Gunnison news-champion., 1920-02-06

better oMn We are. guess. for No.
reno1l git his men together and start
something II We don't beat Il for n
Tigre before they rally"
CHAPTER vlil.
ewami Ram Olas Adssui
"Tistenr"
Buck Williams held up . warning
hand.
The two score American riders trail.
Ing behind him halted In the cover Of
the thick trees Just above "a Tigre
mine. Some were aching with wounds,
others reeling In their saddles with
fatigue. But at the signal everything
was forgotten except the possibility Of
another brush with Moreno's men.
Indomitable. resolute expressions re-
placed the lines which pain had paint
ed on their faces a. weapons were
loosened and muscles grew taut with
the suspense Of the moment.
"what the devil II 1T" wonderingiy
demanded Billy Scott.
'Do you hear II. tool" There was
. note Of relief in Buck Williams'
voice. "Scotty. thought for q min.
ute had the rams again-and its
seven years since I touched . drink.
That's the same tune I heard the night
got back to Fl Tigre. when I dreamed
Washington was leading his army Of
ghosts against Pacheco's poems. Then
I woke up to nnd that lousy thief had
me hamstrung for fair!"
''It's q flute or . fife Of some sort"
averred Friday Thornton. playing
Yankee Doodle ! guess"
"Git out. Friday" scoffed Tommy
Wlckwire. '~That amt Yankee Doc.
de any more than it's Lead. Kindly
Light II that amt 'Everybody's Do
ing It. I'm . greaser myself"
ut can't be any Of Moreno's OUTFIT"
thoughtfully remarked Scott. "His
shotgun artists never play nothin' but
fantan and guitars"
Here goes, boysi" shouted VII
liams, galloping his horse down the
HUI toward the building. The others
followed unhesitatinsly. The pipin0
notes grew more clearly audible ~
they swept up the road to Bucks resi-
dence. a8 ~
The owner Of n Tigrs was Arst out
Of the saddle. He strods into the
building. with ride ready. Scott. thorn
ton and Wiekwire Just behind. The
quaDtette burst into the dining room.
Seated cross-legsed on the door was
IN emaciated. beOwp-hued little man.
naked to ths loins. savs for an In
maculats turbaA, which encircled his
head From . small. reedlike pipe
came the music which they had heard
and upon which he was still perform
Ing vigorously. but with ~ greatest
eomposurs.
On each side of him. swaying In Per.
feet rhythm to the music, were two re-
Dulsive king -cobras. A hypnotic spell
seemed to all the room. Neither the
piper nor the snakes appeared svare
Of the intrusion.
.Jitendrai !" sharply calculated WI
liams.
The music abruptly ceased.
The ophidians, ~ u scsoting Dos
sible danger. nattened to the iloor ard
giided with amazing swiftness over to
the Hindu. He thrust one nonchalant-
" into his turban and the other into
the neck-cloth he plucked from the
floor and adjusted.
The four Americans gasped.
Il was several seconds before VII
liams could nnd his voice. So many
weird things had happened that he
would not have been surprised to see
the little brown man disappear through
the Aoor or dissolve into nothing while
they watched.
II thought you were dead, Jiten-
dra!" at last acclaimed the mine
owner.
The diminutive brown man arose
and salaamed profoundly.
~Ths sahib speaks true Of Jalising-
rao Jitsndra. who today excaEnated
On the Ssvsn Paths from The prison
yard sf the city-ls Il not sor.,
Buck Wtncod.
- his careful scrutiny of ths half.
stnsved Agurs bs6oce him removed the
su4dsa doubts whicA had projected
thsnselves into ~ mind.
sXsa'rs JIteadn. an fisAt. be posi-
lively rsp1isl r know your best-
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