Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-16

'H HAS S"uhiS StuIlnE ut ueT IKE
gannet agape at sailorman.
Never before had Tonia seen such
a man as this He seemed to be made
of sunshine and blood red tissue and
clear weather. He seemed to illumi-
nate the shadow of the pear when he
smiled. as though the sun were rising
again The men she had known had
been small and dark. Even the Kid.
In spite of his achievements, was
strpling no larger than herself. with
black, straight hair and cold. marble
face that chilled the MONDAY.
As for Tonia. though she sends de-
scription TO the poorhouse. let her
make Il millionaire of your fancy. Her
blue black hair. smoothly divided in
the middle aud bound close to her
head, and her large eyes. full of the
Latin melancholy, gave her the Ma.
donna touch
The newly lighted sun god asked
for a drink Of water Tonia brought
IL from the red jar hanging under the
brush shelter. Sandridge considered
II necessary to dismount SO as TO
lessen the trouble of her ministrations.
play no spy, nor do | assume to
master the thoughts of any human
heart. but | assert by the chroniclers
right that before a quarter of an hour
had sped Sandridge was teaching her
how to plait six strand rawhide
stake rope.
| In his camp by the water hole Lieu
tenant Sandridge announced and reit-
Grated his intention of either causing
the Cisco Kid to nibble the black loan
Of the Frio country prairies or of hal
ing him before judge and jury.
That sounded businesslike. Twice
! week he rode over to the Lone Wolf
| Crossing of the Frio and directed To-
MAS slim. slightly lemon tinted fin
gers among the intricacies of the slow
| ly growing lariata. six strand pait
Is hard TO learn and easy to teach
The ranger knew that he might find
the Kid there at any visit. He kept
his armament ready and had fire.
quent eye for the pear thicket at the
rear of the jacal. Thus he might
bring down the kite and the hummlng
bird with one stone.
While the sunny haired ornitholo-
Cist was pursuing his studies the Cis-
co Kid was also attending to his pro-
fessional duties. He moodily shot up
| saloon In small COW village on
| Quintana creek. killed the town mar
shall. plugging him neatly in the CEN
ter of his tin badge. and then rode
away. morose and unsatisfed.
On his way the Kid suddenly expert.
enced the yearning that all men feel
when wrongdoing loses its keen edge
of delight He yearned for the wo-
man he loved TO reassure him that she
was his IN spite of It. He wanted her
TO call his bloodthirstiness bravery and
his cruelty devotion.
The Kid turned the speckled roan's
head up the ten mile pear fiat that
stretches along the Arroyo Hondo un-
til it ends at the Lone Wolf Crossing
of the Frio
More weird and lonesome than the
journey of an AmaZonian explorer Is
the ride of one through Texas pear
Gat 10 be lost In the pear is to die
almost the death of the thief on the
cross, pierced by nails and with gro
tesque shapes of all the tends hover
ing about.
But it was not so with the Kid and
his mount. Winding, twisting, cir
cling, tracing the most fantastic and
bewildering trail ever picked out, the
good roam lessened the distance to the
Lone Wolf Crossing with every coil
and turn that he made.
AS though he were In circus ring
the speckled roam wheeled and danced
through the labyrinth of pear until at
length his rider knew by certain land
marks that the Lone Wolf Crossing
was close at hand. Then. where the
pear was thinner, he caught sight OF
the grass roof of the jacal and the
hackberry tree on the edge of the ar
royo. A few yards farther the Kid
stopped the roam and gazed intently
through the prickly openings, Then
be dismounted, dropped the roan's
reins and proceeded on foot.
The Kid crept noiselessly to the very
edge of the pear thicket and reconnoi
tered between the leaves of clump OF
cactus.
Ten yards from his hiding place ir
the shade of the jacal sat his Tonia
calmly plating a rawhide lariat Sc
far she might surely escape condemna
ton; women have been known from
time to time to engage In more mis-
rhievous occupations But If all mus
he told there is to be added that bel
head reposed against the broad ant
comfortable chest of tall red ant
yellow man and that his arm was
about her. guiding her nimble small
fingers that required so many lessons
ut the intricate six strand plait.
Sandridge glanced quickly at th'
dark mass of pear when he heard {
slight squeaking sound that was no
tltogether unfamiliar. A gun scab
lard will make that sound when ont
trasps the handle of six shooter sud
ilenly But the sound was not repeat
I'd and Tomas fingers needed clos,
attention.
And then. in the shadow of death
hey began to talk Of their love, and IL
he still July afternoon every wore
reached the ears of the Kid.
Remember. then" said Tonia. 'yot
must not come again until ! send TO
lou. Soon he will be here. vague
20 at the tienda said today he saw
lim on the Guadalupe three days ago
When he is that near he Away
comes. II he comes and finds you her,
he will kill you. so. for my sake. yoI
| must come no more until | send YOI