The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-27

than death After II r. all over. saw ny
ter ct least that that accusation Is I'M.
true.
He clipped from the paper tho ar
ticlo which lntimated that he had
stolen the Boil and pinned II with q
bit of splinter to his note, TO be given
TO the messenger. As the courier
walked of to the great chinaberry tree
under which his horse was tied,
Kynaston thought cheerlessly OF what
the result OF the mission must DO.
Tho messenger was gone an hour
when a sudden furry at tho 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 Senior Upton, who declined to read
t." said the aid. He said that he
was n caballero OF blood and refused
to receive messages that were SEN
him by the hands Of n common sol
der. lie demanded that FL General
Obispo send a commissioned ofices
To talk with him. Accordingly Major
Gutierrez will so up at daylight TO
arrange matters"
kynaston spent n slecpless night.
Early In the morning the camp was
awake, the noise and excitement fore.
casting a move. An hour later an
officer, furious with anger. enter ed
with fnIF mon IIA anl.nI gha 4 40 Ti
can roughly and tied his hands behind
him with n strip OF rawhide.
Los perrOs!" tho officer gritted.
TO treat with men like that-cl gen.
eral wishes to see you, gringO.
What is It? We'll to ask! That
thief OF the world, Senior Upton
bah! lie Is a ladrone, a picaron. a
thief! Done? What has he done7
FL General Oblspo sent this morning
to talk with him about you and tho
jewel, which we need as a thirsty man
needs water. His emissarios were oil
Commardante Major Gutierrez and el
Coronel Mayer. who Is tho chief Of
our artillery.
They went up under a white nag.
senior, and had q 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! Who're are they now?"
The blind priest OF T~rocanto. who
had approached. answered the ques
ton.
They are prisoners In the hands
OF Senior Upton. lie sent word back
to el General Obispo that II the sol
diers lay hand on thee he will hans
tho two officers as high as Hannah.
Doubtless thou canst learn the details
from ell general"
II was difficult to learn anything
from the general. who. angry at being
outwitted, spat like a q and was
equally ineligible. II was from his
trst acquaintance that Kynastor
learned what had happened.
Yes, senior. the two went up with
a soldado-common soldier-carryins
the flag OF truce. You can sec Il Ia
a mile away: between us Is the belt
OF Observation-Disclosures In
the valley.
Their talk. senior. came 10 nothing
We know o that Senior Upton did
but talk to gain time. When they lef,
they walked down the Hill. and wheu
they reached the valley where the ala
mos grew. they dropped their flag oil
truce, sat down. and III cigarettes.
1T was in that moment. senior. that
n gray.headed old pirate stepped from
behind a tree. showed q great pisto'
under the nose OF the valiant coronel
broke the rife OF tho soldier, and told
him to go back to-el general will
pardon me-to the stealer OF horses
who commanded hero. with the mes
sage that the two officers would be
hanged II q hair OF your head is
.ouched-saints and angels. senores
what Is II now"
For another white flag was waving
from the house and a shot had beer
fred to attract their attention.
kynaston looked up eagerly.