The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
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 STAN BALL. an agent Tor cas- fle infcfcGfs, faces AsPER DE-
 10 in his office. Ball accuses Dee
 10 of having men shot who are
 sent out f0 check his fimDcripE
 acfitfsies nf Three River Ball says he is making . personal
 check. Delo says he will per-
 sonnlly sec that Ball does not
 mnke fl14 check.
 Upon leaving Dclo's ofElcc. Ball
 saves girl from kidnapers. She
 proves fo Dc Dclo's daughter,
 DONA4 When Bah learns her
 narne he tells her he is STAN-
 HEX BLACK and slips away.
 DUDLEY WINTERS, in love
 with Dom agrees to so to Three
 Rivers and get Del0 to come
 back. Done goes with him and af
 their first stop Dudley produces
 Q marriage license and urges
 Dona to marry him. arguing that
 DeI0 wt1 not go on . n1anhunt
 if they do. Dona barely misses
 the marriase by meeting Ball on
 At inc camp. SWERGIN, As.
 pcr's timber boss, tries to make
 Oona 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 6wergin both warn
 her not to ride alone as Ball will
 attack hcr-As he has her father.
 Dona goes out again and when
 she starts back finds she is fOl-
 lowed. Her pursucr proves to be
 Swergin. who takes her back to
 camp. iIi spite Of the fact that
 she flashes him Across the face.
 Asper is much worse. Tho store. keeper is knocked out and his
 p1ace robbed. Bql1 is blamed.
 Swergin refuses to keep news of
 the hunt fro Asper and Dona
 finds him in the sick room. Asper
 is In . ragc.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XVI
 Stanley. Ball thought he un- derstood how hunted animal must feel. His shelter was a cave high under the rim of Folly Peak where none but the wariest veteran could find him. The trail to this den led through slash in great rock wall and was hidden by spring fed alders and black birch.
 There was a 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 a 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 DeIo Timber interests. j, He was forced to admit that he was in love with Dona Delo, hopelcssly in love with her. and that he could not fsye her.
 Love for Dona had made him re- main on Folly Mountain until he had been branded desperate crim though Dona had not married. the young man he saw riding in the Idwer country every day, he would still be unable to offer his soiled name to her. Ball kicked dirt over tho 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- ble encountered in getting the sup piles. He had to steal them.
 All the way down the mountain he studied these bitter problems. He was haif-decided to turn him. self in and take the consequence, which he knew would be first class lynching. ss.sss $ < !, " sssssi4e asss
 The moon was not yet over the rim of Folly Mountain and Ball could move at a fair pace through the blue gloom. His black mare was invisible as link and as silent as 8 panther. He rode to the edge of the clearing above the camp and dis mounted. Tying the mare in 2 thicket, he moved swiftly toward the lights of the buildings.
 First the commissary was paid swift visit. Stan had worked a board loose from a back window to gain ready entrance. Within 10 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 griniiy as he took 8 last look at the bandage figure up in front.
 Catching the food, Stay moved along the dark side of the main building. He was looking for a par ticular room, drawn by a force that he could not resist. He knew the room. but found 1t dark. Further along the wall were two lighted windows. Stan edged toward them. The nearest window was open and he was able. by fattending 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 dtiiet him. Asper Delo was as angry as that day in his office when Stan had faced him. A guilty feeling cfept over Stan. He was the cause of all this. He had done 1t himself.
 Asper was fairly fuming. That confounded Swergin! He's lettin' Bali make fools out of all of us. He'll lot that dirty guh-toter shoot ,,P P the whole whole. camp. I'm going after sNow, Dad. be reasonable! You'd be no match for . healthy man like Ball" Dona was almost In tears. . "f'm sick and tired of being cod -dled because of a little puncture in the shoulder. I've packed more lead without even lying down than that skunk ever sawi" Aspers -roared.
 D0na 1eapeds 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 have been