Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-04-28
AfOul Of
Villas Men
By
Capt George B. Rodney

'Guld rebellion and anarchy be toler.
led.
And the warning that those monu'
ents gave was backed up not by the
FRIED ranks of untold thousands but
" thirty young cavalrymen Just now
e little SQUAD of line riders were
Iolling in the shade Of their tents
where they watched Corporal Welsh
as he supcrint3nded the saddllng-a
painstahing Job indeed for to cav
alryman the slightest wrinkle in sad.
die blanket is serious matter, as II
may well put him a<oot with lame
horse in tie course Of a days march.
KynastoN mounted and, leaving his
little squad to move slowly out along
the rocky trail, rode quickly back TO
the tent whore the two women sat
Here he swung out OF saddle and.
tossing his reins to the trumpeter
called out cheerily enough
Il say, Miss Upton, hope will
ind you and Mrs Fame here when
return. 1t has just occurred TO me
that I ought to give you the warning
that Is contained In the note 70.
ceived.
= 1t will not be safe for you 10 cross
the line here inside OF the next TWEEN.
ty-four hours You know this road
leads directly south and connects with
the main road TO OJinaga. and there Is
lighting going on there 1t VIII be
extremely unwlse for you to leave
here, at least until return. shall
be back by daylight, think. | can't
tell you any more Just now know
Mr. Upton would wish you 10 act on
my advice"
Certainly Mr., Kynaston we will
take your advice and profit by your
courtesy until our chauffeur comes
back, or until you return Good luck"
And Miss Upton waved her white
hand cheerily to the youugster as he
took the slope at gallop to join the
little squad, which was already vel!
on its way toward the rocky little trail
that led eastward to the mesa.
Mrs. Fame watched them I'LL she
saw the last man OF the little rear.
guard pass over the ridge. Then she
turned to Dorothy
He seems a nice mana really nice
young man, she commented. stand.
Ing with her hands on her hips look.
ing down at the younger woman. Il
am not at all sure that have ever
seen better looking man in years"
She eyed Dorothy speculatlyely And
he'd make a mighty good match for
young cir. like you" she concluded.
You speak like Methuselah,"
laughed Dorothy. Teach me out Of
the book OF your experience"
My dear, laughed Mrs. Fame, do
you know that a widow OF twenty-five
is as old"
AS she wants to be- Yes, Just
that; and not day older"
DO you want him, Dorothy. II you
do | will keep my hands OF but
think If you do not that | shall take
advantage OF the open game laws OF
this state"
Fearing lest she should betray a
touch OF Jealousy, Dorothy hastily
turned the subject. oh, for sleep"
she yawned. I'm goin; to lie down
until the car is repaired. wonder
when we can expect that good.fornoth.
ing chauffeur back with that gear"
She passed into the tent, where she
STOOD Tor a moment looking at the
crude efforts that Kynaston had made
during his month OF occupancy to
make himself comfortable. Dorothy
gave the place deft touch or two,
which seemed to transform H. then.
with little sigh Of utter content. she
threw herself down upon the narrow
canvas cot, pulled the MOSQUITO bar
over her pretty head to keep away the
ubiquitous New Mexico flies, which
stick closer than brother. aud passed
away into dreamland
Drawing her pink veil about bar
face, Mrs. Fame settled herself at full
length In the long canvas reclining
chair which Kynaston had placed be-
meath Chinaberry tree near his tent
In a few minutes the little camp Law
quiet under the stars.
Ordinarily, Kynaston would have
welcomed a message that took him
from his camp. Anything was a re-
Lief that broke the monotony of the
long day when the only variation was
the shifting OF the long shadows from
west to east.
Day after day he had sat by his
.ent watching the little parties of rebel
horse riding the line on the lookout =,
or the americans who should succeed
n evading the law that prohibited gun
for in those days almost any
)ne would take a chance with a rife
worth It's weight in coined silver and
selling openly for fifteen
EMS apiece, And gun running was
made easier by the reason of the fact
that the smuggler must be caught red I
handed In the act of carrying the arms
across the very line itself; for any l
American citizen could legally own O {
thousand rifles within ten feet of the Y
boundary. |
IT'S the same old tale, of course" 6
reflected Kynaston as he trotted lei. {
surely down the gentle slope that led
% the Santa Mesa flats, from which 8
he land sloped south to the Great a
Ranges, where the miners were pray. I
ne for peace that should allow them a
o work undisturbed the great ore s
'eda that held the wealth Of the ages. =