Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30

teen minutes or so, there was halt. 4
little afterward she heard the other mena-
bers of the band mounting horses which
had been left in the Mexican chaparral.
Navara placed his hand on her shoulder
with a 'muttered apology, aud then the
scarf was removed
Looking about her, she saw that they
were in tangle of mesquite and cactus.
The view was limited to ten feet in any
direction. The trees branching over them
hid the sun so that she could not tell
whether she faced north. south. east or
! west. Ahead ran a narrow trail, merely
goat-path, that twisted crafty. Va
I'vara said:
II ask thousand psrdons for the
scarf, but the sonora will be returned to
the rancho soon-when she is paid for
and she must not know the road to our
| camp"
| Lois made no reply 1t was evident
from his manner, which was defereI;ial
| IN the extreme, that she would be Il, at
| ed with respect. 1t was money the gal
liant captain wanted, not beauty. A. for
| the others, sweeping her eyes over them,
| she could not tell that they We're aware
| of her existence. They sat their Il, >eS
| with the ungraceful but sure seat of
! their kind. They did not look at her. Or
| away from her. Some were whispering;
others We're rolling cigaritOs. 1t was
| merely matter of business with i-enl;
so much of a days work. If they had
an expression at all it was one Of gentle
melancholy because their breakfasts were
! delayed. She learned afterwards that
! they had crossed the river on the evening
! bpfOrp lain hidden in tho thirEat all ui0bf
/ and had intended moving nearer to the
! rancho during the day in desperate eff
! fort to bear her off when she took her
I afternoon walk. Her wild attempt TO
catch a glimpse of Weston had saved
them much trouble. There was some
| philosophy in the girl, much courage and
strong dash of romance. As they
wound their way through the masses of
| thorny vegetation she began partly to
enjoy her novel situation. She was not
fearful of any harm and looked upon her
release in a little while as a certainty
; Here was sensation enough to last any
! reasonable young woman for a lifetime
and whether the experience was to prove
! pleasant or the reverse the memory of it
| was certain to prove indelible. There
was even sense of the ludicrous in be
| ing mistaken for the tall, pale and Ian
| guild Mrs Glynn and she smiled as she
pictured the conduct of that nOvel-read-
| ing lady under similar circumstances
Vavara did not speak again, but rode
! at a sharp trot. Her reins had been re-
stored to her. because there was no pos
| sibility that she could dverge from the
trail in an effort to escape, and she fol-
lowed him closely. Behind her clattered
the men, gay brides jingling, stirrup
| feathers creaking and the frou-frou Of
| the slight, thorny branches catching at
their leggings.
! After an hours ride between high hills,
! Vavara turned sharply to the left cross
/ ed bold, clear stream which evidently
made its way to the Rio Grande, rode up
! the further slope at a gallop, plunged
| down into hollow, swept two hundred
| yards to the left, still at galop. check
ed his horse and pointed ahead of him.
She saw a camp pitched by a creek
! that ran through a large and beautiful
: grove of pecan trees. This grove was in
| the middle of level space some acres in
extent and green with. late grasses On
every side it was sheltered by the rising
hills. 1t must have been a very furnace
| of heat in summer, but at that season its
! temperature was delightful. No tents
were visible. Instead, jacals of mesquite
| poles had been erected and rooted with
water grasses. They were arranged reg
! ularly upon either side of the stream. fac
| ing it some twenty feet away. They
| thus presented the effect of a rude sin
gle street, with the bright water in its
center. At the far end, under the low
,spreading limbs of a mighty pecan, was
! a hut twice the size of any one of the
others and constructed with more care.
! Navara signitied to her that il was his
| palace" and contained his offices and
! living quarters. 1t was to be given up TO
| her exclusive use, he assured her, until
THE senior, her husband" chose to buy
/ her back. He himself would be content
with ruder quarters elsewhere.
THE sonora shall have a maid ne
went on, who will prepare her meals.
! She need fear no harm. While we are
| contrabandistas, we admire. we rever-
,ence, we worship beauty, and the sonora
viii forgive me for saying that she is
very beautiful. We have quite a little
! colony here. Most Of my men are mar
ried and live with their families in the
/ houses yen see"
| dozen brown semI-nude children rolling
J about on the grass and felt much chcered
! thereby. 1t came to her that her value in
/ Eavara's eyes rested solely upon his mis-
( take: it was evident, too, that he re-
/ garded the Glynns as people OF great
| wealth and Importance. 1t followed
/ therefore that the more of hauteur AMI
/ nonchalance she showed as betting a
/ hidalgo's wife. the more respectfully she
/ would be treated. So. with a laDguid
| and naughty wave of the hand. she signi-
1 fed her desire 20 be conducted TO her hut
| The smuggler FASTENED to obey lie
! helped her from the saddle gracefully
and strongly and led her to the door
/ With an implied apology. he entered If.
ter her and proceeded to enlarge upon
the comforts at her command. 1t was
rudely but substantially furnished, with
table, some chairs and hammock
Hanging to hooks upon the wall was
carbine, which he proceeded hastily to
remove. The cabin was of two rooms