and In spite OF his rage, he could not
be entirely Indifferent 10 the grim hu.
NOR Of the situation-he was being
guided into Wolves hole by the very
men who had robbed him.
Yet his thoughts did not dwell upon
this so much just then. as on the mad
chance he had assumed In this adyen-
ture. What could he accomplish What
hope was there that he would ever
emerge again alivei He was going
forward bllndly. led by fate, with not
even q plan OF guidance He must
work alone, IN the midst OF enemies,
desperate men TO whom human life
was valueless, and where any incau-
tons word or act would instantly eI.
pose him to discovery. In spite OF
the fact that he was believed dead,
Macklin would recognize him ~ o
glance, and the very claim that he was
a friend Of Hanley's exposed him TO
discovery. In some way he must avoid
them both. and yet no plan presented
Itself 10 promise escape. He could
only drift helplessly. becoming more
respondent Of success with every step
Of advance.
II was already dusk when they az.
tanned the level Of the valley. and the
overshadowing bluffs rose high 90
either hand. leaving them Flooding
through the gloom. Yet even here they
had not attained the full depression
Of the Hole. which required another
sharp descent along the border OF the
stream. where a ledge OF rock had evil
denrly been blasted out This passage
abruptly ended 10 wide. stone cause
way. turning sharply to the left and
running beneath waterfall, where the
broad stream leaped over ledge OF
high rock. II vas q tnsk % get the
cattle through. yet once started, they
plunged forward. following each other
with fright never pausing 1niil they
scattered out over the plain below
Laud drew up his horse IN front u q
small log structure, 20 conceaie1 81
The edge u a Straggiy grove that. 10
TIE gloom. Shelby was DOT even a"sre
o. Hs eIistencs un0l voices greeted
them.
-Bscf again. joel wbere'd yer piek
40 that bunchr
up Oh the Cottonwood; easy pick
IN. and Land nung one leg over his
.fgre 20 o posture Of rest where's