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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. The loss
is estimated ai oetween $350,000 and
$400,000.
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NORTH CAROLINA
BUCKWHEAT
DON'T BE FOOLED with "Just as
good." Buy the Best?VOTAN COF- !
FEE.
MILL FEED for your hogs. 1
LARRO DAIRY FEED?the kind ;
that your cow likes and that will IN- I
CREASE the supply of milk.
PERRI WALLA TEA?Best yet.
BARBADOES MOLASSES?PQrest.
TREAT YOURSELF to a Rubber
Tired Buggy ror Christmas.
CARROLL BROS.
THANK YOU
WE TAKE THIS MEANS of thanking
you for your liberal patr? nage for
the year 1922. In fact for all the years |
we have been in business. Our lists
of customers have gradually grown. (
WE EXPECT TO BE IN BUSINESS
in 1923 at the same stand and will do i
our best to make it to your Interest to i
trade with us. We expect to continue
to handle a good line of !
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES
Plantation Supplies, Hardware, Fertil- (
izcrs, Building Material of all kinds, .
Galvanized Roofing, Shingles, Brick. (
WE WISH YOU ONE AND ALL
A MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY
AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Cotton Seed Meal, $2.50 a sack.
YORK SUPPLY CO.
WHOLESALE A?D RETAIL
THE CITY MARKET
Phone No. 74
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GOOD MEATS of all kinds.
r, ,u
Let us have your orders
now for
CHRISTMAS OYSTERS.
We want your good Veal '
Calves.
We buy Hides.
THE CITY MARKET
GEO. A. SHERER G. W. SHERER
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GOODRICH TIRES 1
We have a full line of the 1
famous
Goodrich Fabric and
Silvertown Cord Tires. .
rires have already advanced
in price, and we are sure of
mother advance soon. Now
is the time to buy your full
aeeds in Tires and Tubes.
Try Our Service.
J. H. CARROLL
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Now Going On
21-2 Qt. Percolators !.(?
3 Qt. Berlin Kettles" 111.00
SQt. Berlin Kettles ! 11.00
3 Qt. Berlin Kettles I >1.00
Large Roasters ! 11.00
2 Qt. Milk Kettles U1.0O
21-2 Qt. Water Pitchers $1.00
Syrup Pitchers __ 60 Cts.
Double Boilers ....90 Cts.
6 Qt. Sauce Pans ? $1.00
4 Qt. Sauce Pans 90 Cts.
5 Qt. Preserving Kettles $1.00
Aluminum Wars Will B# Highs?*?Buy
while it is at Bottom Prices.
SOUTHERN CAS3tobe
Q. C. OEESE, Manager
Trade Street. Phone 88
ROCK HILL, 8. C.
For Christmas TraderWe
have a full line of Apples,
Oranges. Bananas, Grapes, Raisins,
Grapefruit, Currants, Dates. Also
Jried fruits including Figs, Apples,
Prunes, California Peaches.
In Nuts, wo have English Walnuts,
shelled or unshelled, Brazil nuts, Almonds.
Plain and Fancy Fruit Cake, also
full line of fancy crackers.
HEAVY GROCERIES
We have a full line of Heavy Groceries
at all times and will be glad to
sell you your Sugar, Flour, Coffees,
fttc., tor Christmas. 1
FIRE WORKS
We have a good line of Fire Works
for the Boys, sucn as Roman Cahdles,
Fire Crackers, Torpedoes, etc.
' Yours for a Merry XMAS,
W. F. JACKSON
Msckorell-Fsmuson Co.'s Old Stand.
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