FIVE
i CHAPTER XXXVI.
' Detail.
Across the plain - purple shadows
J were sweeping, close-ranked, like some
yast dark army invading me lana
pouring on over the rampart of moan
tains In the east .
Within the rim of hills that ringed
the plain like the chipped and brokeu
flange of , a- titania saucer, . silence
brooded and solitude held sway
dwarfing the town of Detail that oc
cupied the approximate middle of the
gagebrush waste, to proportions even
less significant than might be Inferred
from the candor of its christening.
A platform, a siding, a water tank, s
Wells-Fargo office and a telegraph and
ticket office, backed by three rough
frame buildings; that Is Detail Item
ized completely.,
Shortly after nightfall the steel rib
bons of the Santa Fe began to hum. " A
headlight peered suspiciously round a
shoulder of. the eastern range, took
heart of courage to find the plain still
wrapped In peace, and trudged stolid
ly toward Detail, the engine whose
eye it was pulling after it a string of
freight cars, ootn nat ana oox.
At Petail the train paused. Its
crew alighted and engaged in ani
mated argument, uei&u gathered that
the excitement was due to the unac
countable disappearance or the ca
boose; none seemed to have any no
tion as to how it could have broken
loose; yet missing it conspicuously
was.
In the pause that followed, while a
report was telegraphed to headquar
ters and Instructions returned to pro
ceed without delay, one of the traln
tien spied a boyish figure lurking in
the open door of an empty box car.
Cunningly boarding this car from the
opposite side, the trainman caught
the skulker unawares and booted htm
vaingloriously into the night.
As the figure alighted and took to
its heels, losing itself in the darkness,
it uttered a cry of pained surprise and
protest which drew a wrinkle of as
tonishment between the brows of the
trainman. ,,, ,
"Sounded like a woman's voice," he
mused; then dismissed the suggestion
as obviously absurd.
It was not ...
Shortly after the,?eight train had
gone on its way before, indeed, the
glimmer of its rear lights had been
lost among the western hills a sec
ond headlight appeared in the east,
swept swiftly across the plain and in
turn stopped at Detail.
The ' second bird-of-passage proved
to be a locomotive' drawing a single
car-1 a Pullman.
Hardly Wad it run past the switch,
however, when the brakeman dropped
down, ran quickly back to the switch
and threw it open.
Promptly the train, backed on to the
siding. , -i J' uViiiL,
As the Pullman Jolted acrose the
frogs the brakeman, interposing him
Belf between it and -the tender, re
leased the coupling. ,
By the time that the Pullman had
come to a full stop on the siding, the
locomotive was swinging westward
like a scared jackrabbit though no
Buch milk-and-watery characterization
of the traitor passed the lipe of any
one of the three men vho presently
appeared on the Pullman's platform
and shook impotent fists in the direc
tion taken by the fugitive engine. -
When the last of these had run tem
porarily out of breath and blasphemy,
a brief silence fell, punctuated by
groans from each, and concluded by
the sound of a voice calling from the
interior of the car a voice as strange
ly sonorous of tone as it was curiously
querulous of accent.
The three men immediately ran back
into the car and presented themselves
with countenances variously apolo
gstic, to one who occupied a corner of
the drawing room: a-man wrapped in
a steamer rug and a cloud of fury,
rvow, when, he had drained the
muddy froth of profanity from his tem
per It left a clear and effervescent
well of virulent humoT: the wrath of
the valetudinarian began to vent Itself
upon the hapless heads of the trio who
itooc before him.
" WhUe this was in process, the
person of boviah finnpnranrfl whn had
ton Beeping religiously aloof and In-
lunWupus In the background of De-
la'l eejf since that unhannv Affair
with ta trainman, stole quietly up to
l"H TaT nf ColinI Dnllmnn
climbs! aboard nnrt rrnonlno' dnwn
the aisle) unceremoniously interrupted
me cojiference Just as the invalid was
Polishing off a rude but honest opinion
of the Intellectual caliber of one of the
three named Marrophat, who figured
as hig right-hand man and familiar
genius. m ..
"Amen to that!" the boyish person
Waculatea with candid fervor, loung
"tk racelesly, in the doorway.
"There's many a true word epoken In
rath, Mr. Marrophat. Father forgot
1 1 ne thln yor masterly way
h a revolver. From what I've seen
M that this day. I'll g0 bail that the
only safe place for a man you pull a
?n oa is right in front of the muzzle.
I V 8omethin8 downright uncanny
w the way you can hit anything but
,nat you aim at!"
UUIIU! eXClalmpd tK " tntralM
Where did
yon drop from?'!
from
thai Prnlrri W - T 41,1.
unea carelessly.-flegloctlng to elucl
te Uie exact fashion of her drop. "1
yu'd be along presently, and
"wiht.i'd nke tft leara the news.
WcU-what luckr ' ,
JbT father shrugged with his one
'vSZS, 8noulder- - Mr. Marrophat
tea'indignantly. "The others shuf
0'eA8Uy and looked all ways but
-?tH?eJlri la man' clothing.
fcntT fudlth interpreted. "You
C! wu t9 teU m that alter I bad
THE TREY
taken
boose
all that tTOuble-ftBt the en-
Inns. I. (k mi , . nla rf
woo u iun luiuuia v. uat
trestlo at the risk of my life you
didat have the norve to go through
with the business!
"We went through with It all right,"
replied Marrophat defensively; "but
as usual, they were too quick for us.
They Jumped out and dropped off tho
trestle before our engine hit the ca
boose. We smashed that to kindling
wood but they got aay Just In time
to miss the crash. And by the time
we had stopped and calmed down the
engineer well, It was dark and no
way of telling which way they bad
run." :;: - y
, xne gin started to speak, but mer
dropped limp hands at her sides
rolled ner eyes helplessly. f J
"We do our best," Marrophat 'ob
served. "We can't be blamed fit
something, somehow always hapi
pens to tip the others off."
The girl swung to face him with
blazing eyes. "Just what does that
mean?" she demanded In a dangerous
voice.
Marrophat lifted his shoulders.
Nothing much," he allowed. "I am
only thinking how strange it ie that
Mr. Law can't be caught by any sort
of stratagem when you are on the Job,
Miss Judith!"
The girl's hands were clenched into
fists, white knuckles showing through
the flesh. "You contemptible puppy 1"
she snapped. . .
But on this her voice failed; for her
tyes traveled past the person of Mr.
Marrophat to the doorway of the draw
ing room and found It framing a
stranger.
"Excuse me, friends," he offered in
a lazy, semi-humorous drawl. "It pains
me considerable to butt in on this
happy family gathering, but business
is business, same as usual, and I got
to ast you-all to please put up your
hands!"
"What do you want?" the invalid de
manded.
"Why," drawled the bandit, "nothing
in particular only your cash. Shell
out, if you please gents all and the
lady, too." He ran an appreciative
glance down the figure which Judith's
disguise revealed rather. than con
cealed. "If you'll pardon my takin'
c mM-m m -fin: r
I v Krawj;' i1it . &t?&ti8& 1
Marrophat at Her Elbow to Egg Her On.
notice," he amended. "Perhaps I
wouldn't if the lady's clothes didn't fit
her so all-fired quick!"
"Keep a civil tongue in your head,
my man!" Judith counseled, without
any show of fear.
At the same time her father's voice
brought her to her senses.
"Judith! Be quiet. Let me .deal
with this gentleman. I- am sure we
can come to some -arrangement."
"You bet your life," agreed the gen
tleman as the girl mutinously stepped
back. "I know what I want, and you
all know you got it: so the name of
the said arrangement is just 'shell
out.' "
"One minute," the invalid inter
posed. "Don't misunderstand me: I
guarantee you shall be amply satis
fled. I give you my word the word
of Seneca Trine."
The eyes of the bandit widened.
No? Is that so? Seneca Trine, the
railroad king? Suro's you're born
you're tiro: I've seen your picture
In the papers a dozen times. Well,
now, it looks like Id drawn a full
house to this pair of deuces, don't it?
You ought to be able to pay something
hand3ome " ',
"111 pay you far more handsomely
than you dream of if you'll do as I
wish," Trine interrupted quickly. "Do
me the service I wish and name
your price: whatever It is, you shall
have It! v
"Nothing could be fairer'n that!"
the two-gun man admitted suspicious
ly. "But what's the number of this
here service like you call It?
"Listen to me." Trine bent his head
forward and jabbed the air with an
emphatic forefinger. "What's the life
of a . man worth In Una neck of the
woods?" -, V'."; ... ; ;
, "How much you got?" " -
"I'll pay you ten thousand dollars
for the life of the man I will name."
The eyes of the bandit narrowed.
"Hold on, my friend: is that what yon
call ray naming my own price?".
"Name it, then." said Trine.
THIS INSTALLMENT
1
i uiuui. igo s, uidrp savin? vnn'ii
I - - - " - .
w uie nineteen wousand more in ex.
change for it and one dead man, prop-
-vuuis. ma u wuu jfuu warn
signed by you and your man's aa
good as dead this minute, providing
he 'e in riding distance of this hero
car.1
Trine waved his hand at his secre
tary. r'JImmy, find a thousand dollars
for this gentleman. Make out tho
paper he indicates for the balance.
and I'll sign It." '
"Aint you powerful trustful. Mr.
Trine? How do you know I'll do any
thing more'n pocket that thousand and
fade delicately away."
;wy .daughter and this gentleman.
jrr. Aiarropnat, will accompany you,
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vua.P waj VL It, IB in
;"Name?" interjected the secretary.
writing busily with tho top of his at
tache case for a desk.
Blade," said the bandit, "Jamee
Slade." Again Trine punctured the at
mosphere with his index finger. "The
man whose life I want Is named Alan
Law. He is running away with my
daughter, Rose, accompamod by a per
son named Barcus, disguised as a Pull
man porter " 1
The three of them having recent'
escaped from a train wreck up yonder
on the trestlo?" Hopl Jim interposed.
"You've met them?" Judith demand
ed, whirling round.
"About an hour ago, or maybe an
hour and a half," Hop! Jim replied, "a
good ways down the road. They
stopped and ast where they could get
put up fer the night. I kindly directed
them on to Mesa, down in the Painted
bills yonder.'
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Fireplay.
Contented with tho promise of a
thousand 'dollars advance on his con
tract, providing he returned with
horseB within a stipulated time, Mr.
Hopi James Slade drifted quietly away
Into the desert night.
Weil content, persuaded that the
morrow's sun would never set upon a
world, tenanted by one Alan Law, that
monomaniac, Seneca Trine, forgot his
recent ill temper and set himself dlplo-
matical'.y to adjust the differences be
tween his daughter, Judith, and hie
first lieutenant, Marrophat.
It was no facile task: Marrophat
could not be trusted to work with a
single mind because of his Infatuation
for Judith; Judith could no more be
trusted faithfully to serve out her vow
to bring Alan Law to her father's feet,
alive or dead, because O cruel irony
of Fata! she herself had fallen in
love with that same man whose death
she had pledged herself to compass.
Only when, as now, half mad with
jealousy, determined to see Alan dead
rather than yield him to the woman
he loved, her sister, might Judith be
counted upon to serve her father in
his lust for vengeance as he would be
served and even so not without Mar
rophat at her elbow to egg her on
through her resentment of his surveil
lance. Neither could bo trusted, in
deed, to work alone to the desired con
summation; for Trine had secret rea
son to fear lest Marrophat might,
given opportunity, connive at Alan's
escape in order that he might marry
Rose and so throw Judith back, into
his, Marrophat's, arms. '.
Poor, deluded fool! " ;' ".
Such was the private comment of
Marrophat's master.
For all that it was the man and not
his daughter, whom Trine designated
to lead the expedition, cunningly '
counting on Judith's chagrin to work .
upon her passions and excite her to ;
one last, mad, blind attempt that
should prove successful.
Smiling his secret smile, Trine an
nounced his decision at the last mo
ment while Hopi Jim waited with his
horses and an assistant one Texas
for "whose utter innocence of scruples
Mr. Slade unhesitatingly vouched.
Sullenly submissive, at least In out
ward seeming, Judith bowed to this de
cision, marched out of the car, and
suffered Marrophat to help her mount
her horse. ...
Now, deliberately, aa the little caval
cade rode through the moonlit desert
Give me a thousand on account." sala
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WILL BE ILLUSTRATED AT TOE DIXIE
O' HEARTS
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night, the girl maneuvered her horse
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- - ,
iu ina man or Ham Jim an than
oroppea back, permitting Marrophat
to load the way with Texas.
uouuvrnMuj uo oei uerseu to
wore upon tne oanairs susceptibility
to her charms.
Within an hour she had him ready
to do anything to win her smile,
In that first roth of golden day a
thwart the land, the party came quietly
Into the town of Mesa, riding slowly In
order that the noise of their approach
might not warn the fugitives, who
Hopl asserted confidently would still
be sound asleep In the accommoda
tions offered by the town's one hotel.
It was to be termed a town only In
courtesy, this Mesa: a straggling
street of shacks, ramshackle relics of
what had once been a promising com
munity, the half-way station between
the railroad and the mining camps
secreted In the fastnesses of the Paint
ed hills camps now abandoned, their
very names almost faded out of the
memory of mankind.
Midway In this string of edifices the
hotel stood-- rough, unpainted, wood
en edifice, mainly veranda and bar
room as to Its lower floor.
Jealously Judith watched the win
dows of the second floor: and she
alone of the four detected the face that
showed for one brief instant well back
in the shadows beyond one of the bed
room windows a face that glimmered
momentarily with the pallor of a
ghost's against the background of that
obscurity, and then was gone.
Her eyes alone, indeed, could have
recognised the features of Alan Law
in that fugitive glimpse.
Two sentences exchanged between
Hopi Jim and a blear-eyed fellow
whom he roused from sodden slumbers
behind the, bar sealed their confidence
with- conviction: the three fugitives
were in fact guests of the house, oc
cupying two of the three rooms that
composed its nipper story.
In the rush that followed up the
narrow stairway, Judith led with such
spirit that not even Marrophat sus
pected her revolver was poised solely
with intent to shoot from his baud his
own revolver the Instant he leveled
it at a human target.
Closed and locked doors confronted
them; and their summons educed no
response; while the first door, when
broken in by a whole-souled kick, dis
covered nothing more satisfactory
man nn empty room, us ueu- ueanng
the Imprint of a woman's body, but
that woman gone, . j;
From the one window, looking down
the side of the house, Texas announced
that the woman had not escaped by
jumping out.
So it seemed that the three must
have, had warning of their arrival,
after all; and presumably were now
herded together in the adjoining room,
which looked out. over the veranda
roof, waiting in fear and trembling
for the assault that must soon come
and In fact immediately did.
But it met with more stubborn re
sistance than had been anticipated.
The door had been barricaded from
within rd-enforced ' by furniture
placed against it Four minutes and
the united efforts of four men (Includ
ing the bleary loafer of the barroom)
wore required to overcome its inert re
sistance. But even when it was down,
the room was found to be as empty as
the first
Only the fingers of two hands grip
ping the edge of the veranda roof
showed the way the fugitives bad
flown; and these vanished instantly as
the room was invaded.
Followed a swift rush of hoofs down
the dusty street, and a chorus of blas
phemy in the hotel hallway: for Ju
dith had headed the concerted rush
for the staircase and contrived to
block it for a full half minute by pre
tending to stumble and twist her
ankle.
In spite of that alleged Injury, she
never limped, and wasn't a yard be
hind the first who broke from the
hotel to the open, nor yet appreciably
behind him in vaulting to- saddle.
Well up the road a cloud of smoky
dust half obscured the shapes of three
who rode for their very lives. V
The pursuit was off in a twinkling
and well bunched Marrophat's mount
loading by a nose, Judith second, Hopi
Jim and Texas but little in the rear.
And in the first rush they seemed to
gain; moment by moment they drew
up on the flying cloud of dust
Judith heard an oath muttered be
side her and saw Marrophat jerking a
revolver from its holster. The weapon
swept up and to a level; but as the
hammer fell, Judith's horse caromed
heavily against the other, swinging it
half a dozen feet aside, and deflecting
the bullet hopelessly. "
The shock of collision was so great
that Marrophat kept his seat with dif
ficulty. He turned toward Judith a
face livid with rage.
Simultaneously, as if taking the shot
as the signal for a fusillade, Judith
saw Alan lean back over hie horse's
rump and open Are.
An Instant later his companion, Bar-.
cus, imitated his example. (.
In Immediate consequence, Texas
dropped reins, slumped forward over? At t-ie same time Hopi Jim and Mar
the pommel, wabbled weakly in his jrophat jumped up and ran back, each
saddle for a moment then losing the-JBe,zmg and holding his horse by nose
stirrups, pitched headlong to the : and bridle.
ground; while Hopl Jim's horse Constrained to do llkewisa lest she
stopped short, precipitating his rider : 188 ner mount Judith waited with a
overhead, and dropped dead. i lightened heart ...
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Upper Trail.
In the ten minutes' delay necessi. brink, then disappeared with a tear
tated by this reverse, a number of . ing sound followed by a rush of earth
more or less - innocent bystanders and gratel; a wide gap appeared in
picked up the man Texas and carried the brink of the tralL
him off to breathe his last beneath a Leaving Marrophat to hbld the two
roof; Hopl Jim picked himself up. frightened horses while the girl
brushed his person tolerably clear of soothed her own, the bandit rushed to
I clouds of dust and profanity, and de-
I ...
a - w,vi..
i narttui in babi-tii nr mmint in miim
the norse that had been shot under
I him; and Judith sat her horse calmly.
i buiujuj iwmi lusoience into me exae
perated countenance of Marrophat
Incidentally the fugitives dlsap
peared round a bend In the road that
lea directly into the wild and barren
heart of the. Painted hills.
In the brief Interval that elapsed be-
rore His return with Hopl Jim, Marro-
phat contrived to persuade the bandit
that Judith had been, at least lndi-
rectly, responsible for the catastrophe,
with the upshot that, temporarily
blinded to her fascinations by the glit
ter of nineteen thousand dollars in the
near distance, Mr. Slade maintained
hie distance and a deaf ear to her
blandishments. The only Information
as to their purpose that she was able
to extract from either man, when the
pursuing party turned aside from the
main trail, some distance from Mesa,
was that Hopl Jim knew a short cut
through the range, via what he termed
the upper trail, by which they hoped
to be able to head the fugitives off be
fore they could gain the desert on the
far side of the hills.
Only at lorig Intervals did they draw
rein to permit Hopl Jim to make re-
connolseance of the lower trail that
threaded the valley on the far side of
the ridge,
Toward noon he returned In haste
from tne last ot these surveys-
scrambling recklessly down the moun
tain-side and throwing himself upon
his horse with the advice
"We've headed 'em can make it
now if we ride like all get-out!"
For half an hour more they pushed
on at the best speed to be obtained
from their weary animals, at length
drawing rein at a point where the trail
crossed the ridge and widened out
upon a long, broad ledge that over
hung the valley of the lower trail, with
a clear drop to the latter from the
brink of a good two hundred feet
One hasty look back and down Into
the valley evoked a grunt of satisfac
tion from Hopi Jim.
"Just in time," he asseverated. "Here
they come! Ten minutes more
His smile answered Marrophat's
with unspeakable cruel significance.
Texas will sleep better tonight
when he knows how I've squared the
deal for him!" the bandit declared.
"What are you going to do?" Judith
demanded, reining her horse in beside
Marrophat as the latter dismounted.
A gesture drew ner attention to a
huge boulder poised insecurely on the
very lip of the chasm.
"Were going to tip that over on
your friends. Miss Judith!" Marrophat
replied, with a smack of relish in his
voice. "Simpie neat efficient eh?
What more can you ask?"
She answered only with an Irrepress
ible gesture of horror. Marrophat's
laugh followed her ae she turned away.
For some moments she strained her
vision vainly, endeavoring to pene
trate the turbulent currents of super
heated air that filled the valley,' Then
she made out indistinctly the. faintly
marked line of the lower trail'; and
immediately she caught a glimpse of
three small figures, mounted, tolling
painfully toward the point where death
awaited them like a bolt from the blue.
Hastily she glanced over-shoulder:
Hopl Jim and Marrophat, ignoring her,
were straining themselves against the
boulder without budging it an inch,
for all Its apparent nicety of poise. For
an instant a wild hope flashed through
her mind, but it was Immediately ex
orcised when Hopl Jim stepped back
and uttered a few words of which only
two "dynamite" and "fuse" reached
her ears.
Kneeling beside the boulder he dug
busily for an Instant, then lodged the
stick to his satisfaction, attached the
fuse, and breaking off, edged on hie
belly to the edge of the cliff and
looked down, carefully calculating the
length of the fuse by the distance of
the party down below from the spot
where the rock must fall.
But while he was so engaged ail
Marrophat aided htm, all eager Inter
est, Judith was taking advantage of
their disregard of her.
Hurriedly unbuttoning her Jacket,
she whipped a playing card from her
pocket, a trey o' hearts, and with the
stub of a pencil scribbled three words
on Its face "Danger! Go back!" j
Then finding a Bmall, flattlsh bit of
rock, she bound the card to it with
a bit of string; and with one more
backward glance to make sure she
was not watched, approached the
brink.
Hopi Jim was meticulously shorten
ing the fuse, Marrophat kneeling by
his side. j
In the canyon below the three .were
within two minutes of the danger
point '
It was no trick at all to drop the
stone so that it fell within a down
feet of the leading horseman.
She saw him rein in suddenly, dis
mount cast a look aloft then dismount
and pick up the warning.
As the others joined him, be de-
,tached the card and showed it to them.
Tne explosion smote dull echoes
from the flanks of the Painted hills,
all drowsing In the noon-day hush :
the boulder teetered reluctantly on the
NEXT FRIDAY EVENING,
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the edge, threw himself flat and nwort
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as he rose.
' From the canyon below a dull noise
or gauoping noofs advertised too plain
ly the failure of their attempt
And Hopl Jim turned back only to
find Judith mounted, reining her horse
In between him and Marrophat and
prepared to give emphasis to what she-J
had to say with an automatic pistol
that nestled snugly in her palm.
"One moment Mr. Slade," she sug-
tested evenly. "Just a moment before
you break the sad news to Mr. Marro
phat I've something to say that needs
your attention likewise,. your respect
It is this: I am parting company with
you and Mr. Marrophat. I am riding
on toward the west, by this trail It
either ot you care to follow me" the
automatlo flashed ominously In the
sun glare "it will be with tall knowl
edge ot the consequences. Mr. Marro
phat will enlighten you if you have
any doubt of my ability to take care of
myself In such affairs as this. It you
are well advised, you will turn back
and report failure to my father."
She nodded curtly and swung her
horse round.
"And what shall I tell your father
from you?" Marrophat demanded
sharply.
"What you please," the girl replied,
flashing an Impish smile over-shoulder.
"But since when I part company with
you, I part with him as well tor all ot
me, you may tell him to go to the
devil!".
"Well," Mr. Marrophat admitted con
fidentially to Mr. Slade. "I'm damned!'
"And that aint all," Mr. Slade con
fided In Mr. Marrophat, whipping out
his own revolver: "You're being held
up, too. IU take those guns ot your'n,
friend, and what else you've got about
you that's of value, including your host
and when you get back to old man
Trine you can Just tell him, with my
best compliments, that I've quit the
Job and lit out after that daughter ol
his'n. She's a heap sight more attrac
tive than nineteen thousand dollars,
and not half so hard to earn I"
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Burnt Fingers.
Once ehe had lost touch with her fa
ther's creatures, the girl drew rein
and went on more slowly and cau
tiously.
Below her, In the valley, the lower
trail wound Its facile way. From time
to time she could discern upon some
naked stretch of Us length a cloud ot
dust or perhaps three mounted fig
ures, scurrying madly on with fear ot
death snapping at their heels.
It was within an hour ot midnight
a night bell-clear and bitter cold on
the heights, and bright with moon
light when Alan's party made Its last
pause and camped to rest against the
dawn, unconscious of the fact that, a
quarter ot a mile above them, on the
upper 'trail, a lonely woman paused
when they paused and made her own
camp on the edge of a sharp declivity.
v The level shafts of the rising sun
awakened her. She sat up, rubbed her
eyes, yawned, stretched limbs stiff
with the hardship of sleeping on un
yielding, sun-baked earth and of a
sudden started up, surprised by the
grating of footsteps on the earth be
hind her.
Before she could turn, however, she
was caught and wrapped In the arms
of Hopl Jim.
She mustered all her strength and
wits and will for one last struggle
and in a frenzied moment managed to
break his hold a trifle, enough to en
able her to enatch at the pistol hang
ing from her belt and present It at his
head.
But it exploded harmlessly, spend
ing its bullet on the blue of the morn
ing sky. The bandit caught her wrist
In time, thrust it aside and subjected
It to such cruel pressure and such sav
age wrenchlngs that the pistol dropped
from fingers numbed with pain.
And now all hint of mercy left his
eyes; remained only the glare of rage.
He put forth all his strength in turn,
and Judith was as a child In his hands.
In half a minute he bad her helpless,
in as much time more her back was
breaking across his knee, while he
bound her with loop after loop of hte
rawhide lariat.
Then, leaving her momentarily
supine on the ground, Hopl Jim caught
and unhobbled her horse, and without
troubling to saddle it lifted the girl
to its back, and placed her there, face
upward, catching her hands and feet.
as they fell on either flank of the ani
mal, with more loops of that unbreak
able rawhide, and deftly placing the
master knot of the hitch that bound
this human pack well beyond possi
bility of her reach.
She panted a prayer for mercy. He
laughed In her face, bent and kissed
her brutally, ana stepped, back laugh
ing to admire his handiOft . . .
Thus he stood for a? Instant be
tween the horse and the edge of the
declivity, a fair mark, stark against
the sky, for one who stood In the val
ley below, holding his rifle with eager
fingers, waiting for Just such oppor
tunity with the same impatience with
which he had waited for it ever since
the noise of debris kicked over the
edge by the struggling man and
woman had drawn his attention to
what was going on above.
Alan, pressed the trigger and the
shot sounded clear in the morning
stillness. Judith aaw a look of ag
grieved amazement cross the face of
Hopi Jim Slade.
Then he threw his hands out clawed
blindly at the air, staggered, reeled
against the horse's flank so heavily
that It ehied In fright and abruptly
hot from sight over the edge ot the
RIANY ClHLDHEi T L'J
CITySCHOOLSriAu
A PERFECT RECORD .
Honor Roll of Primary Pu
pils Who Were Not. Ab
sent Nor Tardy in No
vember Given Out by Sa
printendent on Friday, ;
Superintendent Barron Caldwell of
the city schools Friday afternon'
gave out the honor roll of pupils of
the primary department ..who were "
neither absent nor tardy in the third
school month.
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1 11C USI, 1UUUWS. ,
C.rmA 1 A
Nannie A. Taylor
Ruth Phillips
Mabel Nash "V"
Lettie Mitchell " ' , Ar' '
Hazel Hazard
Mamie Emanuel
Tire.
Alma Alexander
Robert Curtis
Magruder Byrd
Charles Bagby
Grade IB,
Catherine Hill
Lonnie Dixon
Adolph Foxman
Frank Homer ,
William Stanley
Grade 1C
r - - Va
Pla Davis
Mabel Daniel
Eleanor Edwards
Louise LaRoque
Edith Walters
Catherine Parsons
Clifton Brown
Morrison Ferrell .
Linster Ferrell
Jno. C. Wooten
William Mewborn
Elias Sullivan
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T.
Matt Stroud '
Emmett Wooten Harris ''(,
Grade ID.
1.
Flossie Cox
Mildred Stanford
James Pratt
William Pratt
Ralph Boyette '
Ray Waters
Sam Tyndall '
Grade IE.
Blanche Johnson
Lillie Roseman
Leroy Tyndall , v
Joe Simon
Grade Advanced First-
Sibyl Allen -Tiffany
Bursell
Catherine Coble '
Pauline Moseley
Lillie Belle Potter
Nellie Spencer
Addie May Sumrell
Vernon Cowper
Troy Taylor
Grade 2A.
Winnie Alphin
Laura Bland
Louise Bland
Lois Brown '
Theo Hood
Elizabeth McLawhorn
Minnie Lou Rochelle
Ruby Mewborn
Ethel Taylor
Elizabeth Trippe
Thelma Wooten
Ray Becton
Ralph Becton
Kleber Denmark
Frederick Horton
Basel Happer
Robert Nash -
Isaac Stadiem
Clyde Simmons.
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Grade 2B. !
Bluebell Barfield
Ernest Huies
Hortense Waters
Edward Cook
Jasper Grady
Robert Jenkins
Otho Hughes
William Miller
Virgil Rountree
Clarence Wetherington
Rudolph Smith
Roy Lee Nunn
Grade 2C.
Doris Cummings 1 !'
Edna Faulkner .
Dorothy Griffith
Maxine Harris
Eldred Rhem
Sadie Stadiem
Grace Wooten
Juanita Waters
Melba Nunn
Alfred Aldridgtf
Dolphus Allen
Chas. Blalock
;v'.Vi:.
J. W. Black, Jr. -
James C. Dail, Jr.
Joseph Campen . , ' .
Thomas GsaWer
(Continf n Page Six) v.
A Test torlSxtr Complain
Mentally Unhappy Physically, Dull
The Liver, sluggish and inactive.
first shows itself in a mental state-
unhappy and critical. Never is there
joy in living, as when the Stomach
and Liver are doing their Work. Keep
your Liver active and - healthy by.
using- Dr. King's New Life Pills; they
empty the Bowels freely, tone up
your stomach, cure your constipation
and purify the blood. 25c at drug
gists. Bucklen's Arnica . Salve ex
cellent for Piles. adv. v
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