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t THE PEOPLE. BARNWELIi S. C. GOLD by Zane Grey ^Author o/'Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, Etc. —i—— — : —r" : '•« '' • - . '•“'**\ • 1 . '• •• . • ' •; '• w . • > ' ' ’• • . • » , % / ^ " Copyright by Harper A Brothers. . - * .... . » ' »•»-. ♦ . THE YAQUI t SYNOPSIS-Seeking gold In the desert, “Cameron,” solitary pros per, tor, forms a partnership with an unknown man whom he later learns Is Jonas Warren, father of' a girl whom Cameron wronged, but later married, bark In Illinois. Cameron’s explanations appeafe Warren, and the two proceed to gether. Taking refuge from a sandstorm in a cavjB, Cameron dis covers gold, but t6o late; both men are dying. Cameron leaves evi dence, In the cave, of their dis covery of gold," and personal tloeu- ments. Richard Gale, adventurer. In Casita, Mexican border town, meets George Thorne, lieutenant In the Ninth cavalry, old college friend. Thome tells Gale he Is there to save Mercedes Castaneda. Spanish girl, his affianced wife, from Rojas, Mexican bandit Gale “roughhousts” Rojas and his gang, with the help of two American <owboys, and he. Mercedes and Thome escape. A bugle call from the fort orders Thome to his regi ment He leaves Mercedes under Gale’s protection. The pair, aided by the cowboys, Charlie l^sdd and Jim -Laah. arrive In safety at a ran- h known as Forlorn River, acmes the border The fugitives are at Tom Retdlm’s home. Held- Inc te Immigration I nape c tor Living with him eio Ms w l to and step daughter. Nell D rtwn Gale, mtth I add and lash, take service with Heldtng as rangers. Gale telling tle’ding the moae of hie be ng a • a d rer a git*understanding mth hie father enewgrning the son’s business aMMt so Merc edes gets word to Thame of her as I sty Dtrk nlao tantrs to hw pa’entn kts CHART( II VI —Cootiowod. was enabled to get closer to the well, and somewhat above It. Tfte Mexicans were leisurely cook ing their morning meal. A slow wrath stirred in Gale as he watched the trio. They showed hot the slightest, indica tion of breaking camp. One fellow., evidently the leader, packed a gun at his hip, the only weapon In sight. Gale noted this with speculative eyes. Then he saw two Indians on burros come ^riding up the other side of the knoll * upon which the adobe house stood; and apparently they were not aware of the presence of the Mexi cans, for they came on np the path. One Indian was a Papagrt. The other, striking In appearance for other rea sons than that he seemed to be about to fall from the burro. Gale took to be a YaquI. They came over the knoll and down the path fhward the well, turned a corner of the house, and completely surprised the raiders. Gale heard a short, shrill cry. strangely high and wild, and this came from one of the Indians. It wa« an swered by hoarse shouts. Then the leader of the trio, the Mexican who packed a gun. pulled It and fired point- (dank. He missed once—and again At the third shot the Papago shrieked I nntf tumbled off his burro to fall In a | heap The other Indian awarsul. as i I If the faking away of the support lent I I by his mtnrwde had brought collapae I 1 and with the fourth shot he. top j *llpped to the ground The reports had frightened the I 1 horses in the corral; and • vlrtou* I 1 *»la« k. crowding the r1< kety hw^ | * **^'be them >t»«n He f iwe phtngtnr I | nut. With a splendid vaulting mount I the Met lean with the gun leaped to I lb <1 an<t I r r! - < 1 ’ stone he dismantled each weapon. That done, he set out on a rurtl for his horse. Blanco Sol heard him com ing and whistled a welcome, and when Gale ran up the horse was snorting war. Mounting, Gale rode rapidly back to the scene of the action, and his first thought, when he arrived at tV> well, was to give Sol a drink and to fill his canteens. , ' Then Gale - led his horse up out of the waterhole, and decided before re mounting to have a look at the In dians. -The Pnpngo had been shot through the heart, but the YaquI was still alive. Moreover, he was conscious and staring up at Gale with great, strange, somber eyes, black as volcan- l«» ; - —i ‘‘Gringo good—no gill,’* he said. In husky whisper. His speech was not affirmative go much as questioning. “YaquI, you’re done for.“ said Gale, and his words were positive. He was simply speaking aloud his mind. “YaquI—no hurt — much,’’ replied the Indian, and then he spoke g strange word—repeated It again and agalh. An Instinct of Gale’s, or perhaps some suggestion In the husky, thick whisper or diiA face, told Gale to reach for his canteen. He lifted the Indian ami gave him a drink, end If ever In all his life be aaw gratitude la human eyes he »aw It then. Then he examined the Injured YaquI. The Indian had three wwtadw—g bullet hole In his shoulder, a crushed ana. ami n badly lacerated leg. The ranger thnwgfir rapidly TTdv 1 aqal w ••ubl live aalesa left there to die or he aiardered hy the Met lew as when they fuwnd eowrage to sneak tank to the well It never oecarred I** *»ale la ahaaihm the poor fellow. All the some he hnew ho multiplied his l«nta a hawdredfnld hy hardewitig Mm self with a crippled ladies Itotfi l) he set to wort, aad with ctflc ever awdre his hand, ewd shifting glance ■pared from his fash he hewnd so 4he Vawwi a aawnds ai I ' r ‘‘Because I chose,” whispered Gale. In reply. “Go after him—he dropped In the trail—across the river—near the first W saguafo.” “Sure, Dick, sure,” Belding seplied. in softer tones. Then he stalked ^ut; his heels # rang on the llagstnnes; he opened a door nnjl called y “Mother —girls, here’s Dick hack. He’s done up. . . . Do what you call to make him comfortable. I’ve got a little Job on hand." Gale slept twenty hours. Then he arose, thirsty, hungry, lame, over worn, and presently went In search of Belding and the business of the day. "Your YaquI was near dead, hut guess, we’ll pull him through,” said Belding. Gale told of his experience at Papa- go well. “That raider who tried to grind the YaquI under a horse’s hoofs—he was a hyena!“ concluded Gale, shuddering. ’Tve seen some blood spllled ( nnd some hard sights, but that Inhuman devil took ray nerve. Why. as I told you. Beld ing. I missed a shot at him—not twenty paces "* / ‘‘Dick, In cases like that the isooner you clean up the hunch the better.*' said Belding. grimly. “As for hard sights—wait till you’re seen a YaquI I do up a Mexican. Bar none, that Is I the limit! IHck. If I’m not mistaken I this fellow was a chief. ’ It was a wssle of strength, a needless risk for yam to sore him, park him bark here Rut. cl—■ the wh< le Greaser outflt generally, Pn> glad jots did!** Gale rAur inhered then ta apeak gf his mweern for Ladd “f<nddy didn't go oof ta meet yoa,** replied IW-ldlng “I haew yog were dwe la aay day. and. as there’s been tenable hrlwrea here and C‘waita. I seat him that way Wars yow*ve been not »ar frtrad t'arvee Hot g t»oaHt of horses and a few •leers iHd yow get a gnnd hash at the horses thowr raid era hod at Papago aeRY* fHrh hod Woraed Mace to tod he lower half of his scarred chaps were full of broken white thorns, ' “Howdy, boys," he drawled. “I shore am glad to see you all.” “Laddy, go In the house to the women.” said Bidding. "I’ll tend to your horse." "Shore, Tom. In a minute.. I’ve been down the road. An’ I found boss tracks and steer tracks goin’ across the line. But I seen no si“n of raid ers till this mornin': Slept at Garter’s Inst night. That raid the other day cleaned him out. He’s tfiootln' mad. Well, this mornin’ 1 rode plumb Into n hunch of Garter’s /flosses, runnln’ wild for home. Some Greasers were tryln’ to head them round an’ chase them hack across the lino.. I rod# In between an* made matters emhnrras- sln’. Carter’s bosses got away. Then me an* the Greasers had a little gams |p * ! ' jtdilVr if r /Ms, but he wa> ne'er tcnelr. , As be mde n. r»wv the desert, even fhoiirb ke<>n eves ««‘nr<h*‘d for the moving tdnek dots, the Tldnc puffs of white dust tint were wnru’nus. he •aw Nell’s face In every cloud. The clenn-cii: v'i*«ns fi*nk iqi the •hat'e of her straight profile, with Its strong chin and lips. If* flue nose and fore bend. There was always n gPnt of rmld or Tench of reft or cmeefnt line or gleam of hide to remind Mm of her. Then at n’rlit her faee shone warm and glowing Hushing and pal Ing, In the campfire. By and hv Gale remembered what he was wa’tlfig for; and, getting up he took the halter and went out to find Rlaneo Sol. It was pitch-dark now. and Gale could not see a rod ahead. I’e feltyhis ” ay, and present ly as h*' t'omelwl n mosquito ho saw Sol's white .shnne outlined aTalnst the htnekness. G: le haltered him In the likolk^t patch of grass and returned to his rampV\Thero he lifted his..sad die into a protecTed spot under a low wall of the mound, and, laying one blanket on the sand, he covered him self with the other and stretched him self for the flight. Daylight came quickly. The morn Ing was clear and nipping cold. He threw off the wot hlankei" and got up cramped and half frozen. A little brisk action was nil that was neces sary to warm his blood and loosen.his muscles, and then he was fresh, tingling, eager. The sun rose In a golden blaze, and the descending val ley took on whndrou* changing hues Then he fetched np Blanco Sol. sad dled him. and tied him Xfi the thickest clump of mesqulfe. ^Sol. well have a drink pretty '•SSn.’^TirjtiWr pkTHRT" Hie apfrodW Dark. Gale meant It. (Ye would not eat til! he had watered hla h<*ree. No three rmldera coaid keep Gale away from that well Taking hla rifle la hand, he fared «p thq arroyo. From* the lay of the land and fqltlaa at tree* aeon hy dayltffht. he tmmi an esaMr aad aafar tlriii hr rv The Horse Answered to That Cruel Guiding Hand, Yet He Swerved ar.d Ducked. the othef Indian. “Gale was horrified to-see the YaquI writhe and rais^ a feeble hand. The action brought re nowed and more savage cries from the Mexicans. The horse snorted In terror. Gale could hear no more. He took a qyick shot at the rider. He % missed the moving figure, but hit the horse. There was a bound, a horrid scream, a mighty plunge, then the horse went down, giving the Mexican a stunning full. Both beast and man lay still. Gale rushed from hit cover to In tercept the other raiders before they could feneb the house and their weap ons. Then the frightened horses byrst the corral bars, sod In • thundering mKMnturmmrwar up~he a T royo. «' The fallen raider ant up. mumbling to hla aants In one breath, mrsing In hla next. “On. Greaser*: - Bun !* yelled Gale Thaai he yelled It la Spanish At the pnMat Of hit rth* he drove the tv* avt of the earn#, HU an: wlf e w clrom# rest at>«| The YaquI wa* t Indian to study him. He had a large head nobly cast, and a face that re sembled a shrunken mask. It seemed chiseled In the* dark-eyed, volcanic lava of his Sonora wilderness. The Indian's eyes were always black uutl mystic, but this Ynqill’s encompassed all the tragic desolation of the desert. They were fixed on Gale, moved only when he mhved. Gale resumed his homeward Jour ney.. He held grimly by Tlie side of the tireless. Implacable horse, hold ing the YaquI on the saddle, taking the brunt of the merciless thorns. In the end it became^ heartrending toll. His heavy chaps dragged him down; hut he dared not go on without them, for, thick and stiff as they were, the terrible, steel-bayoneted spikes xif the choyas pierced through to sting .his legs. ' To the last mile Gale held to Blanco Sol’s gait and kept ever-watchful gaze ahead on the trail. Then, with the low’, flat how«bs^.(>f Forlorn River shln> ing red in the sunset, Gale flagged and rapidly weakened. The YaquI slipped out of the saddle and dropped limp in the sand. Gale could not mount tibc horse.. He clutched Sol’s long tail and twisted his hand In It and stag gered on. Blanco Sol whistled a piercing blast. He scented cool water and sweet al falfa hay. Twinkling lights ahead meant rest. The melancholy desert twilight rapidly succeeded the sunset. It accentuated the- forlorn loneliness of the gray, winding river of sand and lt» grayer riMWf. Night •hartqqm O ***** time be • mn#»r. In m ** n 1T7 tkln^ Mlfli fcr** •are ptotagewplitr eye. end to aad (he bae*e* •m r af Va the leaf e* eflea reqalred of 1 wat of *tgbl feb* •W*M'f|lwr«| t he tofseo a* a f«r Gale fa 0*e *§• '•Cb ii ki flrmr aerntly ha)* aad t ttlCl oah&Tvbk Mk •nil «x»# n|«Mi fted Rnevwt H, •#>•# t»f i 'artr r s—ware a* ywa'ee IwaftY H rkliag • 1M -n mM, mhmt •Knit 1 do a**wY* a“Se>t 1 •* MftM4 I Or* mtm tpvtPHu*. “1*1 a| fck-rr nn4 fv* 4,“ MoMlf refdled tkftb *1,11*1 J, Itrhl. ne -X~m If- Let the a«a» |m<| <1 ne«ar twa a fittte i |!to- <*r»f»r*-» %v t,, i v Jim fvtn lmr , i fmi fi,aiofta Fit [ ih*t ae oa«M to irar Omev |ll^ mk+trf • 1' >1 or* rest tefti m LmAow 0 k^m Eqi ark • IsIt* |)h* whirl wstr, fBSM VmPI wi •asovred. | ben luifMl ihr krl; had i ofqwwiaaity far rqUetit returxM to hi* h.ww Hr •oi Ituvr; and. bewldr*. Hide h»«l in that her fn (her Hod Rtorate*! at rvgey *trttle •wee what he ronfthl ered Du k t falling hiiitr«i in ttit* into wild and evil w ay*. ft lag the Yequi •^T me IHcr.” *jili 1 IHck ^ ieorge k. Then. *(tcf Tb*»n lie will hv free to-fore lung, ami ry «*f Ibe sur | he’ll l>e ounlnff nut. 4 wonder If be’ll io\«h| So| - ii nad- stay here or try t n take Mercedes il took for him away y 09 | a bite to eat. ♦ *\\ ell. he’ll Rtay right here In For i cl our of life. lorn River, If I havi any say." replied » own. For the Belding. “I d like * o know how lie d looked at the ever get that Spanish girl out of the Merchant Now Eats Anything on Table . • • .1, 'v - ’ , . . . . ' % “By the help of Tanlac I have ovmK come a case of neevous indigestion 1 had suffered from-' for ten or twelve years," Is the emphatic statement of Norman W. Brown, well-known wall — paper and paint dealer, of 213 N. Cedar ’St., Charlotte, N. C. ‘‘My stomach was always out of fix and everything disagreed, with me. I was troubled with heartburn and dl«d- \' ness, and at times there was a pren- sure of gas around, my heart that al most cut off my breath. “Since taking Tanlac my digestion is fine. My appetite Is a wonder and I eat Just anything I want In fact, my stomach acts and feels Just like n new one and my nerves are as steady us a die. To put It all in a few words, I am Just the same as a new man. It’s a pleasure for me to tell my friends about Tanlac." Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists. —Advert!*''’ — ♦ All in Mother's Day. The fullback of the losing team, who takes a severe pummellng while trying to stem the tide. Is aerlnltned a hertk But for the mother who has to spend a rainy day indoors with half a dotes healthy and boisterous youngsters, and who takes twice a* much punishment as would he required to kill a football star, It Is accounted only a part of the day’s work, says Holla Clymer In the Kldoratlo Time*. Just Think of It. “Fve heard she walks In her sleep!" “Fancy—and they with two automo biles " I, DO IS- 1/ Melt, it's 0*1* a to^avdv. My Reanth Ttoowod Me“ f t> When the Children Cough, Rub Musteroie on Throats and Chests No trih ng how My dfvriop tntoi then 1 * when yoa’rt gMd yov jar of Mustcmtr at hand praapt rvfcri It do** not bM Am in* Md. Muster air M Thnuoandt of aothm know M. dtaaid ka*p a Jar ready tut Imm It t* the rwwdy la* aduftv to* hrv** *a*v thruat. kraocivtiA emup, *ud nark. —thma. laraaacto, emptauan. ' «rs l irr’uf {vj.-.* kork or jmia mom. CtalN >ina koatad Met and Ctddai CksM (■ MV 3k and 66c jm dritae tkom •f awalety i « flu t I y >u *eem kind* ft quieter all tto any sign of JUn trooped down from the black and looming tnountalna . chapter VII Whit* Heraaa. "A erfppttad YaquI! Why the h—I did you aaddW yaur—tf with kl«*~ roared a* he laid GaW upea the bed. MU fr>— hood Map* MA country now. with all the trulls over run by rebel* and raiders It’d In* hard to disguise her. Say, Dick, may- he we can get Thorne to stay here. You know, since you’ve discovered the-posfdJtlHfr- of n btg water supply I've had dreams of a future for For lorn Itlver, . . . If only this war was over!” The discovery that Belding alluded to was one that might very well lead to the making of a wonderful and agricultural district of Altar valley. While in college Dick Gale had studied engineering, hut he had not set the scientfflc world afire with his bril liance. ’ Nevertheless, his smatterinv of engineering skill bore fruit in the last place on earth where anythimr might have been expected of it—in the- desert. Gale had always won dered about the source of Forlorn River. Tie had .discovered a long, nar ' -cow, rock-bottomed and rock-walled gulch that could he dammed at the lower end hy the dynamiting of lean lng~ -cliffs above. An inexhaustible supply oTv\ater couM be stored there. Furthermore. be had worked out an irrigation plan to bring the water dbwu for mining uses, afld to make a paradise out of that part oF Altar valley which lay In the United State* Belding claimed there was gold In the army**, gold In the gutebes. not In quantities to make a prospector re joice. hut enough to work for. AJ14 the soil on the higher level* of Altar valley needed only water to make It grow anything the year round Gala tttm *~ 1—1 ilrtaMs *f a future tor Farlorn River. On the afternoon of the following day I-add unexpectedly appeared lead- lag a lame aad lathered horse tale the yard. The legs of the horse were raw aad red. aad he —>■ *d shoal ta drop Ladd** »Mn brer* w a* ■Mfchf; hr ••re a hlakdf srsrf psond hi* h*M,; r*eat aad Mood nod daat bad ItoMd • cvmi m tM Inca. ftranM M I'f* -*-nii<ar“ «f * t ImhI her* bn re* u lu-iding • t*i'*«t “I jobly. h,-f«tee Si t Hw * bile* op a “I reck«<® wed TnOb • . • . |Mi •ee you ■vhIu. | qul«*t. Shore you thim* Did you v out SoOoyts wayV* Then IteMIng l»*l the lame horse to ward the watering trough, while the two rangers w«-nt toward the house. iMck was telling L.idd sliout the af fair at l*a|Mtgo well when they turned the corner under the porch. Nell wa* sitting in the door. She rose with a Utile nereum and eame Hying toward them. —“Now FU get it.” whispered l.add "The women 'll make a baby of me. An- shord 1 can't help myself." “Oh. Laddy, you've been hurt!” cried Nell, as with white cheeks and dilating eyes she ran to him and caught his arhiT "Shore Nell, it's only a scratch. My hronch throw ed me ” “Laddy, no horse ever threw you. You’ve been shot! . . . Mamma, here's Laddy. and lie's been shot. . . . < Hi. these dreadful days we’re having! I can’t hear them-! Forlorn River used to he so safe and quiet. Nothing happened. But now! Jim comes home with a bloody hole in him—then Dick _ = rthen Laddy! . . . Oh. I’m afraid some day they’ll never come home.” ■ • . • • • ' •' ' * * The morning was bright, still, and Cjear-as crystal.. The heat waves had not yet h»gpn to r|s# from the desert. Nell sat perched high upon the top most bar of the corral gate. • Dick leaned beside her, now wRb his eyes on her fa'-e. now gazing out Into the alfalfa ft«ld where Holding's thorough breds grazed and pranced and romped and whistled. . Nell w atchetl the horses. She loved them, never tired of watch ng them. ^But her gase wa* too consciocslv averted from fha yearning eye* that tried to meet her* to he altogether natural. 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