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wn a nae rar Deiow was isiack Boyar loping along enslly. Collie saw hlm atop and turn Into the Old Meadow trail. He watched for Saunders to ap¬ pear on the road below the ranch. Presently out from the shoulder of a hill leaped Ually. Saunders was plying QUlrt and spur. The pinto was doinR nla best.
"Bomethlijg's wrong. I'll Just take a cliance." .-Vnd Co'.lic ran tn the corral and roped the Viini.n eolt, for he hud aeen Saunders disappear oti the Old Ueadow trull.
Collie whh-lod the \intiy nuiiid und down tho Ilill. ThrcuiLCh tlic g.itow.iy he thtuKlored. The steol slnowr-d Hanks stiffened und ri'lii.xed rlivtlinih ally as the liUlskle Hew jmst. Tlio Viuim coit. half wild, ran with great loiitis that ato Into Mpa'-o. Tlicy swept tUroiiKli the flrst ford. A thin .sheet ut' water spread on cither side of Uiem. The mithiu- fought tlio curb all tho way up tho lilll beyond. I'eliblos elaltcrcd I'nnn her hoofa und spun skyward us sho raced along tho level of the hilltop.
Down the next grade the pony swung, taking the turns wltli short leaps. Ou the crest ("ollle dieekod her. The rond beyond, clear to the valley, was eniiity.
He e.xaiiiinod the tracks entering tlie Old Meadow trail. Ilo had not lipon mlstalicn. Saunders li;id ridden in. Mounting, Collie s|)urred through tho gren.si'wood, trusting to tlio pony's nat¬ ural aetlvity ami sure footodiicss.
Louise, sitting on tho dream roek In the old meadow, gazed out a'l-oss the valley. Black Iloyar stood near, with trailing bridle reins.
Despite herself the girl kept rccallin:.' Collie's I'aeo us lie h.id talked vvith hor at   the   ranch.    Admiration   she   l.ad known before und many tinies. adoia tlou nevor until lhat iiinrninL:
Fyf^a long time she dreamed. The •hndows of the greasewood lo!it;tlioii ed. The air grew cooler. Ivouise end ed her sol'loquy by saying aloud: •Tie's a nice boy, though. 1 do hoiie he win keep us ho Is."
Boyar, lifting his houd, nickered und was answered by Ually, oiitering the meadow. Silent Snunders rode up h'lr rledly.
"¦Why, Sauuders-whut Is It'/ That's Rally! 'Were you going to meet I'licle Walter?"
"No, miss. I'm In a hurry. Just hand over tliut  letter tlmt young Col
"T never killed a ninn, but I'm going to. f|ulrk. If yon lift u finger."
Snunders kofit still. Collie stopped round behind him. "Now. got up. slow," lie 'ommandcd.
When Suundirs was on his foet Col lio reached forward nnd secured his gun.
"I'll send your <hecl< to the store." ¦aid l.oulse. addressing Siiundprs. "I «ImII tell  Mr.  Stono that 1  dischnrired
yon.   I don't believe I  had hetter tell the men about this."
"Beat 11 Saunders." said Collie, laugh¬ ing. "You are leaving horo afoot, which suits me line. Ued would be plumb happy to kuow It."
"Ued's   goin'   to  wnlk   Into   my   loud i some of those days."
"That's  some  day.    This   is   today. aald Collie.
Bannders,  turning, gazed covetously j at   the   phito   Ually.    Collie   saw   aud \ smiled.    "I   missed  twice.   The   third trick la goln'  to be mine.   Don't you forget that, Mr. Kid," said Saunders.
"Oh, you herj! yet?" said ("ollle. nnd he was not a little gratillod to n')tico that Saunders limped as ho struck off down the trail.
Louise drew off her guuntlots and tossed them on the rock. Colllo saw the print of Saunders' lingers on her wrist and forearm. "1 ought to 'a' mnde him kneel dirwn and ask you to let him llvol" he .said.
"I was afraid—at lirst. Tlion 1 waa just angr.".. It was sickening to soo tlio marks grow lod and swell on his fuco. I hit him as hard as I could, lait I'm not sorry."
"Sorry?" growled Collie. 'He t.ikcs your brand with lilm. lie didn't ge: the letter. I got to thank yon a whole lot for that. "
"But how il'nl ho kuow 1 had it? What did he want with the letter?"
"lie saw me give it to you. lie's one of tho bum h, tho Slo.iave Inineh that's been trailing Uod all over tho country. Wheu Keil disappeared up iu those des ert hills. I reckon Saunders must have got hold of a paper and read about the getaway horo ut the Moonslono. lie just naturally came over hero und got a job to see if he couldn't trace Ued."
"You   are   thinking   of   joiuini;   .Mr Summers at the claim?"
"Yes.    Tho   eastern   fidk
plonsod mat stie had drawn away rrom him wlii'ii Ills hund touched hors. Somo Instinct told him that their old friend ship had glvon place to something else
soinolhlnir as yet too vague to de scribe.
They rodo through a vale of enehant- raent known  only to youth  nnd  love. Ilor gray eyos   wore misty  and  trou bled.    Ills eyes were heavy with uuut- tered lonclng.   His heart pounded until
it almost choked him. He bit his Ups that he miglit kcop siiont.
The glint of the slanting sunlight on her hair, the turn nf lier wrist as she held the reins, her upparenl uu'.on- sciousnoss of all outwurd thhik's en¬ thralled hlm. .\ spell hung round him like a mist, blindlnc and bafllhig all clearer thought. And becaus*. Ix)ulse knew his heart, knew that his homage was not of books, but of his very self she lingered In the dream who.so thread Bhe might have snapped with a word, a gesture.
Generously the girl blamed herself that she had beon the one to cause him
coming toward ner ttirough tfie Oart- ness.    They wore far off, but coining
For a long time she stood, stamping Impatiently at Intervals. Finally she grew restive. The oncoming horse hud stopper]. The other animal, the man, had dismounted and was coming to¬ wanl her on foot. She could not see through the starlit blanket of night. but she knew.
Tho man-thing drew a little nearer.
The pony swerved as if about to run, but hesitated, ears Huttoned, curious. half belligerent.
That afternoon Silent Saunders, rid¬ ing along the border of tho desert town, had seeu a strange horse and rider far out. uway from tho road and evidently heading for tiio water hole Saunders rode Into town, borrowed a pair of floldglas.s<!s aud rode out again. He at onco recognized the roan pony as the Oro outlaw. But the rider? He was not so sure. He would Investi gate.
The fact that he saw no glimmer of fire as he now approached the water holo made him doubly cautious. Neur cr, he crouched Ix-hhid a bush. lie threw a pebble at tho pony. She cir¬ cled the picket, awakening Collie, who sp<jke to lier sleepily. Saunders crept back townrd his horse.    He knew thnt
j voice.   He would tnick the young rider to the rango and beyond—to the gold. ] Ho   rodo   back   to   town   through   tho hight. entered the sal.Hin and beckoned to u belated lounger. !
'     Shivering in   the  monjing  starlight. I
PoAtaJ Ijaws iieq^lm that imbscrlpttoMi IH paid pi omptly. A Mm pencil mark ii- imm cirt.le DiAaafl y<mr *¦¦>> HcrlptloB la doe, wif we wtU thank yom Am a   prompt   rvmlttaikM,
ni.s wuy down tbe stream. .V buzzart circled far abne tho cHfTs. The t>r hummed with Invisible lieen iu tte rank wild clover. He peered jiast tm nex'. bend. .V short distance below stoo<l a riderless horse. The bridte was trailing. For an instant Code ' did not realize the slgnillcance of tte animal wailing patiently for its rldec Then, like the flash of a speeding (ilK, he saw it all -his pony's tracks up tte
canyon, the rider who had uiMloa'btet
ly seen him crossing to the wat<»r bote and who had waited until daylight la follow the tracks, who had dl.smounte4 and was probably In umbush vratchlm him. He summoned all his resen« courage. Turning away, he reniark e6. distinctly, naturally, caau*!'*; "Thought I hoard sometblDg. Mom have been the water."
He walked slowly back to the note* In the canyon wall. Stepping throagk. It, he continued on up the stream. A few paces bey<-id the notch ana a fae» appeured lu the -"left r K-k. watchinf hlm. The watcher seeiavd In doubt. Collie's action had beet aatnrmS enough. Hud he seen the boi;.»? Tba Collie nrose und saddled the pony.   He ! hidden   face  grew   cra.'ty.     Tiie  eiyei
They    Rode   Through    a chantment.
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rode  in   the  gonei-nl  direction   of   the range.
Suddenly the shadows of tho hills pushoil l)uck. Almost Instjintly he faced the 'lUick rise of tho raiiK-e. Out of the silence canio the slithering step of somo one walking m tho sand. The darkness seetned to e.xpand.
Overland lied stood before him, si¬ lent, alert, anxious. "Y'ou, Chlco?" he asked.
"Sure.    Hollo, l:ed."
".\nybody see you come across yes¬ terday ?¦'
"Not that 1 know of. I kept away from tho town.""
"Yotir hoss shod?"'
"Yes: all around.   Why?" Nothin".    I'm sufferin'  glad ta see
sorrow. Slie could not crive herself to hlm, be his wife, us she know he wish¬ ed hor to be. Yet sh(^ liked him moro than sho cared to admit. He had fought for hor once and taken his pun- lohmont with a grin.    SIio felt joy In
«""i;   his homage, and yet .she felt humility. I yo„„;;i„     whon wo get on toj, of the now.    I  halo to go.    But 1  got to get    lu „.h.,t „.,,v   )^^g „,,kj,,,  i„,,-seir,  wus busy und make some money.   A follow   ^he better, cleaner of heart, kinder or hasn't much of a show williont money ! cleverer thun Collie?   Why should peo- these duys." : j,jy  make distinctions  as  to birth  or
Louise   was   silent.    She   .sat   Kaziiiq    breeding or wealth whou charut-ter and across the v^     '. physical   excellence   meant   so   much
Collie   appK    hod   her   hositulingly  | more?
"Colliel" she wliisr>«>rod. and the touch of her fingers on his arm was as the touch of fire—"Collie:"
She drew one of her little gi-ay gauntlets from h«r belt. "Here," she said, and the word wus a caress.
But be put the proffered token away \ though from   him   with   a   trembling   hand, i 8lr.
"Don't!" he cried.   1 tritni not to want       'When   (ollie   arrived   at   the   cami you:   I did try!   This mornlng-before   Overland was there wuithit:.  Winthroi I   told   you—I   could   huvo   knelt   and prayed to that glove.   But now. Louise. Louise Lacharme, I can't.   That glove would burn  me and drive me wild to come buck to you." "To como buck to you!"   The words
"I just  got  to suy it—after nil tliai's happened.   .'<ooms that I could, now.'"
Louise  puled und  Hushed.   "Oh Col- . lie," she crleil ontrcalingly.   "We have i been  siich  good  friends.    I'lease don't gpoUltall!"
"I know 1 am a fool." he said, "or 1 was  goiug to be.    But please  to  taku Boyar and. go.   I'll bring Kally.   I was wrong to think you woukl listen n lit  t tie." !
But Louiso remained silling upon the rock as though she had not h("ard him. Slowly he stoiiped townrd lior. his spurs jingling musically. He caught up one of hor gloves and turned It ov(>r i
hills you take the left trail and hoop on down. You can't miss the enn.vou. I'll leave you here. I got to stay here a spell to see that nothin' else comos ni> but tho sun this mornin'."
•'.Vll right, Uod. Your pardner down there?"
"Yep. ^Vhistle when you get up to tho meadow In the canyou. Billy "M be lookln" for you."
"Any trouble lately?"
"Nope. But Billy's got a huuch. lie  says   he  feels  It  in   tho
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lie give you ut the ranch.    I want It I moan business." | and over In his tingera with u kind of : sung themsolvos through her consclous-
"You wunt the letter? What do you > clumsy reverence. "Il's ralj;hty little— '¦ ness. "Como back to yon:" He was go- mean? \^"!lnt right huvo vou"— ! au'J there's the shape of your hand in ! Ing away. "You care so much?" she "No right. Onlv I want It. I don't ¦ It, just like It bonds when you hold the j asked. Tliore wns a new lij^ht in her want to mako trouble." j reins. It seems like a thing almost too "Tou! .\ wostern man and speak i good for me to touch, becauso it moans that way to a woman! Saunders, I'm \ you. I know you won't lau^'h at me. ashamed   to   think   you   over   worked I either."
Louise turned towurd him. "No. 1 understand." she said.
"Here was where Uod and 1 lirst saw you to know who you wus. 1 used to hate folks  thut  wore goi«l clothes.    I |
for us."
"Oh, I know yon got nerve.    But I'm in a hnrry.    Hand It over.    Then you can eall mo anything you like." "I shall not hand It over." "All right.    I got to have It."
eyes. Her face was almost colorless. So she had looked when Saunders threatened her. She swayed in the sad¬ dle. Collie's urm was about her. She raised one arm and tlung it round his neck, drawing his fuce down to her tremblhig lips. Then she drew away, her faco burnhig. Across tho end of the canyon a va-
thought Ilioy wus ull the samo, you und ' grant  sunbeam   ruu   like a   bridge  of
Tho girl, her grav eves blazing with I all that kinil    lUit. no. it ain't so.   Yon ' fairy gold.   It polled tho gray wall with
Indignation. backo(i awav as he strode   looked back ..uce, when you wore rid  ! a million  particles  of mellow  flre.   It
toward her.    "You'd dare, would you?" i ing  uway   from  the Jail  thut  time.    I    flickered, flashed anew and fadeil.  The
wus going to look for Rod and not go t' work nt tlio .Moonstone. 1 saw you look back. That settled it. 1 was proud to think yon cared even anything for u trump. I wus iiiigluy louesouio theu. Since I got to tliinkini.' I'd be some¬ body some duy. But 1 can seo where 1 stand. I'm u puncher, working for the Moonslono. You kind of liked me bo- caus<- I hud hard luck when 1 was a kid. But that madt- me love you. It ain't wrong, 1 guoss, to love something you cant over roach up to. It aiiTi wrong to koop on loving, only ils uwl'ul lonesome not to evor tell you uboui it." "I'm sorrv. Collie," said Louise gen
tiy.
ponies   drew   apart.     Tho   colt   Yuma grew restless.
"Goodby." murmured Lonlse.
"Like the suiishino," 'le s.-iid. pointing to the clllT.
"It Is g<uie,"' she whisiierod. shiver¬ ing a little as the shadows drew down.
"It will sJdiie again." be said, smil¬ ing.
Without u word she touched Black Boyer with tho spurs. A stoue clatter ed down us he leaped forward, and sho was gone.
Collie curbed the colt Yuma, who would have followed. "No, liltlo hum ming bird," ho said whlmsicully. "We ain't 80 used  to  heaven  that  we can
"Please  don't   be sorry.     Why.   I'm i ^de out of it .lulte so fast
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i-i She   Cut   Him   Acruss   the   Face   With Her Quirt.
And us Saunders laughed she cut hlni ¦cross tho I'U'o with hor nul't'
His face, st leaked with the red welt of the rawhide, grew while as he con¬ trolled his auger. Ho loupoil at her and hud his liuiids ou her when she struck hini ugaiii with ull her strength. Ho stairgiToil baek. his liuiid to his eyes.
.\ Mild rush of hoofs, a shock, a crash, und ho wns beneath tho plung lag feet of the Ytinia colt. The pony \ flaahed past, her bead Jerking up Ix>alae saw Collie leap to Ihe ground and come running liack.
Saunders, rolling to his side, reach ad for his holster, when he saw that In Collie's hand which precluded fur tbm armimeat.
t   mt   uor*   mmiA   nttHm  mt.tmtt'r
glad: Maybe you don't think it is tho best thing in tho world to love u girl. I alu't asking anything imt to just go on loving you. Seems like a man wants the girl he loves to know it. even if that is Ju.st ull You suld 1 love horses. I do. But loving you started me loving horses. Uod said omo lhat I was just living like what I thought you wanted nie to be. Ke.l's wise when ho takes his tlmo to il. But now I'm living the way 1 thluk 1 wunt to. I won't usk you lo say you caro. I guess you don"t-that wny. r>ut if I ever get rlch--tlien"-
"Collie, you must not think ! dlffoiont I'loiu any othor girl. I'm ji.-i as sellisli ;'.; .' .•Stubborn as 1 can be, 1 almost fftuffashamed to have you think of inoSf you do. Let's be soiisi bio about it" Vou know 1 like you. I'm gl.id you care. — for - what you think 1 am."'
"That's it.     Vou uro always so kind ton fellow thut it iiiakos me feel moun to spi'uk  llko  1   havo.    You  listened and  I am protty ghiil of thut."
He turned and caught Boyar's bridle .Mounting, he cnught up Yuniu and Uully Slowly Collie and tho girl rodo the trail to the levol of the summli. Slowly they droppotl down the descent Into Moonstone cuuyon.
At a bend In tho road the ponies :'rowde(l together, ("elite's hand accl ilentnlly brushed against the girl's, und the drew away, H» ginnced up (]ulck1y. She was Kazlng ¦tralKht ahead at tha dtatant oeaka.   Hj> fait atrannJv
Nest morning, with blanket and slicker rolled behind his saddle, he rodo dowu tho Moonstone can.voii trail. .\t the foot of the range he tunied east¬ ward, a new world bofore hiui. The far hills, hiding the deaen beyond, bulked larire and mysterloua.
Louise had not beeu preseut when he bade goodby to his Moonstone friends.
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CHAPTER  XVII. In the  Shadow of the Hilie. ni: arternoon of the tliiid day out I'roui tho .Mooustoiie lanch Col¬ llo picketed the roau pony Yuinu near a wuier hole iu the desert. .Vfter   lie   had  eaten  he  siu.iiod   the rough   map   that   Overlaud  had  given him.    There to the soutli  \wis Ihe des ert lowii.    He had passed thut, us di roetiMl.   skirting  It   wldel.v ¦    There   to the east  were the  hills.    Somewhere beliind  tlieni   were the  iiiildon caiivon and <1verl:iud Ked.
Stiir and tirod from his loug ride. he stretehoij liimself for a short rest. He dozed. Somothiug touched hV tottt. It was tho riata with which A had picketed the |«uiy. He mount to Ti'av el a:,'aiii llmt night. He would sleep a little while. The horse, circling the picket, would be sure to awaken hlii, "gain.
Ue slept heavily. The Vuma colt stoiid with rounded nostrils snifllug thi> uight air. The pony facad in the dl rection of the dlatant town. She knew that   another   haraa   and   ridnr   w»rc
and he greeted Collie cordially. "Short cut." explained Overland, jerking his thumb over his shoulder. "No hoss trail, thouirh.    Too steep."
Faint d.iwn lights were shifting alom;: tho canyon walls as they had breakfast. .\s tho morning sunUght spread to their cump ("oiUe's natural curiosity iii regard to Overland's part¬ ner was satislkd. He saw a straight, slender titure lu tlannol shirt and kha¬ ki. Tho gray eyes were peculiarly keen and humorous. U'inthrop was not a llttlo like Ills sister -Vnne lu poise and coloring. Tile hands were nervously slender and aristtHratie, albeit rough ened and scarred by toil. There was a sUL'irostion of dush and go about Wintliro|) th.it ni>poaled to Collie.
"There's spare blankets in the tent. Roll In for a s]iof>ze. Collie. Blly and nie'Il paik vi.ur saddle and stuff up here later."
"1 guess I will. Vou might sponge Yuma's back a little. Rtnl. She's brought mo close ro '2ttt) miles In the last three days."
•"Sure, Bo: I'll brush her teeth and manicure hor tot^ nails If you say the word. I guoss that boss has klud of made a hit with you."
Collie yawne<l. "Mebby. But it isn't In It with the hit she'll make with you If you try to take up her feet. She's half sisler to a shot of dyna¬ mite. Cm only lelling you so she won't kick your foo) head off."
"You talk like most a full size man," aaid (.tvorland.
Down at the meadow Overland look¬ ed at the colt and shook his hoad. "He is correct," he said succiuctly. "Thut hoss don't welcome handliu' worth 11  lieaii."
Wliithrop's silence rather stirred Overluiid's sensitive pride tn his horso niunship. "Course I broke nnd rode hundreds like her down In Mex But then I was jiaid for doin' it. It was m\ luisii.oss then. Now miniu' and educatin' Collie is my business, and a busted lie. k wouldn't help any." .  Wiutlirop realized fi>r the tirst time
grew cold. Tho watcher tapixvl tba side of the cllfif with ills revolvar Uutt The noise wus slight, but In ttiat pte * of sensitive e<-lioos loud enough to Im heard a long «ay up the canyou. TtKK It was thai fol lie made a courageon* but terrible mistake. Ho heard the sound and seomod to realize that * was made Intontionally—to attract hie attention. Yot ho was not sure. IH kept on. ignoring the stiund. Had he not susjiecteil some one was In ttm canyon to have glanced Imck would have beeu the most natural Ihlng In tho world. The watcher realized thte. He know that the other had heard him—suspected his presence end waf making a during bluff.
"Got to stoji that.'" muttered the watcher, and he rahsod hl.s hand.
The imprisoned report rolled and re¬ echoed liko mountain thunder, t^lollle threw up his arms and lurched for ward
Bolow in the canyon clattered tl>€ hoofs of the sjieeding horse. The rider, Still holding his six gun, muzzle uji. glanced buck. "I didn't care partlc'lai about gettin' him. but getthi" the iik! hlt.s tho red head lietween the eyes. ! guess I'm ubout even now.'" .V.nd Si¬ lent Saunders bolstered his gun. swun? out of tho canyon aud spurred down tbe mountain, not toward the de.s""! town, but loward Oophertown. ¦B'unt thirty miles to the north. He hail found the claim. The desert town f.dk he had used to good advantage. Thi-j had paid his o.xpenses while he trailed Overiand and Collie. They had even guaranteed him protection from tlif law, such us it was on the Mojave »,»«••¦» Overland, leaning on hte shovel drew his sleeve across his foreheail "Reckon I'll go down and wake Collie He'll sleep his head off and foe; worse 'n thunder."
•"I'll go," said WInthrop, Ihrowins aside a pan of dirt "with a fine disre gard of its eventual valne. "I want some tobacco anyway."
"Fetch a couple erf aticka of dynn mlte along. Billy, ni put In one morr shot for toiiicht."'
A distant, reverberating report caus. ed the two men to jerk Into attitudes of tense surprise.
•'¦UTiafs that?" exdaimi^ Overland, running toward the tent "Thnt wasn't the kid. ("ollio's (mly packln' a auto¬ matic, und here tt fs."
He stoppwi in tbe tent door, grabbed up the gun und lielt and run down th» canyon. WiuUirop following breath lessly. Neur the notch he paused, mo tloning 'Winthrop to one side "Mebbj It was to druw us on. You keep there Billy.    I'll P<'ke ahead."
But Overland did not go far. He ai most stumbled over the prone ilgure of Colllo. With a cry he tore his hand- ken hlef from his throat aod plugged
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Collie wheeled nulckly. saw  nothing miusual and tnrned ugaln toward the camp.    Thon he hesitated.    He would I Bmrmf* tiut •Inor" look   down   the  canyon.     He   reellred j (To ba Coattn—<)
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the wound. "Clean through," lie said, getting to his feot.    "Oet the wliLsky."
¦•Shan"t I help you carry him?" que¬ ried WInthrop.
Ovorlaiid shook hia head. "Get the whisky and get a flre goln". Ill brUiK him.'"
"Will he live?" aakad Wlutbrop, hesitallng
"1 reckon not, BUly. Hm-wmM plugged from hehlnd  cio<M»--«ad ctaaa thra«ch
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