The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1916-08-04

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the Mexican camp. A. this point Der.
othy takes hand In the negotiations.
Dorothy rose. palsfAced. her eyes
alight with blue IRE. like two tur-
Quoises name-backsd.
Indeed, shall take no further risk
in this matter. You win 60. father:
you do owe 1t to him. shall 60 with
Jon, and We shall take the Bell"
Wilkes stared Ut her. uncertain
whether he had heard Alright
"You-you-you 20! Not by long
shot. Miss Dorothy Why, it'd be sheer
murder-no less! Have you both lost
your minds7"
The girls lips were well-nigh color
less: but Wilkes, who knew men. knew
when he saw the tense lines In her
face that she had passed the dividing
line between common sense and i'm
pulse.
'But how?" he asked. How can
you take the Bell"
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no fear-wait."
She disappeared with the Bell into
her own room. A moment later she
returned, her face flushed with excite
ment, her eyes luminous, standing. .
veritable picture. in the golden square
Of sunlight that lay upon the floor.
Gomez" she said imperiously to
Ca Ia hA-
10 lose. You win keep these two men
In safety till We return"
Wilkes gave up, muttering his dis
content as he turned away. shaking
his gray head.
"Ain't you got no sense. Upton7
Don't you know that what you plan 10
plumb madness7 I've got great mind
to pull gun ON you an not let you
80 one STEP"
For answer Dorothy shook her head.
She would not betray her father be-
fore them all. What she knew must
forever remain hid.
NO." she said again quickly; he
went for us and We owe 1t to him.
Whatever shall be said Of US. no man
shall say that We Uptons do not pay
our debts. have the Bell where none
can ever find It. Come, father!"
Like . man In q dream, Upton fol.
lowed her out the door. The rest Of
the party morosely eyed the two -
they walked down the hill, the girl
golden-haired. trim-habited; the stur
dy, square-shouldered figure Of the
miner plodding heavily at her side.
Silently they passed down the slope;
still speechless they crossed the ariojo
beyond the alamos-the cottonwoods
where Wilkes and Manuel had made
their capture that morning.
As they approached the lines Of the
besiegers they were greeted with .
yell from the outpost. Twenty men
surged forward to seize them, but were
swept back by an ohicer, who sprang
forward. machete in one hand. his
low-swung sombrero In the other.
Back. perros!" they heard him cry.
1T is Senior Upton himself who desires
speech with 81 general. 10 1t not 10 mi
amigo3"
Upton nodded carelessly.
About the cook-fires one or two
women moved Lastly. The whole
camp was asleep In the sunlight %
Upton and Dorothy entered the house.
For q second the two stood at gaze,
the glare of the sun still binding
them. But when their eyes had become
accustomed to the cool, darkened in.
terror Dorothy gasped and Upton
swore softly. There before them. his
arms tied at the elbows behind his
back. stood Kynaston under charge of
guard of four men Behind a table
sat the blind priest. smiling quietly,
and the squat-flgured, bull-necked gen
eral, who was in a furious rage.
And you dare to tell me that you
do not know where 1t Is. when the
padre here says that he is sure you
know its whereabouts"
Just then Upton stepped forward.
Il have the Bell" he said quietly.
III you let Kynaston 90. as you prom
Use, you get it: otherwise not"
"Ha-ha!" The general uttered a
nasty laugh. "I'll hold you till l get
it. anyway" He waved his hand care.
lessly in the direction Of the young
American.
Take him out and shoot him." he
ordered in an offhand way.
you bloody villain! You worse
than dog-you wretched, yellow cur!
Nou horse thief. robber. villain. ban