Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-17
BY HiNCIE E. ROE
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nos no., SSoo@ytyey Soty seeks to oast Mnt:. jim
~. ~ Do,n behind He otvcs Thdron
wsr,ost fesson IN shooting and hands
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sow' @ ssirea, and Tharon .calis out her
thirty nor ,yaSEi ,rlacs Ei Rey and q chased by
ITna,tyev. She stops at the cdbtt of
tHe mdn tn .nstcrm Tsat yses > cosr'rey ,nc ssys
Jsw tss mon I'm going to XIII some
day., ,
.,I, aay Tharon sat like rock in her
"A ow, room. staring with unseeins eyes
:. ,,s blank white washed walls. She did
~, vet know what allied her, why this
su,,ng more than that Of poor Hardness.
.a,la make her sick to her souls foun.
sa,,ob Yet II was So Even the thought
~ her sworn duty was vague before
s.r for a time. Thsh It seemed to come
yorvard out Of the mass Of fieeting mem.
.r,sa - Kenset that day at Baston's
sisns shapely, trim, halted--Kenset
,suehing over the little meal beside the
table where the books lay--kenset
syaspinE her shoulder when she whirled
mount Sn1a EI lex and eoas for
ward like a caluSing. steadying thing ana
turn the pain to purpose
There was no one now to hold her
hack. no vital hands to press hers upon
: beating heart to make her untrue to
NJ Now she could go out. reckless ana
srim in her Utter disregard of the out
come, and kill Courtrey where he stood.
The time had come. There should be
another cross In the granite beneath the
AS Il the whirling universe settled
hack 10 It's ordered place the right pro-
portlon came back to her vision, the
breath seemsS to tighten her holden
Once again the girl arose and stsadied
herself, smoothed her tawny hair. looked
A. her hands TO find them free from tho
shaking that had weakened them.
She dressed herself and went out
The twilight had fallen and all the
western part Of the valley was blue with
shadow. Only on Kensets foothills was
the rosy light glowing. tragic, aching
light, Il seemed TO her. She saw all
the little world OF Lost n,os whiiey .S. with new
sense Of It's beauty. She wondered anx-
iously how soon she could meet Court
rey, and where. And then with the sud
denness Of an ordered play. the question
WAS dnSWeTcu tOT lOT OUT OI t1o
dusk and the purple shadows a Porno
rider came on a running pony and halted
out O stones throw, calling for the
"Senorita," his hands held up In token
Of friendliness. t..
letter he handed her--swinglng around
for flight as the paper left his hand,
for the riders of Lasts were known all
up and down the land. This dusky mes.
He was we'll down along the slope by
the time the boys came cianking around
the house.
And Tharon, standing in the twilight
like q slim white ghost, was staring over
their heads, her lips ashen. the scrawled
10 what she read, straining her young
eyes in the fading light:
"Tharon You must know by now that
] mean bisness. All this Vigilant bisness
ant, siat a;goin' t t., to help things eny, If i,
think I'd a-done to that bunch? That's
tn truth. ben holdin' Off thinkin' you'd
come to your senses an see that Buck
Country amt to be met with Whence
Now I'm playin' my trump card-now,
Lola says you love this dude from
below. That don't cut no ice with me.
amt carin' for no love from you at
AL WANT ~ you. can make you
'iove me once I've got you safe at tn
Stronghold. amt never failed with no
woman yet. An ] mean to have you,
lair means or FOUL.
hather nave you tair 30 heres my
This Kenset ain't dead-yet I went
and took him. I've got him safe as hell
In the Canyon Country. Amt no man In
m valley can find Gods Cup but me.
He's guarded an there's a lookout on
IN peak ABOVE IN Cup that can see sig.
nal fire at tn Stronghold. One fire out
BY my big corral means Send him out
gy RAISE Ridge with ten days grub.
Two tw9 hres means Put true bullet IN his
mead an leave him there Now, here's
ihe WORD; I've got a case fixed up to
NV nsoree Ellen. lesaI; youH marry
hN ne ,Sei Soohs I'm, tree' III puiid one nre out
w mat corrai.
" you say yes. you build one fire out
Ho,SIr. eof;OhwooSs Ts, we Co.'s, 20 IN iett OF tne
once once 49, You can see for yourself I mean
,hsi yh.sness' as II youii watch, TOO. youu see
mat one nre here. -
"COURTREY."
.,s ys a loas moment the mistress of
ae could not move. She was held in
creams creams when one Is locked In deadly
oeen weaving In Courtrey's fertile brain
vas nnished, nung, and closing In upon
hss oefore she knew OF It's existence
an s,;na awe OF MS cleverness, his trickery.
sf,ppea her In clutch OF Ice: The whole
sn. ,SUrle OF her own desires and plans and
pSStposes yS seemed 70 crumple like the
wn,te ash In dead fre, leaving her
nSSh,ng. She had been outwitted instead
VI v,DYt 0GYu9ught. One more evidence Of the
man mans oaseness' his unscrupulous cum
HIg.
he played his trump card and It was
winner sweeping the table---for she
,.N knew before she finished that difficult
ali Iisa,ins that she would do anything IN