Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-03
The Light
of
Western
Stars.
A Romance
By
Zane Grey
By
Zane Grey
Copyright by Harper and Brothers
6YNOP9lS
Illustrations by Irwin Myers

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girl, Bonita" take his horse and escape,
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Stewart . tax. Madeline s1onefstss
him Of any wrong intent.
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of life on western ranoh
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of the western stars.
CHAPTER v1{I:-LearnIng Stewart haq
been hurt in a bfAwi at Chfrtca him md
knowing her brothers. fondness for him,
Madeline Visits him and PsrsTades him g
cowboys.
CHAPTER IX,--Jim Neis, Nick Steele,
and Monty" Price ere Madelipe's chief
Madeline pledges Stewart to see that
peace is kept
returning home from Alfred's ranch, run
into an ambush OF vaQueros. Florence,
knowing the Mexicahs are after. Made
line decoys them away, and Madeline
gets home safely but alone.
band carries off Madeline. Stewart fol-
whom Stewart had served in Mexico. He
releases the girl, arranging for ransom,
Returning home with Stewart, Madeline
finds herself strangely stirred.
AS Madeline shut her eyes and. stag.
gerfng, was about to fall, apparently
right under pounding hoofs, a rude
powerful hand clapped round her
waist, clutched deep and strong, and
swung her aloft. She felt a heavy
blow when the shoulder of the horse
struck her. and then a wrenching of
her arm as she was dragged up.
sudden blightfng pain made sight and
feeling fade from her.
But she did not become unconscin".
to the extent that she lost the sense
Of being rapidly borne away. She
seemed to hold that for a long time.
When her faculties began to return the
motion of the horse was no longer viO-
lent. For a few moments she could
not determine her position. Apparently
she was upside down. Then she saw
that she was facing the ground, and
must be lying across saddle with
her head hanging down. She could
not move hand; she could not tell
where her hands were Then she felt
the touch of soft leather. She saw Il
high-topped Mexican boot, wearing a
huge silver spur, and the reeking flank
and legs of horse, and dusty, mar
row trail. Soon kind Of red darkness
veiled her eyes, her head swain, and
she felt motion and pain only DULY.
After what seemed thousand weary
hours some one lifted her from the
horse and laid her upon the ground
where. gradually, as the blood left her
head and she could see, she began to
get the right relation of things.
She lay in sparse grove Of frs, and
the shadows told of late afternoon.
She smelled wood smoke, and she
heard the sharp crunch of horses teeth
nipping grass. Voices caused her to
turn her face. A group of men stood
and sat round a campfire eating like
wolves. The looks of her captors made
Madeline close her eyes, and the fasci-
nation, the fear they reused in her
made her open them again. Mostly
they were thin-bodied, thin-bearded
Mexicans, black and haggard and
starved. Whatever they might be, they
surely were hunger-stricken and
Not one had a coat A few
had scarfs. Some wore belts In which
were scattered cartridges. Only few
had guns, and these were Of diverse
patterns. Madeline could see no
packs, no blankets, and only few
cooking utensils, all battered and
blackened. Her eyes fastened upon
men she believed were white men but
1t was from their features and not their
color that she judged. Once she had
seen a band Of nomad robbers in the
Sahara. and somehow was reminded
of them by this motley outlaw troop.
They divided attention between the
satisfying Of ravenous appetites and q
vigilant watching down the forest
aisles.. They expected some one Made.