The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-09-01

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VII he worth IN q hundred years. | will I
tell her. lie said finally. turning his horse ,
rcsolntely about. that found the goats. ,
but that the wolves had found them FIRST. {,
Then he put spurs to Juan and rode to
ward Dom Ana.
Il wanted yet two hours OF dawn when
fsabel, lying awake, heard again the noise
VI approaching hoofs. She arose and threw
blanket about her ana went outside.
kamantaro leaned from his horse ana
whispered:
Get me some pistols, quick have but
one, and the regulators are close behind"
without pausing to question, the girl
went into the hut put on some clothing
swiftly, ciimc out and ran to the corral
where in an instant she had saddled and
mounted her fathers horse. Then, wheel
ing to the side of Ramantaro, she handed
him pistol and placed twoin her own belt.
Two can fight better than one" she said.
Ramantaro laid his hand gently upon her
arm.
Have you thought" he asked
Yes" was the firm reply
III you go now you cannot return"
~ know"
Just then the goats, aroused by such an |
unusual stir at that early hour, began to
iloft itolitrnl1 utuluu tut CAcAuH
This seemed toremind Ramantaro OF some
thing.
He spoke hesitatingly:
"Ysabel, did not 90 after the goats"
Il know. 1t does not matter. They were
not lost. You have been to Dona Ana.
wanted to keep you from that"
They were not LOST We are quits, then"
With that the outlaw bent toward his
companion and drew her TO him and kissed
her full upon the lips
Then they seated themselves well in their
saddles, laid their reins loosely on the necka
| Of their horses and rode away toward the
coming dawn.
For long time they rode silently, neck
and neck. When the day began TO show
across the bare plain the girl looked about
her and shuddered. -....
Ramantaro saw the look and spoke:
at is our only chance. They will not
dare follow here"
1T Is the tornado del Muerte."
"Yes. It is the Journey Of Death"
Then they rode forward calmly into the
brown horror
A little later the leader of the regulators,
without slackening his pace. extended his
right arm before him and said to his com
, paniOn:
Into the Tornado del Muerte," was the
, aved answer.
YES. into the Journey Of Death" Then
he added grimly.
( I'VE shall have him now. like a rat in a
hole"
{ As they rode ON the hot sun came out
and burned upon the brown sand that had
b already been parched in the furnace OF
] many thousand years. Its heat was reflected
into their faces. and the alkali dust dried
} their threats and tongues almost beyonc
endurance. Some began to mutter discon
tentedly, and TO look back over the wa.
= that they had come.
4 Later, when they discerned some moving
e specks long way of, they gathered VI
4 their courage in both hands, rode grimly OF
e to seize their prey.
Il Ramantaro looking back saw his pursu
e ers. He laid his hand upon Ysabel's rein
They come he said. Il can escap
Is only by going On. Ii is twenty league
r vet. Few have ever crossed the Jornad
ID del Muerte and lived to tell IL. But you
i. they will not harm you. VIII you tur
ne back"
er The girl shook the reins upon her horse
neck and urged him forward.
n. II will 90 where you 60" she answered
'He is a long way of, =" said the leader {
Ill the regulators, hating his pace and watcl
ing the moving specks ahead of him. ION
cannot tell here how far. Distance cheat
the eye 1t lies to one"
I'VE will 20 back. he said again after
ok little while. Il am ashamed to go bacl
OF but It is only death to go farther But |
l. inst as safe nodding in the direction
irl the fuqitives. repeating, lust as safe
though we had rope around his neck
he When he saw that his pursuers no long
followed Ramantaro rested little.
be unslung the leather water bottle from
lie shoulder and gave to Ysabel to drink Th'
he made motion as If swallowing son
he himself and poured little Of the wat
III. into his palm and moistened the horst
he mouths with IL.
.pt He used it sparingly, for upon that al
he the endurance Of their horses now rest
their hope for life.
mt All through the long afternoon they TO
ell ON. straight across the brown desert. IN
ut grew faint and weary. and once Nsai
ar would have fallen but she was stayed
drl her companions hand He gave her wat
Il a AGAIN. and when the moon came up th
vet rode--riding for life.
lif Ysabel's horse stumbled and fell a
could not rise again. kamantaro III
be her in his arms. .
Il cave me and ride" she whispered. I
be he raised her TO his own saddle, and
good Juan bore them both forward. Fin
III he. too, fell
Then, knowing that his own strength
all that they could depend on, Pete rose a
sh lifted the girl in his arms again and ma
forward as best he could, weakly, blin'
an staggering and falling sometimes, but
WAYS forward with a strength born OF
spair. And so he struggled on through
ge. long night
When the Indians who live in the
peublo Of san Miguel, which is just NJ
H." the eastern edge Of this terrible dies
which men yet know by name as the 10
ney Of Death, came out in the morning
the draw water from the single well that {
has placed there TO mark the limit Of
aid, 'cursed place" they found man an
uld woman lying asleep beside il.
ona The half empty gourd which the won
clutched in her hand showed that they
our drunken, and when they awoke and |
lme whence they had come the Indians eros
ona themselves and murmured;
.She is a saint. For no woman ever G
hat, across the J ornado del Muerte and lived.
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