The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
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 STAN BAII. an agent for cat. tie interests, faces ASPER DE- 10 in his ofiicc, Ball accuses De-
 10 of having men shot who arc
 Gent ont to check his timbering
 activities at Three River. Ball
 says he fs making . personal
 check. Dclo says he will per. s0nally Sec that Ball does not
 make the check.
 Upon leaving DcIo's office, Ball saves . girl from kidnapers. She proves to be Delo's daughter, DONA. When Ball learns her
 name hc tells her he Is STAN- LEY BLACK and slips away.
 DUDLEY WINTERS, in love with Dona agrees to go to Three
 Rivers and get Delo to come
 back, Done goes with him and at their first stop Dudley produces
 . marriage license and urges Dona to marry him, arguing that Del0 will not go on fiianhunt If they do. Dona barely misses the marriage by meeting Ball on his way to Three Rivers.
 At the camp, SWERGIN, As- per's timber boss, tries to make
 Doiia Stay in camp. She slips away from men he has ordered to watch her and rides. She secs her father attacked and Shot. Swergfn comes to her rescue. Dudley and Swcrgin both warn nxn A<S all Ia attack her as he has her father. Dona goes out again and when she starts back finds she Is fol- lowed. Her pursuer proves to be Swergin, who takes her back to camp i'm spite of the fact that she Iashes him across tile face. Asper is much worse. Tho storc- keeper is knocked out and his place robbed. Ball is blamed. Swergin refuses to keep news of the hunt fro Asper and Dona finds him in the sick room. Aspcr fs in . rage.
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 Stanley Ball thought he un- derstood how a hunted animal must feel. His shelter was cave high under the rim of Folly Peak where none but the wariest veteran could find him. The trail to this den led through a slash in great rock wall and was hidden by spring fed alders and black birch.
 There was little open shelf for his mare and the cave was fairly comfortable. By using finder dry and resinous wood he was able to have a fire over which to cook the simple fare on which he lived. He was sitting before bed of glow ing coals. taking stock of the situa- ton in which he found himself.
 Ball admitted, as he stared into the embers, that if he had known one-tenth what he now knew he would never have come to Three Rivers to get the low-down on one Delo Timber interests. He was forced to admit that he was in love with Dona Delo, hopelessly in love with her. and that he could not have her.
 Love for Dona had made him re- main on Folly Mountain until he had been branded a desperate crim tnal and murderer. Now, even
 
 young man he saw riding in the still be unable to offer his soiled name to her. Ball kicked dirt over the fire and arose. one thing was sure, he had to have more supplies. Carrying his food on a horse with out cutting the animals sped made it necessary for him to forage of ten. Then, too, there was the trou- bie encountered in getting the SUD- plies. He had to steal them.
 All the way down the mountain he studied these bitter problems. He was ha1f-decided to turn him. self in and take the consequence, which he knew would be first class lynching.
 The moon was not yet over the rinA of Folly Mountain and Ball could move at a fair pace through the blue gloom. His black mare was invisible as ink and as silent as a panther. He rode to the edge of the clearing above the camp and dis mounted. Tying the mare in a thicket, he moved swiftly toward the lights of the buildings.
 First the commissary was paid a swift visit. Stan had worked a board loose from hack window to gain ready entrance. Within 15 minutes he had secured what he needed while old Sims sat in the front of the store nursing his ban daged head. Stan smiled to himself grimly as he took last look at the bandage figure up in front.
 Catching the food, Stan moved along the dark side of the main building. He was looking for q par ticular room, drawn by 6 force that he could not resist. He knew the room, but found it dark. Further along the wall were two lighted windows. Stan edged toward them. The nearest window was open and he was able. bysfattending himself against the wall, to lok inside.
 The scene within the room was a tense one. Dudley was standing in the background. Dona sat on the foot of her fathers bed, trying to quiet him. Asper DeIo was as angry as that day in his office when Stan had faced him. A guilty feeling crept over Stan. He was the cause of all this. He had done 1t himself.
 Asper was fairly fuming. That confounded Swergin! Hes lett1n' Ball make fools out of all of us. He'll let that dirty gun-toter shoot up the whole camp. I'm going after him myself!"
 ''Now, Dad. be reasonable! You'd be no match for healthy man like Ball." Dona was almost in tears.
 "Ym sick and tired of being cod dled because of little puncture in the shoulder. I've packed more lead without even lying down than that skunk ever saw!" Asper roared.
 Dona leaped to her feet. She reached into her dress and pulled out a stiff paper. Dad, please lis- ten to me-"
 With rumble Asper settled back against the pillows. His lips were white and he was shaking.
 Dad, Dudley and I have been saving a secret for you. We are