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THE - HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932.

CALL of the WEST

CHAPTER XLVI.

BVR G. MONTGOMERY

Dona sat on the porch and wor- ried. She had not Boon Dudley! since the night before when he left her after her father had gone to bed. The doctor had come and with the aid of a woman who had been acting as nurse she had been taken out on the porch. The doctor had said that Asper was around and would be out shortly, but he had nothing to any concerning] Dudley.

most more than she could bene. at his hip.

Asper crossed the porch, to Dona's side and patted her arm.

"Is he alive?" Dona whispered. "Ho's all right," Asper" lied

up to llo almost touching Swergin. Bending over, Asper gathered Stan Donn covered her face with har Ball into his arms tenderly and hands and the rifio alid to the carried him to a room. porch floor. It seemed Stan had Dona sat.staring out across the similed at her as he went down. porch rail. She was too weak to She was certain he had seen and mova and almost too nervous to known her.

think. The half dozen men who Dona fainted away for a minute had come running up had halted but came back to consciousness beside the body of Swergin. They Swergin left the porch and' Dona tared at him in surprise.fighing for control of herself. Her looked up at har in astonishment. atrodo toward the corrals. When It was plain that Swergin was eyes lifted reluctantly to the pad- "Take him some place," Dona his back was aquarely turned a seeing a ghost or worse. Her oyes ded space outside the porch. The called weakly. fiendish grin spread over his heavy travelied with his gaze and she now two men were just where they had

The men gathered up their boss features.

Stan Ball standing at the corner fallen. Slowly Donn slid from her At the corrala ho found no at-of the building. Both his hands chair and made her way down the and carried him down to the doc- tor's cabin. Aspor came out, as tendant and had to do the sad-were held wide from his side and stope.

Passing the still form of Swer.they were leaving and shouted diing himself. This delayed him ahis oyes-wore fixed upon the lim- few minutes.

bar boss's face. He had not seen gin slie bent over Stan Ball and after them,

lifted his hand to her lap. Tears! "Send the doctor up here right; Dona on the porch. Dona ent staring across thei "I came to get you, Swergin," he blinded her eyes and she rocked away!"

gently back and forth.

One of the man turned and nod. Dona nat looking out into the clearing with unaccing eyen. She snapped. "Go for your gun." morning sunshine and feeling very

was torn by conflicting emotions.. Swergin already was pulling at "Why did you do it?" she whisded to Aaper, then ran on ahead. neglected. Dud could at least Stan Ball was A

traitor. Worse, his holster. Both man bent-for-pered, "Oh, why did you have to have got around this morning.

he was a flond. At that moment ward and two guns cleared almost come back like this"

Stan did not stir, hip syes re- Dosa had an idea he was up and

she felt she could stand again un- instantly. Streaky flamer spurted off riding again. She leaned back der the tree on the ridge above and as their alx guns roared. Dona mained closed. Dona was too hys drawally and drunk in the pitch watch him hanged without a touch, could not take her eyes from Stan's terical and upset from the ordeal bravely. "Now, I'm taking you hard and cold: of the past half hour to think of back to your bed." He gathered face. It was 80 of sympathy.

She wished Dudley was at hor After the crashing report he was aiding him. She wanted him to. ed her. Bho started, wide awake, side. He had never been on hand still standing thore, his gun smok- die and she wanted him to v her in his arms and carried her in to see Swergin coming up the when she really needed him and ing In his hand. Slowly Dona but she knew as his head rested and laid her or her bed. Bending steps. He was hatleas and his

"Don't you worry about Stan Bali, clothes were badly torn.

she wondered if it was always to be forced her eyes from him to where in her lap that she loved him and over her he kissed her tenderly. It was

he's all right," that way. He furnished a very Swergin had been standing. The always would. clear he was looking for her, and

thin barrier against the hurts that, timber boss lay on his face in a

Asper Delo camu

Dona's eyes lighted with a rush striding she waited for him to speak.

came unasked.

crumpled beap in the dust.

around the corner of the building of fire but Aspor checked her from "Ball and your old man just met up on the ridge," Swergin began:

Suddenly Dona's panic awept and burst upon this acene. Sev-speaking.

"I have to meet the doctor and with crual bluntness.

away from her and she became a eral men had seen the fire and he come and a feeling of loathing tigress defending her own. Ball had got a horse and had follow take him to the kid's room," he crept over her despite the anxiety had been as ruthless as a vandal. ed Ball. He ran to Dona and said. that tugged at her heart, Like & He had persecuted and killed with caught her to him. "What's this?” hulking ane Swergin moved up the aut staying his hand. Reaching he cried.

wound you. Dona whispered hill, his long arms dangling by his back she jerked from its peg the! "I killed him," Dons wept soft-cagerly.

Asper shook his head. "I made sides and his massive chin alick- ing out as he strode along. It was rifle Aaper had left out for her to ly, "I shot him."

fix as a souvenir and pumped a Asper swept her into his arms a mistake about the kid. but terrible to have no one else to fight cartridge into it. Levelling it as land carried her to the porch. Then we'll make it up to him now."

The timber boss dropped the atendily na her weakened condi- he returned to several men who lump rose in the old-timber king's reins in the padded space before tion would permit she fired blankly had to run to the scene. A hasty throat as he realized what was the steps of the main building and at Stan. He turned around, half glance at Swergin showed him that, ahead of Dona and himself.

(To be continued). facing her, and slowly crumpled the timber boss was beyond help. faced Dona.

spiced air from the forest.

A heavy stop on the porch arous.

The colour loft Dona's face and she gripped the arm of her chair. "What happened?" she demanded weakly.

The old man is shot badly," Swergin lied.

Dona did not cry out but two, big teara rolled out from under her

long lashes and fell on her clench- ed hands.

"How could ho do it?" she chok- ed.

"If you can stand. to ride up there, you ought to go." Swergin spoke with a trace of feeling." don't think there is a chance to move him from the cabin I put him in."

"What happened to Ball?" Donn could not keep the question back.

"Got away ko he always' has." Swergin snarled.

"Go and get a horas and I'll try to ride up with you," Dona apoke weakly. The shock had been at-

Swergin was leading two horsen up the path. Dona

watched him

for you but a man like Swergin.

down

"You'll have to carry me to the horse," Dona said weakly.

Swergin grinned and took a step forward. Suddenly he halfted, his feet planted wide. The grin faded and his eyes began to bulge, while one big arm alld to the gun holster

"Then, he didn't shoot you and

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