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CHAPTER XII.—Continued.
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More sliote rang out. Taqijl wna.
seen .standing erect firing rapidly at
the darting Mexicans. For all Gale
could make out oo second bullet took
effect. Rojas and his men vanished
behind the bulge of lava. The Yaqui
deliberately backed away from his po
sition. He made no effort to run or
hide. Presently he turned and came
straight toward the position of the
rangers, sheered off perhaps a hun
dred paces below It, and disappeared
In a crevice. Plainly his Intention
wa» to draw pursuers within rifle shot.
Another wait set In then, and Judg
ing by the more direct rays of the
sun and a receding of the little shad
ows cost hy the choyas, Gale was of
the opinion that It wav a long wait.
Rut It seemed short. Gale had the
upjter position, farthest to the right,
and therefore was best shielded from
posslbe (Ire from the higher ridges
of the rim, some three h&ndred yards
distant. Jim came next, well hidden
In a crack. The positions of Thome
and Ijidd were most exp«*ed. They
kept ahurp lookout over the uneven
rampart of their hiding-place.
Suddenly the dead stlllnesa was
rest by s shot, clear and stinging.
«lose at hand. Jt was from a rifle,
nor a carbine. With startling quick-
neat a cry fotlnmed—a cry that
pierced Gale—It was •«* thin, so high-
keyed. *• different fr«i»n all other
It «aa the Involuntary human
of death.
"Taqols called nut another psrd
■aid Jim I .ash lamntrally
rsrMnea began |n crack The re
port* aere quick, light, like sharp
apata atthout any ring Gale made
oat round sy-.t • dark against the
background of red. and ta front of
them leaped oat amall Inagae* of (Ire
lathis *«‘ hegaa ta ~spaag~ atth Its
beautiful aauatj •»# poaef Tbwfns
# »ss Seta# xmeuhat olhllf, Gala
thought Then Jim |a«h pa»licd his
Wt*ct teat r r a«er the rtm afMire a
rha*a and hetereai »h <a flale rwald
hear him atngtag _, | aru the lady,
turn turn the lady, turn ’
A lama a left • Ha tag »•mr yurdneeu *
I nruatd aa* hark *
Tara the lady tarn*” <*a|e g»>t lata
the light himarlf n*U an aure that ha '
hH aay nf the r»mn«t h»Atitag Wet*
he aimed at hat graulag aute «d him ‘
self sa act um 1 theca fed » — 'thing
rangeutrd althta hi*
Thru aver the p>
era came a hall at i
that atrorfc the
the crater* fb*
ileet hoi
a htaard
that n
the rhayas
Mahled a sharp
t the raag
lets Th.«m
a a ■ r lata
taae Mt my
a anond
t'pptna uf
for,” whispered Gale. “He’s lying
over there In that crack. I can see
part of him. He doesn’t move.”
*T was wonderin’ if I’d have to tell
you that. Dick, he went down hard
hit, failin’, you know, limp an’ soggy.
It was a. mortal cinch one of us would
get It In this . fight; but G—d! I’m
sorry Thorne hud to be the man.”
*T,nddy, maybe he’s not dead,” re
plied Gale. He called aloud to his
friend. There was no answer. '
Ladd got up, and, after peering
keenlymt the height of lava, he strode
swiftly across the space. It was only
a dozen steps to the crack In the lava
where Thorne had fallen In head first.
Ladd bent over, went to his knees,
so that Gale saw* only his head. Then
he appeared rising with arms round
the cavalryman. He dragged him
across the hole to the sheltered corner
that alone afforded protection. He
had scarcely reached it when \ car
bine cracked and a bullet struck the
flinty lava, striking sparks, then sing
ing Into the air.
Thome was either dead or uncon
scious, and Gale, with a contracting
throat and numb heart, decided for
the former ~Not so Ladd, who probed
the blifody gash on Thorne’a temple,
ami then felt hla breast.
“He’s alive an’ not had hart. That
bullet hit him glancin’. Shore them
■feel bullets are some lucky foe us
Dick, yam neetln't took an glum. I tell
y«u be ain’t bad hart. I felt hla ahull
with my finger. There’s no hole la
If Wash him tdf an’ Uo— Worn! did
you get the wind of that one? An’
rnebbe It didn’t slag off (he lam ”*
It was Indeed a )oy ta Gale ta And
that Thorne had not received a wound
tartuuarilv fatal, though If waa seri
ous enough. Gale bathed and hound
It. and laM the cavalryman again**
the slant mt the honk, hla bend high
to leuwm the vndmMUtj mt Meedlag
Am Gale straightened up I .odd mat
tered |mu aud dmp. and snung
heavy rifle * round to the left Par
•hmg the sliqm a flgwre Otuved Iwsdd
began •• work iW lever of the Win
• (mater and tu sAfeunS A4 every shot
Gale ana the huflefs aCrthe the lava
behind, hewlde. he#nea the fleeing
hieg hun. mu ding op dad puffs mf
• U the sixth shad h
out mt sight either hit ar
into seeking rover
Id**k .uehhe l here‘a one
sleeve; but ue oeedn‘1
it “l sold I a Ad. a«. loading t
he Irrhed bin Angers quickly fmm the
h«4 breech TAoten * Jim ok* Tnqal
are biffin’ N op lively dawn below
Gnle recognized the foremost one—
smnll, compact, gaudy—Rojas! The
bandit’s arm was outstretched. Puffs
of white smoke rose, and shots rapped
out. When Ladd went down Rojas
threw his gun aside and with a wild
yell bounded over the lava. His com
panion -followed.
A tide of passion, first hot as fire,
then cold as Ice, rushed over Gnle
when he saw Rojas take the trail to
ward Mercedes’ hiding-place. The
little bandit appeared to have the
sure-footedness of a mountain sheep.
The Mexican following was not so
sure or fast. He turned back. Gale
heard the trenchant bark of the .405.
Ladd was kneeling. He shot again—
again. The retreating bandit seeiied
to run full Into an Invisible ohstaTle,
then fell lax, Inert, lifeless. Rojas
sped on unmindful of the spurts of
dust about him. Yaqui, high above
Ladd, was also firing at the bandit.
Then both rifle* were emptied. Rojas
turned at a high break In the trull.
He shook a defiant hand, and hla ex
ulting yell pealed faintly to tiale’a
ears. About him tfiere was something
desperate, magnificent. Then be Ha in
hered down the trail.
Ladd drop|*ed the .405, and rising,
gun In hand, h* staggered toward the
bridge of lava. Before he had croosevl
It Yaqui mm* bounding down the
alopr. and la «oe splendid leap he
cleared the Aware. He ran beyond
the trail and disappeared on the lava
above. Rnjaa had o«tf seen this and
den. darling mace of the Indian
Gale w.eulered fearfully, what had
become of ? Prrwenily. when
Rnjaa came •■at of the era His sad
rats uf lava there might he a chance
of dtaabting him hy a tong a Hot Hla
pmgrese waa new slew Hot he woe
phyalcal. cold and sick and weak. Gale
gripped hla* rifle and aimed at the
struggling forms on the ledge. He
pulled the trigger. The bullet struck
up a cloud uf red dust close to the
struggling couple. Again Gale fired,
hoplnj'- to hit Rojas, praying to kill
Mercedes. The bullet struck* Jiigh. A
third—fourth—fifth time the Reming
ton spoke—In valp ! The rifle fell from
Gale’s rucked hands.
- Mow4ion;lbly plain- that tWad-’s In
tention I Gale tried to close lilk eyes,
but could not. He prayed wildly for
a sudden blindness—to faint as Thorne
had fainted. But he was transfixed to
the spot with'eyes that.pierced the
red light.
Mercedes was growing '..weaker,
seemed about to collapse.
“Oh, Jim Lash, are ^ou dead?” cried
Gale. “Oh, Laddyl ... Oh, Yaqui I”
Suddenly a dark form literally fell
down the wall behind the ledge where
Rojas fought the girl. It sank In a
heap, then bounded erect.
“Yaqui!” screamed Gale, and he
waived his bleeding hands till the
blood bespattered his face. Then he
choked. Utterance became Impossible.
The Indian bent over Rojas and
flung him against the wall. Mercedes,
sinking hack, lay still. When Rojas
got up the Indian stood between him
and escape from the ledge. Rojas
backed the ether way along the nar
rowing shelf of lava. His manner
was abject, stupefied. Slowly he
stepped backward.
It was then that Gale caught the
white gleam of a knife In Yaqul'n
hand. Rojas turned and ran. Yaqui
followed slowly. Ills figure was dark
and menacing. Ret he was not In a
hurry. When he passed off the ledge
Rojas was edging farther and farther
along the wall. •He was dinging now
to the lava, creeping Inch 1>y Inch.
Perhaps he had thought to work
making straight for Merrevletf hi
place. What was It Irodtag him 1
—an eagle rye. wr hate, or fast
Why 4Wt he gM mi whew there <
tmei f
1.4dd wav •I**
••m the trad:
him
hea
the tar
trad?
■ertqpfl
tewttrsa tmly flrath e*mld
raagee qnw Harety Rola* a
kneaw that whrw he rhsae
Proas flam t<* time tials
rtimt ■ *e mf Yoqafs d*rh dgi
lug m hmg I hr Mghee rim mt tl
He aa* making far a pntat <
homAM
I n«M etaggerei! abmg the
times he crawled The Tsqw
he might hate had ■ lags I
from lagged i*rvmt la ksgged <
swraflasdadflam as* a a»wider
Hut far Gate the amrvel
el?
« that
L stag
lay here I rvaft
thraflflh
a Mrfc re
■Ilk Blis of cartas stung Gate’q fare
■ad he dree-led iHe Pi tag iHoma more
thaa he did the fltl'tg bullets
“Hutd aa hr*ys “ called l-S'ld. as he
crouched ib*«n tu reload his rifle
-Have your sheila The Greasers are
■prrsdia on w* *ua>e g<*tn d**wn he
Ina Tsqul, <4ber« movin' up fnr that
high rl'lgc When, they get up there
I’m d—«l If It woa't l*e bot for us
There ain’t room far w« lo hide here J “
^ I.«'!d rsl«e«l hlni<u*lf to |e*ep over
the riui Shot* wer»^»n*w *a*attrrlng.
■ nd all'sp|>enrcd |h come from ^•elow.
A volley **f shots from a different
angle wn* followed by the qub*k ring
of h**e| bullet* striking the lava all
around Gab*. Hi* first Idcn. n* he
heard fhe pn>Je<*tlles sing and hum
and whine away Into the air, wns that
they were romlug from above him. He
looked up to *♦'«* n number of low,
white and dark knobs upon the high
point of lava. They hnd not been
then* before. Then be sjiw* Rtle, pule,
leaping tongues of fin*. As be dodged
down he distinctly hennln bullet strike
Ladd. At the same instant he seemed
to hear Thorne cry out and fall, and
Lash’s boots s< rape rapidly a pay.
Ladd fell backward still bolding the
.405. Gnle dragged'him. into fhe shel
ter of bis own position! 'unci (Treacling
to look at him, took up the heavy
weapon. It was .vifh a kind of sav
age strength that be gripped the rifle;
and it was with n cold and deadly In-
tent that be* aimed and fired. The first
Greaser huddled low. let ids carbine
go clattering down, and then crawled
behind,!he rim. The second and third
jerked buck The”' fourth seeitied to
flop up over the crest of lava. A dark
ann reached for him, clutched his leg,
tried to drag him up. It whs In,vain.
Wildly grasping at the air fhe bandit
fell, slid down a steep shelf, rolled
over the rim-, to go hurtling down out
of fcighf.
-Shore—I’m d n glad-thvin Grw^
ers ain’t usin’ soff-nose bullets.”
drawled a culm voice. ^
Swift as lightning Gale whirled.
“Laddy I I thought you were done
for.’ cried Gale, with a break in hla
voice.
The ranger's blouse waf open at the
neck, and on hla right shoulder nndrr
the collar bone was a small bole Just
beginning to bleed.
“flor* It’s high. Laddy,** replied Gale,
gladly -went -tear through. cWan as
■ wfcttfter
He tore a haadkrrr-bipf taie
sod |
ft!
Ill sneak «b>aa there \mm
■a' keep ■ heart half aa eye
> i. a Are. aa* keep (ha real my srnf«“
There sieved a tall Ip tbe battle
Gale veatared
srreere.1 behind
rbree-flaarter rlrrle mt lava with
la the dtati
> rider*, helms him. down
■ long the crater rim aod the
trail, the lava a a* hare mf all except
tufts of rbaya Gale gathered aaaar-
¥
trail { at
gqIPed;
a leaped
rvmt. hi*
PI I hla*.
mt that
aa* the
He had
>rldt the boundary line, and hr settled
down to think of ranching and Irriga
tion and mining projects. Kvery morn
ing he exjiected to receive some word
from Sonoyta or Yuma, felling him
that Yaqui had guided his party safe
ly across the desert. ’
Among the many changes coming to
pass In Forlorn tylver were the Install
ing of post office service and the
building of a mescal drlnklng-house.
Beldlttg iuul .wotked.,hard^ for the post
office, but he did not like the Idea of
a saloon for Forlorn River. Still,
that was an Inevitable evil. The Mex
icans would . have mescal. A good
many Americans drifted Into Forlorn
River—miners, cowboys, prospectors,
outlaws, and others of nondescript
character; and these men, of course,
made the saloon, which was also an
Inn, their headquarters. Beldlng, with
Carter and other old residents, saw
the need of a sheriff for Forlorn
River.
One morning early in this spring
month, while Beldlng was on his way
from the house to the corrals, he saw
Nell running Blanco Jose down the
road at n gait that amazed him. She
did not take the turn of the road to
come in by the gate. She put Jose at
a four-fopt wire fence, and came
clattering into the yard.
It did not take more than half an
eye for Beldlng to see that she wg*
furious.
“Nell, what’s come off now?” askeJ
Beldlng.
“I’m not going to tell you.” she re
plied. and started away, leading Jose
toward the corral. ,
Beldlng leisurely followed. She
went Into the corral, removed Jo*e's
bridle, and led him to the watering-
trough. Beldlng came up. and with
out saying anything began to unbuckle
Jose’s saddle girths. But he ventured
a look at Nell. The red had gona from
her face, and he was surprised to see
her eyes brimming with tears Moat
sssumlly this waa not one of Nell's
tantrums While taking off Joee’a
■addle and hanging It la tbe shed
Beldlng papflered In hi* slow way .
WT.. n I e i . , ’ ■- k ? . ci.r . ••rrsl Ne 1
fac# against the bars, and
rr> log He slipped a big arv
her and watted.
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With a speetfle fan ta make Hear
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“No* ta amvkftap N ta i
* peep s swP •b*a a tbefs*.
sv at tvdl | cp-q “ *
fVbilttg a as sttoaf
. »•! Os vat.
flatdasa «M
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It Looked as If the Day Was Favor
His Side
»nee. It looked ns if the dm/ iv-is
fuvorThpslils side. Then Thorne, com-
Iqg partly tb-^otiselousness, en go Keel
Gale’s care. The 't'uvnhyman stirred
jind moaned, culled fdr \vnter, and
titen fetr Merredes Gate
huede with t> -strung
!>• he \i«s ohee more quiet.
Suddenly hn'rsh,* prolonged yells
brought- Gale to his feet. Fnr down
the trails where the crater rims closed
in the deep firoure lie saw moving
forms They were three In nnmher.
Two of them ran jilmbly across the
lava bridge The third staggered far
l»ehtnd It wa* Ladd. He appeared
hard hit. He dragged at tbe heavy
rifle, whirt be seemed unable to raise.
Tbe jeO# caaro from him. Ha was
rsfitag the Taqpt.
Gale’s bcejl stood still asamoptar
tfy. Hega.
Be
I «*f 9 ba baodit N**Ja*
•aa pa seap«*i Gala's glove arodr
I ibl* fad ptata Tbaea aa* death ba
bied blot, dretb Hr taw blsa. da tb ba-
faew biro, sod tbawgb ba roald ad
bare kp»ap If. daalb above biro. He
| never faltered never erode a misstep
epM«i the aarrow, flinty trail Wbeo he
reacbed the lower ewd af tbe level
ledge tiole's potgnatit
a ccerlatatj. Hnjaa bad
It was ItM-revlllvIe. yet Gale bedeved ft
hi* Heart e1am|>ed ■« In aa Icy
Oofe threw finrvrard the Rerofng
Ion, and sinking on one knee. Iteguii
to sh«-*t. He emptied the magazine.
Puffs of dust near RoJa* did not even’
tnske him turn.
Gnle wheeled, rigid new. steeling
|ilms«*|f to one Inst fc»rb*m hope—that
Merredea cotibl -defend herself. She
had a gun. He doubted not at alt that
she weald use P. But. remembering
her terror e*f-thl* savage, he feared
for her. Ib*lns n ached the level of
the ledge. He halted.- He crouched.
It waa the* act of a panther. Mani
festly he* saw Mercedes within the
cave. Then fn'nt shots patted the air,
broke In cjulck e. ho. Rojus went
down ns If struck hy a heavy blow
He* wnn hit. But ever ns Gnle yelled
In sheer irndnc*ss tlie Icandlt leaped
erect. He seemed too cpclck. too sup-
I>|e to he hndlv *'otindc*d. A tdlght.
dark figure ftasjied ot:r of the cave.
Mercedes! She hacked against the
wall. Gale saw a pnYT of white
heard n report. But the* bandit
I tinged nt her. Mercedes ran, not to
tl*y-4o pass him. hot st’-alght for the
precipW. Her Intent’on was plain.
But Ro.hir _<w*istripped her, even as
she reached tin* vbrye. Then a plerc-
ing scream pealed across-the cratei
scream i»f despair.
GiRo^ciosetl Ills eyes. He ccculd nht
hear to se'e more.
Tlncrne c'ehoc'd Mercedes' scream.
Gale looked round Jm-T ln time to leap
and catch the cavalryman hs-fie stag-
. , -4 Rered. uipparently for the-Aleep slope.,
him
Ost* Hoaefl—w
Tirol Wild.
r larofltaad H« H««rd-
fltraag* Vaqai Cry.
KtMi utly
•ad M~
waH ab*
(ba lot
ba w
i ba
i Iba
r- •-
a* far
| f|
ma
TW appmerh of tba Yaqal was tike
a alow dark abedow at gUmm* If It
aorwrod mm to tba strirkea Gale a Ha I
roost It bava bera la Rojas? lie ap
peared ta sink against tba wall Tba
beraroa I Yaqui stola riaaar aod.rbwar. lit was
Marrolas. | tba savsga caw. and for him th« too
meal must lava haen glorified Gala i f
tea him goxa up at Iba great einrilM I f
wall* of the crater, then down Into tbe '
depths. Perhaps thq red haze hang
ing above him. or the purple haze be
low. or the deep caverns In the lava,
held for Yaqn! spirits of the desert.
Ida go«N to whorn he called. Perhaps
he Invoked shadows of his loved ones
and hla race, calling them In this mo
ment of vengeance.
Gale heard—or Imagined he heard—
that wild, strange Yaqui cry.
Then the Indian stepped close to
Rojas, and bent low, keeping out of
reach. How slow were his motions!
Would Y’aqul never—never end It?
... A wall drifted across the crater
to Gale’s ears.
Rojas fell backward, and plunged
sheer. The hank of white choyas
caught him, he#l him upon their steel
spikes. How long did the dazed Gale
sit there watching Rojus wrestling and
writhing in convulsive frenzy? The
bandit now seemed mad to win the
delayed death.
When he broke free be was a white
patched object po-htpger-lmman, n~
tu
waffv g*
l« keep
Hapa ba
Nall, r
bar oyoa
*“Tba
Hofwn. *
fr«4M of
there Wl
rffuwff.1
in fdkfl*** fIj I w
•if tfl ‘9 |*fbflfR . 4MT ]
* •tuff •lirff'f® fi**|
■I* Ml aratsff a
iba girl
| |i#if
old. prawrwilj ;
^ _ _ t Me ft mm
porktag n gvw
l bat k* Bel I t
H or* or loll,
flnaly
Itttla lunger
ng
I
• toll
•ml
H. I
flara * tbor*
i on *t prvmiM
kk Ihet par
kn * than- ftf boundary line towtrrd-NbjnifPs.
Jbpth'fell. Gale saved his friend, but
he plunged Into a choya. He drevlr
his hands nway full of the great glis
tening rones of thorns. ^
“For God’s sake. Gnle. shoot!
Shoot’ Ktll her! Kill her! .
Gan't—you—aao—Rojas—“
Thorfle-falntad.
Gsle. stunned for the Instant. Mood
with uplifted hand*, and gazoit from
Thorne a* ross the crater. Kojaa bad
not kilted Morcedo*. He
ball of choya burrs, and he slipped off
tbe bank to shoot down 'imd clown, into
the purple depths of tbe ereler'
'V
CHAPTER XIII
Changes at Forlorn River,
The first of March saw the 'ederal
occupation of the garrison at Cusita.
After n short, decisive, engagement
the rebels were dispersed Into small
bands and driven eastward along the
It wn* the destiny of Forlorn River,
however, never to return to the slow,
sleepy tenor of Its former existence.
Beldlng’s predictions cam« true. That
straggling line of home-seekers was
but a forerunner of the real Invasion
of Altar \alley. Refugees from Mex
Ico and from Cailta spread the word
that water and wood and grass and
land were to he had at Fotlorn River;
and as If by magic the white toots and
| sprang up to glisten
the own
vgalnlog Her <'«*mpnaaro, *» iped
i sad •* ••chad back hqp balr
at bar clay, IV rrtar sflayshe
*1 eat cnrolng b«wao. aod In
’ that roasrai tl rink tog piece
as a crowd. It was a noisy
I didn't want to walk owt Into
the street or seem afraid. But I had
to do both. There were several young
men and. If they weren't drunk they
rortn
them before, but 1 think they must
lielong to tbe mining company that
w as run out of Sonora by rebels. Any
way, these young felhvws were Amer
icana. They stretched themselves
across the walk and smiled at me. I
had to go out in the road. One of
them, the rudest, followed me. He
was a Mg fellow, red-faced, with prom
inent eyes and a hold look. He came
up beside me and spoke to me. * I run
home. And us I run I heard his com
panions Jeering.
“Well, today. Just now. when I was
riding up the valley road I came upon
the same fellows. They had Instru
ments and were surveying. Remem
bering Dick, and how he always
wished for an Instrument to help work
curt his plan for imitation, I was cer
tainly surprised rto sec* these strangers
surveying—and surveying upon Bad
dy's plot of land. It was a sandy
road there, and Jose happened to be
walking. So I reined In and asked
these enpineers wbat they were do-
inp. The reader, who was that same
bold fellow who had followed me,
seemed much pleased .at being ad
dressed. He said he was glad to tell
"me he was going to run water all over
Altar "volley. ’ Dad, you can bet that
made me wild. 17 iat " ns Y^ck’s plan,
his discovery, artd here were surveyors
on Buddy's claim.
“Then I told bln* that he ivas work
ing on private land and he’d better
get off. He said something about not
seefng nnj'squatter^ on ffie land, and
then he shut up tight on that score.
But he began to be flirty Again. H*
got hold of Jose's bridle, and ‘ heforq
I could catch my breath he gold 1
was a peach, that he Y*bt*d to make
a date with me, that hla name was
Chase, that^ie owned a gold mine
Mexico He said a lot more I dldn t
gather, but urhoa be called
’Dearie’ I—well. I lo*t »y tamper
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