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. . . As Gale straightened up Ladd muttered low and deep, and swung the heavy rifle around to the left. Far along the slope a figure moved. Ladd began to work the lever of the Winchester and to shoot. At every shot the heavy firearm sprang up, and the recoil made Ladd's shoulder give back. Gale saw the bullets strike the lava behind, beside, before the fleeing Mexican, sending up dull puffs of dust. On the sixth shot he plunged down out of sight, either hit or frightened into seeking cover.

"Dick, mebbe there's one or two left above; but we needn't figure much on it," said Ladd, as, loading the rifle, he jerked his fingers quickly from the hot breech. "Listen! Jim an' Yaqui are hittin' it up lively down below. I'll sneak down there. You stay here an' keep about half an eye peeled up yonder, an' . . .

About Zane Grey

(1875-1939) Zane Gray was perhaps the most successful writer of Western novels in the world. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he was a New York dentist until 1904, after which he authored some 60 novels of the old west, including Riders of the Purple Sage," "The Lone Star Ranger," "Code of the West, and "West of the Pecos." Many of his novels were made into films, and many continue to be best-sellers, over 60 years after their author's death.