Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-08-17
By
Zane Grey
Illustrations by Irwin Myers
Copyright by Harper and Brothers
SYNOPSIS


tters, asks II she is married, and departs,
leaving her terrified. He returns with Z
s yhG snS sVsf &. 'esSSsa ac%say so, 'S
say ''Si." Asking her name and learning
her Identity Identity the cowboy seems Y dazsa; 1n
fri Bonita" take hts horse and sseans,
Kingsley. friend Of her brother.
learns her story. and disnissss the COW:
stewart 70 task. Madeline snonefatss
him OF any wrong intent
wealthy family. had been dismissed froM
his home because Of hla dissipation.
Madslipe sees that the West hes ~
deemed dssa,a him, She meets stillweli, A's
Madeline LEARNS ssswart has gone W.
CHATTER Iv.-Danny Mains, one Of
stilwelrs cowboys. has disappears4s
friends asa sGmi ink S ssms Via sDsI sSs srl BE-
nita
cHAPTER y.-Msdelins gets a glimpse
to o. ihs fanes M s, xita aess Or Il: ssSals s!IaI
a anis wa Ses DrotssSs rsdsg1 'es CONSENT sas
pet nickname. Madeline, Independently
ssa sna thar q psn e aoZ IsS 2s
Dor.
has found her Right place. Under tSs nshe
Of the western stars.
CHAPTER v4I.-Learning Stewart haq
been hurt in a brawl at Chtr1cahua, and
knowing her brothers. fondness for him,
: Madeline visits him and persuades him to
come to the ranch as the boss Of her
cowboys.
CHAPTER IX.-Jm Nels, Nick Steele,
and Monty" Price are Madeline's chief
riders. They have feud with Don Car
Madeline pledges Stewart to see that
peace is kept
CHAPTER x.-Madeline and Florence,
returning home from Alfred's ranch, run
into an ambush Of vaqueros. Florence,
knowing the Mexicans are after Made
line, decoys them away, and Madeline
gets home safely but alone.
CHAPTER x1;.A raiding guerrilla
band carries off Madeline. Stewart fol-
lows alone. The leader Is man with
whom Stewart had served in Mexico. He
releases the girl, arranging for ransom.
Returning home with Stewart. Madeline
finds herself strangely stirred.
CHAPTER XII. = Madeline's sister
Helen, with party Of eastern friends
arrives at the ranch, craving excitement
CHAPTER XIII.-For the guests enter
tainment a game Of golf is arranged.
Stewart interrupts the game, insisting
house. He tells Madeline her guests are
not safe while the Mexican revolution is
going on, and urges them to go up to
the mountains out OF danger. They de-
eide to do SO.
Both were diminutfve IN size, DOW
legged, lame in one foot, and altogeth-
er unprepossessing Link was young,
and Monty's years, more than twice
Links, had left their mark But 1t
would have been impossible to tell
color and hardness of a cinder. He
was dark-faced, staggering, for all the
world like barbarian chief.
"That Monty makes my flesh creep"
said Helen, low-voiced Really, Mr..
Stillwell, is he so bad-desperate-as
I've heard7 Did he ever kill any
bodyw
"Sure. Most as many as Nels," re-
piled Stillwell, cheerfully.
"Oh! And Is that nice Mr.. Nels a
desperate, too? 1 wouldn't have
thought so. He's so kind and old-fash-
ioned and soft-vofced"
"Nels Is sure an example Of the
dooplicity Of men. Miss Helen. Don't
you listen to his soft voice. He's real
ly as bad as -winder rattlesnake"
One Of the cowboys came for Castle
ton and led him away to exploit upon
ground rules.
The game began. At first Madeline
and Dorothy essayed to direct the en-
deavors of their respective players.
But all they said and did only made
their team play the worse. At the
third hole they were far behind and
hopelessly bewildered.
Madeline and her party sat up to
watch the finish Of the match. It came
with spectacular suddenness. A sharp
yell pealed out, and all the cowboys
turned attentively in its direction. A
big black horse had surmounted the
rim OF the mesa and was just breaking
into a run. His rider yelled sharply
to the cowboys. They wheeled 70 dash
toward their grazing horses.
"That's Stewart. There Is some
thing wrong" said Madeline, In alarm.
Castleton stared. The other men ex-
claimed uneasily. The women sought
Madeline's face with anxious eyes,
The black got into his stride and
bore swiftly down upon them.
Madeline divided her emotions be-
tween growing alarm Of some danger
menacing and thrill and quickening
Of pulse-beat that tingled over her
whenever she saw Stewart In violent
action. No action of his was any
longer Insignificant, but violent action
meant so much. 1t might mean any
thing. For one moment shA Tsmape-