The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-12-27
Desert
Gold
BY Zane Grey
Continued from Page Six
Continued from Page Six
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Tist IfnngNl NtN one al blhllE "phbtl
as to where In the world he happened
to be. The ronn Nas large. square
adohe-wallcd. II Waa Uttered Will
saddles. hnrucSS. banker The sigh
"f hngu sinSty -pat~, = gun belt with
stealth auI gan, and 20 pnr ul lentheu
CHAPS hr'Sfilu With broken clctn-
'hurna recalled q. pl'5 tha ,.nvh"Ns
the ride Mercedes ana the whole
StrHng" adventure tha, had brouZu
rim there.
He fei' dead weight Of complete
move. 4 sudden pain 10 his hand
caused him to hold 1t up. II was
black and blue. swollen TO almost
twice !ts normal size and stir as
board. The EnUtkles were skinned
and crusted with dry blood. Dick so
li!"qulzed that 1t was the worst-lo"k.
Ing hand b. had seen since football
lays. and tina. Il u"uld Inconvenience
him for some time.
The d"'.r II the far eud ot the room
was open. Through Il he saw poles
Of peeled wond upholding porch
roof, n bench, rose bushes 10 bloom
foliage Of trees.
He shore was sleepin' when
looked In IN hour ago" said q voice
that Dick recognized a. Ladd's.
Let him sleep" came the reply in
deep. good.nanred tones Mrs. y.
says the girls never moved Mus
have been a tough ride for them both
Eolis> iniles through cactus! Laddy
I'm. right-down siad TO see you boys,
and ri do all ] can for the young
couple. But I'm doing some worrying
tere; don't mistake me"
about your =toekf''
"I've got only a few head of cattl.
at the oasis now. I'm worrying some
mostly about my horses. The U. 9
H. doing sonic worrying. too. don't
mistake me. The rebels have worked
west aHd north AZ far As Casitn. or
course. my job II To Keep tab on Chi.
nese and Jnps trying to get into thu
e.. g from Mngdalena bay. But Tn
supposed Ia patrol the border line
I'm going to hire some rangers. Now,
Tin. not an afraid of being shot up
though out In this lonely place there's
Danger OF u; what TN afraid OF most
Is Iaz!Eg thst bunch of horses, You
know what those guerrilla NIeslcans
wiz q" FOR hors-s. They're crazy on
horse naea. TL,J lsl"v rne hnrSas
So don si-a1 ul::h-s tuy more.
.heckos ne ar jim might as we'll
tie up with you for a spell. beidin
We've been ridin' up an down Arirons
tryiu' to keep sst Of sight Of wire
fenceA-
lady. ne open enough around
Forioro River 70 satisfy even an old
time cOwpuncher like YOU" laughed
BeidinS. I'D take your staying on a.
some favor. don't mistake me. Per
hsps I can persuade the young man
Gale to take e job with me"
That's shore likely. He said he
had 90 money. ne friends. An II
scrapper's all you're loosin' for he'll
do replied Ladd. with dry chuckie.
Maybe ! ought TO think twice he
fore taking stranger into my fam
n.y." said Bedding. seriously. well. l
Auess he's ALI right. Laddy. being the
cavslrynan's friend No bum or
ungeF? He must be all rightf
BUM Lungerf Say, didn't ! tell
you shook hands with this boy an
was plumb glad to meet himr de
manded Laddy. with considerable
heat. Manirestiy he had been al
fronted. Tom Beidin', he's gentle.
man. an he could lich you in-in half
a second. How about that, JlmT
"Less time" replied Lash. Tom.
here's my stand. Young Gale can
have my hoes. my gun. anythin' OF
mine"
"Aw, I didn't mean to Insult you.
bows. don't mistake me-" said Beiding.
course les all fight"
The object Of this conversation lay
ouiet upon HE bed. thrilling and
amazed at being 80 championed by
the cowboys. delighted with Belongs
idea of employing him. and much
amused with the quaint seriousness
Of the three.
"How's the young mani" called a
wonan's voice Il was kind and mel
low and earnest.
Gale heard footsteps on naEstones
Hes asleep yet. wife" replied Bet
ding Guess he was pretty much
Ln.cl.s ont I'll close the
door there so We won't wake him.
There were slow. soft steps then
the door SOFTLY closed. But the rae'
.,.ro.lx mad. perceptible diner