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DESERT
by Zane Grey
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^/iuthor o/*Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildfire, Etc.
Copyrlfht by Harper A Brother*.
CHAPTER X—Continued.
—11—
Rel(lln>r paced up and down the
room. Jim and Ladd whispered to
gether. (Jale walked to the window
and looked out at the distant group
of hand It s, and then turned his gaze
to rest upon Mercedes. She was con
scious now, and her eyes seemed all
the larger and blacker for the white
ness of her face. No .one but (Jale
saw the Yaqul In the background look
ing down upon the Spanish girl. All
of Ynqul’s looks were ttrunge; but
this was singularly so. (Jale won
dered If the Indian were affected by
he; Loveliness, her helplessness, or her
terror.
Presently Kelding called his rang
ers to him, and then Thorne.
“Listen to this." he said, earnestly.
“I’ll go out and have a talk with Ro
jas. I’ll try to reason with him; tell
him to think a long time before he
■hods blood on Uncle Sam’s soil. That
he’a now after an American’s wife!
I’ll not commit myself, nor will I re
fuse outright to consider his demands.
Bor will I show the l<*uat fear of him.
I’ll play for time. If my bluff g<»e*
through . . . well and good. . . .
After dark the four of you. l-nddy. Jim.
Pick and Thome a til take Mercedes
and my best white horae«. and. with
Yaqul aa guide, circle round through
Altar valley to the trail, and head for I
Yuma I want you to tike the Indian,
because In a case of this kind he'll I
be a godsend If J««u get beailed or
I oat or have to circle o(T the trail. I
think at at it'd ateau to Kayo a Yaqul I
a If h too He knowa S.ao»ra as no I
Creaaer kn»aa It He •-otild bide *••11, I
fed aster and gmaa a Hen rnn a mild I
ahaolufety believe It ltn|«*»»iS»le The I
ladtao la !.>tal He haa hla i|v4>t t
|,e* and he l| |mi) It. d*4iT mistake ue
UKen yen re gone I II hnlr NHI •
rt If Jt* sear* Hr-* fb
ak I •«*uld alt •|»*wi
a Greaser like him. Anyway, without
my asking he said for me to think It
Mm. Haiti* WttHnpr
\s
over for a day and-then w»’d
again.”
“Shore we’re horn lucky!” ejacu
lated La<Jd. 1 .
“I reckon Rojas’ll be smart enough
to string his outHt across the few
tniils out of Forlorn River,” remarked
Jim. '
"That needn’t worry us. All we
want is dark to come,” replied Bel-
ding. “Yaqul will 'slip through. If
we thank any lucky stars let It he for
the Indian. You may go to Yuma In
six days ami maybe in six week,s. Y’ou
may have a big fight. Laddy, take
the .40T». Dick will pack hie RemlUg
ton. All of you go gunned heavy. But
the main thing Is a pack that’ll he
light enough for swift travel, yet one
that’ll keep you from starving on the
desert.”
The rest of that day passed swiftly.
The sun'set. twilight fell, then night
closed .down, fortunately • night
slightly overcast. Gale saw the white
horses pass his d<»ir like silent
ghosts. Kven Blanco Diablo made no
sound, and that fact was Indeed a
tribute to the Yaqul. Gale went out
no wind. The air waa cold. The dark
space of desert seemed to yawn. Tc
few campfires. The chill night, silent
and mystical, seemed to close In upon
Gale; and he faced the wide, quiver
ing, black level with keen eyes and
grim intent, and an awakening of that
wild rapture which came like a spell
to him in the open desert.
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first* tHut If | usual gi
- ta f»r-ni y f “*it Kumc* Hu ••■uM ur«
to t Hu • iltagw -kill I Hu uwu • Uf
n »’ff *H# O .m«ou — Huag IH* < Hiuirv-O
• a can as iH»ms M
A mauwul ■ ailrm u fnlHmrd hug
lu»f Haltlivg uH|u|arr
TWa tHe Yaqul Uftrrml • aiogular
cry Gut# bad Heard ikts amne l>erwre
sad u»u he retuemberr*! || uaa at (He
(‘•l-ac" aril
"t at the la.tiaa ’ ubU|uer«l
Helding. huarsr’y “D n if I don’t
belletr be uOtl#rBtu«t4 e* cry «'<cd Mr-f
vc,tc« Mid And grottn .en. •I«n'l ml*
take u c If He ever , >-t* near Sen*'f
l(*'Ja* there II he • me g«*rt Aatrr
knife aurk **
L aqul had tttoi ••*! 'hue to M»-r> rdca.
and •total t*eal*lr fief as site lesntol
acsiast her hual*an*l Site ■eerocl Im
pelled to meet the Indian's gair. and
Ideal I) It a a* so (toaerful or kvp-
wollr that It arougHt Irreatstlbty ujam
her But • be must have seen or dl-
• lne<1 what was bevond tbe other*,
foe »be •■fferevl him her tremMIng
han't Yaqul took It ami laid It
ngHlnvt his body In a strange motion,
and bowed bis head. Then he stepped
hack Into the shadow of the room.
Helding went outdoors while the
rangers took up their former |M>sltlon
«t the wevt window. Kach hud his
own aomber thoughts, (Jale Imagined.
And knew bis own were dnrk enough.
He siiw Helding halt at the corrals
Knd wave his hand. Then the rebels
mounted and cume briskly up the
foad, this time t<> rein In abreast.
Wherever Rojas bad kept himself
upon the former advance was not
clear; but be certainly was prominent
ly in sight now.. He made a gaudy,
almost h dashing figure. Rojas dis
mounted and seemed to lie listening.
Helding made gestures, vehemently
bobbed Ids big bead, appeared to talk
with bis body as much as With Ids
tongue. Then Rojas was seen to reply,
and after that it was, dear that the
talk became painful and dlfflcUR. It
ended finally In what appeared to be
mutual understanding. Rojas mount
ed and rode away with his men,
while Helding came tramping hack to
the house.
As he entered the door his eyes
were shining. Ids big hands were
clenched, and he was breathing au
dibly.
“You can rope me If I’m not lo
coed!” he burst out. “T went out to
conciliate a red-handed little mur
derer. and d—n me If I didn't meet
•—•—well. I’ve no suitable name
hanjly. I started my Muff and got
along pretty well, hut I forgot to men
tion that Mercedes was Thorne’s wife.
And wh^t do you think? Rojas awore
he loved Mercedes—swore he’d marry
her right here In Forlorn River—
r«ore he woold give up robbing and
killing p*o»te. and take her away
from Mexico He has fold—Jew eta
He swore If he didn't get her noth
lag mattered lied die aayway wtth-
mmt her . . And here's the
f heftrs* U»« He •**
•* fen ami ail h—I
CHAPTER XI
Across Cactus and Lava.
At the far corner of the field Yaqul
halted, and slowly the line of white
horses merged Into u compact mass.
Yaqul slipped out of his saddle. He
ran his hand over Diahlo’s nose and
spoke low, and repeated this action
for each of the other horses. Gale
had long ceased to question the
strange Indian’s behavior. There was
no explaining or understanding many
of his maneuvers. But the results of
them were always thought-provoking.
(Jale had never seen horsea stand so
silently as In this Instance; no stamp
—no champ of bit—no tosa of head—
no shake of saddle or pack—n«» heave
or snort I It seemed they had l>ecome
Imbued with the spirit of the Indian.
Yaqul moved away Into the ahadows
as noiselessly aa If he were one of
them. The darkness swallowed him.
He bad taken a direction parallel with
the trail. Hale wondered If Yaqul
meant to try to lend hla string of
Horaes by the rebel smtlnrla.
Thq Indian ajAwsred aa he had van
ished He might have been part af
the shadows Hut he was tjiere lie
started off down the trail leading
(HaMn Again the white line stretched
■lowly nwt Hale fell in behind l*eer
ing tow with keen eyes he mnde ant
three «4t)erta—n a hlte somHrenx a
Idaakef ahd a Mexican 1} lag face
down The Yaqul had stolen upon this
sentinel like a alicM wtnd af death.
oasis. Gale used hla glass, told Yaqul
there was no smoke, no sign 'of Hfe;
Indian fixed his falcon eyes
on distant spots and looked lon|;. No
further advance was undertaken. The
Yaqul headed south and "traveled
slowly, climbing to the brow of a bold
height of weathered mesa. There he
sat his horse and waited. No one
questioned him. The rangers dis
mounted to stretch their legs, and
Mercedes war lifted to a rook, where
she rested. Thorne had gradually
yielded to the desert’s influence for
silence. He spoke once or twice to
Gale, and occasionally whispered to
Mercedes. Gale fancied his friend
would soon learn that necessary
speech In desert travel meant a few
greetings, a few words to make real
the fact of human companionship, a
few short, terse terms for the busi
ness of the day or night, and j»erhaps
a stern order or a soft call to a horse
The sun went down, and the golden,
rosy veils turned to blue and shaded
darker till twilight was there in the
valley. Darkness approached, and the
clear peak* faded. Tbe horse* stamped
to be on the move.
. “Mulo!** exclaimed the Yaqul.
He did not point with arm. hut his
falcon head was outstretched, and hl«
piercing eyes gazed at the blurring
■pot which marked the location of
Coyote tanka.
“Jim. can you are anythingT* naked
(•add
“Nope, hut I reckon he ran."
The* l.a»M awildewly straightened
up, turned to hla h«wae, and muttered l
low under hla breath
"I reckon ■«.“* aaM Laah. nod for I
■wire hla easy, good natured tn**e wa» |
n.«t la evidence Ilia video was 1
ha rah
I Sale’s eye*, keen as they w ere. were I
| taaf taf the raegerw to see tiny uec«ll« I
I pntnta of tight )«sat falbtlj |»*faeptJM* I
I la the black
he threw this out there was a little
water Jeft, sweet, cold water which
man and horse shared eagerly. Thus
he made even the desert’s fiercest
growths minister to their needs.
But he did not halt Jong. Miles of
gray-green spiked w’alls lay between
him and that line of ragged, red lava
which manifestly he must reach be
fore dnrk. The travel became faster,
stralghter. And the glistening thorns
clutched and clung to leather and
cloth and flesh. The horses reared,
snorted, balked, leaped—but they
were sent on. Only Blanco SoU the
patient, the plodding, the Indomitable,
needed no goad or spur. Mercedes
reeled In her saddle. Thorne hade
her drink, bathed her face, supported
her. and then gave way to Ladd, who
took the girl with him on Torres’
broad hack. The middle of the after
noon saw Thorne reeling in his saddle,
and then, wherever possible. Gale’s
powerful arm lent him strength to
hold his seat.
The fugitive* were entering a des>
late, bumed-out world. The waste
of *and began to yield to cinders.
The horse* *ank to their fetlucks as
the> tolled on. A fine, choking duat
blew- back from the leaders, and men
coughed and horses snorted But the
sun was now behind the bills. In be
tween ran the stream of lava. It
was broken, sharp, dull ni«t color, full
*1 enuka and cave* ami crevices, and
everywhere upon Its jagged surf sc*
Are You Discouraged, BhieT
W Advk» ft ol VIUI topOigiioq
to You
ColumSia, S. ^“Iwxa suffering
with x breakdown in health, and be
came discouraged. I suffered with
bearing pains and pains down through
my limbs, my appetite vras poor and
I became frail and weak. Nothing L
took seemed to do me any good. One
day my husband got one 01 Dr.
Pierce’s pamphlets and we soon dev
cidcd to try the ‘Favorite Prescrip
tion.’ My husband bought a half
dozen bottles to start with. I began
to improve at once and before these
bottles were gone I was perfectly well
and have been well ever since. —Mrs.
Hattie Wessinger, 209 Sumpter SL
Your health is the most valuable
asset you have—do not delay but
obtain this •’Prescription” now.
At all drug stores in tablets or liquid.
Write Dr. Pierce, President Invalids
Hotel in Buffslo, N. Y., for free medi
cal advice. Send 10c for trial pkg,
tablets.
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R. P. D. S. Cohanbia. Ten*.,
nyx: "My experience wUh
Car did has covered s number ol
year*. Nineteen yean ago •..
I got down with weak back. I
was run-down and so weak and
nervosa I bad lo stay in bud.
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CARDIII
Tta Woman's Tak
awd sent toe IL I took only one
botoe t! Hut ttm*. and II hetpod
and to aara^toea and
right up. So Out *
rri knew of Cardni.
ftwhtmly th# Indian aintkrd *wM uf
thw g|*wwn He mnunimt fHaHlw and
Hvwdrd w> r>«a* fh# rtvwf, • tw> ■ ’ m**c*
-If I C**w laaH -«*• WHw I Ca«na
■acH. Will vnw Marry da—
It* (Mst Hia •nddlr *wi Rlancn Uni TV*
h**r%» rwi*Hrd a awft mamm against hi*
•H-sihtrr. TVn Ha la raturavl la tha
•in ng rnosa TVrr d’as matting an*rw
t» da Hat w«M and any gw**d by Mae
, tMira s—r find In JralVr chnpa an*l
, c«4it. a aiitw stripling af a rvHslM*y.
j •lark rves Oattliliig llrf banUty • ••ut't
n<*t l*r bldd> n, sn*l n**w bopa and
< ••tiraga had (!r%*I her t*l*nal
Hair •trrw VHI In In hla anna.
“Imaresf. I'm gntng- aw*<«i. . . J
And mayV I’ll navae—"*
"I *tck. d«* don’t any It. Saddiad
, Nell, with Vr hand •« hi* brrast
I “1 might fceVer rosna Hack.’' ha want
j on. steadily, “I Java you—Fva l«>vc*l
I you ever alncr tha first ni«»mmt I *3w
>«hi l**» you lova niaT"
“Yas, jr* oh. I l«»va you ao* |
navar knaw- It till now. I lova you *<v
Dick, I’ll ha «afr and I’ll wait—and
hope nnd pray for your return.*’
**lf,I coma hack—no—when I come
hark, will you marry me?’’' .
“I—I—oh yea!** she whispered, and
returned his kl**.
Helding wns In the room upmklng
softly.
“Nell, darling, I must go,’* said
Dick.
“I’m a selfish little coward,” cried
Nell. “It's so splendid of you nil. I
might to glory in it. hut I can’t. . . .
Fight If you must. Dick. Fight for
that lonely persecuted girl. I’ll love
you—the more. . . . Oh! (Jnod-
by! Ooodbyr^
With a wrench that shook hiin^Gnle
let her go. He heard BeUling's soft
voice.
“Yaqul says the early Imur’s Ric
hest. Trust him, Ladrly. RctiTeniher
what 1 say—Y'aqui's a gotlsejid."
Then they were ^11 outshle^ In the
pale gloom under the trees. Y’aqitl
mounted Blanco Diablo”; Yleroedes
was lifted upon White Woman;
Thorne climhHI astride Queen; Jim
Lash was already upon hi.s horse,
iwhlch whs as white as tbe other* but
bore no name; Ladd mounted the stal
lion Blanco Torres, and gathered up
the , long'Iwilter* of the-Two pack
horses; (Jale ctMue last with Blanco
Sol.
A* he toed the Pttrrup, hand on
mane nnd pommel, Gfile took one more
look In at the door. Nell stood in
the gleam of light, her hair shining,
face Hire a*bea. her eye* dark, her
lips parted, hfcr anna outstretched
That tweet and tragic picture etched
its cruel outlines Into Gale’s heart. He
wared hit, hand and thon fiercely
leaped Into the saddle
Blanco Sol stepped out
Before Gale stretched • line of mm
lag ho rang, white against dark
He could not see the head
the It tie
•ffVfrfcrkii
aImGC I In
mf me* tag
««Nf t eN&p
trail and.
w hlte •fcedow •
|wwre>l shandy
pntawnaMy. *ts
the pale ■end under i enrtwa there
lay • blanketed fgfXn pCWse. net-
•tfet•'bed ■ rerhlWe • It,?* he.1 In
band, n • *gamte s*'tl hura ni^ In tbe
•dVr »
The en v g|ende *»f white loirs* 1 •
wjthln fire hundred yards
rampfijrs araetMl which dark f«wm»
moved In plain sight TV lights din
ayiwared from time !• time, grew
dimmer, tuere fflckr-rlng. and at teat
tVy vanished all**«ether lleldtng s
fleet amt tlretewa *tee«la were nut In
front; the desert opened ahead wide,
dark, vast K»jn* and hla rebels were
behind, eating, drinking careless. The
*«>mber shadow lifted from Hale’s
heart. He held now an unquenchable
faith Irt the Yaqul. Helding would be
lUtettlng back there along the river.
He would know of the escape. He
would tell Nell, and then hide her
safely. A* Gale had accepted a
strange and fatalistic foreshadowing
of toil. hltMHi and agony In thla desert
Journey, so he believed In Mercedes’
ultlmnte freedom anti happiness, nnd
hi* own return to the girl who had
grown dearer than life.
• •••*••
A cold, grny dawn wns fleeing be
fore a rosy sun when Y’nqul halted
the march at 1'apago well. The horses
were taken to water, then led down
the arroyo Into thR grnss. Here packs
were slipped, saddles removed. Jim
Lash,remarked how cleverly they hud
fooled the rebels.
"Shore they'll he coinin’ along,’’ re
plied Ladd.
Tlmy hoi It a lire, cooked and nte.
The Yntpri sprrlce—mrlr one ~wontr
'■‘Sleep.” Blankets were, spread. Mer
cedes dropped Into a deep slumber,
her head on Thorne’s shoulder. Kx-
cltemertt kept Thorne awake. The
two rangers dozed beside the fire.
(Jul)i> shared the Yaqui’s watch. At
the end of three hours the rangers
grew active, Mercedes Was awak
ened ; nnd 'soon the party faced wiast-
ward, their long shadows moving Tie-,
fore them. Yaqul led with Blanco
Diablo In a long, easy lope. The
heated air lifted, and Incoming cur
rents from the west swept low gnd
hard over thr barren earth. In the
<llstnnce. all around the horizon, accu
mulations of dust seemed like rauftlng.
mqphroomlng yellow clouds.
Yaqul was the only one of the fu
gitive* who never looked back. Gale
had a conviction that when Yaqul
gazed back toward tbe well and tbe
shining plain beyond, there would be
reason for It. But when the sun loot
Its heat and the wind died down Yaqul
took long and careful surveys west
ward from the high pwtau aa tV
trail kunset was hat far «ff.
thrra ta a hara. ranted vs Hey lay
tnutsMe and Impassive Then he
•t retrNeH hi* right arm ta tV dlrae-
fl*Bt ol %o Name mmmtSllBA Show Imo
Ing their l*»t faint trace* of the after
Maw, nnd he abeeh hla head He
made the seme UnpreeUve gent are
toward the ffewesta oasla with the
•■me ■amber negat!*4k
Thefe*| mvbi V turned fttaMe'* head
to the ennth sad Marled down the
I slope Ills manner had hern derisive
I even •tern I .ash did n«t queer |.*e ft.
j nor did 1^44. IMh ranger* Volts led
hew ever and shewed a strange almost
j n avllen retunanre which Hale hn*l
j never seen In them before. Haiders
which
’* < *f»‘ *
I
d»wn !•
were •*•# thing. It**jw* was another
Ma< » Oomt ns hard aa
! film, with totigwea af lava tw the left.
I and to the right the slow dement IhtW
} the rwrtwe pletn Vaqwi w as now
I traveling dve went It a ns v*nl»'s
I Men that the Indteh was shirting tha
| first sharp-to, thed si qe of a vaM vo4-
I *ank plateau w ht'h farmed tV west-
I era half of the |teii<-ra Oe—rt and eg-
] tended te the Hwlf of «’allf**rnls
j Travel was slow, hot Bat eihassling
I for rider nr hewM, #
Thirty miles of en*y stages hranght
the fngftlve* to another waterh**#, ■
little round f--ket under the heaved-
up edge -d Uva Thera waa *para.
I
tohripM*-'
II IM
All
| that vast sad desolate and unw a terns!
' waste of ra*tus and lava, the Honors |
1 lie sen. might qppau IV atowtest
I Vsrt Hale felt his own sink—felt
himself flinch
“Oh. whefe Is he goIngY* cried Mer
cedes. # Her poignant voice seemed
to bresg s a|>ell.
“Shore. Indy. Yaqul’* gidn’ home.”
replied I.add gently. “An’ considerin’
our trouble*. I reckon we ought to
thank God he know* the war.”
They mounted nnd rode down the
slope toward the darkening south.
Not until night travel was obstruct
ed by a wall of cactu* did the Indian
halt to make a dry camp. Water and
grass for the horses and fire to cook
by were not to be bad. Mercedes bore
up surprisingly: but she fell asleep
almost tbe Instant her thirst bad been
allayed. Thorne laid her upon a Man
ket and covt red her. Tbe men nte
and drank. Gale lay down weary of
limb and eye. He beard the soft
thump of hoofs, tbe sough of wind In
the cactus—then no' more. ^
''Day dawned with the fugitives in
the sitd<Jh\ A'^picketed wall of cac
tus Hedged them 'In, yet the Yaqul
made a tortuous path, that, zigzag as
it might, in tbe matn^nhvaj^headed
south. '''\ \
The Yaqul. if not at fault, was yet
uncertain. His falcon eyes searched
and roved, and became fixed at length
n't the southwest, and toward this he
turned his horse. The great, fluted
snguaros, fifty, 8lxt„ feet high, raised
columnal forms, nnd their branching
limbs and curving lines added a grace
to the desert. It was the low-hushed
{•actus that mnde the toll and pain of
travel. Y’et these thorny forms were
beautiful. ’~-
In the basins between the ridges, to
right nnd left along the floor of low-
plains the mirage glistened, wavered,
faded, vanished—lakes and trees and
clouds. Inverted mountains hung
suspended In the Iliac air and faint
tracery of vrbite-walled citlea.
At noon Yaqul halted the cava lead*.
He had selected a field of blsnagi cac
tus for tbe place of root. Kressatiy
big reason became obslows With loaf
heavy kaif* be cwT off the iwpa af
Lift Off with Fingers
Mercedes Must Ride; but the Others
Must Walk.
short, bleached grass for the horses,
but no /wood for a fire. This night
there werir question and reply, con
jecture, doubt, opinion and conviction
expressed by the men of the party.
But the Indian, who alone could have
told where they were, where they
were going, what chance they had to
escape, maintained his stoical alienee.
Gale took .the tarly watch. Ladd the
mldnlglit one, and Lash that of the
morning. The day broke rosy, glori
ous, cold a* Ice. Action waa neces
sary to make useful benumbed hands
and feet. Mercedes was fed while yet
wrapped In blankets.
It was a significant Index to tb«
day’s travel that Yaqal should keep
a blanket from tbe pack and tear It
into stripa ta bind the Ira* of tha
barses It meant the dreaded rhayn
sad the kntfaodfiad lava. That Yqqat
anil mans
. Doesn’t hurt a bit! Drop a little
"Freezone” on an aching corn, instant
ly that corn stops hurting, then short
ly you lift It right off with fingers.
Truly!
Your druggist-sells a tiny bottle of
“Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn between the toes, and the cal
luses, without soreness or irritation.
Moral Character Everything.
A human wisdom and experience
.unite in recognition of Moral churac-
teT ys the basis .factor in the develop
ment of-^table civilization and in the
icalization bf^mnitfe among men,—1L
0. Itittenhouse. \
An old traveler never hmv Jhe end
of a necktie or a sock sticking out of
hi* grip. He look*.
Sure Relief
FORINMGESnON
BeU/AMS
Hot wtter
Sure Refef
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