The evening world., 1915-01-23

locke yoll from hiSher up the mesa
and tAs quick pad, DAA Of footballs
~ Of men running.
In mid-eir Ballard had . glimpse
a two ngures racine down the
Srs sHnySn sevssS :s.,a ne "i.S; s.SS1 thea e. ne
treme % ~ arc, and ne xsntuckian
dropped. I'll ciaws % clutch and
tsnsely strung musoles - hold. fAiriy
upon the orouohine MA q the raAn.
coat.
what happened durlng the nsxt
half minute resolved itself for Black
loc1x. racing around 10 the battle.
ground By way Of the dam, into Q
Asrce hand -to-hand struggie for the
possession Of the length Of Gas pip&
Al tha psnduium-swfnging instant
the collegtan had seen the sputtering
nare Of . match, and In the dAsh
across the dam he had . whi6 Of
burning g,anpowdsr
When tAs two rose up out Of the
dust Of the grapple Ballard was the
victor, and he turned 70 huri the
gaS p1po bomb with . mighty cast
upstream. There was . splash. .
smothsreA Explosion, and Q gsysef.
like column OF water shot mp. 70 fall
In silvsry spray upon the two new
comsrs sdSing their way cautiously
over NE erumblinS mine dump.
30 much young Blacklook saw In
passing. 4 moment later he had
wrapped BallArdS antAgonist In .
wrsstlsr's hug from behind. and the
Ksntuchlan's back clattered UPON
ieStan taclle. with his chin buried
bStWeen the shouldsrs Of his man.
heard swift footstepo upcoming. ana
the deep boom OF . musical voloe
sayinx. "NAnusl, you grand scoun-
drel-drop that thhh gun. suhl"
0omething else, metallic and heavs
ier than the knife. ratified upon the
stones, and Blacklock loossd hls hold
upon the desperate one. Ballard
stopped 20 pick up the knife ana the
pistol. Wingneld, who was the col.
onei's second In the race along the
half-submsrgsd mine path, drew
back; and master and man were iefe
facing each other. :.
The Mexican straightened up. ana
folded his armA He wec gasplns
from the sfRece Of Bl.0kiooks wrset-
Ter hug. but his dark face Wa -
i6pesSivs g an Indians. The King
of Arcadia turned 70 Ballard and
tAe mellow voice broke . little.
"NiGtuh Ballard. you are . Ken.
tuckian, Onh, Of . fAce that knows
WeIi the meaning Of loyalty. You
snail cay what 10 70 - done with
this po' Villain Of minA ny his own
confeosiou, made 70 me thts afte'-
noon. he 10 . cutthroAt and = mar
derer. Undeh q mistaken iooA OF
loyalty TO me- the deep voice 9rew
more tromuious at this-''undeh .
mistaken ides of loyalty - ne. sub.
he has been Aghting n hts muf-
dsroas way what he concslvsd 70 bs
my battle with tho Aroadtan Com
pany. Without computation. with.
out rsmo'se. he has taken perhaps .
Killed the man Braithwaits and threw
his body into the rivsh. Am maxi
ing Il cieah 70 you. Nistuh Ballardr
How no managed 70 convey his
sense Of entire comprehension. Bal
lard never knew. One Thought was
submerging all &ehsrs In an upheav-
Ing wave Of JOY: the Colooel was
neither devil In human guiee nor 2
maniac-Elsa's trouble had vanished
like the drew on q summer morning.
Thank you. suh." said the dsep
voice. more brokenly than before.
am not pleading for his life. BY all
the laws OF God and man he has for
feitsd that. How long this would have
the vo'y act Of trying TO kill you ~
you lowered that thah stop-gats to-
day don't know. That lies heavy on
my conscience, sub: I ought 70 have
suspsctsd It. What will you do with
NOTHING, now" said Ballard grave
iy. Except 20 ask him . question or
two" And then TO the Aseassln,
standing like . carved image In the
Coloners cast.o6 raincoat: "Dtd you
kill Macpherson, ~ we'll - Braith-
waite and 4andsrsonr
,,v XVI. Hsn dem :. A. =. re: :.x 70: coo: 49, 3.
Dc DAM I say: You no mak'a dc
dam wat do Colonel no want for you
70 make Dass ALL"
$50 II was you who lift Bromley On
the head and knocksd himsinto the
The foreman showsd his teeth.
"Dat was bad meestaks. I'll bean
Try for knock you ON Dc haid dat time.
"oncs more" said the Ksutuckian,
bent upon resolving the last vestige
of mystery. did you happen to b
wearing that rainooat the night you
nAs nSVuu0yI-8nQ tU8t Oyn0I 0lR0y
whom you hsaved . stone At my once
Dvor yondeer'
The Mexican nodded. II wear hesm
ven Dc sun gone down-sams Hike Dc
,oionel."
THAT wfll do." said Ballard grimiy.
md then to the colonel: II think we'd
better be getting over TO the other
ride. The ladies will BE- anxious.
Jerry. take that fellow on ahead Of
vou. and ses that he dossn't Cst
lway. I'm sorry for you. Colonel
craiGmflss. for I do know what 10y
llty-even mistaken loyaity-is worth.
Ny own grudge II nothing-I haven't
my. But there are other lives to
answer for. Am right?"
You arc quite right. sun: quito
light" was the sober reply: and thon
said "vamos!" 70 his prIs-
,ner. airing his ore word Of spanish:
md In single file the five u,sn crossed
.he dam to the camp side of the lake.
where Hgel0w with Elsa and NAdgc
cantrell and . lately awakened Ars.
Van Bryck were waiting. Ballard
nut the colonsa's daughter out Of the
Iroup swiftly. masterfully.
You were wrong-ws were all
he whispersd joyously. 'sThs
nan whom you saw. the man who has
lone II all without your fathers 90
much a. suspecting It, II Manuel. He
'as confessed; your father u a. sane