Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-08-03

Vut unihlHthkhnie les, tncre were TWO
horses racing down the arroyo. Anto.
the fugitive. rose 10 his feet and stirred
into the dusk.
"Slt down !" Ainlre ordered. sharp
~. He obeyed, muttering beneath his
breath, but his head wal turned as n
In an effort TO follow the sounds OF the
pursuit.
Next came the distant rattle Of
loosened sfOnes-evidently one horse
was being urged toward the open high
ground-then the peaceful quiet eve
ming was split by the report OF Laws
thlrty-thlrty. Another shot followed,
and then n third. Both Alnire and her
prisoner were OF their feet. the woman
shaking In every limb. the Mexican
strnlnlng his eyes into the gloom and
listening lntently.
Alnire had begun TO feel the strain OF
the situation and was trying TO decide
what next TO do. when David Law
came riding out OF the twilight. lie
was nstrlde. the grny; behind him az
the end of h larlat was Bessie Belle.
and her snddle was empty.
Mrs. Austin uttered n sharp cry.
Law ~dlsmounted and strobe to the
prisoner. His face was blnck with
fury he seemed gigantic In his rnxe.
Without n word he raised his right
hand and cufred the Mexican TO his
knees. Then he lenped upon him, rs
n dog might pounce upon n rabbit.
rolled him to his face, and twisted the
faIlpVpto arm into tho up,ntt - ~. ~
Anto cursed, he struggled, but he was
like a child In the rangers grasp. Law
knelt upon him, and with n Jerk OF his
rlata secured the fellows wrists; ris.
Ing. he set the knot with another heaye
that dragged the prisoner to his knees,
Next he booted Anto to his feet.
i've a notion TO bend n gun over
your head" LAW growled. Clever M.
tie game, wnsn't III"
"Where-f Did you-klll hlm7" the
woman gnsped.
Alnire had never beheld such A
demoniac expression as Law turned
upon her. The mans face WINS ron.
torted, his eyes were blnzlng insanelv.
his chest was henving, and for mn I'm.
slant he seemed to include her I'm his
anger. Ignoring her inquiry, he went
to his mare and ran his sinking hands
over her as II In search OF an Injury
MS questioning palms covered every
'nch OF %gllstenlng hide from forelock
to wlthers, from shoulder to hoof. and
under cover OF this task he regalned In
some degree his s%elf-controi.
Wfbuf hAu,I., - . ~
right to me-" he said. finally. Laying
his cheek against Bessie Bellies neck.
as n woman %snuggles close to the man
Of her choice. he addressed the mnre
i reckon nobody Is going 10 steal you,
ehF Not IL ! know II. No, sir; that
hombre wasn't any good, was he?"
Alaire wet her lips. "Then you
shot hlm7"
Il didn't say I shot him." he told her.
grufiy. II warned him first. and he
turned on me-blew smoke in nv face.
Ihen he took 10 the brush, afoot. md
l cut down on him once more to help
him along"
"He got awnyH"
II reckon So"
"Oh, obi" Alaire's tone left no
doubt OF her relief. "He was always a
good man"
Good? Didn't he steal my horse1
Didn't he aim 10 get me at the first
and free his c~ompndre7 That's
why he wanted his Winchester. Saw
| reckon he-needs KILN about as
as anybody | know"
81 can't understand H." Alalre sat
weakly. zone OF my men, too"
This fellow behaved himself while
was gone, ehf Law jerked his head
In Anto's direction. ~ was afrnid he
try something. II he had"
Such a possibility, oddly enough,
to choke the speaker, and the
feroclty OF his unfinished threat cnused
Mrs. Austin TO look up at him curious.
ly. There was a moment OF silence,
he said, shortly: "Well, we've
got n horse apiece now. Let's GO"
The stnrs had thIckened and bright.
ened, rounding the night sky into a
slltterlng dome. Anto, the murderer,
With his ankles lashed beneath his
horses belly, rode first next, In a sui.
len silence, came the ranger, his chin
upon his breast; and In the rear fol.
owed Alaire Austin.
Under the stars, at the brenk OF the
irroyo, three hundred yards below the
hole, q coyote was sinking In a
vide circle around the body OF pannlo
Sanchez.