CHAPTER XXX
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932.
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Dons could not take her eyes
"Why do you say that?" Donu[smile at her. from Ston's face. There was some-flushed Impatiently. "A white He thing in his cool manner that made might set you free." her wonder at him.
"Turn about is fuir play," he said .at length.
"I am doing just what I said I would." Dona unconsciously as sumed a defensivo tone,
"A white lie would have got! you free." he countered.
"I'm sorry to be so much trouble to you," he said softly.
Dona moved a little but could not
answer.
"But I wasn't going to be hung." Ile seemed to have come to some Dona could feel her control slip-sert of decision. "I'm really a bad actor and would have wound up this ping.
"No, but you might easily have way sooner or lator." He paused
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All Imagined a worse fate." He was and smiled, a bit of the old humour Ball is walking." Swergin growled. Įmare and role away at a trot. was gone not smiling and his eyes were cleur. coming back into his eyes, "You
"Right," Stan spoke softly. of the tense wardness from his face and Its hes bad .Hoftened."
Dona was expecting a shrewd at- tempt on his part to persuade her to free him. Of course he would try to talk himself out of his pre- sent tight corner! She waited im- patiently but he did not speak for a full half hour. When he did it was not to ask for ease for himself but about her.
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There will be a trinl and you can can always know that I had it hire a lawyer. The Blind River out-coming to me several times over." fit will back you," she mused al- most to herself.
Stan laughed outright, "What is so funny?"
"There will bo no trial. Swergin will see to that. Everything will be settled within an hour." Hin eyes met hers.
"You mean they will lynch you?" "You think a lot of your father?" Dona could not meet those stendy He asked the question while his grey eyes. key eyes held hers.
Dona was about to cut him off With a short answer when some thing prompted her to lead him on. "Father is about all I have."
"Just that."
Itia orda did not cheer Dona as a.confension of this kind should have. Instead she felt her heart catch and rise to choice her. Ho was confessing, admitting everything: and still she could not feel the wave of anger and hatred that she had once felt for him.
Stan watched her through narrow eyes. He was wondering what she might be thinking. Ho know that his resolve to make her think him guilty of all the crimes he was charged with had falled. Had he known women better he would never have spoken.
"I won't go," Dona stated flatly.i Hor colour was 'ebbing back and with it some of her old fre..
(To be continued),
"Sam! Come and get this gal and MOTOR CAR ON FIRE. take her on ahead to her old man!" Sworgin bellowed.
Donn looked into the cylinders of the colt she held.They were empty! She faced Swergin and her words Inshed out. "If Bali is injured while you are bringing him in I'll sign murder complaint against you and your men!"
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Swergin reached out and chucked her under the chin with a thick dirty finger. Sam! Get this little Apitfire out of here," he yelled.
Sam was a beefy fellow with aand put out the blaze with fire "I can't stand this any longer," Dona exclaimed. "I'm going to let matted beard and bleary eyes. Dona extinguishers.
When the alarm was given at you go. I hate you but I'm going to had never seen him at camp. Now
Police Station the Central She took a step to-he thumped into the cabin and caught her roughly by the arm. let you go!" ward him.
"It's no Half-dragging her, he made his way emergency eqund was rushed to Happy Valley to be ready for any Stan shook his head.
Joutside.
Realizing the hopelessness of re- contingency. Fortunately, their use. Swergin has at least two men outside right now." Stan's eyes "I can't believe that," she said. shifted to the window and he amlled sistance Dona mounted the black services wore not required. "And I don't expect you to. i ex-a twisted smile. "The dirty skunk neet to stay here until Swergin is trying you out for his own pur- Stan eused poses. He expects you to let me comes with his men." his tortured wrists by shifting his o." weight.
"But Swergin came out of his way to hide you," Dona protested.
"Sworgin came over here to cache me so that he would have time, to Stan's eyes did not waver. He Ket his own gang together." Stan was sure she was telling the truth.spoke simply.
Horror filled Dona's eyes, "then He knew there was Homething wrong with her marriage though distruct and finally outright disbe- he could never hope to know morelief. At last Ball was playing the of that now, Swergin's glib story cunning game for which she had of protecting him did not carry any been watching. He wanted to work weight with Stan. I knew the on her woman's tenderness, timber bom was at that instant rounding up his mob for a lynch- ing:
"Why do you ask?" Dona waited Lo draw him out further.
"I just wondered how loyad you were. But I am conyheed," he has tened to add, as he noted a flush mount her cheek,
"If I believed that I would set! you free." Dona met this eyes fair-
Dona's eyes followed Stan's gaze und darkened with horror. Through the window she could see two men sitting on horses. They had rides across their knees.
"And I believe that, too." "You think father is unfair,
Donn gave a little 'gasp and got crooked, and that mistake will cost
"I'll let you go and give you your you heavily." Dona spoke with sim-up. She was in a position that tore
ai her woman's nature, but she also gun," she cried. ple straightforwardness.
"It's empty," Stan spoke softly. Stan smiled a little and nodded had a woman's instinctive sense of
Be careful of that but he did not speak. He had all protection for herself. Ball was "Listen to me.
Ride straight to camp as fast the information he had sought con-euning. He had proved that sex-man.
Don't let him go with cerning the Delo Timber Company, eral times. She walked outside the as you can.
Understand?" The sudden He could incriminate Asper and cabin, unable longer to face him as you.
fury of his words made Dona start. Swergin, could make Dona's father he stood there calmly waiting.
Stepping through the brush that "Well, you sure kept him hog-! almost as black as he himself had been painted. He had been of half clung close about the door
toward the trail. She Dona whirled at the rumbling a mind to tell her everything. Now looked he made a new decision. He would thought she saw a man draw back voice behind her. Swergin was let Swergin do his worst withont into the bushes but could not be standing in the doorway. leering at gure. Her mind was in such a whirl protest.
that she gave the fleeting glimpse but little thought. Probably it was
mule deer feeding nearby.
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Dona could not fathom the lean the man leaning against young wall. He seemed entirely different from what she had expected in the kler they had been hunting.
"What would you do if I loosened the rope at your wrist?" She put the question evenly.
"would make a getaway if could," he answered frankly.
she tied!"
She entered the cabin again and Nat down. Stan was looking out of a little window that let in
them.
"We'll just take him off your handy now. Your husband and your old man want you to gallop right straight to camp. "I'll send a man with you." Swergin advanced upon Stan.
wide White-faced and shaken, Dona band of white light. He did not held her ground. "I'm going to Reem to notice her return and she ride in-with the posse," she stated sat for several minutes before he in an unsteady voice. moved. When he did it was to
"You're going to ride on ahead.
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