The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 18, 1923, Image 2
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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S. C.
DESERTGOLD
by
ZANE GREY
Author of Riders of
the Purple Sage,
Wildfire, Etc.”~
Copyright by Harpor A Brother*.
THORNE
8YNOFSI8.—Beeklng gold In the
desert, "Cameron," solitary pros
pector, forms a partnership with
an unknown man whom he later
learns is Jonas Warren, father of
a girl whom Cameron wronged,
tmt later married, back In Illinois.
Cameron's explanations appease
Warren, and the two proceed to
gether. Taking refuge from a
sandstorm In a cave, Cameron dis
covers gold, but too late, both men
are dying. Cameron leaves evi
dence, In the cave, of their dis
covery of gold, and personal docu
ments Richard Gale, adventurer,
In Caslta, Mexican border town,
meets George Thorne, lieutenant In
the Ninth cavalry, old college
friend. Thorne tells Gale he Is
there to save Mercedes Castaneda.
Spanish girl, his affianced wife,
from Rojas, Mexican bandit. Gale
"roughbousss" Rojas and his gang,
with the help of two American
cowboys, and be, Mercedea and
Thorne escape a bugle call from
the fort orders Thorne to his regi
ment He leaves Mercedes under
Gale's protection The pair, aided
by the cowboys. Charlta 1 -add and
Jtm 1-asl . arrlvs In safety at' a
ranch known as Forlorn Rlvsr.
acroaa tb« border The fugitives
are at Tom Ueldtng's home Reid
Ing Is Immigration Inspector l.Rtng
with him are hie wife and step
daughter. Nell Hurton Gale with
tadd and lash, taka service with
Belting as rangers. Gals telling
Heldlng th« cause of hia being a
wanderer a misunderstanding with
hia father concerning the son s
buetneas abilities Mer edes gets
word ta Thorne of her eefetjr
Irtrfc a lor. writes to hie parents, in
forming them ef Ida whereabouts
Nell • personality and her kind-
ness attract Gale Hiding fKe
range. Gale falls la with a party
of three Mexican raigeee encamped
el s ester hole Wet. Mag hie
opportunity la ouat them he sees
tae Indiana rule Into the ramp
One of ihem a Tad**'. M evidently
badly a minded and the M« ■ leans
n*ea to bill him la a crtsel aay
I n. b drives them ran ret Mag
the sounded Te<r*i le It.Miag a
ran. h The Indian be. omea tart's
ardent admire* <leW a admits-
lien foe hell m reweet ttoldmg S
hwcaee the pevde of hie Ufa. nee
run •* by Oe Mexicans 'lain
d'th I add I + eh end the Yepwl
pureut (he readme par t r •aa’ly
recne.mg them The whites WHh
the rerwv ernd homes retum le the
ra^b la irtetaph Gale •ecu*- e
from Mr* Holding relmtaat per-
aasaaSon sad begins hia epwrtghfp
with eaerg. Hot getting word
fe.«m Th -me whose pertml of
• rmy eocvice has eaptred Men eges
luaas heart Nell although forbad
den rvdes ta < aetto to see* lafue
CHARTER X —C#ntin»ag
' Hla*cn R.4 fut.e •“ tellnl llrldtHg
la • rage.
"Haiders'” nrlglmr.) Jim l^ah
"Lord naly knuws Taqul says It
wasn t rsiilrrs
"Hon.i Y.t«|ul tn find fbe hoes’ frail,
an' Iot a fVggrr ** saltl I a<M ''Sb<»rr
this s no raider )«d>"
In the swlfi srarcti Giat r-nsuort Gale
did B<>( have anything rr> sa> ; hut his
mind was forming n ronclualon When
hr found hta old xadtlle ami hrhlle
missing from the peg in the hani In*
“Blanco Sol Gone!” Yelled Beldmg,
in a Rage.
t
conclusion became a positive convic
tion. and It iniRie him, for the moment,
cold und sick ami speechless.
"Her. Dick, don’t take It so much to
heart,” said Beldlng. "We’ll likely
find Sol. and if wc don't, there*! other
good horaep.’*
’Tin not thinking of Sol.” replied
Gal*.
Udd ' SSI a shuriuEiAUCa At (Uid.
snapped hia fingara. awl said:
~l»—n ma If 1 ain’t gurnard It too*
-WHat’a wn«g «Hh
geg’tar Maafty
Siie'a-a little devil-at times, but she
always had good sen He.”
•’Tom, you,can gamble she’s gone,”
salt] Ladd.
"Aw, h—1, no! Jim, what do you
think?” Implored Heldlng. _» _______
"I reckon Sol's whlt«t head Is point
ed level and straight down Caslta
trail. An’ Nell can ride. We’re losin’
time.”
That roused Heldlng to action.
”1 say You’re all wrong,” he yelled,
starting for the corrals. "She’s only
taking a little ride, same as she’s done
often. But rustle now. Find out.
Dick, you ride cross the valley, Jim,
you hunt up and down the river. I’ll
head up San Felipe way. And you.
Laddy, take Diablo and hit the Caslta
trail. If «he really has gone after
Thorne you cah catch her in an hour
or so.”
"Shore I’ll go.” replied Ladd. “But,
Beldln’, If you’re not plumb rrftzy
you’re close to It. That big white
'devil can't catch Sol. Not In an hour
or a day or a week!”
"Laddy, you mean to’say Sol Is a
faster horse than Diablo?" thundered
Beldlng, Ids face purple.
"Shore f meuli to tell you Just that
there,” replied the ranger. ’Til ride
your Blanco f»evll as he never was rid-
before, Yept once when a d—n sight
better honsman than I am couldn't
make him outrun Sol.”
Without more worda tha men sad
dled and were off. The Interminable
time that followed rtmtalned for Gale
about as much suspense as he could
well hear. What astonished him and
helped him greatly to fight off artnal
distress was lb* endurance of ^feH’a
mother.
Karfy on the morning of the second
day. Gale taw three white horar* and
a bay row wearily stepping down ihe
road. He heard Blanco RoTa familiar
w hist le. and he leaped up wild with
>»?. The horae was rtdertea* Gale’s
st*Me* Joy received ■ violent cheek
then res urged when he aaw a limp
form in Jim I .ash's arm*. (Add was
•uii-irting a horseman who were a
military aalform
Gale shoaled with Joy and ran late
the bowse to felt the fond new a It
was the ever Ibnwghtfwl Mrs Hrldlag
who prevented him frwaa Hashing ta
let! Mef eden
I .ash bahdad down a ragged, travel-
stained, nan girl Into Betdiag a arma
Tvsd* Manama**
It aas Indeed a repentant Nell, hwt
(here nas spirit jet Hi the tired Mae
eyea Then she taught sight of tTule
sad gaae him a fatal sastle.
Iteth* iHrh**
“Nett *” Gate reached for her hand,
held it tightly, and fowmt spa*eadi dtth-
, cult
1 i-w aas dal
h«>rsr ” she an M
1 Her toward the
lUaaru Hot la—glorham **
(•ale turned ta graet hia friend la
•le«wl It was hat a haggard ghoat of
(he ratalryama Thome Innhed III
or wowaded (iale'a greeting aaa also
a tjuesfoet fall of fear
TlM>rar s aasaer was a faint smile
He seemed ready ta drop frnaa the
saddle Gale helped tgdd hold Thorne
upon the horae aatll they reached the
house Be t« I ing came oat Again His
welcome nas checked as he aaw the
rondltlid of the cavalryman Theme
reeled into fMck'a arma But he was
able |o stand and walk.
"I'm nat — hurt. Only weak —
starved." ha aald. "1* Mrtvedeo-
Take me to her.”
"She’ll l»e well Ihe minute site «ees
him.” averred Heldlng. av he and Gale
led the cavalryman In Mercedes’
room There they left him; ami Gale,
at least, felt his ears ringing with the
girl's broken cry of Joy.
When Balding und Gale hurried
forth again the rangers were tending
the tired horses. I’pon returning to
the Iiouko Jim I^sh calmly lit his
pipe, und Ladd declared that, hungry
ns he was, he had to tell his story.
“Shore. Beldln’,” began Ladd, "that
whh funny about Diablo catchin’
Blanco Sol. Funny ain’t the word. I
nearly laughed myself to death. Well,
I rode in Sol’s trucks all the way to
Caslta. Never seen a (rebel or n
raider till 1 got to town. I went
straight to the camp of the cavalry
men. an' found them Just Coolin’ off
an’ drQiptn' down their bosses after
what looked to me like a big ride.
"Some soldier took me to an officer’s
tent. Neil was there, some white an’
all in. 4 She Just said, ’Laddy!’
Thorne was there, too. an’ lie was
bein’ worked over by the camp doc
tor. I didn’t ask no questions, lie
cause I seen quiet was needed round
that ( tent. After satisfying inysetf
that Nell was nil right, un* Thorne
in no danger, I went out.
"Shore there was so darn many fel
lers who wanted to an’ tried to tell
me what’d come off, I thought I’d
never find out. But I got the story
piece by piece. An*^ here’s what hap
pened :
"Nell rode Blanco Sol a-tearin’ into
camp, an' had a crowd round her In
a Jiffy. She told who she was. where
she’d come from, an' what she wanted.
Wefi, ft seemed a day or «o before
Nell got there the cavalrymen had
heard ward "kf TTldrAe ^Tou aee
Thome h4d H»n camp on leave of ah-
time before la a fea
day! tt lamed nat pretty aura that far
anxloua to get him out of a had fix.
hut they had to wait for order*.
"When Nell found out Thome was
bein' starved an* beat In a dohe shack
no more’n two mile across the line,
she shore stirred up that cavalry
camp. Shore! She told them soldier*
Itojus was holdlnr' - Thorne—torturin’
him to moke him tell where Mercedes
was. An’ she begged the cavalrymen
to rescue Thome.
"From the way it was told td me
I reckon them cavalrymen went up
In the air. Fine fiery lot of young
bloodd," I thought, achin’ for a scrap.
But the officer In charge, bein’ In a
ticklish place, still held out for higher
orders.
"Then Nell broke loose. Tou-all
know Nell’s tongue Is sometimes like
a choya thorn. I’d have give some
thin’ to see her work up that soldier
outfit, Can’t you fellcn see her on
Blanco 1 Sol \ylth her eyes turnin'
black?’*
Ladd mopped his sweaty face with
his dusty scarf. He was beaming. He
n
t
«M f-mt slat
lag • arrival
’Oh. lurk?
quiet
ky a stan
Me was Vary Wash. Vat Ha Wauld
Keep Meceedeer Hand end <k*a* at
Mae With U"h*!»eviaf Eyas.
I aaa grnaiag paHtedL harried la hie
I aarrsttv*
~(tight e-.| then Xetl #a are ahe’d
I pa after Theme If them ravslfjmea
] rv^l.1111 fM# vttfti • *roferti gift !•
I 1*§T f* • fM*? £ A R ' ttft*l»
I hang hark ' (*ae fetter. **iV r mvierv.
I tried ta et«p (ttaam Rad. An that
I feller lax lied hlataelf Tfe the h>wpttsl»
'ir-| the • »»»fte7 new Meat gtia fair
tbetr humea It dtdat take lamg far
every naan la that mmp ta gt a Had
at a hat wa* meat a' MT fthare they
■mala heea wtM They atrvmg nat
after Veil la a thaadertB* trvaop
"Najaa a ad hi* men vamaamad a tth-
«at a ahat. That ata*t
There aaaal a almt heed hj aaj _
i The cavalryawa tama fwtMad Thetmm
I aa’ harried with him hark mm Carle
HamV lavd Thame aaa half naked.
Mack aa* Mae all ever, thia a* a rail
He aaa gtvea fmaf aa' drtak Shore
he aeemed • Maned man Bat he
picked ap wmaderful. aa* hy the Ham
Jtm maw al«mg he was waatta* ta
■tart for Forfar* River. Ra aaa Nell
By mala strength
auaainn «r kept th* t 1
till next evenin' at dark
"Well. •# made *■
In Ihe dark aa Jim an’ me rttold man
age. an’ never hit the trail till we
via* inllea frntn town. Tlntmea nerve
held him up ft>r a while. Then all at
once he tumbled out of Ida Middle
We got him back, an' I^ish held him
on. Nell didn't give «»ut till daybreak.”
As Ladd paunetl In his story Bebllng
began to stutter, and finally hr ex
ploded. Ills mighty utterance* were
Incoherent. But plainly the wrath he
had felt totvnrd the willful girl was
forgotten Gale remained gripped by
silence.
"Laddy. whnt ymchs me Is Rojas
holding Thorne prisoner, trying to
make him tell where Mercedes had
been hidden.” said Beldlng.
“Shore. It’d knock anybody.”
“The bandit’s crazy over her. That’s
the Spanish of It,” replied Beldlng.
his voice rolling. “Rojas loves Mer
cedes as he bates ber. He wants this
girl only to*, have ber. then kill her.
It’s d—n sitrange. boys, and even with
Thorne hero our troubles have just
begun.’*
"Toni, you spoke correct,” said .Thu
Lmld, In his cool drawl.
“Shore I’m not savin’ what I think,”
added Ladd. But the look of him was
not Indicative of a tranquil optimism.
Thorne was put to bed In Gale’s
room.—He whs teVy weak, yet he
would "’keep Mercedes’ hand and gaze
at her with unbelieving eyes. Then,
fighting sleep with what little strength
he had left, at last he succumbed. ^
For all Dick could ascertain his
fWond never stirred an eyelash nor a
finger for twenty-seven hours. When
he awoke he was pale, weak, but the
old Thorne.
"Hello. Dick; I didn't dream it.
then." he said. "Thera you are, ana
my darling with the proud, dark
eye*—she’* here? Mercedes la well—
■life' Oh! . .. But aay.lhiven’t
a dollar' lo iny name I had a lot of
mottey. Dirk, and those rubbers stoR-
K. my. witch—rverjthing D—a that
Bill*
■She
"Yes. But are you wise in letting
any Mexican, even i priest, know Mer
cedes la hidden In Forlorn River?”
“It couldn't he hidden long.”
Gale was compelled to acknowledge
the truth of this statement. ,
*TII marry her first,- then I’ll face
my problem. Fetch the padre, Dick.
And ask our kind friends to be wit
nesses at the ceremony.”
Much to Gale's surprise, neither
Beldlng nor Ladd objected to the Idea
of bringing a padre Into the house
hold, and thereby making known to at
least one Mexican the whereabouts of
Mercedes Castaneda. Belding’s cau
tion was wearing out in wrath at the
persistent unsettled condition of the
border, and Ladd grew only the cooler
and more silent as possibilities of
trouble nfultlplled.
Gale fetched the padre, a little,
weazened, timid man who was old and
without Interest or penetration. Ap
parently hp married Mercedes and
Thorne as he told his beads or mum
bled a prayer. It was Mrs. Beldlng
who kept the occasion from "being a
merry one, and she insisted on not
exciting Thorne. Gale marked her
unusual pallor und the singular depth
and sweetness of her #olee.
Thorne could not be kept In bed.
and all In a day, It aeemed, he grew
so well and so hungry that his friends
were delighted, and Mercedes was
radiant In a few days his weakness
disappeared and he was going the
round of the fields and looking over
the ground marked out In Gale’s plan
of water development. Thorne was
highly enthusiastic, and at once staked
out his claim for one hundred and
sixty aeres of land adjoining that of
Beldlng and the rangers. The**- five
tracts took In all the ground neoeaaary
for their operatlona. but In rase of
the aureeas of the Irrigation project
fhe Ides was ta Increase their squatter
holding hy purchase of more land
down the valley. A hundred families
had lately moved te Forlorn River;
more were romiac all the time; and
Beldlng vow ad he nmld aee a vision
of the whale A It nr vnlle) green with
Mennwhll* everybody In Betdlog's
household, except the antet Ladd and
the watchful Yaqul la th* absence ef
dtetarhaaop of nay hlsd aWmg the her-
I dec. grew freer and mere an rent rained,
t as If ansleiy aaa Meaty fading la the
I peace af the peeaewt Jim Lash mads
n trip la the Rn*» yta anad*. awd (Add
pa trotted Eft j mile* af Ihe tine ease
nard althawt lAcldewt nr sight af raid
era RvEtenrly a ft the harder hvwhv
ween m at the ptrhmg af fastl*
The Rshnmry nights were ewM. wtth
a dry. W prwetralMtf raidsrm that
made a •ana Ere awm comfortable
BeMftng's h« aarh 111 e»*ngrsgate»l Ta
the aitflag rnam. where harwlng me*
quite log* rvhrhlrd I* the ape* Ere
There came a lew hearh at the dear
It may have bee* ah xwdtaary h*arh
f«r N 4M as4 dlafrh the wasae*. hwt
ta Betdtag and his rangers it had a
subtle axeaaftxxg
"Wha'a that Y* ashed Beldlng a* he
xlo«ly poshed ha • his rhair and
Iraafc ft 9 Ladd
“Taqal" replied the •wager
"Come la.” railed Beldlng
The d—ic npxaid. and the short
square, powerful)? built ludtua eu
lered. He carried a ride and strode
with Imprewslve dignity.
“YaquL what da you waat?" ashed
| Betdtag. and repeated hia qoeetlatv I*
Spanish
“R»*or iHch ” replied the Indian.
Gale Jumped up. stifling an esHa
matlan. and he went outdoor* with
Yaqul. The Indian’* presence was al
ways oar of gloom, and now his stern
action boded catastrophe Once Hear
of trees he pointed to the level desert
across the river, where a row of camp
fires shone bright out of the dark
ness.
“Raldera!" ejaculated Gale.
Then he cautioned Yaqul to keepf
sharp lookout, and. hurriedly return
ing’ to the house, he railed the men
out and told them there were rebels or
raiders camping Just across the line.
Ladd did not say a word. Beldlng.
with an oath, slammed down his
cigar.
”1 knew it was too good to last. . . .
Dick, yon and Jam stay here while
Laddy ond I lt>ok around.”
Dick returned to the sitting-room,
The women were nervous and not
to be deceived. So Dick merely said
Yaqul had sighted lights off in the
desert, and they probably were
campfires, fielding did. not soon re
turn, and when he did he. was alone,
and, saying he wanted to consult with
the men, he sent Mrs. Beldlng and the
girls to th^Tr rooms. ‘
“Laddy’s gone over to scout around
and* try to find out who the outfit be
longs to and how many are in it,” said
Beldlng. - 'T don’t look for am attack
on Forlorn River. I’m afraid It’s—"
Beldlng hesitated and looked with
grim concern at the cavalryman.
*\Vhat?*’ queried Thorne.
"I’m afraid It’s Rojas."
Thorne turned pale but did not lose
his nerve.
"I thought of that at once. But
Hojaa will never get his hands on my
wife. If I can’t kill him. I’ll kill her!
. ... i»eldlng. this la tough or you—
this rlak we put upon your family.
I regret—”
"Cot that kind of talk," replied Bel
rrpilt
he a art lag d -ft queer for a raider.
Xhat'a wbaf worries me We can’t do
anytbiog hot wall. WTih Laddy aad
Yaqul am. there we Wuart he
taciturn aa to hia Idea of forthcomink
events. ( • /
About an hour after minrlse Ynqui
ran In with the information that part
of thtf rebels were crossing the river
"That can't mean a fight yet,” dc
dared Beldlng. "But get In the house,
boys, and make ready anyway. I’ll
meet him.” , .. ■
"Beldftlg, you’re an offleer of the
United States. Mexicans 'ar« much
impressed by show of authority. I’ve
seen that often In camp,” said Thorne.
"Oh, I know the white-livered
Greasers better than any of you, don’t
mistake me," replied Beldlng. He was
pale with rage, buu kept command
over himself.
The rangers, with Yaqul and
Thorne, stationed themselves at the
several windows of the sitting room.
Rifles and smaller arfns and boxes of
shells littered the tables and window
seats. No small force of besiegers
could overcome a resistance such as
Beldlng and his men were capable of
making.
' The horsemen halted at the corrals.
They were orderly and showed no evi
dence of hostility. They were, how
ever, fully armed. Beldlng stalked
out to meet them. Apparently a leader
wanted to parley with him, but fiel
ding would hear nothing. He shook
his head, waved his arms, stamped to
and fro, and his loud, angry voice
could he heard clear back at the house.
Whereupon -the detachment of rebels
retired to the hank of the river, be
yond the white post that marked the
boundary line, and there they once
tifore drew rein. Beldlng remained by
the curfals watching them, evidently
atlll In threatening mood. Presently
a single rider left the troop and trot
ted hia horae back down the road.
When be tvarbed the corral he was
seen to halt and pass something to
Beldlng Then he galloped away to
Jala hia comrade*.
Beldlng looked at aha fever It was
he held In his hand, shook hia burly
head, and started sutftly for the
He ram* striding tato th*
holding a piece of sotted paper
"Caa*t mid l« atm and d>«’t know
a* I want to." ho sold, savagely
Nat one of th# a*e* a as able ta
translate the garbled arrawt
-Rimes Meftrdra ran read It.* said
1*44
Thorne spewed a du*r and railed
her Rhe r*me MRm the room followed
hy Nett awd Mrs Heldlng
"My dear we a aart you to read
what's wrttum am Ihto paper * said
Thorne, a* he led her to the table
Men edes gave the netting aaw swift
gtaara. them fainted In Thomas
arma H# far Med her la a rom-h. and
with Nell sad Mrs IWhtiag brgna la
• ark aver her
Bxddlng looked al hta ranger*
"Laddy. H* Rojs* all right M*w
man? mew has he »nt then P*
"Mehhe |newt? Nag amen"
"W* rn* t$rh tsrlre that many
Greasers”
"Uhmw "
Jlrn lash removed hi* ptp* long
enough I# spook. Tet s stave tha
Greaser *df tilt dark Then laddy an*
me aa* Thome will take Merrade* aa*
hit the trail for Y ama ”
-famlna del (Hahta? That awfal
trail wttk a nomaa* Jim. da ywn for
got hew maa? hundreds of me* have
perished *• the Devil a mad I”
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replied Jim. "The water hole* are full
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to us wbo're left hers?"
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