Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-25

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hri'llcti amusement The efforts of Buds
htilc boy. Sam. 10 ride I'M aged AMI
wcll-inforimed donkey Il sad-eyed
creature who demonstrated his intel
hSencc ~ lying down a. uftcn a. the
rhiid GOT firmly seated ON his back.
lheir laughter came clearly a. the
ears of the Killer. His own eyes
iWinkled Sympathetically. Then he
yawned and hoped that their
io breakfast would not be too long
delayed. II bored him Ia wait there
III The heat and dust without the sol
ace Of a cigarette.
lie fondlcd the grip of his revolver
anu r"pih"d that his orders had been
strict that he might not shoot now.
when the three offered him such fair
targets. and have done with the bust
ness without delaying Ia take two Of
them prisoners II possible.
~ due time, however. the mother
appeared IN The doorway and called
them IN. The donkey was abandoned
7" crop his own breakfast. The door
ward was left u~ntenanted. Gomez sub
Jccted the surrounding landscape 10
one iinnl. prolonged scrutiny. then
turned. squirmed back through the un-
derhruSh. rose 90 his feet, and hurried
To reioin his fellows.
Leading their horses. the Mexicans
moved forward fur;ively. surrounding
The home without rousing the suspi-
cions Of its tenants.
To these the attack came like thun-
der from the blue. They breakfasted
behind doors closed and bolted-hy
habit 81 nrccaution that circumstance
alone provided them with a chance for
their lives.
There came n sudden rush Of feet
IN the dooryard, ami the front door
was f~uriously battered with rifle butts.
simultaneously a window adjoining
ne table was smashed in. Bud Nor
gan had barely time To spring ia the
'artridge belt and holster which hung
IN the wall behind them when the first
shot sounded. He emptied Il revolver
NJ h window In response-meanwhile
Urging the two womcn and the child
INTO the adjoining bcdchamber.
As they disappeared the front door
began To give e. the blows Of an TX.
Bud had n second revolver ready for
he rush that followed its breaking
n. The satisfaction Of seeing two az
The raiders fall was M least his before
Nc was charged ana carried 10 the
iloor by half a dozen Mcxlcans.
Why he was not shot outright passed
MS understanding. His weapons emp
ir. be- fought madly with his bar,.
hands. He was "a young man. and
hurd and powerful: the combined cx-
rrtionS Of the six could not avail 10
Keep him down for long. one after
mother he struck and kicked them off.
hen struggled 20 his feet. At the
same time he was asSailed from be-
hind; n staggering blow from a gun
pntt all hut fellcd him.
Sick with pain. he reeled out through
The doorway. There others awaited
him. Tie went down AGAIN under their
assault. again fought his way "a his
feet. this time with n revolver which
~ had wrcStcd from the grasp az one
N his advcrsaries.
Gomez the Killer confronted him a.
IT. ro>e-weary ~ eye. almost difidcnt
~ manner. watching his prey warily.
revolver poised. Ii was becominc
plain 10 Gomez that this man was not
io be taken alive. As Bud caught sight
of him. he fired. The Americans head
icrked back sharply. there was a look
~ agony on his face. swiftly erased
by the blankncSS of unconSciousncsS.
his knees hucklcd. and he droppcd-
one side Of his head Il mass Of blood.
II nevcr occurred To The Killer To
doubt that his bullet had penetrated
Buds brain. liz wasted no more
thought upon the unhappy man-after
irritahly kicking hlm-and passed on
into the house.
The bedchlmher door was down.
Within, BeSS Morgan was fighting for
her life. A dead Mexican Just beyond
the threshold testified to the skill with
which she had used the revolver
which. its every chamber discharged.
She was now employing as a club.
Slender and young, a mere slip of n
fair-haircd girl barely out of her
teens. she fought with science and the
desperation Of n who faces. If not
death. worse than death. She had no
reason TO anticipate any sort of mercy
her mother lay dead. a bullet through
her heart. In a far corner ~ the room:
her little nephew had just dropped
nut Of the window IN he rnthlesSly
shot down ms he fled round q corner az
the house.
Lounging In the doorway. q shoulder
against. II, Gomez rolled and lighted Il
cigarette. watching her struggles with
q glimmer of appreciation. Gringo
women like this. with such spirit and
strength. We're worth fighting for. The
Killer regretted that he must hand
her over To his superior. What a
woman-once he had tanned heri
She was standing off no less than
three Mexican deSperadoeS-one she
stretched out with u skull cracked by
4 Shrewd blow from the butt Of tha re-
volvcr. even while Gomez watched.
Rut the others We're too many for her:
stepping back 10 avoid their PUSHES.
she trinncd over the body Of one w
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