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SYNOPSIS. . -4 Automobile of MisS Dorothy Upton and Ittend, Mrs. Vane. hrvtils <down) at New 'utxico horder pittro eimp. comtninitdld by Lieutenntit Ky imxtrste. The two wonti en are on wity to inie of Nfiss Upton's father. locitd n row 1inie.s rieross the Mexetin borth-r. Kyntistort leaves women at his :im whtile ie glos with a detail to investigatte report of Viita gun runners. ViRa troops drive siall force of Car rumta neross border lite airil they surren der to Kymist'n. Dorothy ind Mrs. Pane Mili nti enip wiin Klytiston returns with pirtsoners. B1nd lexiena priest -appears ist Caip itil I;ilms iiteritoi Mexicans bawe In tie spoils brought across the line a womierfil etnwralti bell stoleti from a *hrflr1" by Z:tletta and tiken from bWin by Crana tnops. 'riest is searching for tht emireril i in order to return it to the MArthie. Kynustsoni finds jewel tiand reports to departiertt hoeaituatrters. Cupid Is almost sure to have his way when a brave and hand. some army officer comes to theI aid of beauty In. distress inaa this story, with its bizarre set. ' ting and unusual characters and situations, love unfolds rapidly and hotly. Lieutenant Kynaston and Mrs. Fane and Dorothy are engulfed in a little emotional whirlwind. it Ut t CRira CHAPTER li-Continued. "I shall have to notify department .headquarters about it and send it up there. I have no authority to give it to anyone and I'm sorry to say I can't keep it. "Padre," he went on to the old priest, who was sitanding with out stretched neck listening to such few words as he could understand, "I think we have recovered your bell, but I shall have to hold it for you until 1I receive orders from my superiors telling me what to do with it. In a matter of such importance I do not eonsider myself justified in acting without orders- Ilello! There comes another automobile up the road." Dorothy stared up the road, pres. ently she sprang upon a great bowlder and waved her veil at the oncoming :aeahine. "It's father!" she called back ex Eftedly over her shoulder. "It's fa ther! We sha'n't have to wait aftq .AM for the chauffeur to got b . Kynastonl laughed frankly t hei 1ook of dismay as she real ed ho what she had said must so nd to the young cavalryman. "I'm sorry you're, nxious to gel away 5s.-- t/i, IMiss Upton. I'll gc K ~ eyour father a hand with hit .machine." Mr. Upton needed no help. Het rat 31s machine up to the bottom of thn oiopo and swinging out came forwvard -with outstretched hand. "Breakdownu, elh? I'm glad it hap !pened where you could help them Kynaston. You never met my daugh :lar before, didi you? You girls wil: knowv enough to take my advice next ihno. I'll take you on now, and thn mnachuine can wait till the man gots back. "If you ever get a chance, Kynas len, come over to the Santa Crus muto. WVe'l be glad to see you. What are you going to do with all you iiander that I see here?" Kynaston told him that he woulb 1tare to send a messenger that nigh1 to the nearest telegraph station witi a dispatch asking what to do with then vluables that he had captured, 'la the meantime," he added, " suppose I'll have to sit on the bell meare, if it is as valuable as the padren maya."' 'What bell?" Kynaston and Dorothy explained to, gether. "Let's see it" cried Mr. Upton ex. uatedI*. So Kynaston for the second time that morning unwrapped the mass of Elrty rags and displayed to the won dertog eyes of the miner the green deries of that wonderful boll. Uptor brar his breath hard. 'I',o heard of it all my life down bete in Mexico, but I never believed IL I *onder it it can be bought from a shrine?" U. asked the question of the priest, Wte old man shook his head emphati, "'h'ere be many things, senor, that si 'e cannot buy, and this boll is ont et lh4m. It was the price of a life i~euma's life, that was afterwarc bbka by his #wn subjoots, so it il adi, at the t~ime the: Spaniards heli .he oity of "renochtitlan. Money car atbey it, senor, I trust to the well mass honor of the -American to re w.s it to the shrine." "'! shall wait here with men getres," said Kynaston sympathetical b, "S~i I hear frong headquarters, ani Uben I will sot you on your way What? (loing?" For Upton wras holding out his hand sUe rs. Fe and Dorothy wer< ~I~ug .4 *rewell, ' aefbil Qf the ret adutnh.sd WkOUL EN arcaCaptN pY '9eorqe B. of life are transitory. And through his thoughts there glinted the shim. mering gold of Dorothy Upton's hair. Suddenly breaking off his reverie, he turned to the first sergeant. "Send a man to the nearest tele graph station," he ordered. "I've got a message for headquarters." Within a few minutes the man was rapidly trotting off on his twenty-mile errand. Kynaston spent the next two hours in chat with the old priest, who was a golden talker. So the moments passed quickly till the rapid drumming of hoofs on the trail told of the return of the messenger. He handed Kynaston a letter. "I got the adjutant general him self, sir, and he answered right away." Kynaston tore open the envelope and read: Ikyn'aston. Cavalry Keep ossession of valuables till 6f ficer arrives to receipt to you for it. lie will come tomorrow. Jephson, Adjutant General. "Thank goodness, that will take the responsibility off my shoulders," he commented as he swung a couple of the heavy Navajo blankets over the extra cot to make a resting place for the old priest, who sank heavily to rest. Kynaston passed out of the tent to see to his horses. CHAPTER Mii. Gonel A little later Kynaston sent a cor poral with two men and a led horse to the railroad, ten miles away, with instructions that after the ofilcer came they should wait till moonrise before starting back. After seeing the little party start he took refuge in his ham mock. Pipe in mouth, he lay watch Ing the night drop down over the pur-' pling hills. The old padre felt his wy 'painfully out of the tent that Kyiston had as signed for his use, .whd very laborious ly made his W*to the tree, guided by the purrWp4of Kynaston's pipe. Den dost thou expect thy visitor arrive, my son?" "Should be here an hour after the moonrise, padre," said Kynaston. "[ut, senor, moonrise means noth ing to a blind man who never sees it." "Well, padre, it means that in about four or five hours the officer who has been sent to receive the stolen ar ticles will arrive. When he does come it will be 'up to him,' as we Ameri V'eered at Him With the Intent Look of the Bilnd. cans say, about giving back to you the bell that you have traveled so far to get. Won't you be seated ?-and we'll talk till he shows up." With a word of thanks the old man sank into the reclining chair which the officer pushed forward. In the course of thiat long talk, punc tuated by the purr of his pipe and the heavy breathing of the over'-baked earth, Kynaston learned much, for he was an apt pupil. He learned of heavy-footed wander ings over hot plains and well-nigh trackless mountains; of nights ispent in the waterless desert, with only the I yelping of the tireless coyotes for com - any. Ii beg the lieutenant's pardon, sir, S but there's horses comin' up the trail." SIt was the observant trumpeter who -Spoke. Kynaston, obedient to the -" summons, laid down his pipe and i- walked down upon the flat. He now plainly hoard the horses come quickly ,, up the rocky trail. Withih a moment *. or two they pulled up before the camp, j and ,he went forward to greAt an ofm - cer who dismounted swiftly and intro duced himself. ,"I am Major Uydyke, Mr. Kynas a ton. The gen~eral sent me down here to. rolieve you of pArt of yor em I barrasmunt.*. eal r*q404 m pression' that with .an atfair of tita importance happening here you should have a larger' force. "He is relu9tanf to Send an entire troop of cavalry.here becaus% that!will make it necessary to send a captain in command, and he has been so fa-. vorably impressed with the way you have handled the situation sice you have been here that he does not wish to supersede you if it can be avoided. I may add that he suggested to me that I should drop you a hint to the effect that he- wanted you to know that he appreciates #ie manner in which you have conducted affairs dur ing the past six months." Kynaston flushed warmjy. Words of appreciation are rare in military life, where the efficient performance of duty is assumed. Neglect or derelic. tion is a rarity. But the present de. partmont commander believed that just as a commanding officer should be quick to reprehend, so also he should not be chary of appreciation. The re-. suilt was that his subordinates wore more than willing to work themselves to a shadow to carry out his faintest hint. "You see, Kynaston," went on the staff officer, "we have had several hints to the effect that attempts were being ma4e to smuggle money across the line, so when your tclegram came the general sent me off hot foot. How many of these prisoners are there?" Kynaston told him. "And three pack-mules. Whore did they come from?" Kynaston answered briefly, and fol lowe'd, his report with an account of the priest's arrival and the discovery of the valuable emerald that had set two continents agog three hundred years before. "So you see, sir," he concluded, "I couldn't properly turn the thing over to the priest, though I believe his claim is correct and just." "Ever hear of him before?" asked Major Updyke sharply. "Never, sir. Why?" "Nothing. It just occurred to me that in order to obtain possession of a jewel like that almost anyone would or could tell an interesting yarn. Have you ever been in Trocantp-didn't you say that's the name of Aho place the man says he came fro f?" "Trocanto. yes-no, I've never beon there. And I've nov hIreard of it ei ther. How about y?" "Same." "Of course," ynaston hesitated, "that actually proves nothing." The staff 6lcer laughed. "Al. t-ie same," he cried, "I'm giad I came down here, if you were really go worked on .by the old fellow that you thought about giving the stone to him. You'd have found yourself in a Pretty pickle if you'd let him have it, and then a claim had been made by your prisoners that you'd taken the stone. It would have cos't you your commission, or at least-" "Like to see the stone, sir?" "Of course I should, but I'd like even better to have a drink and something to cat." Kynaston produced his last bottle, and, bidding his "striker" improvise a supper, sat chatting with his visitor till the meal was ready. When Major Updyke was through and had rolled a cigarette, the youngster sent a trum. peter to give his eompliments to the priest and to ask him to come to the tent. The old padre, hearing the summons, came slowvly from his hot little tent andl picked his way painfully across the stones of the trail. "I hoard thee asking for me, my son. I am here." "'This is the priest I was telling you of, sir." Major Updyke shook hands with the old man, who peeredl at him from un der bent brows with the peculiarly in tent look of the blind. The padre seated himself for a moment upon a great rock, clasping his hands loosely across his knees. Presently, in answer to a question, the 01(1 man began to talk, and for an hour the staff officer sat, an interested listeider, while the old man made his appeal for the restoration to his shrine of the priceless jewel that Kynaston had taken the day before. "But the proof, man, the proof! Thou must understand, padre, that American law, upon whose justice we pride our solves, requires proof. How canst thou prove that this stone is indeed the stone that thou hast described--? What is that. Kynaston? It sounds like firing breaking out in the south east." It did sound like rifle firing. The low, thunderous, reverberating crackle that they knew so well brought every man out of the encampment as a stick in the teo;hole of a hive brings out the bees. Kynaston and Major Up dyke ran to the top of the low hill back of the camp; here they had a good gen eral view of the land. "It must be another party, sir, mn trouble again. Wait till I get my glasses; we can see more with them." So for a leng half hour they sat and watched. The., Bound of the firing grew fainter and fainter, and finally died away, only to break out again and again as the two officers were about to leave the hill. Men make their little plan. and talk about will-power making a way--and then destiny, or fate, or luck, come. along and scram bles the sItuatIon beyond rec ognItIon. An untoward move ment, a heedless step, and a man's career Is wrecked. What do you make of the distant rIfle firing? (TO BE CNTI4U10D) - Men ot sense sometimps make oents oit' of noesanbo. ST. LOUIS COLISEUM, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL .MM. NTERIOR OF COLISEUM AT ST. LOUIS 1 . 'Slim * 1 1 WILLIAM F. M'COMBS ENTRANCE OF ST. LOUIS COLISEUM ..... ..... /4 the Democratic national committee MARTIN H. GLYNN.. * :.' .PRESIDENT WOODRQW WILSON Martin H. Glynn, former governor of New York, is temporary chairman of the Democratic convehtion, unn Nomads' of tliq Desert.' 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