Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-10
By
Zane Grey
Illustrations by Irwin Myers
Copyright By Harper and
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CHAPTER vIII.-Learning Stewart had
enowng seH nsrf her ero5sTs o1dness foe h &
Madeline Made Visits him and PersTades htm e
cowboys.
CHAPTER IX.-Jfm Neis, Nick Steele.
ders @ They have ' fes fesa MsHSf ath Bon Ss-
los vaqueros. who Rre really gperrillas,
Madeline pledges Stewart to see inst
peace is kept
CHAPTER X.-Madeline and Florence,
returning home from Alfred's ranch. run
into an ambush Of vaqueros F1orsnce'
knowing the Mexicans Are after Made
line, decoys them away. and Madeline
gets home safely but alone.
band carries of Madeline. Stewart foi-
lows alone The leader is a man With
whom Stewart had served IN Mexico. Hb
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finds herself strangely stirred.
stewart was riding IN on MS DlacK
horse. He had been absent on an I'M
pOrtant mission, and his duty had
taken him to the international bound
ary line. His presence home long be-
fore he was expected was particularly
gratifying to Madeline, for 1t meant
that his mission had been brought to a
successful issue. Once more, for the
hundredth time, the mans reliability
struck Madeline. He was a doer Of
things.
Madeline advanced to the porch
steps. And Stewart, after taking a
parcel of papers from saddle-bag,
turned toward her.
Stewart, you are the best Of
couriers," she said. II am pleased"
Dust streamed from his sombrero as
he doffed It, His dark face seemed to
rise as he Strengthened weary shoul-
ders.
Here are the reports, Miss Ham
mond," he replied.
As he looked up to see her standing
there, dressed to receive her eastern
guests, he checked his advance with
q violent action which recalled to
Madeline the one he had made on the
night she had met him, when she dis
closed her identity. A man struck by
q bullet might have had an instant Jerk
of muscular control such as convulsed
Stewart. In that instant, as her keen
gaze searched his dust-caked face. she
met the full, free look Of his eyes. Her
own did not fall, though she felt
warmth steal to her cheeks. Madeline
very seldom blushed. And now, con-
scious Of her sudden color, genuine
blush famed on her face. 1t was irri-