The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-01-31

Jvtendr, Returns.

JItendra Returns.
-Four. hundred and fifty miles OF
horseback. through country dcvoIt
Of law, brIstling with rugged. semi
cIviliAed Tvons lustlng for loot--ignor
ant, ungovernnbIc, and vIrulenti,
desplsIng "grIngoes"--is a Journey
some men would hesitate before taking
even to battle for flvcmillion-doliaI
gold mine.
Buck Williams thought II all oveI
NJ ne pulled mcdItativeiy at nm after
supper cigar In the Sheldon. while
Billy Scott ndReted on the sent beside
him or nervously paced the lobby.
Hut the cnlm-eyed Hindu. squattinp
tailor-fashIon on the farther end OF
the snmc divan. was ~ motionIcss a.
IN Idol In the great temple at Benares
4 Only his adoring eyes. like those Of a
dog whose master refuses him ca.
ress. betrayed the fcrment beneath the
folds of the soft snow-whlte turban,
which he donned shortly after his ar.
rival.
/ "Scotty." blurted williams. tossing
away a haIf-consumed cigar; "did
Friday Thornton and the rest OF the
boys down In Cullacsn elect to vnmoose
or stick around q whiieT'
'They strck--at least most OF them
did the last I heard Of them" replied
the superintendent. ''linnk Gregory.
Tommy wlckware, and n dozen more
you know ARE still In town. They cx-
pect Intervention by the United
States"
'rhe only Intervention 30 far seems
TO be on this side Of the line" grimly
rctorted the magnnte. "what Tm
figuring on In this We can get across
all rirht--a hundred thousand soldiers
couldn't guard the boundary between
here and Agua Pricta alonc--to say
nothing Of reaching as far as the Colo
RADIO river. Once In. we ought To be
able to double back east until we strike
san Pedro. then skirt the west branch
Of the railroad as far M Sanchez. and
from there across country 10 Culiacun.
However. even II we can do that.
what thenf n Manuel Pacheco and
his friends are after El Tigre mine
two Of us cant stop them. hut IT'S up
10 me to stop them II expect 20 hold
what I've sweat blood 10 get for the
past i've years. How do you feel
about tryingf'
II think you're plumb crazy to think
about H." frankly replied Scott. 1T
was bad enough In Madero's insurrec-
tion. With him gone and Huerta In
power. what chance has q man got.
Buckf Oroxco. CarrHnxa. and dozen
other self-msde generals nrc roaming
around chihuahua. numbering. robbIng.
burning railroads and raising h--
generally. Now Moreno's betievilipg
sinaioa. Every one down country Is
trying TO get out. Believe me. ]
wouldn't try 10 get back the same way
] came out for q half-Interest In Ei
Tigre itself"
"All right" tersely retorted VIII
liams. "You take the train back TO
Benson. drop down to Nosaiss and
see II you can get through 20 CulIscap
by way Of 0uaymss along the west
coast. Trains are still running through
10 Mssstlsn on that division. III hit
II down the other way. That gives M
two chances. II you reach Culiacan
before do. get the boys together and
start for EI Tigre with every gun and
cartSidge you can buy. beg or borrow.
II ! get there nsst III leave instruc-
tons In case I want you 10 follow me
TO the mine. II you can't set through,
shoot back to Nogales and wait until
you hear from me-"
Deaf 10 entreaty. expostulation. or
argument, Buck Williams slipped out
Of the hotel before midnight and rode
10 the northwest. His long detour
carried him far beyond the regulars.
and be easily eluded the American
''line-riderA"
Before daybreak he was we'll past
the monuments IN the nyst fringe Of
hills south Of the Arisona boundary
line.
In . shallow arroyo be gathered .
few dry twigs and lighted q smokelsss
are to boil his cofIss. His horse and
one burro. carrying the meager sup
plise necessary for the hazardous Jour
ney, were plckstsd behind knot of
wsterworn bouldera. while be crept
wsrily down the denis 10 reconnoiter
the valley below.
A solitary horseInan. whose seat b.
trayed bis unfamiliarity with that
mode of travel. popped around . bend
In the gully. With incredible swift
ness williams whipped his ready rife
TO his shoulder, then lowered II with
an amnzed exclamation.
"You--you persistent little choco-
late-drop." he gasped. as the express
sionIcss face of Jitendra looked down
into his own. "Whnt IN hades are
you following me for? Didn't tell
you that you were under no obliga-
tion TO meY
"You did, Sahlb Buck"
"Well--oh. for the love Of Milfss--