The Lamar register., 1923-01-31

who kept the occasion from being a
merry one, and she insisted on not
exciting Thorne. Gale marked her
unusual pallor and the singular deptl
and sweetness of her voice
Thorne could not be Kept in bed.
and all in a day, II seemed he grew
so well and so hungry that his friends
were delighted, and Mercedes was
radiant In few days his weakness
disappeared and he was going the
round of the fields and looking over
the ground marked out In Gales plan
of water development. ThOrne was
highly enthusiastic, and at once staked
out his claim for one hundred and
sixty acres Of land adjoining that of
Belding and the rangers. These five
tracts took in all the ground necessary
for their operations. but In case OF
the success of the irrigation project
the idea was to increase their squatter
holding by purchase of more land
down the valley. A hundred families
had lately moved TO Forlorn River;
more We're coming all the time and
Belding vowed he could see vision
of the whole Altar valley green with
farms.
Meanwhile everybody in Beldlng's
household, except the quiet Ladd and
fhe wutchful Yaqui, In the absence Of
disturbance of any Kind along the Dor
der. grew freer and more unrestrained.
rs II anxiety was slowly fading In the
pence of the present. Jim Lash made
Il trip to the Sonoyta oasis and Ladd
patr"lled fifty miles of the line east
ward without incident or sight of raid
ers Evidently all the border hawks
were in ~ the picking OF CasNa
The February nights were cold. with
dry, Icy. penetrating coldness that
made a warm fire most comfortable
i'eldinG's household congregated In
the sitting room where burning mes
quite logs craekled In the open fire
place
There came low knock at the door.
T. may have been an ordinary knock.
for II lid not disturb the women but
70 Bedding and his rangers II had q
subtitle meaning.
'Whn'> rIHt?" asked Belding. MS he
lnvlv pushed hack his chair and
,ntcd AT LHdd.
''Yaqri" replied the ranger
Come in" called Beldlng
Tie door opened and the short.
~quare. powerfully built Indian en-
tered He Carried rifle and strodc
with Impressive dignity
"Yaqui. what do you wantr' asked
"nidlng. and repeated his question in
s'i,arish.
- nor Dick" replied the Indinn.
Gle Jumped mp. sliding an excla
atom and he went outdoors with
Nar {. The Indians presence was al.
Na,. one ~ gloom and now his stern
a,ii'1 hoded catastrophe. Once clear
n n 'es h. pointed Ia the level desert
7"ross the river. where row OF camp
frrS ,bone bright out of the dark
'rss
"nniders 80 calculated Gale
Thcu he cautioned Yaqui to keen
'nrp lookout and hurriedly return
Ing 10 the honse he called the men
ont and told them there were rebels o.
rnidcrS camrins Just across the line
I.ndd did not say a word BeldInr
With an oath slammed down nj
cigar
81 knew II was too good 10 last
Dir' Won and Jam stay here Will
Tndlv and ! look around"
Dict, returned to the sitting-room
Tie women were nervous and not
- he iocclved So Dick merely said
v1qul had sighted I'ehfs off In tho
heeo+' nnd thrr MOI ahlv wer,
cnnrhres Eeldin= lid not soon re-
turn, and when he did he was alone.
and. saying he wanted 20 consult with
the men, he sent Mrs. Belding and the
girls to their rooms.
Laddy's gone over TO scout around
and try to and out who the outfit be
longs to and how many are in It," said
Belding. II don't look for an attack
on Forlorn River. I'm afraid It's"
Belding hesitsted and looked with
grim concern at the cavalrymsn.
''WhatT' queried Thorne.
I'm afraid It's RoJas."
Thorne turned pale but did not lose
his nerve.
Il thought OF that at once But
RoJas VIII never get his hands on my
wife. If / can't XIII him. I'll Kill her
Belding. this is tough on YOU
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