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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919 Dice 5 iDesiii r*. ^Jackspr COPYRIGHT . 4 ' ' (Continued from L.nst Issue.) T SYNOPSIS. ? - CHAPTER I?Sonor don Antonio de la Oucrra, wealthy Spanish ranch owner on the American side of the Mexican border, la Informed by his American attornoy that a technical error haa been found In bla will. The senor signs a new document without reading it. CHAPTER H?Teresa, only grandchild of the eener, finds evidence of a etruMle ui ine iiDrarjr and her grandfather raiseIng. The belief Is that tno eenor has been carried across the border by Mexican rebels. BUly Htanway, Teresa's sweetheart, takes comraand of the situation and orders the servants and v&queros to arm themselves. CHAPTER III?Stanway, with twenty men starts to pursuit of the rebels. They trier t Kduardo Ham on Torre, kinsman of Teresa, who has been wounded, be claims, by the escaping rebels. CHAPTER IV?Stanway loses the rebels' trail and returns to the hacienda. Teresa shows him the copy of the new will which she has found and which leaves all tha orooerty to Torrs. CHAPTER V?An emissary from the rebels arrives With the news that the senor Is well and Is being held for 130.000 ransom. Torre tries to assume authority ss *?? ??elr, but Btanway takes command vt trie situation. "Toreslta!" he whispered. But Ohe hud slipped from him, laughing, ?nd n lacy mantilla was In his hands, and from the fur side of the room, as she whisked Into the liallwuy, she wafted him a kiss from her pink finger tips. "Teresitn!" he urged. But the door had closed. "And," he muttered, his eyes darkening, "after all, when I find her papa grunde for her he's Just going to run me off the rancho! Unless? By Jupiter! I've n notion to do it!" lie was thinking of Padre Ignacio, the priest at La I'un/.n. CHAPTER VII. A Rat In a Trap? VMutttio Ramon Torre, lounging heTore one of the deep windows of the drawing roRm, smoked his cigarettes and hummed gay snatches of song. wMiciKiy quire nappy, seemingly unaware of tJie presenee of (Jaudio Morales and a nrother vaquero, who, on the other hand, kept their eyes always upon the young Spaniard and their hard, brown hands elose to their hips. The iloor opened and Stanwayeame In. Torre did not turn, did not cense his gay music. The two vaqueros rose and stood looking at the Americun curiously. Torre," called*Stanway bluntly. Torre turned, smiled, ended a last high note clearly, and only then bowed cry deeply to the rancher. "At your service, Senor Stanway," he said lightly. "fJaucho," said Stanway, for the moment ignoring Torre. "I shall he with the senor for a little If you and your companion will wait for me In the patio I'll call you when 1 want yon." "SI. senor," responded the vaquero promptly. And from the door as by way of afterthought: "We have not searched him, senor. No doubt he Is armed." I'No doubt." dryly, from the rancher. "It Is all right, flaucho." The two cowboys went out. Then pleasantly, Insolently, Torre admitted to Stanway that ho had been responsible for Senor do la Guorra's dlsapponranoo, that ho know whore ho was, and that the captain was his own agent. "What,** asked tho rancher curiously, "do you gain from such an admission?" "Two things, senor. In the first place I am meeting you upon a basis upon whlcb we may be able to come to terms. It seems thnt you are really the one for me to deal with. In the second place," and the smile In his eyes was hard and cruel enough now, **1 am taunting a man whom 1 do not like. That Is a pleasure." Stanway frowned, not understanding. "Bring us back the senor and you fain your freedom?your safety, If you don't waste too much time getting out of the country," he said. "Yml ask a great deal." Torre pulled thoughtfully nt his little mustache, "And you offer n very little. For I shall have iny freedom and safety?why, sonar, at any time I pleased" * "You refuse my ofTer?" "hpliy.? "Absolutely." "Even," went on Stanway coolly, "after your personal danger Is augmented by Dempton's confession of complicity?" For the first time the rancher saw * quick light of fear leap Into Torre's eyes. Then the lids dropped a little? A very little, but enough to hide the ayes and In an Instant Torre's manner was again careless. Indifferent "A. random shot that, no?" lie lift . THE LANCASTER NEWS, LAN IT?a? 'ju*r wmaa to you hence'orwanl us I'd |K t /, ggpFfifiEH to a rat Id n tr?p!? | make M // / Torre sprang up swiftly, his fare u M ' y// dush,nB darkly with u rush of angry I f ///'//i^mBjp hloo,, disVu V / "yYt/: '< I '|MIR. ' "You shall see," lie cried harshly, wjtt<.|, // ^ I \ I "that even a rat In a trap may have ' \ I I YffcS sharp teeth. You fool. It Is 1 who will <ou'' /' J/L v!kL| \l offer terms?or dictate?at my pleas- sa> 7 iw '"? :)/ W? I ?rrr . s: ^ s /'V^T *e turned away with a short, ugly . v ^vj| ; laugh. Stunwuy for the first time felt su ' g a Uttle shock of positive dread; fear 8aw j Jy J W U ^ \\'i t'mt wns r,skinK too much; that he l',"/* > / . J/1 J' ( /1 , \ had no right to assume this responsl- '' r fj //X>//Ij I L&Jffl '* blllty. For there wns something in 1 a v/t] / ft Torre's voice which told him that the s ^ jfll mj-K' )'(/z man was making no Idle threat. . /Wfifif) m/t chapter" VIII. 1 \/ ?r' " 'Pj '''" At Three O'clock. 10ll>'0 r A \ j y|f. faff/nt questions perplexing Stanway ,lt|. ^ I ~r \J | | rrtri c iiitm*. i? uii?re a inrRe iorce ; ^ " " * o# men barking Torre and Juarez? Are wntdi j ed his eyes once more, nnn rney were they alone In the thing?" And there s,ow^ frank and mirthful ngnln. "I nm was only one wuy to answer them. | the i sorry that It does not find a target." As the afternoon slipped by and uI,on "Whut will you say when you are dusk came down upon them, sweet and l00*1 confronted with Deinpton's written warm, through the groves of orange house and signed confession?" ' and olive trees, Tetesa sent word to out a ! "That will never be. I know that ' the men's quarters for all, excepting s',n<lc he has confessed to nothing." a half dozen of them, to come to the rev?h | SKanwuy leaned forward and tapped house. (an<1 * his forefinger upon the table between ThoRe not coming In were to remain 1 ^ *' them. "I shall have Deinpton's eon- on guard over the corrals into which wny 1 , fesslon within twenty-four hours 1" the saddle-horses had been herded, and ^ta Torre shook his heud, smiling his in- to serve as sentinels along the bor- *hlvei acrutable smile. der. The guard over Torre and Juarez | "I have a counter-offer to make," wns doubled; the two men were dls- "ItBald Torre. "Tereslta Is to pay to armed and assigned to couches upon son,l8 Captain Juarez the money which ho the opposite side of the drawing-room. come demands?twenty thousand dollars. Doora were fastened, windows '>' * Within twenty-four hours from the locked, shutters drawn, and the hacl- IIe 81 time that the money Is paid her grand- enda was like an old fortress In time R,Hts father will walk Into this drawing siege. I three room unharmed." "I do not anticipate an attack," Stan- ; "H1 "And If she refuses your offer?" waJ smiled into Teresa's grave face. way. "Then, twenty-four hours after her "Sorely the Insurgents are not looking to go refusal, her grandfather will be dead, complications with this country. "SI Then I shall be the heir to the entire Bat we are taking no chances. It would Bu property. You will accuse me of hav- take a whole regiment of them to trou- hurrl ing murdered him, and I shall deny. b,? us ht'r? tonight." Stam It will go to the courts. In the end "But are we doing right?" she whls- dose* I shall lie cleared. You see, senor, pcrcd a little fearfully. "If we guve quick times are fortunntelv turbulent ninno them the money?It Is so small a nnrt bis r? the border, nnd what bus happened j of PaP? grande's estate?he would he He may so easily be laid at the door 1 out of nH danjter. And as It Is?" lugs of the poor devils of Insurrectos. You "Tt ft b,ufr nf Torre's, pure and re's ' can create suspicion. you can make ?lmple," he told her. "If anything uncus trouble. Hut then there Is the will, should happen to Senor de In Guerru, out. properly dniwn and witnessed, nnd? Torre and Juarez would not last flf- mhld there Is something else 1" minutes with your little army of j Ag "And that?" curiously, wondering retainers, senoritn. They talk big. and i how far Torre would go In showing bo,h of them, but I am not afraid." ' glow his hand. Hut when she had given him her niinu "There will he other witnesses of hand and a wan smile by the way of !>?mI, i whom you do not guess yet?witnesses "Ihynas noehes." he wn.i not.content hasti cnrefully selected, who will not be until he himself hod soon to the watch- "a shaken In a point they make. And fulness of the men stationed here and re's j they will swear that Senor de la 'here throughout the big house. And, ; "To 1 Ouerrn became very angry with his hy the way of thial precaution, he saw wish granddaughter upon the very dav of that another man slept that night at his disappearance; that he quarreled I'?'dro's side, In front of the senorlta's openly with her; that he vowed he IIDl1 that both men were armed. would disinherit her, and that he sent b,id hot again gone to where Immediately for his lawyer to make Hempton fumed and worried In the II- j * ? the new will. I>o you cure, senor, to l?r?ry. It was his thought to leave the *? know what these witnesses will piove lawyer to chew upon the cud of suato be the cause of the quurrel?" plclon his own parting words had given ^ "Well?" asked Stanway. hlm' to make the night long nnd un- J "It will be that Teresa, heedless of eventful for him, so that his trembling ' ^ her grandfather's hatred of all Araerl- ?"ie soul might have time for thought. ?? cunos, had fallen In love with one of I* was lutc whon Teresa heeded his & them; that she defied De la Guerra. urging and went to her room. He left I and swore that she would marry? ,K'r nt tho foot of ,h<> stairs leading up ? you!" l'or chambers; saw Pedro preparing fA "Why!" gasped the rancher. "It's to spend the night ut her doorway, and perjury!" then went to his own room, decided to "Certainly." The smile merely sl(,<T untU ,ho st,M<'r hourH of the i deepened upon Torre's handsome face. n'Kht came; then to superintend In ? "Hut let us think not of the legal I"' w?t(,h which was being % morality of It hut of the efTect uj>on ^?Pt throughout the house. a Jury. Who, when this point is made, <>n way to ^,(* w'nK buildwill seem the one who would be desir- 'n^ whleh had been given over to him, ous of the disappearance of the old Passed through the drawing-room > gentleman? for the last time. "Who then will appear In the light Juarez seemed to he asleep upon his X of the abductor? I leave it to you," conch. Finlf a dozen of Gaucho s vn- ^ busy over a new cigarette, "If the Queros, all anned, were scattered poln% not hold." about the rooin, their quick eyes show-. Stanwny's inouth burdened. 'nR how ulert was the spirit within He saw that if Torre had made on* them Torre, sitting at a table Idly t turning the leaves of an illustrated j mistake t/ Doirpton were In renllty book of poems, rose quickly when | what he appeared, a weak tool?yet .! J the young Spaniard had planned pains- Stsnwny catne Into the room and takingly elsewhere. stepped to his side. ?+? "You tnay mark*a certain seeming "A word In your ear, senor," he discrepancy," went on the Spaniard. ??'<' ,lls voice and manner gayly im- $ "I suppose tho De In Guerra estate Is worth a million. And 1 am usking * f//\ J \ / v / \ / \ only twenty thousand' dollars to re- L. ^ Y * nounce all elnim, fr? e the old gentle- -r ^ ! man. cro nwav anil iphvp vnn wnnr ?*1 bjtifA I iw f I ^ to puy your court to the heiress!" ?? He laughed softly at Stanway'a - ? ? ?, <> quick, angry frown, and continued ~~~J" 1 8Wlft,y: V | "It Is because I have very urgent need of ten thousand dollars. It would , t i ; i 111TfI *1 j |tt7it^tl77s&v'"''H~~'"?T save me from un embarrassing posl- Iji I jjilh L i|l|| I 'ij' ' tlon, senor. You do not guess how J ![ Ill r Ijfj'" ! II I i embarrassing. And I am very modest- Ijl fifl ! j| | ; mHkKi' > I * * ly asking merely twice my actual ji I III' j jj "True, there Is more to gain by silt- || 11 I ft | (*j|J I J I ^ ting the thront of my esteemed kins- tl f I ' I l?(V \ I man and Inheriting the whole. You ' J |' I V see, I don't mind speaking frankly, be- 5 j jk. jjf tweon friends. |, ( .'*'[ (J , '^T$j I s i "Hut, on the other hand, the danger I I Ijl 11 'ilkyy^ j X j of which you speak would be much I s j V greater?and I need the money now, { hits' S V not after the courts cun have had time to haggle over the will for a year or \' ' X . two. So, senor you have my olTer. ^ hHk I V What do you say?" 1' , "1 say," cried Stnnvvay hotly, "that ^^^S^-^-rTT-Ty'V]' fl///l' V/l \'l JL you are a scoundrel, and I believe I iZnzi * liklltMiM\m II I' V only Bo much of what you say as I ill \lffl l/l VI I Judge wise. If Senor de ia Ouerra ftjm Ufl\f 1/1/ 1/1 1' of# dies, why then yon go to the hangman fjS I l||? I s l/| 1/ I [ } I ?provided Oaucho and his men allow f I |i I | 1 you to go that far. You will save him %>* to save your own neck. Do you abao- Had Given Him Her Hand and a Wan lutely refuse to accept my proposl- Smile. I t Ion t" t "Absolutely. I shall make better pudeot, his words low so that they terms." reached no ears hut those he Intended I Stanway went to the door. to Twenty thousand doUars 1 ?L "There Is going to he no more mak- now, Immediately, ?r I give yon my ^ a Inioitenas," fee s?ld briefly, .3. shall K?Cd as a sefttlemnn that when the sun iT*4 CASTER. S. C. you will rush to me, trying to ' terms. nn<l I shall (lion answer y demanding fifty thousand!" Nf^T ^ ? threat in the man's voice again ^ ^ . bed Stanway. lie had a feeling i he could not entirely reason that Torre meant what he w?yt Khjn?y dlseaa# la no r? g. Then he looked at the half | ?ona. A majority of th? stem-featured, faithful servants, troublA^ ** " sc \?d t.ie l>e la Cuerra as old Tlie kidney* *r? th* m ets served a beloved sovereign; organs of the body. ' hem watchful, armed, eager for nil*r*r8' V** Puf|fler*? oi CCuse to ding themselves upon wearln???. "?leepl?iiane?a. two captives; and, frowning ut despondency, backache, ,vn fears, he went to his room. ?o\*?Vav*\ rheum windows faced westward and to and lumbago. iuth. , All these derangement stood before one of them which "^d*1heVp. ""vou^hoU? J to the border, half ready to ex- MBDAIj Haarlem Oil Ci a rush of cavalry through the trees. ' saw the olive trees sway to the' warm wind from the south; GERMANS SAII) T( led his window curtains pulsing . v i-ir'i y like one breathing; noted how I'lbAii 1 1 ti r Hit noonllght gilded the ripe fruit, the orange trees, and, with a last Had I'ian to Itefuse to toward the eastern wing of the lies Invade and Fij , where a little balcony Jutted at Kibe Rive mong roses, he Jerked down his ; , fastened his window, placed a tu.rh.. t..?? in rer upon the chair at his side, nn' , v ,"7 . . . . government, headed rent to bed. ' ow, insistent rannlne at his door- s<*hiedmann. had planr kwakened him. ~ 'lto R,Kn ,hp peace treat nway sat up In bed, a sudden mlt the allied troop's t r of uneasiness upon him. 1 Germany as far as the ho It is?" he called sharply. . it would he attacked b is Lugo. senor. Senor Torre Innn forceSi the Danzlj me with a message. It Is to ent of the TaKeblatt (lpc to the drawing-room immediate- , , , ... ,. , T . .. r . . patch describing the da le hns something to say to you. *ys it is very Important. He in- rret plan to creato a * you come to him before it is in northeastern German o'clock?within fifteen minutes." The plan failed hecai e has his nerve," muttered Stan- ( *'<*3 and differences ol "Tell him to be more explicit or tween the government to the devil." leaders, the correspon .senor." (A report from Gen go chuckled his approval, and n,Rht sald Herr Srhled] ed away through the still house. 1 , , , . . . , . . . rived in Switzerland t vay lay back upon his bed and rl his eyes, only to op?n them the frontier on foot.) ly to sture into the darkness of 1110 las' proposal l jom. conspirators planning t was remembering those forebod- allies, it is said, was t which had come to him with Tor- to combine with easteri relied threats; he was feeling an the formation of an tm siness which he could uot drive public. The offer, it is Torre had sent for him in the ro?,ufr,,(i i,v the Poles w le of the night- u hftd not been offered ain he sat up, groping for matches ? i candlestick. In the little yellow DON'T WANT PFI-'lCK he saw that it lacked but ten Winchester. Va. Jun< tes of three. He sprang out of adopted hv' iho drew on his clothes hurriedly, ami , . .- r . i , . .. " . 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