The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02

(WhO Is her ne asked again in the
same measured tone as before.
This man-no not man; he Is a base
hound and traitor-he is Gaspar san
grade -
Billy gave a low whistle. Its he, is
it?'' he said. II know him. he plays
for bad man himself, and comes pref
ty near being the real thing. But that
all right. Where is he?"
He is here. Hewill come 10 the sta
ton within an hour rs a robber. There
is your quarrel, already made. l will
take You 10 where you Will meet him.
HAS he band Of followers with
him?"
-Four men But you Will meet him
first alone. When you have killed him,
the others viii make you no trouble.
But what are you 70 give me for all
this riskf You are asking much Of me,
my beautiful senorita.
4 viii give you much. Everything!
Myself Bat hear ne in one thing. l
win be with you and guide you TO
where YOU VIII meet him. Promise me
that you viii obey me and not act until
I give the word
Il promise. And now
lie moved toward her, but with
one hand She checked his advance;
with the other she pointed 10 the west
ward as If designating our hiding place.
At the same time the sound OF horses
hocis, carefully stepping came family
TO my ears, moving toward as from be-
hind We turned and could detect, at
not a great distance away, the dark
forms of men and horses advancing
among the mesquitss and yuccas. 1t
was not at Us, but at them that Lupita
had pointed. The two dusky figures
standing together by the tent paused a
moment in an attitude OF attention,
then melted away in the shadows
For Felix and me there was no time
To lose in getting back to the station
Crouching low and moving noiselessly
we crept in the shadow of the building
up TO the corral, passed round to the
farther side of the wall, scaled it and
took our position in the darkness of the
shed There, with rifles in hand, we
awaited the development of affairs
As has already been said, the corral
stood in the rear of the house, which
formed part of its front wall. But the
sides of the Enclosure, which was
square IN shape, were longer than the
length Of the house, so that the corral
wall extended about % feet easterly
from the easterly end Of the building.
Between the house and its easterly cor
ncr was the corral gate, and III the cor
ner the shed began. 1t was primitive
structure built against the easterly wall
of the corral It's open front command
ed full view of the interior of the cor
raj and the back of the house. An empty
freight wagon stood in the end Of the
shed at the corner, and, climbing into
that, we could easily look over the cor
raj wall so as to view the easterly end
Of the house and its one window. Thus
we fully commanded the two entrances
70 the room occupied by Carmen. We
had spread our blankets upon the wagon
bottom SO that in moving about we
might make as little noise as possible,
and, standing in the darkness, behind
the drivers seat, we were completely
hidden from the observation of any one
outside the shed.
Scarcely had we taken our places
when, coming round the easterly cor.
ner, along the outer face of the wall, a
sark figure, which we recognized as the
man called Miguel, stole swiftly to the
window and tapped thrice on the sash.
So still was everything about that we
could hear-perhaps rather feel-that
some one was moving within the room.
The moon shone full upon the window,
and, directly from the inner darkness,
there appeared against a pane the dusky
face, the black eyes of Dolores, gleam-
ing Il recognition as she nodded with
| finger on her lips. The visitor outside
the window vanished, returning the
same way he had come. Slowly and
noiselessly the back door of the house
opened, and the muffled form of Dolores
emerged into the corral and fitted to
the gate. She lifted the great wooden
bar, pushed the gate partly open, slipped
through the opening, shut the gate
lightly behind her and passed quickly
from sight round the corner Of the wall.
Some of the horses and mules lying
about the corral lifted their heads as
she went past them, but none arose OF
showed signs of disturbance.
Silently we clutched our weapons
waiting for what was to come. But
there was no occasion to use them a,