White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-09

us. With one impulse we rushed back
bridge was gone!
Far down at the base OF the cliff l
saw as | looked owe a tangled mass OF
branches and splintered trunk. 1t was
our beech tree. Had the edge Of the
platform crumbied and let 1t through?
For a moment this explanation was
in all our minds. The next. from the
farther side OF the rocky pinnacle be-
fore us. a swarthy face. the face of
Gomez, the half breed. was slowly
protruded. Yes. it was Gomez. but no
longer the Gomez of the demure smile
and the masklike expression. Here
was a face with flashing eyes and dis
torted features, a face convulsed with
hatred and with the mad joy Of graft
fed revenge.
Lord RoxtonF he shouted. lord
John Roxtonr'
We'll" said our companion. here |
am.
A shrek Of laughter came across the
abyss.
"Yes. there you are, you English dog.
and there you will remaini / have
waited and waited. and now has come
my chance. You found 1t hard TO get
up; you will find 1t harder to get down.
You cursed fools, you are trapped.
every one OF you"
We were too astounded to speak. We
could only stand there staring In
amazement. A great broken bough
upon the grass showed whence he had
gained his leverage to tilt owe our
bridge. The face had vanished. but
presently II was up again. more frantic
than before.
we nearly killed you with a stone
at the cavei" he cried. But this is
better. II Is slower and more terri.
BILE. Your bones will whiten mp there.
and none will know where you lie or
come TO cover them. AS you lie dying
think of Lopez, whom you shot five
years ago on the Putomayo river. |
am his brother. and. come what will.
will die happy now. for his memory
has been ayengedv" A furious hand
was shaken at us. and then all was
quiet
Had the half breed simply wrought
his vengeance and then escaped all
might have been well with him. 1t
was that foolish. irresistible Latin Inn
pulse to be dramatic which brought his
downfall. Roxton. the mar who
had earned himself the name of the
"F1aii of the Lord" through three coun-
tries, was not one who could be safely
tainted. The half breed was descend.
ing on the farther side of the pinnacle,
but before he could reach the ground
Lord John had run along the edge OF
the plateau and gained n point from
which he could see his man. There
was a single crack Of his rife. and.
though we saw nothing. we heard the
scream and then the distant thud of
the falling body. Roxton came back
to us with a face of granite.
81 have been n blind simpleton." said
he bitterly. Its my folly that has
brought you all into this trouble. l
should have remembered that these
people have long memories for blood
feuds and have been more upon my
guard"
what about the other one? 1t took
two OF them to lever that tree over the
edge"
81 could hs ve shot him, but | let him
20. He may have had no part In It
Perhaps It would have been better II
I had killed him. for he must, as yon
say, have lent a hand"
Now that we had the clew to his
action each Of MS could cast back and
remember some sinister act upon the
part OF the half breed-his constant
desire to know our plans. his arrest
outside tent when he was over
hearing them. the furtive looks of ha-
tired which from time to time one or
other Of US had surprised. We were
still discussing It. endeavoring to ad-
tust our minds TO these new c0ndi-