The sun., 1894-08-19

ns tssrd and spo,it The ear. where the weather
/ had caught IL and 6enantb his shirt which was
% " he % rest. his hand. ;yere Ion 2 and delicate
D Notwithstanding the hard work Of which they
s 7se s, ,rsis at hs s',bbss ,bs; ever bed .sen.
/ Your pardon. sefOr." aid this man 20 me in
good spanish. lowing 20 me Is he spoke III 6it
/ with yondrr woman, and ] cannot understand
/ how l. comes about that YOU. stranger; hsys
! would explain II To me in order that might
. learn now 10 put stop 70 such murders. These
, do not know where shall look To- replace them
! II oAnpot explain II. senior, answered; r.;
/ turning his bow. " further than 20 say that
i have a certain rank among the Indians. on ar
( count Of which they reverence me. Still. though
/ that You will forget any words of mine which
may chance TO have reached your ears, since OF
" By ali means, sefor. they are already for.
gotten. Well ddbls, this sight is not 80 pie'-snt
thai ~. Tie hss9 ,S bs say Sny. on ana replacing MS nat
Although my journey proved to be vain,
seeing that the scroll ! came 70 read had van.
discovered. but really as1 believe, because de-
s.rel to become friendly with this white man.
A. it 'hanced. an opportunity was soon given
me " do him = signal service. have stated
MeSicans who we're jealous Of the Eneishman.
aud these people stirred up some a scontented
that. IL they did 80, they would win a great
| treasure that he kept hidden In his house.
Brotherhood. and determined TO frustrate Il.
10 which end | collected together twenty good
men and true, and. arming them With guns;
TO the white man. whom did not wish TO alarm.
The plan Of the murderers was to attack the
house at the hour OF dawn where the Senior
strickland slept with four or Ave servants only.
! aud 70 put all within its walls to death Accord
ingy about o'clock on the night hxed. de-
spatched my men by twos and threes. instruct
ing them to go round the hills at the back Of the
house, and. creeping into the garden. 70 hide
. there the trees Till appeared.
An hour later ! followed them myself without
psrty | for rain fe and nd tRe night was @ very cry DARK
Arriving In the garden, collected my men and
placed them in ambush under q low wall com
derer- must come. where We waited patiently
till the cocks crew and the dawn began to.break.
meath as of men marching. and in the gathering
light saw the murderers creeping steslthily up
great was their fear OF the Englishman that they
thought it safer TO bring many men 70 Kill him;
also each Of the villains desired that his neigh
Dor should be a sharer in the crime.
VIII you not wake up the Englishman Z"
30" answered. sit will be time enough to
wake him when the affair is settled. Now. let
none Of you fire till give the word"
Now, the brigands men without shame. in
the street below. after waiting little time for
the light 10 grow stronger, advanced toward the
air was chilly. and each Of them had his serape
wrapped about his head. In their hands they
carried rifles and drawn machetes.
Within ten PAGES of the gate they paused for a
minute to consult. and I heard their leader. a
tie hack Of the house 20 as TO cut on ali escape.
Then whistled. which was the signal agreed
with my rifle. Almost before the sound had left
my lips there followed report Of twenty guns,
and some fifteen or sixteen of the enemy were
stretched upon the ground
For moment they wave-ed and thought
that the rest Of them were going 20 fly. but this
been seen. therefore they rushed at the wall
with yell. firing as they came. Ashley climbed
machetes. aud the AFFAIR was sharp, for they
were desperate. and Outnumbered us.
still they lost many men in climbing the wall
and forcing the gate, and the rest of them, with
the exception Of fourteen. who fled. and were
g5 1ns tho %s 5%er psr sSs the ras
just as IL was over. the EnRlshmsn. who was
sound sieerGr, appeared; yaT1ing and dressed
What is this noise - he asked. rubbing his
eyes, and why are you peGp!e, fighting in my
IL trust that the seior will pardon u.s." said.
bowling e for disturbing, him, but this matter
could not be settled without some noise. May
and S%s viii Viii @ cat$h G"id & 'hlt - that s ''
And now perhaps YOU viii explain why you
spoil my garden ard BY making battlefield Of H."
that AS went on he grew very angry.
o., suppose that 1.. l. must thank you gentlemen nsh
never asked you 20 do 1t. But. all the same.
this night in my garden without giving me the
iitttiIe girl tha. / should be treated In such a
wayt" And OF sudden he burst out laughing
That day, when all the trouble and
the place had been made tidy; the senior Strick-
pleasure TO dine with him. accepted. and as
we sat smoking after dinner. having talked OF
Don Ienatio. m @ owe You You my my % life. and. md believe
me, am grateful, for ! do not see why, you
II did il because % u nike ike sS you, seiof."I an.
swered, also because IL Is very pleasant TO catch
the wicked in their own tolls. Those who per:
ished this morning were villains, every one of
such men without shame win murder human
on by others who hate you because you treat
your Indian workmen fairly, and also because
they do not wish foreigners here 70 compete with
them, and think that you are but the first bird
Therefore they thought that 1t would be good
policy 10 kin you SO as 10 frighten away the
Others d bboweTeT that danger has Eons by, and
lesson which they viii not forget"
80 much the better then" he answered, for
have troubles enough 70 deal with here, with
such contemptible vermin. And.nOw Don Ig-
natio, ! hardly Ike % 70 ask you, and daresay
but are you willing 20 accept an engagement
am sadly In need Of sub-manager here, one
man am prepared TO pay hundred dollars a
month, The funds Of the company represent
will not allow ms 10 offer more"
thought for while, aud answered:
senQr The money Is not enough 20 tempt me,
tnDukn IL Will serve 10 Du| IOOu. longing. anu
cigars, but accept your offer for the same rsa-
son that fought your battles this morning. be-
cause like you, and will gladly do my best To
serve you and your interests.
"still, l must warn you that. for aught I
know, may have 10 leave your service at short
notice, for my time Is not altogether my own. |
also am the servant OF great company senior,
and though now ! am on leave, as IL were, and
have been for these many years, may be re-
quired at any moment"
Thus IL was then that ! entered the service Of
the senior James Strickland. rather OF his
company, In which ! continued, working very
hard, for the sehOr did not spare either me or
himself for something more than year. But
as the record Of those months OF fruitless labor
could have little interest for you. instead Of
writing Of them, will tell you in few words
what was the history OF this Englishman as he
told Il TO me.
He was OF noble blood. might be seen ia his
face, for he had right "a be addressed as
"honOTable," which 1t would seem IN cans more
In England than IL does here. Neyertl eess, his
father was a priest Of the hereto church and
quite poor: though how this came about, you.
being an Englishman, will understand better
than |, seeing that In most countries 1t is the
privilege Of mobiles 10 enrich themselves at the
expense of others OF less rank.