The Dermott news., 1916-08-03

gave off the light absorbed during day time Now it was winking and twin king with an evil light as the padre cupped it in his brown palms.
 'I know 1t is here" he said slowly, and yet cannot see it. shall never see 1t. yet will the old shrine be the richer for my wanderings. l know fl is green. and | can feel its long, pear shaped tongue that the sea gave it.
 He shook it. the pearl tongue gave cut ono clear note.
 win you not come with us, padre
 Dorothy spoke very gently, as me speaks to child
 "Whither them"
 ITO our own land where ther" is no war. no trouble no murder, nc op- pressi0n
 Yes. 1t is to that land l travel len the good God gives surcease ftom labor Till then"
 A whipliko crack from the dark ess jarred across the sileHees of the n,Fht "a long. whiplike crack followed by loud. clear note, accompanied lT sharp explosion The old man ell prone upon his back, amid q hun"red twinRliug fragments of the Rell.
 Wilkes dashed out of the shed.
 "A Mauser!" he snapped "S me 2reaser trying for a last shot smashed tue Bell and killed the oil man. Come on! Let's get out of here quick"
 start the motor,1 called Kyna. on t,a ,-;tI, ,-n,1 i,, o Bfgv'
 He stopped to gather up the < az. ments of the Bell-the precious flag mcnts which would substantiate his story at the coming investigation and which would clear him of the chNge of having stolen the relic.
 A moment later. as he ran r,Lnd to the front of the house again, fhe machine Was ready. purring. panung. and jarriug under it's engine.
 Throw in your clutchi" c,fed Wilkes. Were all here and were all ready"
 Kynaston leaped 10 his place shC ged down the pedal threw his clutch Into the low and pulled 1t back 10 second The machine took the curve below the house shooting forward like prcJec- tile on the trail that showed steel brown in the dusk
 It's touch and go, muttered tn. old man. Nolan. keep the ladies down.
 His gray beard blew back over his shoulder. in the wind his eyes nar- rowed 10 pinpoints.
 Throw her wide open. son! he commanded
 Kynastous s foot pressed the gasoline control and the ear shot forward Ia ster and faster Past the first line Of scat tered fires they went. greeted by ,ells and an occasional shot Past the lines where the troops we're forming toward the house whither Kynastou had been taken, q prisoner the house in which Upton had been murdered
 Keep her eoin' and throw her as wide open as you can.a said Wilkes
 T can hardly hold her as it ist" panted Kynaston She's pulling like a runaway locomotive on town grade
 It was true They had left the trail. and were heading northwest across the unfenccd mesa, certain of five milo fiat with nothing worse than prairie.doE mound. a bunch of grease. wood. a sage-hush between then and the much h-dcsired line Behind .hem they heard the hammer of pursuing hoofbeats, apparently every mounted ;,.
 A storm of shots swept over and about them, one impingine on the iron that old Upton had so wisely placed above the engine Wilkes reached back without looking and forced Doro- thy. who was about to rise. again to her knees
 Keep down" he Crowled in a kindly voice We can't take chance now; we're too near the line"
 Rock and bush and stunted tree stood out in silhouette as if drawn in India ink against silver background.
 Behind them they heard yells and shouts and shots
 And then. coming toward them on run. they saw a number of mounted men For moment Kynaston believed they were caught. but t was for a mo ment only. A shout from dozen lustv troopers told him 1t was Ameri- can cavalrymen in MeNico-across the line at last
 The pursuing MoNicans turned and fled into the darkening night But the car continued on, though at a lessen nag pace and in a few minutes they shot past great stone monument, whitewashcd four. square that marked the limits of anarchy and murder,
 Its like American cavalry the world over-on hand in the nick O time" said Kynaston
 They ran up the hill and over it and halted on the farther slope below the crest It was then that Kynaston, get ting down from the car, helped Doro- thy first of all from the tonneau. and. catching her in his arms kissed her