St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-07-22
SYNOPSIS

FpREWORD.-Mot through All,
sons. q party OF fasteners. father and
laughter and male companion, stop to
eas and Is by ses.
4 N masterpiece of riding op the part OF
one Of the cowboys saves her life.
5 CHAPTER I.-Clay Lindsay. range-ridsr
N an Arizona ranch, announces bis inten-
a fion to visit the big town." New York.
3Ss CHAPTER lion the train Lindsay
becomes interested In young wo nan,
10 become motion-picture actress. She
u 10 marked as fair prey by 9 fellow rav:
eler, Jerry Durand. gang politician and
ex-prize fighter. Perceiving his intention.
lindsay provokeS quarrel and throws
Durand from the train.
York Lindsay is splashed with water by
+ ianItor. That Individual the range
rider Furnishes summarily and leaves tied
to q fire hydrant. young woman who
saes the occurrence invites Clay into her
house and hides him from the police.
CHAPTER Iv-Clay's "rescuer'' intro
duces herself as Beatrice Whitford. Lind.
Il invited to visit them again. He meets
Kitty Mason by accident. She has been
Disappointed In her stage aspirations. and
to support herself ~ selling cigarettes In
4 4 CAOhTGL. oldJ S1cl@o AoA ~AASAV
CHAPTER v.-Kltty is insulted by
Alter a. lively mlxup Lindsay escapes.
Outside, he Is attacked by Jerry Durand
mi a companion and beaten lnsensible.
With Beatrice Whitford r.pens,, Through
her he la introduced into society" His
Johnnie Green. comes to the big town"
CHAPTER vI1.-The two take an apart
mont together, Johnnie securing employ.
nsn ad st ths Mn sisnsd Ktty con-
1 veys the information that she Is in trou-
BILE and implores Lindsay to come to .
certain house where she is imprisoned.
but finally decides to CO. He makes hie
s say a and T nds III hmse2 n young
ans bedroom.
CHAPTER INTELLECTUALLY indignant,
the girl Is treasured when Clay tells her
the reason for his unmeant Intrusion. She
. 5 the to soo eq pae &c y
comes on party of ''gunmen," obviously
waiting for his appearance. Lindsay gets
the drop" on the thugs. locks them in q
room, and escapes.
s CHAPTER X.-Wtth Q theater party,
which includes the Whttfords. Lindsay
meets Kitty Mason, friendless and penni-
10 his apartment. there seemingly being
i no other place available and Kitty in, dire
need OF immediate food and warmth.
CHAPTER x.-Beatrice resents Lind
say's interest In Kitty. Though not ad-
hitting it even to herself. she Is becoming
attached to the Arizonan, as he Is to her.
The two part In anger.
CHAPTER XI.-Hurt and indignant,
Beatrice practically proposes marriage to
w - man-about-town. and the third
member Of the party which we met at the
beginning of the story. Their engagement
y announced. Durand's gang kidnaps
Kitty Clay appeals to the girl he mad
met the night he escaped the trap Durand
had set for him. She tells him where the
girl Ia likely to be found.
CHAPTER XI1.-At the place. Clay con-
ceals himself to await the arrival OF Dur
and probably with Kitty; He gets the
thug alone, and in list tight Worsts the
professional bruiser.
CHAPTER xIII-kitty is rescued from
her abductors by Johnnie Green, who has
long admired the girl. He makes a decla-
ration of his love and the wedding day
Is promptly set.
CHAPTER XIv.-Bcatrice has long
since repented her trea tment Of Gay ana
sends him note Of apology. Their friend
ship is resumed. Riding through tho park.
Eeatrice;s horse runs away win her. The
beast is halted by Clay, and In the excite
ment the girl reveals the fact that she IL
the one whom he had saved from the
steer in Arizona. OF course, Lindsay had
known it all the time, but he had not sup-
Dosed she remembered him. Clarence
BromfieId is annoyed at the friendship
between his fiancee and the Arizonan,
and plans to diseredit him.
i CHAPTER xV.-Bromneld pays Durand
TO frame up" a meeting between Lindsay
and a woman of evil reputation: The
thug arranges to have Lindsay killed IN
q gambling house to which Bromfield Is
to take him with the latter, Lindsay Is
present when the police raid the place.
In the melee slim Jim" Collins, fol-
lower of Durand, Is his with chair. and
killed. Bromfleld escapes, but Lindsay II
captured and accused OF the killing.
CHAPTER XVI-Beatrice refuses to
believe Clay guilty. She suspects Brom-
field and forces him to admit he was In
the gambling house with Clay.
CHAPTER Xv11,-Beatrice and her IA.
ther visit Clay. He advises them to get
into touch with a policeman he knows.
named Muldoon, and seek evidence Of the
shooting in the gambling house,