Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Newspaper Page Text
"S you ?" Bill's eyes clouded as, he turned away. 4 . "Ain't yer got nothin' ter say ter me afore afore" Jim Hawkins held out his. hand to SteVe. , v "Boys'. Steve mumbled, "you ought to know that-it wasn't me 1-- t ii i r wny, i woman t narm a. nair 01 nic uiu iiidii a iitou. x' uuvti touched old man Seton, so help me God 1" The men all tunned away but Tony. He was to strike the pony with the quirt, making him jump from under Steye and leave his body dangling from the tree. Tony saw that the men were; not Ibokmg and grabbed Steve by, therm. Steve writhed' in pain.? A love affair of Steve's" had arous ed the Mexican's jealpusy. , Now was his hour of triumph. i When Tony let go Steve's arm a few drops of blood were on the' brown,' rjoqgh hand. He shud dered and star W4o wipe it off on his shirts r" - - A .ghastjy shriek, catne from the Mexican and he 'fell to his knees- TJie men alP looked at once. Tony's eyes were 'rolling. "Here, yer 'dirty- hound, get up J" shouted a man. "San'ta -Maria ! San taf Maria J"' moaned Tmy, "eet was nota heem! Eeet was -nota heem who killa de ole man! Et wts I I " Tony!" and he tried . to shrink (away from the blood yhand. The .away from the bloody hand. The stains had formed a cross on Tony's hand and superstition had wrung from him his confession. Steve was lifted from his horse tenderly. Then there was a smell of rawhide burning against dried wood. A shot rang out. A tiny hole, with a halo of red, appeared between the greaser's eyes s he was jerked upward, and Big Bill"3 shoved his gun-back into thdt hoi- ster. - j M ABOUT PEOPLE fc t lisdlHjHPK k II Rene. This'Jittk boy with the blacg eyes and black hair,' is Rene, one of the best little horsemen at Washington. Rene js the son of Senor Ballivian of the Bolivian legation and the-grandson of the minister from that country. He was bornjn Bolivia ahd came to -America when a little baby; npw he s all of two years arjd six months. His "dearest possession is a dapple-gray hobby horse. o o ' George H. Lorimer'says noth ing makes a man so polite as a little competition. Grocery busi- -ness, yes; love affairs, no George. The wise mouse never assumes that the cat's asleep. r -