Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 23, 1924 — page 57: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER Author of ‘‘ The Way of the Buffalo,’’ ‘‘ Brass Commandments,”’ “‘ Riddle Gawne,”’ ete. WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN PART 1? HANNING, foreman of the Circle B, morosely eyes the desert town of Red Mesa, while its bad men ‘cautiously survey him from the shelter of the grimy saloons. They know that the broad shouldered, long legged cowman’s reputation of killer is genuine. The westbound Limited discharges three passengers—a woman, a girl of eight years, and a man. This fellow attempts to compel his companions to return to the train, but Channing intervenes in response to the appeal in the woman’s eyes, chokes the man into submission and tosses him onto the platform of the moving train. Red Mesa has no decent accommodations for the two’ friendless ones, so Channing brings them to the Circle B. Dave Bassett, owner of the ranch, is a queer compound of sane courage and insane rage, but the cold menace of Channing’s presence is a check on his excesses. The woman is Jane Winthrop, a divorcee, and the child is her daughter Evangeline. Bassett tricks Channing into riding to a remote part of the range; meanwhile, he persuades Jane to remain to keep house for him. Exulting to himself over the jealousy of Channing, he turns— and there stands the killer, watching him. CHAPTER V. That was one thing Bassett admired in Channing, even while he hated the man for it—his marvelous self-possession. HANNING was rigid; his face was Right now he knew Channing was in a pale; there were little flecks of pas- terrible rage. Bassett knew he had gone sion in his eyes. But he was self- immediately to his shack, to find the woman possessed, as usual. and the child gone. A CONSUMING HATRED. This story began in the Argosy-Alistory Weekly for February 16. 215 GEomichbooks Ces OE ne ot 2 eee EL ~aP eew — e (E@)