Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-18

ing party ordered q retreat IN good
time To escape the charge of the Cham
ming cOwpunchers through the rose
garden.
LOVERS LEAP.
Pelting across country at n round
pace, joying in the free swing of tie
unjaded animal beneath her. drinking
In delight with every deep-drawn res
rlration OF the clean. cool air Of early
morning. Patria swung a wide are
through trackless fields before. some
twenty minutes after leaving the hu-
cienda, she drew rein to rest aud
breathe her horse.
II was then that a sound az distant
firing was carried to her On the wings
~ tie wind which was moving from
the quarter whereof. lay tie hacienda.
Definitely frightened. She swung her
horses head about and Spurred him
down tile main read, hut u hun
| bred yards or - short OF the junction
with the road "a the bridge at the hor-
| Ter checked the animal again and sat
! still. listening to the growing rumble
~ many hO1fs.
Fearing lest she he caught in this
rush WI h.rSrtltl. she jumped down
aud led Ter mount into the shelter 81
me roadside trees. then secuted on
lfoot for a little distance Ia a point
whence she commanded a view Of the
fork in I've roads.
RI. .I. .sur.r Ew-s an nNFsnrF
counterpart of that which she had
na~~rd in her motorcar the rreviouS
| i@rtprnuou. stalled nv ar accident ~
me az the wheels. which The Mexican
-.fi,cr Lad just succeeded IN repairing.
An instant later a cloud ~ Mexican
hnrSemcn SWEET un the rund frur1 the
hacienda and Tauscd 1t the fork. The
leader, a burly r%uiian. stopped long
aou-h beside the cart 10 admoniSh
ie driver i1 accents jhat carried
| clearly tu the Eirl-faIniIiar az she
was with Spanish:
Hurry that ammunition across the
| river before the Gringoes get hcre-if
ruu sct amy value ou your skim
That was All; but the sight of the
captive lying unconscious across the
horse ridden by one 81 the MeAicans-
a figure an too readily Identified IN
nv girl as that of her hetrCthed-was
enough tn decide ratrla's cours Of as
ton.
The raiding party swung on az top
speed FOR the bridge. Tie driver ~
ghe oXcart picked up his goad and
-udlol bis beasts tn thc hcs, Pace
,hyy could make. ratrin RIM hack to
hur horse, fuaahlin- in the pockets nj
lcr riding uut and finding there the
envelope If an old letter.
With inc soft-noscd ballet Nc \ load
"a cartridge for a pencil. using the
saddle for Il desk. she contriveL a.
>crawl a simple message on the back
~ the envelope:
Mexlears with Capt. Parr prisoner
crossing border by 5ridge-safe and
trailing thcm-rush hclp-P. c.
Folding and trckinr the envelope in
tp the bride. Patria turned the horses
head homrward and slapped Inn side
with the fat w her hand. Surprised
ANA indignant. the animal sa0rted and
scurried on. Without giving ID am
other thought tie -irl set off after the
uXcart.
She was somewhat surprised To find
that id had made such progress;
obliged to overtake ID ere II came with
Ia sight Of the bridge. or else give III
her fooIhardy scheme. she succeeded
In the nick of time, with none 60 spare.
An instant before the cart, numbering
IN a haze Of dust. left the shelter of
the woods that cloakrd the road. tha
girl lahorel Up behind 1T ANA, unseen
by the terrified driver. clitlLcd aboard
ana buried herself iL the mass MI
straw that hil the eases OF ammuni-
tiun.
Then. half-choked with dust and
sufracating with lack of mir and heat.
uS the u beat down upon tie straw.
she resigned herself 10 enforced mac
ton that endured for many hours.
The cart had successfully negotiated
tie passage Of the bridge ana won IN
4 considerable distance beyond il
when Il fuSillude In the rear cmhul-
dened the girl "a lift up her head. ne
meath The straw, and gasp in 4 few
breaths Of clean air while reconnoitcr-
Ing.
The cart was then on rising ground.
The bridge across the arroyo lay he-
-cHth ID ana So-ue distance back. She
could see the main body Of the McXi-
Guns which amhushcd the Claiming
c~owpuncIcrS.
a few fell I'm the charge. Her heart
llrd FOR them. hut her grief un their
account was Il triilr compared With her
anxiety fur Donald. lie NaS already
ar ahead Of the OXcart, escorted by