Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 14, 1922, Page 2

R gr-mm inspector. _Livi THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER (Coptinued from last lssu , o SYNOPSIS g 'ROLOGUE. —Seeking €014 in the des- “Cameron,” solitary _prospector, l«mu & partnership with an unknown man whiym he later learns is Jonas War- rén, tather of a girl whom Cameron ‘wronged, but later married, back in Illi- ols, Cameron's explanations appease arren, and the two proceed together. ‘Taking refuge from a sandstorm in & cave, Cameron discovers gold, but too late; both men are dying. Cameron leaves evidence, in the cave, of their discovery of golid, and personal documenta. ‘Richara Gale, adven- Mexican border town, orne, lleutenant in the Nlllh e-vnlry. old enlla‘. friend. Thorne tells Gale he s there to save Mercedes c.l'ln-dl Spanish girl, his afflanced wife, from" Boja-. Mexican bandit. n.—-Gd. '“rle‘hhofllu ‘with the help of and he, Merceiles Rojas and his gal two American cowboy and ‘Thorne_escaj bugle call from the fort orders Thorne to his regiment. He, leaves Mercedes under Gale's pro- CHAPTER ITL—The nl.lr air, alded by the cowboys Who had assisted Galo in the escape, Charlle Ladd and Jim Lash, ar- Jtve i safety at a ranch hown as For- River, well across the border. CHAPTER IV—Tas tugitives are at Tom Belding's home. Belding is immi- with him are 1s wite and stepdaughter, Nell Burton. Gale, with Ladd and Lash, take service with’ Belding as rangers, Gale telling Helding the cause of his being & wanderer, & misunderstanding with his father con- cerning the_son’s business abilities. CHAPTER V.—Mercedes gets word to Thorne of her safety. Dick also writes to uig parents, informing them of his whereabouts. Nell's personality, and her kindness, attract Gale. [APTER VI—RidIng the range, Gale .lll ln with & party of three Mexican ralders encamped at a water hole. Watching his opportunity to oust them, he gees two Indians ride into the camp. One of them, a Yaqui, is evidently hadly wounded, and the Mexicans seek to kill him In a cruel way. Dick drives them off, conveying the wounded Yaqul to Belding’s ranch. CHAPTER VIL—The Indian is taken in, cared for and remains in Belding’s services, becoming Dick’s ardent admirer. Gale's admiration for Nell Increases, and Tie belleves she is not averse to his atten- tions. Belding’s horses, thoroughbreds, the pride of his life, after his wife and stepdaughter, are run off by Mexlcans. —_— i~ «What do you mean to do?” demand- |ed Belding, starting up. L “Shore I don’t know yet. . .. Give ime a light for my plpe. An’ Dick. go fetcn ont your Yaaws.” ' CHAPTER VIl : The Running of Blanco Sol. The Yaqui's strange glance roved over the corral, the swinging gate Wwith its broken fastenings, the tracks :n the road, and then rested upon Beld- ng. “Malo,” he said, and his Spanish was clear, “Shore, Yaqul, about eight bad men, an’ a traitor Indian,” said Ladd. “I think he means my herder,” add- ed Belding. “If he does, that settles any doubt it might be decent to have —Yaqui—malo Papago—sSi?” The Yaqui spread wide his hands. Then he bent over the tracks in the road. Trkey led everywhither, but gradually he worked out of the thick net to take the trail that the cowboys had followed down to the river. Beld- ing and the rangers kept close at his heels. He found a trampled spot where the raiders had left their horses. From this point a deeply dedned narrow trail led across the dry river bed. The trail of the raiders took a southeasterly course over untrodden desert. The Yaqui spoke in his own tongue, then in Spanish. “Think -he means slow march,” sald Belding. “Laddy, from the looks of that trall the Greasers are having trouble with the horses.” “Tom, shore a boy could see that,” replied Laddy.. “Ask Yaqui to tell us where the raiders are headin’, an’ if there’s water.” It was wonderful to see the Yaqul point. With a stick he traced a line in the sand, and then at the end of that another line at right angles. He made crosses and marks and holes, and as he drew the rude map he talked in Yaqui, in Spanish; with a word here and there in English. Belding trans- lated as best he could. The raiders were heading southeast toward the railroad that ran from Nogales down into Sonora. It was four days’ travel, bad trail, good sure waterhole one day out; then water not sure for two days. Ralders, not looking for pur- sulf, could(be hieaded and ambushed that night at the first waterhole, a natural trap in a valley. The men returned to the ranci. The rangers ate and drank while ma ing. hurried preparations for travel. Blanco Sol and the cowboys’ horses were fed, watered, and saddled. Ladd refused to ride one of Belding's whites. He was quick and cold. “Get me a long-range rifle an’ of shells. Rustle, now,” want a gun that'll outshoot the dinky little carbines an’ muskets used by lots * the rebels. Trot one out an’ be quick.” “Pve got a .405, a long-barreled heavy rifle that'll shoot a mile. I use it_for mountain sheep, - But Laddy he said. “I| COPYRIGHT “EXCs “HARPER AND OROTHERS. ft'll break that bronch’s back “His back won't break so easy. . .. Dick, take plenty of shells for your Remington. An’ don't forget your field glass.” In less than an hour after the time of the raid the three rangers, heavily armed and superbly mounted on fresh ! horses, rode out on the trall. As Gale turned to look back from the far bank of Forlorn river, he saw Nell waving a white scarf, He stood high in his stirrups and waved his sombrero. Then the mesquite hid the girl's slight figure, and Gale wheeled grim-faced to follow the rangers. They rode in single file with Ladd in the lead. He took a beeline course for the white escarpment pointed out by the Yaqui; and nothing save deep washes and impassable patches of cactus or rocks made him swerve from fit. At noon the rangers got out of the thick cactus. The desert floor inclined perceptibly upward. When Gale got an unobstructed view of the slope of the escarpment he located the raiders and horses. In another hour's travel the rangers could see with naked eyes a long, faint moving streak of black- and-white dots. “They're headin’ for that yellow pass,” sald Ladd, pointing to a break in the eastern end of the escarpment. “When they get out of sight we'll rustle. I'm thinkin’ that waterhole the Yaqui spoke of lays in the pass.” The rangers traveled swiftly over the remaining miles of level desert leading to the ascent of the escarp- ment. When they achieved the gate- way of the pass the sun was low in the west. Ladd gave the word to tie up horses and go forward on foot. The narrow neck of the pass opened and descended into a valley half a mile wide, perhaps twice that in length, It had apparently unscalable slopes of weathered rock leading up to beetling walls. “Keep down, boys,” sald Ladd. “There's the waterhole, an’ hosses have sharp eyes. Shore the Yaqui figgered this place. I never seen its like for a trap.” Both white and black horses showed | against the green, and a thin curling column of blue smoke rose lazily from i amid the mesquites. “I reckon we'd better wait till dark, or mebby daylight,” sald Jim Lash. “Let me figger some. Dick, what do you make of the outlet to this hole? Looks rough to me.” With his glass Gule studied the nar- row construction of walls and rough- ened rising floor. “Laddy, it's harder to get out at that end than here,” he replied. “Shore that’s hard enough. Let me have a look. . . . Well. boys, it don’t take no figgerin' for this job. Jim, T'll want you at the other end blockin’ the pass when we're ready to start.” “When'll that be?” inquired Jim. “Soon as it's light enough In the mornin’. That Greaser outfit will hang tili tomorrow. There's no sure water ahead for two days, you remember.” The rangers stole back from the vantage point and returned to their horses, which they untled and left farther round among broken sections [of cliff. For the horses it was a dry, hungry camp, but the rangers built a ifire and had their short though | strengthening meal. Jim Lash rolled in his saddle blanket, his feet near the fire, and went to sleep. Ladd told Gale to do llkewise while he kept the fire up and {walted until it was late enough for ;Jlm to undertake circling round the ralders. When Gale awakened, Jim | was up saddling his horse, and Ladd; was talking low. With Ladd leading, away into the gloom, | exceedingly slow, careful, silent. Final- t1y the trail showed pale in the gloom, and eastern stars twinkled between the lofty ramparts of the pass. Ladd halted and stood silent a mo- ment. “Luck again!” he whispered. “The wind's in your face, Jim. The horses won't scent you. Try to get up as high as this at the other end. Walit till daylight before riskin’ a loose slope. I'll be ridin’ the job early. That's all.” Ladd’s cool, easy speech was scarce- ly significant of the perilous under- taking. Lash moved very slowly away, leading his horse. Then Ladd; touched Dick’s arm, and turned bgck up the trail. they moved Advance was| the pass and down to the point where they had parted with Lash. Here they awaited daylight. The valley grew clear of gray shadow except under leaning walls on the eastern side. Then a straight col- umn of smoke rose from among the mesquites. Manifestly this was what Ladd had been awaitgig. He took the long 405 from its sheath and tried the lever. Then he lifted a cartridge belt from the pommel of his saddle. Every ring held a shell and these shells were four inches long. He buckled the belt round him. “Come on, Dick.” Ladd led the way down the slope until he reached a position that com- manded the rising of the trail from a level. It was the only place a man or horse could leave the valley for the pass. .. . (Continued In Next Issue) If Grown People who are rundown in vitality and out of sorts, would but realize the strength-restoring power of rich, nourishing Scotf's Emulsion they would not dream of doing without its health-building bene- KEYS Get duplicate keys made while you wait! A complete stock of blank keys here always. Given Hardware ‘&-PHONE 57 - fits. Rich in vita- mines, Scott’s has helped thousands achieve strongth of body. Scott & Bowne, Bloomseld, N. J. B. W. LAKIN, President disability. Together they picked a way back through the winding recesses of cliff.| The campfire was smoldering. 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