Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
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But you won't provoke them to kill me, viii
you, Dick?" a
And the man was in an agony of terror lest
his bosom friend, coveting all Of the stolen
treasure, should encompass his death, in the
nope OF getting the entire amount.
, vi course l won't, you blundering idiot
Vas the reassuring il not affectionate reply.
Pnt 5nt what are we to doP
-, we must make some kind of bargain.
Mdg minute" Tom turned to Bart, who
n~u nr;l oeen Piling up more brushwood, and teth-
eaihg o,I the donkeys where they might feed, but
.0IIH sn4,.niot not get away, and said to him:
.eWnl you make any agreement with u.s."
co,,rsa put lts got to be all on my side, OF
Ipurse, ~ and L won't have any haggling about
tain One OF your men has started up the noun
uoor,l nam, and he will likely get there about to-
-FOUR -FOUR friends on the cliff must pass all their
Weapons and ammunition down now. I'll pile
;ns;li Ineii up here at your feet and won't even
rnslss not on carrying the firearms away, as Eve
arc arc rlgnt to do, You Il stay just where. you
tLoil tILeah mat they can't move around any, but
~ ney must Keep showing themselves every once
~ ~ a"Hmrie-unt1l III the day after tomorrow morn
lug, lug, ), linen they can come down and unite
Why do you keep us here so long?" asked
Ion, pleadingly
tho aats natt my business, and it wouldn't do you
tht y, uoh Delleve my friends will agree to
Ihen SO much the worse for you."
,uJiG nHu BART walked away, as if he were quite
ihuinerent I whether his terms were accepted or
Tom held a long consultation with his part
L, LlS, ana the only objection they had to the
obIg5 obSIIgaln was the length of time they would be
oonged to remain on the mountain They in
slsted that they could not lower their weap-
Cond onSi 'nat, having neither food water, they
tTutu tIut NOT remain there so long, and, lastly,
mat they would not agree to Stay up there
more than one day.
1ouH do just as l have said, or else we
can can trade, said Bart, in a careless tone
lou We got, both food and water, for you're
sn oo sucn S tools as to go up there without, you
nsJ lad Vo carry lariat up there with him, in
9ruer 10 get down. AS a matter of fact
don care whether you accept the terms or
no5' 1 Tor all Of US will go clear from here,
Cliff VIZ eo Win us 10 silver
can prevent you from getting up to the
You can't do anything of the kind, unless
YOU want me to Kill your particular friend. If
all three of you were down here, I could still
head" '-"' ''--'''n .
Don't go back on me, Dick-don't 90 back
on ord nei begged Iom, who was the veriest cow
ways stood bysyou, and you know that Conroy
try to fix it." e- --'" '''
Shut up!" shouted Dick fercely. as if he
were disposed to blame his partner because he
was IN such a helpless position. tT amt a.
going back on you, though it's tough to have
EN- walk away with what it's taken us so long
to get" -OAe
III give you my share of everything after
this, I'LL you say we're square" pleaded Tom.
whether this promise had any effect on Dick
may not be known, but it is certain that as
soon as it was made he said, sulkily:
.Al right; We'll agree to them terms. How
often ten, must we show ourselves?"
Whenever L want you to, and I must see
and hear each one of you speak at such times
as | call, replied Bart
VIII you send us up some water?"
"Then wen send the guns down now. You
agree not to inJure them, and to leave them in
the canyon" '-'o--- -
Eyes, will do just as I said"
Bart was right when he said the men had
their laI1ats with them, and, by tieing two to-
gether, the arms and ammunition were lower
ed and stacked up near Tom, he looking at
what he might do if only his hands were free
for a moment. --ee
During all this time the boys had remained
behind the barricade, for Bart was NOT dis.
posed to trust in the slightest degree to his
foes on the cliff. w ---'
Then Bart filed the canteens which the
road-agents lowered, and the first portion Of
the compact had been complied with. ri now
remained for the guide to develop the plan he
nothing as yet.