Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-11-22

mel need not describe the scene-ant
retuscdto stand aside. Then he threat
ened to tako my life
LAS you know, my wife is a capita
horsewoman, Md il was our custom e
ride daily on the Los Cocos road. On,
morning my darling failed to meet m,
at the trysting place. / dismounted L
wait, leaving my horse with Pope. Pres.
emily he called me, and I found hin
examining the tracks
"'SenOr, said no in his grave fash.
ion, here is tho trail Of the s%enora'I
mare. II is fresh. IL was made thil
morning He moved on, bent double.
"'Other horses have halted here, have
plunged about and have gone. The Sc
nora's mare went with them Again he
moved ON.
"'AhP no exclaimed presently, there
Is the print Of q lasso ring which has
missed the mark. There the senora's
mare halted suddenly, like the wise ami
NAL she is. That lasso did not miss,
and she has had q fall before maybe
"'What ON earth are you driving at?'
cried.
1.-the sonora turned there and squirt
cd the mare he said. The other horses
followed in a great hurry, scnor. She
did not gallop far, as we have seen.
Afterwnrd she went quietly
"'For the love Of heaven tell me
what you have learnedp 1 cried.
"a mile farther ON, senior, answer
ed the Indian stolidly, there is a path
which leads 10 Don Manuel's hacienda.
II the senora's mare turns there, that is
where the Sonora Isabel will have gone
NOT willingly, senor.'
eve ealloped hard 70 the byway
spoken Of. Sure enough, all the tracks
left the road there. The observant In
dian was right.
II had my pistols, he his machete,
We pursued the abductors and caught
them before they reached the hacienda
AS ugly a quartet rs I ever set eyes
ON. The prudent Don Manuel had di-
rected the business from q safe distance.
"His fellows showed fight, Of course,
but I managed to wing one at the first
fire, when they all turned tail. I took
my darling back to her aunt, with
whom sho was quite safe. Don Manuel
did not show up. He knew bettor."
Mrs. Norman came in just then, and
Jack abruptly changed the subject Half
an hour later Jack resumed.
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my darling was very fond Of her
aunt and unwilling to hurt her, so we
said nothing Of her sons villainy. But
when Pope and 1 got back to our ruin
GUS palace he advised me tn barricade
the door Of my room. However. 1 didn't
think it worth while, but at nightfaIl 1
stretched myself on the hide bed and
fell asleep, with a revolver close to my
hand.
"About midnight I was awakened by
a cut on the head, which, luckily, did
not stun me, or l shouldn't DO spinning
yarn now. 1 started up with the
blood streaming down my face
don Manuel stood over me with my
revolver in one hand and an uplifted
machete in the other. There's the ma
ohete.
"'Now you shall die, robberl = he
hissod and aimed another blow at me,
1 avoided. Shouting loudly for
Pepe, I grappled with him and got hold
Of his wrists. I was the stronger, bat
loss Of blood had weakened me. He
wronched his right hand free and cut
mo across the cheek. The blow dazed
me; I staggered and fell on the bed.
Before ] could rise his knee wal on
my Ghost, the maoheto at my throat. I
felt the edge. With a last effort / flung
him from me. That instant the bed
heaved and tossed, the stout walls shook,
the sleeping city awoke with a scream Of
terror. Dazed as / was, 1 knew what
had happened. So did my enemy.
THE earthquake shall not save you'll
he yelled, and rushed at me q the
quivering floor. But again the bed
heaved beneath me. Something fell from
above. There was a dull, sickening thud
"a scream Of agony-and DON Manuel
rolled over and lay still, leaving the
machote across my neck. All, that was
a close shRvei
II staggered to my feot and groped
ny WY AAOhAM CAOAuh OA uubl ~ lnI
street, which was full of people, shrick.
ing, wailing, praying to the saints. An
hour tho earthquake lasted, shock fol.
lowing shock.
when all WINS quiet and the people
had ceased to wall and pray I returned
TO the palace. Pope lay in his hammock,
bound and gagged. Together We entered
the room where / had so narrowly es.
capped death.
The body Of DON Manuel, with the
skull crushed in, lay beside my bed.
Close at hand lay tho LiberatOr In the
condition in which you SEQ it. The
statue had toppled over In the nick Of
time, killed the would DO murderer and
set me free. On such chances do the live
Of men hang.
don Manuel's mother never knew
the truth respecting his death. It wa
attributed TO tho earthquake, "a ais
were the cCts ON my head and cheek.
left Granada as o as 1 could, taking
my bride with me.
"Eow you know why we treasure the
Liberator, and why we have not daret
10 talk about II. Answers.
New Sort OF Poker.
A new variation Of poker has sprung
up. It deals out the entire pack in equa.
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