Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31

God bless the lot Of you'll I thought
youse was all dead" was Morrison's
greeting. I knew him from the flavor of
his language. outwardly he seemed like
very dirty, swarthy, well-fed Mexican.
''Let me count you" he continued. "Mrs.
Lorimer-and her husband-G Archer
and Jordan Spence Your father is in
the auto. Bob. An armored car it is, sir.
II you are ready. wen move on"
"Chrys?" I exclaimed.
NOW, Mrs. Lorimer, will you listen to
reason. can't hold this ranch for long,
you know, except by a miracle. And one
miracle has happened already today"
We looked at the detective in vast as
constituent.
"The earthquake" he said. at
stopped the fight. I thought we was get
ting on famous, when all of a sudden the
enemy ceased firing, come from cover,
and ran away from the house off into the
back fields I was too busy myself to
notice the shake. At first I thought they
had run out OF bullets The quake is
over, / guess, still they don't come back"
I remembered Certeis' premonition and
warning. After the first tremors were
over he had insisted that the earthquake
was coming. told the story-and
begged the men to take care of Certeis.
Let his own people find him." said
Morrison. We've got to vamoose."
Cant you take him away as a pris-
oner?" ventured Archer.
"And why should I be doing that?' in
quired Morrison. mo. gents, I amt
down here to get tangled up in interna-
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now I've got you, we'll vamoose, as 1
said"
"But-Chrys ?" repeated.
"If we stay to save the young lady,
Well all be In deep" explained the de-
tective. There's a line from this haci-
enda direct to the seat of this govern
ment.. They wired for troops-and the
troops Is on the way. It amt such long
way as I could wish, either. The sol
diers will be here in autos inside of two
hours. Now, / ask what you gents In
tending to do? And before you answer,
III tell you what I'm going to do.
guess that not being bandit, and not
being a Mexican-only being dressed up
as one, the best thing can do is to take
my party away from here. I came to
Mexico to keep the peace, not to bring
on a war, gents"
"Chrys?" I repeated
"Jaue, you are going 10 do what you
are told for once in your life" said my
husband. You are going with Morrison.
7 will stay here and hunt up my sister
II stay, too" said Jordan Spence.
And I'll make a dash toward Vera
Cruz with the rest of the folks" an
nounced Morrison. your fathers yacht
has been cruising of shore for a week
Wen board her-And hang around for a
while Wen wait for you to fetch your
sister, though how In hell you're ever
going to. get her out Of here-and over
to the coast, is more than can see.
eff you see any sense IN my leaving
some of my men, they are at Your serv-
tee" he concluded.
wen go it alone3" said Bob to Jot-
dan Spence. Then they shook hands.
was awfully depressed. looked at Bob
a long time; suddenly bit of inspiration
came to me.
pulled his head down-and whispered
my plan to him.
Bob never was a diplomat, but he
knows romantic plot when he hears
one.
don MsnueI?" he exclaimed. "Jane
Jane! guess you've fixed things-once
morew
Its going to be awful hard on Jordan
Spence" I whispered.
Love is hard on all Of us" replied
Bob.
Love is sword " I quoted.
My words made Jordan Spence look up.
"'Love is sword" he repeated
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