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The Land Broke Ky HAN VA Anti -Tho .Fighting l oni," "lih Illustrations I (Previously cia Aragon. Hud pondered upon tho outcomo ns tho emissaries wrangled on tho hill side, and then bo wont back to tho .corral to mako nuro that his horse wan eofo. Copper Pottom, too, might ho held for ransom. Put, knowing tho .rebels as ho did, Hooker foresaw a 'different fate, and rather than soe him bocomo the mount of some rebel chief tain ho had determined. If tho town surrendered, to make u daub. Hiding by night and hiding In tho hills by day he could get to tho border ;ln two days. All ho needed wus u llttlo Jerked beef for Hie trip and ho would bo reudy for anything. 80 ho hurried down to tho hotel again und was bist uiaklug u sack of food faut to lils saddle when ho huard a nollie behind him and turned to facn Arngi.il. F r '.yo days tho ouco* .haugh'.y ii;?:: Cipriano had slunk about .Uko u sick cat, but now bo woe headed Ifor Grnclu'u big roan, and tho look in lida eyes betrayed his purpose. I "Where you going?" demanded [Hooker in English, and at tho gruff .challenge tho Spaniard stopped in his tracks. Tho old, hunted look carno back Into his eyes, he normed to shrink boforo tho stern gaze ot tho Texan, and, OB tho memory of his past .misdeeds carno over him, he turned as ?if to flee. i But there was a smile, an amused |and tolerant smirk, about tho Amor! lean's mouth, and even for that look ?of understanding tho harried haden ?dado seemed to thunk him. He was [broken now, thrown down from his I pedestal of arrogance and conceit, and as Hooker did not offer to shoot him at sight ho turned back to bim like a lost' dog tbut oeeks but a kiad word. Bud knew that Aragon was entirely at.bia mercy, that fear had clutched the opeo arrogant Spaniard by the throat, and it waa almost worth the anxiety ho felt for thia man's daugh ter to see the father cowed. Aragon crawled closer to Bud as If for the protection be could not gat from his ?own people. "Ah, *>enor!" he whined, "your par ici?n! What?" as ho sighted the sack of meat-"you ore going, too? Ah, my ! "i'm Going to Get Those Papers!* friend"-hi? eyes lighted up suddenly at the thought-"lot me ride with youl I will pay you-yeo, anything-but If Bernardo Dravo takes me bo will hang mel He han sworn lt!" "w*ejl, yp? got lt coming to youl" answered Hooker heartlessly. "But I will pay yop weill" pleaded Aragon. "I will pay ybu-^-" Ho paused ab if to consider what would tempt him and thoa suddenly be raised bia head, ' .."What is' It you wish kbove every thing?" he questioned eagerly. "Your titio to the mine-no? Blent ' TaVa me' to. tho lino-protect mo from my .enemies-and the papers are yours I" % *Have you got them with you?" In quired Hooker with businesslike di? xectnfeBs.;. "No, but i can get them!" crlod Ara g?n,' forgetful of ovorything but. his desire to escape. " 'T can get them while you Baddie my horse I" "Where ?" demanded Hooker craft "From the agente mineral!" an swered Aragon. "1 have a grcat deal o?: influence with him, and-" "Bastante!" exploded Bud in ? vol?a which ma do Aragon jump. 'Enough! If you cnn get thom. I can! And we shall neb, Senor Aragon, whether thia plato* ot rhine will not give me somo influence, KOO!" "Thon you will take thom?" faltered Aragon aa Hooker started to go. "You w?irt?|^:ifie?:hn4:?B?t^^ for Ber. inardo Bravo to-" ' ; "Listen, senor!" exclaini?** Hooker, halting and advancing a ' threatening yorefiqgor. "A mon who can hire tour imen to do his dirty, work needs no ?protection ?rom me. You understand ?ftat-no? ..T^J^ten^?^^ m Promises MU,i IM; K I or nt \ Iden ?V?tern." "Thc n-xUanV* etcv i) HON 4. LAVIN Continued) g?Ti?g to Bot thoso papers. If I "hear u word from you I will send you to Jolu your four mon " He touched his gun ns ho spoke and strode out Into tho open, where ho beckoned the mineral ugent from tho crowd. A word in his ear und they went down the hill together, while Don Clprl?no watched from above. Then. UB they turned fn*o the ofilco, Aragon i-pat out a curso und went to seek ? Manuel del Hey. CHAPTER XXrV. j tn a land of clans privilege and ofQ* ' I olal graft lt is often o:ily ia times of auarcby that a poor man eua get bis i ights. For eight months Hooker had battled against the petty intrigue of ? Aragon and the agente mineral, and then suddenly, when the times turnod to war and fear gripped at their hearts, he rosa up and claimed his owu, hold ing out his brawny right hand and de I mandlng tho concession of bis mine. ? Ih a day the whirligig of fortune had turned, and lt wus the lighting man who dominated, ile spoke quietly and mude no threats, but tho look in bis oyo was enough, and the agente gave him bia papers. Then he wrote out a receipt for tho mining tax and Dud stepped forth like a king. I With his papers inside his shirt and a belt of gold around his waist there was nothing'left in Mexico for him. Once on his horse and headed for tho line and ho could laugh at them all. In OadBdon he could show title to Kruger, he could give answer for his truBt and look the world in the eye ! It had been a long aad strenuous fight; a fight made against seemingly j Insurmountable odds; a fight that had cost him much, but ho had won. Ho had proved the trust Kruger had placed in him, and'lt had bocu a fight worth winning. Yes, he was a man now-but his work was not quite done. Up at tho big house, with the screobhlng women around her, was Ornela Aragon, aad be owed her something for his rough wordB. To pay her tor that ho would stay. Whatever oho asked now ho would grant it; and if worst came to worst ho would take hor with, him and make goo? hte promise to Phil. He had given his word and that was enough. Now he had only to wait. It would not bo long, for the parley would Boon be over, and if the coward ly rurales surrendered the town to tho baadlts ho would make a break for ?the Uno and civilisation with the girl. It would bo a bard rldo, and alono ho would have no foar of tho results; but he would chance it oven with tho girl rather than leave her. Tho boy lieutenant, tho brothers Mendoza, the superintendent, and Man uel dd Rey, all were out on. the hill side talking forms with Bernardo Dravo and hin chlofs. With the rebels lt was largely a. bluff, since field glasseB had shown them to be short of cartridges; but they hud over a thou (mud mon manned along the ridges and, with courage, could easily take the town. Bud knew that courage waa tho one thing lacking, lt waa tho one thing that was always lacking in these Mex ican fights. . Tho L.oxican bandit takes but little Chance when be goes to war. -As for the Mendosas and their So* noran miners, they were properly chagrined at their waste of ammuni tion and swore by Santa Guadalupe to light lt out with hand grenades. Even UB their-leodora wrangled the Mexican powder men were busily manufactur ing bombs, and all the whHo tho su perintendent WOS glancing 1 to Ute south, fdr swift couriers had been sent to Alvarez, the doughty Spanish ba clendado of the hot country, to beg him to come to their relief. Twice before. .Alvares had met the rebels.' The first time he spoke thom' ; well and they rah off ail his h oraos, 'The second tino ho armed his Yaquis and.,Yaqui' Mayo rancheros against them and drove them from hts domain, inri K Uns a sanguinary punishment ' fiiace then he had been (itching to engage thom in a pitch od battle, and when the word reached him ho would corn?. ' Two hundred and forty Yaquis, all urmod with repeating rifles. Would follow at his bnck, and even with his boasted thousands Bernardo Bravo could hardly withstand their valor. So, while tho rebela parleyed, demanding a ransom of militons add threatening to destroy the town,* tho! ?ofppdera argued ' and ' reasoned with them,, hoping to kill the time until Alvares ? should arrive. .j In the open space tn front ot - the house tho refugees gathered tn sn aux- j lons group, waiting for messengers i rom the front, and as Hooker walked among thom he was.aware or tho ma-'j ilgnaht glances Of Aragon. There were other glances h? weit, for ho had won great favor with' the ladles by ditching the powder train, but none from Ora cia br'her mother. ' " '' Bud'would not have admitted that ho rerouted thia lack of appreciation on Ute part of Gracia. In fact he hard ly knew that he did resent It; but be watched- anxiously for any sign ot ap prover from Ulla girl who waa to be bk. pardner's brtdq should ho conduct her Hd'f?ly lo the" border. From tho beginning Hie Senora Ara gon bad treated bim aa a Btranger, ac cording to tbo code of ber elana, and . Hooker had never attempted to in trude. Hut if Gracia Gilli remembered that abe wua an.Amerlcan girl at heart, ?die forgot to HIIOW lt to him. To ult Hbo wau now the proud Spanish lady, thrown with tho common people, by tho eirena of ctrcuuiRtanceB, but far away from them in ber thoughts. The conference between thc leaders drugged on and messengers came und went willi the news-then, after hours of debate, it broke up suddenly In a I row and thn emissaries came back on tho run. Kven at that they narrowly r escaped, for the rebelB opened fire I upon them from the ridgee, and beforo they could get back to cover the dandy. Manuel del Key, received a bul 1 let hole through the crown of his hat. ? A Krim smile nickered across Hud's ! face as be saw the damage it had I wrought, for he knew that Amigo was . in tho hills-and a bullet shot down hill goes high! gnuie trace of what was in his mind must have come to Del Rey as he halted in tho shelter of tho house, for ?ic reKarri?d the Ameri can sternly as Aragon spoke rapidly in his ear. Dut if they planned ven geance between thom the times were not right, for a rattle of arms came from the Tower town and the captain was up ard away to marshal his men to the defense. So far tu the Biege Del Rey had kept under covsr, patrolling the streets and plaza and letting the volunteors fight, but now the war had shifted to his territory and bis rurnicc were run ning Uko mud. tr, matching treach ery against deceit., ti;i rebel leaders had sent men around to slip up near tho town and at tito first tar?lludo from tho hillside thoy carno charging up the creek. Then lt wau that ibo ever-watchful rurales proved their, worth. As the rebels appeared in the open they ran 1 to tho outlying IIOUSOB and, fighting from fbi- i flat roofs, checked tba ad vam 3 until the miners could come to tholr aid. But In tho confusion another party of rebels bad rushed down the gulch from tho west, and while tho tight was ' going on In tho lower town they found lodgment In a big adobo house. And now for tho first timo there was fight ing lu earnest-tho house-to-house fighting that la seen at its worst in Mexico. Wlilln women screamed in the casa grande and the Americans pacod to and fro on the hill, the boom of a dynamite bomb marked tho begin nlng of hand-to-hand. If there was to be a casualty list lt this long-looked for battle, of Fortuna the time was et hand when they coule begin counting the dead. With a fearlessness born of long fa j minority with explosives the Sonorai miners advanced valiantly with ibaii i hand grenades-baking powder cam I filled with dynamite and studded witt ' fulminating enps. Digging fiercely j through wall uftor wall they ap pronchod unperceived by the enera] I and tho first bomb, flung from u roof j flllod tho adobo with wounded one. dead. A denso pall of yellowish smok< rose high above the towa and, aa boml after bomb was exploded and the yelli of tho miners grew louder with eacl success, the stunned invaders brok? from cover and rushed helter-skelt? up the gulch. Then there wss a prod! glou8 shouting from the Sonorans am more than ono triumphant grenadie swung his con of giant powder by th? sling and let it smash against the hil in a terrific detonation. In the big 'house all was confusion Soon the cheers of the defenders hoi aided victory and; lu spite of all effort to Testrain them, the wlvea of th miners rushed into the open to gas upon the triumph ot tv lr menfolk. On the hilltops tl:o ineffective rebe riflemen rose up from behind thol stone wall to store, until sudden), they, too, were seized v.-'.th a panic an1 ran to and fro like ant <. Then, aroun the curve below th. concentrator, tail man came dashing up on a par white horse,'and hf h md him, chargin as he charged, can a tho swarthy Yt quia of Alvares. ?.. .C new rifles glean lng In the sun. > ....,. Up along the I i'.laido abd after tb fugitives they r: a with vengeful eage ness, racing eiu \\ other for tho hlghc ground and th;, first shot at the rel 'els. FirstrAlv.iies on hls white hots would be abet.J, and then, as they ei countered reeks, the Yaquis woul surge to thc front, lt was a race as at tho same time lt waa a rout, fd at the first glimpse of that oncomln body ol warriors, the cowardly folios ara of Dc m ardo. Rraro took to that heels and fled. But over the rocks no Chihuahua: no inattor how Beared, can hope to out distance a Yaqui, and tho pop, pop ? rifles told the fate of the first luckies stragglers. For the YaquiB, after 1 hundred'and slaty years of gu or rill warfare, never waste a shot; and a savage yells abd the crash ot a sue dim volley drifted down from the roch heights th? men who had boon Ix sieged In Fortuna knew that death wa abrdsd in tho hills. * ' Fainter'and fainter came the shot SS tho pursuit led on to the north am aa Hooker strained his ey ea to folio a huge form' that Intuition told bli was Amigo, he was wakened sudden! from his preoccupation by tho touc of Bomo. unseen hand. Ho wua in tb open with pnopla' oil about him ?panIsh refugees, Americans, tr 1 tra pliant miners and their' WIVOB-m that touch modo him forgot tho batt! above a "ra and blatantly think f O ra cia. ? - He turned and hurried back to tl ?orrai whera Copper Bottom waa ken (To be Continued.) _ -, 4f . , .' ...?->? ? r.^s .. MARKET REPORT o o o o o o o o o o o o o a o o o o o o o| o FINANCIA I. KK PO HT J o 0 O 0 O 0 0 O 0 ? ? ? O O' o o o o o o New York. Aus 21.- Probable ox tcnsion ot the British moratorium ami unconfirmed rep.ms that (icrinany proposes extending it:' suspension of [specie payment? ?'or another three mouths, constituted the more dopre-s-| iug features o? the world financial^ situation -today. < Itlierwise conditions I were calculated io make for iucreas-j j lng Confidence ii: ibo ultimate work-1 j lng out of the more serious problems which now confront tho domestic mar- | kets. A very mod?rait! loss' of cash probably less Iban i'l.OOO.OOO is ex pected lo he shown by the local batiks this wt ? '. A further decrease of 1.7 per' cen: :r<.m last week ?B shown by-thc lo: a! weekly bank clear-; lings, which arc almost 23 per cent J tinder thc eorru.-pumlln'g' week of 1813. Dun's Review New 'York, Acs 21- "Prompt andi effective action by ibu government, in cooperation with the leading rcpre- j tentatives of American business, . 1B I steadily making tor thu restoration of j more normal < oiiditluus In foreign trade. There is nothing either un sound or unpromising in .tho domes tic1 trade and irop situation, all the disturbance3* new expericucud In tho market bein;-, due to the interrup- ! lion of foreign commerce and thc 'uspension ot jiu* u.-ual foreign ex changes eau l y the European war. WH^f thc reopening of.our for cigh trade on a liberal scale, then: should be a rel urn to full nounal prosperity in American busbies?. "Failures this week in the United States were 340 against 28? last year; In Canada 30 against 38 !a.;t year." Weekly Cotton New York; Aug. 21-Beyond such progress us has been mado In the] work of evening up old contracts and lu devising plan- to completo that operations there appears ttWhavO been little chango In tho situation'during tho past week sn far ns ls reflected in local circle?. A bl rr;o-'number Of con tracts have been running out through tho'-transfer mt internets to December and changes have boen proposed .'n the by-laws to meet conditions creat ed by the now cot ten . futures bill, which may ac ? 'crato r.uch opera tions. No material progress ls ex pected in thfl' elimination of the In ternational Interest, however, until nft?r Ihfc delegation* uf- thc- Liverpool j Association, vim aro to sall for New I York tomorrow,-havo been in c?nfj--.l once -with tho: two American'crehan-! gos. Iff Of Mennwhile nothing moro than ti few BCnjtlcrlng transaction: ar?1 (teing re ported in npr.l cotton nt irregular yrlfcos, and the gonornl attitude of tho trntto 1B that of awaiting development.-!-| 'Ith reference to a now crop nmr cellng, the export situation, and a re jpdning of iho,futures market. New York Cotton New York?; Aug. 21-No material chango in the cotton -itnation was re ported here today. There were Bales of 1.104 halos out of the local stock.! but no ofliclal quotation was issued, I while only a few scattering sales ore ! reported by tho local brokers for] Southern shipment at irregular pr?tes. Liverpool Cotton Liverpool. Aus/.- 21^-G?ttot? . spot; sales 700 barrels' all American on tho basis of 6.30d 20r middling. No re ceipts. . Weekly cotton statistical , Bnports 17,000 bales*} American: 4,000; stocks 010.000; American 618. OOO"; forward 14,000; American 11,000 exriorts 2,000. . ; Cotton'Seed. Oil New York,' Aug.., 2l7-^QQtten seed oil was steady but vory quiet, owing to a lack of out Bbb; demand.- Offer ings were small and> sentiment ap peared to be bullish. Final prices un changed to three points net higher. Balfes 3,000 barrels. Primo Bummer yellow was 661 a 670; < August? ?63; < September 662; ; October 644; No vember 635; December 636; January ?89J February 641; March 617; Primo yellow 660. < ' Chicago Grain Chicago. Aug;; 8 21--"The -cereal mar keta t od ay advanced , and all closed higher, wheat 2 3-8 to 2 7-8 cents;* and corn 6-8 to l c.,pnd peta,6-8 to 1 1-8: Provisions averaged slightly higher. * New York, AUB;. .21-Domestic wools wefe firm and active today, . Carpet wools were quiet with prices lower abroad' than hera. / Cotton goods were generally quiet with print clntiin cas ing. .. \ _ IV - : * - , ' :-?> New York, Aug. .21-Mercantile pa per 6 a 7. .;*..'., v . . ... ,''.'., -.'! Sterling (Achango noi5d,?al{'for ca bios 6.06; for demand 6.03.' f I - '. ' ". ' ' ' ' 1 The Twenty . a'aar^T?llt ."Some twenty years ago I csed, chamberlain's Gallo.. >-.. choiora and j Diarrhoea Jteffedy," , writes Qoo.,) W.? Brock, publisher . o tho Enter prise, Aberdeen, Mira. VI -.discover ed.that it was a ?ic.lck and safe cure. for> diarrhoea. Since- then, no on? can toll, mo' anything said (ni "just na good." During all these years I have, csed.it arid r?b?ifrmend?d ' H in??.y{ t If fes, and lt has never disappointed andy one. For aale by all dealers. I Sweet CupicJ. and Grim Death, in the form of a rose and a playing card, play tag with each other around Alan Law, hero of Louis Joseph Vance's new com bination M?tioi> Picture ilo^?L If you like to read-if you enjoy seeing some thing really worth wliue^d?n't tiare miss The Trey O'Hearts By Louis Joseph Vance Author o? The Fortune Hanter-rte Black Bag-The Lone Wolf-Etc^ Read the Story in The Intelligencer ?See the Pictures ?tTheBi|0ti UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO: Anderson Intelligencer '""I,. S Otas ^i.f?:;r^rrrrrrr O Q O O O O oooooooo <^ o . THE DAY IN CONGRESS ? o o o o o o o o o o'o o' o o ? o o o o ?i, . . . - ? . . h Weahlrgton, Augur* 21.-Son?is' mot nt ll a. m. . Con,s{l tlc rat fon of bill for govern^ m o nt mi rcli ar o -o? 1 r> ,0 0?.O0 0 ou o e cv< o' silver objected to by Sonatbr Uria-, tart. . ' ^/J^ogan v.dcbato - on administration marhie war r?ate bl?. . . lensed, war risk, inrsirance bill af ter i t?fro hour.-, 'debate. Adjourned at r.;j:u p. m, io ll.a m. Saturday... IloiisQ met af noon. , -Private claims bili on the calenda? wera considered. Naval committee continued discus sion of tho''Week's .bill tb establish b government steamship line' to. Sonni and Central America. . - . . .?A? . AV?rm?fts for i arrest ?f < forty-tbsxs 'iiie'rribWs:'-J{iatfe$^ ?tark to? provis*'?-' quorum fdr. fco'psiabrAtlpn of tho . cotton wnr ? uhhwgb. ? air.. * ..<>*.' Adjblirnmiin**^ ,p M?> - -. ! 5!?.? - : .-i-y^- : : ?? -\ . . -i; . ' ' ^^'vf'^9^... Nogalopj Sonora', Mexico, August 21. -An? order from (?cneriit Villi hau ling further.w?rllko.netlbh *nor jytaytorona. brought brought "hopi today of peace :lh!-Sonora.'. VUloV or> .dor J? May tor cnn yW ??b 'rrifiplE of ruWlejaruf lon by;V*>lon-'d p. fej?s Calles ?timt Mio ^m-v-wilUvg io xcjnuiu nuicr. If.M.ayt%u>A m ?Ueaao?tat Cc HOHBKB THE BE AB .' ?- . . VrAoparii/: AVcis*4 ->i.v|j?fc, ; ^' fi Lk-:^ ? ? > * "t??^??1 ? ; v^-'jtBy Associated -Preas.) v ", Parish Aunujt . M.-rrJau^lity4ht<ao Gorman pruners, aecuBcdr?bh?P? today at ; G?crmo?t -PcrrondV capital of thor Department of Buy', do Dome, where tho p?lice had great difficulty Io restraining tho popul?tlon fr?in at 4*c%?rig them" . '. When arrested;'.- ''near Melhaiisen w4rn-;?tb&n .Weera and sol?