The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-14
CHAPTER xxxvL


with unooueealed impntlsnes the
dictator awaited tho return Of the
pursuing party. or some news of H.
The last In time he received at first
hand from The lips OF ita leader. who
after nightfaii had harteued back %
thu city and reported himseif ~ the
palace.
you have taken them" interro-
gated Santa Anna. a. the huEhar Of
fIoer, no longer in a glitter Of gold
and lace, but dim with sweat ana
dust. WAS ushered into his presence.
lie put the question doubtlnRiyi
indeed. from the expression OF gan
thnder's face, almost nufs OF re-
ouiving n negative answer. Mega
tive II was:
Not yet. sire; regret 20 say
they are still at large"
This rsjoinder was preceded With
"A string Of explanatory phrases. I'll
becoming the chief Of tho state. But
santa Anna, being "a soldier. claim
cd "A soldiers privileges or swearing.
and among HIS fnIniiiara was az ae-
eustomsd TO Il as any common troop
err. After venting n strong ebulii.
ton OF oaihs he Gained down lit
tie. saying;
"divo me a fun account OF what
you've seen and done"
which santander dii. telling how
he had followed the fugitive party
along the San Angel road. ana there
met troop Of lanoors from Chapul-
tspea. Some field laborsra had seen
a carriage turn off towards coyoa-
can, and taking that routs he soon
after cams up with H. II was stop
ped on the roadside: empty. horses
gone. the harness strewsd over the
ground, hacked and cut. the coach
man strapped 90 ono o. the wheels
and gagged with the handle OF mis-
whipi
when the man was released he
could tell nothing more thhn thai
the four had mounted his horses. a
pair upon each. and EailOpsi OFT
across tho country. on a sort Of
bride path. az n making for the
aan Antonio road.
Turning in that direction. santau-
der soon discovered that they had
entered into "A thicket and While this
was being searched for them the
embarrassed horses were observed to
rtlsh 70 ana fro IN frsnzied gnllop.
rfdsrians. OF oourre. when caught IL
vas seen why they Nsrs now sHcii-
ed. one Of them having TIA ear pierc~
ed. the blood attn dripping fran the
wound.
The thickef Was duarisrst In sF-
cry direction. but he soon came 70
the conclusion Il was no use search
ing for them thsre.
"of course not" interrupted the
listener. Il know the place well.
and II you. Senior Colonel. we're As
well acquainted with that thickei
and what lies alongside Of II as one
Of those you were after. you'd have
dropped the search sooner. You
needn't tell mo more, I can guess
the finish. They've got off into the
Pedregai'
so Il would seem. your exnelIen-
cy."
Scent SO n ia for certain. and
looking for them there would be 80
much time lost. It's yery lahy-
ranth. hut what did you after
warfsTs
'sThars is not much more to tell.
sire; for little more could we do.
The darkness came on as We dis
covered they had taken 20 the rocks
I've taken every precau,ion. howev-
er. to proven, their getting out OF
the PodrcgaI"
what precautionn9"
by completely .nfilading II, sire.
sent the lsncers around BY San
Geronimo and contreras. the hus-
rars 20 GO IN the opposite direction
by san Augustin. They have orders
TO drop q picket at every path that
leads from II. TN they meet on the
other side"
We'll. Senior Colonel your STRAIT
eKy 10 good. don't see that YOU
could have done better under the
circumstances. But IL 10 doubtful
whether we shall be able 10 trap our
foxea in the PedreEai. One Of them
knows It's paths too well TO let night
and darkness hinder his travelling