The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-15

Of Francis. and M she slipped on n
mantle and accompanied the CARGO II
never entered her head TO doubt that
~ peon was waiting for her.
STILL on THE WATCH
Aud VI peon. down on the beach
and spying upon Torres. had no
doubts when he saw the CARGO muir.
dorer appear with this Solano sen.
orlta, bound and gagged. slung
across HIS shoulder like "A sack Of
meal. Nor dld ~ Poon have any
doubts about his next action. when
he saw Loonica tied into tho saddle
of the spare horse and taken away
down the beach at a galiop. with
Torres ana tho CARGO riding on either
side OF her.
Leaving the pulauc.noddcn peon 10
his sleep, the fnt Chinamnn took the
road up the hin ntsao sim pace
that DO arrived brcathlcss at the
hacienda Not content with knocking
az the door. he beat upon u with his
lists and feet and prayed 10 his Chi.
neHo gods that no peeylAh Solano
should take shot at him before he
could explain the urgency Of his CT.
rand.
"oh. so TO henr Alexandra said.
when he had opened the door and
flashed "A light on the face OF the I'M.
Fortunate caller.
- have big secret vi Peon
painted. VERY big brand new secret
Come around tomorrow in busl.
ness hours Alexandra growicd. as
he prepared 20 Kick the chinaman
on the premises.
IL don't sell nocre,r' VI Peon STAN
mered and FaEpcd. II make you
present. give secret now. The
renoritn. your sister. she Is stolen.
She II tied upon horse that runs
down tho beach,"
Eut Alexandra. who had said good
night 90 Lconicn not half an hour
before. laughed loudly his unbclief
and prepared again 10 boot on the
tranickcr IN secrets. vi Peon was
desperate lie drew forth the thou
sand dollars and placed Il In Alcsan.
dro'a hand. saying;
you go look quick. II the senior.
ia stop IN this house now. you keep
all that money! II the senoTlta no
stop then you rive money back
And Alexandra WAS convinced 4
m mute later he was rouainF the
house. Five minutes later the horse
poems. their eyes open from sound
sleep. were roping and Haddling
horses and pack mules In tho oorrals.
while the Solano tribe was pulling on
riding gear and equipplng itself with
weapons
Up and down tho coast and on the
various paths back 20 the Cor1illcran.
tho So.anos scattered. queHting
blindly IN the blink dark for the iraii
81 the hbiur'ors A. chance would
have 1t. 30 hours aftcrwhrd Henry
alone caught the scentfand followed
-. 30 that caInped In the very Foot.
step OF God. whore FIRST tho old Maya
priest had sighted the eyes OF CHA.
he found the entire party Of 90 men
and Leonica cooking and eating
breakfast.
Twenty TO one. never fair and al.
ways impressibie. did not appeal TO
Henry Morgan's Anglo. Saxon mind.
What did appeal 10 him was the dy.
Mantle loaded mule. tcthered apart
from tho on -Haddlcd So-odd animals
and left TO stand by tho careless
poems with its load still on it's hack.
Instead OF attempting the patiently
impossible rescue OF Lconica. an d
recognizing that In numbers her
woman's safety lay. he stole the dy.
Mantle mule.
\ FUTILE ATTEMPT
Not far did he take ~. In the
rhciter OF tho low woods he opened
tho pack and filled all his pockets
with sticks OF dynamite. n box OF
decorators and short coil Of fuse.
with a reRrctful look at tho rest
Of tho dynamite. which he would
have liked to explode. but dared not.
ho busted himself along the hne OF
retreat he would have TO take II he
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