THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
DESERT
by
ZANE GWBY
era op the Purple Sage
WiWfiic. Etc.
r
Illustrations by
Irwin Myers
COPYRIGHT ""2y ' '"HARPEft.
CHAPTER I. -Richard dale, adven
turer, in OubHu. Mexifiin border town,
mectB OeorBo Thorne, lioutenant In the
Ninth cuvalry, old college friend. Thorno
tells Galo he la thuro to save Mercodea
Castnneda, Spanish Klrl, his afllanced
Wife, from Rojas, Mexican bandit.
CIIAI'TKR Il.-Gale "roughhouues"
Xtojas and his gang, with tho help of
two American cowboys, and he, Mercedes
and Thome escape. A buglo call from
the fort orders Thorno to his regiment
lie leaves Mercedes under Gale's pro
tection. CHAPTER III. The pair, aided by the
cowboys who had assfated Gale In the
eacapo, Charlie Ladd and Jim Lash, ar
rive In safety at a ranch known as For
lorn Rlvor, well across the border.
CHAPTER IV.-The fusltlvcs are at
Tom Holding's homo. Beldlng la Immi
gration Inspector. Living with him are
fiia wife and stepdaughter, Nell Ilurton.
Gale, with Ladd and Lash, take service
with Holding as rangers, Gale tolling
Holding tho cause of his being a wanderer, 1
a misunderstanding with his father con
cerning the son's business abilities. I
CHAPTER V.-Mcrtedes gets word to
Thorno of her safety. Dick nlso writes ,
to his parents, Informing them of Ills'
whorenbouts. Nell's personality, and her
kindness, attract Gale. ;
CHATTER V. (Continued)
Dick's hand. "Hud no trouble finding 1
your friend Thorne. Looked like he'd
been drunk for n week I Say, ho
nearly threw a lit. I never saw n fel
low so wild with Joy. Ho made sure
you and Mercedes were lost In the
desert. Ho wrote two letters, which
I brought. Cuslta Is one h 1 of a
plnce these days. I tried to got your
baggage, and think I made a mistake.
We're going to sec travel toward
Forlorn Illver. Tho federal garrison
got rc-enforcoments from somewhere,
and Is holding out."
"Do you think we'll have trouble
here?" asked Dick, .excitedly.
"Sure. Some kind of trouble
sooner or Inter," replied Holding,
gloomily. "Anyway, my boy, ns soon
as you can hold a bridle nud n gun
you'll be on tho Job, don't mistake
me." !
"With Laddy and Jim?" asked
Dick, trying to be cool.
. "Sure. With them and me, nnd by
yourself." 1
Dick drew a deep breath, and even
after Holding had departed he forgot
for n moment about the letter In his
hand. Then he unfolded tho paper
and read: j
"Dear Dick You'vo more than saved
my life. To the end of my days you'll
be tho one man to whom I owo every
thing. Words fall to express my feelings.
"This must be a brief noto. Heldlng la
waiting, and I used up most of tho tlmo
writing to Mercedes.
"I'm leaving Mercedes In your charge,
BUbect, of course, to advice from Beldlng.
Take care of her, Dick, for my lite Is
wrapped up In her. By all means keep
her from being seen by Mexicans. We
are sitting tight hero nothing doing.
"If things cjulet down before my com
mission oxplrcs, I'll get leavo of absence,
run out to Forlorn Rtvor, marry my
beautiful Hpnnlsh princess, nnd tako her
to a clvllUed country, whore, I opine,
every son of a gun who sees her will lose
bin head, und drive me mad. Dick, harkon
to these glad words: Rojaa Is In the hos
pital, I was Interested to Inquire. Ho
had a smnshed fnigcr, a dislocated collar
bone, three broken ribs, nnd a fearful
gash on his face. He'll be In tho hospital
for a month, Dick, when I meat that pig
headed dad of yours I'm going to give
htm the uururlso of his llfo.
"Send mo a lino whenever any one
domes In from V. TL, and Inclose Mer
cedes' letter In yours. Take care of her,
Dick, nnd may the future hold In store
for you some of the sweetness I know
now! Faithfully yours,
"THORNE."
While Dick wus eating his supper,
with appetite rapidly returning to nor
ninl, Ladd and Jim camu In. Their
friendly advances wore singularly
welcome to Gnle, but he was still
backward. lie allowed himself to
show that he was glad to see them,
and ho listened. It took no keen Judge
"Hollo, Dick I Good news and
bad I" ho Bald, putting the letter In
AND OaOTHEW.
Of humnn nature to see that horses
constituted Ladd's ruling passion.
"Shore It's a cinch Beldln' Is ngoln'
to lose some of them animals of his,"
he said. "You can search me if I don't
think there'll bo more doln' on the bor-1
dor here than along the Rio Grande.")
"Look-n-herc, Laddy; you culn't be
lieve all you hear," replied Jim, .seri
ously. "I reckon we mightn't have
nny trouble."
"Hack up, Jim. Shore you're stand
In' on your bridle. There's more doln'
thnn tho raldln' of u few bosses. An'
Forlorn IMver Is goln' to get hers I"
Another dawn found Gale so much
, recovered that he arose and looked
after himself; not, however, without
1 considerable dlfilculty and rather dis
heartening twinges of pain.
Some time during the morning he
heard the girls In the patio nnd called
to ask If ho might Join them. He re
ceived ono response, n mellow, "SI,
senor." It was not ns much ns he
wanted, but considering that It was
enough, he went out. In the shade of
a beautiful tree, he found the girls,
Mercedes sitting In n hammock, Nell
upon a blanket.
"What a beautiful tree!" he ex
claimed. "I never saw one like that.
What Is it?"
"Palo verde," replied Nell.
"Senor, palo verde means 'green
tree,'" added Mercedes.
Little by llttlo Dick learned details
of Nell's varied life. She had lived
In ninny places. As a child she re
membered Lnwrence, Kansas, where
she studied for several years. Then
she moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma,
from there to Austin, Texas, and on to
Waco, where her mother met and' mar
ried Beldlng. They lived In New
Mexico awhile, In Tucson, Arizona, In
Douglas, nnd finally had como to lone
ly Forlorn River.
"Mother could never live In ono
place nny length of time," said Nell.
"And since we've been In the South
west she has never ceased trying to
find some trace of her father, no
was Inst heard of In Nogales fourteen
years ago. She thinks grandfather
was lost In the Sonorn desert. . . . '
And every place we go Is worse. Oh, !
I love t'io desert, nut I'd like to go 1
bnck to Lawrence or to see Chlcngo
or New York some of the places Mr.
Gnle spenUs of ... I remember I
tho colleno at Lawrence, though I was
only twelve. I saw races and once
rcnl football . . . Mr. Gale, of
course, you've seen games?"
"Yes, a few," replied Dick; and ho
laughed n little. It was, on his lips
then to tell her about some of the
famous games In which he had par
ticipated. But he refrained from ex
ploiting himself. There was little,
however, of tho color nnd sound and
cheer, of the violent action and rush
nnd bnttle Incidental to a big college
football game thnt he did not succeed
In making Mercedes and Noll feel Just
as If thoy had been there. They hung
hrenthless and wide-eyed upon his
words.
Some one else was present nt tho
latter port of Dick's narrative. The
moment ho became aware of Mrs.
Boldlng's presence ho remenfborod
fancying he had heard her call, and
now he was certain she had done so.
Mercedes and Noll, however, had been
and still wore oblivious to everything
except Dick's recital. He saw Mrs.
Beldlng cast n strnnge, Intent glnnce
upon Noll, then turn nnd go silently
.through the patio.
Dick was bnunted by the strnnge ex
pression ho had caught on Mrs. Hold
ing's face, especlnlly the look In her
eyes. It had been one of repressed
pnln liberated In n (lash of certainty.
Tho mother had seen how far he had
gone on tho road of love. Perhaps she
had seen more oven more than he
dared hope.
like; his lips wc.u stern. It was youtfi
with Its softness not yet quite burned
and hardened away that kept the
whole cast of his face from being
ruthless.
This young man wns Dick Gale, but
not tho listless traveler, nor tho loung
ing wnndercr who, two months before,
had by chance dropped Into Casltn.
The desert had claimed Gale, nnd had
drawn him Into Its crucible. The
desert had multiplied weeks Into !
yenrs. Hent, thirst, hunger, loneli
ness, toll, fear, ferocity, pain
knew them nil. no had felt them all
the white sun, with Its glazed, coales-1
clng, lurid fire ; tho caked split lips
and rasping, dry-puffed tongue ; the ,
sickening ache In the pit of his stom- ,
nche; the Insupportable silence, the
empty spnee, the utter desolation, the '
contempt of life ; tho watch and wait, !
the dread of ambush, the swift flight ;
the fierce pursuit of men wild ns
Bedouins nnd ns fleet, I ho willingness !
to dcnl sudden death, the pain of
poison thorn, tho stinging tenr of lead ,
through flesh; and that strange para
dox of tho burning desert, the cold nt ,
night, tho piercing Icy wind, the dew ;
that penetrated to the marrow, the
numbing desert cold of the dawn. !
Lndd's prophecy of trouble on the j
border had been mild compared to i
what had become the nctuallty. With
rebel occupancy of the garrison at
Cnsltn, outlaws, bandits, raiders In
rioting bands had spread westward
Many a dnrk-sklnned raider bestrode
one of Holding's fnst horses; and, in
deed, all except his selected white
thoroughbreds hud been stolen. So
tho Job of the rangers had become
more than a patrolling of the bound'
ary lino to keep Jnpancso nnd Chinese
from being smuggled Into the Unltec
States.
On this December afternoon the
three rangers, ns often, were separ
ated. Lash was far to the westward
of Sonoytn, somewhere nlong Cnmlno
del Diablo, "that terrible Devil's road,
where many desert wayfarers had per
ished. Ladd had long been overdue
In n prearranged meeting with Gnle.
The fact that Ladd had not shown up
miles west of the Popngo well wns
significant.
Gale dismounted to lend his horse,
to go forwnrd more slowly, lie had
If j .
Qale Dismounted to Lead His Horss,
to Go Forward More Slowly.
"Hello, Dlckl Good News and Badl"
CHAPTER VI m
The Yaqul.
Townrd evening of a lowering De
cember day, some fifty miles west of
Forlorn Itlvor, n horseman rode nlong
nn old, dimly defined trnll.
This lonely horseman bestrode- n
steed of magnificent build, porfooMv
whlto except for n dark bar of ooi r
running down the noble bead fro"i
cars to nose; Sweat-caked d''
stnlncd tho long finnks. The hnr.
had been running. lie was lea i
gaunt, worn, a hugo machine of muse!.
and bone, beautiful only In head nn-i
mnne, a weight-carrier, a horse strong
nnd fierce llko tho desert that had
bred him.
Tito rider fitted the horse us ho fit
ted tho saddle, no was a young man
of exceedingly powerful physique,
wldo-shouldered, long-nrmed, big
leggod. His lean face, whero It was
not rod, blistered and peeling, was tho
hue of bronze, no had n dark eye, a
falcon gaze, roving nnd keen, nis
law wns prominent and sot, mastiff:
ridden sixty miles since morning, and
he wns tired, and n not entirely healed
wound In his hip nindo one leg drng a
little. A mile up tho nrroyo, near Its
head, lay the Papngo well. The need
of water for his horse entailed a risk
that othorwlso ho could have avoided.
The well was on Mexican soil. Gale
distinguished n faint light flickering
through the thin, sharp follngo. Camp
ers were at the well, and. whoever
thoy. were, no doubt they had prevent
ed Ladd from meeting Gale. Ladd
had gone hack to tho next wnterhole,
or maybe ho was hiding In an arroyo
to the eastward, awaiting develop
ments. Gale turned his horse, not without
urge of Iron arm and persuasive
speech, for tho desert steed scented
water, and plodded back to tho edge
of the nrroyo, where In n secluded
circle of mesqulto he halted. The
horse snorted his relief nt the removal
of the heavy, burdened snddle and ac
coutrements. Gale poured the con
tents of his larger ennteen Into his
hot nnd held It to tho horse's nose,
"Drink, Sol," ho sntd.
It wns hut a drop for a thirsty
horso. However, Blanco Sol nibbed n
wet muzzle ogalnst Gule's hnnd In ap
preciation. Gale loved tho horse, and
wns loved In return. They had saved
each other's lives, and had spent long
days and nights of desert solitude to
gether. The spot of secluded ground wns
covered with bune' es of golleta grass
upon which Sol began to graze. Gnle I
mado a long halter of his lariat to !
keep, the horse from wandering In
search of wnter. Next Gole kicked
off tho cumbersome chnpparejos, with
their flapping, tripping folds of leather
over his feet, nnd drawing a long rifle
from his snddlo sheath, ho slipped
awny into tho shndows. In tho soft
snnd his steps mado no sound. The
twinkling light vanished occasionally,
like n Jack-o'-lantern, and when It did
Bhow It seemed still a long wny off
Dale wns not seeking trouble or In
viting danger, Wnter was the thing
that drovo him. Ho must see who
theso campers were, and then decide
how to give Blanco Sl a drink.
Stooping low, with bushy mesqultes
between him nnd the fire, Gnle . ad
vanced, The coyotes were In full
cry. Gnle heard the tramping, stamp
ing thumps of many hoofs. The sound
worried him. Foot by foot he ad
vanced, nnd finally began to crawl.
Tho nearer he approached the bend
of the nrroyo, where the well was lo-1
catcd, tho tliieker grew the desert veg- j
ctatlon. He secured a favorable posl-,
tlon, nnd then rose to peep from be-!
hind his covert.
He saw a bright fire, not a cooklng
flrc, for that would have been low and
red, but n crackling blaze of mes
qulto. Three men were in sight, nil
close to the burning sticks. They were
Mexicans and of the coarse type of
raiders, rebels, bandits that Gale had
expected to see. A glint of steel
caught his eye. Three short, shiny
carbines leaned against a rock. A llt
tlo to the 1 left, within the circle o
light, stood n square house made of
ndoho bricks. This house was a
Papagon Indian hnbltntlon, and a
month before had been occupied by a
family that had been murdered or
driven off by n roving band of out
laws. A rude corral showed dimly In
the edge of firelight, and from n black
mass within enme the snort nnd stamp
nnd whinny of horses.
Gnle took In the scene In one quick
glnnce, then sank down nt the foot
of the mesqulto. He had naturally j
expected to see more men. But the i
situation was by no means new. Thl
wns ono. or part of one. of the raider i
bands harrying the border. Thoy
were stealing horses, or driving n herd
already stolen. Gale revolved ques
tions In mind. Hud this trio of out-1
Inws run across Ladd? It was not
likely, for In that event they julglft4
not have been so comfortable and care-,
free In enmp. Were they waiting f.ir
more members of their gun-,? That
was very probable. With Gale, how
ever, the most Important considera
tion was how to get his horse to wa
ter. Sol must have a drink If It cost
a fight. There was stern reason for
Gnle to hurry eastward nlong the trull.
He thought It best to go back to
whore he had left his horse and not
make any decisive move until day
light.
With tho snme noiseless care he
had exercised In the advance, Gnle re
treated until It was safe for him to
rise und walk on down the arroyo.
He found Blunco Sol contentedly
grazing.. Galo carried his saddle,
blankets and bags Into the lee of a
little greasewood-covered mound, from
around which tho wind had cut the
soil; nnd here, In a wash, he risked
building a fire. By this tlmo the wind
was piercingly cold. Gale's hands wero
numb, and he moved tliem to nnd fro
In the little blaze. Then he made
coffee In a cup, cooked some slices of
bacon on the end of a stick, and took
f a couple of hard biscuits from a .sad
dlebag. Of theso his meal consisted.
After that he removed the halter from
Blanco Sol, Intending to leave him
free to graze for a while.
Then Gnle returned to his little fire,
replenished it with short sticks of
dead greasewood and mesqulte, and,
wrapping his blnnket round his shoul
ders, ho sat down, to warm himself
and to wait till It was time to bring
In the horso and tie him up,
The fire wns Inadequate, and Gnle
was cold and wet with dew. Hunger
and thirst were with him. Ills bones
ached, and there was a dull, deep
seated pnln throbbing In his unhealed
wound.
Judged by the great n vera ire of
Ideals and conventional standards of
life, Dick Gale was a starved, lonely,
suffering, miserable wretch. But In
his case the Judgment would have hit
only externals, would have missed tho
vital Inner truth. For Gale was happy
with a kind of strange, wild glory In
the privations, 'the pains, the perils,
nnd the silence nnd solitude fo he en
dured on this desert land.
He hnd n duty to a man who rolled
on his services. He wns a comrade, a
friend, n valuable ally to riding, fight
ing rangers. Gale's happiness, ns far
as It concerned the toll and strife,
was perhups a grim nnd stoical one.
But love abided with him, and It had
engendered nnd fostered other unde
veloped traits romance and n feeling
for beauty, and a keen observation of
nnture. lie felt pain, but he was
never miserable. Ho felt the solitude,
but he was never lonely.
As ho rode ncross the. desert, even
though keen eyes searched .for the
moving black dots, the rising puffs of
white dust that were warnings, he
saw Noll's face In every cloud. The
clean-cut mesas took on tho shape of
her straight profile, with Its strong
chin and Hps, Its fine nose and fore
head. There wns always a glint of
gold or touch of red or graceful lino,
or gleam of blue to remind him of
her. Then nt night her face shone
warm and glowing, flushing and pal
ing, In the enmpflre.
By and by Gnle remembered what
he was waiting for; and, getting up,
he took the halter and went out to
find Blnivo Sol. It was pitch-dark
now, and Gnle could not see n rod
nhead. Ho felt his way, and present
ly as he rounded a mesqulte ho snw
Sol's whlto shape outlined against tho
blackness. Gnle haltered him In the
likeliest patch of grass nnd returned
to his enrnp. Thore he lifted his sad
die Into n protected spot under n low
wall of tho mound, nnd, laying one
blnnket on the snnd, ho covered him
self with tho other and stretched him.
self for tho night.
Daylight came quickly. The morn
ing was clear nnd nipping cold. He
threw off tho wet blanket and got up
cramped and half frozen, A little
brisk action was nil that was neces
sary to wnrm his blood and loosen bis
muscles, nnd then he wns fresh,
tingling, eager. The sun rose In a
gold"ehl)lnzei and the descending val
ley took on wondrous changing hues.
Then he fetched up Blnnco Sol, sad
dled him, and tied him to tho thickest
clump of mesqulte.
"Sol, we'll hnve a drink pretty
soon," he snld, patting the splendid
neck.
Gnle meant It. no would not cat till
he had watered his horse. No three
raiders could keep Gale away from
that well. Taking his rifle In hand, ho
faced up the arroyo. From the lay of
the land and position of trees seen by
daylight, ho found nn easier nnd safer
course than the one behind taken In
the dark. And by enreful work ho
wus enabled to get closer to the well,
and somcwhnt nhove It.
CIIAPTKIt VI, (Continued)
John S. Twinem, i. D.
(Homeopath)
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that part of tho Northwest Quarter of
Southeast Quarter of Section 32, Town
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December, 1922.
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City "Clerk.
Estate No. 1857 of Edward P. Reb
hausen, deceased 1n tho County Court
of Lincoln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, to all per
sons interested in said Estate take
notice that the Administratrix has
filed a final account and report of .her
administration and a petition for fin
al settlement and discharge as such,
which have been set for hearing be
fore snld court on December 26, 1922,
at 10 o'clock a. m., when you may
appear and contest the same.
Dated December 1st, 1922.
Wm. H. C. Woodhurst
County Judge
EXTENSION ROAD NO. 3?
To whom it may concern:
A consent petition presented to the
board, of county commissioners to lo
cate a road commencing at the South
west, corner of Section nine (9) and
the Southeast corner of Section eight
(8) Town Thirteen. (13) Range Thirty
four (34) to connect with road No.
213. All objections thereto or claims
for damage must bo filed in tho Coun
ty Clerk's office on or before noon
on tho 2nd day of January, A. D. 1923
or such road will be established with
out reference thereto.
Said road to be 66 feet wide.
A. S. ALLEN
County Clerk
EXTENSION ROAD NO. 247
Hnlllgan, Bettty & Halligar., Attys.
NOTICE OF PETITION
Estate No. 1919 of James R. Shaw,
deceased In tho County Court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
Tho State of Nebraska. To all
persons interested In said Estato
tako notice that a petition has boon
filed for tho probate of an Instru
ment purporting to bo tho last will
and testament of said deceased, and
for tho appointment of Mary B. Shaw
as Executrix of said estato, which
has boon sot for hearing on Dec. 26,
1922, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Dated Doc. 4, 1922.
Wm. II. C. WOODHURST,
(SEAL) County Judge
fTo whom it may concern:
A consent petition presented to the
board of county commissioners to lo
cate a road commencing nt tho South
west corner of Section 27, Township
14, North of Rango 31 we3t of tho
6th P. M. and running thonco North
on section Hno to tho Union Pacific
Railroad right-of-way. All objection"
thereto or claims for damage must
bo filed In tho County Clerk's office
on or before noon of tho 2nd day of
January A. D. 1923 or such road will
bo established without reference
thereto.
Said road to bo 66 feet wide.
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County Clerk
VACATION OF ROADS NO. 120 & 161
To whom It may concern:
The commissioner appointed to va
cato roads Number 120 and 161. Road
No. 120 commencing on tho section
lino between sections 8 and 9 Town
14, Range 33, thence in a Northeast
erly direction, parallel with tho south
bank of tho North Platto river, and
terminating on tho section lino bo
twoen sections 9 and 10 Town 14
Range 33.
And road No. 161, commencing on
section lino botwoen Sections 9 and
10, Town 14, Rango 33, thence run
ning in a Southeasterly direction to
tho section lino between sections 10
and 11 in Town 14, Rango 33, West
was reported in favor of tho vacation
thereof, nnd all objections thereto
must bo filed In tho county clerk's
offlco on or boforo noon on the 2nd
day of January, 1923 or such roads
will bo vacated without roferenco
theroto.
A. S. ALLEN
County Clork