Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

The atarccoach was Invisible IN n
cloud Of It's own dust a. u iurched and
RULED along the nikall fats down the
valley. and sancho. the ranchkccpcr.
could not make out whether any pas
songerr were on top or not. lie had
brought fnc binocular to bear just as
,oon as the shriil voice Of Pedro.
gvarthy little scamp u a half breed
announced the dust cloud sailing over
the clump of willows below the bend.
Pedro was not the youngsters orig.
inal name. and 30 Tar NJ could be deter
mined by ecclesiastical records. owing
T. the omission Of the customary church
ceremonies he bore none that the chap
iain at old Camp Cooke would admit to
be Christian. Itincrant pruspcctora and
occasional soldiers. however. had siis-
restcd a change from the Origlnal--or
aburlginaI-titic. which was hvathcniHh
In the last degree. 10 the much hftetcr
one OF Pedro ns hitting accompaniment
10 that OF the illustrious head OF the
establishment, and Lieutenant Blake,
an Infantry sub with cavalry nspira'
tionH which had led him tn seek ardn-
Gus duties IN this aria land. had com.
rfehensiycly damned the prctenslonH "
INC NNNN' " NfNAN - NNNNff
declaring that q shop that held sanchn
aud Pedro and didn't have game was
unworthy 81 patronage.
sanrhn had additional reasons for
disapproving OF Blake. That me bin.
ocular. 10 bcrin with, bore the brand ~
Uncle Sam, for which reason ~ was
never In evidence whom an officer or
soldier hhppcucd along. II had been ab-
stated fiom Biakc'H signal Kit when
b. was scouting the Dragon noun
ttinn and awnppcd Tor the vilcst liquor
under tho sun at SanchoH, u course,
and the value Of the glass. not OF the
whisky. was stopped agalnr, the long
llcuionnnt's pay. leaving him. n be
rucfully put II. short enough at the
end OF the ponth.
Somebody told Blake he would md
his blnoculnr at Rancho'h and Blake
instituted Inquiries after his own pc
culiar fashion the very next time he
happened along that way.
Here. you castiiian cnstnwny.
raid he ~ he nlightrd at fanoho's door.
II anu told you have stolen property
IN the shape 90 my signal glass; Hand
n over instnntrri"
And sancho. bowling with the grace
81 grandcc Of Spain, having assured
the senior tcnientr that everything
within his gates was at his service.
without money and without price. had
promptly fetched from an adjoining
room a battered old double barr.lcd
iorgnette that looked an though II might
have been dropped In the desert BY
Kearny or faunticfoy or some OF the
Dragons who made the burning march
before the Gadrirn purchase OF is.l
made u posreasora ~ more desert sand
and dsHoiute range than We have ever
known what a. do with.
This thing came out OF the ARK
raid nlnkc. flThtfuliy wrathful. What
! want II the signal glass that de-erter
sold You for whisky last Christmas.
whereat Soncho called on all tho
,alntH In the Spanish calendar 10 bear
witness To his Innocence ana babe tho
tenicnte search the premises.
Hes got u Ia that bedroom yon-
der" whispered old Sergeant fecney
'and know II, SIR" and blake strlllns
90 the door In response 10 the halt
challenge half Invitation, ~ the grave.
~ courteous cutthront owner. stopped
short at the threshold. rtarvd, whipped
on his scouting hat and. bowling low,
,aid. u beg your pardon. sonora, renor-
tia; I did not know" ana retired IN
much disorder.
why didn't you tell me your fam.
fly had come, you dlrrcpuiahlo old rip"
h. demanded two minutes later. "or "
that. too-atOlcn property
1T Il tho wife of my brother ana MS
daughter" responded the ranehmhn'
with unrufiicd nunNlty.
Nothing could equal AanchoH epun-
nlmity In the presence OF those ne us-
sired To placnte, nothing exceed the
frenzy Of his wrath when Angcred ny
those whom he could harm without fear
of rVptinnlH. Blake was backed by
troop OF horse and the conviction that
sAneho was an unmitiEated rascal
therefore were his palpablc illusions TO
be accepted aH mere plcanuntrica or de-
prccated as unmeritcd injustice.
ulnko had bIarkencd the character OF
the ranch cuisine, even " he had been
unequal 10 the task Of blacKcnins that
OF the owner. Blake ana declared san
cho's homestead 10 be n den OF theicven
and the rcpaFt rendered tho stage pas.
renEers a Barmecide feast. the purpoft
Of which was duly reported 10 sancho,
who allowed" he would ultimately
cary, his opinion ~ Blake on that ofii-
GERS elongated carcass, ana until he
could IND opportunity 80 10 do " be-
hOOyed him to iull the suspicious of tho
prospective victim ny elaborate court
rsy u manner, and Of THIS " the span.
iard or his Mexican half brother con.
nlake left without a glimpse OF his
glass. but not without another OF the
daughter " my brother" but recently
arrived. and that peep made him desir.
Gus Of third. Riding away he waved
Silos, sanehol IIasta otra VISTA"
he mad hailed. but his Eazc sought the
little window In the adobe wan where
a palr OF dark, lungunrous eyes pecred
out from between the parted curtains
and a dllaky face dodged out Of view
the Instant Il saw II was seen.
What Snncho said IN answer II NOT
reeortled but now he was watching tho
coming Of the stage from Yuma. some
one had warned him Lieutenant Blake
would return that way, ordered back To
the old post. 10 the north, as witness
before an important court martial.
Those We're later termed lhe uhyH oi
the empire" In Arizona. Perhaps 1000
souls We're counted within rs borders
al The time our story opens, not count.
Ing the r0ulicsa Aphches. Arizona had
the customary territorial equipment OF
a governor and certain other oficlhls'
Nine men out ~ the dozen Americans
IN the only approach to u town II then
possosaed- Tiicnon--wo have SAID
'Damtino" II asked who was the Sec
rotary, but all men knew the sheriff
The grave. clRarro smoking, scrap.
Hhrouded caballeros who rode nj WIN
through the plaza and ogled dark eyed
maldens pceplng from their barred
windows could harbor no interest ~ NE
question of who was president OF the
United States, but the name 81 tho post
commander at Grant. Lowell or crit
tendon was household word, and IN
the eyes of the populace the second
lieutenant commanding the paymahl-
er's escort was illlmltnbly "a blggpr
man" than the thrice distinguished sol-
der and citisea whose sole monument