Cheyenne record., 1921-06-16
CHAPTER xv'-cen.lnu.d.

he shan nave q military funeral.
Ricardo promised.
~Trom the cathedral" Webster add.
ID. ~And take a picture Of It for
bis people. He told me about them.
want them to think he amounted to
something. after all. And when you
ct this two-by-four republic Of yours
going again. Rick, you might have
your congress award Don Juan
thousand dollars ORC for capturing Sar-
ros. Then we can send the money to
his old folks"
sBut he didn't capture sarros,"
Ricardo protested. '~The man escaped
when the guards cut their way
through" .-st.
HE didn't. That was ruse while
he beat It out the gate where you
found me. I saw Don Juan knock him
cold with the butt Of his rifle after
I'd brought down his horse"
sDo you think he's there yeti"
sHe may be-provided all this didn't
happen the day before yesterday. II
I wanted him. I'd go down and look
for him. Rick"
It'll go right away. Jack"
"One minute. then. Send q man
around to that little back street where
they have the wounded-it's couple
Of blocks away from hereto tell
Mother jerks and the young lady
with her I'll not be back"
"They're both outside now. They
must have gone looking for you, be-
cause they found you and Don Juan
arst and then told me about It"
"Who told your
"Afother Jenks."
"Ohl Well. run along and get your
man."
Ricardo departed on the run. tax.
ing the sentry at the door with him
and in his haste giving no thought
to Mother jerks and her companion
waiting for the doctors verdict. In
the palace grounds he gathered two
more men and bade them follow him:
leading by twenty yards. he emerged
at the gate and paused to look around
him.
Some hundred feet down the street
from the palace gate Sarros' bay
charger lay dead. When Webster's
bullet brought the poor beast down.
his rider had fallen clear Of him. only
to fall q victim to the ferocity Of Don
Juan Cafetero. Later. as Sarros lay
stunned and bleeding beside his mount.
the stricken animal In its death-strug-
eie had half risen. only to fall again,
this time on the extended left leg Of
his late master; consequently when
Sarros recovered consciousness follow
ing the thoughtful attentions Of his
aseailant, It was to discover himself
hopeless prisoner. The heavy carcass
Of his horse pinned his foot and part
Of his leg to the ground. rendering
him as helpless and desperate a. Q
trapped animal.
For several minutes now he had
been striving frantically to release
himself; with his sound right leg
pressed against the animals back.
bone he tried to gain sufficient pur.
chase to withdraw his left leg from
the carcass.
As Ricardo caught sight Of sarros
he instinctively realized that this was
bis mortal enemy; motioning his men
TO stand back, he approached the
struggling man on tiptoe and thought-
fully possessed himself Of the dicta-
tors pistol. which lay in back Of him.
but not out of reach. Just as he did
%. Sarros, apparently convinced OF the
futility Of his efforts to free himself,
surrendered to fate and commenced
rather pitifullS to weep with rage
and despair.
Ricardo watt.aed him for q few sec
onds, for there was Just sufficient of
the blood Of Dis Castilian ancestors
still In his veins to render this sorry
spectacle rather an enjoyable one to
him. Besides, he was 80 per cent
Iberian. a race which can hate quite
as thoroughly as It can love, and
for time Ricardo even nourished the
thought Of still further indulging his
thirst for revenge by pretending to
aid Sarros In his escape! Presently,
however, he put the ungenerous
thought from him: seizing the dead
horse by the tall. he dragged the car
cass OF his enemy's leg. and while
Garros sat up. tailor-fashion. and COM
.menced to rub the circulation back
into the bruised member. Ricardo
seated himself On the rump Of the
dead horse and appraised his prisoner
critically. ~
sarros glanced up, remembered his
manners and very heartily and grace
fully thanked his dsliverer.
at Is not matter for which thanks
are due me. sarros." Ricardo replied
coldly. II am Ricardo Luis Ruey,
and have come back to Sobrante to
EpA$ my fathers debt to you. You
NIill remember having forced the obli-
,e1t1o0 upon ms In the csmstsgy some
l1ktssa ysars ego"
Ese perhaps ~ hossi0sd eeceods
Oarros starsd st Ricardo: thso De
t0nrk bleod u him eams - hirds6snse;
~ tsoss psee rslaxsd; ~ fright
- ssapaif ~ ~ swaFtAy ssssts.