Argosy All-Story Weekly — page 7: what you’re looking at

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ARGOSY-ALLSTORY Vou. CLXI SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924 NUMBER 5 By CHARLES"ALDEN SELTZER Author of “*‘ Mystery Land,’’ ‘‘ Riddle Gawne,”’ etc. CHAPTER TI. NEWS OUT OF THE NIGHT, HANNING had the first pang of f lonesomeness when he came in sight of the ranch house. Its windows were dark. The pale moonlight revealed the outlines of the rambling building, the heavy timber beyond, the fringing shrub- bery of the garden. There was no life, no 1A movement. Channing had known he would be affected by the loneliness of the place, but he had not been prepared for the dis- mal regret that seemed to have settled upon him so heavily that it bowed his shoulders. He halted the horses and sat for a few minutes in the buckboard meditatively looking at the ranch house. His eyes were glowing: the muscles of his face were cord- ed. But he made no sound. No word of 641 oO mMmichboo (CO) (©) CS