Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-15


EiVcn opporsunsty, counise AZ Aaans
escape 81 order that he might marry
Rose ana 90 thre~ judith bach into
his. MarroS,hats. arsns.
Poor. aeiuded fooi,
Sach VAS The private comment 81
Aerrcphaie master.
For All that 4 VAS the man ana aos
bis aaushser. whom 1rine desiknated
10 leae The sxpcdltscn. runnlnsts
ceunting ON Jndlths chasrsn 90 wors
upon her pNssicns and excite her 10
enc last mad. bllnd stsemm that
shoaid prove successful
Smiling hts secret smile Trsne an.
noanced his decsloa At the last mo.
mept while Hopi Jim Waited vita his
horses and an assistant one Tesss---
Tor whose after Innocence u scrapsss
Nj slade anhesitstlnsiy vouched.
sellenly submissive. At least In ous.
ward seeming judith bowed 20 Tits De
cision, marched cut OF the car. aad
suffered Marrorhss 10 hslp hes moans
her hofse
Nov deliberately. a. the little cAysl
caas rode thwash the mooalis deser,
sight the sirl Unanswered her horse
% tao side OF hopl jim and then
chopped bach. permitting Aarrophsl
10 lead she was with rexas
As deliberately she oct herself 10
work upon the bandits susceptibility
TO her charms
Within Al hour she had him ready
20 do anything 10 Win her smile
Ia that ntsl rush Of golden day a.
ihWArt the land the part, came qalssi,
into the town ~ Mesa. ridins slowly IN
order that the noise Of their approach
mssht not warn the fusitiSus. who
Hopi asserted oouadently would sull
te sound asleep ia the ascemmodA.
lions offered By the towns oae hotel.
Il was 10 be termed teWn ouiy in
courtesy, this Mesa stragellns
street u shscks rAmshaokle relies %
What had once been promisins com.
manity, the halfway station between
the railroad aud the minlna CAMPS
secretcd Va the Businesses Of the Paint.
ed bills camps nov abandoned. tkelF
very names almost faded out Of The
memory OF mankind
Midway IN this string o, edihees ,ae
hotel sio0d' q ruagh. uupainiod. wood
Ca efihcc. malnly NerandA and bar
roem na TO IL lower moor
IvHlously luouh Watched the win
dows ~ the second noor aud she
slone OF The four detected the face that
showed for one brief instant eell bach
10 the shadows beyond one OF the bed
room stnduws--a face that slimmefot
momcntarllY With the pailor 81 )
ehosss against the background OF thai
uhaturity and then MAS gone.
Her eyes alone. indeed. could hav,
recognised the features OF Alan Law
10 that fugitive glimpse,
Two sentences exchanged between
Hopi Jlm aud blearo eyed fellov
whom he reused from soddcn slumbcr
behind the haI scaled thtlr conndenc
With CONVICTION tho three fugitive
were ia fact guests Of the house. oe
cupying Twp OF the three rooms lba
composed IL upper story.
In The rush that followed up n,
narrow stairway. judith led win sue
spirit that not even Mairophai sal
paeisd her revolver WAS poised noiei
with Intent 10 sh6ot from bic hand hi
own revolver the instant he lefele
Il NJ human target
Closed and locked doors confronte
them, aud their summons oduced IL
response. while the nrst door. whe
broken IN BY whole sauied kick Oh
covered nothing more aatlsiactof
than an empty room. W bed bearin
The imprint Of w0mans body. bu
that woman gone
From the one window. l0oklnE dow
the side Of the house Tcaas announce
that the woman had not escaped b
jumping out.
So a seemed that the three mus
have had warning OF their arrlya
stser all aud presumably we're nos
hcrded together la The adloinns roeir
which looked out over the verAnd
roof. waiting Ia fear and trrmplin
for the assault that must soon COME
and Ia sact immediately aid
hut II met With more stubborn ~
slsiancc than bad been anticipated
The door had been baTricAd~i iros
within - reeuforcod By iHrnitur
placed against r. -Four minutes an
the united efforts OF foAr men tinclut
iug the bicary losfer Of thr harfoDgl
were required 90 overcome l,r lner, =
alsiance. Bui eyea when ., sRs down
the room was found 70 be- AZ empty a
tho frat
Only the fngFFa ~ two hapds 1fti
ping the edge Of the yerAnda roo
showed the aay the fpgliissa la
n0wn. aud thsse vanished INSTANTLY a
the room wns Invaded
Followed = swift rush u hoois dow
the dusty street. and = chores Of blAi
Ihetny IN che hotel hallway, for u
din had headed the concerted r1a
for the staircase and conirised
black Il Cor full half minute BY pr'
tending 10 stumble and tris, b.
ankle
In spite OF thst alleged inlury. al
noser iimped. ard wasn't yard b
4, hind The FIRST who broke from u
. hotel "a tbs open. nor pct appreciate