1932-12-13 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

CALL of the WEST

CHAPTER XLVI.

BV R. G. MONTGOMERY

Dona sat on the porch and wor ried. She had not seen Dudloy sinco 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 beon acting as nurse she had been taken out on the porch. The doctor had said that Auper was around and would be out shortly, but he had nothing to say concerning Dudley,

Dona ant looking out into the morning sunshine and feeling very neglected. Dud could at least have got around this morning Dona had an idea he was up and off riding again. She leaned back drowsily and drank in the pitch spiced air from the forest.

A heavy stop on the porch aroun-

to see Swargin coming up the steps. He was hatless And his clothes were badly torn. It was clear he was looking for her, and she waited for him to speak.

"Ball and your old man just met op on the ridge," Swergin began with cruel bluntness,

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932.

up to lio almost touching Swergin, Bending over, Asper gathered Stan Dona covered her face with her Ball into his arma tenderly and hands and the rifle slid to the carried him to a room. porch floor. It accmed Stan had Amiled at her na he went down. porch rail. She was too weak to Dona nat staring out across the She was certain he had seen and move and almost too nervous to

down her.

think. The half dozen men who Dona Fainted away for a minute had come running up had halted most more than she could hear. at his hip.

but came back to consciousness beside the body of Swergin. They Swergin left the porch and Dona stared at him in surprise. fighing for control of herself. Her looked up at her in astonishment. atrode toward the corrals. When It was plain that Swergin was eyes lifted reluctantly to the pad- his back was squarely turned a seeing a ghost or worse. Her eyes tied space outside the porch. The culled weakly.

"Take him some place," Dona Bendish gris spread over his heavy travelled with his gaze and she saw two men were just where they had features.

Stan Ball standing at the corner fallen. Slowly Dona alid from her The men gathered up their boss of the building. Both his hands chair and made her way down the and carried him down to the dec- tor's cabin. Asper came out as were held wide from his side and stepa. his eyes were fixed upon the tim-

Passing the still form of Swar. they were leaving and shouted ber boss's face. Ho had not seen!gin she bent over Stan Ball and

after them. Dona on the porch,

lifted his hend to her lap. Tears

At the corrals he found no at- tendant and had to do the sad dling himself. This delayed him a few minutes.

"Send the doctor up here right

Dona ant staring across the "I came to get you, Swergin," he blinded her eyes and she rocked away" clearing with unseeing eyes. Sha anapped. "Go for your gun." gently back and forth. was torn by conflicting emotions, Swergin already was pulling ati" "Why did you do it?" she whis- traitor. Worse, his holster. Both men bent for- pored. "Oh, why did you have to he was a fiend. At that moment ward and two guns cleared almost come back like this!"

Stan Ball was a

One of the men turned and nod- ded to Asper, then ran on ahead. Aspar crossed the porch to Dona's aide and patted her arm. "Is he alive?" Dona whispered. "He's all right," Asper lied

she felt she could stand again un- Instantly. Streaky flames spurted Stan did not atir, his eyes ro- der the tree on the ridge above and as their six guns roared. Donn mained closed. Dona was too hya- watch him hanged without a touch could not take her eyes from Stan's terical and upact from the ordeal bravely. "Now I'm taking you

of sympathy.

face, It was so hard and cold, of the past half hour to think of

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ed her. She started, wide awake, side. Ho had never been on hand still standing there, his gun amok- dle and she wanted him to usher in his arms and carried her in She wished Dudley was at her After the crashing report he was aiding him. She wanted him to back to your bed." He gathered when she really needed him and ing in his hand. Slowly Dona but she knew as his head rested and laid her on her bed. Bending she wondered if it was always to be forced her eyes from him to whers in her lap that she loved him and over her he kissed her tenderly. "Don't you worry about Stan Bail, that way.

He furnished a very Swergin had been standing. The always would.

he's all right.” thin barrier against the hurts that timber boss lay on his face in at

erumpled heap in the dust..

Asper Delo came unasked,

came striding Dona's eyes lighted with a rush around the corner of the building, of fire but Asper checked her from Suddenly Dona's panic awont and burst upon this scene. Sey-speaking. up the path. Dona, watched him come and a feeling of loathing away from her and she became a eral men had seen the fire and he "I have to meet the doctor and)

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 a He had persocuted and killed with caught her to him. "What's this?" "Then, he didn't shoot you and hulking ape Swergin moved up the

wound you?" Dona whispered hill, his long arma dangling by his out staying his hand. Reaching he cried.

The colour left 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 tears rolled out from under her long lashes and foll on her clench- ed hands.

ed.

Swergin was leading two horses

sides and hie massive chin stick back she forked from its peg the "I killed him," Dons wept soft-eagerly.

Asper shook his head, "I made Ing out as he strode along. It was rifle Aaper had left out for her to ly. "I shot him."

Asper swept her into his arms a mistake about the kid, but terrible to have no one else to fight fixa a souvenir and pumped a

cartridge into It. Levelling it sand carried her to the porch. Then we'll make it up to him now." A for you but a man like Swergin.

The timber bong dropped the steadily an her weakened condi- he returned to several men who lump rose in the old timber king'a "How could he do it?" she choke 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 gianco at Swergin showed him that ahead of Dona and himself.

facing her, and slowly crumpled the timber boss was beyond help.

(To be continued), faced Dona.

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

"What happened to Ball?" Dona could not keep the question buck.

"Got away ko ho always has," Swergin. snarled.

"Go and get a horae and I'll try to ride up with you," Dona spoke, weakly. Tho shock had been al-!

down

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

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

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