The Glenwood post., 1914-08-01
esslNvGa xxA


Q rusA cd Q scramble. Amigo threw
down his cup and vas a II fash fos
| The TockA
A mo0eof htas too 0aa Fo6s down
the canyon. and then two more. and
two more. It vas . column Of nen
all armed With FiAss. and they casi
eavious eyes at Copper Bottoa - they
halted before the canR- A. for Bud,
he saluted grsvely. for ~ knew then
for what they were.
These were the lost f0rces Of Ber.
nardo Bravo and Salazar. Rojas and
the other bandit chiefs. anA they
marched, a. he veil knew. upoa Ybr,
tuna They marched quietly. and the
great whistle had not blown.
1t would make q Fich prise, Fortuna,
if they could take it by surprise! Ths
ransom for the Spanish hacisndados
alone would amount to thousands Of
dollars, and the minooWners could
afford to pay anything IN order 70 save
their works.
A box of dynamite under the giant
concentrator and the money would be
produced at once. and yet the scoun-
drels halted at q one-man camp to
steal y single horse.
A flicker Of scorn passed over Hook.
er's face - the leader came dashing
up, bat the Texan greeted hin With Q
slow smile.
"Bsenos dis, sensral!" - ~;
-yoa have many msa."
'Enough!" observed ths ~Dsoaeul"
hurriedly, Dat so0s In ths raAf 0sU
- foot A. sappnss yoa asU in ~
pa1ny with oar gr0at canoo. wfn -
yss Tor that horss. OF oosrss. vil
gfve yoa . rscsipt"
He fetched out Q blank-bosk q be
sDs&s and DotioasA to Q rless1 bag.
gar q his hsels. Bud checked the
Dan'6 r0sA VIII Q look.
OD0 WoOeot!~ hO aaAA. anl = the
ses1Ssv tssasA back his general glancsd
~ sAaspH.
"Osly this. sseos 0ssssal.- -.
swsre4 Ds1. you arc welcome to
Aythtng hsvs-fooA, blaAksts, noa
~est cannot give yos that hoess. "
But. ssaor!" psoessts1 IL esasral.
f~garding hin With Arrogant Dts syss
that giisasd vieksAly. ''this poor col
atsr'S fest ass sore. 09reiy yoa voald
Aee make N walk. Oaly AaDs yen
price and viii givs yos . rsosiSk fss
him. but ~ DaA 0ast have ~
horsa."
TAsrs was . pause aaA Asa bsGa1
to lismosnt anA nove n ciossr. ~
. word fro0 tAsir eo0naAAse ~
oos q tAs0 wsslA Araw ~ k1ll hin.
- Hookse W.T. veu nsv, ~ ~
lave for Co00a1 nstto0 nAAs hin o.
anFaka. ''A''. i'
II tAs maa y lAAa." - sail, =
will give him another hosUs-Sst be
cannot have this sosfsl"
He stepped quickly over to the cor.
raj and turned with his back to the
gate. while the commandsr spat out
orders in Spanish and armed men
came running.
"senor." he said. advancing brusque
" upon the defiant Hooker. y must
trouble you for that pistol"
mo, senor!" answered the cowboy,
keeping his hand upoa his gun. mot
to you nor no man-and III never give
it mp to Mexican!"
"Carai!" exclaimed the oflcsr impa-
taently. you are IN nAmericano-no!' !'
Mot only that = ramblsA Bud. draw.
ing himself up In his pride, Il An q
Tejano also. ard II any man touches
that hofss IN KIN hin!"
His vosee trs0bssA With anger, bot
biz hand was stsaAy anA the Hsxicans
did no< 6sesivs thsossavss.
"Ha, n Tejano!" murmursA IL
men who stood abost. aad one OF tvu
Who ha1 started 70 eiinh The fsncs
tAoaght bstter q II and dropped haeA
to tie grosnd
Bed knew the fate oe several men
who had proclaimed themselves Aneri
leans to the t1sufF0ctos-boastful
dooe. It vas saiA to b the quickest
way there vas Of drawing . Mexican
bal1ot But to b Q Texan was differ.
snt-somehow the very name suggest
ID trouble to their minAs aaA IN Ala,
NO Aght to the dsatA. Hoohse saw
that hs had nAAs an imprsas3oa, ~
- was not slow to follow Il uA
IT yoa need . hoesa." hs said t.
the geaefal, "lst yoaf naA 20 uD thai
aFT0yo aAA - win nnA 90 hobAaed o.
The aat Thea givs - yosr recsip,
for two hunArod doalAFs sold anA
win ooatxibats . saaalaA"
Il Was Q foasuaaAao concsssaoa. m
6sr IL circumstances. and, bssa q an
Il savea ths Ososral's fAos. n ID
eeas froWn witA which ~ - regard
- tAe Americas changed suAa0fy 4
. leek q poopous pesAA H 3ssks>
- tADsrtoss bead at - saGssd n
taanee anA drew SoesA - sossiDt-bool
W1GA . flourish
While hs waited ~ IL Aosss 10 ap
Par he turned uDea ~ snooping mss
and drove then % tAa1r mounts viii
\ A04m~n