Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-09-27

way toward the castle.
General. said one OF his compan-
Ions. you have plan"
yes he said. a desperate one. One
that grieves me. but which seems
necessary. am convinced that we
cannot recapture the castle"
Then what do you propose?"
To blow 1t up. Under the castle is
powder magazine. No one but my
self. my wife and daughter know OF
's existence. There is way TO reach
u That alone know. There Is a secret
passage to my castle from the river.
We VIII enter here and lay n powder
train. and blow the enemies OF the
republic on the earth"
silently they worked their way
along. keeping a sharp lookout for the
seniinels OF the enemy.
They carried lanterns. but these
were not lighted. They were for use
In the secret passage.
saivarez succeeded in guiding his
men to the entrance. They entered.
Look" said Mcdwor,h. ciu,chIng
Tempest's arm. ~ iIght,-
What he saw was the cleaning.
dancing reflections OF a lantern on the
walls near him.
Some one Is coming" said TEN.
pest: keep quiet
They heard the sound OF footsteps.
then Of voices.
Come" said Mcdworth. In whIs-
per. ''le, US see II they are enemies or
friends
Following the light. II was no, din
cult for them to ind SaiyaTcz and his
companions,
DO not get too near" said Med
worth.
''it Is salvarcz.' said Tempest.
Never mind II 1t Is" replied Med
worth. whose mind was acute and alert
again.
"By keeping In tho shadow We can
easily watch them. and We may learn
something that will prove TO be an ad-
vantage"
Tempest knew what was In his COM
panIon'S mind. and suhsidcd. They
stcalthily followed Salyarcx and his
officers. keeping always In the darkcS;
shadow. As there was no light cx-
ccpt from the lanterns the officers car
rIed. they could not. of course. see
anything beyond the range Of their
rays, while the Americans. standing
out OF reach of the dull flame. could
easily discern every move the Ncnc-
EuclanS made.
salyarc. led the way direct to where
wall OF masonry seemed TO cfYcciu-
ally obstiuct the passage.
Bu, the general. after feeling around
n moment. found loose stone and re-
moved IL. II was then easy to make
m opening large enough for n man to
enter.
saiyarez led the way. The others
followed close after him.
Ncdworth and Tempest remained at
the wall. pccring through the opening
to sec what the others were doing.
salvarcz led the way straight to n
round powder magazine made OF ce-
ment.
The Americans did not know what
this was. and the Vcnczuclans spoke
&, 80 low n tone that nothing could be
gained from their conversation.
Hut Medworth and his companion
were not left long In Ignorance OF the
GRAND that had brought salvarez uh-
dor the walls OF his castle.
They are going to fire the maGa-
zinc" said Medworth. That's pow
der"
Tho officers worked while at the
,orazine. making a connection. Then
they carefully laid a train OF powder
from IL toward the hole they had made
&, the foundation wall.
Ncdworth and Tempest kept back In
tho shadows and let them complete
their arrangements.
..It IA ready" said salvnrcz at last
..,,uch ms | love my home. love my
,,,,rv more, sacrifice my castle
.sat tho enemies OF the republic shall
be destroyed. Tonto and AddA' Wneh
-, ,r, safely away, touch mhtch 10
,no powder and fee for your lives out
~ A., ,,ssare. Come. you others. let
us hurry. so that the work OF ven
re,ncc may not long be delayed
uo with four OF his companions
started away, leaving the other t"o "
obey his orders. .,.,r n
"Now," said one Of these. after
,cw minutes spent in waiting.
Now said Medworth, aloud. -
The Americans made a rnsh; ne
two officers found themselves ..'a.,,I Sr,+su III
tho iron grasp of men more po"'''O'
than they. rorc tho
take the lantern.
ma,ches," said Mcdworth' u
One of the officers hau '"", "a",ot
metallic matchbox from n,S Irnsncd
Medworth seized this l'n,peS. emp. ,,,.,, one
one OF their lanterns l'aE'.s ,,,, 'no nossnrn
to light their way ont o, '.,.,r,n ,"s to the
"Now CO." said Modwortn 10 .Sat Smt
his plot has been dlSco,rI," I,,n"
not to try this game again =, tbe
- ,r,,n the hanus 'i