The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-01-05

ing, sprang upon his saddled broncho
and galloped Gathering up the street
toward the hill, the dogs barking at his
heels and the stupid gazers half guess
ing that some desperate deed would be
done if fernando Marine rode like that
with hate glaring from his eyes.
"Who is that-Mexican?" questioned
the trainman 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- thought
he was with the train"
"Hughr grunted grizzly half
breed who was turning over packages,
shes missed him agin! Kingisher is
too smart for him. He's the man that
caught Marine stealing cotton down in
Mexico and had him jailed for it. Ma
I-rino always said it was because King
Fisher wanted to marry the Senorita
Avellaneda. AS soon as he was free
Marine swore vengeance, and has been
trying to get on the track of Kingfsher
i,e co,lt5 from, tney say, Uut Fna-
ever since. He went back to the States,
| rino says he'll come sgin to the senorita
some day, and he's always OH the watch.
Maybe he viii. the garrulous cid man
| continued, but if he does, reckon
he'll give Santa Fe the go by. He
knowod that Marine come back up here.
| and there's ,nore'n one way round to
Mexico. Besides, Marine is jealous of
| his sweetheart, anf'-
Hurry up there, old man; what are
you chattering about? Handle them
things Lively nowr interrupted II com
manding voice.
None but tie traiEman whom Marine
had questioned had given much heed to
the half breeds talk. and nobody else
noticed when lie 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
world be released from work and he
could loosen his tongue again with
drink of pulque
| He was not hard TO start. But in the
meantime it had become current rumor
that Captain King" and "Kingtisher'
were Identical and that fernando
Marine, his bitter enemy, was on his
track No man in the train had known
Kingfisher in Mexico; that is, no man
that lived to reach Santa Fe, 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. He 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.
"fll tell you jest how it is" said the
half breed after he had drained his glass
"Kingtisher was there to meet the wom-
an he had promised to go back and
marry years ago-fact is the States
men near about all come out here leavin
that kind of promise behind EN-, or else
they come because they've been Tilted
and when he seen that trader aboard the
boat from st. Louis he had to choose be-
tween givin 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. Plucky, wasn't she? But it
was the hardest course for hiIn-he had
to foller. Wen, the boys say they went
north from san Miguel That means
he's gone up 20 the Lost Pleiad mine;
he'sa partner in 1.-THE States men is