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4&&&&B&&- f See Moving Pictures of This Story In Weekly Installments at r ONAWAM 1 THEATRE I Every Wednesday Evening 1BE1REVfKflK15 CHAPTER XU The Man In the Shadow. Two hundred feet. If one, Uupl .lira fell from the lip of the, cliff Then tuid ilenly the thing that liiul hern llopt Jim Steele was chocked In Its licaillutie: deicent by the oiitatrmdlng trunk of a tree, over which It remained, doubled up. limp, horrible . . . The mlnlaturo landslide thut had been canned by hi fall went on. settling gradually as the slope be came less sheer. Only part of It. a double handful of pebbles, gnlned the bottom of tho canyon Ita muffled Impact on the Krmuid round Ills feet roused the tuun who had compassed the bundlt's death from, the poae he had unconsctousl as sumed on the Instant of tiring He stepped back, and snatched up a case containing binoculars Not before the glasses were adjusted to his vision did he find time to re spond absently to the alarmed and In sistent Inquiries of his two compan ions, a man of his own n : nnd a girl of some years lesB, who had been wakened from their sleep by the re port of the rifle Now the latter plucked his sleeve, momentarily deflecting the glaMM from the object which they were fol lowing so sedulously as It moved along the helghtB; a wildly running horse with a woman bound helpless upon Its back, both sharply In sil houette against the burning blue "Alan!" the girl demanded, "what la It? Why did you lire' Why wOBt you answer me? What Is It'" "Judith," Alan replied tersely, again picking up with tho glasses the run away horse that fled so madly along the perilous and narrow truck of the hill trail. The name was echoed from two throats as Alan swung shurply and thrust the glasses Into the hands of tho girl. "Judith." he affirmed with a look of poignant solicitude "She" roped to the back of that rruiy bromlio help less! See for yourself, one false stop suppose a stone turns bin Witt Its hoof she II be killed'" While the girl fueusi d In r guuw I upon that speck that Ban agaiMt tlM Bky Alan turned to the two DortM hobbled near by and Mdslnf a saddle tnrew it i . r the back of one At this tin- other man turned to Ills side and dropping a detaining hand upon his arm asked: What are you going to do?" Alan shook tho hand off and went on with his self-appointed task "Go aft' r her, Tom, of course. ' he replied. What else? That animal la crazy, I tell you " "Even mi, I "in HarcuH nrgui d. "you can't climb that hillside on horseback -and If you could, you'd be too lata to catch up, much less prevent an ac cident " "I know It. Hut aupiMiso it do-ant fall . . You know what's In wind these hills deserts' And the girl is helpless, I tell you. bound hand and foot. Think of her being carried that way all day, perhaps -face up to this brutal sun! She'll go mud If some thing Isn't done" "You've gone mad yourself already." Mr. Barcua contended darkly. "What's It to you If she does? Suppose you do succeed In rescuing her v. hat then? As soon as she gets on her pin- she'll try to stick a knife Into you like as not What's she been chasing iron for all over this land of the bruve and home of tho free, but to take your fool life' And now you want to sacrifice 1 f T H ik WeaBBeaasa t''t l 73 t-V BTSTS 22'A- ;13 e Bat t Moistened His Parched Lips and Throat. yourself to her, out of sheer, down right foolishness In the head! I sup pose you'll like me to enll It chivalry: I'll tell you what I call It lunacy!" "Don't be an ase!" Alan responded temperately, gathering tlie lelns to gether and Instinctively lifting a foot to tho stirrup. "Who wurnud us yes terday In time to prevent our being crushed by that rock? Judith! Why was she sepaaated fioin Manopliut and the others alone up there when that beaut encaked up behind lier O, I saw him I saw it all and grabbed her .mil nipeil her to that bronco If It wasn't because she had broken with them for no,, d and ull and started to Unlit on our eldc''" You're raving," liarcus commented In a hopeless tone Ho looked to the girl "nose- Miss Trine reason with I his madman " Dropping tho glasses, tho girl caiiiu swiftly and confidently to her lover's side, lifting her lips to bis. 'do, sweetheart!" she told lilin "Save her If you can'" With a took of triumph for the bene fit of Mr liurcua Alan Law gathered Rose Trine Into his amis "Did you dream for an Instant Hose would see her own sister carried to bar death If anything could be doue SiA. to avert It no tin" r what wa may have suffeied at .hull h'a hands?" With an linltiniiii runt, but ion. slderate none the lei a, Mr. Barcua caught up the glassi and turned hla back. . . "(io on'" he (Ntnbtadi pretending to Ignore the. linn! Alan offered hlnj from the saddle "I cot no patience, with you Ha' '" he Insisted, of a sudden silting the hand and prisMlng It farvantlj "And Uod git with you. in) li tend '" Then hi ofbsati ennoralng on the hard pai aid ( . h canyon trail, struck a bundled h ei from Itaj rugged, rocky wall Mr Barcua showed Rosa Trine iv (got nlne.it l.idierou.i with its an. gulahad nillc that Ml Intended to i. em reai'sm lir- "Let's lot k sharp and follow him as quhk as may b " hi urged. "Light nlng u 111 never jjtrlke us so long an we till l to Mr l.iw of the charmed, life but I don't m ud telling you, onca out of his i. no. in I': i .lust naturally afraid of the d us '" CHAPTCT XLI. The Trsil of FN .13 Hoof-Prlnte. In the ttUI iir of. t!o ' J oung day the chill of i.Ulit 1 1 1 1 v r i tubbornly--and would until t' I t't.idow of the eastern rampart Vac! 1 rept slowly down the canyon '1 an urn wall, tele scoped upon Its.!.' 1 ' iinlshed, let ting In the sun to in , ..- the place a pit of toi men I ; nd of b Ing Refrcshi il from F I .1 exhilarated by this graii 11.I hla horse n spouili'd wilting! first light touch of Alan's 1 pi 1 1 'i twinkling tha Brora ;bt cauip dn 1 from view Il hind 1!.' i 1 Mi! .1 I 1 r of a bill side, neaquiti i loal d Then from It' ! : I cited flight tha horse ut tied di n Io steady go- li.g. h iigtln in il lis l!i .nd rau for Icaguis wltli tlie til - apparently ef fi nli ss ami Hi li II Io or the plaloa brc d bri'i c In, 1.1 1 1 .. ' 1 1 Ainu's departuri' fn u I ip had an tlrlpHied by a round quart 1 hour the appearance on Ho' u :; t trail of fiii'inis of the ilatn b .1 d t. to the number 0' four or Mv. , v. hu had both dlscoMriil and nm .1 Ms body, r.'iiici hla death murder n 1 pledged Ibetnserves to its area tin it laying rvsponi i in for III itatlvg crime at Ho- door 1 ' tin m 11 i.inl woman to be n 11 In I be 1 lyon h mediately below Hie 11 ' 1 opl I, 1 fall lletween II i it all n discov er) of the mtn on ter: trail In ti rrupli d their ilnrlr 11.. I hurried breakfast ami thai fthlcb mil itose unci Barest mounted 1 ! tha back of their nvt ho , 1 .11 Hi,, best of their wa dec . Hi canyon In pur suit of Alan. I .1 in : Io time had elapsed And avan , lib V.s i!i M burden. their horse 1 ;-l. h.' hi time upon the broad h ' r level I hi :i those who followi d tin- ridgi li 1 r-J mid morn ing, whin tin a;; 1 .1 li I Hie foot hills thai run iiowi. to the closer!, tho pun ull was more- than 1 .lie In the rear and shut off to line t 1 a mono lithic hill, while Alan rag many a m 1 .1 1 mile In 1 di 11 ei Hi- rat upon bll In no lull then, at standstill upon the 1 1. in"-It 1 f a round ed knoll, tin Painted Ullll lifting up behind htm, tin di u befora unfold ing like a map but like a map all blOl red. On! In lbs m:.r fi . round was anything definite to be d ..tlngulahed In the icnpei I of Ih hiiiiIi 'li waste bleai In d earth patterned in almost or derly arrangamoni by tagi iirueh and gnarled cm H At the distance of half a mile all blended Into one wist Dial! of glaring gray that ttratobai ov, r the round of tha world to u broken wall of purple bills that re, lid drunk enly In tin- haze veiled SOU th Waal IVui Judith out then-, 1 nun lure, lost, defenseless, forlorn, Impotent to lift a bund to shield I or face from tho blast of that savage sun? Staring beneath 11 Bhadlng band, hn discerned nothing that moved upon the surface of the di- 1 rt but Us riDiiad heat devils Jlxg ng monoto nously (In Ir Infernal dauico macabre (li as seemed more probable wai she Inn k I Io re among (he I'ulnti I bills, lying still mid lifeless, crushed beneath the weight of that fallen horse? No rest for Alan till he knew . , . Descending the knoll he reined bin lagging mount back Into tin trail, fol lowing Its winding cour through tho foothills and round tin base of that monolithic mountain lovvurd tbi' junc tion with the rlilgn trull, miles away li approached the hour of noon be fore he gullied Hie point where the two Halls joined und struck out across the dog art. And here he discovered what bo thought Indisputable Indies Hon that the fright of Judith's hoi i bud persisted Abandoning Immediately all notion of reluming Ihroi th Hie lulls by the ridge (rail, he h: in l , nil swung awuy at the best pace ho could spur from his broncho, delivering himself into H10 pitiless embrace of that implaca ble' wilderness of sun and sand At long Intervals he would check Hie broncho and, reeling In Ills saddle, endeavor to sweep the desort wlib big binoculars And toward the middle of the after noon he fancied that something re warded one such effort; something for an Instant swam athwart the Mild of the glasses something that see no d io move like a weury horse wltn a human figure bound to Its buck Rut now the phenomena were dis cernible which bud be been more des ert wise, would have mude Mm pause and think before he ventured faithur from those hills, already beyoud reach us (buy wore Ilia lirst appreciated warning came when the surface of ike desert seemed (O lift nnd shako Ilk,- Iho lop of a canvas tent In a gala, At Ihe same time n mlghl 1 of wind ipt athwati th. a luiiiiiee- blast. In it trice dust enveloped man and horse, a stifling cloud of super. boated particles Hint stung tho flesh Ilka a myriad needles And then dark, iichs fell, the 1 w lllght of hades, n cop. par-colored pull Nothing reiuulneil visible beyond arm s langth minded, half suffocated, unspeak ably dismayed and bewildered, thoi broncho swung round, back In tlrni blast, and rtfUMd to budge another lncn Himself mora lima half-daia4, but still hounded by bis nightmare, vision of Judith. Alun dismount, el to escape being torn bodll) Horn the' saddle by that hellish sand blast, nnd seizing the bridle soil;lil to draw the horan on with I1I111 He wasted Ills strength In Hint en deliver the iinliual balked, planted1 Ita hoofs deep In the sitliil. stiffened Its legs ami resisted wllh the stub bornness of 11 roc -li . Ilicii, of a sudden, 1 rked Ills head smartly, snapped Iho bridle from his grasp and Hung uway, scudding befon the stoini Pursuit was out of the questien: indeed, (lie hi Idle was barely torn ' faatv &$li!iKB&jKBKm Ck9r ' kJ? I iamie Lbsw2I " . KiB .-" gHanaes P tV T B ' cHHasawi' V gaVCgr Til LtVaaaa r" - ga JaF unV joaiiyv aijjyaoy' gB ngaHF "12sji' Vafl aWat. HvV Hi BanaialajaaeaaaUWaaf iWKSNl i jri Tsaairl v 'Rose Miss Trlns Reason from his baud be fore Alan lost sight of the broncho. Kor a moment he stood roote-d In consternation us In a bog wlili all arm upthrow n across Ills face Then Hie thought of Judith r ctirnd. . . . Head In nib d and shout, h rs roiinde d in- began to forge a way Into tha lot th of the sandstorm How long l.i fought on. pitting Ills strength against tha element, cannot bo 1 e cgom d in the 1 mi ha Humbled blindly down a slight eh, line- ami was abruptly conscious that be bad In some way found shelter from the full force of the wind He ItaggajfOd on another vard or two hraalhlng mote freely, and biun ib 1 , ei Into a rou, h ribbed wail of nn u Bonn iporadll ollte re.p, ho unele-r-Btoeill. Whose I'llik Stoic! tat. lee II ami the storm He thought tei n-st for a time, until Hie Stnl in hull 'petit Its glial' ' 1 reus: Hi. but as lie laid bis shoulder graii lull) aualnst the rock ami scriiblee d the eus( from Ills snouting eves I., saw what be at llrst con.. lived to lie a hallucination ludllh Trine ' stand in: w 1 1 li I ii yari". flf him. alive, stron - free He hiand Incridiilously. saw lor recognise him. onoji kor mouth to utter I v.oiiderlng cry that WJ Inaudl bh-, ami roma, quickly nearer "Alun! You came- mr no li You fol lowi 1 me. through all this!" He Hirew off lor hand with a bitter laugh--that was l:k.- the croaking of 11 raven as It Issued from Ills boueeliy threit -and In momentary possession of b)sterlc niacin ss leeleel away from the woman and the shelter of the rock and dellve-reel himself knew to the mercy of tha dust storm CHAPTER XLII. Open Mutiny. Thou '1 she hucl been si liooled to hold the ve 1 auie of Law In loathing uu speak. il and to think of Alan as a morla! ,iy and as 0110 whose death alone 1 Id properly requite the 1110I Injnrv ' bail Lmi done hot father, and the ': the man himself bad igl or,, lur first Involuntary . f that love for Mm w Mill 1. mod In r I' lug with its In- all I, res. slie swallowed l.rr . ml followed lilui with iho olli Itud of 0110 w bona love can rocog lil, 1 no long III Its object I limit) h all tin' ' iniiliuler of that day of terror 1 to ver fur from his side Willi tha meekness of the strong, 1 In- m. ih' herself bis shadow Ami rlie wai lu.v. the stronger, for sho hud bad n e 1 thin an hour's rest beside the wai i'ii which be bad inlsseil on Ho- wav ' that rocky windbreak Bt "in r or 1 .1 his strength must fall him ami I 1 nuld need her; (111 Hull she war 1 ' nil nt to bide her hour It he 1. II , r 1 ntly u sturlllng fash ion, sin- wai not n yard behind him when In v at li lied abruptly Hut Hi" in : moment Judith herself was ireiiibli,ii' on tho (rumbling brink of uu 11111)0 oi ileputi and width lu di li mm . 1 hie Ill tho obscurity of tho Insist. .1 hi. Down this, evidently, Yon liked "liucillo Love" did yi.ii not? Well, you'll like "The Troy O'H' mis" better. Tona v,.ii. . nt Kl Wt '!iics(lay niiht. $1500 Reward! I h Mni'iin. I'm). 1 fin nl at mii Nfvu'U I.Ivm Hi-tH-k PfOUo llun AHfhH'Utlnii ul wlilrli tb nmlii 'i in -1 In mam bar. Ml glVO efl.lHMI IH. .- Ill I'M vi 1 IK r l.rnlliU' l( liij mrt'Nl himI con vlf'tlon (if 1111 v nr y or imrllt-n nhul 1 1 K lioraei. rnttlt r umiU'm liflongliigT o any of Ita meiii In fr ! H'l'liiioi m.ii,. tttovr, Uh limit ralgiifil lli it. 1 In- mi,... ..in. .11 $lAdnm for all Iioink bVatl dl 1 Inn -i 1 1,. I 1 11 1 on both or fit In 1 Jw. ItiHinl n'oi'lo.1 in i, -dl cniiiiili'N Kauva Uima) I nit' in 1 1 Mink iiiiuillm, Jloraaa vi-iih i a i" aolil. Ntuiu 1, ut .''mii lioiH-a told am) onlj ;in 1.1 1 hi.' lit 1 A W IH. OWN Mir, iiivtim. I ' . " 1 1... I Alan had fallen in bis Hat tilitidnasa. :the found In 1 It lh . lying with an arm b. 1 1 I III 11 DOM 1 ii'Miulh u 1 1 dislocation. fart when Iho turned hint on his bank and released Hie aim be miidn no sign to Indicate Unit the movement had caused til 111 tho slightest pain There was a ulli.ht cul upon hla brow, a bruise nboiit his left temple. Mlit torn linen hum In r bosom, bei iientb her coarse flannel shirt, nnd with I sparing aid from the pontoon., washed till) cut clean and bandaged It. Then seeing that the storm held i with fury uuiihatiil. she rose iocoii nollered and returned to imti all her) itrength and Brag Iho unconscious man across Iho di leal of that ancient 1 watercourse nnd under the loo of Its further bank. There, sitting, she pillowed his head upon In r lap. and bending over lilin made her body an additional shel tif to htm from Iho swirling 1 lends of dust. And for houri on etnl Judith nursed Mm there, scarce daring to move i iivn to minister to his needs, bathing his fevered brow nnd moistening tils parched lips and throat. In tho course of the first hour sho was once stnrllod by the spectral via- With the Madman" ion through Hie driving sheets or dust of u horse that plodded up the arnevii, hearing twee riders on Its back Weill)' with the weight of Its double bunion. It went sluwlv tine! pgggtHl so m .11 to Judith that she was el,:, to I gtstM Hie features of bar sister and Tom Parens. lie- sure she Hindi' never alga to cali'b their attention Within the to it mii iee ding hour Hie coppery light best seeinetllllli of its hot iii iii.ii.ii', took een a darker shode ninl then one darker still Twi light slide athwart the desert tinning Us beat to chill. Its light to violet licencing mbre Intense, (be cedcl cventuull) roused (he sleeping man And hardly had his eyes unclosed and looked up Into Hie eves of Judith handing over l,lm Hunt be stinted up and out of lor eiuluaee, gol mislead l!y upon Ms feet an I after a 1110110 nt Of pntiso. watching her rlao In turn, itreide nun) or. rather, Itaggared -with lbs gesture of exorcism I'm oinplalMhg. bugging her new born humility to her with tha cstaay 1 Hue Hiicliiirlle his be.ii' hair shirt. '"" ""'" I ' " - I.. 11. I. , O I I . . ..... ..,!.. . - ","" """- .Not iar irom wneie tie nan resieii there was a brink III Ihe overhanging v.all of (he artoyee Through Ibis he scrambled painfully, ri inhlng Ho II rfj of the desert only utter ciuel effort, tho unh led woman at Ms baali A brief I'limie Ho 11 atTiildi'd bolh lime to regain (In Ir bnaih and survey Hie desert for signs of assistance It offend liolie. olbor thai what limy might accomplish Hirinisli tin Ir own exertions For leagues In an quaiter It stretch. i without a break other than 11," black 1 left of tha arroyo, gloaming a bleached and deathly white In the moonshine- like thee f, ,f tt frozen world. With tacit consent both turiM d that way. Alan lending. Judith his pertina cious shallow, with 111 vi r 11 word or sign between them to prnv e that either was aware of the o'lnrs eoiniuny Hut tills was a slalo of aft iln that could not long I'lului" Judith had tlm pilin to pay for lor cwu Irlals, suf I fe rlni; and privation I ha strata b, . in to tell surely upon In r Him tee led slightly as she walked, weaving a winding trull across ninl in loss tho e'ralgli'e r Hue of footprint 1 Unit marked Alan's tiiur.ue through the or dered palliin of Ho powdOTOd sage brush And of a sudden sh" Oolhtpaod liii.ilin t nliilne mail" Alan glaueo nut shoulder tor she had much' no sound whatever He turned und came ellrcctlv buck to her. knelt beside In T. lifted bar loud, pillowed It genilv on bis arm and plied her III turn wllh the dnga of Hie canteen With it sigh, u stilled moan and a little shiver, she revived II" helped her g. ntly to regain bur fe 1 t, passed an arm round In t In this fashion they struggled on In strange, dumb companionship of mis ery and wonder Tbus an hour punned, and for all their desperate, struggles neither could see that the light on the moiinialiislde was a yard the ueurur. THE.SAYER STUDIO Kodak Film Developed and all photography work done in fjrat claaa ahapc. Prompt attention BURNS - - OREGON j ' M Warrant Call. Notice '. ia hereby Riven that there ia money on hund to pay all Kelieral fund warranta retfiBtered prior to March 1, 11)14; all road warranta registered prior to June 1, 1014; all hinli achool warranta rejristered prior to April 1, li)15, and all rabbit bounty warrants rciristcrcd prior to March 1, 1U15. interest ceaaea April 2i, 11)15. It. A. Miu.kh, County Trcaaurer. Job printing here "''- ast'saess ., .il.'. ' rtehlna them other Mghla aiearai, two staring yella yea that peered iiti over ilia burl ton, seemed to pause a time In aearch of tba two, then leaped out directly toward tbam. Of this tbay were altogether Ignor ant; and wban a deep, droning aound dlaturbad tha daaert silenoe, Ilka tba purling of soma glgantlo oat, both aa orlbed It to tba drumming of their laboring pulses Tha two lights ware not a mile be hind tbam when, silently, without a sign to warn tha girl. Alan ralaaaad bar, took a atap apart and dropped aa If abot. Instantly she vaa kneeling by hla alda. Hut In the act of banding over him aha draw bask and remained for several moments motlonleaa, staring at tboaa twin glaring ayaa, awaaplng down upon tbam with all tba apaed attainable by a six cylinder touring car negotiating a trackleaa desert When Judith did move It waa not to comfort Alan. On tha contrary, har llrst art waa to draw from her pocket a heavy, blunt-nosed revolver, break It nt the breech and blow Ita barrel clear of dust. Her hand went neit to the bolater on Alan'a hip From this aha eitracted his Colt's .46, treat Ing It aa aha had the other. Then aha crouched low above the man aha loved, as If thinking perhaps to aacapa notice from the occupants of the motorcar. ir that were her thought, It waa bred of an Idle bope Alan had choaen to fall In the middle of a wide apace ao arid that not even sagebrush had van, tured to take root there. When tba glnre of tho headlights fell upon them It vas Inevitable Unit discovery should follow. The motor car stopped within twenty feet. Throe men jumped out and ran toward the pair, leaving two In the car ihe chauffeur and one who occupied a corner of tha rear seat: an aged man with the face of a damned aoul, doomed for a little time to live upon this earth In the certain knowl edge of hla damnation. A thla happened. Judith Trine leaped to her feet and atood over tbe body of Alan, a revolver polaed in either hand "Hall!" sh.. ordered Imperatively. "Hands up!" The three who hud alighted obeyed without a momenta hesitation; her rather s creatures, tbey knew tba 'daughter s temper far too well to dream of opposing her will. In the six banda that were sil houetted against the headlights' radi ance, three revolvers glimmered; but nt her command all three dropped harmlessly to the earth. Then, sharply. "Stand back two paces!" she required They humored her unanimously. . I 'nit lua forward, ahe picked up and lmi ki.ted the three weapons, then with nun of her own singled out tha men aim named "Now, Marrophat and yuu. Hicks tilck Mr Law up and carry him Into the car. And treat blm gently, mind! If one of you lifts a finger to barm him that uue aball anawer to me" Btlll none venturod to dispute ber. the two men designated, without a sign of disinclination, stepped forward. one lifted Alan Iji by the shoulders; the other took the legs lletween them they bore him wllh every care toward the motor car. Hut now a second wilt manifested Itself The man In the rear Beat lifted up a weirdly sonorous veice: "Htop!" be cried "Blop thla non m use' Drop that man' Judith. 1 1 1, m m a i nt you " "lie silent'"" the girl cut In sharply. "I command here ir It's necessary to t. II you " There was a pause of astonishment. Then Hie old man broke out In eiae- pe rati. hi that threatened to wai Into fury "Judith' What do you meau by this? Has II Indeed come to this that my own daughter defies me to my face?" "Apparently!" she shot back, with a short laugh "Judge for yourself!" "Have yuu forgotten your vow to me?" "No. Hut I take It back and cancel It that la my privilege, I believe. . . . Silence!" ahe stormed aa be strove to gainsay her "Silence do you hear? or It will be tbe wo.se for you'" Aa well command tbe aea to atlU Its voice, her father raged like a mad man thai he waa. for Ibe time being divested of his habitual mask of frigid hcnrtleasness. And seeing that there waa no other way of quieting him, the girl turned lo the (bird man. "Now Jimmy!" she said crisply. "Into that car and be quick about It -and gag Mm'" "If you do," her father foamed, "I'll have your life " A Hi in i IkIi of her weapons gained Instant obedience. She stepped up on the runulng board and abot a quick, aearohlng glance at the face of the chauffeur. "Straight ahead, my man!" aba aald. "Make for the nearest pasa through those hills onder, and don't delay unless you are anxious for trouble. Off you go'" The car began lo move Bbe swept tho three men In the desert a mocking bow, jumpiwl Into the body of the car and slammed the door They made no effort to plead tbelr cause and aecuro paaaago eveu aa far us the edge of the desert; doubtlesa i hey knew too well the futility of that, i In. thought, as she settled back In a sent, chuckling with the memory of those three masks of dismay unmiti gated. It waa not until Ore. minutes later, when sin straightened up front making Alan comfortable that she realised what had mad.' tbein ao content to abide by her will Then sho heard Ihulr voices lifted logetber In a long, sbi ill bowl that waa roinleliialli.il sink, Injury, accident and death beuoflt protection at mini mum cost. '.',0X).0O death benefit; 1,000 (X) for loaaof limb or eyesight; la. nn l.vixi to f 1B.0O weekly sick or ac cident benefit: 11,000.00 Emergency re lief benefit. Coat is ftl.00 per year; no other dues or assessments. In this insurance all men and women are placed on au eiiual basis, rrgardles ol occupa Hon. Kvery person makes the same form of application, paya tho same amountof premium ami receives the name atiuuint ol benefit. Men and Women between Hie agea of 10 and tin a ro accepted. No restrictions aa to oc cupation, only ltailroad men employed nn ployed on track, train or roound house, can not be accepted. Claims are naid within sixty days anywhere in the C. IS. Canada or Europe. Old reliable Insurance Company. $100,000. (K) ou Htalo depoeit aa a protection for l'olicy holders and to guarantee the payment ol -laiins. v oi iiirllu r tree Information addresa (iustiivc li. Werner, Secretary ami (ieneral Manager, Uox 813, Uuffalo, N. Y. atate age, aex, occupation ami mention 1'epl. It 172. quietly answered by fainter fell from a distant quartar of tbe deaert, 0" a by platola popping and flashing aoma two mllea away, than by a growing ramble of galloping hoofs Tha night glaaaaa In tba car afforded har flaabea of a body of aavaral horse man aoma alt or aaven, aha Judged making at top apaed toward tha spot where Marrophat, Hicks and Jimmy waited baalde a beacon which tbey had built and lighted Half a doaan aentencea exchanged with tha chauffeur advlaad her that these wara horsemen from the town of Mesa who bad charged themselves with tha duty of avenging the death of Hopl Jim Blade. A aardonlo chuckle from within Trlna'a gag goaded tbe girl into a sul len fury. Exacting bla utmost speed from tbn chauffeur, under penalty of her dla pleasure, ahe aet herself to revive Alan. With tba aid of aucb atores of food and drink aa tha oar carried, this waa quickly enough accompllabed Strangling with an overdose of brandy too little diluted with water, Alan aat up, grasped tho conditions In a Hash, and gained further Inf. n mic tion aa he devoured sandwiches asid emptied a canteen, Tha mountain pass was now. bo Judged, a mile dlatant. The light on tbe hillside, according to the chauf feur, waa that of a prospector who had ramped there temporarily There waa nothing, then, to be feared from that quarter, but solely from Hie rear where the horsemen, having pie kl d up Marrophat and his companions. had Instituted hot pursuit, and were now strung out In a long, straggling Una, three horses carrying double tine farthermost- perhaps a mile and a half away one with a alngle rider tho nearest, well within three .uar tare of a mile. Nobly mounted, this last came on like the wind, gaining on the DIOtOf car with every stride; for bla horso waa trained to auch going, whereas the car at best could only lubor beuv 11 y In dust and sand None tbe leaa, It had won to a point within a quarter of a mlln from the paaa before the horseman got within what he eateemed the propr range, an J opened tin He fired thrice Ills llrst shut winged wide, hla second by Ill-chance ripped through a rear tire of the car, thus placing upon It an additional handi cap, while bla third sought the zenith aa hla banda flew up and lie dropped from tba saddle, drilled through tbn body by Alan'a only ahot A long range pistol duel was In progress before the car had covered half the remaining distance to thu pass. My Iho time II tillered this last, which proved to be. a narrow- ravine with towering aide of crumbly catth and ahale and broken rock, the pur ault waa not a hundred yards behind. while the tiring waa well nigh contin uous. Two hundred feet above the trail two men were working with desperate haste at some mysterious business though none noticed them Only tbe chauffeur was aware of a woman running down the hillside at au angle, to Intercept tbe car several attttiiajajait. :. ,, aaaasaBF- jjrCafjaPWiC"' "Straight Ahead, My Man!" She Said. hundred yards from tha mouth of tho paaa. Aa It draw near tho spot whero sho paused, waving both hands frantically, tha head of tba puraulng party swept Into tbe mouth of tbe ravine. At tha aama tlmo the chauffeur no ticed that the two meu on the hlllslda warn following the woman pellmell, throwing tbamaelvea down the alnpo with glgantlo leapa and bounds. And than a great explosion nut tho peaceful buah of nlgbt that till (hen had been profaned by tha pattering cracks of the revolver fusillade. Aa Ihe roar of dynamite aubsidud tha entire alda of tha bill shifted and alld ponderoualy down, choking the ravin., with debris to tbe depth of aoma thirty or forty feet, burying tho leaders of the pursuit beyond hope of reaoua. Only a Instant later tho motor car Jolted to a halt and Alan pulled him self together to find that Itose and llarciiM were standing beside Hie door and Jabbering Joyful greetings, mixed with more or lesa Incoherent explana tlons of the manner In which (hey bad come to seek aheltar for the night lu tha prospector's shuck and, roused by the nolso of firing and rucognlrlng Alan In tbe car by the aid of spy glasses, had with the prospector's aid hit upon thla schema of shooting a landslide in between thu pi lull and Ita devoted qnarrj. (To I continued) Tonawama tomorrow niiht. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. I'l'IIVI'MIII - I '! 'I I Ilium. Orvgoti, .''tin. le .11, el. Nullri- Is lie-ruhy givi.ll Ills! 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