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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

CALL of the WEST

Ben RH TO-DAY

of crooked practice and of having men hut

R. G. MONTGOMERY

yun tali ceuses Asper Valo, limber klutz. ness and as he entered he slid to through the thick brush and patted who try w check up on he activities, Ball, one side. Sworgin, with typical her sleek neck. Not 10 feet down says he is making a check for cattle thickheadedness, pushed in after the slopo a white patch of moon- Lerests. Delp says he will preventin

Like a flash Stan struck light was creeping upward. Fasten- person. Upon leaving Dela's office Itall wave him. Dona, Asper's daughter, from kidnapp Learning her guns, be felts her he la tanous and, as he did so, raised

booted foot in a desperate Dudley Winters loves Bonn. Ile ugrem từ His nim was as true as make Kaper give up the wells Wen of guin

ley Black and slips away.

one in the back securely behind the kick anddle, Stan prepared to mount. It could His hand rested a second

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to Three livers and running Ball of the have been in daylight. Sworgin's pocket of his Jumper and he felt the ompany properly. Don Kom with him. They find manhunt in progress with lily went clattering to the floor, cardboard he had taken

from

is the objective, Asper i bali wounded Stan leaped across the doorway and Swergin. Pulling it out he stepped a into the moonlight and looked at it from Ambush bat emanot he kept in l. flatten himself. He heard Dudiry produces a marriage certificate that they had been provented from valax by muttered curse as the big boss jeuriously. "Dona's Being

urself. They ill Asper they KTP married 12 Grethenem Chileanancement, while in

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for food. Its is eattht by Hwergin, Asner's timber boss, who has been a lending figure

In the hunt

CHAPTER XVII Stanley Ball laughed shortly Atting finish Indead for Here was the whole mad undertaking. Ball . was determined that the big timber, boss would have to shoot him down to hold him. There was to be no capture and no show to be staged after the moon came up.

Swergin leaned forward and

hardened.

that

A beautiful face smiled up at tried to get his other gun clear.

With eager fingera Stan sought him, face of Dona Asper. Her hair on the floor for Swergin's gun. Hormed her face soitly and she found it and leaped up to shove the wore a filmy evening gown heavy revolver into his captor's clung against the soft whitences of face. So rapidly did it all happen her throat. Stan stared at the that Swergin was covered before he picture for a full minute, then his Swergin muat could get Stan's gun from the eyes. blazer pocket where he had shoved have been in Dona's room. That As he felt the cold steel of his was how he had come to catch Stan. Sinking down on one knee, the own weapon shoved into his throat he cursed loudly.

man stared at the picture he held. The white band of moonlight had moved up the mountainside. It cov- red Stan's head and shoulders wrapped in his thoughts that he failed to see a light flare down in the cabin in which he had locked Swergin. The big timber boss had been able to open the door and was outside now looking for his gun.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1932.

MOONLIGHT. a picturesque mountain camp, a pretty girl and a dashing cowboy. With such romantic elements of course there's a love story in "Call of the West" by R. G. Montgomery. There's adventure and excitement too in this thrilling new serial.

Down at the corrals there was

ing glance Stan was sure it was, come from the chill night. Dann who was returning from the The last horseman galloped out little group of apruce trees shading of camp with thundering hoofs and the north wall.

sound of shouting came from up the mountain. Shots rang out frem commotion Sleepy voices shouted the direction of Pass Creek. A and saddle's scraped along the fusilade followed from far above. ground. One rider dashed into the Then all was still. The moon had moonlight not 100 feet above Stan. cleared the highest crag on Folly With an easy swing the tall cowboy | Mountain and the entire slope lay was in the saddle and heading the in shimmering, silver beauty. Dona black mara back into the timber. Bank to the porch and propped har He was not thinking about the chint in her hands. So much of danger ahead of him in the moon- beauty yet such terrible things tak drenched patches of timber oring place. She strove to understand along red walls of stone, lighted it all, but more to understand hor almost brilliantly: he was wonder- self. ing about the broken sobs he had

jerked Stan's gun from its holator. I report of your gun would wake the with a silver radiance, Stan was no heard from among the spruco.

He went over the lithe form of the cowboy with a heavy hund, satisfy ing himself that there was no other weapon concealed on him, then he snurled, "Walk straight ahead and keep out of the light from the build inga!"

Stan realized that he was going to bo made a prisoner and left to Awent while Swergin got his mob together. He decided to test the big fellow behind him.

"Shut up or I'll drill you!" Stan snapped.

Swergin was instantly allent. "I'd kill you, Swergin, but the camp. Stan had recovered his own gun by this time. As he felt for it his fingers closed upon a square of cardboard in the boss's pocket. He task this, too, and backed out through the door. "Stay in there!" he hissed.

Swergin stayed while Stan bar-

"

"Let's stay here. It's so bagutl- Nevertheless he put the blackful." she murmured.

"Not for long, dear." Dudley mare to a gallop and headed up the mountain. He had to drop well pulled his coat over her shoulders.

Donn did not unswer She was down on the Pass Creek Aido in order to cross a rocky formation deep in wonder at the queer tight with a grass torchat would hide his tracks. Then ness in her heart. She was in a there was a stream to follow as a panic now that she was committed further blind. To be caught at any 1 to marrying Dudley and she could The main building was a short one of these open places would not find a single valid reason why red the door with a heavy plank. 50 fect from where Stan was sit can instant death from a title. sho should feel this way. fastily then he cut across tho ting. All at once he roused him- Already Stan could hear the clearing to where he had cached the self. Distinctly through the night pounding of hoofs below and above supplies. He must have food to be heard a sol. Stan looked about him. Swergin had sent his fastest live upon and now he የቤዛ Buro but could not plerce the blue of the riders deep into the hills to head Swergin would tighten the pack

shadows. Then he saw Swergin's tac cowboy. A swarm of lesser around his little area of safety. forch and realized his own danger, unters would bring up the rear. Stan bucked into the deeper shada Touching the mare's flank with a and latened. The sobs were plain- spur, stun gave her her head. There ly those of a woman. Low, choking was

little at atako, yet he had sobs, as though the person weeping suddenly takon now interest in was trying to keep them back but living." could not.

corrals was

"You are an officer of the law, Swergin. i demand a safe place and a guarantee that there will be no moh action," Stan bit off the The moon was just shoving over words shortly.

the shoulder of Folly Mountain. They had the effect he had ex- The buildings of the timber camp pected. "There ain't no law agin were still in darkness but the clear repartin this catch," Swergin ing was crossed by a band of silver growled..

light. Stan hurried because he knew

Stan edged along under cover un- The scene at the Stan understood what that that in half an hour riding, would til he was nearer the sounds. He feverish. Dona ran up the steps meant. Swergin would be in the be almost as dangerous as in day-heard Swergin shouting down at take her place beside Nudley who background and his men would do fight.

the corrala and a minute later sev-had not joined the hunt. She had the actual lynching. It would savo He caught up the burlap sack of A lot of trouble and expense.

supplies and headed toward, the cral voices answered. There was an removed all traces of her tears of interval of silence in which Stan a few minutes before and was now black mure. The night was still, strained his cars but failed to hear eagerly watching the scene below. with a chl silence that comes to

the sobs that had drawn him away "I'd like to go with them but the high country from its crowns of snow above the valleys.

from his horse. He was about to I'm not going to," Dudley whisper- turn and run to his mount when he ed as he slipped an arm around The black mare nickered softly

How a slender gure pass Asper her. Stan approuched.

Blid

Delo's lighted window. The kirl Dona did not reply but she moved Vanished instantly in the direction closer to him as though to shlod of the front porch but in the fleet-harself from something that might

They crossed to a dark cabin without windows and Swergin re Inxed his vigilance enough to kick open the door,

"Get in there!" he snapped.

Stan stepped into the inky black-

as

He

"Better be going in now." Dudley snid, and got to his feet.

Still Dona hesitated. She looked up, trying to smile. “Just a minute moral" the begged, "The moon hasn't reached that patch of timber

nder Folly Peak"

(To be continued).

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