The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-21

ieemVd TO need any more name
han that. The other was mostly
American. with dash OF every
thing else you can think lilo was
not bad looking. except for his
mouth. which was Just n kind OF n
hard.edged cash across his face.
The name he answered TO was
| Badly
well. | was glad 20 see them.
and they came right 20 business.
IT was n mans job. all right. that
they were putting up TO me.
And Il was n rank ono, too. but
I'm ashamed 20 say that. deaper.
ate as was and seeing yellow
and In land where right and
wrong seemed 20 get mixed up ut
every turn. the rankness 81 Il
Just didn't strike me,
You fellows have never heard.
likely. OF n little tribe called the
'Quetrals.' down In Yucatan. No.
OF course not But every one
down round Mexico and Central
America way has heard OF them
aud their treasure, They re- so
rich that they are able 20 pay the
government well TO let them alone.
Where they keep their gold. every
body knew we'll enough was some
where up among the tremendous
mountain cliffs. Ru, Il had never
been considered healthy TO try TO
find out anything moro abo1t Il
than that
We'll. I'm not going 10 toll you
about that journey Into the bad
interior in the heat. IL was bad
but Ill cut Il all out We kept
we'll clear OF the trail. you'd better
believe. and worked higher and
higher. aiming 10 come down upon
the town from the interior--a dir~c-
ton FROM which the Quetxals would
never be expecting a visitor. When
we did come on tho place II was Just
by accident-I was going to say
good luck. but that wouldn't be Just
the right word.
baking In the sun. the village
lay huddlcd beneath us. a sort OF
a nest OF brownish yellow. fiat.
rooted adobe houses. on a great
shelf OF the mountain side.
Then We started off 10 work
our way around the head OF the
canyon. II was nigh sunset when
We reached the bank OF the river.
above The canyon. and found u
here pleasant. quick stream.
running between two low banks.
aud looking as n II might have
trout In II. Here We knew we
were In danger at once. so we
backed off into the brush again
and decided TO lie low until moon.
rise.
Prom our hiding place we
could see quite q way down tho
slope. to spot where . heavy
spring spon,cd out from u-.der a
rock. When Badly and Antonio
got thirsty both at the same time
II seemed quit. all right that they
should creep down to the spring
and get n drink.
Well. the fellows had no more
than reached the spring when I
saw them kind OF stiffen up. pull
their knives. Next second I
heard cry and a scuffiing. I
was up and after them In a jsffy.
pulling my own knife as ran. for
you will understand that was
no time nor place to use our guns
II We could help II. There Mt tn.
side OF the trail was an old man.
crumpled mp on bis face. with
Badly Just pulling tho knife from
out OF his back. between the
shoulder blades. In the middle
Of the trail lay boy. He had
evidently been running away
when Antonio's big bowie knife
caught him. The way the Ereaser
could fling n knife was n caution.
AT the sight OF the old lnJun
and the boy lying there In their
blood. | felt pretty sick. can tell
you. This was not the kind Of
fighting was looking for. II
was Just tho coldest-blooded kind