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The Land of Broken Promises r-- -=By DANE COOLIDGE------^= A c^u. . . Cv fi Aurnar of J\ &tlVTtfltZ Hy?OrV Ot tilG "THE FIGHTING FOOL,""HIDDEN WATERS," 0 "THE TEXICAN," Etc. Mexican Revolution illustrations i>v DON J. LA> ?\T iHuhl lu Vi hu Pn"L A M. A story of border Mexico, vivid, ' Intense, such as has never before been written, is this one of Ameri can ?dvcii'urrrc into the land of manana. Texan, mining engineer, Spanish senor and senorita, peon, Indian, crowd its chapters with cisar-cut word pictures of buai ness, adventure and love, against a somber background of wretched armies marching and counter marching across a land racked by revolution and without a savior. CHAPTER I. The Blow-roTJIiiK winter's nun rose coldly, far to tho south, rldlug up Crom behind the Baw-toothed Sierras at Mi ' > throw a slivery halo oh Gadsden, tho border city. A hundred miles of deHerl lay In its path-a weste of- broken ridges, dry arroyos, and ntnuy plaluH-and then ? suddenly, aB If by magic, the city rose gleaming in tho stilt. lt was a big city, for the WeBt, and swarming willi traille and men. Its bruad main street, lined with brick buildings and throbbing with automo biles, ran from the railroad straight to the south until, at a line, lt stopped short and was lust lu the desurt. That line which marked the sudden eud of growth und progress was tho border pf tie: United States; the desert waH Mexico. And the difference was not in the land, but lu thu government. As the morning air grew warm and the boar frost dripped dowu from the roofs tho idlarw of the town crept forth, leaving chill lodgings and stale suloons for the street corners and the sun. Against the dead wall of a big store the Mexicana guthered in ulilvcrlng groups, their blankets wrapped around their necks and their brown ankles bur? to the wind. Un another corner a bunch of cowboys Blood clannishly aloof, eying the passing crowd for oth ers of their kind. In this dun stresm which flowed _under the morning sun there wero min ing ' men, with hlgh-laced 'boote and bulging pockets; graybeards, with the gossip of the town In their cheeks; hoboes, atlll wearPig their eastern capo anil still mst Hug fora quarter to eat on; somber-eyed refugees und sol dlere of fortun? from Mexico--but Idlers all, and each seeking lits claus and klee. If any womon passed that way they walked fast, looking neither to the right nor to tho left; for they, too, ho ing BO few, missed their class and kind. Gadsden had become a city of men, huge-limbed and nov. rful and with o questing look in their eyes; a city ol adventurers gathered from the ends ol the world. A common calamity hud driven^ them from their inlneB and ranches and glutted the town wltti men, for the war was on tn Mexicc and from the farthermost corners ol Sonora they still came, hot from aoni? new scene of murder and pillage, u add to the general discontent. . As tho day woro on the crowd or the bank ?.orner, where tho refuged made. their stand, changed its com jpiexion, grew big, and stretched far ni the j street. Men stood lu ahiftinf groups;'talking, arguing, gazing mood Hy at those who. passed. ,t Here were hawk-eyed Texas cattle men, thinking of their scattered lun di at Mababl or El Tigre; mining men with Idle prospects andeee art ed minei aa far south as the Rio Yaqui; mill men. ranchers and men ot trades; al driven In from below the line and al ohafing at the leash. \\ hil? a hundret petty chtefa stood out against Muden ? nd lived by ransom and loot, the] must cool their heels in Gadsden am wait for the end,to com?* Int- this see th? ig mass of the dis possessed, many of whom had lost j .fortune by the war, there came tw< more, with C.elr faces still drawn an? red from hard riding through the cold They stepped forth from the marbb entra?e i ol tho big hotel and swuni off dowu the Btreet to see the town. They walked slowly, gaxlng luto thi strange faces in the vague hope o finding some friend; and Gadsden, no to bo outdone. looked them over curl ously and wondbrad" whence thuy uni ' como. Tho bunch of cowboys, ?till lolterim pa the corner, glanced scornfully, a the smaller man. who ?sported & pal of puttees-and then at the big man'; feet. Pinding them encased In prof Doctor's shoes they stared dumbly a . his' wind-burned face and mutterer among themselves. ' He was tall, and broad across th< shoulders, with farseeing blue eye and a mop of light hair; and he walke? oh hie toes, stiff-logged, swaying Iron his hips like a man on horseback. Th* rumble of comment rose up again a he racked past and then a cow bo; voice observed: "I'll bot ye he's a cowpunch!" .' ?."..The big man looked back at thou mockingly out of tho comer of kit oy and wont on without ? word. r .^.iVU'tue boam of cowboys"that tue: ran tell another puncher nt a ginnen. ? but they arc not alone In th's-lhere ' are other oraftH that leave their nuuk and other men tut shrewd. A group of milling men took one look ut the smaller man. noting the vandle-grcasu on his corduroy? and the Intelligence in bis eye?; and to them the tilg mau wiiH no more than a laborer-or a uhlit-bosH at most-und the little maa waa ono of their kind. livery line lu his mobile face Bpoko of intellect and j decision, and UH they walked it was ho ? who did the talking while the big mau ? only nodded and smiled. They took a turn or two up the street, now drifting into some clamor ous saloon, now standing at gaze on the sidewalk; and as the drinks began lo work, tlie little mau became mute and more animated, the big man more and moro amiable iu his assent and silence. Then they passed the crowd of refu gees they 'stopped and listened, com menting on the various opiuions by un exchange of knowing smiles. An old prospector, white-haired and tanned to a tropic brown, finally turned upon a presumptuous optimist und the little mau nodded approvingly uo he heard ? bim express his views, i "You can say what you please." the ! prospector ended, "but I'm going to ! keep out of that country. I've knowed I tl'em MexicanB for thirty years now ' and I'm telling you they're gluing ; treacherous, lt don't do nu good to j havo your gun with you-they'll shoot j you from behind a rock-and if they can't git you that way, they'll knife you in your sleep. I "I've noticed a big change in them paisanos since this war come on. He i fore Madero made his break they used I to be scared of Americans-thought If I they killed one of us the rest would cross the border and eat 'em up. What i few times they did tackle a white man ho generally give a good account of i himself, too, and I've traveled them trails for years without hardly know ing what it was to be afraid of any. ' body; but I tell you ?t's entirely dif ferent over there now." "Sure! That's right!" spoke up ta? little- man, with spirit. "You're .talk lug more sense than any man on thc street. J guusa I ought to know-I've been down there and 'tbrc>3?u lt ell and it's got r.o now that you can't trust any of 'cm. My pardner and I came clear from tho Sierra Madres, ridlnf night?, and we come pretty near know ina-hey, Hud?" "That's rlgbV' observed Bud. th? big man, with a reminiscent grin, " begin to think Hiern fellers would get us, for a while!" "Mining' men?" inquired the oh prospector politely. "Working ou u lease," said Hie llttli man briefly. "Owuer gol Beared ou and lot us lu on shares. But no unen I for muh-?his will hold me for quit? a while, 1 can tell you!" "Here, too," agreed the big mao turnlug to go. "Arizona Is good enougl i for me-come ou, Phil!" "Where to?" The little man dre* back half resentfully, and then h< changed his mind. "All right," he Bald falling Into step, "a gin flxz for mine! "Not on un empty Btomach," ad moniehed his pardner; "you might ge lit up and tell somebody all you koop How about something to eat?" ."Good! But where 're you going?" The big man was leading off dewai side street, and once more they cam to a halt. "Jim s place-lt's a lunch-counter, he explained laconically. "The hotel' alt right, and maybe that waa a brea) fast we got, but I get hungry wallia that way. Gimme a lune h-couti lei where I eau wrop my legs around stool and watch the cook turn 'et over. Come oo-I been there before. An expression of pitying toleranc came over tho ?lulo man's face aa h listened to this rhapsody on tho qulc lunch, but he drew away reluctantly. "Aw, come on, Bud." be pleadet "Have a. little class! What's thc us of winning a otake If you've got to ec at a dog-Joint? And besides-say, the wak a peach or a girl that waited o us thia morning! Did you notice hi hair? She was a pippin!" The big man waggled his hand r signedly and started on his way. "All right, pardner." he observed "If that's the deal she's probably loni ing for you. I'll meet you In the room, "Aw. come on!" urged the other, bi his heart was not in it. and he turne gally away up the main street. ! Left to himself, the big man went o I to ills lunch counter, where he ordere oysters.""A. dosen in the milk"*. Thc I he ordered a beefsteak, to make u for several be had missed, and aske the cook'to fry lt rare. He was jui negotiating for a can of pears that ha caught his eye when aa old mau can In and took the stool beside him, plel ibu up the menu with trembling bani ''Give me a cup of coffee," he said I the walter, "and"-he gased at the bl ot fare carefully-"and a rous?-bei sandwich. No;. Just the corroo!" li corrected, and at that Bud gave aim \ook, He waa a small man, shabbil dressed and with scraggy wblsker add bia lioso waa very red. . - .: .>??;,.>.''; .?j? . . ... "Thut'H lt." returnod Kruger ?ignlti caiitly; 'this job I've got CUIIB for a mun Ilk*.1 that." "Well, I'liil'H all light," spoke up Hud. with sudden warmth. "Wo bee i pardners for two yearn now and he never give nothing awuy yet! He talk?, hut he don't forget himself. And the way ho cati palaver them Mexicans lb a ? omler." "Very likely, very likely," agreed Kruger, and then he sat a while ic silence. "We got a few thousand dollars with un. too." volunteered Hud at last, "i'm a good worker, if that's what you want -and I'hll, he's a mining engineer." "Uni ni," grunted Kruger, tugging at his heard, hut he did not come out with his propOBul. "I tell you," he said at last. "I'm not doing much talking about HIIH proposition of mine. H'H a big thing, and Homebody might beat me to it. You know what 1 am, I guess, i've pulled off some of the biggest deals lu thii country for a poor mau, and l dou't make many mistakes-not about mi uer al. anyway. And when I tell you that this I? rich-you're talking with a mun thal knows." lie fixed his shrewd, blue eves on the young man's open cou: uno* and wailed for. him to speak. "That's right," he continued, as Bud finally nodded non-committally; "she's su:e rich. I've had an eye on thia proposition for years-Just waiting tor the right time to come. Aud now it's come! All I need is the unui. lt ain't a dangerous undertaking- least wise 1 don't think il is- hut 1 got to Luve somebody I can trust. I'm willing to pay you good wages, or I'll let you in on the deal-but you'll have to go down into Mexico." "Nothln" doing!" responded Hud with indi.mt decision. "If it's in Ari zona I'll talk to you. but no more Mex ico for me. I've got something pretty good duwil there myself, aa fa? as that goes." "What's the matter?" Inquired Kru ger, set back by the abrupt refusal; "scared?" ? "'Yes. I'm scared," admitted Hud I and he challenged tho old man wltL his eyes. "Must have had a littla trouble then?" "Well you might call it that." agreec Bud. "We been ou the dodge ?or t month. A bunch of revoltosos tried ti get our treasure, ?ud when w?j skippec out on 'em they tried to get us." "Well." continued Kruger, "thh proposition of mino Ll different. Yoi was over in the Sierra Mudies, when tho natives are bad. These Sonon Mexicans ain't like them Chihuuhu: fellers-..icy're Americanized. I'll tel you, if it wasn't that the people wouli know me I'd go down after this mini myself. The country's perfectly quiet 'There's lots or Americans down then yet, and. they don't even know ibero li u resolution, lt ain't fur from the rai) road, you see. and that makes a lc?t o difference." He lowered his voice to a cc ali deutial whisper as he revealed the ai proximate locality of his bonanza bu Hud remained unimpressed. "Yes," ho said, "wo 'VUB rear * rat road-the North we*-'"rn-a od reeme like them red-flaggu- did rothl ig els but burn bridges aud ditch auppl trains. When they finally .v'nlrped "ei off the whole bunch took tr the billi That's where we got it again." "Well," argued I inger, "this rai road of ours IB all t ;ht, and they ru a train over lt ev :.~y day. Tho coi contralor at Fort ti ia"-he lowered bl voice again-"bi sr, t been abut dc wu day, and you'll i i wltbiu fifteen mile of that town, j. j," he whispered; ' could get a h -vdred Americans to g In on this ton' . row, as far's the rev? lotion's cone? i ..ed. It ain't dangerou but 1 want 11 ...ebody 1 can trust." "Nope," r" ?.uouneed Bud. rising poi derously to his feet; "if lt .was th: aide the Iii J.I'd stay with you till tb hair sllpp' I, on anything, but-" "Well. lot's talk it over again som time," urged Kruger, following hil along out. "It ain't often I get too with a young feller the way I was wit you. aud I believe we can m a ko it ye Where are you staying In town?" j "Up ut the Cochise." said Ihr I "Come on with me-I told my pardu?. I'd meet him there." They turned pp the broad mal street and passed In through the pc lubed atone portals ot the Cochise, hotel so spacious is Us interior and i richly appointed in its furnishings tht a New Yorker, waking up there, migl easily imagino himself on Fifth av uue. It was hardly a place to be lookc for In the West, and as Bud led tl way acosa the echoing lobby !J a pa of stun .'1 chairs ho had a vague fee lng of being In church. 8talncd-gku windows above the winding utuirwaj let in a soft light, and on the to we lng pillars of marble were emblaxonc prickly-pears aa an emblem, ot il West. ?. From the darkened bal con l< above, half-seen women looked dow curiously aa they entered, and in tl broad lobby below were gat bored Ul proaperouB ctUtona o? the land. A.-.aS.? /rt?.: .- ..:-.-4.' "Herr." called Hud. coming to en lu stunt conclusion, "give 'Im Iiis cund- j wich ; I'M pay for il '. " "All right," anw i ted tito waiter, who . was no olio r than Sunny .lim, the pro- ' prietor. und, whisking up a sandwich from tho sideboard, ho set it before the old mau, who glanced al him io silence i-'or a ii ucl ion of a second be regarded th? sandwich apathetically; . then, willi the aid of bia coffee, be mude away with ii and slipped doun oft bis : tool. { "Say," observed the proprietor, us J'ud WILS paying Iiis bill, "do you know ! who that old timor waa?" "What old-timer?" inquired Hud. who bud forgotten bis brush benefac tion. "Wliy. that old feller that you treat ed to the sandwich." j "Oh-him! Some old drunk around town?" hazarded Hud. "Well, he's that, too," conceded Sut'UV Jim. willi a smile. "Hut lemme tell you. put cluer, if you liad hali tile rocks thal old boy's gut you wouldn't need to punch any more cows. That's Henry Kruger, t Ito man that Just ?old j the t'rots-t ut mine for fifty thousand cuan, ui.tl he's got moro besides." "Hull!" grunted Hud. "he sure don't look it! Kuy, why didn't you put we wise? Now i've got to hunt him up and apologize." j "Oh, that's all righi," assured the proprietor; "lie won't take any offense. That's just like old Henry-be s kinder queer tbut way." "Well, i'll go and see him. anyway," said Hud. "He might think I was butting in." i And thou, going about lils duty with philosophical calm, he nm hied oft, S tiff legged, down the streut. CHAPTER ll. It was not diiUeult to find Henry I Kruger lu Gadsden. The barkeepers, ' those ellie ?eat purveyor?! of iuforma i tiou aud drinks, knew him as they knew their thumbs, aud a cusual round ' of the saloons soon located him Lu tho j back room of the Waldorf. | "Buy," began, Bud, walking bluffly ' up to him. "thu proprietor of that res-' ? tuurant back there tells me I mada a ' "We All of Ui Make Our Mistakes." mistake when I insisted on paying for your meal. 1 'jest wanted to let you know-" "Oh, that's ali right, young man," returned Old Henry, looking up- with a humorous smile; "we all of us make our mistakes. I knowed you didn't mean no offense and so I never took none.. Fact is, I liked you all the bet ter for Jt. Thia country is getting set> Oed up with a class of people that never give a nickel to nobody. You paid for that meal like lt was nothing, ant* never so much ca. looked at me. Sit down, sit down-I wunt to talk to you!" They sat dowu by the stove and fell into a friendly conversation in which nothing- more was said of the late in advertence, but when Bud rose to go the old mab beckoned him back. ..'Hold ori," he protested; "don't go off mad. I want to bave a talk with you on business. You seem to be a pretty good young] fellow-maybe we j caa make some dicker. What are you I looking for in these parts?" j "Well," responded .Bud, "some kind i of a leasing proposition, I reckon. Me I and my pardner jest cony) tn from Mexico, over near the Chihuahua line, , and we don't hardly know what we do want yet." "Yes. Pre noticed that pardner of yours," remarked Henry Kruger dryly. "He's a great talker. I waa UK toning to you boys eui on the street there, having nothing else to do much, and being kinder on the lookout for. a ujan. anyway, and lt struck me 1 meed your line of talk best." ? "You're e?sy satisfied, then." <?b served Bud, with e. grin. "1 never said a word hardly." .. "noys,'1 be auld. "I'm feeling lucky today or I d never have < luted thin deal, l in lotting you in on ono of the biggest thlnga that'? ever boen found In Honora. Just to BIIUW you how good it ?H, here's my ?melier receipts for eight hundred wounds of picked ore-= one thousand and twenty-two dollars! That's tho Hrst and last ore that's ever been shipped from the old Kugle Tall. ! dug lt out myself, and sucked it and chipped it; and then some of them crooked .Mexican oflicials tried to beat ?ne out of my title and I blowed uti the whole works with dynamite! '.Yes, sir. clean as a whistle! I had my powdar stored away lu the drift. and the minute 1 found out 1 was euchred I luid a fuse to it and brought the whole mountain down. That was ten years ago, and old Arugou and the agente mineral have bad Hie laud located over since. "1 bet they've spent tl ve thousand liosos trying to lind that lead, but be ing nothing but a bunch of ignorant Mexicans, of course they never found nothing. Thou Francisco Madero ? ?nues in and firers thu ugente mineral off his Job and old Aragon lets the lund revert ti ? taxes. I've got a Mexican that keepB me posted, and ever since he sent um word that the title hud lapsed I've been crazy to relocate that claim. "Well, now, that don't look so bad, does ii?" he asked, beaming paternally at Hud. "There ain't a man in town that wouidu't have Jumped at the chance, if I was where l could talk about it, but that's just what I couldn't du. I had to Hud some stranger that wouldn't sense what mine I wa? talk ing about und then git him to go in ou it blind. "Now here's tho way I'm fixed, boys," he exclaimed, brushing bis un kempt beard and smiling craftily. "When 1 dynamited the Eagle Tail it waa mtee by rights, but Clpriuuo Ara gon-ho's the big Mexican down at old Fortuna-and Morales, the mineral .'.gent, had buncoed mo out of the title. "So, according to law, I blowed up their mine, and if I ever showed up dowu there I reckon they'd throw mo into jail. And if ut any time they find out that you're working for me, why, we're ditched-that's all! They'll put you out of business. So, after we've made uur agreement and I've told you what to do, I don't want 'o hear u word out of you-I don't w ?ut you to < ome uear me, nor even write me a letter-JUBI go ahead the best you can until you win out or go broke. "It ain't a hard proposlUon," he continued, "if you keep your mouth shut, but ir they tumble, it'll be a light to a finish. I'm not saying this for you. Hooker, because 1 know you're safe; Tra saying lt for your pardner here. You talk too much. Mr. De Lan cey," he chided, eying him with sud den severity. 'Tm afraid of ye!" "All right,* broke In Hooker good naturedly, "I reckon we understand. Now go ahead and tell us where this mine io pnd who there is down there to look out for." "The man to look out for," an ewered Kruger with venom, "is Cipri ano Aragon. He's the man that bilked me out of the mine once, and he'll do it again if he can. When I went down there-lt was ten years and more ago -I wasn't on to those Spanish ways of his, aud he was so dog-goued polite and friendly I thought I could trust Ulm anywhere. "KG owns a big ranch and mescal still, runs cattle, works a few placers, sends out pack-trains, aud has every Mexican and Indian In th? country in debt to him through his store, BO if he happens to want any rough work doue there's always somebody to do it. "Well, just to show you how he did me, I got to nosing round those old Spanish workings east of Fortuna and finally I run across the ledge that I'm telling you about, not far from an abandoned shaft. But the Mexican mining laws are different from ours, and an American haa lots of trouble anyway, so I made a trade with bid Aragon that be should locate the claim for me under a power of attorney. Didn't know bim then like I do now. The papers had to be sent to Mocte zuma and Hermosillo, and to the City of Mexico and back, and while I was walting around I dug in on this lead and . opened up the prettiest vein of quarts you ever saw In your life Here's a sample of lt, and It's sure rich." He-handed De Lancey th? familiar piece of quarts and proceeded with his story. "That d>e looked so good to me that. I couldn't wait-I shir ned lt before I got my title. And right there I mada my mistake. When Aragon saw the gold in that rock be just quietly re corded tho c oncession in his own nama and told nie to go to biases. Tba *a the greaser' Of lt! Sol blew the whole mine up and hit for the border. That's the Hatch Of it, I reckon." he added, grimly. "Anyway, roy old men was Dutch." He paused, smiling over the mem ory of hu ^misplaced credulity, and Hooker and. De Lancey joined in a hearty laugh. From the town bunt that he had first seemed this shabby ijlttlo man had changed in their eyes until now be ?-aa a border Croesus, the mere recital of whose, adventures conjured up ta their minds .visions of gold and hidden treasure. The rugged face of Bud Hooker, Which hr.d been set In grim linea from the'dret, relaxed as the tate proceeded und his honeat eyes glowed with--ad miration as he heard the well-planned schonte. As for De Lancey, he could hardly restrain his enthusiasm, and, drawn on by the contagion. Henry Kruger made maps and answered ques tions until every data) 1 was settled. Afier the location bad been marked, ara the lost tunnel Charted from Ute a Tliere ere times in every woman's life when site needs a tonic to help- her over Ute hard places. When that lime conics lo you, you kifovv what tonic (o take-Cardin, thc woman's tunic. Cardin is com posed o{ purdy vegetable ingredients, which act gently, yet surely, on the weakened womanly organs, and helps build them back to strength and health. It has benefited thousands and thousands of weak, ailing women in its past half century o' wonderful success, and it will do the same for you. You can't make a mistake in taking The Woman's TO??C Miss Amelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., says: "I think Cardui is ?he greatest medicine on earth, for women. Before I began to trike Cardui, 1 was so weak and nervous, and had such awful dizzy spells and a poor appetite. Now I feel ns well and as strong as 1 ever did, and can eat most anything." Begin taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers. _Has Helped Thousands. $5 Plates || BtgJ RieciOCtiorui . and Up. jj ... FOR NEXT TEN DAYS. -"Ts $15 Gold Dcst Plates W^^^^?^vi^f Our Specialty . $12. %&^??&? '? <-- '^?m $7 Crown open face $5. Bridge and Crown Work. Avoid indigestion and improve your HEALTH by having us FIX YOUR TEETH. DR. H. R. WELLS & CO. ...Electrical Dental Parlors... . Over Farmers & Merchants Rank. Phone 527 Lady Attendant she lays betwcan shale and porphyry." Ills tv yu s sparkled us he. cur? fully replaced the specimen, and then he looked up ut Hud. "I'll lot you in on that." he said, "half and half-or PH pay two hundred j dollars a month and a bonuu. You alone. Now how about it?" For u moment Hooker looked at 1dm ai if to read his then ph ts. then be < shook his head and exhaled his smoke regretfully. "Nope," he said. "Me and Phil are j pardners. We work together." "Ul give you three hundred!" cried Kruger, half rising in lila chuir. "Nope," grunted Bud, "we're pard ners." "Huh!" snorted the mining man, and dung away In disgust. Hut as be "I'll Give Von Three Hundred!" Cried Kruger. neared the door a new thought struck him and he came as quickly back. - "You can .do what you pleoae about your pardner," he said. Tm tnlklng to you! Now-will you think about it?" "Sure!" returned Hooker. "Well, then." snapped Kruger, "meet" me nt the Waldorf In an l\our!" . CHAPTER ill. On the untrammeled frontier, where most men aro willing to pans for what they; are without keeping up any "front." much of the private business, us well BB-the general devilment, ia transacted in the back rooms of sa loons. The Waldorf waa nicely fur nished in' this regard. After a drink at tho bar, in which De Lau coy and Hooker Joined," Henry Kruger led the way casually to tho rear, and In a fow moments they were safely closeted. "fijTow," began Kruger, as he took a seat by the table and faced them with snapping eyes, "the first thing 1 want to make plain to you gentlemen ls, if I make any deal today H's to"be with Mr. Hooker, if you boys are pardners you can talk it over together,. but I deal with one man, and that's Hooker. "All right?" he inquired, glancing at De Lancey, and that young man nodded-indulgently. /..._? _ : Vcry well, then," resumed Kruger, "new to go? down to business. This mine that l in talking about is located down here in Sonora within titree hours* ride of a big American camp, lt isn't any tdd Spanish mine, or lost padre layout; if? u welldolined ledge running three or four hundred dollars to the ton-and 1 know right where lt ls, too. "What I want to do is to establish Ute title..to it .now, while%thia.revolu tion ls going on, and make' a bonanza out of it afterward. Of course, if you boys dun't want to go back into Mex ico, that settles it; but if you do gp, and I let you in on the deal, you've got to see it through or I'll lose the wholo thing. So make up your minds, and if you say you'll go, I want you to stick toit!" "We'll go, all right." spoke up lia I-incey,-"if it's rich enough.". "How about you?" inquired Kruger, turning impatiently on Hud; "will you go?" "Yes, I'll go," answered Hud sullen ly. "Hut I ain't stuck on the job," ho added. "Jest about get it opened up when a bunch of rehu?s will jump iu and take everything we've got." "Well, you get a title to lt and pay your taxes and you can como out, then," conceded Henry Kruger. . "No," grumbled Hooker, "if I go I'll stay with it." He glanced at his pard ner at this, but he, for one, did not seem to be worried. "ill try any thing-once!" he ob served with a sprightly air, and Hud grinned sardonically at the well-worn phrase. "Well," said Kruger, gazing inquir ingly from one to tbe other, "ls lt a go? Will you shake hands on it?" "What's the proposition?" broke In De Lancey eagerly. "The deal is between mo and Hooker," corrected Kruger. "I'll give him three hundred a month, or an equal share In tho none, expeneeB to - be shared between us." "Make lt equal shares," said Hook er, holding out hlB hand, "and I'll give half or mine to Phil." "All right, my boy!" cried tho old man, suddenly clapping him on the ahoulder, "I'll go you-and you'll never regtet lt," he added significantly. Then, throwing off tho air of guarded secrecy which bad characterized his actions so far, he sat dqwn and began tc talk, (To be continued.) Winthrop College, SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the awo:d of vacant .scholarships in Winthrop Odl? lego and for tht admission of \?ow stu dents will be bel?.1 at the County Conrt House onFrldaj, ?, al 0 a, m. Applicants must not he les than six teen years of age. When Scholarships fare vacant after July .1 thpy will bo I awarded to those making the highest I average at this examination, provided i they meet the conditions governing j thc award. Applicants for scholar Iships shouldc\vrIto to President John Ison before the examin?t lou for Schol Iarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth |100 and. i tree tuition. The next session will open September lCf 1914. For fur ?ther Information and catalogue, ud dres? President I?. B. Johnson, Rock Hill. S. C.