The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-03-15

stroyed before his eyes--not that that
amounted to much now that he could no
longer occupy this wife and child
must flee at once for Sonora, and he no
with them, but recompense for his loss
he must have. Never again could he
venture into Arizona He would be
known far and wide as the betrayer of
his benefactor's children, though he
called God and all the saints in the
Spanish calendar to witness he never
dreamed of their being involved in this
plot. The paymasters funds, not the
lives of any of the paymaster' g men, were
what he had sought to take, and now
there lay the dollars almost within their
grasp but unless captured at once
would be gone forever.
know that pig of sergeantl MAY
the flames of hell envelop him for all
eternity he cried. "He will not scru-
pie to do as he says. He will cast ev-
cry package into the seething furnace.
Mira! Look! The shed is now all
ablazel In one minute the roof of the
rancho will burst into flannel There is
not an instant to lose ! adiure you let
the daughters of Harvey, the son, the
men, come out at once. Swear to them
safety. honor, protection. Let them 20
their way now, now! Then you will
nave to deal with only two or three.
and the treasure is ours Look you,
Sanchez. Pedro, Jose. down with that
shed next the rancho! Hurl it. drag it
down SO that its fire cannot reach the
crush beyond; then we can parley; we
can win their ear. They will be but
too glad to be spared to go on their way
unharmed. Yonder are their mules
across the corral. Hitch them in at
once. Save the others for the ambu-
lance and the blackboard here and for
our noble chief. Is it not so, captain?
Am l not right?'
Approving murmurs followed his fiery
| words. So long as the Yankees held to-
| gether there was little likelihood of the
outlaws gaining the ground except by
burning out, and that now meant the
destruction of the very money they were
after, the utter loss of the fortune that,
divided even among so many, would
enable them to live like princes in Her.
mosillo or beyond. They would be he
roes, conquerors. But if that were lost
after all their plotting, planning, labor
ana crime, there was absolutely no rec
ompense. Even through the brain cloud
ing fury of his revenge Pasqual Morales
saw the sound sense of Moreno's plea
He made no effort to check the men
who ran to do his bidding and were even
now with lariats and stalwart arms
dragging the props from under the shed
md lnfti,
tering down. Within the eastern room
the dense smoke was already finding its
way. The sound of falling beams and
timber only conveyed to the occupants
the idea that already the shed was in
embers and that any instant the roof
over their heads would burst into a tor
rent of fire. Ned Harvey's brave spirit
was taxed to the utmost. Unless relief
could come, and come at once, nothing
remained for him but death, nothing
for those fair sisters but fate far
worse.
At one instant he was on the point
OF urging the paylnaster to comply
with the outlaws demand pledging
himself and his fathers fortune to make
good to the government every cent so
sacrificed. His father could pay it four
times over and would rather sink his
last cent than that the faintest harm
should come to those beloved children,
but the next moment Feeny's splendid
defiance had so thrilled him that he
could not frame the words he thought
to speak, and yet here was awful peril
close at hand. What right had he to
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OF these, his fathers fondest treasuresp
Ii it were only himself, he would
stay and fight it out to the bitter end
But if the robbers could now be content
with the money alone and pledge safe
guard for the property. was it not his
duty, would it not be his fathers man
date We're he there, to buy the safe and
contents from the agent of the general
government and pay the ransom levied?
But he little dreamed of the fury of
revenge and hatred burning in the
Ioul of Pasqual no 5le faith
1med the treachary AMI cunning of the |
outlawed scoundrel Even as he was |
revolving these thoughts in his mind, |
aver and again listening with new hope
tor the sound of rallying trumpet, the
beat OF rescuing hoofs, there resound-
ed through the night the sonorous an6
ringing voice that so short a time be-
fore had called for the surrender of the
safe. Edward Harvey, we pledge safe
conduct for you, your sisters and your
party. Here is your wagon ready, your
team hitched in. Throw your arms out
OF the door. Come forth as you please.
Put the senoritas in the wagon. Look
neither to the right nor left, but drive
away, and God be with you. We have
no quarrel with you and yours. We
war only with these soldiers who have
killed our chief
Put yourself in his place. Death for
him, perhaps for them-dishonor any
way-was all they could look for if no
rescue came. Was it not his duty to
his parents, to his sisters, even to God,
to accept these terms-to withdraw his
little force? Why should he be peril
ing such precious lives and names in
the defense of government official who
had been 80 Wreckless as to mart ". n