I v.
St ! TUe two "bod ran Wtily tor tE"bp3& I
Afoul of
Villa's Men
By
Capt Gorge B. Rodney
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teg without offering word In answer.
But when the miner told him he was
douttltrdealer, and what was worse
proTed tt, be came to life.
"My word la aacred; not even
Tings can Impugn my honor'." be
jelled. The paradox would have beeu
funny had it not been 10 aerloua.
Obispo arose, hla faoe twitching, hi
body positively sinking with auger.
"Here, put a bullet In him some
body!" he roared, pointing at l'pton.
Taking advantage ct the diversion,
Kynaston drew back, shaking off hla
guards. But In a moment they aelied
bun by the elbows and threw him
bodily out of the door, Upton, hla
ftngera clenching and uncleaching con
vulsively, stood eying the furious half
breed, while Dorothy laid a restrain
ing band upon her father's arm.
Before he could even respond to the
loving preeaure of her fingers a group
of angry men rushed through tha open
door and threw her forolbly back
against the wall.
She fell to her knees. Staggering
again to her feet, she was aware, aa
one In a dream, of a hideous, fury
dlatorted face thrust within a foot of
pi
door.
"Don't!" said Kyuaaton hurriedly,
laying a detaining hand on the old arm
that swung from the rifle barrel up
In the glinting sunlight. "Xoa can't
do tt In cold blood!"
"There ain't a drop of cold blood In
any American who' been In Mexico
the past twe years."
Ths magatine gate clicked a car
tridge Into the chamber and tbe nerv
ous hand swung up the piece, tbe
mumle covering the fleeing figures.
"There ain't a drop of cold blood In
any Anglo-Saxon who's seen women
an' little children shot down an' fourteen-year-old
ktda snatched from their
homes to take a hand in their ki'.lln'
bees. Seventy-five yard law Is what
they'll glt! He's got It now!"
The rifle spat Its mouthful of lead
at the leading runner, who crumpled
and rolled over aa shot rabbit rolls.
The rearmost man be of tbe artillery
fame stumbling over the body, gave
Wilkes time to snap a second cartridge
into the chamber.
Just as the man rose to his knees
the bullet caught him squarely In the
back of the bead, and he collapsed a
second time to rise no more.
"An' that's a part of the debt paid."
growled the old man, hla very beard
quivering with rage. "The full debt
ain't never goln' to be paid off, but
anyhow there come the third Install
ment!" Away down the hill. Kynaston, look
ing over the wavering rifle-barrel, saw
a figure come hesitatingly up the hill.
He seised Wilkes by the shoulder,
preventing the old man from firing.
"Dont shoot," he said quietly. "Don't
shoot. It's the blind priest. Perhaps
he brings us news."
: luminous wi;
resisting, he drc v
he followers ct Zauata stole It. N'o?
iuu proois or owujruip sunn ne ior-; Dot nil f,.t xie
warded from the sbiiue. that his name ; Lis a -in about her t
may be cleared of suspicion." ' g(kve WB a(,d Dum
He broke oft, patting his recovered -!t i8 raor, lb.u , c.u
F!noiirli
'.1 I
ft-1
HUiV
Th,
In
"tagger Back and Sink Forward
the Center of the Group!"
ker father's scornful countenance; of
a Dozen dirty, evll-smelllng peon Bol
dlers hanging to t'pi.m as ants bang
to a dying hornet.
- Then came a sharp crack and a spit
of flame. She saw her f in her stagger
baok, sink, belpleitsly to his knees, and
sag forward on his face In the center
of the maddened group.
A bare five seconds she stood there.
Then the full meaning of the Bcene
enacted under her eyes dawned upon
her.
She was about to scream, but a hand
upon her lips mercifully stifled It. A
strong arm drew her back through the
open door, and she heard, still as if In
a dream, a voice she bad learned to
know and love. Kynaston was speak
ing brokenly:
"Steady, Miss Dorothy! I know!
My heaven, If 1 could only have fore
seen this! Come quickly and make no
noise. Use your breath only fur run
ning." "But Mr. Kynaston daddv my fa
ther" "No use, I tell you! They have killed
him! Murderers! Just as they prob
ably killed others last night! Come, I
say!" -
There was no withstanding his ap
peal, for he had seized her hand and
was fairly pulling her after him. Thus
they began their rase for the shelter
ing trees In tbe bottom. Breathless,
sobbing from the excitement and the
speed, not knowing by what accident
the way was clear for them, the girl !
hurried along with him, dry-eyed and
staring, as one who has seen a sight ',
preternaturally appalling.
"You see" he panted It out as they
ran "I tried to get word to you and
could not. I feared you would attempt
some such qulxotlo thing. Tbey meant j
to kill me, of course. It would have
been better so. Then when you came
ta I intended to anger the old scoun- .
drel at me, and partly succeeded, i
Then when they threw me out my j
guard ran back and I sawed the raw- i
kid that they had tied me with across j
an old 'Wagon tire till I cut it through." i
A sputter of rifle shots cut short his
explanation.
Pulling her to right and left to dis
turb the aim of the Mexicans, he
dahed through the cottonwoods and
raa ap the slope. Even before the door
of th house could be opened to them,
they were pounding on tbe frame. A
second later tbey staggered Into tbe
room to fere the gray-bearded ex
deputy sheriff.
"Wbere'e Upton!" he demanded truo
utenuy. ' wnre Upton f"
' Beyond a bii. f ned be paid no at
tention to Dorothy, nor even to Kynas
ton.
"He's d-d-dead!" sobbed the girl,
giving way at last. "Ob, Marian, he's
dead They have killed him! I shall
never so him again!"
Th (trl, sobbing as only a bereaved
daughter can, flung herself Into the
waiting arms of Mrs. Fane.
i Be drew th half fainting girl Into
a bedroom, and so was not a witness 1
cf what followed. Had she remained I ot tn North It baa returned. Thanks
CHAPTER X.
The Blind Prltet Halt.
Very haltingly and slowly h came
across the open, bis long stick tap
tapping his way among the loose rocks
ot the stream crossing; then up the
hill slowly, as some wounded animal
might crawl.
In tbe Mexican camp silence had
again fallen. Save for a few sporadic
shots and a shrill yell or two. the
place lay quiet In the red-hot glare.
Between the house and the alfalfa
fields a tea; lone prairie dogs perched
atop their burrows, basking In the sun
glare. "I wonder what he wants" re
marked Kynaston "There's been ne
gotiations enough between us and that
bunch of hell-cats yonder to end a war.
Look at him. Wilkes."
"Aye. I'm lookin'. I'm wonderln' If
lt d be a lick or miss to plug him, too.
Wouldn't hurt none at that, I reckon."
He fingered his rifle suggestively,
but deslHted when Kynaston shook bis
head.
"Look! He's found the bodies."
The old padre paused abruptly as his
stick struck soft flesh. They saw him
kneel and reverently mike the slgu
of the cross. Then, rising, ha hurried
haitli.irly toward the house.
"Swiores -senores!" they heard him ;
cry. 'Tor 1 amor de Dlos do no more j
violence! 1 bring you news "
"W hat ii6rs. clegu (blind one)? I
NMi"re In Senor l'pton ?"
' Muerlo idead), senor." j
The padre threw wide his hands
They saw his face working.
It was wicked, senor! It was wlsk
ed beyond words. Hut vengeance is
Hod s I am old, senores, who was
once young, and I tell you with the !
psalmist, 'Never saw I the godly man j
forsaken nor the seed of the righteous j
begging bis bread.' Seek not to hurry '
God s justice. It has leaden feet, but
It comes surely."
"I only hope It pleases him to send
it by my hand." growled Wilkes. "What
Is your news, padre? Speak quickly,
for my trigger finger Itches. It you
did but know It."
"Shoot, then, If tt pleases thee. As
well die by thy bullet as work out my
life slowly like a pack-mule In the
tlerra callente ot tbe south. Is that
a woman's sobbing, senores?"
"It Is the senorita, she whose father
was killed by the brandy-sodden fiend
yonder. W hat is It to thee?" 1
"I would speak with her. After all, ,
senores, I am a priest a blind one. It
is true; but I can still see well enough
to point out to the unfortunate the only
true path to peace."
Dorothy and Mrs. Fane came for- j
ward, the girl still weeping but striv
ing plucklly to repress her feeling.
"Thou art welcome, father," she said
In the vernacular. "It Is a bouse of
grief thou foment to. but thou art wel
come doubly so for thy calling."
The old priest gently raised his hand
with all the authority ot two thousand
years In his gesture: "Peace be to this
bouse and to all tbe Inhabitants there
of. I will not trespass long, my daugh
ter. I go south again with my mission
unfulfilled."
"What mission Is this, father!" It
was Marian who spoke.
"My search for my lost Emerald
Bell," the padre replied. "It is writ
ten, 'Many shall aeek but it shall be
hidden from them.' "
He paused, a sudden flurry from Dor
othy meeting his ear. His hearing,
quickened as tt Is In the blind, was as '
delicate as that ot the prairie dog.
which the Apache say can hear the
bursting of tbe seed-pods in th bunch
grass In th spring.
At his words th girl bad released
herself from Mrs. Fane's encircling ,
arm and was hurriedly loosening Her
balr, whioh fell In eheeted flame over 1
her shouldw. Delving with trembling
J,!t,3 in I, wuu iMMM, sue took
from Its resting place, secure alike
from sight and touch the Emerald
Belli
"Take it take It!" she said sobbing
ly. "I wish we had never seen it) It
has brought hotblng but evil fortune."
She thrust it Into the-trembling
hands of the old man. WUkes and
Kynaston saw the tear stream down
his cheeks. Tbe blind do not weep
easily. They stood astonished.
"Out of th North It came, and oat
treasure even, they thought, talking
to it. J
"Now Indeed shall I go south with a
light heart. My happiness would be j
complete If I could but see It, but that 1
Is not to be. What Is that noise, se ,
noreB?" be eiclulmed. "It sounds like '
firing"
It was firing a perfect feu de Jot
in the besieger s camp. I nev saw a
flurry. Men were running 111 and out
like ants In a hill.
"They're either jilannln' some more
devilment." said Wilkes acidly, "or
else they're goin' to pull out. 1 hone
It's the last."
Kynaston hsd not told Wilkes or
Dorothy of the suitling news he hsd
heard while In Obispo s camp In fact,
the excitement of the morning bad
almost driven It from Uis mind, and he
now hardly believed it could be pos
sible that VtlU would attempt such a
wild plan. But the sudden commotion
In the camp might have some connec- tilllle-, knd Bk
tton with Villa's attack. Columbus was ! raV(, ,iut
less man tony oxiit-s iwui iuu a cou
rier could have traveled the distance
' since early morning It it was really
war, be must rejoin hla command at
i once, and the women must U removed
, from the clutches of lhs. bandits at
: all hazards Without stopping to ex
i plain, he ran for the ard
I "Hers, where you goln, Kynaston?"
called Wtlkea.
"I'm going to take a look at that
auto to see If It cau run."
I "WelJ, it can If a man can be found
to run It. What you got In your
; bead!"
i "1 oil tun tt If the engine Is in good
order. ' said ilia y.uie quickly. "Oh,
air. hyuabtuu. it ou liiu.i. we cuj
get away In It. let's waste no time!
Let's look at It. I iaii tliow you what
to do. Come!"
They went to the shed, where she
showed him how to Oil tank and radia
tor. She stood over him explaining
the different stops while he tested the
engine. Grimy, dirty with oil and dust,
he worked like a Trojan.
Suddenly something prompted him
to turn. He found Mis. Kane saziun
fixedly at him.
"It's all right." she Bald abruptly.
"I know It all. I heard Dorothy and
I know"
"What?"
He flushed uneasily under her eyes.
"I know about the card game, and
I am woman enough, believe nie. Mr
Kynaslon, to kuow what prompted you
It was no mere quixotic Impulse that
made you risk your life to save Mr
l'pton. I wish you all the luck In the
world. Now go In to Dorothy. She
needs you, not me, at preeeut."
Kynaston found the girl silting by
the table, her head upon her arms, her
hands nervously tapping the rough sur
face. Very gently he took both her
hands In his and drew them to him.
holding them tightly, till lu answer to
tbe pressure she uletd her head and
looked at hliu.
Still he said no word; only Lis eye
met hers. In their naze there was a
wondrous dawntnif that broiiKlit the
vivid color to her heeks. Slowly
very slowly In answer to his lixed
gate, she rose to her full height, her
cried. "1 cannot cunnut! stand It
Vou dp not know ami 1 can never tell !
you "
"And I shall never ask you. dear
heart. 1 do not want to know what
you d. not wish to tell me. This Is
no time for um to empty my heart to
you. Do you know, darling, those lines
that go:
t n e hi tiivfim tn
i. ' v ,ui: int-nr.i Iiem.
1, u - i r -I so near to clod
t follow tl.esu.
"All that it la moeissary for me to
know I know now. iou do. don't you '"
To his li.i:tcr.iiiK aims the gave
niute ai'swi-r, Mid ho for a sc. oml c
two strode li 'IiIiik against him. her so";
check pressing his.
W llke' voice brought them back to
earth
"If were goln'lf that machine 'II
work - we've yot to leave at dark, an'
that's ouly two hours. Nolan, get your
eui few, 'cause well
he Mexicans can slay
here In quiet when those greasers
yonder leave, and a hunch of them has
already started east on a run. Some
thing out o' the oidinary la a-happeuln'
near here all right."
It was not until then that Kynaston
explained to Wilkes the news be had
l.eaid In the camp the night before.
"Well! I ui damned!" was tbe old
man's comment. "Hut. Kynaston, It
means that we got to get these women
out of here and get them out quick.
Are you ready?"
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