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TELEGRAPH THURSDAY

THE GIRL OF THE

GOLDEN

WEST

HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter

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STNormig! Te la the unar 1840 and Mary, owner of the Polka Saloon in Cloudy, California, has Just returned from a viali to Father Bienna in Mostaroj. Des roule, the stage coach has boen hold up by Ramarres, the ban dis, Later, at the Governor's Mosta, cha moots him again. This time he is disputked on ̃a young Kloutonant. Unaware that Mary is the owner of the Polka, he plans to rob the place of the minora gold on deposit in the sajo. But when he finds Mary there he changes his mind and makes an appointment to meet her at her calin next evening. But dangers avalt him. One of his onemies is Bhariff Ranco, who loves Mory, Thổ other là Vino, ha discarded favorite al tro bandit camp.

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Chapter Nine

Snow had frosted the windows and the wood was crackling in the fire-place as Mary moved about, putting the finishing festive touches ta her cabin room, in honor of her

visitor.

"In it still snowin' Wowklo?" the naked, gazing at her rosy face in the mirror?

The Indian Woma grunted. "Umm. Bad.”

Mary was barely istening, Sho pinned a Nower in her curls, "Wow- klo, after he comes, you can go.” Bho ran to the window again. "Gosh, it'a snowin' and blowin'." She spun around, “Wowkie, where's that old rabbit's foot you gave me? In the cupboard?. Guow I'l nort of carry it tonight for luck?” Running to the alcove, she emerged again rubbing the tailaman,

""Wowkle, I'll bet you a dolinh |

|

at it to malo it worth white."

Slowly, she began to speak and all her young posolon was in hor voica, “Guess you've won the hand, partner. I loved you when I first saw you in Monterey, then I got mad 'cause you kissed mo, But when I saw you later at the Govers nor's raucho, I was in love all over again. And last night when you walked late the Polką, I seemed to expect you somehow. And then I was sayin' to mynolf, 'He's a gentiuman and if he over asks me to marry him 11 may you quicker than the Bberiff can pull a trigger.*"

Her love was Dowering up at him but as amorrer" eyes met the doop, trusting depths of her own, he folt as it ho'd been pierced through the heart. For a moment, be had been able to forget his life of banditry but now it flooded back to him in full force. Abruptly, he walked away.

"Goah," Mary sald after a mo mont, "that sounded almost ilko I was proposin' to you, didn't t?" Tears stung her eyelids. Makin' n fool of herself over a man that didn't care two pins.

Ramerter turned, "You're the nicest person I've ever known."

"Thanka," she said tonelessly and went to the store. I hope you jike my cookin' too."

With clonched hands, Romerrez paced the room. What was there that he could do or say? Well, may be he could tell her of his love, make her understand, through the Jangungo of song.

Softly, he began to sing. "Shndows

Bhadows on the Moon → ** Absently, Mary picked up the re- frain. Then suddenly, she went rigid, That song. Ramorrez Was looking at her oddly too.

"Where did you learn that song?" he asked, striding to her,

Her eyes were wide, startled. "From my mother. She used to put mo to sleep with it, Whors did you

"Don't open that door!"

hear it?

he never gets here,"

"I'll bet you a dollah he does," He was looking at her as it sho Ramerror said from the doorway, were a ghost. "I heard a little girī Striding in, he shook off the snow sing it a long time ago. Sha WED and grinned down at her, "Can I standing by a campfire surrounded come in t

by, the wagona of a caravan. And from the hills we could hear the tom-toms of the Indians rising."

A bit flustered, Mary laughod. "Appears to me like you're already in. Sure glad you camo,” she said fying about the room. "Wowkle, give Loutenant Johnson some cof- foo."

Wowkle had her own way of handing a giri a boont, "Ummm- good caffoe - Miasy make."

"With a'sly smile Ramorroz bo- gan to speak to the sorving woman to Indian, Froquent chuckles la- korrupted her replies and finally Mary turned to her in exasperation. What did be my to yon, Wowkla?!

Wowkle shook liko jelly, "Zim say I got out so him be alone with you."

Mary faced hima indignantly, "Tou got a heap of nervo giving orders to iny Indian.”

Wowkle shook again with mirth.

"And did the wind start blowin“ almost as bad as it is tonight?" Mary demanded as if her to de- ponded on the answer.

"Yes, and a Padre was warning the whites to break camp and got into the mountains."

Crystal drops stood in her eyes. "Father Blenna," she said softly.

"Yes," he cried in amazement, "Father Sienna.” Then muddenly, fo swooped her up in his arms and the place schoed with his exuliant laughter. "Tow're that utilə giri, the one I've always remembered.. Oh, Golden Hair.”

"How could you remember all this so. lang!"

"I've never forgotten you I love you Golden Hair, I love you." And now the torrent of his love was

"I tell him you say same thing unleashed. Her lips, her throat, her bafors he comes.”

Wowkla!" Then, because there was 'no way out of that ono, Mary sot some coffee before Romerron and asked, "Where did you learn your Indian lingo TM**

oyes were covered with his hungry kimsa that demandad more and yet more of, ber,

Finally, breathless, sho said, “Are you proposin' now?"

He looked down at her with such

I lived with them once." Wowkle tenderness that she knew in that had opened the door and snow second all the deeply chiseled truth could be soon desconding like a of his love, Would you really say thfait, white curtain. "Say, looks yes if I did without knowing like a blizzard. Goodnight Wowkdlo. anything about mor" he asked, Watch your way."

crushing her close again.

Ramorroz got up and moved rest lessly about the room. Then his eyes fell on a little bookshelf on ons wall, Romeo and Juliet'. Where did you got this?"

She looked up from the atow she was stirring. “A prospector left it at the Polka."

"Have you read it"

"Oh sure. Laughed myself sick over it. T

He stared down at her sternly, "Laughed at Rompo and Juliet? Didn't you read the finish where they died together on nocount of their love??.

Hor arms tightened around him. I've got eyes, haven't I? And I know a gentleman when I soO ODD."

"But suppose you're wrong? Sup pose I'm everything you think I'm not. What would you may then?"

Who is there to my what love will do? the thought dreamily. But suddenly, as if jealous of their hap piness, the storm burst into the room. The door had crashed open and snow blow in, in great drifts. Unexpectedly, a call came from the slope. "Hello, Girl! Girl.”

Ramerter was at the door in- stantly, Slamming it strat, ka bolted it and unconsciously, his hand dropped to his holster.

****Tos, sure" Mary retorted flip

pantly, hardly realizing what she was saying for the thrills that pon- "What'd you do that for? Mary wassed her at his nearness, “That's naked, astonished, "It's only one of where I laughed the most. I not the the boys calling. Bounds liko book right down and. I just hol-Sonora, Jerod,” Muas takenda p

"Beckume they 'aled?"";

"No, because they did it on so- count of love. People don't die for

....

“We're comin' up" another voice olled.

Mary nodded, "And Trinidad. Wonder what they're doin' out in this buzzard 1”

"Just the same," Hamorrem maši in a strange tans volos, "there are ros bad bitten out the words. -

"Don't open that door!" Ramer women men will die for."

"How many times," Mary naked, he stopped and slowly turned to tooing him, have you did?, she him. That low, bourse volos --whore hald her breaths, VPN 1 had the beard it before? He'd **The first time was wisan I saw fever spoken to her like that. It yoth", he "asid, and somehow, as had wounded -- why, it had sounded arms had crept around her swore (st Uko the volon of Kameripa ibo pulling alle aldre.st wanted to kiss bandit,

you then bana va ladujomaj, ja q

“You did,” she reminded him and trombled with a shameless longing. "But I shouldn't have. I stole that, Loverot to be, si fair: game. E in't noitalia, wo have got to play.

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BY

BEATRICE

FABER

Chapter Ton

"Open up, Girl," camo another volca and Mary stiffened. "This is Jack."

talked to him. Woll, maybe sha didn't know much about love but she did know she felt cheap Inside and who, hated him, hated "barself. Walking to the firepingo, sho looked down at it blindly and her volos broke a little as sho repeated again, "I don't care. I really don't."

"Then,, from outside cama tha sharp deadly sound of a gun-speak- ing. Once, Twiso, Three Umes, Her imera wosmod to turn, to wator. "E don't care, she repeated dazedly, "I don't " Then she was at the door and as she opened it Ramorrer stumbled through. Her strong young armis just, prevented him from falling.

“They, gợi you, didn't they?" sho Bobbed

"Not yet, they haven't,” ho breathed, bracing himself against the wall, Hia tooth were clefichod with pain. "Pil, kill them one by one as they try to come, in here,"

Standing before him, Mary moan- od. Then she began to talk na të sho would burn each word into his brain. "But it's the law you're fightin'. And you can't go on doin' that forever. Don't you realizo that? And I can't fight for you be cause you'ro wrong. And you know it"

Ramerres stared at her, at her brimming øyes and her young twist- od mouth. Thon, as he saggod against the wall with the pain' of his wound, his gun dropped from his bando.

Turning around, Mary's eyes soft- oned as she looked at the man she loved. What had possessed hor, a; moment before, to think bo had sounded like the bandit, Hamerrez. "Guças you're right,” she whisper ed "You better hide 'cause I got to let them in and if the Bheriff was to see you here thoro'd be trouble, Hon so darned Jealous." She polat- ed to the alcove. "In there."

"What's keeping you, Girl?" Bon-mturally, "Just a minute, Jack.” ora called. "We're freezing out, Then, half-pushing, half-propelling, here,"

"Hold your horses, Sozora. I was turnin' in. I've got to got respect able, don't I?" There was a diorus of laughter. Quickly now, phq swung open the door and stood nalde de the men filed in. "What's the matter boys? What's all the

Range's eyes went to the ceiling

And now Jack Ranco's voice came again, this time in command. "Open the door, Girl,”

It took all her will to call out

sho urged Ramarrez to the ladder that led to the left above. "Quick," aha whispered ja an agony of dread, "get up there."

He was out of sight when abo noticed klo gun on the floor. Snatching it up she concenied it in a cushioned chair then ran to the

‚ fàboatin”, about?"

door. Holding it partly open, sho "Ramerrozi" Alabama drawlod naked, "What do you want now, ***The Sheriff gut tipped off ba was - Jank 7"

In Cloudy again."

His gazo. was hard and buning Mary began to straighton thong he pushed past her and raked table alınlessly. "Ben't worry about the room with his oyes, "It's the mo boys, I'll take care of Mr. Ram- | Sheriff this time Girl, looking for Lerrez it be shows up around here." Ramerrez.” Going to the alcove, he Ranca turned around abruptly, separated the curtains, then return- Like you took care of him last od to her. inight?

"I don't got you, Jaek,” Ho aald bitterly. "You didn't get that fancy Lieutenant Johnson either. It happens that he's. Ram-

>erren

The room was all lopalded now, Dizily, Mary faced the curtained alcove. "How do you know that Johnson Is Ramerror?”

Mary racked her brains. How could she stall him off? With anger or with pretty words? She tried to steer a middle course, “Jack, aren't you bein' a little insultin' to me?" Flanco's alleres gave her no clue.

He looked at her from under his brows. "I saw him outside goin' for his pony, I firya and he drop- pod. Then I saw him get up and stagger in this direction.”

"His woman told me. Yonh, his girl sold him out. A half-breed. Sho made a swooping gesture, She's waitin' in my office now for "You don't see him now, do you?” the reward." He inerted. "Maybo "No, I don't but I - Hla oyes this tintypo will convince you." He wore darting about the place. hold out a picturo. "It's him in his She stood close to him. "All right Mexican outfit. Look. Turn it over. | Jack, go on and search but since You'll see what it says. Love to you can't take my word, don't you Nina from Ramerrez”

over talk to me again long as you

Mary folt pain lance through hor.live."

Then wild laughter tore from her He came close to her and sha Tips, All she know was that she saw in his eyes the fear of losing niurt get Ramorrez out of hor forever the woman ho loved. “All cabin, out of her life. And yet, right girl,” he said roughly, "I'll be crazily, ale tell that she could not|liove you. But I mure thought ho betray him to Rance.

caune in hore." Almost reluctantly, ho pocketed üle gun.

"What are you laughin' at?" the Sheriff demanded,

hanks Jack," she said, in an access of gratitude,

"At you You're a bigger tool than I am, Jack, You had Hamer Tex right in your hands and you didn't know him no more'n I did and you the Sheriff. I'm bot you a'at him. "I hate you for that!!!" dollah you never got him.'

But without warning, he pulled her close and crushed her lips in a harsh kiss. Jerking Kreo, she glared

A muscle was jumping in his There was a determined throat jaw. He had taken a long chance in hin voice. "I'd bet my hope of but it had been worth it. To think gotin' you. I do. Come on boys, he had loved this girl for all those let's go."

year and yót this was the first "Can I help you, Girl?" Alabama | time he had won a kiss from her→→ naked at the door,

"No, I'm all right, thanks just the same."

an unwilling opo at that. His sinilo was unpleasantly triumphant. "You can't hate a man for lovin' you like I do. Goodnight Girl" he said, ex- tending his hand.

When she was quite sure they were gono abe called, "Well, Mistor Ramarrez you can come out, now." She looked at him ullonly, He And as he appeared kar tono snap- had had no business to kiss her. ped like a whip. "Is what the Just because he was the Law in Sherlit said about you true?”**

the county didn't my ha could take "Yes Golden Hair," he began wanted. Then, thinking of the man hid loving whare and when ho halingly, "I'm Remorrer. But I

don't mean that, Mary out in offered her hand Rance had it meant to tell you tonight I in the Jaeft above, she grudgingly harshly, I don't care so much leaped tight in his when she saw about you bain' a bandit." Maybe the drop of blood spatter from

abava. who had known he was Ramerror

Her voice quavored, Ramarrez all the time and hadn't cared.'s must be blodding bad. Guess what you ald about that other girl scratched you Jack, I'm sorry." He You're the first man I've ever in- vited to my cabin. Yon came here smiled forgiveness as he took out tonight and hold me in your arms his handkerchief. "Here, let me do and all the time you had another it for you, Jack."

· But even as she spoke there was girl, "That's what I can't forgival And now you can get out," the ominous wound and another termed, And it the Sherif gets drop came down followed by more. you, I don't care, I don't care!". The blood formed into a little pool. His eyes were a blank as the at their feet. Ranco's you, wont to night outside. I don't think I are the celling, to the floor, to har, much now either. Goodnight, Got and slowly, his Juve, nota don Hair."

When the door had stamməd shut she still wat there, rigide Wõll, that was the and of that, she 'indant it; Bhe really didn't care, His probably jhadn't- even understood, what the

had been driving, at when she had.

(Only, miraculous much Kas nid- es Romorrow up to this point. Can he hope, to: woɑpe Jack "Ramos'a vengeance note! Win : Mary) find a 100h) out?, 2e Maris, to reda, tomorrow's ›, thrilling. opieode)),

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