Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-10-27
CHAPTER XVI.
Under One FLAG.


hasty council OF war IL convened.
and the remarkable situation dis
cusscd. All seem to be OF one mind.
that their only course under tho cir
cnmstanccs Is To keep on the watch
and guard against the approach Of n
train.
So. while the senior and Smithers
walk down the line n dozen or no
yards. with the ayowed Intention Of
buiidin. bonfire there. Jack. All Sin
and the guard start upward to do the
same above the stalled carriage.
As the light from this lis thrown
around. dispciling III. gloom. It will be-
easier work collecting the wood.
All Sin proves master hand at this.
and his employer il quite content he
should have charge Of the fires. once
they get going. since IL will keep the
Chinaman away from tho carriage.
and hence lessen the danger of his mp.
pcatanc" aronsins sudden suspicion In
the mind Of the senior.
Besides. Jacks curiosity has been
aroused. and he longs To know whai
magic the wonderful smi;hcrs has OK.
voted all, GU, Of the guard.
The opportunity comes when he can
address the chap. and he does no, hes.
i'ai.: for he has ALREADY learned that
tho guard has a fair comprehension Of
English as she Ia srois-.'
You have seen my friend: you TN
icfs'and the truth. IL IL soy'' he asks.
and the guard with smile and a
shEis makes answer. as he Insolun.
taTiiy raises hand to his ,hrua,.
which doubtless still feels the effect
at the detectives hari fingers.
''iioia. scnoT. I understand. Any
thins he says. that ~iii I do. We are
az one. when a man saves the life
Of FsSlro AErilia. there is nothing
would no, for him do. And you arr
his friend. srnoF: have no fear that
I the truth will ever tell
All. Smithcrs has therefore told him
about the dreadful doom from which
he has been snaichrd. as II were. by a
miracle. and for the present. at least.
the fellow in his gratitude il ready and
willing To- serve them faithfully. What
he might do when the idea sruNs a
little more familiar TO him remains ;o
be seen.
Jack moves down toward the others.
ne All sin may br trusted to keep
things going. As he passes the car
rage he secs two heads a, the open
door. and needs no spirit of divinstInn
to tell him who the Interested spec.
tatoTs may be.
While he is just in front of them.
one ot the girls asks him " there is
any danger. Evidently they are dis.
;urbcd. as the brsvcst feminine mind
might well be-
Iuanits does most of the question.
ing. but her Scotch s,cpsis,cr occasion.
ally Introduces few words. and cvi
IDENTIFY erasps the situation far better
than Jack had believed possible.
lie Is more than charmed with her
apparently brave demcanor in the face
cf danger. and not forgetting his de
sign Of keeping his identity a secret.
answers as srufFly as possible. Seiainz
the first opportunity. he hurrics down
to where the others arc engaged.
Another form can be seen fitting
about in the iigh, Of the fires-cvi.
IDENTIFY Col. Spencer has been aroused
from his nap in the coy corner Of the
carriage. and broush, to a realization
of the deadly danger mcnacins them
in case a train comes along
Long ere now Howard Spencer has
learned of his faiiacy with regard to
tie death Of Jack Travers. senor Ru.
blado has RECALLED him with full and
exceedingly vivid account of the sinsu
lar events that followed so fast upon
his accident In the Canonga,e. Hence
he knows Jack Is alive, and that
through the most peculiar freak Of
fortune in the world he was permitted
to we'd sweet Jessie Cameron. Just as
the outrageous will and and testament
Of his Quixotic relative required. This
being the case. II may be safely as
sumcd that Spencer nurses an addi.
tional grievance against the man he
has wronsed. and that when the very
FIRST opportunity springs up he will
avail himself of IL in the hope Of win.
ming Squire Johns widow.
As to that. Jack hopes to have a
voice in the matter himself
The three are apparently discussing
some knotty question connected with |
the peculiar situation when Jack
comes up.
They turn to him as though resolved |
to have his idea on the subject. and |
Jack experiences an itching of the Hn. J