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-e | on ‘ ~ a, oe a a —— = — struck Spitfire Saul under the chin, passing , out at the top of his head, shattering his skull ; and seattering bis brains over the floor. Scarce heeding him. Boyd and Gentee] Guy ! leaped across the terribly mutilated corpse, and : with joyous cries, fo'ded the trembling, sobLing maidens to their breasts. A moment such as that, richly repaid them all for the great toil and suffering they had, one and all, been called upon to endure that | | Spitfire Saul, King of the Rustlers. cautious spying around, they ventured down the winding trail. They found Queen Dixie, and released her from the dead. She was a long time in recov- ering her consciousness, but when her eyes did open, they were filled with the light of reason, not of madness, as the two men dreaded would be the case, after the frightful ordeal she had ' passed through. | night when King Saul and his Rustlers made | their swoop upon the Debonay ranch. There isnot much more to be added to this little drama of wild life on the Southwestern border. Queen Dixie’s grand round-up had proven a complete success, so far as breaking up the gang of outlaws immediately under the ‘lendevetiio of Spitfire Saul. The majority had died fighting desperately, though the surprise was complete. A few were captured, but they were never taken away from the Hill Retreat. The Rangers had suffered some loss, and while still burning with fury, while their lieutenant was busied with composing the fair Ora, they made a bur- ried muster of prisoners and strung them up to the nearest trees, Lieutenant Boyd read them a severe lecture when he discovered what had transpired, but he was too happy in the restoration of his loved one to do more than scold, and the grim Ran- gers laughed in their sleeves at that. Lue.lle remembered what Kirke Bloodgood had said in his dying moments, and before the corpse was given decent burial Genteel Guy, at her request, secured the book of which he had spoken, and kept it until a more favorable op- portunity came for examining its contents. At first Pierre Debonay violently resisted their efforts to remove the corpse from his arms, scolding them in a harsh whisper lest the should waken his tired baby boy; but at length he was cajoled into patting the infant into its crib, and while Lucille, weeping at the pitiful sight, led him to one side, the last rites were performed and the remains of the misguided lad were forever hidden from mortal view. - Pierre Debonay dropped off into a deep sleep, which was not broken until late the next day, Then, to the great joy of his children, be awoke in full possession of his senses, the events of the past night seeming to him like some frightful dream. He was kept in that delusion until after the house of their friend ‘who offered them shelter until they could decide on their future course was reached, but then he was made to under- stand all. The entire story was written down in the lit- tle book by Kirke Bloodgood, who, almost from the first time of seeing Lucille Debonay, revolted from playing the por part in which he had been so carefully trained by his unscrupulous brother, The story told by Fred Bloodgood, alias Windy Jess, proved to have been a cunningly- woven tissue of truth and falsehood, The little boy bad indeed been saved from the pg of the alligator, by Martin, the Swamp- ox, but it had died while he lay in the swamp, fearing pursuit. He made his way to the secret rendezvous of the Pony Club, where his two sons lived with him for some time, one an in- fant, born while its mother was with the out- laws. Here he talked over his plans for re- venge, bewailing fate for depriving him of his infant, through whose agency he had intended to strike such bitter blows against the man who had lashed him like a cur, The eldest boy treasured all this in his mind, and remembered, too, old Martin mentioning the curious mole with which the arm of the child was marked. As time passed on, Fred Bloodgood saw his way to making a rich stake out of the secret, when he discovered that Pierre Debonay still lived, and was wealthy. He scarred the arm of his brother, and finally produced him as the heir, trumping up that story of the heroically treated snake-bite, to account for the scar cover- ne the spot where the telltale mole should have It will be remembered that Mark Boyd took Genteel Guy away from the Debonay ranch, after he was discharged by the irate ranchero. pe bgt ney took up the trail of Windy Jess, and followed it to the vicinity of the desert sink, There they were ataloss. The trail bad been obliterated by the night breezes, shifting the loose sands, and had not Spitfire Saul sent his men away in the aa when he wished to be left alone to wreak his vengeance upon the woman who had sold him to his enemies, they would probably have been forced by lack of water, to abandon the quest, just as scores of others had before them. i _As they kept watch and watch, in a depres: sion in the desert, that night, they heard muf- fled hoof-strokes,and cautiously spying, saw two of the Rustlers riding by. They lay low until morning, baving marked well the direction from whence the night-riders came, then took up the trail. It led them direct to the sink, and after much au Pee ee <¥ With her own bands she nnearthed the corpse of a youth who had died from wounds received in a raid, some time before, and clasping the vacant ring of the bandculf around the decay- ing wrist, piled fuel over the bodies, and scat- tering oil around, applied the torch, Watching until it was certain that the fire would not die out without performing its work, she led the two men away and out of the desert, She told them her story, and vowing bitter vengeance against King Saul and all of his gang, she assumed the disguise of Feather-foot. 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