Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-01
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fothcr her brothers would have done
everything for her; she would have done
her purely feminine part in making
home homy. That was what she was
born for, the lot of the sweet tehuer
GIRL who is quite content to let other
GIRLS wear mannish clothing and do
mannish work. Kcndric knew inst'ic-
tiycly that Betty Gordon could nave
made the daintiest thing imaginable IN
drosses that she would tirclessly an"
cheerfully nurse sick mon, that shc
would fight every inch OF the way Tor ms
Iifo that she would stand by iaInet
driven TO tho wall broken hhaicl"ns
TINT she would put hope lhlo nun ;Ia ";Ia
hear up bravely and with tehuer ,iJ sn,'T
under adversity-but that shI WA" or
call to n man TO kill spluer iua i,dt ' a
cod had not fashioned her 10 M ti,,s
ns''i," - h"r no thought also of Horaida.
Betty Gordon, just MS sne ""''
in(initoIv more to his liking. -,
"I can only give you my worn oi
bo,a- mv dear" he said gently, and
nooin ,o1'T he fclt as though he were address.
JnS moor little kid of girl IN snoi.
I.Ssso. Lns " THAT | wouldn't harm ha'r
of vour head for all Mexico g.. -,,1o
Tottv though this was her hrst Luue
oxnor;pnCe with outlaws, was not MMitu M
o,t hoth discernment ana lI'u''Lo
% psrhans the maid Rosita had lleu 10 nei -
onrrioG away by natural rehsh "A
,oI,ing oil that she knew ana more ~
iook of Frightening hope Sursen NY ro 80
Dn..,,a gray eycs her pretty Ups "cie
antiEr. whcn n rude interruption ihuue
,or foruet to say the words "hlen "e''
just forming. ,,o 20 Them from
49, not;n where Ruiz Rios and thc reoei
contoin we're arguing, Dut jim J,c, y
Rottr with their own problem o..uri one
,beir minds, had paid scaht "'ae,i nost ni
Wv sudden exclamation III ~
to,h words and thought, sharp -. ",
hittcr anger and more than ai's.l aso.io, ,I
was rage and menace III 'ne ,oi~or no
And then came the shot. ~ ochord
INi,T ,h. hnt sounding louder as 1t eclocu
u"un, % ~" mo rooms. Betty started np III
.mrr"r ".u" hoth hands grasping h"h"riI
o,, Ills own hand had gone llS s"'''
"',, ,,or n the gun slung under ms 'oae.
"HE 1S,,. ~ mo;ted n moment, both tense
,r, lin, Matted her hand reasSurihElS
nrod m,, If from his sleeve ana Sui'
] rplllUNt'l ~
1"sySi "Wiait a second. I'll see which one If
was. -" .,1 oross the roou
Soo, ,ros thrown open ana h,I
ftr p;as uto stood looking in on them queeT;iIE
'''"S ."sennr er Escobar has shot himself III
soiI "Through the heart. /,
~ Dctty fpN back from him, S'~P % %,
Lcr cTos staring. her face W3lte
Tnarn she looked plcadingly to hcnHtlc
When he went to her side She "''''pe'
eo"roke me away. Let's try to go now
HTW Wu;z Rios eyes glittercd, his moqtl 9i
hardened. lie closed the door oe'''"
him. watching them keGn'E. Lird
lit il in my mind TO do y2I nL nonp
ness, Scnor KCndric, Ie ,oI1. Gu'N' ''S''
ing evenly and em0tionlessly' " r,rno
s.You are n mrderous cur, L"Pt'
80. Eondric. ET "I'd do clear. ]oo II
CHo . Tom doad IN your tracks.
t.I' ~ a. ms sneak business, amigo II
soid "Moralizing is nice when thPr
- T''tn' niontv Of time and nothing else 10 D
Topo 10 p You are kept here against 70"
"Ti'' u'mT II might not At in III with M
n,ons to sec you go.
, p'"%TH W will have look at Escobar hrs''
sax W,ds stepped aside and again tGrc' 3c
T ,,an tho door. But he did not STIR ir"I
,bo Snot awaiting KcndrIc return
w w. Jid Kpndric tarrg long, g. EScoh"
,.as Icod already. shot through III
heart. as Rios had said. a rGVU!'Hr ="
= an y" thc ground, close to his right hahd
d" w nnght TO hang for that, sal
L;o,dric a. he came back into Inc room
'tn,t from the way you're going y"
wnn't last long enough for the IN" |
,ot rou Now, what have YOU TO say I
"' A part I have said," returned Rui
D,,. ~ con guess much that my fni
nomsin r,"S hns said to you. I know her de
I s;res and know my own Ills eye
dashed More. you appear inter"stc
t i~ Tho charming Miss Betty Gordor
II Won would like to go yourself, II 20
: ,ronII like to take her with you, ! thn
. 7 cam arrange matters. At price,
, course. ,,,ho ,r;oo5"
r "Esrohar asked twenty five thousan
r dollars. Surely she is worth that nm
t moreP All. Well. what you can
D r. Lower California to tnd may |
. worth as much, may be worth nothln'
d Tba risk is mine. Tell IN" where Il
: n,oco is and ] will arrange that YOU nu
. Miss BETTY have horses and an opc
y "Rios," began jim, speaking slowl,
But it was Betty who answered.
no" she cried. NO and no al
M, You are terrible man, Sem
Rios. and some day God will bring sc
"a n terrible end. Be sure would
/! nanny TO SEQ the last Of you and yol
g cousin and your kind. But the thin
;. ron ask Is impossible. Why shou
" jim Kendrt, TO whom I am only
u hothersome stranger, pay you sum i'll
et thnt-for me? You are, crazy.
, Jim himself was pcrplcxed. He HI
J. No desire to put Ruiz Rios in the WI
), Of anproprtating that which had broug
~ both himself and Barlow here Mo
than that. the secret was not solely /
! tn rive away. were he so minded. Ba
>, low had claim 10 half and he kne
az there would be nothing left for BarlC
~ once Rios scented It. OF these matte
!. he thought and also Of Betty. ii
/ ouick vehemence had surprised hi
!. Until now he would have thought h
eager to consent to anything TO insu
Id her immediate departure.
Fine words, senorita,' said Ri'
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