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By WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
Auther of "A Man Four-Square,"
"Gunslght Pass," etc.
, Copvrieht, 101!, bv William MacLeed Ratne
nilS 1IKOINS TUB 8TOKV
Tme Cunningham l rich unci ruth;
u. 1W tumn down the pled of a Blr
K h ii claim en lilm nnd kicks out
W',Jho .iy Cunningham ewe him a
?,l en n hulnw deal. At a cowboy
.SSfvSl WW nose, ft rWinu-Kirl. .in
RSvrn ami hart bv Wildfire, a wild
KSShe The announcer eftllii out,
JS?'!" who in a stalwart, gal-'
,tent AMI HKKK IT COSTlNlfca
T ANB slid from tfie fece nnd reached
4- for lils saddle.
' ' As be lounged forward, moving with
Indolent grace, ene. might haye guessed
jlm a Southerner. He wnn lean lean
lelncd and broad-heuldercd. The long,
flowing muscles rippled under his skin
hen he meVcd, HUefthose of a pan-
Frem ecneaia me nana pi ms
tier.
In hat crisp, reddish hair
pinched
Wild Fire wns off the Instant his feet
fetind the stirrups. Again the outlaw
vent through its bag of tricks nnd its
'straight bucking. The man In the
IJddlO gave 10 us every niuiiim iigntiy
end easily. He rede with such grace
that he seemed almost a part of the
fcersB. His reactions appeared te nn
flelnate the" Impulses of the screaming
fend which he was astride. When Wild
Fire iolted him with humpbacked jar
rlns bucks his splne took the shock
ilmrly te neutralize the effect. IVhcn
It leaped heavenward he waved lift lint
ioreusly and rede the stirrups. Frem
firrt te hifet he was master of the nit nit
uatlen, nnd the outlaw, though still
fating savagely, knew the battle was
The bronche had ene trump card left, a
trick that had unseated tunny a ntub ntub
fern rider. It plunged sideways at the
fence of the inclosure nnd crashed
through It. Klrby's nerves ilirlckei
with pntn. and for a moment every
thing went black befere him. His leg
hd been jammed hard against the upper
plank. Hut when the haze cleared he
fas still in the saddle.
'J'lie outlaw gnvc up. It trotted tamelj
back te the grand Mnnd through the
lirnddcd frngiiieiitH of pine in the
pllntert'd fence, and the grand stand
row te its feet with u shout of applause
for the l-fcler.
Kirby slipped from the Middle and
limped back te his fellows en the fence.
Already the crowd amis pouring out
from every exit of the stand. A thou
land cars of fifty different makes were
rnerting Impatiently te get out of the
tern as seen ms possible. Fer Cheyenne
' full, full te overllewing. The town
reared Hu n lilgli tide or jocund life.
Frem all ever Colerado, Wjemlng,
Mentana nnd New Mexico hard-bitten,
(unburned yeulhs in high -heeled beets
nnd gundy attire had guthered for the
I'rentier lny celebration. Hundreds of
ears hnd poured up from Denver. Trains
lad disgorged thousands of tourists
com te sen the festival.
Many people would Mcj out. in nute.
nebilej and en the prairie. The. into
temCM r.t retnurnntH and hotels would
wait Ions and take second best.
A bis enttlcman beckoned te I.ane.
''Plncn in my car, son. Itun you back
te town."
One e the judges snh in the ten ten
jiteu be-ide the rough rider.
"Hew's the U's'! Hurt much?"
"Net much. I'm netleiti' it some,"
Kirby answered with .1 smile.
"You'll hnve te ride tomorrow. It's
Seu and fanbern for the linnls. We
laven't quite made op our minds."
The cattleman was nn expert driver.
He wound in nnd out nuieng the ether
cars speeding ever the prniri", strurk
thS read befere the a.ent majority of the
futomeblles had reached there, and was
n town with the vanguard.
After dinner the reush rider asked
the clerk nt her hotel if there was nny
hiail for Miss Hese McLean. Three
letters were handed him. Jle put them
la his pocket nud Mt out for the hos
pital. I He found Mls Itose reclining in n
Tecpltil cliuir, In n franie of mind high
ly ludlfrnnnt. "That doctor talks as
though he's going te keep me liere a
veek. Well, he's get another guess
coming. I'll net stay," she exploded
te hnr vKiter.
"New, loeky here, you better de as
(he dej snjq. He linetfn best. What's
B week in your young life?" Kirby sug
tcMed. "A week's a week, and T don't intend
te May. Why did you limp when uu
fame in? (,et hurtr'
"Net really hurt. Jammed my leg
tisaln-t n fence. I hew Wild Flu"
"Bid jett win the chainpienshlp?"
the(Clrl asked cnneny.
Ne. Flnaln tonien'ow. Sanborn
(in' me. Hew's the arm? Hene
brokee?"
"es. Oh, it nehes wine. TJe nil
tight se m."
lie. drew her letters from his peekeL.
rSteppcl te set your null nt the hotel.
tTheus'it veu'd like te me It."
ild lte-.ii looked the envelopes ever
Md toie ene open.
Trem my Utile sister lMher." t-he
hnlained. "Mind if I rend It? I'm
tome w irriwl about her. HUc'u been
writlnif Llmlii funny lately."
As sh read the roler idihert from her
Jjce. When she had finMieil reading
me lettt r Iv ihv (.iK-kn "pntlv.
"llnd news, pardmr?"'
jranu and direct , met (hove of her
Jrlead without evasion. It wn a herl herl
Mpef her li,-0 in the eiien Hint In her
relations with men she showed a boy bey
lllen une mccrn of son.
"lAther's In trouble. She she "
WOse cnuglit her breath in a stress of
emotion.
If there'H anything I enn de"
J- hf) gill fill Hi' iiu,I,t llm . tlinf mil-
d her and re-e from the chair. She
Mgan te imre up and down the room.
Presently iu,r iheuslits ovcrllewed In
erds.
tae!Shl5. .!loc,n s.ny ,-v!uit V is l,u'-1
w. . . "m wruzy ter iear or
Martaehe or something." Wild Hese
W always uuiek-tenineied. n nnsslnn.
M. tu'l,ll'r "( children nnd nil weak
Pfat1,!re'- New Lnne knew that the
K. !,loe,(l, vus niching htermlly te her
rt. IUt little sister was in dnnger,
fti,iiI.f.lu'ar relutlvu she had. She
ou a Hgl,t ter her ns n cougar would
Wisx.iing. "ly (j(,d, if it's a man
it he h done her wrens I'll nliet him
ill ." l',n R'nJ wolf. I'll show him
MlV hnfc It la (ri t.i
"he bieke down iil-hIii. I'limiiiini. rli.l.i
tillil ?,( il IH 1 liit IT " " t
n
was James who spoke..
charge, Kirby," he said.
Ills fare" was ffravc. "That's a serious
'What Is the name of the young woman"
She' stepped into the car. The t oer
clanged shut. Kirby wns left standing
alene. .
CniAPTEH V
rniitln Meet
the nid of a tiny loekiaft-glnss
woman was powdering uer
ane interrupter! nor te nsn u
With
n young
nose. Li
Wunn 1 V ' "" "71""' '"imping tight
WMnnll Ktreng teeth te bite back n sob.
110 siioke very gently. "Dees she
ay.
Ilia
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I i me Mm ni
s nteriee hung suspended In nir,
iinlfieanei. """"' uuuerstoeu its
The letter's just a n wall of
Mho talks of suicide. Kliliy.
e K' t te lrillr mi 1 ,. ni,.t
V
jjspalr.
1 ve get
IXnl.. ,
I'll " u "lien it leues, Am
" send n tnl i.i.,i, ,.. 1,. !..!.. ..11
'i her I'll fix it. 1 will, tee"
rean!!!ii'i Tl,l,t's tlu w"-v ,0 " ""
"aseimblp nn' i.vnr thln.rMi ,.m. ....
rti.i. i.n,i ..,1.. t tin . .,
"?t te the eiliCO. Hnen hh l'vn eat tlm
I'emp buck."
Dill. KIrlir. T nlwnr
lttl ivni.ii it
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his ir , '. ," ,l0r l"t ""'id Ml In
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llrnii . ' '"' ",IU Hand was, n
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:;". ui 1110 eiiice.
" sdiwluie I'll
.iou're 11 irned 11
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ill in
woman In
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Cul l'i1, , ""n 'r'l ,lH '" '"'
St ; te ,1e 'Ul,! W"h wlmlevcp Bhu l"it
S? "lf e.J? vested en the iincera there
'Amti
ms, eye, vested en tjie flntfeM
te him n Bvft, linrcnsenlns
pres
cience of Impending tragedy. Te what
dork destiny wns she moving?
CHAITKH IV
Net Always Twe te Make n Quarrel
Kirby put Wild Hose en the morning
train for Denver. She had escaped from
the doctor by sheer ferce of will. The
night had been n wretched one, almost
sleepless, and she knew that her fever
would rise in the afternoon. But that
could net be helped. She had mero im im
pertnht business thnn her health te at
tend te just new.
Ordinarily Hese bloomed with vital
ity, hut this morning she looked tired
and worn. In her eyes there wns a
hard brilllnncy Kirby did net like te
see. He knew from of old the fire that
could blaze in her heart, the insurgent
impulses that could sweep her Inte
recklessness. What would she de if the
worst she feared turned out te be true?
"Geed luck," she cnlied through the
open window ns the train pulled out.
"Heat Cele, Kirby."
"flood luck te you," he answered.
"Write me seen ns nu find out hew
things nre."
Hut ns he walked from the station his
heart misgave him. Why had he let her
go alone, knowing ns he did hew hwift
she blazed te passion when wrong was
done tlioe she leed? It was easy
enough te say that she had refused te
let him go with her, though he hnd
several times offered. The fact re
mained that she might need n friend nt
hand, might need him the worst wny.
All through brenkrnst lie wns ridden
by the feur of trouble hn her horizon.
Comrades stepped te slap him en the
buck and wMi him geed luck in the
finals, nud though he liinde the proper
answers it was with the surface of 11
mind almost wholly preoccupied with
unether mntter.
Whlle he wns rising from the table he
mntle u decision in the Hash of nn eje.
He would join Hose in Denver at once.
Already dozens of cars were taking the
read. There would be n vacant place in
some ene of them.
He found a party just setting out for
Denver und easllj made arrangements te
take the unfilled sent In the teiiueau.
I'.y the middle of the afternoon he
wns at n boardlng-heuso en Cherokee
street inquiring for Miss Hese McLean.
She was out, and the landlady did net
Knew when she would be back. I'rob I'reb
ulily after her sister get home from
w erk .
Lnuc wandered down te Curtis street,
snt through a part of n movie, then
resth'shly took his way up Seventeenth
He hnd an uncle and two cousins living
In Denver. AVith the uncle he was en
bad terms, nnd with his cousins 011 110
terms nt nil. It had been fen years
since he hnd seen either .lames Cun
ningham, dr., or ills brother Jack.
Why net call en them and renew ac
quaintance? He went into n drug store nnd looked
the nnme up in n telephone book. His
cousin James hud nn office In the
I'riuituble Building. He hung tlm book
up 011 the hook nnd turned te go. As
he did se he enliie face te fnee with
Hese McLean.
"Yeu hern!" she cried.
"Yes, I I had business in Denver,"
he explained
"Like fun you hnd! Yeu came be
cause " She stepped nbruptly,
struck by another phaie of the situa
tion. "Did nu leave Chcjeune without
riding tednj?"
"I didn't want te ride. I'm fed up
en ridln'."
"Yeu threw away the? championship
and n theuniid-dnllnr prize te te"
"You're forget tin' Cole Sanborn," he
laughed. "Ne, lienet I came en busi
ness. Hut sincu I'm here suy, Hese,
wliere can we have a talk? Let's go up
te the mezzanine gallery at the Albany.
U's light" next doei."
IIe took her Inte the Albany Hetel.
They stepped out of the elevator at the
bui'iiiid lloer und he found a settee I11 a
corner wliere they might be alone. It
I struck him that the shadows In her
1 ejus had deepened. She was, he lyiuld
'see plainly, labeilng under a tension
I nt repicisi'd cNcltenient. The misery of
' her soul Imped out at liim when she
looked his way.
"Hnve you mi thing te tell me?" he
asked, and his low, gentle veice wus 11
comfeit te her law nerves.
"It's it man, just us I thought the
man slw weiLh for."
"Jh he married V"
"Ne. tilling te lie seen, the papers
sny. lie's 11 wealthy promoter. Ills
name's Cunningham.'"
"What Cunningham?" In his astern
Nhmeiit the words seemed te le.ip from
him of their own olltlen. '
".lames Cunningham, a big land nnd
mining ninn. Yeu mtibt hnve heard of
him."
"Yes, I've heard of him. Are you
sure?"
She nodded, "lather won't tell me a
thing. Site's shielding him. Hut 1 went
tliuiiigli her letters and found a note
f 1 11111 hlni. It's signed M. C I mccummI
lilm peliit-lihiiik te her and hhe just put
iui' head down en her aims and hebbeil,
I Knew he's the man."
"What de j 011 men 11 te de?"
"1 mean te have a talk with him first
off. I'll make him de what's right."
"Hew?"
"I don't knew hew, hut I will," she.
cried wildly. "If he deu't I'll settle
with lilm. Xethlu's tee bad for 11 man
like that." '
He shook his head. "Net the bc-t
way. Hese. Let's be sure of every move
we make. Let's e-liee I; up en this mini
lu'fcui ii' lu down the law te him "
Seil" uric'Mig uun'it) in him held
her 11 e He had sloughed the yu)
ilevll-imty-enrc boyishness of the rnnge
and tnkeu en leek of strong patience
pew in het experience of him. But she
was worn out nnd nervous. The patn
in her arm throbbed feverishly. Ilcr
emotions had held her en a rack for
mnny hours. There was In her no re re
serve power of endurance.
"Ne. I'm going te see him nnd have
it out," she llung back.
"Then let me geVlth you when you
sce him. Yeu're sick. Yeu ought te
be in bed right new. You're in no con
dition te fflce it nlene."
"Oh, don't baby me, Kirby!" she
burst out. "I'm all right. What's it
mntter if I nm fagged. Don't you eee?
I m crnzy nbeut Ksther. I've get te
get It settled. I can rest afterward."
"Will it de any harm te take n friend
along when you go te sce this man?"
"Yes. I don't want him te think I'm
afraid of him. Yeu're net in this,
Kirby. Ksther Is my little sister, net
yours."
"True enough." A sardonic, mirth
less smile touched Ills face. "Hut James
Cunnlnglinm is, my uncle, net yours."
"Your uncle?" She rose, staring nt
him with big, dilated eyes. "He's your
uncle, the man fhe who "
"Yes, an' I knew him better than
you de. Wu'vn get te use finesse, "
"I sec." Her eyes attacked him
scornfully. "Yeu think we'd better net
face him with what he's done. Yeu
think we'd better go easy en him.
Cnele's rich, nnd he might net like
plnln words. Oh, I understand new."
Wild Hese llung out 11 gesture tliut
brushed him from her friendship. She
moved past lilm blazing with auger.
He was at the clevoter cage almost
as seen as she.
"Listen, Hese. Yeu knew better
than that. I tedd you he was my uncle
because you'd find it out if I'm geln'
te help you. He's no friend of mine,
but I knew him. He'h strong. Yeu
can't drive him by tlirents."
The elevator slid down nnd stepped.
The deer of it opened.
"Will you stund aside, sir?" Hese
demanded. "I won't hnve anything te
de with nny of that villain's family.
Don't ever speak te me again."
he might sec Mr. Cunningham.
"Name, please?" Bhopnrretcd pertly,
nnd pressed a button in the Bwitchbedrd
befere her. , .
Presently she rcncbeel for tne powucr pewucr
puff ngnth. "Says te com'e right in.
Doer 't end e' the hall."
Kirby entered. AN man sat nt a desk
telephoning. He wns smooth-shaven
nnd rather henvy set, a year, or two be
yond thirty, with thinning hair en the
top of his head. Ills eyes in repose
were hard nnd chill. Frem the conver
sation his visitor gathered that he wns
a captain in the lied Cress drlve that
was en. , 1
As he hung up the receiver the man
rese, brisk and smiling, hand out
stretched. "Glad te meet you, Cousin
Kirby. When did you reach town? And
hew long nre you going te stay?
"Get in hour nn' n half age. IIew
are you, James?"
"Busy, but net tee busy te meet old
friends. Let me see. I haven't seen,
you since you were ten years old,
hnve I?"
"I was about twelve. It wns when
my father moved te Wyoming."
"Well, I'm glad te sce you. Wliere
you staying? Eat lunch with me to
morrow, can't you? I'll try te get Jack,
tee."
"Suits me line." agreed Kirby.
-"Anything Ilcan de for you in the
meantime?"
"Y'ps. I wnnt te see Uncle James."
There wns n film of wariness in the
eyes of the oil broker ns he looked et
the strnlght, clean-built young cattle
man. He knew thnt the strong face,
brown ns Wyoming, expressed n pun
gent pcrsennllty back of which was
dynamic force. What did Laue want
with his uncle? They had eiuarrcled.
His cousin knew that. Did young Lanes
expect him te back his side of the
eiuarrcl? Or did he want te win back
favor with Jnnres Cunningham, Sr.,
millionaire? . . . ..
Kirby smiled. IIe guessed what the
ether wns thinking. r'I don't want te
Interfere in your friendship with him.
All I need is his address and a little,
information. I've come te have another
row with him, I reckon."
The interest in Cunnlngham'e eyes
quickened. IIe Inughcd. "Aren't you
In bad cneugli nircauy wun unciuf
another quarrel? .
"This isn't en my own account.
There's a girl in his efilce "
A rap en the deer interrupted Kirby.
A young tnnn walked into the room.
He wns geed-looking, young, exquis
ite, dark-eyed nnd black-haired. His
clothes had been made by ene of the best
tnllers in New Yerk. Moreover, he
knew hew te wear them.
James Cunningham, Junier, intro
duced him te Kirby ns his c6Usln Jack.
After a few moments Of talk the broker
revcrtcd te the subject of their previous
alk- ... L .
"Kirby was just telling me that he
has ceme te Denver te meet Uncle
James," he explained te his brother.
"Seme difficulty with him, I under
stand." Jack Cunningham's black eyes
fastened en his cousin. IIe waited for
further information. It wns plain he
was interested.
"I'm net qulte sure of my facts,
Lane .said. "But there's evidence te
show that he has ruined n young girl
in bis office. She virtually admits that
he's the man. I happen te be a friend
of her family, an' I'm geln' te call him
t0 account. He can't get nwny with
it."
Kirby chanced te be looking nt his
I cousin Jack. What he saw in that
young man's eyes surprised him. There
were nstenisiiment, incrcuuiuy ana
finslly a cunning narrowing of the black
pupils.
It was James who spbkc. Ills face
was grave. "That's a serious charge,
Kirby." he snld. "What is the name
of the young wome.n?"
Te be continual tomorrow
COSTLY VIOLAS STOLEN
,
Thieves Take Musical Instruments
Werth $8000; Ignore Jewels
New Yerk. Jan. 2,1. Twe violas nnd
a violin, vnlued nt $8000 nnd cherished
ns the ltnniiiwerK et intneus instrument
mnkcrs mero than a century age, have
been stolen from his apartment, Bene
" 1 n 1 inn tf
Pnllnln. nunlntntit director of the
Yerk Symphony Orchestrn, report!
tlm nellce yesterday.
Jewelry and. cash lying en n tires
table in Plain view were umiisiur
hv tlm thieves, who. Mr. rellalii
get into the lint by picking a lock.
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