The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-24

ABOUT Captaln hlng! no io4s 10 az oau
Miguel. tell your
(which way did he goT
South" the trainman said.
40 Mexico cityi" growled the "greas-
er" between his closed teeth 81
knew It'll be thinks be will get there
and with o stream Of oaths, half Eng
lish and half Spanish, flowing behind
him, he hurried out of the adobe build
ing. sprang upon his saddled broncho
and galloped Gathering mp the street
toward the hill, the dogs barking at his
heels and the stupid gszers half guess
ing that some desperate deed would be
done IL fernando Marino rode like that
with hate glazing from his eyes.
"Who is that--MexicanT questioned
the trainmsn of those who were attract
ed by the noise in the street and turned
to look out He is trying to find
man by the name of Kingfsher-though
he was with the train
"HughT grunted grizzly half
breed who was turning over packages,
hes missed him agin! Kingfsher is
too smart for him. He's tho man that
caught Marine stealing cotton down In
Mexico and had him jailed for it. Ma
rino always said it was because King
fisher wanted to marry the Senorita
AveElaneda. As soon as he was free
Marino swore vengeance, and has been
trying to get n-the track Of Kingflsher
ever since. He went back 70 he States.
whar he come from, they say, but Ma
rino says he'll come agin to the senorita
some day and he's always on the watch.
Maybe be will" the garrulous old man
continued, "but if he does, | reckon
he'll give Santa Fe the go by. He
knowed that Marine come back up here,
and there's more'n one way round TO
Mexico. Besides, Marine is jealous OF
his sweetheart, and"--
Hurry up there, old MANI what are
you chattering about Handle them
things lively nowp interrupted a COM
handing voice.
None but the trainman whom Marine
had questioned had given much heed to
the half breeds talk, and 1sbody else
noticed when he left off. The tale was
intensely interesting to this one listener
but it had not solved the riddle of Cap
tain Kings disappearance from West
port Landing, it had only whetted this
mans curiosity, and he waited about inn
patient for the time when the old man
would be released from work and he
could loosen his tongue again with a
drink Of pulque.
He was not hard to start But in the
meantime it had become current rumor
that Captain King" and "Kingfisher
were identical, and that fernando
Marine, his bitter enemy, was on bis
track. No man in the train had known
Kingfsher in Mexico; that is, no man
that lived TO reach Santa Re, but more
than one of the natives recalled the fact
that the trader who was shot by the In
dams at Pawnee Rock knew him well
They had heard him speak of the enmity
between Marine and Kingfisher. lie had
come up on the boat from st. Louis, and
John King first learned Of his presence
when he saw him standing on the bow
waiting for landing.
an tell you Jest how it is said the
/ half breed after he had drained his glass
"Kingfsher was there to meet the wom-
an ne had promised TO go back and
marry years ago-fact is the States
men near about all come out here leayin
that kind of promise behind 'em, or else
they come because they've been fitted
and when he seen that trader aboard the
boat from st. Louis he had to choose be-
tween giyin up his woman for good and
all, or keepin out of sight till he see
what she would do. He knowed that
if he was not a dead man afore he
reached Santa Fe he would be betrayed
into the hands of Marine as soon as he
did get here. Womanlike, after the
gal had started out to find him she kept
right on. Plueky, wasn't she2 But ii
was the hardest course for him--he had
to foller Well, the boys say they went
north from San Miguel That mea
he's gone up to the Lost Pleiad mine,
he's a partner in 1.-THE States men Is
gittin hold here, tell you-and King
fisher III be rich man if Marine don't
lay him out"
lone thing is sure" said the train
man, Captain King or Kingfsher, is
not a coward or he would not have IN
dertaken the journey overland from
Westport to Santa Fe without the pro-
lection of the train, and he would not
have rejoined the train at Pawnee Rock
when he learned of our perilous situa-
ton. believing as he did that the friend
of fernando Marine, his deadly enemy.
was alive in the corral Captain King
is a brave man, stake my life on that,
and the man that meets him wants 70
have courage Let this Marine beware.
AS the night wanes, fernando Marino,
the yengefui descends jagged peak
and bears more and more toward the
south, cursing the blind rage that has
made him lose the trail Of the man he
seeks.
Toward the north John King and the
bride who waited long for his coming
wend their way in peace. She has never
heard of the Senorita Ayellaneda, and
he-if he has not forgotten hers glad
that Janey is by his side.
The mountain Businesses are familiar
paths TO him, and she cares not whittier
they lead since be is her guide.
THE END