Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-05-26
CHAPTER VII.
A Contest Of Wits.

Dusk was slowly drawing down a.
kynastOn left the house. Below him
In the camp Of the attackers excite
ment was rife. Serious as WAS his
predicament, he could not help specu-
lating on the cause Of It, Anything,
even the most trivial thing might turn
the scale. In his favor, and he did not
mean to miss the slightest chance.
He knew right we'll that, given the
chance. Upton would get his party out
and across the border to the place
where the cavalry had camped he
also knew right well that the old
miner woud leave no stone unturned
to help him II he could gain thirty
six hours at most and then manage to
escape, he might still win out
lie was by no means hopeless,
though weliLigh desperate, as he drew
down from the higher ground to the
camp well sheltered In the valley he
saw that more men WGe coming in
presumably the talkedof re-entorce-
ments
They saw him as he came down the
camp lay The horsemen, In madly
yelling crowd swept forward toward
him laTiats circling, horses frantically
earecoing about him, their riders
striving to See who should be the first
to get rope about the neck OF the
accused gringo.
Mercfully he rurestalled their at
teulpts by backing up against q tail
NE sQuit bush 50 that the loops OF their
lnrlats could not settle about his neck.
Seeing his intention they voiced their
disaDDroyal in q renewed outburst
Of yells
Further designs upon him were pre-
vented by tho opportune arrival OF an
officer, who dispersed the crowd by
the simple process OF beating them
about the heads with stick,
Have you come from the house
yonder, senor?
Yes. And claim proper treat
ment from you, sir You can hardly
claim to treat people In your power de-
Gently when your troops are as out OF
hand as that
Il will take you to FL General Obs
DO senior, said the officer courteous
ly For your own sake, warn you,
do not anger him His temper 10 q
tlhe uncertain, owing to his having
20 undergo severe priyations for the
past week"
A sentry slept In the doorway
From the interior came the smell OF a
neal that had evidently Just been
served
Following his guide, Kynaston en-
tered FL General Obispo, squat
little man, whose high cheek bones
ana full lips betokened his Indian an
cestry, looked up from the supper
which he was eating by the simple
process OF stuiiing us much carne seco
Ia his mouth as that organ would hold.
and then cutting off the balance with
a none too clean knife.
Ii general growled out question.
The officer explained who kynaston
Nss. In answer the general rose hast
lily from the table, spat the meat from
his mouth, and began such furious
TRADE of scurrilous epithets as to be-
come nearly epileptic, Kynaston stood
silent.
Take him away Place him In
the Quartet till Q consejo de guerra
tcourt martialD can decide what the
tate shall be of any accursed gringo
who dares kill one of our gallant
soldiers! Here!"
He tossed paper to the ot1cer
Let him see captain, that even in
his own accursed country, where the
pigs walk on their hind legs and talk
and act ss II they were indeed men,
they are beginning to see that the
revolutionary forces of our land are
not to be withstood- court-martial
Continued on Pass Four