The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-05-25

easily done. Understand, you 60 not
forth until you have signed. This
time there is no dashing cowboy to
fly to your rescue; we have looked
after him, senorita. If you refuse TO
sign, this night sees his DEATH"
Here is new factor brought to
bear-her love for Dick 1t may in
f1uence her more than anything else.
The man in the doorway hears this
threat with feeling of rage; he can
restrain himself but little longer, and
then a Texan cloud-burst will sweep
into that library, threatening to over
come all before it.
"You are cruel; you are contempti-
BILE! What hes any one else to do
with my business? You would scruple
at nothing in order to further your
designs" she cries.
THAT is just where you are right,
senorita," gloats the hidalgo. seeing
signs Of relenting.
"She gives in! we have wont" ex-
claims more than one among those
present.
"You are wrong; I will not sign;
Mr.. Denver is capable Of looking after
himself" comes her answer, and the
expectant faces darken again.
"Then nothing remains but force.
You have said am cruel; you compel
me to be so. Consider yourself a
prisoner, Senorita Pauline Westerly;
a prisoner whose fate depends upon
her discretion in writing her name.
Jose! Sancho! once more lay hold
upon our fair captive"
Hands off, there!"
These words come in roar; the
steam-gauge has burst under the ire
mendous strain, human cyclone
rushes through the doorway, and uP
to the men who are about to obey
their friend and master, by laying
hands upon the girl who dares defy
his will
Upon them Dick Denver plunges
with all the speed Of wildcat engine,
and when the impact has come two
Mexican gentlemen are seen flying in
as many different directions with an
impetus that is alarming, while their
impelling power, the man who has
come upon the scene thus suddenly,
stands there, facing the whole room
full of people.
Pauline sees, she comprehends, she
gasps, in a happy delirium:
THANK Heaven! 1t is my hero, 1t
is Dick!"
The storm that races down the
Sierra Madres through arroyo and
barranca, cutting woods and chapar-
raj in its way, does not produce more
CONSERVATION than the coming OF this
human hurricane, before which Jose
and Sancho have gene down in con-
fusion.
Senior Lopez starts back in alarm;
his crafty black eyes are fixed upon
the face of the man; he sees the
driver who was hired to serve him.
looks further. and discovers more.
"The accursed Americano!" he
Kisses, his swarthy face expressing
the utmost rage, for already has Dick
Denver played havoc with his plans,
and a man of his fiery temper cannot
stand being baked.
Dick knows he Is in the midst OF
men who have reason to hate him; he
believes that more than one carries a
cuchillo that they would willingly
baptize in his blood, consequently,
after having sent the two men into
different corners, with his frsts, he
draws out something that will go
farther, something with which a MANI
can overtake an enemy who may be
fleeing from him, and fifty feet away,
since bullet is gifted with the wings
of the lightning.
Gentlemen all, this lady is under
my protection; mean to see her
safely to her hotel, and the man who
interferes does 1t at his peril! am
an American, Dick Denver is my
name, and any one who wants salts
faction will find me at the Iturbe.
Now stand back, every one.
"Dora!"
ooh, Mr.. Denver!"
Come, Miss Pauline, we must leave
this inhospitable house." he cries.
Mercy" means the wretched Sc
nora, whose hospitality has been SO
abused by her husband, one of tho
worst things a Spaniard could do.
(ro Be Continued)