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

to al concerned with prompmess
Felix sprang TO Carmen. "Go l.ol
into the house, senorita, he hurriodlr
said. This is no safe place for Won !
As she still stood irresolute. perbans No..
disposed TO obey an order given So sn,0
marily, a third shot from Sapgrodo,.
pistol Clipped the adobe i'm the bor.o
wall above her head. Felix waited ~
longer, but swiftly and gently lifted hon
to the doorsill and pushed her back into
the room.
Your father will be here in min.
ute or two, he said, as he closed tbo
door. do not, on your life, yentn,o
out until he comes.
AS he turned from the doorway vo
saw at the farther end Of the corral
dark form scale the wall and disonnoor
beyond it. Felix and l both Ared at il
while it was In view for a moment
above the crest Of the wall but tbo
chance that such snap shots would find
their mark we knew TO be a small one
The defeated desperate had made GOOD
his retreat.
We looked for Lupita, but She was
gone Amid the confusion within tbe
corral after SangradO had leapcd inside
| had heard outside the wall the re-.
ports of the Kids pistol minging with
ether firing, by which il was to be infer.
red that, after his two shots mt the ban.
dit leader, lie might be transacting some
business with the men Sangrado had
left i'll reserve. Lupita in passing out at
the corral gate had left it open. There
was 10 other sign of her going but il
was reasonable to believe that she had
disappeared with her desperate lover,
Billy. OF his work there was character.
istic evidence in the shape of a man,
with two bullet wounds through his
body, lying dead at the outer corner of
the corral, with a half emptied revolver
on the ground before him.
All these events, since Sangrado had
fred the first shot, had taken place
more rapidly than l have told them.
The sound of the firing had Weakened
every one at the station, and the men
in the building and those camping about
it were quickly astir. But as every one
had to find his weapons and see that
they were all right for service, some lit
tie time elapsed before they appeared
upon the scene Of action. The two herd
ers who slept at the end OF the shed
were the first to appear. Whether they
were slow in waking or had unusual
difficulty III finding their weapons, they
did not emerge from the darkness until
the firing was over and all parties con-
cerned, except Felix and myself, had dis
appeared from the scene of action. The
station keeper and Don Ramon, with
Manuel accompanying, came next round
the corner of the house, and it was quite
evident that within the tent and down,
at the Missourian's wagon and the
prospectors' camping place the people
were astir.
With the caution that comes from ex
perience TO those who have camped
much in the far western country every
man kept out Of sight until he could by
observing and listening gain some ideaN
of the cause Of the shooting and excite
IlcDl. D6lOIt tIls SuOllil pc ao''i'"ihV"
DO man cared to rush into unknown
danger or expose himself in any way to
the chances of catching stray shot. 1t
was better to lie low in readiness to
protect his own life and belongings
Don Ramon's first thought was OF,
Carmen. With carbine in hand he pas9-
ed at once round to the door ana called
her name. Immediately she appeared to
assure him of her safety. In answer to
his anxious squestionipgs she told HIM
so much as she had seen, but was equal
ly in the dark with himself as to what
the disturbance was all about. The stat
ton keeper and herders, assisted by'
Manuel, were counting up the mules
and horses in the corral meantime, ana
they soon reported that none was miss
ing.