The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-06-08

lhtlOn upon inc lHnu, anu tncn the
Spaniard came. and-thou knowest the
rest. scnor.
Il do but speak the empty vapor.
ings OF age. ! am sev~enty.slA years
OF age, and I have tracked that stone
Observation-Disclosures ever since that
shrine.
Those men who fed yesterday
across tho line, and who found refuge
with thee have the stone. They tool
II In fair fight from the rebels, who
were moving toward FL Paso with II
In the hope OF selling II for gold with
which TO purchase arms and ammunl.
ton for their cause
And they In tdrn have lost tho
stone to thee: for n passing cowboy
told me that these men had surren.
dered to the Amoricanos and guided
me the greater part OF the way To thy
camp.
Il am no rebel. senior. am n
churchman. not n soldier. Hut-I seek
the stone-I. now that my brother Ia
dead; !. the Blind Priest OF Trecante.
am the lawful guardian OF the shrine"
Just then the deep voice OF the ser
goant broke In.
sir, IL the lieutenant ia ready I'll
bring NJ tho packs an the lieutenant
can 80 through en-"
Kynaston. called back to earth.
looked up and nodded.
'liring EN- all UP In front OF my
tent, sergeant"
The three pack mules, tired and un.
groOmcd. were led IN and their packs
dccantcd In front Of the tent where
Dorothy and Mrs. Faac sat In inter.
cstcd observation.
There ought 81 be guns an re-.
yo,ycrs an ammunition commented
kynaston. Button Button, Who's
got tho button? wonder what they We
got packed away IN thoac aparcjos. "
He soon found ont. for under the
quiet orders of the sergeant the guatls
slipped the packs and opened them
In front OF the wondering eyes OF the
lutte group.
II thought NJ least wc would find
NHA' wv hA nus ullllNId 'NAlil " WV
country hud shipped rifles and pistols
10 them across the border comment.
cd KynaEton. And find nothing;
absolutely nothing. a pctate-slcep
ing mat-nnd a lot OF dried red pep.
rers, together with a package OF beans
-frijolcs- Wait "A bit, What's that
under your hand. Miss Upton"
Miss Upton. startled. looked curl.
ously at the package under her hand
which she had been resting upon the
pack. She gave Il q twitCh. and q bun.
die wrapped In a rough. red blanket
rolled out on the ground. Kynaston
promptly picked II up.
Him! Three rifles that have no
business here and u hundred rounds
OF ammunition. Wait a bit. Sergeant,
look At the arsenal mark on those
rifles and see where they were made
The sergeant sc~rutinized them care
fully In the early light.
sir. there's some mark on 'em that
| cant make out. II looks like some
sort OF IA flower as we'll az | can see :"
kynaston took the gun. AZ far
rs It's appearance was concerned
II resembled every other military
rifle that he had ever seen, but when
he turned the under side to the light
he saw stamped In the dark wooden
turchand Of the piece the full.blown
chryaunthcmum that vas the emblem
OF only II nation.
Him. An Arisaka rifle, Now
how the deuce did that come here" II
was made as far east as one can get
without tumbling oycr to the westward
again. How the deuce did a Japanese
ri!lc come into Mexican hands p"
lie had no Opportunity TO solve the
Problem, for even as he spoke Dorothy
gave az exclamation and stepped back
n pace as the covering Of a package
broke and a Hood OF silver pesos ran
out at her feet.
There's no proof OF stealing I'm
these" commented Kynaston. Even
II there were the stealing was done
In Mexico, aud the thief was not with.
In our Jurisdiction. What is this"
II was n plain. dirty canvas sack
perhaps Il foot In depth and 1t bore
the marks OF rough handling. lie
picked il MP and IugGled It from hand
to hand. The officer OF the Carranza
forces was obviously uneasy at the
scrutiny.
THAT. %senor,' he said, "is the great.
est prize OF all. II was stolen by
these rebels across the line and was
to be used by them to purchase rms. A"
Without waiting for any explana.
ton 40 to what the contents OF the
sack might be. Kynaston cut the string
and poured the contents out upon the
saddle blanket which the sergeant had
spread upon the ground. Certainly
there was nothing In the roll OF rags
that rolled out to presdgo great value
But on turning over tho mass with
his foot a glow OF green caught his
eyes. There tun.bled out nj his feet