The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-04-05
SYNOPSIS

NAE0os 8uo tuo Two proceed toKetnef.
Taxing refuge from sandstorm In .
late; both mon are dying. Cameron leaves
81 aoS ana % snsp
CHATTER I.-Richard Gale, adven-
turer. in Casita, Mexican border town.
meets @ Georxe Thorns, lieutenant in the
tell. Gale he is there to save Mercedes
wife. from Rojas. Mexican bandit.
CHAPTER II.-Gaie "roughhouses"
Ro1as and his gang. with the help of
tive tive american TnsI cowboys, and he. Msrcsde.
the fort orders Thorne 10 his regiment
He leaves Mercedes under Gales pro-
lection.
CHAPTER III.-The pair, aided by the
cowboys who had assisted Gale in the
escape, Charlie Ladd and Jim Lash. ar
lorn River. well across the border.
CHAPTER Iv.-The are at
Tom Belongs home. Belding is immi-
grafton inspector. Living with him are
Gale. with Ladd and Lash. take service
with Belding as rangers, Gale telling
Helding the cause Of his being wanderer.
csrning the sons business abilities.
CHAPTER v.-Mercede. get. word to
70 his parents. Informing them Of his
Whereabouts. Nell's personality. and her
Kindness. attract Gale.
CHAPTER vL-Riding the range. Gale
fahs IN with party Of three Mexican
1 Wstcb,nr enSsmpsa Sia nnnortn,tx wa1s & hole.
he sees two Indians ride into the camp.
% One Of them, ~ Yaqui. T. evidently badly
him in cru cruel s way. picR drive. rive e them sl1
on. conveying the wounded Yaqui to
Belongs ranch.
CHAPTER vII.-The Indian 10 taken
In. cared for and remains in Belding' q
services. becoming Dicks ardent admirer.
he believes she is not averse to h.s atten-
tons Belongs horses. thoroughbreds.
the pride of his life. after his wife and
CHAPTER vIII.-Gale. with Ladd. Lash
and the Yaqui. pursue the raiding party
Five Of the SIX thieves are killed and the
party Of whites. with the recovered
CHAPTER N.-Gale secures from Mrs.
Beiding what he feels II reluctant per-
Mission fs to .loy him e sss Msli for
confident that he can win her.
rSa.: ss%, ..ssie. .e,S ss.
though forbidden, rides to CaattA to seek
pr.onsr q Ro,.s and Il nnHs en ,n
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din4s and demands Mercedes be sur
rendered to him. FEARING. their ability
that the three rangers. with the Yaqui
- guide. and Thorne. convey Mercedes
scrSss II TIE BED desert to Yuma. where she will
vcMAPTER xI;-Thsy nnd the way to
forced to take to the lava beds. Rojas,
With his men: men: oyertake them. but the
dssGr dssGu lam famiiar With ths country is con-
place OF safety for Mercedes and the
night begins. Three of the whites. Ladd.
bSt aoas ans ne are Ssey
Yaqul' the s rema,nder Ge' Of 7 the e Mesioans G ans
fleeing.
CHAPTER xIII.-Forlorn River is In
vyaded by white miners and prospectors.
these are Ben Chase and his son Radford.
The latter at once makes himself obnox-
lous to Nell.
CHAPTER xIv.-while Mercedes de-
tenders are in the desert Dicks parents.
River seeking knowledge OF him. Belding
and how he has made good"
CHAPTER Xv.-Ladd being unable, on
account of his wound to travel. the little
band makes arrangements for a long
stay in the desert. The hot summer is
upon them.
n
the party comes safely through the hot
spell, Ladd recovering his strength The
arrival of rain makes 1t possible for them
to begin the journey home.
CHAPTER xvII-Belding's feud with
the Chases is increased by their action
they claiming the act to have been an
accident. Radford makes Nell an offer
Of marriage. which Belding contemptuous-
knew Mrs. Belding as a girl, when her
name was Burton, and is familiar with
her history. He declares Nell is her ilIegi-
timate daughter The shooting naturally
following such an incident in the West Is
prevented by the arrival home of the
rangers.
CHAPTER xvIII-Learning from Bel
ding of Chase's foul assertion and Rad
ford's pursuit of his flancee Dick "sees
red" He proceeds to punish the younger
Chase In manner long remembered in
Forlorn River.
CHAPTER XIX.-The Yaqui takes Dick
up the mountain range adjoining Forlorn
River and shows him the source of the
stream from which the settlement took
its name. In cave Dick finds positive
evidence of the presence of gold, also the
documents left so many years before by
the unfortunate prospectors introduced
In the prologue. One of the papers records
the marriage of Robert Burton and Nell
lie Warren. Burton. of course being the
prospector known at the beginning OF the
narrative as Cameron The viii of the
finder and half to Nell Burton. daughter
ana granddaughter. respectively of the
tablished and her future made safe.