Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-26
A THIEF'S DEBT
OF HONOR.
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free once more Juan yerauso iele
.ne court room ne man was Ger
.A'niy euiilyLnis lesota was aoou. %
pad as a record can De maze IN thirty
SIX years. anu tue lnorai anu circu cum.
sean.ial eY,aence VI MS gun was ap-
palhnsSs Jan.
hut IN Mexico tue criminal Ia" does
mol recognize clrcumstantai evidence
nor moral certainty. mol without
some oimcuiey, anu consiaeraoie
courteous msistence on ms point, the
young hcenciado, Valentin hlvas, con-
vinced .ne court tnat the notorious
ana iiltaVorea panalt was al least
t e staliy innocent OF tne !atest
crilnes cnarseu 70 nina nlshway
fopDery TO wnlcn no Witnesses couid
pe produced. 1or the oeautiiuiiy SIM
PIE reason rtnat ne hao Killed them..
uais client acau,.teo' the young ~
cenciaoo sRivas gatherea up MS ooaAs
anu papers. ana sauntereo out OF rne,
door OF the Palace OF justice "a down
at-neei ADOBE structure on the plaza
OF the ilttie poraer town. ana down
the, spawning untldy street to MS
mouse. Walting at MS gate $1,000
Juan verdago. ms nat held numpiy
IN MS nahd' an ugly sneer CURING ms
Scared iip. ,..lsl.
Inc young lawyer paused, ana
glanced at MN co4oiy. Weli-ana
Wnat is lt!
eenor. u Is put TINS. ! nave no
money. Inc ,udge-pah!--~e are OF
q feather, ne ana Inc stole Inc
money that i LOOK from those lech'
ones, tnose mllksops out tnere on lhe
ROAD I'm sorry no" ! Kliled tnem.
But II is mus nave no money 10
pay You, and tnis' senor' Is What
Wish 70 say.
TITS nolhing, L oia mol expec.
money your tnanks VIII De enough.
senior, Juan Veraugo spoke sharp
~. an ugly glare IN ms nloodshot eyes,
enanks are gwen Dy lrienus. ! h '',
art OIL the law, It's upnolaer-tne seat
OF the 1udge, tne power 10 send men
% oeatns n-ne tnlne. my irlehu
7 am not. thy irlena ! WIZ never De.
YET WIN ! pay tnee "eil' ior .hae W
saved me from tne dea1n! ne urn
ed silently away INTO the gatnering
DUSK;
Nv cary with tne DAYS WORK, " aleh.
TIN AiVas turned from. tne packet Oh
papers Dstore MN WIN sign. lnree
years had ADDED 70 ms practlce, ana
other cases mucn more interesting
mad brushed Verdusos from MS mind.
occasionally u was recalleo Win Gym
zeal amusement wnen some new OUT
rage. ATTRIBUTED 10 Yerdugo, exasper-
ated.the authorities and alarmed trav-
eaefs OF the Gamma heai. but 10
night MS mind was busy WIN ms
quisa, almost s!eaitny preparaelons LOT
a forty-mlie rae over range anu pialh'
with $62,OOo on MS sauaie: me pro-
sceeds OF the season sale OF cattie on
the ranch or old Judge Cantu, MS pat
ron and FRIEND, ne Wouaa not venture
to send 1t to the express once ns
messenger. periious as ne Knew tne
errand would be TO himself. He be.
Eeved ne naa guaraeu e1e secret o.
his proposed depaHure well; q brave
man, ne was serene IN MS MIND.
The night was sun and close, Win
an intangible mint OF storm TO come.
Valentin Hlvas, tnoughtluily sianclns
over some memoranda was suaoeh'y
startled by a gentie scratching az tne
door. He neid MS breath, ana STRAIN.
cd his ears, stealtnliy laying MS hand
on the butt Of heavy six-shooter
rnat lay IN Tue drawer az nus sac. a
tense minute OF silence passed. tnen
q whisper, cold, sipllant, penetrating
-senor!"
without moments neslta'lon ne
snuned out the candie on tne tao.e,