The Adair County news., 1919-07-16

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Stanway's heart beat wildly when he
saw what Mendoz had found.
''The door of the passageway he
whispered. SSH Be still Even
take off your boots, companeros. We
are going to give them no warning.
But first, Mendoz, bring Demrton
here, quickl l think he is going to
talk now"
MendOz hurried, and presently came
back, he and the immense Vidal, walk
ing at Dempton's right and left.
"DemptOn," whispered Stairway,
meeting him, make no sound. If he
cries QUITO Vidal and Mendoz-
IF he makes a sound choke the life
out of him. Do you understand,
Dempton?"
Dempton's pale lips opened, but no
words came forth. A little SILVER ran
through him.
"We have learned everything, Demp-
tOn," Stairway went on in his whis-
pering voice. "Even to the hiding
place. There is the door," He point
ed to the panel with the thumb-print
upon it, 81 think that we can send
you to the penitentiary for a long time
with very little trouble. Will you talk
now, Dempton?"
DemptOn hesitated, denial upon his
lips, growing fear in his eyes.
"What do you want to known he
asked in shaking whisper. q Oh,
my God This has gone further al
ready"
81 want to know how many men are
with Tore in this thing?"
"There-there is Juarez-and-and
="
Don't be a fool as well as a cow
ard, Demptonr muttered Stairway.
You are such a petty little thief that
nobody is going to want to prosecute
you if you help US now. There is
Tore and Juarez and you. Who
else"
IL don't know" DemptOn licked
his dry lips and swayed between Vidal
and MendOz as though he were going
to fall. "Oh, l was fool"
Granted. But tell what you know
while you have the chance. How
many?"
Seven, / Think chartered Demp-
ton. "Seven besides Tore and Juarez.
Five. inside, two outside with the
horses"
Outsider" queried Stairway.
Eyes. To ride away, leading extra
horses, so that it would sound like a
number of riders were racing for the
border To leave the trail which you
followed south. The other five to do
the work inside"
sand De la Guerra was never to be
taken from the hOuse?"
mo. 1t seemed safer this way"
"There was every hazard in it,
Simply because you happened to
be at the rancho" returned Dempton
with little flash of bitterness. Had
there been only the senOrita, it would
have been easy to have worked on her
love for her grandfather.
sand Torre?"
KILLED man a month ago in San
AntOniO-is running away from the
gallOws. With the money he expected
to make from this he could buy the
silence of the one man who can iden
tify him as the murderer. 1t was his
only chance"
/ "Juarez?"
as actually a rebel captain. Tore
was to give him his share. Then Tore
was to have q commission in the rebe
army. He looked to distinguished ia
vOrs when the rebels fought their way
into power. Now"
"NOw what?"
'NOw, if he goes into Mexico the
rebels will shoot him as a traitor
That was another chance he was TAX
ing. He was to give five thousand dol
lars to the cause. For that they le
him have Juarez and the other men
He was TO give his life if he lied Il
them, if he tricked them or-if hi
failed. He could never get across thu
border without their spies finding
him."
\ Then GauchO returned with wore
that everything was ready. Vidal, a