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right by Harper & Bro T YAQUI *S OPSI~S.1eeklng odi h deer "Cameron," Solitary nros R or ot ty pros pect0 forms a part-tership with an u flown mhar whom ho later rnt Is Jonas Varren father of a gi I whom Cameron wronged. but later married, back in Illinois. Cameron's explanations appease Warren, and the two proceed to gether. Taking refuge from a sandstorm in a cave, Cameron die covers gold, but too late; both men are dying. Cameron leaves evi donbe, in the cave, of their dis covery of gold, and personal docu ments. Richard Gale, adventurer in Casita, Mexican border town, mneeta George Thorne, lieutenant in - the Ninth cavalry, old college friend. Thorne tells 'Gale he is there to save Mercedt, Castaneda, Spanish girl, his aftanced wife, from flojas, Mexicanbandit. Gale "roughhouses" IRoj nd his gang, with the hel of o' American cowboys, ahd he ereedes and Thorno escapeo gle call fron the fort orders T e to his regi ment. Ie leav' orcedes under GalOe's protecti he pair, aided by the cowboyr 0rlie Ladd and Jim Lash, arr ?vti safety at a ranch known Forlorn River, across the bore ri The fugitives are at Torn 3clkt''s hoie. Beld ing is immigrati pector. Living with hint are hi wife and step daughter, Nell $u1' ii. Gale, with Lacld and Ifs a1' service with lelrling as r; Qalo telling Bolding the ca Is being a war.drer, a n 'ading with Is father eo the son's usiness abilit e get wor to Tih des gets Pick also writ safety. forming them abouts. Neil's person r kind ness, attract CHAPTE ed. Then Ga le' ret le fire repienished it ks of blad gtrensc('w4 e, and. wrapipingt his s sho l ders, he st limsel+' and to wait o hrin in the hors Iunter s hones I. ilee - unhealedi at nverage of al standards or starved, lonely vretch. But in Would have hit have missed the r" Gale was haIllpy nge. wild maorv in painii. the Pe1rilS d solit1tule to le en. ert land. lii' was ii ('omrade1(, a le4 ally to r'idln'r. ft-~t ale's hanpnin'ss, as fin di the toll and14 strIfe Sgrimi nnd i 1 stln one I nd fostied4 oth ler utnde +---romanc tie and14 a feel in' . and1 a keen obs'ervat iIon oif Hie felt paint. imit he wnsi xernbtle. Tie felt the soltude wvas never lonely.' Ie rode14 across the dlesert, even tgh keen eves senrehled for the mlovinlg black dots, the risIng puf O' wvhIte dust t hat werei warni'nis, lie anw Nell's fare In every cloud. The cleant-emi melisasi took ont thi shape of her stratight pille11, wvith iIts 51trmw11 chint andtc lips, Its flne no0se uad fore hend. There wvas always a gl'nt of gohil or touch of red or i.rreful lIne or gleam of lune to remInd 1h11m 0' her. Then iat nithi her' face shone wvarm~ and glowvin, ilushIng andI pal ing, In the enmiireP. fly and by Gale iremembhered whait he w~as Enitlng for; andi, gelttlag uip he0 took the halter and wenlt out to find Blanco Sol. It was p1ith-da rU nlow, imdl Gale could not1 see ia rod nhleadI. lie felt his way, 01n4 present ly as 1he rounded a miesiite he saw" Sol's whbite shape ontlined n'uilnst t he lneikness. Gale haltered hin in th'' likeliest piatchi of grass and1 rotui're to his enmp. There hte lifted htis sud d11e inito a protected SPOt underlC a low wvall of the mlotmd, and, hnyine one' lanlket oin the sand, he covered hhtn self with the other and stretched h111n *f for' the night, asylight came quickly, The morn ' was clear alnd nipping cold, lit' . v off the w'et lanlfket and got utp i1)e( and half frozen, A litle :k action wats all that was neces /' to warm his blood and loosen hie idatees, and thten he wvas fresh tingling, eager, The sun rose in ai golden blaze, and the descending val ley took on wondrous changing hunes TJhen he fetched up Blanco Sol, sad dled himt, and tied him to the thickest clump of mesquite, "Sol, we'll have a drinkc pretty soon," hie said, Patting the splendid neck, Gale meant it, He wvould not eat till bie had watered his horse. No three raliders could keep G'ale away front hbat well. Taking his rifle In hand, he faced? up the arroyo. It4om the lay of the land and Dositioni of~ trees seen by daylight, munld an e ler and safer cors tia '( n1 hie had taken in ruthor of Rider hers. was enabled to get closer to the well, and somewhat above it. The Mexicans were leisurely cook. lag their morning meal. A slow wrath stirrdd in Gale as he watched the trio. They showed not the slightest indlea tion of breaking camp. One fellow evidently the leader, packed a gun at his hip, the only weapon in sight. Gale noted this with speculative eyes. Then he saw two Indians on hurros cone riding up the other side of tle knoll upon which the adobe house stood i and apparentlyv they were not aware of the presence of the Mexi cans, for they came on tip the path. One Indian was i papilgo. The other t striking in a ppearalnce for other rIn. sons than thint he seemed to he about i to fall from the hurro, Gale took to be a YUtini. They enne over the knoll I ad dlwn the path toward the well turned n corner of the house, and t Corlllletely surprised the railers. Gale heard a short, shrill cry. r strangely high and wild. and this carne from one of the Indians. It was an. swered by hoarse shouts. Then the t lender of the trio, the Mexican who packed It gun, pmilled it and tired point r hlink. He missed once-and again At the third shot the Papago shrieked s and tuilihled off his hurro to fall in a heap. The other Indian swnyed, as r if the taking away of the support len* I by his comirade had brought collapse c and with the fourth shot he, too sipled to the ground. The reports had frightened the hiorse's in tihe corrail ; tind a vieiruw black, crowling the rickety 'hart i broke then down. He cane plunging out. With t splendid vaulting mount i the Mexlin with the gun leaped tr the back of the horse. He yelled anai waved his gun, and urged the ble i forward. The nmlner of all thre. wais savagely jense. They were hay t lug sport. The two on the ground he ann to dance and Jahher. The mount- I Pd Ieader shot again. and then stuel-I like a leech upon the hare hack of th< renring hhtbk. It was vain show o' horsemanship. Then this Mexican, h' <ome Strane grip. brought the horse 1 lown. pliinLing ahmost ipon the holy of the Indian tM'at hnd fallen last. (;fle stexl aghast with his rifle Plut 0hed tight. He could not divin the intention <f the raider but sus Perted something strikingly brutal he horse ans"-eredh to tihat cruel rulding hand. yet tie swerved and1 Ibuck'd. ie renredi aloft. pawing the - iir, wildly snorting. then he plunged . rlowim upot the proStrate Indinn Ever in the net .the Intell! !ent animal tried to keen from strtikng ite( holv wit! his hol't's. int that was not poeilble r A1 yell hble'ons in its passion, slgnaled t this feat o1 'nrsmneecship. The Me'xen madeT 11 n m ioveC to tramt) ple the hodyv of' the l'apaciv. I-, turn'ted thme black to t'ide again over -~ r I > ; - Th tNo.-e Answered to That Crue. G' diogj Hand, Yet He Sworved ar.d Iacked. I le oither0' Itailin. Galei Wals horr'iitte to eei( the Yi'uii wr'ithe tntd en2lse a febl c i n.('51 The acti~ br'ene) t lie M~ex iecn s. Th'ie hor'se snte~ d to telrror'. (late (01u1d hear no miorei. lie tlook ci Cuek shoet at thle rider. Hie m~ssed lie mo~inyt. tiguire, but lit thi. hier.-ite. Tihere was2i a bound, 1 hiorril s -r'ene ' :1timighity ltunf;e. hieti thle hocr - en I down, giv'ing the Me'xicanh ai e 'cenin tmill. IBoth benst and1( mani dti t.\ ill1. Gaule iiihed fr'oml his 'over'l to ini ter'epit thle it her raiders beiere he couldi reach the bhouse iand ihi.'m weal 01n1. Then thle frightened lim l': hursi' dut-maniittledI str'eamii fled up time ar royo, The fallen raider Sat upl mmnb1linf,.: to his sants in one bt'reth, ('rinig ini his next. "Oo, Greasers! Run !" yelled Gale. Then he yelled It in S'panisht. At the point of his rifle lie droem' the twe raiders out of the camn. ills next move was to run Into the bonme iad fetch .out the enrbines. With a heavyI GOL s of the Purple stone he dismantled each weapon. That done, he set out on ia run for his horse. Blanco Sol heard him corn ing and whistled a welcome, and when Gale ran uap the horse was snorting war. Mounting, Gale rode rapidly back to the scene of the action, and his fhrst thought, when he arrived at the well. was to give Sol t drink and to fill his canteens. Then Gale led Iris horse up out of he waterlhole, and decilded before re nounting to have a look at the In hans. The Papago had been shot brough the heart, but the Yaqui was ;till alive. Moreover, he was conscious and staring up at gale with great, ;trange, sonalar eyes. black as volcan c slag. "Grijgo good-no sill," he said, in iusky whisper. His speech was not aflirmat!qA so nuch as questioning. "Yaqul, you're done for," said Gale, nd his words were positive. He was imply speaking aloud his mind. "Yaqui-no hurt - much," replied le Indian, and theni he spoke a trange word-repeated it again and gain. An instinct of Gale's, or perhaps ome suggestion in the husky, thick thisper or dark face, told Gale to each for his canteen.- He lifted the ndian and gave him a drink, and if ver in all his life he saw gratitude n human eyes he saw it then. Then ie examined the injured Yaqui. The ndian had three wounds-a bullet ole In his shoulder, a crushed aria, nd a badly lacerated leg. The ranger thought rapidly. This 'aqui would live unless left there to lie or be murdered by the Mexicans rl'n they found courage to sneak aak to the well. It never occurred to ale to abandon the poor fellow. All he suime, he knew he multiplied his erils a hundredfold by burdening aimself with a crippled Indian. Swift y he set to work, and with rifle ever aider his hand, and shifting glance pared from his task, he bound up the aqui's wounds. At the same time he ept keen watch.' The Indians' burros and the horses f the raiders were all out of sight. P'ine was too valuable for Gale to use any in what might he vain search. l'herefore. het lifted the Yaqui upon so's broad shoulders and climbed nto the saddle. At a .word Sol Irplied his head and startel east vard up the trail, walking swiftly. nithout resentment for his double bur len. Gale, hearing in mind the ever-pres nt "lOssbility of eneounterinag more ailders and of heins: pursued, saved he strength of the horse. Once out f 5ighiit of h'aiago well.,i Gal dlis toounter'i and( W wae beside the hmor&se tend~yinig wvith onie iran hand I the help (Gnle kepit imea(e with1 his horse. He ore thle twige of pmain t hail dart ed barouglha his injured hi11 alt every stridle. n the beat of' iddolay lae haltedi in the latde oaf a rock, a ad.,1lifting the Yaq~ui lowna. gav e haim a drin1k. Then, a fter long, sweeplings surlvey of the suir otmlding desert, he remaoved Sal's sad. Il aindk li i'- roil. anid took for him elf ". wvel' est and a bite to eat. Tihae ' t enne (ous of life. 1e w. is' own. For the rat tit ( looked at the' ndiaan tr le.' 'I had a large end~ nioab. a face that re embilled a 6 .eni ask. It seeamed hliscledl in ne1 daark-eyed, volenia ii nvn~a of his Sonoran wilderness. The nudin's eyes were always hlatck aanti nystle Ic ut11 thIs Ynaquai's encompassued ii t he traigie desohaithan of the desert. 'hey were fixed on Gaile, moved only hen1 hei moved. (Gnle resunmed lils homew~ard jour aey. I Ie held grily by fuie side of lhe tireless, iunphinenble)1 horse, hold0 ng thla Yaaqui on thle sadodle, t aking lie b'ruant of the niereilless thorns. iaa lie ('ad it b~e(enimei lienarreiiding toil. I is lheavy chlatps dra ggedl hluai down; iii lie drt red not :'' (In withbout thiemi 'or,. tiick andl stI I aas theay were, the errile, steeil-yone(te'd sike (If the -hoyais pIerced through to sting lis To the last nilie Gaule hieldl to Blanco soii's gal and kept ever-watchiful gnaze thecad on the trall. Then. with the ow. int houses of iForlo'rn [liver shIn ng red in the sunset, Gale flaggedl anid lit of the siuddie aund dropped limp .in lie sand. ille could not moIunt his h'orse. lHe cluit'hed' Sol's long tali andi Ivwist ed his huund in it andl stag .!ered on. iibmro en l whiistledl a piercing blast. lIe scnted e'ool Water anda sweet al fualfna hay. Twi'a~ ilng lights nhbead mteant rest. Thec 'nelanchioly dlesert twilie-ht raidaly sue , ederi the sunset. 1t accentuaited thle forlorn loneliness oIf the graty, windling river of saund and its grayer shores. Night* -shiadowv trooped dlown froma thae black andl llomiang mountttins. CHAPTER VII White Horses. "A erlinplied Yanquii! Why the h-l did '(il .1-tl~e yourself with haim?'' roaredl ineldiig, as he lid (;* upon the bed,. rnaidlig hnd~ growna aard these late, !..aa- r lks. byZa Sage, Wildfire, E "Because I chose," whispered Gale, in reply. "Go after him--he dropped in the trail-across the river-near the first big saguaro." "Sure, Dick, sure," Belding replied, in softer tones. Then he stalked ?ut; his heels rang on the flagstones; he opened a door and called: "Mother -girls, here's Dick back. He's done up. . . . Do what you can to make him comfortable. I've got a little job on hand." Gale slept twenty hours. 'hen he arose, thirsty, hungry, lame, over worn, and presently went in search of Belding and the business of the day. "Your Yaqui was near dead, but guess we'll pull, him through," said Belding. Gale told of his experience at Papa go well. "That raider who tried to grind the Yaqui under a horse's hoofs-he was a hyena !" concluded Gale, shuddering, "I've seen some blood spilled and some hard sights, but that lnhuman devil took my nerve. Why, as I told you, Beld ing, I missed a shot at him--not twenty paces 1" "Dick, in cases like that the sooner you clean up the bunch the better," said Belding, grimly. "As for hard sights-wait till you've seen a Yaqui do up a Mexican. Bar none, that is the limit ! Dick, if I'm not mistaken, this fellow was a chief. It was a waste of strength, .a needless risk for you to save him, pack hin back here, But, d-n the whole Greaser outfit generally, I'm glad you (lid t" Gale remembered then to speak of his concern for Ladd. "Laddy didn't go out to meet you,' replied Belding. "I knew you were due in any (lay, and, as there's been trouble between here and (nsita, I sent him that way. Since you've been out our friend Carter lost a bunch of horses and a few steers. Did you get a good look at the horses those raid. ers had at Papago well?" Dick had learned, since he had be come a ranger, to see everything with keen, sure, photographic eye; and, be. ing put to the test so often required of hin, he described the horses as a dark-colored drove, mostly bays and blacks. with one spotted sorrel. "Some of Carter's-sure as you're born !" exclaimed geIding. "Well, what shall I do now?" aske< Dick. "Stay here and rest," bluntly replie< llelding. "You need It. Let the won en fuss over you-doctor you a little W1'hen .imi gets bacik from Sonoyta I'l know more about what we ought to (10." Gale had received several letters froim his sister IElsie, theO last of whiich hie had1( not answered. Th'lere had( niot been much (oppotni tiy for writinag on his i nfreclueint ret urns tc Forlorn Itlver ; iand, besides, Elie thtd writt en thniit her' fither had1( stormied .over' whait h e conisidieredi Dick's fatilu iiito wihld nnd1( evii wayIs'. "'Tine iles," sid Dick. "Georgt ''Tornie wilt be free befotre tong, nti( he'll lie coingi~ out. 1 wonier if he'l] stay here or try to fake Me'rcede> itway '' "Welt, he'll stay right here in For orn itiver', if I have any sity," replies llehiding. "~i'd likec to know hiow~ he'i ever get thatt Spanish girl otit of thi (t'utIry now, wilth ailil the trails over run bty rebels and raidercis. It'dl h hmardt to disguise her'. Say, Dick, may he we caii get Tlhorne to s a y here Youi know, since you've dIiscoveret thle possibility of a big waitei' supply ['ye hitd dtreamus of a futuire for F'or torn Ilk'ver.,. . If only this wat was over I" The discovery that Roldinig alltide( to was onie thnt might very well leit to the making of a woniderful an( agricuiltuiral dlistrict oif Altar valley While in college Dick Onle had studi~ie( entgiineering, butt lie hnd not set t hi .scientific worldt aflre withI his bil I lance. Nevertheless, his smtterin'g of engineering skill bore fruit in thu lasit pince ont earth where anythinj. might haive b~eeni extpected of it-i the desert. Gale hadtu always won dlered nhlout the source of P'orlor' Rtiver. ie had discoveired. a tong, ntari row, rock-bot tomted aid r'ock-walIlei gi glch thait could be dlammned at th< tower enad by the dlynamittag of lean ing clIffs above. An intexhtaustibt( supply of water could lie stored there Furiithermtore, lie hnd( worked out nr lrrign~ion Plan to brtng thte watet dlown for mining uses, and to make r paradise out of that part of Altat valley which lay in the United States fllding clined there was goldl in tht( arroyos, gold In the gulcbes, not h: quantities .to make ia prospector re joice, but enoughi to work for. An( the soil on, the higher levels of Attat valley needed only water to make ii grow anything thte year r'ound. Gale too, had come to haive dreams of ri future for Forlorn IRiver. On the afternoon- of the following (lay Ladd unrexpectedhly appeared lead lag a htatie and lathereil horse ir yatrd. The legs oif the horse w and red, and he seemed iabout L~add's sombilrero was iissii 6 woro a bloody scarf round hti -., ifrXent and)( bloodl and1( dust hadl a ecust on his face ; little stre Dowderw i*m 111(d from him;., ne Grey tc. lower half of iis scarred chaps wore full of broken white thorns. "Howdy, boys," he drawled. '" shore an glad to see you all." "Laddy, go in the house to the women," said Belding. "I'll tend tc your horse." "Shore, Tom, in a minute. I've been down the - road. An' I found host tracks and steer tracks goin' ncrosi the line. But I seen no sign of raid, era till this mornin'. Slept at Carter': last night. That raid the other day cleaned him out. He's shoot in' mad, Well, this mornin' I rode plumb int( a bunch of Carter's bosses, runnin wild for home. Some Greasers werc tryin' to head them round an' chase them back across the line. I rode in between stn' made matters embarras. sin'. Carter's bosses got away. Ther me an' the Greasers had a little gan #A VA "Shore, Nell, It's Only a Scratch. MI Broach Throwed Me." of hide on' seek in the cactus. I wn on the wrong side, tnll' had to bren Sthrough their hine to head towar home. We run some. Rut I had closer cll than I'm stuck on havin'." Belding cursed low and teep in hi throat, ani Ile sound resembled mtut Ieting thunder. The shade of anxiet: on his face changed to one of darl gloom and Imssion. Next to his wifi and dlaughter there was nothing si <dear to him11 as his whvlite hiorses.. 11i: fathier antd his~ grandfatuther.-nil li progenlit ors of' whom lhe had trace had ben lovers of' horses. It was ii "Laoddy, biefore it's too bite ennt't get the whites tiway fr'om the border? "'I reck on we'd bet I(I te stlek here T1om. . . . Dicek, it's some good ti see you agoain. lIut y~i ou see k itub (luiet. Shore you get quIeter li thi ime. Idh you see aniy sign of .Jint Out Sonoytnu wn.'y?" TIhen llding led the lame horse to wnr' id t he wa.'tering-trough, w..hile thie two ranmger's went toward( the house Dickc was telling Ladd about the af irii at l'nyngo well when'l they turneHt the cornier' unidei' the porlch. Nell wam slIttlng ini the (do0r. She rose with Ii little screamlli tandt enme hying towar( themn. "'Now I'll get it," whiisper'ed Ladd "'Thet wom~ien 'Il make n baby of' me An' shorile I enin't help myself.",' "Oh, Laddy, you've been hurt !' cr'ied( Nili, as withi white (!Icheek alan dilatin lg ('yes she ran to him ant ('nught Ihiis ar im. "Shior'.N NelI, it's Only a Scirnt ch Mly brioneh I hrowed.'( meW." "LI addly, no horse ever' threw you Yout've be'en shot ! . . . anmma here's Laddy13, and( lie's been shot... Oh, these drmeiidful day13s we're hiav.ing I ('nn1't hiiear t hemii! Forlorn ltiver uset to lbe- so safe and1( quiet. Nothlinj ha ppened. iOut ' now.. ! Jun1 ('01mes honn with h bloy hole in hihn-t hen [Die -thben L addy I . . . Oh, I'm a fraic .somei( day they'll never comle home." ** * * * * , The morni'nlg w..as bright, stIll, am cleaIr as erystaf'. Th'ie heat w..av.esq hat not yet begum to rise from the dlesert Nell s'at lperched hIgh upon the tolp most har of tile ctorral gate. Dici loaned beside her. now with his eyes on her face. now gazing out into th< alfalt'n field where Ileiding's thorough breds graze~d anti Pranced and rompet and whistled. Nell watchled thi horses. She loved them, never tirei of watchIng thlem. IBut her gaze wa too conseiously averted from th yearning eyes that tried to meet her to he altogether natural. .I "'It'll be--be--pretty hard to leave Sol--when I go away?'" (TO 13E CONTINU) *More Room Wantet'., Tltis Is sa country of almost 4mitlps 'M ances, but thle parklfg facilities at n dequate except la a few 'isolate ajtI, Table . 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