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He caught her arm, and wrcnchcd the dagger from
her, ngIng IL far away into the patio, where II fell
with splash into the stagnlnt pool. And then
crsucd frightlu struggle. for the woman fought
with tn" strength Of Il u,aniac. h" white fingers
clutch"d his throat, and II was almost moro thnh
hn could 10 q free himself and oVcrpowcr her. lie
dragged her M last. and remembering that there
was "a storrroOm next door which could br fastened
firmly from tine outside, managed T. reach 1t, and
thrust her in and draw IN" heavy bolt lie hur-
ricd away, leaving her beating wildly against the
door, and filing tn" house with terrible laughter
and shrek, that made his blood run cold. A. he
passed the N"norl~ room again. b" saw, by the
li-ht Of the Two candles that remained burning,
the terrible mummy lying huddcd upon the floor,
half beneath the overturned coffin. aud the corpse
of JOS. Maria stretched the lid with the white
painted cross that Just showed beneath his poncho
Mark hardly knew how he got 10 the corral and
saddlcd hi, hor,e. but he only hrcathcd freely
Wien he found himself galloplne at full Spe.l along
the narrow track that he'd to the town. lie drew
rein AZ the bank managers door, and dSmounted
more dead than alive But lac pulled himself t
ccthcr, and told his tale. and two hours later, the
manager tho Sub Ilclcgado and >iN policemen were
gallopiuE back with him 70 the scene OF the muir
der A. they reached III" top Of the hill thnt
overlooked the hacienda, lurld galr lit mp the
sky. and The valley filed with dense smoke.
The old house was in ianlt-.
At IN" gat" n troop of terrified horses that had
Jumped out of the corral stood hudtilcd together
trembling They were the only living things
near the house, for the farm buildings
were at some distance of. The front part of the
housc was already entirely DESTROYED. the roof had
fallen in, and nothing but IN" burning walls re-.
NAMED glowing like rcd-hot oven. The dead
and the living were gone. Victims and mardcrcss
had alike disappeared together
Mark staggered up against his friend Keep
mp man ii was the best thing that could happen.
She was raying maniac There WAS nothing
10 be done. The murlcrcss had taken the law into
her own hands and set fire To the hOuS" " leest
that was Marks superstition there was no other
way to account for the fire. hut neither lie nor
any one else would ever know the truth with GER
talnty.
And now said the manager let MS eNaminc
the S"nOrita'S grave and find the money They
set to work, raised the stone. AMI uncovered, not
coffin. but large box, which contained ~ was
expected, u great many packets of money and val
uablcs and ~ small iron case which the manager
recognized at once.
II congratulate you, he said to Mark; this il
your hcritagc!"
There was over fl20.O0O' in bonds and hard
cash, besides iewelry, silver ana many other val
uablcs. Mark merely shook his friends hand he
could not trust himself 10 speak. The money
seemed IL; nothing in his eyes IL was not
worth one thousandth part of the awful expert
once he had just como through. Wherever he
looked wherever he turned. he was haunted con-
tnually by the thought of that beautiful face, and
OF itS awful secret
He realized everything. sold the property for
what IL would fetch and started for Europe soon
"a il was possible for him T. get away. And in
the peace and quiet of an English home he does his
best forget the burning memory Of thoS" few
days in the hacienda. and of TN" horrible. terrible
secret of the Sen6rtas Ghost-iThc Argosy.