The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-23
CHAPTER XX.-Continued.


the same that contains the wonder
ful auri.erous deposit that has made
the name Fl Dorado Fnown through.
out the whole world-cosceals them
as yet from the gaze Of the travellers.
At exactly a quarter 10 twelve the
cavalcade draws mp before the mouth
Of the mine, where they are greeted
/ with cheers by the groups OF miners
who. having been wqrrcd an hour or
more before, are awaiting 10 receive
| them.
A number Of houses have grown mp
near the opening of the Fl Dorado
/ some of them dwelling places for the
/ engineers in charge and their families.
| Miss Westerly has been rigidly severe
I'm her management OF the mine, and
/ there are no liquor joints within a GER
/ tain radius, in fact, as far as she con.
! trolls. Besides. the men employed in
| various positions Of trust have been
! carefully selected. ard are especially
/ fitted for their work-most OF them
| are temperance men, ard as a natural
result those they employ are 70 be
/ trusted. though OF course hypocrites
will creep in at times; wolves in
! Sleeps clothing
Our friends soon make themselves
| nt home; Dora and her mistress are
! taken into the house of the chief en-
| gneer, while Dick AMI Bob determine
! 10 camp with the men near by. as they
| particularly desire to see all that goes
| on. If the war that was inaugurated
| on Mexican soil on the Alameda is to
| be concluded at the FL Dorado, they
mean to keep posted.
The great mine employs scores Of
men, and turns out rreat quantities
! of the richest ore. Their profits mast
| be close upon the Two million mark
| per annum, the way the mills stamp
| II out at present. Little wonder, urr.
| dor such circumstances, that the
! greedy old Senor Lopez Is exceedingly
! anxious to get control of the whole
| business; he hopes TO turn both
streams of gold into his capacious
! pockets, and thus make himself the
wealthiest man in al Mexico
When Dick and Bob see what is go
ing on at the mine. ;hcy do not won
der at the pertinacity of the Mexican
in following Pauline across the sea
surely the wealth % Croesus is here
disclosed. Guards are everywhere, all
heavily armed, and apparently ready
to do battle I'm the interests OF the
cause they serve. A singular scene
truly, and one the like Of which could
not be found anywhere else in the
world. the soldiers u( a government
hired out to serve a private enter
prise.
Dick asks quiet questions; II Is his
desire to discover how much of a hold
the Lopez family may have upon the
mine, how deep the Influence of the
willy old stratesist has gone. He is
surprised at what he learns. Lopez
has been at work ana secretly con
trolls many of the meG. This he learns
from the engineer in charge.
There Is a surprise in store for Dick
and one that makes him uneasy. He
is walking among the houses just at
sunset, having seen Pauline home
after a fatiguing survey of the mine
and declining an invitation to supper
from the chief engineers wife, when
he hears his name spoken in a low
voice.
"Senor Dick!"
He starts and looks back. Not a
living being does n see upon the
rough street. Surely he must have
dreamed il. He sweeps hand
across his brow and mutters some.
thing about his mind playing him a
scurvy trick, when again II comes, like
n zephyr:
"Senor Dick! at the window"
All now he comprehends, He looks
up and finds himself face TO face with
the Mexican beauty, Iuanita.
How comes the daughter of Lope2
here? Dick feels a little shiver pas,
over his frame as Il strikes him tina,
her presence at the III Dorado ha.
something to do with Pauline: he can
not forget, however that the black
eyed houH really did what she coul.
TO save his life at the time Of IN,
fire in Paris, and that he is thus unde,
obligations TO her
This Is indeed a sunrise:
thought you We're stil in the City O
Mexico" he says, after an awkward
embarrassing pause.
1T Is nothing new 10 Lopez TO b,
here. once we owned the whole o
this great mine. have seen il man,
: times | hear you had much troubl,
on the road senor'
Not We: 1t was the other parties
who had the rough time scnorita. h,
laughs, his good nature coming TO IN,
rescue.
VIII you enter and tell me abou
it?"
He shakes his head; the fly is dis
posed TO be cautious, and gives as al
excuse that his comr-de will be wait
ing supper for him; at the same tim,
he rapidly sketches the desperate af
fair in the Valley los Muertas. ant
Juanita's head droops as If in shame
at the conviction thai all this comes
from the Unsuitable desire of her un
scrupulous father for more power.
Then, recovering herself. she ask.
question after question with such
rapidity thet Dick IS kept busy al
swering, and notes Ett the lapse OF
time until he finds he can hardly dis
tinguish the lovely NoNicans feature.
although her face is close to his own
Il must bid you good night, seno
rita" he says, hastily lifting his hat