Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-09-04
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-senor don Antonio de la
the American Side Of the Mexican aSaee Dw borde en-
is informed by his American attorney
that q technical error has been found in
ment without reading it.
CHAPTER II-Teresa, only grandchild
in the library and her grandfather miss
ing. The belief is that the senior has been
carried across the border by Mexican reb-
takes command Of the situation and or.
ders the servants and vaqueros to arm
themselves.
CHAPTER I~II-stanway, with twenty
men starts in pursuit Of the rebels. They
Tsss hoo Who R Ran be Torre mo aind%an S 1e
claims, by the escaping rebels.
CHAPTER Iv-stanway loses the reb-
els trail. and returns to the hacienda.
Teresa shows him the copy of the new
win which She has found and which
leaves all the property to Tore.
CHAPTER Van emissary from the
senior is we'll and is being held for s2O, 600
as the heir, but Stairway takes command
CHAPTER VI-Dempton, the senor's
stanway's order and is accused of having
received pay from Tore for altering the
senor's will.
He thought that there had peen
many men here; that a man below
had caught the girl in his arms as
she was dropped down to him; he
shuddered at the thought, and once
more was running, now down the
stairs, which he tool almost at a
bound, through the dim corridors, and
toward the drawing room.
"The senorita?" several voices were
clamoring at him. "Have they
harmed her? Blood of the Savior,
have they dared lay hand upon herr"
"She is gone," he answered crisply.
"Listen, ~companeros. This is the
work of Tore yonder. You know that.
But you must not harm him-yet!
There is time. See that he does not
escape. If he does not bring the Sc
norita back to us safe, unframed
then we shall know what to do, shall
we not, companeros?"
They answered him by silence and
the quick turning of black, fierce eyes
upon the man who had this second
thing to answer to them for. Tore
summoned his old bravado and the
smile which went with it.
Tore did not speak, but, turning
away, made a cigarette, Captain Ju-
arez, seemingly just awakened, threw
his blanket aside and sat up on his
couch, his eyes rowing from face to
face, coming to rest at last upon Tor
res as though he were awaiting a
leaders move. His eyes were as
grave as Torres, his sense of a crisis
as clear.
"Senor Stairway" 1t was Tore
speaking coolly, his voice steady and
indifferent. II should like a word
with you"
"Have I time to handy words with
you?" cried the rancher angrily. 'This
last thing you have done is insanity,
Tore. You have gone too far"
"Or not far enough! Which is it?"
His voice was stern now, and rang
with defiance and triumph. He was
sure Of himself, of his position.
II told you" he ran on, his cheeks
flushed now, his voice ringing out still
more clearly in the hush in the room,
II warned you what 1 should do. I
asked twenty thousand dollars last
night and you refused to make terms.
You were a fool!
Snow I ask fifty thousand! And I
shall get it. I don't hide behind
words; I am not afraid Of the open!
I play my game Of dice where all men
car see the ivory cubes roll out of the
box!
at is II who have caused the dis
appearance Of the Senior de la Guerra.
1t Is I who have caused the senorita
Teresa to be taken away from under
your very eyes. And / do not deny it.
For the game is mine!"
'You wouldn't dare" began Stan
way.
Torres short laugh cut into his
swift words.
"Dare! Don't I dare everything to
stand up this way before you and tell
you what ! have done, what 1 am
going to do? Mother OF God, senior,
] dare anything"
There was bravadO in the words,
arrogance, II naughty disdain OF the
men who held him prisoner, who
looked Into his. fpce with hard, hun