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starts with the following facts and
viii go forward, it is believed, on the
following lines.
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
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BY Randall Parrish


went back to the house; what else
was there l could do?"
Nothing, 1 reckon, unless you killed
the cuss. What did you do?"
"I-I made up my mind to do even
that" she confessed 81 stole a re-
volver from the bunkhouse while the
men were at mess, and then locked
myself in my own room to wait. Along
about nine o'clock the outfit rode in
from Nogales. There was nothing for
me to do but wait desperately.
meant to stay there, and defend my
self, behind that locked door. But
that devil tricked me. He got Mrs.
Meager to call to me from the hall, say
ing she had one of her bad turns, and
l opened the door to help her. II
hardly know what happened after that.
1 tried to explain to the man who
came to marry us, but he wouldn't
listen. He was just a creature Bob
Meager had picked up to serve him."
"Sure! 1 know him-Garrty; he'd
murder his mother for a drink of
booze"
But is ne really Judge!
Hes a justice Of the peace down
at Nogales."
"Then l was really married? lit
was legal?'
Darn if know about that. l think
likely the whole outfit would swear
you consented. Who were in the
gang"
Juan Sanchez, a ranch foreman,
and a black-faced fellow who came
out from NOgales."
"Arvan; they'd swear anything Bob
told them to. They'd make it out you
were married all right"
"But-but I'm not; not now!''
mot now? What do you mean?
Twelve killed him!"
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19

JAMES CURRY was a Kentuckian
j who fought, with Gen. George
Rogers Clark in winning the great
Northwest during the Revolution.
After the war he settled near
old Kaskaskia on the Mississippi.
One evening in the spring of
17S8 Curry and companion named
Levi Teel, while returning from hunt,
ing trip, came to the cabin of another
settler, who was absent at the time,
and decided to spend the night there.
The door of the cabin was fitted with
strong bars, but near the bottom, as
was the fashion in pioneer homes, a
hole had been cut to allow the cat to
go in and out. Just before dawn
Curry was awakened by a noise out
side the cabin and discovered a war
party Of 16 Piankeshaw Indians stealth
lily creeping toward it,
Teel, more faint-hearted than his
companion, favored surrendering at
once, hoping the Indians would spare
their lives If they did not offer fight
Curry rejected the proposal scornfully.
Teel, however, went to the door, either
to open it and surrender or to recon-
hotter, and stood with his foot near the
cathode. An Indian instantly thrust
spear through the hole and pinned
Teers foot to the floor. When he in
stinctively reached for the spear to
pull it out, other lances slashed his
honI - hol,
Meanwhile Curry had sprung into
the loft to drive the Indians away be-
fore his companion could open the
door. He fired three times, bringing
down a redskin each time. Then he
leaped down into the room again, only
to find Teel transfixed to the floor and
helpless. Curry Immediately resorted
to desperate expedient.
In those days the roofs of the
settlers cabins were made only of
boards laid on top Of the walls with
weight poles across them to hold them
down. Curry again sprang into the
loft and by a superhuman effort tum-
bled the roof, weight poles and all,
down upon the heads of the savageS
who were crowded around the door.
Their leader was killed instantly and
several others badly injured. 1t was
daylight by now and as the Indians
broke for the woods their flight was
hastened by the sharp crack of Curry's
rifle which accounted for two Or three
more savages before they got out of
range.
Making sure that they had left the
neighborhood, the valiant Curry, car
rying both rifles and supporting his
wounded comrade, set out for Kas-
kaskia. Teel soon gave out entirely
and, after hiding him in a thicket,
Curry pressed on to the fort and re-
turned with help in time to save his
companions life.
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
CHAPTER V-Continued.
s.

ayes, I will tell you, Daniel Kel-
someone. and you seem to be the one
sent. All I know of you is that you
are an American. | am an American
also, and a woman. If that does not
appeal to you, then nothing else will
I have told you already who l am and
how I came here. The remainder of
the story is brief. have had nothing
to do with Bob Meager since he re-
turned, Immediately after his fathers
sudden death. There was no Oppor-
tunity for me to leave the ranch, so
I remained in care Of Mrs. Meager.
Until last evening I never even en-
countered Bob but once. Then he
came unexpectedly into his step
mothers room. He was brutal and in
sulting to us both After that l kept
out of his way, and he apparently ig-
nored my presence entirely. 1 did no.
tfce, however, that he was getting rid
of all the old employees on the ranch,
and replacing them with Mexicans.
Evidently he wanted no Americans
about him..
Il understand; not his kind"
$50 I thought, but with no concep-
tion that this change had any refer
ence to me-"
"It did have, thenY
$50 it seems now. He came upon
me suddenly alone last evening There
was no chance for me to get away,
and I had to listen to what he said"
She dropped her face into her hands,
but instantly lifted it again, and went
on, her voice strengthening with in
dignatiOn. Kelleen made no move
ment.
"He-he was not. even decent about
what he had to say. l was merely a
ehattel he had to deal with, a slave to
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
"l'VE KILLED HIM!"

SYNOPSIS.-On the isolated
border. Deborah Meredith, trained
nurse, is in attendance on Mrs.
Meager, whose husband has re-
Gently been killed. Immediately
after the death, Bob Meager, Mrs.
Meager's stepson, arrives and
takes possession. He insults
Deborah and she resolves to
leave, but there seems no posi-
bility of her getting away. Mea-
ger gloats over Deborah's plight.
He tells her he has sent for a
justice of the peace, who will
marry them tomorrow. Horri-
fed, the girl secures q revolver.
The justice. Cornelius Garrity,
scoundrel and bosom friend of
Meager, arrives with a party,
among them the Frisco Kid"
notorious desperate. Despite
Deborah's protests. the justice
performs the marriage ceremony.
She escapes and reaches her
room. There she stuns Meager
with the revolver and rushes to
the stables. hoping to secure
horse and escape. There she
meets the Frisco Kid" Some
how he inspires her with conf
dence and she explains the situa-
ton. The kid" tells her his
name is Daniel Kelleen, that he
is no friend of Meager.
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19

use as he pleased. 1t doesn't sound
true, but it is true, every word"
$50 on," said the other dispassion-
ately. 81 know Bob Meager"
"He said he was going to marry me ;
ne didn't ask me about it at ali just
stated it as fact. When l tried to
object, the brute just laughed, and
asked how 1 was going to help myself.
He made me realize the situation
was in, without an American left on
the ranch, and those miles of desert
stretching away on every side. Then
he told me everything was arranged
for this very night. "A man was
coming out from Nogales to marry us.
He said better go into the house.
and get ready. Then he laughed
again. and went away. He-he wasn't
afraid to Ieave me there alone, for
there was no place where l could hide,
no chance to leave the ranch. FL
waa hardly sane, but-but after awhile
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
AALAAAAAllAA IA
Copyright by A. C. McClurs 6 Co.

"You mean we shall have to be
alone together for-for some timer"
That's the stuff. We amt going to
have an easy gallop into town. You
don't know me from Adam, and If you
did, l reckon you wouldn't go a mile
with me. 1 amt very highly thought
of along this border, I'll say that; there
amt many would choose me fer a
partner, that's a fact. More, I amt
got nothing to say to you except that
I'm going to play square. If you trust
me I'll bring you through safe enough
in one way or another; but If you don't
feel that you can go the limit, then
the best thing for you to do, maybe
is to stay here, and scrap it out with
Bob Meager. My notion Is this run
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19

ming away with his wife amt going to
if I'm going to tackle the job except
you're of a mind to go clear through
with me-"
You think I am his wife, then
that he is really alive?'
II haven't a doubt of 1t. At least
I am going to proceed on that theory.
Meager is the one we have got to
escape from; If he recOvers by day
light from that rap you gave him, he
is going to lead us a merry chase.
Every minute of start we get, the
better. But I want you to get it
straight-will you go with me?"
There was an eager earnestness in
his voice of which she was fully con-
scfous, yet some way this did not
frighten her. The one vision Of Bob
Meager drunk and grasping her in
his arms, dominated all else, and left
her careless of any lesser danger I'm
pulsively she thrust out her hand in
silent promise.
"You mean yesW
81 mean yes. 1 trust you fully, ab-
solutely. will do exactly as you say"
at is bound to be some test, young
lady," he returned gravely, releasing
her hand, and rising to his feet, "but
I reckon 1 won't let you regret 1t.
Nobody ever trusted Dan Kelleen yet
and found him a piker. We're pard-
ners now; let's go.''
He picked up a saddle from the bed
of hay on which he had been resting !;
found another hanging on q stake
driven into beam, and with both
flung carelessly over his shoulder,
emerged through the open door into
the starlight. Deborah followed close
ly, new feeling Of relief giving light
ness to her step. She was no longer
alone, unguided; something about the
words and actions Of the man brought
confidence The situation was plainly
no novelty to him. he had ben a fugi-
tive before and had learned every
trick in the hard school of experience.
Whatever had happened to Bob
Meager, it was clearly evident the fell
low had not yet recovered conscious
ness, and it was hardly likely his fell
lows would become aroused until he
sounded the alarm. The way of es-
cape still remained open but no one
could tell for how long. Success
might hang upon moments. Kelleen's 8
keen eyes searched the deep shadows
anxiOuSly hut his Inns smiled in Salts
faction.
"It's all right" he whispered conf
IDENTIFY "You ride, don't you?"
Eyes"
Good! 1t struck me maybe you
didn't, being a nurse from the East.
My horse Is all right, but I'll have to
rope one for you, and I might pick a
wild devil in the dark. Could you
stay?"
"As long as he keeps his feet"
On, but I like your stylel he
said enthusiastically, letting his hand
rest an instant on her shoulder. "You
and 1 are going to hit it off fine.
Come on, now; keep back In the
shadow"
She waited at the bars of the corral
while helleen vanished in the dark
ness of the open. lightly swinging a
coiled lariat in his hand. Both houses
were from there hidden from view,
and, now that her newly found COM
panion had disappeared, Deborah felt
entirely alone. Had she done righ'
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
THE VALOR OF YOUNG GEORGE
CROGHAN

LIE WAS only tWenty-One years old
- Il when he performed his deed OF
valOr and won the Congressional Medal
of Honor. Although he saved the old
Northwest for the American flag, just
as George Rogers Clark, his uncle, had
done thirty-five years previously, the
name Of Maj. George Croghan appears
in few of our school histories.
During the War of 1912 Croghan was
in command of Fort Stephenson, log
stockade on the Sandusky river in
Ohio which commanded the approach
to two important bases of supply for
Gen. William Henry HarrisOn's army.
His force consisted of seven officers,
all boys like himself, and 100 Kentucky
rifiemen. His only artillery was six
FOUNDER, affectionately called "Old
Betsy" by the soldiers.
When the British invaded Ohio, Har-
rison ordered Fort Stephenson evacu-
ated. Croghan insisted that he could
hold it and Harrison reluctantly con-
sented to allowing him to try. On
August l, 1913, General Proctor with
500 British regulars and 700 Of Te-
cumseh's Indians appeared before the
fort, demanded its surrender and de-
clared that he might not be able to
prevent an Indian massacre if he were
compelled to storm the walls.
Croghan's reply, delivered by subal-
tern, was: ''When this fort shall be
taken, there will be no one left to mas
sacre -
After pounding away at the fort with
artillery for a day and night, a
bombardment which made sad havoc
with the ramshackle old stOckade,
Proctor ordered up a stOrming party.
The fire of Croghan's Kentucky rifle
men tore great gaps in the redcOats'
line, but they rushed forward bravely
until they reached the dry mOat which
surrounded the fort AS they sprang
into this ditch they were partly shell
tered from the rifle fire from above and
Colonel Short, their leader, shouted
Come on, men, We'll give the damned
Yankees no quarter"
But Croghan was prepared for just
such an attack. "Old Betsy" had been
mounted in a corner blOckhouse over
looking the ditch and at this moment
a masked portfolio was uncovered and
the little six-pounder poured forth a
whitening fire at point-blank range.
The ditch became a slaughter pen.
The storming party broke and fed.
After this repuF5e Proctor gave up the
fight. His total loss had been nearly
200 men. The American casualties
were one killed and seven wounded
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
~-l know now who you are"
she managed to say. "You--
you are thu Frisco Kid.'"

CTo BE CoNTINUED.l
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
CHAPTER vi
A New Alliance.

For a moment Kelleen did not move;
then impulsively he groped for her
hand in the darkness.
"You killed him? You did? Say, 1
like you," he exclaimed earnestly.
"YOu are sure some girl, you are. But
are you certain you killed him?"
"I-I think so-yes,' she stammered,
totally surprised by the way in which
he greeted her news. "But II am
not exactly sure. All l know is he is
lying there on the floor of my room,
and-and he never moved after he
was struck"
"Struck? You did not shoot, thenY
"No; I had no chance. I got away
from them, and ran to my room, where
l meant to lock myself in, but someone
had taken the key. / shut the door
behind me and got the revolver out of
drawer, determined to defend my
self. The men followed, but stopped
outside in the hall. l could hear
them laugh and talk; then they went
was so sure I couldn't get away, he
wasn't afraid to leave me there. He
planned to get drunk first, and then
come back"
"Sure; that would be his style; and
you waited? You didn't try to get
away?"
Get away! Where could go? Only
out into the desert, and those men
would have trailed me if l tried that.
| Yes, l waited in the dark, desperate.
| determined to kill him when he came.
| And he came finally so drunk he
could hardly stand, but ugly with the
| liquor. I do not seem to remember
exactly what did happen; he laughed
and jeered at me, and got hold of the
| weapon before I had courage to fire
Then we struggled, and the grip Of
his hands drove me mad. The re-
volver fell to the floor, but I got 1t,
and struck at him with all my might.
That was all; he just lay there, and
never moved; l could see his face in
| the starlight, but-but couldn't make
myself touch him. II believed he
was dead, that I had killed him.
Never mind, little girl" interrupted
Kelleen firmly, maybe he was, but
doubt it; guys like that are not
croaked so easy. Then, l take 1t, you
ran away"
Eyes; II couldn't stay there, and
l thought perhaps there might be a
chance, if l could only find a horse
somewhere. / knew the others were
all drunk, and I would not be missed
before morning. I had to try, and
that was how l came to be here. You
you understand nOw"
"Yes, l understand, and I am going
| to stay with you. But first, let's get
this straight. The main question is,
are you ready to trust me as a white
man?
"Yes-I am"
"That means a lot more than you
think right now," he went on, but
evidently encouraged by her tone
Because it amt going to be so easy
! getting away. l don't take any stock
| in Bob's being dead; he's got a knock
out, that's all. and when he comes to
! himself again he's going to be raving.
| He'll nave every rlQer on UnlS rancn
on our trail, and the best we can
| reckon on is maybe three hours start
| You got to stay with me, and do just
what say-and, girl. that sure means
you must trust me plumb to the limit
Do you sabe that? This amt going
to be no canter between here and No
gales; the only chance we've got Is
to hide out, first In the desert, and
then in the hills. I'm telling II TO you
rough; but you better know it now
than later"
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
A Difference.

''How long is it going to take to get
through with this case% asked the
client, who was under suspicion Of
housebreaking. "Wel," replied the
young lawyer, thoughtfully, "it'll take
me about two weeks to get through
with it, but I'm afraid it's going to
take you about four years."-Green
Bag.
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19

stomach and starts the liver and
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The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
WILLING to Miss a Few.

"After one gets older one becomes
calmer in mind'
whats the idea?"
1--WE got to the point in life where
I have found that it's no disgrace not
to have read all the new books or seen
all the new plays
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
TALES OF
THE OLD
FRONTIER
A FRONTIER SAMSON
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

q, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
A Mystery.

"It's mystery to me-"
"What is?"
"Where they got all those hey
there! speed cops from. You'd think
once in a while you'd find a polite
one"
The Winslow mail., 1923-10-19
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, 1923-09-19

National league pennant and the
worlds series by defeating the ST.
Louis Cardinals. 10 to 4. They are
now five games in the lead.
The Pittsburgh Pirates travelled
along by trimming the Boston
Braves. IL to @. Cincinnati. being
Idle because of rain. dropped back.
Detroit and Philadelphia split a
d~oubleheader. the Tigers winning
the first. 8 to 2. and losing the sec
ond, 10 to 8.
st. Louis and washington also
divided honors. the Senators losing
the first, 5 to /, and winning the
second. 2 to 1.
The Chicago White sox trimmed
the Boston Red Sox. 6 to 2, in Bos-
ton.
Willie Kamm. Chicago's star
third baseman. who is leading the
American League in two base hits.
ran his string to 80 when he got
hold of one of Blethen's offerings.
Eddie Collins, captain Of the Chi
cago Americans, stole his 44th base
of the season in the game against
Boston.
Ted B~lankenship. the Texas cow
boy, pitched in fine form. holding
the Boston Americans to seven scat
tered hits. while his mates punched
hits with some daring base running.
which gave Chicago a 6 to 2 win.
''Babe" Ruth put in another day
without getting a hit, although he
was at bat three times. He was un-
able to solve the offerings of
shaute. Cleveland's young left
handler.
Dave Danforth had little trouble
beating washington. s to /. in the
first game of a d~oub.eheader,
Gharrity's homer. when acting as a
pinch hitter. saving the Senator's
from a shutout. zahniser bested
Kolp in a pitching battle In the
second game and st. Louis took the
short end of a 2 to l count.
Pittsburgh hit a trio OF Boston
pitchers hard. collecting II hits and
winning n n sided game ~ to 2.
, 1923-09-19
DO YOU KNOW
By United Press

@. If a champion boxer is suspend
ed does he hold his title during the
period of such suspension7-B. P. S.
A. Yes. A champions title is
taken from him only when he ig-
nores a bona fide challenge for six
months from the date of It's Issuance
and hen only in New York state.
@. What major league pitcher
made the most errors last season?
IL r
A. Hugh McQuillan Of the Braves
and Giants. with 0 errors out OF 50
chances.
@. How many times did Kelly anc
Ruth strike cut in the 1922 World
Series. What pitchers turned the
trick? L. o. s.
A. Kelly and Ruth each famed
three times in the four games. Nehf
famed the Babe twice and Ryan did
1T once. Bush. shawkey and Hoyt
struck put Kelly.
, 1923-09-19
First in NeUs
OfAU EUents

Jockeys to ask a fee of s75.o oo to
ride Papyrus at Belmont In the In
ternRtional race next month.
England hasn't much room %
howl about the destruction of sports
Competent critics have expressed
thu opinion hal at least five Amer
lean Jockeys would be willing to
ride the American candidate IN the
international race for nothing and
that they would be satisfied with the
prestige and glory OF the winner
and the bonus that the owner of
the winner might give him.
Having no baseball on the nation
al scale. baseball critics can't yell
about tho prices paid for profess
sional ball players, but high prices
for stars prevail in football. which
is the British national sport VAL
liable players In England now com
placed on the market.
There ia no doubr that the boxing
law which requires a decision when
contests go the limit In New York
is in a large part responsible for tho
high purses demanded by dham-
pions and near champions for ap-
pearing in New York. They have
no such things as no-decision fights
in England and OF course they don't
realize over there the difference hat
Il makes to American fighters.
Under a M decision law in Phila-
delphia, the best of boxing cards
are arranged IN many OF which two
and three champions appear on tho
same card and the maximum charge
OF admission IS five dollars.
Decision fights do prevent a lot
OF stalhng. but with competent ref
erees fighters can be forced to do
their BEST sven in no-decision fights.
Many OF tho old timers believe
that championships In important
classes should never be transferred
on a decision.