The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-09-06
By RANDALL PARRISH


/ where does this northern gang
come fromf~
~out Of calabasls. senior. By way Of
the river
Then they viii enter down below.
through the gorge. This Is no place
for Us Suppose they were delayed
last night and took q chance 20 come
on tins morning by daylight-and why
notf They'd be under rock cover an
the last part Of the way. It's beyond
here that they'd have the open desert
70 cross. Let's ride down there ana
wait. Saddle up, both Of you; there
Is just as good camping ground down
below"
Within i've minutes the three were
trotting soberiy down the valley. Not
one OF them glanced back. and Debo-
rah lifting her head higher and higher
TO peer after them through the brush
screen. watched until they disappeared
entirely about the sharp protuberance
Of rock. which marked the end Of the
vista. kelleen had done this pur-
posely; his conversation with these
men had been largely carried on Tor
her benefit and guidance. He knew |
where she was; that she could easily |
overhear. Through these means he |
endeavored 10 convey 10 her unsus- 4
pected the complete situation ia
which he was involved. and then. this
accomplished. he had invelgied the two
insuspectIng Mexicans away. thus CIV
ng her opportunity 70 escape unseen.
Deborah was not yet wholly con
Tinced OF the mans innocence. In
'pite Of his evident intention OF shield.
ng her from discovery. his intimate
association with Bob Meager, the un.
lersianding between him and san
hez. was seemingly proof positive
hat he was an important link In this
onspiracy. The man was endeayorlng
o make her think otherwise. but the
oubt % him fingered IN her mind. In
be night she had begun 20 trust. 10 be
eve; the fellows very recklessness
nd good humor had been attractive:
er vague suspicion seemed 70 vanish
his presence. But now this doubt re
irned with redoubled vigor. and. FOR
ie moment. she actually feared him
much as the man she had tried 10 !,
N. More. perhaps. for Meager was
liy a rough. passionate brute. while !.
le very nature ~ Kelleen rendered
IN FAR more dangerous adversary.
he also was interested in her-and .
e girl felt that he vns-she was In "
eater danger now than On the ranch | 4
ON which she had fled. She shrank !
ON the thought. yet II haunted her Z
ID would not be driven away. Where I
uid she go7 What could she do 10 =
cape the mans returuf Suicidal. I,
possible as Il appeared. she must /"
d some means Of leaving that fatal
Hey before be came back again
me seeking her. e
The girl drew back slowly, with !,
Is searching the open valley. intent -
4 Of all on reaching the horse graz -
below. The only possible way was y.
one she had taken In climbing 49,
re. along a ledge OF stone close in -
inst the rock wall. The whole face
the cliff was a mass o. trailing -
IS. ciinging in some mysterious way -
imperceptible crevices IN the rock,
ipleiely yelling It's front FAR 10
We her reach. Deborah pressed ~. ~
Sc back 70 gain passage. and had -.
anced a dozen steps or more, when -
stopped, paralyzed with fear. star. ~
into two terrifying eyes. She -
ID not move a limb. or SCREAM In
irst instant Of horror. Then a ~
q reached ont. swept the conceal -,
vines aside. and gripped her. ~. -.