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DESER COPYRIGHT "at-y '"HARPER AH D The TngltTves were entering n desolate, burned-out world. The waste ,of sand began to yield to cinders. The horses sank to their fetlocks as they toiled on. A fine, choking dust blew back from the leaders.^ond men coughed and horses snorted. But the sun wan now behind the hills. In between ran the stream of lava. II xrns broken, sha^p, dull rust color, full of cracks and c .ves and crevices, and everywhere upon its jagged surface grew the white-thorned ehoya. Again twilight encompassed the travelers. But there was srili light enough for Gale to see the constricted passage open into a wide, deep space where the dull color was relieved by # the gray of gnarled and dwarfed mesquite. Blanco Sol. keenest of scent. l.Sc. ivftlnnmn nf \V?1 fpr The other horses answered, quickened their salt. Gale swelled It, too, sweet, cool, damp on the dry air. YnquI turned the corner of a pocket in the lava wall. The file of white horses rounded the corner after hhu. And Gale, coming last, saw the pale, glancing gleam of a pool of water beautiful in the twilight. * [ Next day the Yaqul's relentless driving demand on the horses was no longer in evidence, lie lost no time, but he did not hasten, Ilis coirs? wound between low cinder dunes ' which limited their view of the surrounding country. These dunes finally sank down to a black floor as hard as flint, with tongues of lava to the left, and to the right the slow descept into the cactus plain. Yaqui was now traveling due west. It was Gale's idea that the Indian was skirting the first sharp-toothed slope of a vast volcanic plateau which formed the west( ern half of the Sonora desert and extended to the Gulf of California. Travel was slow, but not exhausting for rider or beast. Thirty miles of easy stages brought i the fugitives to another waterliole, a little round pocket under the heavedP up edge of lava. There was spare, * short, bleached grass for the horses, but no wood for a fire. This night there were question and reply, conjecture, doubt, opinion and conviction f expressed by the men of the party. [ But the Indian, who alone could have l told where they were, where they ft were going, whnt chance they had to escape, maintained his stoical silence. K Gale took the early watch, Ladd the ' mmnignt one, and i.asn mat ox me morning. The day broke rosy, g'oclous, cold as Ice. Action was necessary to make useful benumbed hands and feet. Mercedes was ltd while yet wrapped In blankets. It was n significant Index to the day's travel thnt Yaqul should keep a blanket from the pack and tear It I Into strips to bind the legs of the horses. It meant the dreaded choya ^ Mercedes Must Ride; but the Othan Must Walk. and the knife-edged lava. That Tit qui did not mount Diablo was still more significant. Mercedes must ride; but the others must walk. The Indian led oft into one of she pray notches between the tumbled streams of lava. At the apex of the ' notch, where two streams met, a narrow gully wound and ascended. Yaqui led Diablo into it. and then began Mie w most l and vexatious and painful of all slow travel. ' The disintegrating surface of a lava . bed was at once the roughest, the hardest, the meanest, the crudest, the most deceitful kind of ground to travel. The fugitives made slow progress. They picked a cautious, winding way to and fro In little steps here and there along the many twists : of the trail, up and down tho unavoidable depressions, round and round the A holes. At noon, so winding back upon itself had been their course, they apEParetL to.liiive_i*oujc .only a short dis ISOLD by i: INE GREY Riders of the Purple Sage. ^ VUdfire, Etc. ^ j ^ by Irwin Myers " > BROTHER*. *' tnnce up the lava slope. n It was rough work for them; It was s "" Mo wArif fnr tlio horses. Blanco n Dinblo refused to answer to the power 1 of the Yaqui. He balked, he plunged, a he bit and kicked. He had to be pulled * and beaten over many places. Mer- h cedes' horse almost threw her, and a she was put upon Blanco Sol. The n white charger snorted a protest, then. | 1 obedient to Gale's stern call, patiently h lowered his noble head and pawed the b lava for a footing that would hold. a The lava caused Gale toil and ti worry and pain, butane hated the choyas. He came almost to believe d what he had heard claimed by desert j s travelers?that the choya was alive I o and leaped at man or beast. Certain 1< It was when Gale passed one, if he p did not put all attention to avoiding v It. he was hooked through his chaps ti nnd held by barbed thorns. The pain l< was almost unendurable. It was like fi no other. It burned, stung, bent? \ almost seemed to freeze. It made v ! useless arm or leg. It made him bite gj his tongue to keep from crying out. g< It made the sweat roll off him. It hi made him sick. o! y Moreover, bad fis the choya was for * ' man, It was infinitely worse for beast. ei ; A Jagged stab from this poisoned cac- Jf 1 tus was the only thing Blanco Sol 1? could not stand. Many times that day, n before he carried Mercedes, he had c< wildly snorted, nnd theii stood trerabling while Gale picked broken thorns from the muscular legs. But after Mercedes had. been put upon Sol Gale 01 made sure no choya touched him. G The afternoon passed'like the morn- s' Ing. In ceaseless winding and twisting and climbing along this abandoned 01 trail. Gale saw many watCrholes. *r mostly dry. some containing water, all t( of them catch-basins, full only after a* rainy season. Little ugly bunched ri bushes, that Gale scarcely recognized B as mesquites, grew near these holes; c1 also stunted grensewood and prickly 01 pear. There was no grass, hnd the n< choya alone flourished In that hard soil. * ei Darkness overtook the party as they vv unpacked beside a pool of water deep 01 under an overhanging shelf of lava. It lmd been a hard day. The horses ^ ! drank their fill, and then stood pa tiently with drooping heads. Hunger and thirst were appeased, and n warm fire cheered the weary and footsore a' fugitives. Yaqul said, "Sleep." And ^ so another night passed. T *? ?? ? b< Upon the following morning, ten r< miles or more up the slow-ascending sI i lava slope, Gale was in the rear of " all the other horses, so as to take, w for Mercedes' sake, the advantage of the broken trail. Yaqul was leading tl Diablo, winding around a break. His head was bent as he stepped slowly and unevenly upon the lava. Gale turned to look back, the first tline In 01 several days. He thought, of course, r( j of Ito.jas in certain pursuit; but It ' seemed absurd to look for him. Yaqul led on, and Gale often glanced ^ up from his task to watch the Indian. Presently he saw him stop, turn, and f, look back. Ladd did likewise, and a then Jim and Thome. Gale found the w desire Irresistible. Thereafter he often rested Blanco Sol, and looked back the wfcile. He had his field- jj glass, but did not choose to use it. ; "Rojas will follow," said Mercedes. ^ Gale regarded her In amaze. The ^ tone of her voice had been indefinable. . j If there were fear then he failed to v< detect it. She was gazing hack down the colored slope, end something about _ her, perhaps the steady, falcon gaze 11 j of her magnificent eyes, reminded him j of Yaqui. j Many times during the ensuing hour ! the Indian faced about, and always his followers did likewise. It was high i I If noon, with the sun beating hot and I jr the lava radinting heat, when Yaqui , halted for a re>$. The horses bunched j ^ j and drooped lieir heads. The rangers ! were about to slip the packs and re- i move saddles when Yaqui restrained ; them. He fixed a changeless, gleaming gaze on the slow descent; but did not seem In to look afar. fil Suddenly he uttered bis strange cl1 cry?the one Gale considered involun- 1,1 tar.v. or else significant of sdme tribal ar trait or feeling. Yaqui pointed down ?r the lava slope, pointing with finger a and arm and ncrk and h<Ad?his Li whole being seemed to have been anl- br mated and then frozen. as "Shore lie sees somethlu'," said Ladd. "Rut my eyes are no good." bj "I reckon I ain't sure of mine," replied .Tim. "I'm bothered by a dim niovin' streak down there." : ?t, Thorno pa zed eagerly down as he . (| stood beside Mercedes, who sat motionless facing the slope, dale looked j and looked till he hurt his eyes. Then , he took his glass out of its case on ^ I Sol's saddle. I re There appeared to be nothing upon the lava hut the Innumerable dots of l choyn shir^ng in the sun. dale swept his glass slowly forward and back. II Then into a nearer field of vision crept st a_ loDE?whUe-juid-black l!ne_of.horses 11, nd~men. Without a word he'handed he glass to Ladd. The ranger used ^ muttering to himself. "They're on the lava fifteen miles own in an air line," he said, presentr. ".Tim, shore they're twice that nn' lore nccordln' to the trail." .Tim had his look and replied: "I eckou we're a day an' a night in the ?ad." "Is It Rojas?" burst out Thome rith set Jaw. "Yes, Thorne. It's Rojas and a ozen or more," replied Gale, and he >oked up at Mercedes. She was transformed. She might ave been a medieval princess emodying all the Spanish power and assion of that time, breathing reenge, hate, unquenchable spirit of Tt >mr hooiifv hurl hr?<in wnnftnr. r' ** I ill in her helpless and appealing no-; lents, now, when she looked berk hlte-fnced and flame-eyed. It was ranseendent. '? Oale drew a long, deep breath. The mod which had presaged pursuit, trife, blood on this somber desert, pturned to him tenfold. He saw 'home's face corded by black veins,; nd his teeth exposed like those of a j nnrllng wolf. These rangers, who nd coolly risked death many times, j nd had dealt It often, were white as o fear or pain could have made them, 'hen, on the moment, Ynqui raised his and, not clenched or doubled tight, ut curled rigid like an eagle's cln ,v; nd he shook It In a strange, slow g?snre which was meraclng and terrible. It was the woman that called to the eplhs of these men. And their pasIon to kill and to save was surpassed nly by the wild hate which was yet >ve, the unfathomable emotion of a eon slave. Gale marveled at It, rhlle be felt his whole being cold and ansa, as he turned once more to fob [?w in the tracks of hb lenders. The ght predicted by Gelding was at hand. Vhnt a fight that must be! Rojns ras traveling light and fast. lie wai lining. He had bought his men with Did, with extravagant promises, per nps with offers of the body and blood C an aristocrat hateful to their kind, nstly, there was the wild, desolate ivironment, a tortured wilderness of igged lava and poisoned choya, a ?nely, fierce and repellent world, a ><1 etarrn m<v<5f snmhprlv nnrl flttlncl.V flored for a supreme struggle beveen men. ? YaquI looked back no more. Mer?des looked back no more. But the ther looked, and the time came when ale saw the creeping line of purlers with naked eyes. A level line above marked the rim t the plateau. Sand began to show i the little lava' pits. On and upward died the cavalcade, still very slowly dvanclng. At lasf Yaqul reached the m. He stood with his hand on lanco Diablo; and both were sllhoitted against the sky. That was the atlook for a Yaqul. And his greut arse, (lazzlingiy white in the sunght, with head wildly and proudly *ect, mane and tall flying In the ind, made a magnificent picture. The hers toiled on and upward, and at st Gale led Blanco Sol over the rim. hen all looked down the red slope. But shadows were gathering there ad no moving line could be seen. Yaqul mounted and wheeled Diablo way. The others followed. The aqul led them Into a zone of craters. lie top of the earth seemed to have ?en blown out in holes from a few ids in width to large craters, some lallow, others deep, and all red as -e. Yaqui circled close to abysses hich yawned sheer from n level surice, and he appeared always to be iming upon his course to avoid them. The plateau had now a considerable Ip to the west. Gale marked the ow heave and ripple of the ocean ? lava to the south, where high, ninded peaks marked the center of lis volcanic region. The uneven naire of the slope westward prevented ay extended view, until suddenly the lgitives emerged from a rugged reak to come upon a sublime and ive-inspiring spectacle. 14 They were upon a high point of the estern slope of the plateau. It was :range to Gale, and perhaps to the :hers, to see their guide lead Diablo ito a smooth and well-worn trail long the rim of the awful crater, ale looked down Into that red chasm. : resembled an Inferno. The dars iffs upon the opposite side were eiled in blue haze that seemed like noke. Here Yaqui was at home. He loved and looked nbout him as a man Mning at last Into his own. Gale iw him stop and gaze out over that frd-rlbbed void to the Gulf. Gale divined that somewhere along lis crater of hell the Yaqui would lake his final stand; and one look ito his strange, inscrutable eyes iade imagination picture a fitting oom for the pursuing Rojns. (To Be Continued). - When an American offered the ission players of Oberammergau a illion dollars for the privilege of ming the l'assion Play without a laopo in cast, the players sacrificed eir locks and saved their self-respect hi nonor. inving m ine ucprcuiuuuu the mark, the temptation to v *? sacred tradition was great. ..on ing's philosophy is that riches do not ing contentment and happiness, two sets the players now possess, ? Fingerprints are now sent by radio j ; means of tiie Belin system. ? Marion Talley, aged la, the daughr of a telegraph operator of the Misniri Pacific Railroad, is an American >co 1 prodigy, according to the decisn of the directors of tlie Metropolin Opera Company. She is to study r four years before attempting so- , ously to become a great artist. ? President Harding broke White onse records of several months anding when he shook hands with 100 persons in a recent reception. SHE KEEPS B1 bm'-t.jLi-. r"i ?inni i mi i. Her name Is Miss Georgia Hoi Hopley is ? id to be the only worn; States. FOR SICK MASONS. Plans Boing Made to Build Tuberculosis Hospitals. "Establishment of a chain of sanatoria throughout the United States for members of :ho Masonic order suffering from tuberculosis?tne whole enterprise to Involve an estimated expenditure of $1:1,500,000 for construction and the care of 5,000 sufferers with an annual expenditure of $5,000,000 for operation will be recommended to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas at its annual meeting at Waco on December 5, 6 and 7 by the tuberculosis sanatoria commission of the grand lodges of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. This is a commission appointed by the grand masters of the three states named, under authority of resolutions adopted by the grand lodges to prepare a plai) for the establishment of tuberculosis sanatoria, for the care of concumptive Masons who come to the southwest seeking restoration to health. These resolutions were adopted at the last meeting of the respective grand lodges. Robert J. Newton of San Antonla, chairman of the tri-state commission, made the following statement about its work ar.d recommendations: "The National Tuberculosis association, estimates that there are 4,700 deaths among any group of 2,500,000 males, 20 years of. age and older, from tuberculosis annually. The latest reports show a total Masonic population of 2,640,000 in this country, and of this number more than 5.00C die of tuberculosis every year. "It is estimated that there are nine living cases lor every death, tut this is a very conservative estimate. There is every reason to believe that there are more than 60,000 living cases of tuberculosis among the Masons of the United States. "How many of them need the help of their brethren in their fight for life no one can say. Many of them, if given hospital care and treatment would recover and be able to resume support of their wives and children. Many die because they lack the money for sanGETTING MEASURED FOR | : v% "' i A ^ J ' Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, wi Mason, was both United States Sena nois, is seen here occupying for the i House. She was elected to Congress the seat of her father. She is the grens, the llrst being Jeannette Ran Robertson, JCYRUS DRY. ley and Bucyrua is in Ohio. Miss an prohibition agent In the United atorium care. And the pity of it i8 that the fraternity then spends more for the care of the widow and orphan than it would have cost to save the father. "The commission will recommend the establishment of a chain of sanatoria around the country, with a total of 5,000 beds, one of these institutions to be built in western Texas, one in New Mexico, one in Arizona, one in California, one in Colorado, in order to secure the benefit of the different altitudes and different climatic conditions, instead of centering- them all in Le? * 1 1 Kft r~\ n /\ I tv I Vio unt' |Mj:>iuuii. i/inc win uc uuc iu i>uv Asheville section of North Carolina, which is a resort for tubercular "patients, and one will be located in the Saranac Lake region in New York, another locality famous for* cures of that dread disease. There will also be an institution located in the middle west, convenient to the large centers of population, and one in either North or South- Dakota, and in the Pacific northwest. ? Lancaster December 22: Alleging a conspiracy among the# defendants to wreck and rqin him financially, socially and profes3ionally?Charles D. Jones of Lancaster, today filed an action for damages in the court of common pleas here in the sum of one million dollars against Leroy Springs, John T. Stevens, H. R. Rice and William J. Shecter, national bank examiner. The biil of complaint was placed in the hands of Sheriff Hunter, and will be served on Springs, Stevens and Rice immediately and on Shccter as soon as he can be located in the state. The bill of complaint Is one of the longest ever filed in the court of common pleas here, and is divided into many allegations. The chief features of these allegations are that Jones charges that the defendants entered into a conspiracy to wreck and ruin him and that Shecter entered into an agreement with Springs, Stevens and Rice to give confidential Information about the plaintiff in his examination into the affairs of the First National bank, THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR. Wfa&ik. ? B : -^i i \ t lose father, the late William E. tor and Representative from Illinoraent the Speaker's chair In the from Chicago last month to take third woman to be sent to Conkin and the second "Aunt" Alice I. of Lancaster of which Jones is prcsl- i dent. The complaint alleges that the | bank examiner's report was fabricated of falsehoods and was drawn in a conspiracy with the defendants. Further j allegations in Mr. Jones' complaint are that in the trial here last March before Judge Bowman, Shecter certified fiJsely against him. It is generally understood here that all these charges wijl be specifically and vigorously de- i nied by the defendants. ] ? The big six-story Trust building < in the 200 block of South Tryon street, . Charlotte, was destroyed by fire Sun day morning. The Piedmont building ] and the Brockman building near by were also severely damaged. 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