The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-01
a TALE OF REVENGE

afternoon
"Yes, senior sgnor has sweet
hearth
Yes, Manuel. have a sweetheart
but doubt IL my arrival in the u'nitet
States win please her as well AS it viii
me,
81 shall not see you asti1 before
60, so soodby Manuel"
"Adols. senior"
Seven years before Rober; Seton had
llnded ut Caracas with but little money
in his pocket and no friends lie had
plenty of money now but was still
without friends.
As he sat In his tent smoking his
thoughts centercd upon little New
England town, Il VIII open their eyes
when ! get there" lie was thinking.
"That cursed Radcliffe win ruc the day
4 he ever married Maule Adams. She
I Will be sorry too. So pretty and yet so
( false She said sire loved me hut she
! threw me over when father broke up,
Poor father! Banker Adams caused
/ 1 !
wanted the old homestead so he fore
closed the mortgage he held Well,
maybe some wouldn't hold malice To-
ward any one who has treated them
the way those people treated me
hold malice. III be revenged for the
death of NY father and the loss Of my
bride. I'm not one OF the soft, forglv-
ing Kind. The poor fools, not to know
that | would revenge myself at any
cost"
Such thoughts wciled up in his mind
whenever be thought of home Eight
years before he had been in his senior
year at Harvard His father was
wealthy supposedly so, at least He
was engaged to be married to beautl-
full girl The world looked very bright
TO him. Then one morning he received
news that his father was dead-had
blown his brains ont, in fact Follow
ing upon that. the news came that his
father was bankrupt. and letter from
his sweetheart telling him that she
loved another lie learned enough 10 /
know that Banker Adams had been in T
stumental in causing the bankruptcy t
Of his father and the breaking of his I
cnga cement.
When some years before, Robert Sc
ton had come from college to attend the
funeral of his father and found him
self penniless. bis bride promised to
another man. he had solemnly sworn
that he would one day own the Seton
homestead and cause the bankruptcy Of
Banker Adams. as his father had been
made bankrupt Then MauCe Adams.
he who had never known poyeriy's
)hghting, cursng effects, should suffer
90 lie would bankrupt her husband
90. His vengeance would be com
,lcte indeed
Now it is morning, and the wagon
rain has started out, 1t is still dark
The white capped wagon containing 4
he bedding and provisions and the
re wagons form the main body, The
men, each one carrying gun
md revolver, ride ahead The noun
aims are infested with bandits. and
no must 20 armed. No bandit how h
YER Il likely TO attack the Americana. ,
70 say the swarthy transfers rs they
wrap their cl0akS more closely about
hem. Now they are starting mp long I
idge, and the drivers jump from the ,
wagons and walk up. Seton's thoughts !
auble from one thing to another. but :
lways come back to the home of his ,
hildhood. He wondered II Maude :
.dams. now Radcliffe. was happy. -,
What mattered il to him: His poor !
Id fathers image as he lay cold in ;
cath came back 10 him. Il wonder
ow Adams will look after I'm through
nth HING he muttered. He has the
ourage to Kin himself"
II wJS still dark A man rode up to q
liza and i'm excited tones informed him y
{ the presence Of bandits few miles i
head. Seton rode forward aal. plac-
~ "A dozen men under his lieutenant
rlered him 30 advance and engage the
ludltS II there were any He knew
bis fellow. the bandit chief. Nontero Z
L. had pursued HIM for 100 miles. He l
vas not az all uneasy: 50 many reports {
re- only rumorS. How will he an
ounce bis arrival 90 home: What will L
cop'e think Of him: lie does not care
or their opinion lie thinks only of ,
is poor dead father. Banker Adams J
night no least have spared his old Z
ricud lie has them under his thumb a
ow. Say the word ANA they are pen c
ilc-s. IT is lighter now. A. they 20 u
ighcr and higher up the slope the
ghtcr 10 gets. 4 faint breeze springs y
A. The time between sunrise and q
rcIk ~ day is here Ilark, What Is v
latt The faint crack Of rife. IS heard O
ow. lie spurs his horse forward and I
Win The guard dashrs up the road. \
low they have reached tire place. Two o
r three men are lying upon the ground. $
'arthcr down the road they are hgilt- h
~. hand 10 hand His men have been
red upon ana have charged tie en- r
Wy. Down hc road Seton saw one 1,
T bis guards TAN his skull cleft 10y n a
refr ~ir1ka from lnc haud~ Of the
audit ~hieftau With cries ~ "For. r.
.ard,- De- rides down upon them :
Tho feht is si0n over Nearly 100 tho },