Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-23

Oh which this story opens lie would join
the party. he thought, As they passed the
station ON their return. and as one of the
railway officials was on the train. he
would know when To look out for them
Next dav he strulird about the neigh
bOrhuud He was restless and uneasy
and, like most anxious lovers, spent muCl
time in arguing with himself Nellie
could not really prefer that dude from.
New York to him. he tried To persuade
himself. and yet how could ne be secure
lie was subjecting himself 10 an ingenious
course Of self torment, whel he met the
three railroad men.
He fell into conversation with them
and found a mental tonic In their hearty
ways and sensible observations, all un
conscious, meanwhile that the Divinity
which shapes our ends would make them
casual acquaintance actors in drama
VI real life, in which he himself would
have part and the star would be how
Wildly improbable he would have thUugnt
- the beautiful girl who might be even
low on the top of the stage on her way
rom Del Nurte to Alamosa
When he parted from his new friends,
refure the train from the north arrived. he
eft the Mexican village on one side.
limbri little elevation, and, getting
hcrrfrom a splendid view Of the Spanish
'caks, threw himself on the ground, and
ay there smoking and surveying the
prospects. just As two villaluuus looking
MeXiCaus approached the base of the lUw
lift. and began talking eagerly together
suddenly his attention was arrested by
what he overheard Of the conversation
,elow Fortunate. iudrrd was 1t that
Ie understood Spanish, for the fel-
ows were plotting vengeance against
rOm Lewis He listened eagerly.
hey spoke vaguely. but finally agreed Ia
,btaiu certain information and meet
again at the same place at O'Clock
Stanley waited until they were out OF
sight, and then descended and walked
towards the new town There was an
Incummunly serious expression on hI~
tace, and he said but little 10 the ac
Iuaintauce- whom he met on'the streets,
n while submitting 10 the miserleS OF
upper at IA restaurant called, with savage
runy, "DrlmuniCu of the Mountains.
After it was over he sat silently smoking
md then, after carefully exam
ming the caps on his revolver and
.ookinC several times at his watch, he
walked away III the direction from which
he had come
An hour later he broke in upon Burke
and Harris. sitting in the lattcr's room
Burke caught the expression on his face
IN a minute
bet YOU ten To one, Jack, said he, be
lore he opens his mouth, that this yer,
young feller's got something serious {,
tell us
Well, should say So" said Stanley
He told his story rapidly and concisely
rhe Mexican scoundrelS had, he said, 4
grudge against Tom Lewis.
Il told him 50. interrupted Burke. /
was Jose and Carlos, an don't you forEl
IT. Wa'al. what the devils work are the /
up to now
Only throwing his train of the TRACK
tomorrow morning" ." said Stanley Then
ne gave all the detail, OF the plan, As dis
cussed in his hearing. and designated the
nlace which they Lad selected where they
would draw the spikes from the rail.
The express ION of his hearers faces, As
they listened BODIED i'll for the future well
fare of the t'.u MeNlCans.
sort o r, ugh on Tom" said Harris, IAN
not ON him alone The vice president an
MS party will be on that thar train. The
telegram came half an hour ago. You
asked me to let you know, an wa,
I-gOin' 10 send word To you, out 10 the
ranch Now we'll just-eh. what's the
matter, young feller, Here, drink this.
Stanley had turned deadly pale, and well
he might for ill that party was Nellie
He struggled to regain his CompOsure,
and = few works sufliCed him To make the
situation clear to the men. Harris rose,
muttering an oath between his teeth
"Forcwarued is forcarmcd my boy" said
ne. There's plenty Of time. The night
freight eastward is taken off, and there'u u
he no train over the curve till Tom comes
along, an you bet your life she won't he
thrown off the track neither, an them
cuSsed greasers will wraStIe their hash in
we'll, just wait and see Don't say a
word to soul. and look sharp now, for
we've plenty Of work to do
Jose and Carlos had conceived, as they
thought. very satisfactory plan The
big Americana, strong armed and loud
voiced, had brought his fate upon him
self Had he not dared TO pay atten-
o..
and insult another 10y laying vigorous
hands upon him, MadTe de Dios. his
blood should atone And then, what mat
tered It if ten or twenty Gringus We're
sent 10 ptrditiOn at the same time, Ac-
cidents will happen, and rails will be
lOosened, in spite Of all possible vigilance
No one would be the wiser, and, indeed. II
they concealed themselves near the spot
there might be a rare chance for plumber
Yuien sabe, They would be wary and
watch their chance. The GringOs some
times carried plenty Of money in the cars,
and If the big man with the two revoIvers
and the belt full of cartridges, who took
care of it, should be killed. as he surely
must be, they might secure a fortune
cross the mountains by paths known to
them, defy pursuit, and live rich and
happy in Sonora or chihuahua. 4 pretty
plan, indeed 50, in the gray of the early
morning, before the first rays of the rising
sun had baJhed the snowy summit OF
the Sierra Blanca in rose-pink, they
climbed the steep and intricate trail. They
begulled the weary way with glreful talk
they INDUCED i'll rUSeate visions of the fu
ture; they built grand castles i'll the air
" ny > l!ObN ldN' ais iS NlfN were. " UtIl
their revenge was achieved and their fort
unes were made, they might even place. a
vOtive Offering in some tawdry little adobe
'hapel on Mexican hillside Little did
they know that an hour before, three men
mad climbed that same path ahead Of
them. all strong and brave, all armed to
the teeth; and two OF them fruntiersmen,
faithful and devoted enough To DE cut to
pieces before harm should come to lives
entrusted to their care; and who, too
mated the greasers with such a righteous
hatred that in the line Of their duty, they
would have looked upon the eXtermina-
alton of an entire settlement Of them with
extreme Indifference. Trouble ahead,
Seniors jose and Carlos,
When at last they reached the chosen
spot, and toiled at the spikes with their
rude tools, little. too, did they know that
from hiding place Ne; far distant. these
three same men watched their every
Burke, filled with righteous wrath,
showed some Impatie.I.r.
say, Jack. whispered he. what's the
Ise of waiting: Let's blow the id
'coundrels brains out now, and have done
with it.
Harris put his hand on his arm.