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The approaching cud-n. him m' He mm m. to ape-k . word Pdser, Wt link communication he Itotfmeeyineettaaruemoti" _udrtimedeaudseiioGi'iGiiiiii 1rrfostomsttfsirsttesies.hi.sed. 'ty9erlttdheumsurmtmittraeL lie'u ad Nee-her visual "sri3e-Aer He was playing 1 (up of love. “lying with life had death'. Sons time: he trembled, not that he feared Bland or Allmy. ot my nun, but "9edeer.ofliretsehkdeoeiteto Without my solicitation or "teotTr- agement from Dunne, the Bland wo- man fell passionately in love with him. Big emtseiertee In: never troubl- ed nbout the beginning of that lair. She launched it herself. " took no gnu: perspicuity on his part to see have frivrnds. Ask him yourself when he comes back. The trouble has been that tun, or three of his mm- "tt IN love with mp. ....a vsrtert half drunk got to cgnung. Ymhe not going to do that." "I'm not going to get half drunk. that's certain." replied Duane. There appeared to be no doubt about the truth of all this. Genuine emotion cheeked--then halted the hur, tiedI speech. She broke down and cried. It seemed strange to Duan" that an outlaw-'5 wtN--and a woman who fitted her consort and the wild nature nf their surroundimss-should have. weakness enough to weep. "Would Bland object if I called on you "reasirmally?" inquired Duane. "No. he wouldn't. He likes me tt Can you blame me for being shaft) ~ee a young fellow-a gentlema like the boys I used to go with? " tell you it makes me feel fun-- I want to try. I'm sick for some- body to talk to. I have no children. thank God. If I had I'd not stay here, I'm sick of this hole. I'm lonely----" " was only eighteen, then. I've lived here since. I myver see a decent woman. or man. I never hear Rtty- thing about my old home or folks or friends. I'm buriea hertr--buried alive with a lot of thieves and murderers " never knew Bland wa; an out- law till long after he married me. We were separated at times. and I im, agined he was away on business. But the truth came out, Bland shot my uwn cousin, who told me. My family cast me off. and I had to ttee with Bland. .. “I'll ten you. Duane," she said earnestly. 'Wm sure glad if you mean to bide a while. I'm an outlaw’s wife, and I hate him and the life I have to lead. I come of a good family in Brownsville. When Euchre had shuffled into the house Mrs. Bland turned to Duane with curiosity and interest in her gaze. "As for Jen. i'll tell you her story some day." went on the woman. Nth a common enough story along this river, Euchn- here is a tendershearted old fool, and Jen has taken him in." Duane buries Stevens. Then he goes on to Bland's camp. where he Bots mm a tight with a man called Boa, umer and wounds the latter. He makes th friend of an outlaw at Bland’s called Euchre. who tells him of Mrs. Bland and the girl Jennie. Duane meets Jennie. and promises to try his utmost to get her nway from Bland's camp. To avert suspi- "ion, it is planned that he pretend to care for Mrs. Bland. Euchre intro- ducts him to the latter and he en- gages in conversation with her. Evidently the outlaw's wife liked Euchre, fur her keen glance rested with amusement upon him, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE ‘np with be... hope, which had nu.- Buck Duane, quirk on the tinned villi- her. But m the dilemma mus Cal Bain in self-defe- Lil bum. could we was . paler face and finds himself as outllv. Flying fwnlduker, more wonderful eyes. The pursuit, he meets Luke Stevens. ur‘ eyes seemed to be entroatiae him to other outlaw, and the two bacon.‘ hurry. thot time wu ttrirut, that soon pals. Luke narrowly escapee capture , it might be too me. and Duane is shocked to and his] Thea them “I “other meaning in brother cull-w severely wounded. (the-a-u' titrtst--n strum are who!” an: P0tmeBem into: he VII "'eGTie,rift'"iF h; ?mmth m. They (ree-ttorarie-ti-ie-GUI,"".,,?.'. ice. "e1teuthmeteio-.irr-to "'trerFtbefeh--ttsrtttekoutd Min. Skhuedmirmbh, "tdthe-torrtotttteui-. The Imilc cud-In. halted a "tadetroofrmrett-e4t. Min. 1urdmttemdotestrur-tsms.e- 1Hr.ettto--rra.diu door. and -uiila in. “But you said he mun? mind I, ealtiet. here," mud Danna. ' am. with In. n'n be Mt right." _ Io.” “It redid, arfth vid- ble do“ " ”Ileana-0!. Maaeifesttr "tehada-tt-otBame. “Ill conld only think!“ “Euchre, cone OI! with an. Dunne, my” Tith the (in tht tell Bland “You must run! No, he'd au. you. Th!“ be worse. lt'u Bland. I ha- his gave her such eommiseration u was doe her sex, and no more. “It's Bland!” whispered the m. grasping Dunne with shaking hunk. Duane felt her heart beat attainsti, his. "tereonseiertee amok him I keen 3 blow. " she loved him so much! 1 Beat mem?rr-amderstan.dimr of her: dunner hardened him min, and he} His miée mined Mt aid find from excess of emotion. Kate Blind closed per eyes and leaned her held on his "Listen, dear." he said to the onu- w an. and he meant his words for than girl. “I'm going to takn .WII awar) from this outlaw tic“ If I have to kill l Bland Amway, Rudd-anvbody who) stands in my path. You were dragged , here. You are good - I know it} There's happiness for you somewhere! --a home unong good people who wilt l are for you. Just wait tm---" 1 He felt a shame-he was tthui she could not see. Did she remember; that she had promised not to misun-i demand my action of his? Wind did she think of him. seeing him out) there in the dusk with this bold wom- [ an in his arms? I Somehow that dim sight of Jennie's halo face, the biz dark eyes. thrilled him. inspired him to his hard task of the present. "Yes-res," he burst out, eager to are! it over, and even as he spoke he caught the pale gleam of Jennie‘s fare through the window. "Duane. you love me?" she whis. pered. l Inside Diane's body there was I strife; his heart pounded, his Mood (raced, his breast bore I heavy pan; l Something hot bad dug into his Vitals and the pain remained. In the depths I of his mind, his soul, there was chaos. She embraced him. and the sudden violent. unfamiliar contact sent such a shock through him thet he all but farm)! the deep game he wu playing. She. however. in her agitation did not notice his shrinking. Darkness had almost set in when he reaehed his destination. There was no 1Urht in the house. Mrs. Bland ms waiting for him on the porch. These thoughts had run through his mind while on his way to Mrs. Bhtnd's, house. He had let Euchre go on then] because he wanted more time to com- pose himself. They had met in the river lastness. he to instil hope into her despairing lite. she to be the means, perhaps, of keeping him from sinking to the level of her captors. He became conscious of a strong beating desire to see her. talk With her. The very remembmutce sheared " I his morbid introspection. She mule; a Uitrerence. How strange for him to‘ lea-11.2:- that! He felt grateful to her. He had been forced into outlaw“; she had been stolen from her people) and curried into captivity. y He had forgotten her. He had for- gotten that he had promised to save her. He had forgotten that he meant to snuff out as many lives as might -tand between her and freedom. He left something dying in him. He suffered. Hope seemed far away. Despair had seized upon him and In drinng him into reckless mood when he thought of Jennie. I ttish, [one in m instant. But); remembered it because he had never seen it in_ myrother woman's eyes. Then there “I mother meaning in them--a light~n strange are wholly Wide tt Dune. It WIS only I "Kate, you let Duane make love to j Jennie t" queried Blind inctedulonsly. "Yes, I did." replied the wife stub- i bornly. "Why not? Jen's in love with ihlrm If he takes her any and MMV- ries her, she can be a decent woman." i Bland kept silent a moment, then this laugh peeled out loud and harsh. l "Jennie," whispered Dunne, "that i'"" clever of Mrs, Blind; We'll keep ‘up the deception. Any thy now be t ready." t She pressed claw to him, Ind a Hard): audible "Hurry" tune breath- [ing into his ear. “I guess I'll have to be hitting the trail for somewhere," said Duane. "Met Jasper as I rode im" said Bland presently. "Dunne. I want you to stop qusrreline with my men. If you were one of us~thn'd be diker- ant. I can't keep my men from titrht- ing, But I'm not called on to let an unbider hang around my amp and plug my runners." I.“ h. “I M “or. MOVING Then he stepped out into the moon- light md spoke. Bland mtnrned the pooling and, though he m not ami- able. he did not show resentment. “Duane!" he pickimcd. M be whispered low __ something Dunne could not catch. "Why, I asked him to come," said the chief's wife. She spoke easily and nnturally, and made no change in tone. "Jen has been tiling. She gets thinner and whiter every day. Duane came here one day with Euchre, saw Jen. Ind went loony over her pretty face, me u all you men. So I let him come." parties-bathe-tie-tit-Alter. "Tut's Euchre on the with. Deane is inside It the window with Jen," re plied In. Bland. JDog-tind we are and starved,." uidABlInd heavily “Who's has with Warsaw W'mda&Marsh J. M. BILHARZ Telephon- as an. on“ New Th... Curtain "MOLD 800m "ION! I. P. "t-tttt STORAGE Hours: 9 IJI. to 12; I to 6 p.m 7 to 9 pan. Illinois Competent Tuesday and Friday evening: North In. Lulu-'- Cur-(e 32 S. Pint Street FRED L. PROTINE 1'e1"1r"am"ao'-o-saar-,siaa- d Phone DeeeNtd 133 Dealt”. Illinoi- t6'.t DR. MITCHELL Highland M m. PACKING um": “M we any other career fot you. 1M of going it "rr- lone volt, u the Texans say-why not make friend: with other outlaw-1’ You'll live a (while longer." Euchre squirmed in his seat. I "Boss, I've been givin' the boy GI- ‘ucdy thet “me line of talk. That’s ‘whyltookhlmintobnnkwlthmt. " he makes pudn among us may (worth be Any more trouble. An' he'd ' be a grand falter fer the guns. Slick- l est pf nil the gun-throwers I ever 1 seen! An I've rustled Hound over the southwest." Gmxmum cum-mum; ill "Mom than an. at th- in" told me that muting - in their brain, Ind when an. a. but than lay ”other dead nu. lt'l Int on with me. I've done a little “to“ too; but I - wanted to Kitt In“. mm just to rid myself of the Inat “My dead men don't nit on I, that " night That's the (“Jam'- trouble. He’s my. He has to kill a new man-heh driven to it to ford get the last one." "But I'm no .mt-tuttter," pron-led Duane. “Circumstances made mo-" "No doubt." interrupted Bland with a laugh, “Circumstance: made no I rustler. _.you don't know yours-ll. You‘re yam; you've got a tamper; \uur father iokone ofvthe moat in): [reruns men Texas ever had. 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