Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-18
RANDALL
PARRISH
syEOPsIs.

SYNOPSIS.
CHATTER Torn Shelby. a ranch 70
- 10 % .- frga'!sr town Of PouCA
baEi-s ~ - a. TINE after q long sell
o. salG Nar- and loneliness on the
~ IHst-aH ls run. into q funeral
ia 0' Dad 'A.siHs. u retired army man
pt whom utus Is known A girl. sill In
be- .rvHs survives CAIkins
CHATTER IL-hcCArthy saloon
toe.-r and PoucAs leading citizen. de-
oiisH uhl the gin. now alone In tho
-a-i should marry Shelby starts
hsr' f-r eligible husbands and tn. min
i'''r s"~s to confer with the girl
h-s'aE: from a scOr, Of men lined Up In
be- re To his consteruAuon she So
Lsc,s e.sy. Who had gone along merely
A sp~rta'Or. He declines The honor.
lnflsrAEt. the girl cisraisses the Assem-
blaze Later. shelby goes back TO make
A. explanation She rece.rss him good
aAt-re'i!y
CHAPTER Iy.-Lsvtnx her. Shelby
runs into two %, the rejected suitors. and
In hsht E0rs's them both Anssred
At rsiT reruaras. he returns 10 the Etri.
deisrmH~f l. marry her. II she will have
him A'tar lis sIplAHsuon she agrees
u marry him
rrAIrER v-r1'e wedding taxes
place and the couple set out for Shelby's
ranch With them IL tho ''Kld." Mack
lin, whom Shelby has hired a. . helper
on the ranch on the way the girl tells
her husband her name IL olga Cariyn.
ani also tells him somsthins OF the Pc
erI!ar ~ir'-uataDces OF her lifs.
CHATTER vI-Leavinx hi. wifi. In
the house shelby goes to car. for the
horses Returning. no Is struck from
behind BY an unknown sssaIlant Hours
Inter he Tccgyers CONSEQUENCES TO md
that his wife and tn. "Rid' have dis.
appeared He starts in pursu!.
CHAPTER VIL-.ilelby overnearr .
Conversation between two outlaws that
throws some Hight on hts wife's history
He learns sro is an heirss, and that her
abduction has been planned He also
learns that she has been taken to
"wOlycr Hole. a haunt Of bandits and
bad" Indians The whereabouts Of the
place II unknown to Shelby. though Its
repHtail"r as resort Of criminals 10
NiieAlr,Li
n
TO rescue DO wife. He Is discovered by
INDIAN J .-'' Iaud tho leader OF the
outlaw and forced to accompany him
into the slrulEhold There Shelby make.
friends with Mexican slrl. Pancha.
who Is b.lro,aei to Macknn and in.
teGEely Jealous.
CHAPTER IX.-Inprisoned by Laud.
Shelby ESCAPES with PanchR'' help. Sht
guidca lt.- B.. n er.grc hiding place but
rsfuSrs 10 r..,al TIE whereabouts OF hIr
wife
CHArrrr -.-Attsr a nights res
sh'lb} ...a hls shelter. seeking hIa
y's's rr'a.a. - discovers II. an o,a
ioE cal.... unI uuGs Olga Thelr reunion
Is Interrupted 10y the arrival OF M--kIln
nor 'a.E- .,..r m MS own. nor
ey'-. -lW 'nrr.."Gs. searching his
lace la rl.r d.- r-.f.
"uynI Yes They told ne SO; an
Indian -afl De. A.d crushed In your
skull ll' h"a--,rl ~ II; and when |
asked thar Mnr,lln. he only ranrn..I
when he said It was So"
'1au-hd how 2"
Her ,.r~ f.rL
"II.- Do. arG.r seem to think It
could raNr rlu.h difference TO me;
that would care"
''Eut do you know who he Is? Did
BE- tell you? ptd the fellow explain
hi I'lrpoSr I'm this outrager"
II do not know: he had no time. no
opportunity; we We're never alone.
What do you mean? Was this all
done for some deliberate purpose7"
Yes. It was. Olga His name is not
Macklin nj all; It is probably Churchill
have you ever heard that name be
foreY"
No: am sure not"
ut was your mothers name. She
came from Virginia, and was helress
to considerable property. 1t was left
to her In trust, and her uncle was the
trustee"
My mother?"
Yes; she never knew this while she
lived, but your father learned some
OF the facts after her death, and en-
deavored TO verify them. His search
was what started trouble; for your
uncle, the. trustee-his name 10 Cor
nellus Churchill-had made no effort
to locate the heir to the property left
In his care. Instead he had used the
money, believing himself perfectly
safe. When he learned Of your ia
TIERS suspicious, he became fright
ened.-
"Can this be truer'
ut evidently Is true. strange as It
seems. Then your father was killed.
perhaps through some row engineered
by Churchill to put him out of the
way. and they made every effort to
dnd you. You alone stood between
them and this ill-gotten wealth. For
tunately you could not Immediately be
located; you had been hidden away in
q Catholic school, and, before Church.
iii succeeded In discovering what
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