The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 23, 1916, Page 6, Image 6
AFOUI
VILU
i
Cant. Geon
4 v.
Continued from Friday.
Hour after hour tho defenders sa
beside their loopholes watching tin
slow advance of their besiegers. Tin
Mexicans did not dare advance acrosi
the open under tho fire of the rltlei
The Heavy Recoil Steadied Him.
from the hous. Th y wen obviousl;
waiting for ni t cm : their a
approach K>: . ..:i dn nled wha
the night wo , A . tor t re w
110 way to pi v. .1 tin M< Means
getting to 1 '.ni' - rover o
tho darkn 'IV
siegers were within trilting distance
it would bo dtMieult iiul? d for the U
fenders to reply to tho o' erwneltuiti;
intensity of the lire that would b
opened upon the house so soon as da>
light should come.
While Kynastoti was cudgeling hi
brains to find Bomo solution to tIt
problem h< saw old Willtcs pottcrini
about the house, carefully gatherin;
up nil the empty tin < its. These th
old man strung on a piece of raw hid
that had been brought to the house ti
be made into a la. .at. ilis curiosit;
thoroughly aroused. Kynaston asked
"What are you doing with thai
Mr. Wilkes?"
"Can't j '.t no mule-hells." said th
old man sciitentiously. "they're all i
the stables Si I'm aimtn' to trinj
all these can - on a piece of ro; an
hang 'em acr< :-s the front an" had
roads after dark Anybody stunib'.ir
against 'em 11 rattle 'em, an' that I
give us warnin'."
"That's what I've b> en trying ti
think of! Now, if we only had s.onr
water!"
There was no water ; and the \vhol<
garrison know it. For hours the dc
fenders, sticking close lo the loot
holes, knew thirst grimy, dry-eyei
thirst that froze the smile on the lip
and cracked the corners of the mouth
A shot from the corral smaekei
against the rear wall of the house
Instinctively th" man 1 "hind the dooi
post took cover. A nn .nent after th
shot was fir-1 a man came forwari
from the < : ral. displaying a dirt
handkerchief :: the end of a stick.
Mr Wilkes spoke "X< itedly:
"Don t you ho Anybody tha
goes out here r. .w a n t got no sense
They'll get you into the open am
shoot you down. Don't pay no attei
tion to 'em'"
"You must recognize it." said K>
naston on. Upton, we'll se
what they want.
But little time was given Ther
came a crack from the right, and
bullet whizzed uncomfortably close t<
Kynaston's shoulder, landing with
vj?jiyua vNiiu in me mass or flay flunli
Ing that formed the chimney. Dowi
came the halt-baked stuff with a ratth
Mr. Wilkes, thrusting his rifl
through a crack between two of th
logs, fired two shots in rapid succei
ion.
"You'll walk home, consarn you, I
jrou go at all!" he growled.
Kynaston saw two of their horse
down In the dust of the corral. ,
storm of curses came from the edg
of the clearing.
"See that you two keen unde
cover." The old man grinned a ye
low-toothed grin over his shoulder a
the defenders.
Darkness fell over the little vallej
With the coining of the night the fear
of the little garrison increased.
"Just as like as not they'll try t
sneak up and set fire to the house,
said Mr. Wilke?. "It's as dry as punl
We'd better keep men watching a
night."
So the party was divided into tw
reliefs: Mr. Wilkes, Upton, and
Mexican composed one; Kynaston. N<
lan, and Wilson the other. It wa
pitch-black; the ho irs passed Ilk
years. The night was so still, and th
stillness so nerve-racking, that ever
crackle *.a the brush, every call of
night bird, oveiy gurglo of tbo creel
brought tho d< nder^ to their loo|
Tof
v's men
w
ie B. Rodnev
J
holes In anticipation o? an attack. Rut
? the night passed without alarm.
p though it was not until dim daylight
p showed the column of smoke from the
hesit gers camp tire that the defense
relaxed its vigilance.
"1 wish I dared run out to that
creek bed for a bl t kot Of water."
growled Kynaston. "Salt bacon isn't
any too appetizing. There are ponies
in the stnhles behind; I'm going to
try it. Give me the bucket."
Before anyone could stop him be
be seized a bucket and dashed into
th-- stable. A moment later tbev saw
lum flat upon hts pony, carrying bis
rille low and to the right, galloping
down the trail to the creek bottom,
where the water gurgled half-way betwe<
n the two contending parties.
A hundred yards! A -hot. Two
hundred yards' A storm of bullets
from the defense covered his reckless
venture. Three hundred yards! His
pony, stumbling and slipping down the
steep bunks, plowed its nose, along
twelve feet of earth and the young
American found himself lying face
down behind a m< nuit bush on the
hanks of the stream, his hand holding
the bucket over the edge. trying to
haul back forty pounds of dirty water.
A bullet wheepi ' past his ear. The
scream > f a horse n pain made aim
.11 r 1 f the contents of his
V*
hue; et. Mis pony was down, shot
,'.i. nub the b. rr . 1. wormed hut
1 . < k to tii ! r of its body.
< -Trying vph him the half-bucket ot
j water t at tin a - t life to the defenders
of the house.
Half w:-; > tin In use he got! Then
the fu ii ado iron, the attackers made
him throw I. in - It to the ground in a
wild attempt to k cover. The an1
swering roar from the loopholes of the
hous? it? ; tb.? slope l -hind him told
him t:.? ijrnteful n-ws that the gar1l-.it
. 'I ll-u n|ifti1lno.*ia?i?
Timo aft< r time a shot wheeocd
or
close to h.s In ;i I. Time after timo lie
1 carefully pulled tl at half-tilled bucket
with its ; r< < :s contents closer to
him so that it should not be spilled.
Time after time ho sank closer and
still more < !o . into the little hollow
' that sheltered lr.in billing his oppor"
tunity for a Ilnal scramble up-hill to
the safety of the house.
I'n n this vantn< '-point on tlie
Kya. * a ? >t: ! r- one rebel
after another ; 11? unit to take a posi;
lion from which be con I be outflanked
and thus fore t d to run across the open
! ; pace of the uin-.h tered hillside.
Bulb' aftor bullet made him hug
the gn ttn 1 closer and closer.
Pri et tlv lie heard a shout from the
house that sent the red blood coursing
again through his veins.
"Oh, Kyiue ton! ' it said, "duck your
nut, votings!, i ; du< k your nut! You're
j right in my line o' fire-- I'm comin'
down to you "
B
Down went Kynnston's head. He
dared not tnrn to look, for he knew
that no man living ran turn without
partially rising. Three Mexicans
skulked across the road, taking cover
in the thin fringe of mesquit along
the trail. The leader stopped long
> enough to fire twice at Kynaston. The
American rifle spat out its answer. At
the same time Kynaston heard another
t ritle crack from higher up the hill.
k. 1 ' ntAn nrnno <r? ?lm ?!*? '* '>??
. ... t.., U..I, ?.?D I"
^ Ing Kvnaston's retreat.
l" ; Kynaston heard Upton's shot wheep
past him just as his own finger pressed
' i the trigger. The man in the road be0
lew hiin staggered, spun around twice
and dropped upon his face,
e j Me waiter no longer, but sprang to
a his feet, gripped the half eippty water
o bucket with one hand, and trailing his
a ritle with the other dashed up the nar;
row trail to the house, where he was
n received with hearty congratulations,
"Of course, we needed it badly,"
e said Mrs. Fane as she took the bucket
e : from his hand, "but not so badly as
i- that." She pointed to a thin line ol
red that showed above his collar,
If Kynaston raised his hand to it and
I laughed.
8 "It can't he anything. I pledge
\ j y<fu my word I never knew I wu
t touched? Oh, I say?"
He broke off suddenly as he looked
r at Dorothy Upton, for her eyea were
]. full of telltale tears.
,t "There they come again!" growled
Wilkes, pointing down the hill,
r A group of rebels had gathered
g | about the dead man. Even aa the
j Americans watched they came forward
0 slowly up the slope, waving for a flag
> | a shirt that was long past all days ol
t ! whltenesB.
U "Come on Wilkes, and hear what
I they've got to say."
0 Mr. Upton and the old man walked
a out to meet the flag of tguee.
V I
B i CHAPTER VI.
e
e The Death Game,
y The faces of the advancing revoa
intionista were grave. Two men had
come out of the mcsquit and had laid
h the body of the dead man upon a sad
THE LANCASTER NEW
, die blanket, which they were carrying
I slowly toward their own lines.
"A little while ago. Senor Upton,"
shid one of the emissaries, a graybearded
old tuan. "we offered you immunity
if you would surrender and
thus save bloodshed. You refused.
"We now come to tell you that wo
i now demand more. The man who
was Just murdered was Colonel Pest
quieia. and 1 demand, in the name of
General Villa, our commander in chief,
that the man who shot him be surrendered
to us He will be accorded
treatment as a prisoner of war and
will receive a fair trial by court-martial?"
Wilkes frankly laughed.
"You call his death a murder! What
name do yen give the attempt to kill
j:*. srm r
' You have brought It on yourselves,
senoros: you have no business her*- ;m
the sacred soil of Mexico. Hut when
, you (iPitDcrntciy Kill a Mexican citizen,
yen shall have justice motcd out tc
you.
"If the man wtio killed Colonel
! Pcsquiera is given up to us, the rest
can go uiiliarmcd. !f he is not given
up?senores, we have sent for re-enforcemt
nts. We know that your supply
of water is low. You cannot hold
out longer. It is hut a question ol'
time. 1 warn you that if we have to
: take the place we will show no quarter
to anyone.'
"Knowing the Mexican manner of
making war. 1 am not surprised at
that," commented .Mr. i'pton. "Go on.'
"It is solely a question of one life
against all of yours. The one who
i surrenders will receive a fair and impartial
trial?"
1 "With a conviction already settled
on. Nothing doing in that line, thank
you. Come on, Wilkes, if that's all
1 they have to say."
I'pton strode angrily off up the hill,
with Wilkes'following. The two ox
changed not a word until they ou??
more entered the shelter of the house.
Then Upton broke th<> silence.
"We are in a had fix and there's im
deny in-, it, Wilkes. What the dicken
can we do? Kynaston, come into the
jack room, whore we can talk over
privat" matt r without interference."
hen they enti.rod ; 1. council chain
her I pton lit a pip and strode up and
down. I :s brow wrinkled in thought
"Look lure, Upton." Kynaston
spoke sharply, "1 can't bring thos
a 1 n of mine over here even if I coul i
get them. It would m? an war
There's no question about that. To
bring armed forces across the line
will ne an war to a certainty. That
man we i shot by one of us, I pton I
mean by you or me; and 1 can't say
which to save my life.
"Not that it matters. There can be
only on" outcome from the quandary
You can't surrender, Upton, even if
you kii! 1 him. because you have your
daughter to look after. I will go down
th? re . .1 tell them that my troop liasorders
to come across after mo if I am
nut uuuk ny uuyngiu, mm iuayne n
tuey are confronted with a bluff likt
that it .nay work. What ?lo you say?"
"Sav?" growled I'pton. "I say that
when you are onco in their hands you
won't have any more chance n a
s'i whall in Tophet. No my boy. you
stay here."
"I think 1 can escape from then;
even if 1 do surrender. No, Upton,
it must bo done as ! say; I will accept
their terms and go down there."
"You'll do no such fool thing,"
growled Upton again. "You don't suppose
that I tu goin" to prollt that way,
do you? No, sir! I'll tell you what
wo'll do, Kynaston. We'll play for it?
? game of whisky poker for three
chips. Whoever gets three chips first
gives himself up in the morning. What
do you say?"
"Fair enough," said Kynaston.
"Slightly higher stakes than I'm used
to playing for. though," ho observed
, grimly as his host took a pack of cards
from the table drawer. "When you
. j consider the amount of a lieutenant's
pay, you'll realise the size of the
stakes. Go on; deal, and 'may God
defend the right!'"
ij Kynaston picked up his five cards.
carefully sorted the aee-high nggrega,
j tiou to the left of his hand, considered
i tho "widow." JIo threw down the
! hand and picked up tho five card:; from
11 the oenter of the table. Upton stood
pat. The show-down showed three
i aees in Kynaston s hand as against
. kings and sevens.
ii ? imin iook a onip.
Tlie cards passed to Kynaston. Roth
i men became intent upon the game
I In the second hand, with Kynaston
i dealing. Upton passed, and Kynaston
turned up the widow. He noticed that
Upton sighed contentedly as he selected
a jack from it. When the knock
from both men indicated that noither
' had any further hope of bettering his
1 hand the uptlung curds showed a pair
of aces in Kynaaton's hand against
four jacks in Upton's.
1 The next two hands Droke oven.
Thus the end of the fourth deal found
each man with two chips to his credit.
The sweat was fairly streaming down
their faces. Roth bore unmistakable
1 token of mental strain in the tense
lines about the corners of the*
' mouths.
Once Upton made a misdeal. He
wore softly.
Just, then the door opened. The
two women entered.
"Oh, daddy!" it. was Dorothy and
her tone was unmistakably relieved.
"I was h -ginning to be really a.armtd
about ourselves, but affairs cannot ret^lly
be serious if y??'i and Mr. Kynaston
can sit calmly down to a game ol
cards."
She perched herself on the arm ol
her father's chair
TO BE CONTINUED FRIDAY.
' . ,,
s MAY 23, 1910.
RAILWAY STRIKE
WOULD INFLICT
STAGGERING LOSS
?????
Would Cut Farmers' Prices. Stop Industry
And Face Cities With
Starvation
New York.? On one point reluleil to
the demands of the unions of train
service employes tor a heavy im reuse i
in wages the sentiment of the general
public has been expressed in no un I
certain terms. That is on the question
of a strike.
Declarations have come front every
quarter that an interruption of transportation
will not be tolerated by the
Ltllblie llllt will .Mill lYirtli rlf *i . I in .....
tion. The enormous injury u> ihoj
country that would result from a natlon-wide
strike of train service em-i
pioyes is dif:cussed by a writer iu
the March National Magii/aiie, froni
which the following extract is taken:
What such a strike would ineau to
the American people cannot la set1
forth in mere facts and figures. It
can be dimly imagined by those who |
realize what art intimate and vital
part railway transportation plays in'
every industrial activity of the* eoiiu-1
try.
There is scarcely a person in any
part of the land who would not bo j
immediately affected if the millions
of busily turning wheels on our
'nearly three hundred thousand miles
of railway were to stop for a single'
day. If the tie-up continued for a
week, the blow to the industry of I
the country would be greater than!
thai caused by any panic of recent
\ history. To the big cities of the coun?
try, and particularly io the cities of
the eastern seaboard it would mean
a cutting otY of the food sup dies that
would place the inhabitants virtually
j in a state of siege. In ?he case of
mqny food prodtiet these cities do
not carry on hand a slock sufficient
to f> ed their people for more than a
. week, and in the < ^e of some, such
j as milk and fresh t eg 'tables, supplies
are replenished daily. The stoppage
of transportation. therefore, would
l mean sufferim i ' ! a.tt t<> these city
I dwellers, and >f continued for long
would tiirt nen many of them witb
, actual tarvation.
To ilie far: " f the country a
a ii'-ral railroad' ke would be r
' ophe, only > serious." Cut
<UY from hi market. ?li?? tanner could!
I not move his produce, and the price
<>r grain and othei staples would be
! quickly cui In two, which the market
value i t" more -visitable articles
would disappear entirely. The great
t indu: rial plants of the country would
soon l>e for?-ed to close down follow-;
ing the declaration of a strike hecause
tho> could not obtain supplieneeded
tor their peratlon, nor could
they ship their t'ni hed products to
market. Their plant ? would soon be
i idle, and millions of men would he
thrown out of work. With the income
of practically every class of
citizens either seriously cut down or
suspended entirely, merchants would
transact little business, because them
would be few put'liasers In short,
the industrial n.> tiviti -s of Nte whole
country would be virtually painted
I*wm>i it-i. I, I.innni ?t>rt ra , uuu.
od to operate
FOLLY IN DEMAND
i FOR SHORT TRAINS
MADE BY UNIONS
Might Just As Well Ask Country To
Return To Sailing Boats
And Ox Carts
Washington, D. C.?To the public
that pays ? very dollar of the railroad
bill (and forty-five < cuts of every dollar
paid for transportation is for
wanes) the leaders of the four
brotherhoods of railway employees,
who are demanding increased pay,
say: "All the railroads have to do
to meet our demands for higher
wajj is is to shorten their trains, move
freight more rapidly, and escape the
penalty of overtime wages.''
The fallacy of this statement, which
I is the last-ditch argument used in
support of the demand for Increased
wages, is well shown in the following
editorial which appeared In the
Washington, D. C. Times of April 19.
under the heading "A Mad Freight
i Train Idea:"
"Kverybody in the ranks of the
; genera) public will agree with the
i railway managers that the campaign
which the railway workers are was
ing, particularly In the west, for short
I or fin ins, while at the same time dej
manding higher pay and fewer hours
of work, is of all possible claims tba
most preposterous. Indeed, in econom;
ics it is an ideal little short of mad.
"The railroads have spent hundreds
of mi lions of dollars lowering
i grades, eliminating sharp curves,
. ballasting roadbeds and putting in
\ heavy rails, so that powerful locoI
motives, larger cars, and longer trains
| rouid be handled in one movement.
If this object had not been achieved
railway wages never could have been
advanced to the point at which they
already have arrived and traffic rates
i never could have been held down
i wlisrp thev are todav without the
whole railroad system of Hie United
Statee being made, a financial wreck.
"Any child can see that if, after
the principal railroads of the country
nave been reconstructed to haul
the heavier tonnage In mass, you cut
every freight train In half, the coat
of operation must be Increased stupendously,
with two locombttvea
where one now does, with two engineers
where one now does with two
, firemen where one iio,w aoes, witk
two conductors where one now does,
with virtually two whole train crews
i where one now does, not to speak of
the new equipment and the new terminal
facilities ihat would he needed
This proposal is not essentially
different from urging that ihe world
go back from the steamships of today
to the sail harks of centuries
ago, from the railroads themselves
' to the stage conchas and ox carts of
' the pa't. it Is l'ke suggesting that
the farmer himself drive his wagonload
of produce In small lots day af 'tor
day to the distant markot of 'he
cltv Inst.-ad of loading It in bulk Into
freight cars and shipping it all at
once by rail."
/>, Your wagons and implements
should last longer
Kvcry farmer knows his
' vva?onsand machinery will
last longer if kept outof the
weather. it is equally
sfflf important to have them
f ' 'MhVfefki J protected from sun and rain
ji'i ilx when r" mcvR
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ts the one protcc\l th r we\aii recommend.
Wo guarantee iy;<; give a durable am1 'ling
finish. Ordina/ii; a gallon of* it will repaint
all the wagons/uid machinery on the average
farm. j
In additioi/ to living many times its cost
even year, this paint wiil keep things looking
spic-ami-span.
Devoe i arm Wagon Paint is made in
green, red, yellow, hlne and hlack. Which
color do yon prefer?
Lancaster. Mercantile Co.
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SCHOlMltSllll'and ENTRANCE
(With A pol< Kit's to Mr. Itudyard KX A MI NATION
Kipling.)
If you ?an dress to make yourself Th<? examinatlon for the nward of
attractivi . vacant scholarships in Winthrop ColY.
t not make put's and curls >oui |,lgo and for the adlUj9s,jon ?[ new
eltlef delight J students will be held at the County
> ? '? ;Wim ""l row- h" stn,n* | Court Mouse on Friday. July 7. at O
and active. Jl# ,?t .Applicants must not be less
ti t ot tin gentler grace* not Ins. than sixteen years of age. When
K11' Scholarships are vacant after July 7
Jf ><ni can ilanee without a craze they will be awarded to those making
for dancing, the highest average at this examina
Play without giving play too strong tlon. provided they meet the condla
hold tions governing the award. Appllnjoy
tlte lov>- of trieiids without cants for Scholarships should write
romancing, to President Johnson before the excite
tor th(. weak, the friendless and amlnatlon for Scholarship examlna'he
old ; tlon blanks.
It' you can master French and t?reek Scholarships are worth $100 and
and Latin. free tuition. The next session will
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ther information and catalogue, ad
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Without despising calico and jean;
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cuse or stammer Belle Town Consolidated school disjCa.,
rise above unfriendly snubs and j 1N?- -hav? Petitioned the
| j county board of education to order
Blurs; an election to determine whether
It you can make good bread as well i or not a tax of 4 mills shall be levied
as fudges. on a't real and personal property
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for dust; be held by the trustees in said
If lou can he a friend and hold no Hello Town Consolidated school disgrudges.
trlct. No. 21. on Tuesday, May 30,
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And you its soul?a loyal wife and elections.
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You'll work out pretty nearly to rav Jo; R Cony,;orBf
mind County Hoard of Education.
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