Gunnison news-champion., 1917-04-27

my chance. You found II hard to e.:
up: you will ind It harder TO get down
You cursed fools. you are trapped
every one OF you"
We were too astoundsd TO speak We
could only stand there staring r.
auaAzemeut A great broken bouSh
upon the grass showed whence he hal
gained his leverage to tilt over our
bridge The face had vanished. buf
presently Il was up again. more frantif
than before
we nearly Killed you with a stone
Ar the cavsr' he cried But this 4
better. Il e slower and more terri
bic. Your bones will whIten mp there
and none will know where yon lie or
come TO cover them As you lie dyins
think Of Lopez whom you shot hv"
YEAR ago on the PUipmayo river.
am his brother. and come what viii.
will de happy now. for his memory
has been nvcnsed~' furious ham
was shaken at rs and then all wa
quiet
Had the half breed simply wrough'
his vengeance and then escaped all
might have teeu well with him T.
was that foolish Irresistible Latin I'm
pulse 20 he dramatic which brought hi
own downfall HuItuu. the man VII"
had earned himself the name Of tho
-FlaI of the lord through three coun
trfcs. was not one who could ''e safelT
'auu-e|i. The ha'f breed was descend
Ing on the farther 4" of the pinnacle
nur l,Drar" hn ~uud reach tho ground
Lord John hnd run along the edge -
-ho DlHrcau and gained a point frou
whIh he roUE -ce hls man. The,
was q single crack II his rife. and
though We saw nothing. We heard H.
scream and then the distant thud ~
tho falling rdy Eoyrrn came bac
10 r- with a face o' granite
Il have heen q bind =EmDleton." sat-
he bitterly ITS my FOLLY that h.
brought YOU all into this trouble
should hnyc remembered that the
nenplc have long memories for bloc
rcuds and have been more upon m
guard"
What about the other onef II too
two or them 10 lever that tree over III
edge"
Il could have shot him. but | let hin
go He may have had no part In 1t
Perhaps II would have been better Il
had killed him for he must. as yor
say. have lent a hand"
Now that we had the clew to hi
action each Of Us could cast back an
remember some sinister act upon tn
part OF the half breed-his constnr
desire TO know our plans. his ARE
outside our tent when he was owe
hearing them. the furtive looks of h
tired which from time to time one -.
other OF Us had surprised We wer'
still discussing II. endea v"ring to n
tu.t our minds to thes" ncw cond
tons. when singular scene In ~
plain below arrested our attention.
A man In white clothes, whn cDu'
only be the surviving haI' hrccA. "
running es one does run when dee
In the pacemaker. BclIlnI him. only
few yards In his rear, bounded the
huge ebony figure OF ZamDo our de
NolPu H'EIo' Even Hs We Ivpatu ut
sprang upon the back OF the fugitive
and nung his arms round his neck.
They rolled on the ground together.
An instant afterward Lambo rose,
looked at the PROSTATE man apd then,
waving his hand joyously TO Is, came
running In our direction. The white
figure lay motionless In the middle Of
the great plain.
Our two traitors had been destroyed,
but the mischief that they had done
lived after them. By no possible
means could We get back to the pin.
nacle. We had been natives Of the
world; now we We're natives of the
plateau. The two things were sepa-
rate and apart There was the plain
which led to the canoes. Yonder. be-
yond the violet. hazy horizon. was the
stream which led back TO civilization.
But the link between was missing.
No human ingenuity could suggest a
means Of bridging the chasm which
yawned between ourselves and our
past lives. One instant had altered
all the conditions Of our existence.
II was at such a moment that
learned the stuff OF which my three
comrades were composed. They were
grave. It is true. and thoughtful. but
Of an invincible serenity. For the mo-
ment We could only sit among the
bushes In patience and wait the com
ing OF Zambo. Presently his honest
black face topped the rocks and bis
herculean figure emerged upon the
top of the pinnacle.
what l do now?' he cried. you
tell me and l do it!'
1t was question which 1t was eas.
Ter to ask than to answer. One thing
only was clear. He was our one trusty
link with the outside world. On no &c.
count must he leave us.
mo. nor he cried. Il not leave
you. Whatever come. you always nnd
me here. But no able to keep Indians.