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11 Dolores |
T11 . And Martaii
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;; Romance of the White
I Hacienda In the
Y Mexican Hills
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i :: By JOTHAM K1NGSLEY ::
? : I M-I-M-M'M-l-l-l-H-M-I-H-iY
"Every doggoued greaser has sklpTped
out aud jollied the rebel army,"
growled Frank White as the superln|
tendent of tlie Cactus mine Joined him
? at the mouth of the deserted shaft.
Neal Taber, who had been absent
) i since daybreak In a vuln search for
w more workers In the mine, uttered an
I j angry ejaculation and dropped from
1 his horse.
"When?" he nsked tersely.
"During the noon siesta they slipped
B off one by one until I happened to
notice that things were at a stamlstill.
Old Manuel d'Orto volunteered
W the Information that they had joined
^11 the rebels. You know there has been
H a ragged company camped a mile or
H | two up the river. What shall we do.
Hi Neal?" The assistant manager lookill
cd at his superior.
K The two young men frowned at each
H! other. Americans they were, but no
n j one would have susi>eeted it from their
M , appearance. Both were black haired
H | and black eyed, und both were brown9
ed under the tropic sun until tuey
Hi I looked llko hnnilsomo vnnni? \tovlnnnu
ii Their conical straw lints autl gay ncck!
ties accentuated their resemblance to
the youths of the country.
Skilled in their calling, these two
W young Americans bad labored to de- i
rl velop the mining property that had j
jg been placed in their charge. The In- j
H borers at the mine were of the Mexl- j
IS can peon type and. while far from in- i
Kb dustrlous. had been kept fairly busy |
S by the two Americans. Dp to the
? present time there had been little
q| trouble with them, except their unfit
willingness to work steadily, but now
fifl they had departed to tlnd a calling
N more suited to their temperaments?
H that of bushwhacking?for their Uv9
,DK" i
jSj Far to the north the Rio Grande ;
J river flowed Into the gulf of Mexw|
ico, drawing a definite boundary line
?] between the United States and her
i j southern neighbor. Before Mexico had
been stirred with this latest revolu
tlon among her sons the Cactus silver
ft mine, backed by American capital and
>1 under American management, had beJ
gun taking the precious metal from
gjj the broken ridges of the Sierra Des
y] Bias range.
k: All had gone well with the American
I company until the revolution had
I broken out And up to this time,
(J when the miners had deserted in a
(js body, the ("actus Silver Mine company
hn<l nol.l IIiIIa ?,??.! ?l.~ - *
JUM\* |1U1\A III vac iivtru IV IUU III IL'i IU1L"
tnnt warfare waging about them.
Now tliat they were without help,
even the native foremen having disappeared.
there was nothing for Taber
and his assistant to do save to shut
down the mine and wait for peace.
If they were able to hold the mine
against roving bands of desperadoes
IIHCsy
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tM'jT -r 11
fit THE COUOAR BOUNDED INTO TUB Allt AND
| YKltlj DEAD.
Si until the company could rush help to
them across the border all wonld be
well. If not?well. Tuber shrugged his
fif broad shoulders and smiled at White,
fij "Qulen sube?" he asked.
"We'll know pretty blauied quick,"
growled White, who wos a man of war
and was In fuvor of setting forth nfter
, the rebel array, driving,, bis deserters
home like sheep.
"Let us Ret old Manuel to watch
[ over the place while we see If cook has 1
| condescended to prepare anything to ;
? ; eat." suggested Tabor.
^ They spoke to the watchman, and 1
when he was on duty t|ie two young
,men walked through the wattered cab- I
jjf* Ina of the vanished miners and final! f I
] came to their own adobe house, set on
OFP
>icture, which wi
ser gains a seasc
j little lilll overlooking the mine and
its surrounding.
In the cou.tyard that served as a
'kitchen for Bcnita. the aged Mexican
cook, they found her cooking frijoles
over a brazier of glowing coals, and
when the highly seasoned meal was
concluded tliey discovered that Benita
nll.l A I?
umu ?uuuuvi| ?? uv uuuu uui j
husband, had shamelessly deserted !
their service, and they were entirely I
alone.
"What shall we do?" Tuber asked
the question this time.
"We better ride over to El Dora and
send a message to Linwooc^ for lm- '
mediate help. Let him understand
that this is a "S O S" cull, wireless
code, ana that help must come p. d. q.,
plain American talk!"
"Good. Our going together will enable
one of us to reach El Dora even
if the other one stops a rebel bullet, !
eh? Good thing we shipped the last
accumulation of ore in season."
"Yes. We should have Llnwood's
receipt for it when we reach El Dora.
Letter take plenty of cartridges and
anything we especially value. Something
may break loose here before we
get back."
Just at nightfall the superintendent
and his assistant rode slowly down the
mountain side and turned into the beat- i
en path that followed the El Dora riv- |
er across the Sandy plain. In the light '
of a full moon the shadows of horses !
and riders made huge blots on the I
white sand. They rode on in silence j
mile after mile, now and then the!
road plunging into a dark forest where
unseen streams murmured secretly before
they dropped into underground
channels. Night birds stirred sleepily j
as they passed by. Once a cougar
dropped from a branch directly in the ;
path of Tabor's horse. The animal i
squealed as lie reared back and Taber j
flushed his electric torch in the cat's i
glowing eyes.
Frank White's automatic cracked
sharply and the cougar bounded into
the air and then fell dead In the
bushes.
"Nearly got you that time, Neal," ,
laughed Frank as they rode on.
"I'd rather meet a dozen cougars
than one sneaking Mexican assassin,"
retorted Neal. "IIow many miles further
have we got to go?"
[ "Twenty, if I know my country hereabouts,"
returned White. "There is a
I shorter cut. When wo are out of tills
I jungle we can skirt it toward the north
| and go through the little valley of the
I white hacienda"?
"The valley of the white hacienda,"
interrupted Neal Taber curiously.
"You sound like a romance, Frank."
"That's what the greasers call It I
passed tlmt way one night when I was
in a hurry. There's some kind of a
fruit farm there; regular little paradise
j I've lienrd. but I haven't had time to
investigate; our rascals have miscd
j too much of the other tiling ever since
j I've been here."
"We'll try the other way?the shorter
way," decided Taber.
I Consequently when they reached the
! end of the jungle they turned their
I horses sharply to the right and found
j a well traveled road that skirted the
j jungle for several miles; theu it turni
ed to the northwest and entered be|
tweeu high wooded hills a green valley
bathed in the moonlight.
In the middle of the valley was a
white blot.
"Yonder is the white hacienda," reI
marked Frank White as they rode
I along.
"Seems to be a light In the window
?there, it's gone. I wonder if we're
trespassing, Frank?"
"I- believe there's a public right of
way through here."
They passed a high stockade that
quite hid the white house and the
grounds from their view. They followed
the stockade for several hundred
yards and finally emerged upon a
narrow trail that mounted up and disappeared
among tall oak trees.
"On the other side of tills ridge lies
El Dora," explained Frank.
They were climbing the trail, still in
the glare of the white moon, when two
figures sprung into view from the
shadows.
Two slim, graceful girls, daintily
clad in native costume, with dark
mantillas tossed around their beautiful
olive skinned tinted faces, lustrous
dnrk eyes, lips like cactus flowers and
misty tendrils of dark hair.
They were alike as two peas or two
roses or Lwo cactus blossoms.
une or them Nenl called tlie prettier
(but Frank contested tho statement)
stepped forward and spoke musically
in Spanish:
"Ah, senoros, we nre In great danger.
Our father has left for El Dora on important
business, and tonight all our
men have deserted and Joined the rebel
army. The wife of one of the men
Las risked her life to tell us that there
Is to be a raid on our valley tonight.
You"?
The other girl caught her arm and
spoke rapidly in English.
"Oh, Dolores, these men may belong
to the rebels! lee, they aro quite?
quite villainous looking!" ?
"Villainous looking!" laughed Dolores.
"Nonsense, Marta! Truly, they
nre gentlemen. Perhaps they understand
English?aud how rude you have
been!"
Tuber leaned down from his saddle
and spoke In his own language:
"We are Americans." ho said quickly.
"We nre from the Cactus mine,
and we nre on our way to El Dorn.
.We shall be happy to escort you to the
vity. Have you horses?"
"Yes." stammered Dolores, blnshlng
so deeply that her confusion was plainly
discernible In the bright moonlight
"I beg your pnrdon, sir, but we really
thought you were Mexicans."
The girls did not make further apologies.
They gathered up a variety ot
, ^?
AUL1
II run for month?
>n ticket to this th
bundles containing tlieir most precious '
belongings, and, leading from tlio
shadows two sturdy horses, they permitted
the young Americans to put
them in their saddles, and. with their
bundles bobbing in the rear, the four
hastened out of the valley of the white
hacienda. (
They had barely turned out of the
trail and were poised on a high ridge
above the sleeping city when there
was a swift clatter of hoofs nnd wild
outcries as a band of rebel outlaws
swept Into the narrow entrance of the |
valley. The two men chafed at their |
inactivity. They would dearly have |
loved to hold the valley apainst the ,
bandits, the narrow entrance and exit ]
lending themselves to excellent de- .
fense, but with the two girls to care
for it was out of the question.
So the four sat upon the high ridge I
and watched the red glare from the '
burning hacienda, and when the flames
died down they went below into the
city of El Dora. The girls had lost
"OH, DOLOUES, THESE MEN MAY BELONG
TO THE ItEBELH I"
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their sparkle and vivacity when their
borne went up in smoke and flames.
"Father will not rebuild." said Do- I
lores sadly. "Wo will go home."
"Home," echoed Taber?"isn't this
home to you? Are you not Mexicans?"
There was a duet of trilling laughter.
(
"Did you ever hear of Mexicans
named Jones?" bubbled Marta. "My
father's name is James Jones, and this ,
valley home is merely an experiment
with him. Dad is full of hobbies, but
1 rather think he is tired of this one. (
Our home is in New York and?there
is father now! Sec him, standing there
by the postofflce building!"
"And is your name really Dolores?"
whispered Taber to the girl. ,
She shook her head, laughing. "No;
wo adopted these names for the evening.
We were going to pretend to be
Mexican girls. We thought we would
be safer. I am just plain Mary Jones
and Marta is Anne Jones?there!"
But Neal Tnber and Frank White (
didn't care a rap about names. They
declnred that a rose by another name
smells as sweet, and they decided that
they would prevail upon the beautiful
twin sisters to change the name of
Jones for others more euphonious,
which tney Anally did.
Evolution of a Word.
The word "admiral" is only the mod- i
ernized form, through Latin transla- 11
tlon, of the word amir or emir, which i
means a commander. The amir-al-bahr I]
was the commander of the sea and" i
was one of the many variations of the
title arnir-al-muminin. or commander
of the faithful, assumed by the Caliph
Oma. Medieval Europe appropriated I
the word and latinized it as udiuira- ,
lis, whence later it came into the
French language through the old
French admirail. Its first appearance
in English prose is in the chronicle of
Eayamon, that famous monk of Enrnley,
on the Severn sea. who took a |
book skin and wrote on it bis famous
chronicle. Layamon talks of an admiral
of llahilolne. This was In 120p,
but it was not until two and a half
centuries later that the word appeared
for the first time in the chronicle of
Capgrave In the form "amyrel of tho
sc." Thence It has descended to as In
the form popularly known.?Christian
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A lamp left with the flnme turned down
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Auditors Notice.
The Auditors' office will be opened for the assessment of Personal
property from January 1st 1916 to February 20th 1916.
All male citizens between the apres of 21 and 60 years are
deemed Taxable polls, except those whe are maimed or for other
causes are incapable of earning a support.
The Law requires 50 per cent penalty added to taxes on property
subject to taxes and not returned for assessment on or before
the 20th of February 1916.
I will be in vthc Auditor's office Jan., 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 29,
and 31: Feb., 5, 7. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 10, 17, 18, 19, and 20, and at
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Patrick Jan. 10 from 11 to 3 Plains Jan. 20 from 9 to 12: :~
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Cedar Creek Church Jan. 11 o'clock.
from 11 tii !t fi'i-lnnl/
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John C. Wallaces' Jan. 12 from Mt. Croglian Jan. 24 from 11 to
11 to 3 o'clock. 4 o'clock.
Cashes' Jan. 13 from 11 to 2 Dudley Jan. 25 from 1 to 4
o'clock. I o'clock.
Grants Mill Jan. 14 from (J to i Pagelaud Jan. 20 and 27 to 12
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Westfield Creek Jan. 15 from 10 Ruby Jan. 2rt from 11 to 3
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Cross Roads Jan. 17 from 11 to Middendorf Feb. 1 from 11 to 3
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Jefferson Jan. 18 and 19 to 12 Angelus Feb. 2 from 11 to 3
o'clock. - o'clock.
Catarrh Jan. 19 from 1 to 1Mcllee Feb. 3 and 4.
o'clock. iCheravv Feb. 8 and 9.
T. W. EDDINS, County Auditor
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