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PAGE TWO " “Sure! So do I'" answered Hooker, and Gracia continued her meal in si- lence. “My!” she said at last; “this meat 18 good! Tell me, how did you happen to have it on your saddle? We left so suddenly, you know!"” She gazed up at him demurely, cur- ous to see how he would evade this evi- «dence that he had prepared in advance for their ride. But once more, as he had always done, Hooker eluded the cunningly laid snare. “I was figuring on pulling out my- self,” he replied ingenuously. “What? And not take me?” she cried. “Oh, I thought—but dear me, what is the use?” She sighed and dropped her head wearily. “I am so tired!” she murmured de- spondently; “shall we be golng on soon?” “Not unless somebody jumps us” returned Bud. ‘“Here, let me make Yyou a bed in the shade. There now” —a8 he spread out the saddle-blankets temptingly—“you lay down and get watch.” “Ah, you are so kind,” she breathed, as she sank down on the bed. “Don't cealed a smile, “I believe you like me, after all.” “Sure” confessed Bud, returning her smile as honestly; “don’t you wor- Ty none about me—I like you fine.” He slipped away at this, grinning to himself, and.sat down to watch the plain. All about him lay the waving { grass land, tracked up by the hoofs of 1 cattle that had vanished In the track of war. In the distance he could see the line of a fence and the ruins of a house. The trail which he had fol- i lowed led on and on to the north. But all the landscape was vacant, except for his grazing horses. Above the mountains the midday thunder-caps were beginning to form; the air was very soft and warm, and— He woke up suddenly to find his head on his knees. . “Ump-um-m,” he muttered, rising up and shaking himself resolutely, “this won't do—that sun s making me sleepy.” He paced back and forth, smoking flercely at brown-paper cigarettes, and still the sleep came back. The thun- derclouds over the mountains rose higher and turned to black; they let down skirts and fringes and sudden stabs of lightning, while the wind sucked in from the south. And then, with a slash of rain, the shower was upon them. | At the first big drops Gracia stirred uneasily in her sleep. She started up a8 the storm burst over them; then, as Bud picked up the saddle-blankets and spread them over her, she drew him down beside her and they sat out the ¥ | | storm together. But it was more to 1 them than a sharing of cover, a patient 1 enduring of the elements, and the s sweep of wind and rain. When they | { They Thrust and Parrled No Mo rose up there was a bond between them and they thrust and parried no They were friends, there in the rush of falling water and the crash of light- ning overhead. When the storm was over and the sun came out they smiled at each other contentedly without fear 1 of what such smiles may mean. ! i & CHAPTER XXVII, ’ = | As the sun, after a passing storm, { { comes forth all the more gloriously, so J the joy of their new-found friendship .4 changed the world for Bud and Gra- cla. The rainbow that glowed against the retreating clouds held forth more than a promise of sunshine for them, and they conversed only of pleasant things as they rode on up the trail. The dangers that still lay between them and the border seemed very re- mote now, and neither gave them a thought. There was no one in all the wide world but just these two, this man and woman who had found them- selves. Twenty miles ahead lay the northern Dass, and from there it was ten more %o Gadsden, but they spoke neither of some sleep and I'll kinder keep al you know,” she added, looking up at? him with sleepy eyes that half con- more. | 'W’S’M'G'WMMWO O‘S’QEQ‘WWWW?S i The Land of Broken Promises : 5 By DANE COOLIDGE=—=—= ? A Stirring Story Of The Mexican Revolution Q FOEOIOEOIOLOPOPQEOELIPTHOTO00 QIOI O OTOPOEOSOBHOTON '5 would be awaiting them there. Their talk was like that of children, incon- | sequential and happy. They told of | the times when they had seen each other, and what they had thought; of the days of their childhood, before they had met at Fortuna; of hopes and fears and thwarted ambitions and all the young dreams of life. Bud told of his battle-scarred father and their ranch in Arizona; of his mother and horse-breaking brothers, and his wanderings through the West; Gracia of her mother, with nothing of her father, and how she had flirted in order to be sent to school where she could gaze upon the upstanding Amer- icans. Only Bud thought of the trail and scanned the horizon for rebels, but he seemed more to seek her eyes than to watch for enemies and death. They rode on until the sun sank low | and strange tracks struck their trail from the east. Bud observed that the | horses were shod, and more tracks of mounted men came in beyond. He turned sharply toward the west and followed a rocky ledge to the hills, | without leaving a hoof-print to mark the way of their retreat. Those hoof prints brought Bud back from the land of dreams in which he had been wandering to a realiza- tion of the dangers that lurked about them. But a little way ahead was the pass they must cross, and he sud- denly realized that they could not | safely do so in the broad light of day. He must not take such chances of losing his new found happiness. By the signs the land ahead was full of bandits and ladrones, men to whom human life was nothing and a woman no more sacred than a brute. At the pass all tralls converged, from the north and from the south. Not by any chance could a man pass over it in the daytime without meeting some gne on the way, and if the base revbltosos once set eyes on Gracia it would take more than a nod to restrain them. So, in a sheltered ravine they sought cover until it was d#k, and while Gracia slept, the heavy-headed Bud watched the plain from the heights above. As' he watched he dreamed of a home in whioh this woman now sleep- ing beside him was the queen, He dreamed of years to come with un- bounded happiness throughout all of them. Thoughts of Phil and duty to his pardner were far away. Nothing on the plain below served to distract him from this dream of happiness. As far as he could see there was nothing that savored of danger for the woman in his keeping. There were no sounds or signs of either federal or revolutionary troops, from both of which they were fleeing, and from both of which he must guard her. Again they were in a world that was all their own, an Eden with but one man and one woman. For an hour and more he watched and dreamed, and with the dreams came the desire for sleep, the cry of nature for rest. Gracla stirred, then spoke softly to him, calling him by name, and her voice was as music far away. | When she awoke and found him nod- ding Gracia inslsted upon taking his place. Now that she had been re- freshed her dark eyes were bright and sparkling, but Bud could hardly see. The long watching by night and by day had left his eyes bloodshot and swol- len, with lids that drooped in spite of him. If he did not sleep now he might doze in the saddle later, or ride blindly into some rebel camp; so he made her promise to call him and lay down to rest until dark. The stars were all out when he | awoke, startled by her hand on his hair, but she reassured him with a word and led him up the hill to their lookout. It was then that he under- | stood her silence. In the brief hours during which he had slept the de- serted country seemed suddenly to | have come to life, | By daylight there had been nothing to suggest the presence of men. But now as the velvet night set- tled down upon the land it brought J IN. 914. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, JUNE 24, 1 out the glimmering specks of a hun- dred camp-fires to the east and to the north. But the fires to which Gracia pointed were set fairly in their trail, and they barred the way to Gadsden. “Look!” she said. “I did not want to wake you, but the fires have sprung up everywhere. These last ones are right in the pass.” “When did you see them?” asked [Tooker, his head stilt heavy with sleep. “Have they been there long?” “No; only a few minutes,” she an- swered. “At sundown I saw those over to the east—they are along the base of that big black mountain—but these flashed up just now; and see, there are more, and more!” “Some outfit coming in from the north,” said Bud. “They've crossed over the pass and camped at the first water this side.” “Who do you think they are?" asked Gracia in an awed voice. “Insurrec- tos?” “Like as not,” muttered Bud, gazing from encampment to encampment. “But whoever they are,” he added. “they’re no friends of ours. We've goy to go around them.” “And if we can't?” suggested Gra- cia. “I reckon we'll have to go through, then,” answered Hooker grimly. “We don't want to get caught here in the morning.” “Ride right through their camp?” gasped Gracia. “Let the sentries get to sleep,” he went on, half to himself. “Then, just before the moon comes up, we'll try to edge around them, and if it comes to a showdown, we'll ride for it! Are you game?” He turned to read the answer, and she drew herself up proudly. “Try me!” she challenged, drawing nearer to him in the darkness. And so they stood, side by side, while their hands clasped in promise. Then, as the night grew darker and no new fires appeared, Hooker saddled up the well-fed horses and they picked their way down to the trail. The first fires were far ahead, but they proceeded at a walk, their horses’ feet falling silently upon the sodden ground. Not a word was spoken and they halted often to listen, for others, too, might hs abroad. The distant fires were dying now, except a few where men rose to feed them. The braying of burros came in from the flats to the right and as the fugi- tives drew near the first encampment they could hear the volces of the night guards as they rode about the horse herd. Then, as they waited impatient- 1y, the watch-fires died down, the guards no longer sang thelr high fal- setto, and even the burros were still. This was their opportunity. If they were to get through that line of sleep- ing men it must be done by stealth. Should they be discovered it would mean one man against an army to protect the woman, and the odds, great as they were, must be taken if need be. It was approaching the hour of mid- night, and as their horses twitched res- tively at the bits they gave them the | rein and rode ahead at a venture. At their left the last embers of the fires revealed the sleeping forms of men; to their right, somewhere in tha darkness, was the night herd and th~ herders. They lay low on their horses' necks, not to cast a silhouette against the sky, and let Copper Bottom pick the trafl. With ears that pricked and swiveled, and delicate nostrils snuffing the Mex- fcan taint, he plodded along through the greasewood, divining by some in- stinct his master's need of care. The camp was almost behind them, and Bud had straightened up in the sad- dle, when suddenly the watchful Cop- rer Bottom jumped and a man rose up from the ground. “Who goes there?” he mumbled, swaying sleepily above his gun, and Hooker reined his horse away before he gave him an answer. “None of your business,” he growled impatiently. “I am going to the pass.” And as the sentry stared stupidly after him he rode on through the bushes, neither hurrying nor halting until he gained the trail “Good luck!™ he observed to Gracia, when the camp was far behind. “He took me for an officer and never saw you at all.” “No, 1 flattened myself on my pony,” answered Gracia with a laugh. “He thought you were leading a pack- horse.” | KEEPS YOUR HOME FRESH 277/ Combination Pneumatic Sweeper THIS Swiftly-Sweeping, Fasy-Running DUNTLEY Sweeper cleans without raising dust, and at the same time pins, lint, ravelings, etc., in ONE OPERATION, makes sweeping a simple task quickly finished. even the most difficult plac of moving and liftin The Great Labor small, ¢ the d i enjoy r of n Broom er of fiyir Duntley is the Pioneer of Pneumatic Sweepers— 1 of the Pneumatic Suction Nozz Has the revolving anteed. i the “Duntley*’ at Wrike today for full particulars es, and eliminates the necessity heavy furniture. wer of the Hom a Vacuum Cleaner, why 1 x rial in your home at our expense picks up Its case It reaches e—Every home, large or gery and protection from 1 at — e s s —— | Mer “Good,” chuckled Hooker; “you did fine! Now, don't say another 'wnrq—— because they'll notice & womans voice —and if we don't run into .som‘r\ mor«: of them we’ll soon be climbing the pai‘hh.«*y had passed through some p(\r:‘ ilous moments, but Gracia had hardly | realized the danger because of the as- But / \ o frighten her unnecessarily. ?to'wtxs an assurance which he had not felt himself, and he was not yet cer- tain of their safety. The waning moon came out as they left the wide valley behind them, and then it disappeared again as they rode into the gloomy shadows of the can- yon. For an hour or two they plodded slowly upward, passing thréugh nar- row defiles and into moonlit epaces, and still they did not mount the sum- mit. In the east the dawn began to break and they spurred on ir almost a panie. The Mexican paisanos count them- selves late if they do not take the trail at sunup—what if they should meet some straggling party before they reached the pass? Bud jumped Copper Bottom up a series of cat steps; Gracia's roan came scrambling behind; and then, just as the boxed walls ended and they gained a level spot, they suddenly found them- selves in the midst of a camp of Mex- icans—men, saddles, packs, and rifles, ' all scattered at their feet. i “Buenos dias!” saluted Bud, as the blinking men rose up from their blankets. “Excuse me, amigos, I am\ in a hurry!” “A donde va? A donde va?’ chal- lenged a bearded man as he sprang up from his brush shelter. | “To the pa: enor,” answered Hook- er, still politely, but motioning for Gracia to ride on ahead. “Adios!” “Who is that man?” bellowed !hf" bearded leader, turning furiously upon ! his followers. “Where is my sentbj nel? Stop him!"” But it was too late to stop him. Bud laid his quirt across the rump of the roan and spurred forward in a dash for cover. 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