The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-06

| honor for mo if you can. Write my sig.
ter at least that that accusation is un.
true. r stEf&
He clipped from the paper the ar
ticle which intimated that he had
stolen the Bell and pinned it with a
bit of splinter to his note. to be given
| to the messenger. AS the courier
walked off to the great chinaberry tree
under which his horse was tied,
Kynaston thought cheerlessly OF what
the result of the mission must be.
The messenger was gone an hour
s'hen a sudden furry at the post of
the guard set the camp alight with ex.
element. An aid came hastily to the
house. demanding admission.
Your letter was received, senior,
by Senor Upton, who declined to read
It," said the aid. HE said that he
was a caballero Of blood and refused
to receive messages that were sent
him by the hands Of common SOL
dier. He demanded that Ell General
Obispo send commissioned officer
to talk with him. Accordingly Major
Gutierroz will go up at daylight to
arrange matters"
kynaston spent sleepless night.
Early IN the morning the camp was
awake, the noise and excitement fore.
casting move. An hour later an
officer, furious with anger, entered
with four men. He seized the Ameri-
can roughly and tied his hands behind
him with strip of rawhide.
LOS perros!" the officer gritted
TO treat with men like that-el gen.
eral wishes to see you, gringo.
What Is it? Well to ask! That
thief Of the world, Senior Upton
bah! He Is ladrone, picaron, a
thief! Done: What has he done?
Ell General Obispo sent this morning
TO talk with him about you and the
Jewel, which we need as thirsty man
needs water. His emissaries were ell
Commandante Major Gutierrez and ell
Coronel Mayer, who ia the chief of
our artillery.
Ihey went up under a white flag,
senor, and had talk with the Ameri.
can. They could come to no terms, so
the two left him and started back.
When they reacher the bottom of the
hill naturally enough they lowered the
white flag"
Yes, yes! Where are they now? p
The blind priest of Trocanto, who
had approached. answered the ques
tion.
They are prisoners in the hands
OF Senor Upton. He sent word back
to ell General Obispo that II the sol
diers lay hand on thee he will hang
the two officers as high as Haman
Doubtless thou canst learn the details
from el general"
1T was difficult to learn anythine
from the general. who. angry at being
| outwitted, spat like a cat and was
equally intelligible. It was from hit
nrst acquaintance that Kynasto1
learned what had happened.
| Yes. senor. the two went up will
a soldado--common carrying
the flag Of truce You can see It 1,
mile away; between US is the bel
OF nwoods-low.lying IL
the valley
! Their talk, senor. came to nothing
| we know now that Senor Upton die
but talk to gain time. When they lef
they walked down the hill, and wher
they reached the valley where the ala
mos grew. they dropped their flag O
truce, sat down, and lit cigarettes.
1T was in that moment, senor, tha
a gray-headed old pirate stepped from
behind tree. showed great pisto
under the nose of the valiant coronel
broke the rife OF the soldier, and tolc
him TO go back to-el general will
pardon nne-to the stealer of horse,
who commanded here, with the mes
sage that the two officers would bt
hanged II hair Of your head II
touched-saints and angels, senores
what is IT now?"
For another white flag was wavinl
from the house and shot had beer
fired TO attract their attention.
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