The Billings gazette., 1899-06-16
his throat aud savage eyes met his

wN hf0tHI1N t0SStW tue SShSeteSS Neal,
, There wese three of them eNaWehea IN
der an ovtEAaMgiNw ledge @thNee SsMlS
ter looking bandits, wearing heavy tel
hats and With rSa BLANKETS aNawl
ACROSS their mouths They Sat Still WM
I'll about the NMe Nll travel had eeaset
on the highway above They were NlaN,
ming in how voices the division ot tht
snoils when Jnanito>s hard httle Indian
head began to thsoh eoNseioNslN Ms
first thing he heard to understand was
that Miguel WAY ~ turn the coach 0veY
exactly at that spot and that bon RNNN.
lite had the money for the years pWllNe
from his San Martin hacienda, ami
that Dona Ynes hHa heen 10 a baile IN
Poebla, and had On her mothers aiau
Monds.
"1f the fall does not kim" gvowleA
one, ~ tap Of the good friend here"~~
And Joanito heart HIM slap his pistoh
Jaanito heard, and, thoWgh sick and
dasea, eomprehenaea> He eoNla not
see how he could prevent It. He knew
that when the eoaehman tipped the car,
riage down the barWAea DeMa NAes
would be hurt and, II she were Not
hurt enough, they would KIN hen AhN
He would not yet his eentavo II DaNa
Ynes was killed, The Thought moved
him--poor little, dying baby\
He tried to raise himself but the
effort increased the deadly nausea A
night wind was blowing and rNstlea
the leaves Under cover Of that noise
he could move freely X he could keep
from crying. And keep from crying he
would. for even his short life had gtVeM
him self control and courage He was
not an American child, who screams
when II Is explained kindly that he
cannot have the moon. He began to
move, pulling himself up by Inches,
forced often to rest from sheer anguish,
but never moan was wrahg from his |
lips by the torture.
Several hours must have passed be, |
fore he reached the highway. When |
there, he could not tell which way to |
20. He had lost his sense Of direction,
always extraordinary In Indians, He
thought he heard a shout FROM below,
as though the men had missed him 10,
without further eoRitatieA, he dfaggea
himself along the road, He was cold
with an awful chill that struck out
from the benes. The blood steadily ran
down his face from the crack IN his
skull He was afraid he was goMg In
the wrong direction, Before this he
should have heard the clip. elip OF the
high stepping black mares, His tongue
was getting too big for his mouth, and
his heart reared like a wild thing,
Suddenly he heard the rumblng Of
The carriage, and he faAeied he could
Zee the shining TANKS of Don Hypelite's
beautiful thoroughbreds, He gave a
Try, another ana another, They were
irving rapidly-and driving byl
Az they swept past for the frat time
le burst out crying and sank IN the
lust. Dona Ynes, inside The carriage,
vas jerking Violently at the cord |,
why does he not stopS Oh, papa,
all Miguel to stopl Some one called
ne Some one IL hurt by the read Z
Don Hypolite put his head out and !
rdered Miguel TO drive slowly back.
The guilty scamp did 40 reluctantly
NE carriage halted by the side of little :
obbins Juan, and Dona yhes Jumped \
ut, She had dropped her fur coat, for Y
he night was warm, ana her bare arms Z
hone milky white through tho Meshes =
I lace mahtllla, The Mantilla Was y
astehed by a gold and turquoise eemb u
, tho high knot OF dusky hair, and tho
arved edges Tapped eoQuettishly about y
er rogaish face, Y
Regardless Of her satin bill sown, u
le knelt IN the dust by Juanlto, After ~,
had told her and Don Hypolite Of Y
10 plan 10 rob and murder them, she u
lrrled him herself In her round arms "
J tho carriage. while Don Hypolite, "
,rtly and eonFtly, Ia evening dress,
ith a half dosen decorations alitterina
his breast, Went back calmly and -,
allied Miguel by the oout collar ott hia "
at, Relieving tho rascal Of hia pistol y
Id kicking hiM aanndly, Don llypor y
10 took the reilM and drove back 10 .,
nehla, leaving Miguel rubbing his y,
'hos ana wondering how II happened "
The motion OF tho oArpiAga ~ iarraa y, y,
u little pain moked frame that A0nN W
hea, thinking that II must no A mat W W
\ 0f but Il taW lNomanta naked har IA w pn
or 10 stop ,Nanlto whispered to har SS'a
M he could not breathe, that ha wjahed wv
no outdo0ra where he eoNld sea the w w
Apa Mo ponA Snea, tepderly holdng ",
. child, Aat In the araaa by the p0ad, w w
Alas, he could breathe n0 hpttpp nm w.
y The quiet atara, 'rhepa WINS the Wv
nAking of frogs and the aana ol Hight
lda, and tho anft wind puatljpg
ronah the low shrubs, lie lifted In
Hlfnl face and with Ions, lahariRg %
eatha he managed 10 my lNI
~ want my oentayo " lo
pona fnea, keepina hack hap aohs ~
th difficulty, foF aha did Rot wish Ia plf
'lFesa We patlent child, slipped a cent w
10 hlH little hand A aMl N 0f gFHat Rp
eaelneAa and eonlant stole oyNp hia ml
% mouth and Tho tlnst hpoWA fin I'D
uilAlu lln nHautahaA |