New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-11-11

no more'n about two hours o walkin'
from right here, mister. III you'd jest
up and 90 along wi me. Ia show it to
ye."
Dale considered. There might he a
considerable vein Of this new coal.
Even if he was sent To the state peni-
Tertiary for Il term of years, Hayes
was entirely capable of carrying on the
mining operations.
I'D like to take my mining man,
Hayes"
NO" quickly objected Walt Tur-
ner. Il don't want nobody else to
know whar It's mt but jest you and
me. That away, We see, ef Tin treated
crooked I'll know edzactly who done it
tell at you was pow'ful square, mis-
ter"
Gould | get back here before night
fallf"
Turner's eyes lighted. shore
Then lead the way" ordered Dale.
Walt Turner from Turner's Laurel,
Madison county, state Of North Caro-
lima, crossed the little creek on stones
and went straight To the northeast,
missing the Ball settlement by a good
mile, and hard on his heels followed
the Moreland Coal company's stalwart
general manager.
The way WAS exceedingly rough.
.The two men climbed rugged cliffs,
! threaded dense Tickets of great laurel,
mountain laurel, sheep laurel, and
h~uckleberry bushes. They were one
J hour In Il stretch of woods where the
hemlocks, poplars and hickories stood
! so thickly that the interlacing branches
overhead shut out completely the light
of the sun and half the light of day.
Fearing Il panther, or Il wildcat, Dale
heJt his revolver lO0Sened and ready in
It's bolster. Walt Turner armed him
self with a long staff-for snakes, he
said; and then he proved ii by killing
a RATHER that had eight ratilcs tn It's
tail.
But they Travelled rapidly, notwith- |
standing the fact that the going was
difficult; and two hours after the be-
S'hhihS Vi Aht ilillf itul NY l'ult saw
before him II small and almost circular,
level-bottomed basin walled in by low
cliffs. \ small creek ran through his
basin and made two easy ways of en-
trance. I'm the hollow they saw clumps
of laurel aud huckleberry bushes, and
wild grasses ~knee-high; toward the
enter stood II solitary big and gnarled
black walnut tree,
They entered AT the point at which
the creek ran in, ana went Ia the wal
nut Tree. There Turner halted and
faced Bill Dale with II peculiar CLINT
In his eyes. Dale was looking AT the
rugged walls of stone. and at the
thick green forest that rose above
them he was maryeling, rs only n
true lover of beauty can marvel, at
the wonderful grandeur Of it all.
Walt Turner, of Turner's Laurel,
pponed his slit of u mouth ana spake,
Here's the kitty, :"
Dale was brought out Of his en-.
ioSment most rudrly. From behind
clumps Of laurel and hucklcberry
bushes, from the tail grasses, from
it seemed from nowhere
there sprang dozens of Balls and
TorrryS with rifles in their hands
Bin Dulr had walked. as gently as a
straight into a trap.
His right hand moved toward the |
butt OF his revolver, then dropped
nj his side. 1t was foolish, worse
than useless. Ia show fight; dozens |
of rifles were staring at him with their
murderous eyes, and their {
bullets would riddle him If he showed ,
light, lie glanced toward Walt Tur- {
ler, kinsman of the Balls.
Turner was laughing openly. Pore
little kittyl' y
IF ever | have the chance" NUT
cred Bill Dale, I'm thrash you for I
his cute little joke of yours" f
You won't never have the chanst," @
Walt Turner. 4
The Balls and the Torreys began :
@ close in ON all sides, and u solid b
Ing of dark and for the moSi part n
wickcdly triumphant faces c
itself around Dale. Adam K
father. The acknowledged leader
that band of c%utthroats that was
the Ball-Torrcy faction. glared at
bale with black eyes that were filled
With the fire of intense hatred; then
10 seized Dale's revolver aud thrust
/ inside the waiSt-hand of his worn
trousers. Dale felt the grip
{ rough hands on his shoulders and
rms. He fully realized his great
bur he strovc to keep all signs
{ fear out Of his c%ountenancr. and
g was not unsuccessful.
II presume this * what you call
the law into your own hands,
MT III" be said with a smile that
as forced.
"Edzactly =" snapped old Ball. We !
,e TO- the law, and We held
e fo' the law. and we turned We over /
the law and 'en. by comics. the \
Nv turned We loose the very next }
ny, And 'en the shurir he comes |
At here and arrests four O. u.s. Ef Il
law won't try We and punish We n
: a-shOotin' my son Adam in cold
God. by comics. we'll try We and
We fo' a-doin' II. But We
be skeered one at all. Ye're Z
umb shore 10 git %jestice. I'll prom
p yc iestice." Y
you've evidently overlooked the +
81 that another man confessed to f.
killing. and that that was why
ey liberated me-" said Dale. IA
ITS some cuSsed frame-up." snarlcd VI
. leader of the gang. No man OF =
rth don't like no other man well al
ough fo' that. Asides. you're the
at killed my o Adam. by gon-
es. and you're the one at must suf-
p fo' n Rfgbt lpro ondar tbfS hera sol