The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-06-28

easily Zone, Understand. you 20 MOI
forth until you have signed. This
time there Is no dashing cowboy to
ny to your rescue; We have looked
after him, senorita II you refuse TO
sign. this night sees his death"
Here Is a new factor brought TO
bear-her love for Dick. Il may In.
huenee her more than anything else.
The man In the doorway hears this
threat With a feeling of rage; he can
restrain himself but little longer. and
then a Texan oloud-burst will sweep
into that library. threatening to over.
come all before It.
"You are cruel; you are contempt.
BILE! What has any one else to do
with my business? You would scruple
at nothing in order 70 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 mor than one among those
present.
you are wrong; l 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 10 be so. Consider yourself a
prisoner, Senorita Pauline Westerly:
a prisoner whose fate depends upon
her discretion in writing her name.
Josef Sancho! once more lay hold
upon our fair captive
Hands OF. therei"
These words come In a roar: the
steam-gauge has burst under the ire
mendous strain, a 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 viii.
Upon them Dick Denver plunges
with all the speed Of a 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! It is my hero, It
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.
blth huoMa ne Is IN the midst or
men who have reason 20 hate him; he
believes that more than one carries a
cuehillo 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 man
can overtake an enemy who may be
fleeing from him, and nifty feet away,
since a bullet is gifted with the wings
OF the lightning.
"Gentlemep all. this lady Is under
my protection; | mean 10 see her
safely to her hotel, and the man who
interferes does Il at his peril! / am
an American. Dick Denver Is my
name. and any one who wants salts.
faction will find me az the lturbe.
Now stand back, every one.
"Dorai"
"Oh, Mr.. Denyeri"
"Come. Miss Pauline. we must leave
this inhospltable house" he cries.
Mercy" means the wretched so.
nora. whose hospitality has been 80
abused by her husband. one OF the
worst things a S]paniard could do.
Cro BE Continued.)