The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-09

In Mexico. And we'll 60 to the Mex.
lean while the goin' Is good"
The others agreed to this, and at
Screweye's suggestion the Kid was
left behind to watch for any possible
pursuers while the others pushed on,
the plan being to meet at shutdown at
a certain rift in the mountains.
Led by Dick and Tomas, the brave
seekers Of the "Riven Flag" set out
across the desert to the distant noun
tains, following the easily defined
trail Of the outlaws. In high spirits
at their marvellous escape from the
cliff and encouraged by the addition
of the Indian to their forces, they
Travelled swiftly over the sand
stretch, to be halted by sudden
warning from Tomas, whose keen
eyes had seen lone horseman riding
leisurely back along the trail.
Pulling their horses behind hillock,
they watched and soon recognized the
rider as the Kid
Turning aside, by urging their
horses among the rocks and hillocks,
they soon passed the Kid and took up
their position just back from the trail
along which he would pass to join
Scarface. 1t was easy for the Indian
to haul the unsuspecting Kid from his
saddle with lariat and binding his
arms they threw him across horse
and continued their way toward the
mountain pass.
Scarface and his men had made
camp and were waiting the arrival Of
the Kid, when their leader, sweeping
the trail with his glasses, caught sight
OF Dick and his companions.
Screweye took look, and with
curse exclaimed:
Yep! The Injun done It. And they
got the Kid, too Come on"
In the outlaw camp q council was
held, and it was the villainous in
genuity Of Scarface that evolved a
scheme to capture or kill their pur-
suers and rescue the Kid.
The trail at that point ran along
the side Of the mountain. On one side
rose sheer cliff, on the other was
deep ravine with sheer sides, the
ground rising few feet, forming
sort of chute. The trail rose rather
precipitously and at sharp bend
huge bowlder blocked the way. II
was on that bowlder that Scarface
conferred his activities. Beneath the
bowlder and on the upperside, he
placed heavy charge of dynamite, to
be exploded by detonator. Above
this detonator was suspended a small
rock, easily dislodged by a sharp pull
on a string running out and across
the trail few inches from the
ground, but well concealed by twigs.
The plan-and It worked with dead
ly perfecton-was that the horse of
the leading rider would give the string
the pull that would loosen the small
rock on the detonator. and then the
huge howlder, dislodged, would crush
its irresistible way down the, trail,
giving to any one caught there the OPP
ton of being crushed TO death against
the side Of the cliff or Of leaning To
death into the ravine.
Unseeing and unsuspec.ing. Dick
and his companions rode into the
trap, and IL was Dicks horse that
stumbled against the string. There
was rocking explosion that almost
hurled him from the saddle and sent
the other horses covering against the
cliff, and the bowlder. torn from Its
foundation, came rolling like a death
Juggernaut down the trail.
Terror-strlcken and helpless to helm
him or themselves, the others crowd
ed against the cliff In a desperate and
vain hope thar the bowlder would
pass them, IS Dick thrnw his arms
about the relern rs me of death.
CENT CT 3. s1-I EPIsoDEl