THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1932.
CALL of the WEST
CHAPTER XXV.
¿V R. G. MONTGOMERY.
below.
The front bead of her rifle
grily.
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.
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Aaper Delo WAR bending for-she could check the movemonta of rough ground at a graceful lope. ward cagerly as Dona came to a tho posso.
Donn reached down and jerked breathless halt beside his, chair on Why she rode out to watch the her rio loose. The rider was too the porch.
hunt was not clear in her mind. far away to be halted but he was "Did they got him?" he do Sho could not get back to camp within easy rifio range. Sudden- manded.
with_news as soon пB the men ly she remembered the roan's fear **They have him surrounded and would get in. Something led her to of a gun. She slid from her horse expect to capture him at any min- take her stand and watch. It and dropped to one knee. ute. The man who brought in the might have been morbid curiosity word says they expect a finish or feminine instinct. Whatever it steadied and she pressed the trig face revealed more than sho knew would be as strong as he was and it and pulled ger. She was not uncertain for a of horror and disillusionment. aa hard! She would watch her fight up at the branch of the Blind was Dona obeyed
chanco and outwit him! They rode River trail."
ther mount to a halt on a jutting second of the Identity of the man Dena patted his hand reassur. ledge that over-looked the slopos escaping from the circling posse. Stan Ball's eyes hardened and on through the timber until they
Ho had alipped through their lines his mouth, become ingly. "They'll capture him."
a tight line. were higlt under tho rim of Folly
(Continued on Page 10.) Asper chowed viclously on his A little meadow hedged in by and was well on his way to free"And you are my prisoner. I'll cigar. He had not been allowed heavy scrub growth lay at her dom. Her rifle cracked' viciously. have to get you out of here right to amoko for days and now was feet, Farther down the slope she The rider straightened, then pitch now!" making the best of the black stogle could see men riding around aed over the side of his horse. He won't go!" Dona flashed an- the doctor had given him. "I hope heavy patch of timber. The rolled over twice, lay still. The they bring him in," he gritted. ground was rocky and tangled black horse ran ou and halted un-
"Oh yes you will gol My worth. "I'm going to ride up a little with thick growth and connected der cover of the timber.
Slowly Dona got to her feet. She less hide deponds on it." His cyon way and see if I can learn any-with the timber directly below
Donu tried to speak her. Men with rifles thing more."
crawled felt dizzy and sick. She had shot were hard and he was not smiling. "You're wanted for killing." unconcernedly.
from bush to bush while the mant The report of her gun "Be careful, D. There is danger mounted mon rode in an over would not attract attention be-Dona had not fully recovered from with
around using high-powered 'closing circle
the rocky cause of the occasional Aring from her first shock.
"Just which killing, do you ro below. With heavy feet she be rifiles." Asper was eager to bave ambush.
gan to descend to the meadow. She for to? I'm wanted for several." her bring news yet he was cau- ticos.
Donn loosened ner rifle so that had to go to the man she had just His tone was mocking. "Move to- ward my horse 1" he ordered sharp- Dona arranged his chair and she could get at it handily. Sho killed.
The 76 yards down to where he,ly. blankets and gave him a hurried was not sure what she would do
Dona went, with his rifle at her klas on the cheek. Then she ran with it if Ball broke out of tho lay seemed miles and she moved toward the corrals.
connecting timber and tried to uncertainly, Dona clung to her back. She knew he was in de by sparing her The roan neemed to know where cross the meadow but she intend-rifle and plodded on. Now she sperate straights and that he had she wanted to go. He struck out ed to be ready. Several rifle chots could see his jacket through the nothing to win
Under cover Stan faced her toward the saddle that overlooked rang out from below as exerted tall grass. One leg was pulled up should she shout or try to run. Blind River at a swinging gallop. men caught glimpses of what they in a twisted manner and his arms
were Aung wide. She almost ran grimly. "The hounds are no close His slender rider lot him have his thought was the bandit. head until they reached the Blind) Dona settled back to walt. Sud. the remaining few steps to where that I'll have to take you with me. You have discovered my secret With little effort ho River trail, then she headed him denly a black horse burst from, he lay south, straight up the mountain, the timber just below her, Ita rid- Dona bent over the prostrate trail." She remembered high point or was bending low over the sad form and her eyes were wide. Sho swung her up in front on his and- overlooking the slope from which dle and the horse was taking the was gazing on the face of Stanley dle, then leaped up behind her. Ho Black Suddenly the dead man tossed aside her rifle as a useless came to life. With a lightning hindrance.
Dona shrank from his lean arms sweep he had her rifle, then faced her. A grim smile drew his lips but he held her close and the black mare headed through the timber tight.
"You are a poor shot," he murat a speed showing she was fami- liar with the trail. Dona bit her mured.
"You-you are Ball?"
Dona's lower lip to keep from crying. She
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