The Glenwood post., 1914-08-01
"A Stirring Story of the
MEXICAN Revolution
sAOt hin through and tArsaeA.
chAprER XIX.

eA0t hin through and tAFeAgA-
CHAPTER Xxx.
In Q country where witnesses to {
crime are Imprisoned along with tA<
principals and kept more or lane II
definitely in Jail. q man thinks tviol
before he reports to the police.
with four dead Mexicans to tn
Ysquis account. and Del Rsy In
charge of the district. Hooker followed
his second thought-he said nothing
and took his chances on being arrest
Cd for murder. Until far into the night
Amigo busted himself along the hill.
side. and when the sun rose not . sign
remained to tell the story of the nght
Men, horses, saddles and guns-all
had disappearsd. And. after packing q
little food In . sack. Amigo d1oap
peared abo. With grin smils In pro4e
~ oe return
TAs sun rose ruaAl aAA bot, ~
sane - ussal: tA0 soa4A wind ea0s
up and blew into . bsllyiAg nass of
e3oada. which lashed hack With tAo -.
easto0sd rain: and vhsa al the easth
vas vashsl clean and fFssh tAo ~
6oee a ~ struGgis vas 0uoA oaly
b. tie basns - his haAAs vas Hoshss
avars ef tAs Aght and a tAs traAshagy
vhieA - rsass it, haaA against hin
hhs . aAAks which haG bssa vasDod
anl I'D.
Novhsrs bot h Nsxiso. vAsso -
low pslado classes have 1aAe sasA
1ssds . sabtisty, coalA tAs nAA -
foanA 10 AissimulaAs hks thAt falss
assassin4n-chisf To panss euA1ealy
IN protraetsd speech. swing over anA
pick up gun. and halt has victim 6og
the shooting By the preparatory click
Of the lock-&hat indeed called for Q
brand Of cunning rarely found in tAs
United States.
There was one thing about he AMIR
that vaguely haunted Hooksr-wAy
was II that Q man 20 cunning - hat
haA failed to load his gun! Twice. a1d
with everything In his favor, he had
raised his rife to nre; and both tiDss
It had snapped in his hands. Certainly
19 AAo1t h8v0 O0CA AAoRk ~ ~
accustomed to singie-shot guns.
The reputed magic of the swift.hr
ing rifles evidently had been his unAo-
ing. but where had he got his new
sua? And who was he. anyway! With
those two baAing questions Bud wres-
tied ~ he sat beside his door, and st
evening his answer came.
The sun was swinging low and hs
was collecting wood down the gulch
for q fre when. with 4 sudden thud Of
hoofs, . horseman rounded the point
and came abruptly to . halt. 1t was
Arason. and he was spying on the
camp.
For 4 full minute he scanned the
house, tent and mine with a look 20
snaky and sinister that Bud could read
his heart like book. Here was the
man who had sent the assassins, and
he had come to view their work!
Very slowly Buds hand crept
toward his six-shooter but. slight a.
was the motion, Aragon caught 1t and
sat frozen in his place. Then, with An
ipsrticulate cry, he fell nat on his
horses neck and went spurring out
Of sight.
The answer to Buds questions was
very easy now. Tho Mexican who had
led the attempt on his life was one
of Ara9on's bad men, one of the four
guumen whom Hooker had looked
over 20 carefully when they came to
drive him from the mine. and Aragon
had fitted him out with new arms to
make the result more sure. But with
that question answered there came up
another and another until, in = sud
den clarity of vision, Bud saw through
the hellish plot and beheld himself
the master.
Al man to man, Aragon would not
dare to face him now, for he knew
that he merited death. BY his sly
approach, by the look in his eyes and
the dismay of his frenxied retreat
he had acknowledged more surely
than BY words his guilty knowledge
Of the raid. Coming to . camp where
he expected to hnd all dead and still.
he had found himself face to fAee
with the very man he had sought to
kill How. then, had the American
escaped destruction. and what had
occurred to his menf
Perhaps, in his ignorance. Arasoa
was raging At his hirelinss because
they had shirked their task; perhaps,
not moving that they were dead. he
was waiting in . fever Of impatiencs
for them to accomplish the deed. How
ever 1t was. Bud saw that he held the
high card, and he was not slow to oct
In the morning he saddled Copper
Bottom, who had been confined to the