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Tan with which he was striving to re.
vive his fainting chief, the young fell.
low from Harvey's party, he who was
stationed ut the north door and had
been so fortunate as to shoot Morales
himself, now suddenly sprang from his
covert, and placing the muzzle of his
Henry rifle close to the door deliberately
popped three shots in quick succession
through the splintering woodwork, and
in the confusion and dismay which re.
suited was able to leap nimbly into his
corner again before the answering shots
could come.
Take that for your answer!'' shout
ed Feeny again, "you black hearted,
black bellied thafe, and take this, too,
bad scran to We! Every dollar of that
moneys in greenbacks that'll burn as
aisy as tissue, and if you want it come
and get it now. IT'S you that's got no
time to lose. Come and get it, say,
for be the soul of st. Patrick you'll
never have another chance. Just as
sure as We let that fire reach this ranch
and harm those young leddies-old Har.
vey's daughters that never did We a
harm in the world-every dollar in the
safe goes whack into the fire, and sorra
shinplaster will you have for all your
pains. Amt that SO, paymaster9 Shurt
the government ought to be mighty GLAD
of the chance of saving all those prom
w Sfavu, reenyl- snoureu young Har-
vey from the adjoining room. We're
not smoked out yet, by good deal, F" he
added in lower tones. But if the worst
comes to the worst we can make rush
for the barley stack in the corral. Lie
still, Ruth, little sister. 1t won't be
any time now before the soldiers will
come galloping to u.s." And, hiding
her terror stricken face in her sister
breast, the girl obeyed.
Out at the corral gate meantime a
vehement council was being held. Fee
ny's bold defiance and threat had pro-
duced their effect. His voice had rung
out above the roar of the flames, and
what Morales could not hear was
promptly reported by those who had
crawled up nearer to the bar and could
understand every word. Even hampered
by the care of their helpless women, the
defense was undismayed. The little gar
rison was fighting with magnificent
hope and courage.
Beyond the wounding of one of their
number, no impression apparently had
been made, whereas the bandits had
sorry loss to contemplate. Ramon
shot dead, Pasqual crippled and the
two "gringos, the daring, enterpris-
ing leaders of the attack, painfully
wounded, one probably MORALLY SO.
And now, with the flames lighting up
the whole valley between the Picacho
and the Christobal, with cavalry known
to be out in several squads within easy
march, some of the men were already
weakening. They had had enough Of
it and were quite ready to stink away,
but Pasqual was a raging lion. Re-
venge for the death of his brother,
wrath over his own crippled condition,
fury at the failure of the assault and
hatred on general principles of all hon.
ed him to order and enforce renewal
Of the attack, all served to madden him
to such degree that even burning his
adversaries to death seemed simply a
case of serving them right What cared
he that two of the besieged were fair
young girls - noncombatants? They
were George Harvey's daughters, and
that in itself was enough to bring balm
to his soul and well nigh cause him to
forget his physical ills.
One or two Of the band strove to
point out that the faintest indignity Of
fered to the sisters would array not only
all Arizona, but all Mexico against
them. Like dogs they would be hunt
ed to their holes and no quarter be CIV
en-. Returning hitherto with their
spoils. Chihuahua or Sonora had well
coined them with open arms, but what
outlaw could find refuge on Mexican
soil who had dared to wrong the chill
dren Of George Harvey and Inez ROM
ero? 1t was even as they were point
ing this out to Pasqual and urging that
he consent to be lifted into the ambu-
lance and driven away southwark be-
fore the return of the cavalry that Mo-
reno himself appeared. Slipping out
Of his western window, dropping to the
ground and making complete circuit
Of the corral, he suddenly joined in the
excited conference. What he said was
in Spanish, or that pan-Arizona patois
that there passes current for such, and
was wild, fervid appeal
They had ruined him-him ana his.
He was unmasked, betrayed, for now
his connection with the band was estab-
lished beyond all question. Now he
was known and would soon be branded
as an outlaw. His home was being de-
stroyed before his eyes-not that that