The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-10
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and pleasure. tsWould it put a pang IN
the heart Of you.; sor, TO see me me
stretched r. "a al, s 4 55s ~.
Yes, It would, John. You've a wild
impulsiYe, lunatic, worthless Irishman
but there's d broad vein of pay ore In
you, and I want you to live until ] can
develop 1t. When Mr.. Geary returns
to- operate the mine, he'll need a fore
man he can trust.'' IA. Y III *. ;. ..,s.
"'And do You trust me, sor?"
II do indeed, John. BY the way, you
never gave me your word Of honor to
cut tired liquor for keeps. Up till
today I've had to watch you-and ]
!. don't want to do that. It isn't digni-
fled for either Of us, and from today
on you must be a man ora mouse. If
yo,l prove yourself d man, / want you
in my business; If you prove yourself
a mouse, somebody else may have you.
How about you John? The cantinas
will be open tonight, and fire water
will be free to- the soldiers Of the new
republic. Must ! watch You tonight? y
Z Don Juan shook his reckless red
head. @In never let a drop of liquor
: cross my lips without your permission.
sor," he promised simply. II am the
man and you are the master" s3s Il.
"We'll shake hands on that - After
the western habit Of validating all YER
bal agreements with a hand shake.
Webster thrust his hard hand out to
his man, who took it in both Of his
and held It for half a minute. He want
ed to speak, but couldn't; he could
i only bow his head as his eyes clouded
with thestears Of his appreciation. "All,
sor," he ,blurted presently, sd die for
We an welcome the chanst." & #
n A wild yell Of alarm broke out in the
next block, ;at the norths gate Of the
palace; there was a sudden furry Of
rifle fire. and cries OF ''Here they come !!
Stop theml Stop them! They're
breaking outI.s ~ \ .:,e 6.4
Without awaiting orders ssthe hired
fighters ale1g thu wall sotnh 10 Of
them-ieaped m Tito the strakt form
ing skirmislh llh 4 asa 4: troop Of
cavalry, wifkss Iaswn sss6ef Ia 4 swept
around, the cors aH9 lprged upon
tle devoted iltttih': 4 rios must
be- thryin' to iakes = Est-aS Don
Juan sCafetefp remarked c90lly md
'emptied a saddle. sThey thEass Hen
the, bls palace gate. AN the gSards are
| clearin' q way for him to TIE bay
He emptfed fanot her sadd AK
lin the meAntfme n icardo's fire eat
ers had not BEEN idle. The Instant the
guards turned into the street a deadly
magazine fire had been opened on
them. They had already suffered heay.
fly winning through the gate and past
the besiegers IN front of 1t, but once
they. turned the corner into the next
street they had the fire Of but a hand
full of men to contend with. Never
!. theless 1t was sufficiently deadly. Many
of the horses in the front rank went
down with their riders, forcing the
maddened animals behind to clear their
carcasses by leaping over them, which
some did. Many. however, tripped and
stumbled in their wild gallop, splitting
their, riders. ss, h Ma.
"Stay by the wall, you mailman, !"
webster ordered. ''Therell be enough
left to ride down those men in the
street and saber them!" 81 y
And there were! They died to a
man, and the sadly depleted troop Of
guards galloped on, leaving Don Juan
and Webster unscathed on the side
walk, the only two living men unhurt
In that shambles. ].
Not for long. however, did they have
the street to themselves. Around the
corner Of the palace wall a Limousine,
with the curtains drawn, swung on xwo
wheels, skidded, struck the carcass Of
horse and turned over, catapulting
the chauffeur into the middle Of the
street.
.sarros p shrieked Don Juan and
ran to the overturned vehicle. It was
quite empty.
"Bully boy. Senior Sarros," Webster
laughed. Hes turned pretty trick,
hasn't he? Sent his guards out to
hack a pathway TO. an empty liman-
sinel That peans he's hoping to draw
the watchers from the other gste"
But Don Juan Cafetero was not lis
tening; he was running at top speed
for the south gate of the palace
grountls--and Webster followed.
AS they swung into the street upon
which this south gate opened, Webster
saw that 1t was deserted Of all save
the dead. for Sarros' clever ruse had
worked well and had had the effect of
arousing the curiosity of his enemies
as to the cause Of the uproar Mt the
north gate, in consequence Of which
they had all scurried around the block
to see what they. could see, thus ac-
.coriing Sarros the thing he desired
most-a fighting chance and half
minute to get through the gate and
headed for the steamship landing with
out interference.
Webster and Don Juan came abreast
the high. barred gate in the thick. 90
foot masonry wall as the barrier swung
back and man. in civilian clothes
Numbered through on a ma gnificen,
bay thoroughbred.
That's him. Shtop the diviit'
screamed Don Juan. They'll do the
decent thing be me Il ! take him