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A COWBOY'S VINDICATION
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PRANK IS UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS BROTHER.
saw the slinking form of the gambler hurrying toward his horse. Coming to the ranch to dispose forever of Will's rivalry, Gibbs had seen his chance to blame his crime on Frank and it was his gnn that had spoken at the very moment that Will's pistol was discharged in the struggle.
But with cooler thought Frank realized that when the pistol was discharged the gun was pointed into the air. His mind reverted to the quarrel of the morning and pinning a note to Will 's coat announcing that he was going in search of Will's murderer, Frank left the corral and followed the tracks clearly made in the soft earth by Gibbs' horse, which was differently shod from those of the Morrison ranch.
Gibbs had taken a back trail to town, and it so happened that the Sheriff and his posse, apprised of the
murder by the gambler, and riding to apprehend the slayer, did not pass Frank as he rode to town. There was only Nan and the barkeeper in the Golden Gulch when he entered.
Gibbs' face blanched as he saw Frank enter, and he sought to draw his gun, but the cowboy was too quick for him, and had him by the throat before he could draw.
Nan looked curiously on, declining to interfere and rather enjoying the struggle between the two men.
Frank had only surmised, but Gibbs' face told him that his guess was right, and the sheriff, riding back to town after a fruitless quest, found them there. The confession was brief, and Frank, cleared of the brand of Cain, rode back to comfort the mother who, alas, was bereft of a son, but of one only, for Frank had found his vindication.