The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-27

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upon the Land. and whan fDliowiaG
them the countess thousands u tbs
red savagss drove tho Toltecs in bead
long night. bringing death and dess,
lation upon the land. And then TIA
glranIard came. and--thou knoxost ths
rest, sen0r.
y do but speak the empty vapur
ings Of age am seventysix years
Of age, and have tracked that stone
northward--northEard ever since thai
day vhan Zapata'a men robbed the
| shrine.
.-faoss men Who Hed yesterday
across the line, and who found refuge
with thee have the stone. They took
Il IN fait fght from the rebels. who
were moving toward Ei Paso with II
in the hope OF selling II for gold with
which To purchase arDas and ammuri-
ton for their cause.
And they In turn have lost the
stone to thee; for = passing cowboy
told me that these men had surreii.
dered to the Americanos and guided
me the greater part OF the way to thy
camp.
Il am no rebel. senior. am Q
chIrchman, not q soldier. Butt seek
the stone--l. now that my brother Ia
dead: |, the Blind Priest OF TrecaRte.
am the lawful guardian Of the shrine"
Just then the deep voice OF the SER
geant broke In.
Sir. II the lieutenant Ia ready I'll
bring Up the packs an the lieutenant
can go through en-"
Kynaston. called back to earth.
looked up and nodded.
Bring EN- Nil up In front OF my
tent. sergeant"
The three pack mules. tired and un.
groomed. were led up and their packs
decanted In front OF the tent whore
Dorothy and Mrs. Fame sat In inter.
ested observation.
There ought TO be guns an re-
volvers an ammunition" commented
kynastou. Button! Button, Who's
got the buttons wonder what they'y We
got packed away In those aparejns. "
He soon found out, fer under the
quiet orders OF the sergeant the guards
slipped the packs and opened them
In front OF the wondering eyes OF the
little group.
Il thought at least wc would And
that the arms manufacturers OF the
country had shipped rifles and pistols
to them across the border" comment.
ed KynAston. And | md nothing:
absolutely nothing A petate-slsep
ing mat--and u lot OF dried red pep
pers. together with package OF beans
--frijoles-- Wait q bit. What's that
under your hand. Miss Upton"
Miss Upton. startled. looked curs
ously at the package under her hand
which she had been resting upon the
pack. She gave II twitch. and bun.
die wrapped in rough, red blanket
rolled out on the ground. kynastou
promptly picked II up.
Hin! Three rifles that have no
business here and hundred rounds
OF ammunition. Wait q bit, Sergeant.
look al the arsenal mark on those
rifles and see where they were made"
The sergeant scrutinized them care
fully in the early light.
Sir. there's some mark on EN- that
can't make out. II looks like some
sort OF a flower as well as can see.'
Kynaston took tho gun. As far
as Its appearance was concerned
II resembled every other military
rife that no had ever seen. but when
he turned the under side TO the light
he saw stamped In the dark wooden
forehand Of the piece the full-blown
chrysanthemum that was the emblem
OF only one nation.
HIM An Arisaka rife! Now
how the deuce did that come here! II
was made ~ far east as one can get
without tumblins over to the westward
again. How the deuce did a Japanese
rife come into Mexican hands,"
He had no opportunity to solve tho
problem. for even as he spoke Dorothy
gave an exclamation ard stepped back
n pace as the covering OF a package
broke and food OF silver pesos ran
out at her feet
There's no proof OF stealing In
these" commented Kynaston Even
IL there were the stealing was doae
in Mexico, and the thief was not with.
in our Jurisdiction, What is this?"
II was plain, dirty canvas sack
perhaps foot in depth and II bore
She marks of rough handling He