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THE SANTA FE TRAIL
By M-3, J. K. HUDSON.
(Copyright, IMC br American Pro— Assoc la.
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Be U glnd that Jancy i» by his side.
At Fort Dodge the soldiers left the
train. No halt was made there. The
captain said ho thought it better to push
on, as to much time had been lost at
Pawnee Rock.
At the fort the trail left the Arkansas
and struck across tho country in a more
southwesterly direction toward the Ci
marron river. Day after day tho heavy
train toiled on, slowly and crcakingly in
the hot sun.
It was an agreeable divertisement in
those monotonous days—as it is in all
phases and conditions of human life—to
have a pair of lovers in the company,
and the movements of the captain and
Janey wore watched with eager -but un
obtrusive scrutiny. Their little side ex
cursions on horseback, their long talks
in the twilight after the corral was |
formed and the tender glances that
often passed swiftly between them were
all noted: but these tilings did not solve
the mystery surrounding King and this |
woman, and as yet no explanation had
been offered by tho captain further than i
what he said on the night he came to I
their aid at Pawnee Rock—that sho was i
his promised wife. I
The route of the trail from the i>oint
where it touched tho Cimarron was up I
the stream for a considerable distance I
and then due southwest to the Catholic I
mission of San Miguel. It now lay )
through a more broken country. The f
foothills and low lying spurs of the t
mountains run out into the adjacent l
country for many miles, nnd diversify t
the plains and tbe alkali fields with now c
aud pleasing scenes. Mountain streams
running down toward the valleys of the (
great rivers that feed tho "Father ot t
Waters;" patches of verdure that have t
held their ground against the ugly, I
prickly cactus and the Spanish bayonet; i
real trees once more on the high eleva «
tions and along the water courses aftei I
the sandhills are passed, and then the i
dim outlines of the mountains in the n
distance—first the Raton range to the £
north, and then the Sierra Blanca, the I
great, perpetually snow covered divide c
appearing in the low distance like a sil- I
very lino on a blue base. a
Elach day's travel increased tbe iilti- t
tnde, and the nights grew cold, but the r
days were glorious. New vigor filled the v
beasts as well as the men as they gained b
the higher atmosphere, and all pressed
on. Up and down again, yet always as- f
cending. "ow following the highway rf t
a mesa, now skirting the baaa of a round- p
top, noAV halting, to slake their travel g
thirst from the sparkling arroyos, aud \
again and again pointing out to the ten- V
derf oot passengers the pinnacled cities of 1,
the mirage. Hero and there a vista of <]
the plains, widening lietweeu the foot- g
hills, showed this miracle of light half I
imbedded in and half f'.oating over the 1
sand. Or, a view from some high point c
that the caravan had almost uncon- a
sciously gained looked back over the t
flat, yellow desert and discovered the i
"false ponds" and spectral wind blown r
trees that they had seemingly passed by
without knowing it. Tho envious con- c
figuration of the ground often made the s
mountain streams appear to be flowing j
np hill to meat the travelers, and then as i
the trail bent sharply around npon itself i
the lifelike water would slide away lie- i
hind a rock and plunge down a jireei- s
pice into a dark, green fllnijei] basin or s
a tortuous crack of the canyon, t
Hot springs boiled from one of the £
mountain sides and were walled around {
with tho sediment of the overflow of t
ages, presenting grotesque shapes and c
blue-green tints suggestive of under- c
earth laboratories. To step over these I
long growing cmsta and look for the
first time into the bubbling waters;
to feel their living motion with t
the hand; to wonder whence they 1
had come through all tbe ages since i i
the upheaval of the mountains let ; f
loose their fountain beads, in whose do- ]
minions they took their rise; what fires 11
warmed them, whence they gathered;!
their salts and their sparkle, and what
force brings them forever and forever <
upward—that ws* v rare seu_ition. I
The waters still effervesce, and their
healing warmth has not dimmi.shc-d a
degree, but the wilderness is gone. i
When the Santa Fe train reached Las I
Vegas springs they found the lodge at j I
several old and decrepit Indian families 11
who had come, as their forefathers had ; I
for generations before them, to lave \
their wounds and their worn out Ijodies I
in the Waters. With them were three or |
four miserable Mexicans, who • had j
crawled over the range from JVnta Fe '
after some tra.n, and who, behind their
backs, were called lepers by their com- j
patriots. All had faith that the waters
of the mountain would cure their ills,
and were happy. They greeted the i
train people as interlopers and demanded
large tribute in anything they could get
to eat and drink.
While the caravan was at this stop- ;
ping place Captain King called the men
together and said to them:
"I want to be fair with you, pardners,
00 1 most tell you that at San Miguel we
shall have to part company. We will be
married there," nodding his head toward
Janey, "by the father at the niK-nm,
and from there wo will go to my claim j
up in the territory. You will be but j
fifty miles from Santa Fe then, and I
think there can be little doubt of your
safe arrival. It does not look quite the
square thing to leave you on the way
after you have honored me by making
me your captain, but 1 hope you will j
forgive that. It may be, pardners, that j
1 Itave nearly as good a reason for re
signing as old Jose had—l hope it will j
be all right."
An awkward silence for a moment |
held the tongues of the trainmen, but j
m
presently COM of them spoke up, saying:
"All right, old man; why, of course It
will bo all right, only wo'll be tbrry to
lose you, and if you're a-goln to git mar
ried that's excuse enough for any man."
"Yes,- certainly; certainly we'll let
you off and wish you luck wherever you
go," said another, and his good wishes
were echoed generally around the camp.
It was nearly sundown when the train
reached tin. little frontier mission vil
lage of San Miguel. The old adobe
house looked like a soft water color
painting in the prismatic air. The "fa
iher" of the mission came forth to greet
tho weary band, and with upraised hand
approached tho bowed heads and gavo
them all his blessing.
Jancy was | good Catholic, and her
wedding took place in the father's house,
wiih nearly all cf her companions on
tho overland journey and many~"or*^he
natives of Fan Miguel as witnesses.
John Kin:; OoaW not subscribe to the
faii !i that WM inherited by Jancy from
her French forefathers (tho only one
known to the Spanish-Mexicans of the
frontier, but ho had been baptized in
his you:!i in tho good old realistic Bap
ti I Style, and the marriage was not de
lavid. Ay.-.v from all the scenes and ,
tics of 1 cr previous life a woman must '
feel the n'liousuess of new wifehood
keenly, and it was truly ft solemn hour ■
for taSSty when she \ iv'i.i-ul to be unto '.
John King a In iptnnet tot all time. Not j
that ti.e hesitated an instant; her conr
age in Dm face of difficulty l_4 proved I
hey lore and loyalty beyond a doubt, I
buM'ne couvoutii nalities t.nd the sweet
luj." itndingi ol borne and frioiuls are ,
\ dear to a wonudi'f heart at such a
I : little Jancy thought i
with a sigh of thegewa aad the gifts, '■
the U—lie ;..:•! tbe Ihiwcrs.aud Iho glory j
of the bridal day of her dreams. Tho !
t.-.nie ilaiy *Rw iht wedded puir start OU !
their way eih aa v irthwftrd—to just j
v.!. t j o_t nobody know,
Proa tbe village the Santa F.. Trail
bent sh:ti;u.v to tile northwest, tht pan
through theraagost this point being a I
. oath of Danta Fe. The
Mo Pacos, a »is'!k!iug bbow water I
i m rule valley which
h cuiiiv,:i. .1 by the natlvea, and the
c.c:!,:. leg mountains bxih down on the
mv.l hotl th.,t have stood for two or
three hundred years in this notch, the
nab inmost outpost of New Mexican
Catholic strongholds.
Greeted by the swarthy rancheros and
accompanied by the gayly dressed cus
tom house agaata who had como from
Santa Fo to met. tho traders, the train
moved on through tho broken range,
and for several days toiled up and down
tho ridges and zigzagged around the
mountains before the tired oxen made
the last np hill haul onto the table land
overlooking the capital.'
11. re a halt was made for the purpose
of making preparations for the "grand
entree." Every man washed his face
and tho Mexicans com lied their long,
black hair until it shone, while the
American plainsmen made a pretcnic jf
smoothing theirs and eclipsed everything
by putting on a white shirt. The cieak
ing wheels, now almost ready tc fall
Bpart they had become so dry, were
greased anew and everything put in the
most preventable condition. All were
excited and impatient, and every man
being now his own master, confusion
and uproarious hilarity reigaed. When
the start to tho city was finally made
pandemonium broke loose, and the
wagon- 1 rolled down tho hill with the
stiff kneed oxen on a run.
The entire population was out to see
the caravan arrive; the captain general,
tho customs officer*) people of all de
grees, and tiio black eyed senoras and
senoritas peeped through the barred
windows or waited outside, their faces
half hidden by the wiuding relwza or
laco mantilla. Santa Fe was imme
diately transformed; tho old town
seemed to wuko from a long sleep and
become alive. On overy side were
beard tho cries, "Los Americanos!" "La
putrt ja de la caravana!" "Los carros!"
and there was hurrying to and fro by
the mounted cabaleros, all decked out
in their brilliant and jangling trap
pings.
Through tho main street the long line
ot wagons is soon strung out, tlie drivers
shouting their loudest aud goading the
jaded beasts to a hist effort. The crack
ing of whips sounds like a fusilade, and
in mere wantonness, or to show their
dexterity, their wielilers make the blood
spurt from the sides of the oxen, or
strike a leader in tho face until he reels
and plunges. Boys and dogs and beg
gars follow after until the round of the
plaza is made, and then comes the gen
eral scramble Cor tlie custom house, the
cl'tinor of the interpreters and the
Bwarming of the county traders, and the
long journey of eleveirlveeks is done.
Not quite so our story.
In the busy throng, yet somewhat
apart, stands a Mexican who scans the
faces of the newly arrived men. They
are preoccupied and do not notice the
furtive looks of the black browed fellow.
Presently, with a gesture of impa
tience, he turns to one near him and asks
in broken English:
"Where's Kiugtish.-r.- Wasn't there a
driver or a wagon master in tlie train by
the name of Kingfisher':- Where is he?"
"Xo, I don't know no sech a man."
"A big man, not talk much, Amer
icano, joined tho train at Westport?"
"No, I tell you, curso you. No sech
man among 'cm. Captain King was the
biggest, man in tho crowd. We 'lected
him captain after old Jose was shot."
"Blue eyes and yallcr hair and sorter
soft apofcauf
"Yes, I reckon that's about the size of
him. What's it your business?"
A volley of oaths and muttered curses
was the answer to this question. A
change of name, eiiiier partial or total,
was so common a tiling that the Mexi
can knew better than to trust a mans
title as a means of identification. He no
longer doubted that 'Captain King" was
the man he wanted. Neither did he
doubt that, in the language of his time,
|ho ha«l "missed his man;" hence his
anger. But mddonly he ceased cursing
jhis luck and drew his brows down in
thought. Then turning again to tho
man at his side he demanded in a voice
V—rant with tnppt—aad rage:
"Where did this 'Captain King,' as
you call liim, leave tho train?"
"At San Miguel."
"If you are 1\ ing to me I'll cut your
heart out for It!"
"What object have 1 in lying to you
about Captain King? Ho left us at San
Miguel, I tell >
"•Which way did h.> go?"
"South." the trainman said.
"To Mexico city! "growled the "greas-
I er" between his aloeed loath. "1
I knew it! hoi Links ha will get there"—
I and with a stream— oaths, half Eng
! lish and half Spiini-h. flowing behind
j him, be hurried out of the adobe build
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tug, sprang upon his saddled broncho I
and galloped clattering up the street !
toward the bill, tho dogs barking atTiu
heels and the stupid gazers half guess
ing that some desperate deed would be :
done if Hernando Marino rodo liko that
with hate glaring from his eyes.
"Who is that—Mexican?" questioned
the trainman of those who were attract- j
od by tho noise in the street and turned j
to look out. "He is trying to Cud a I
man by the name of Kingfisher—thought !
he was with tho train."
"Hugh!" grunted a grizzly half
breed who was turning over packages,
"he's missed him u;riu! Kingfisher is
too smart for him. He's the man that j
caught Marino stealing cotton down in
Mexico and had him jailed for it. Ma- '
rino always said it was because King- !
fisher wanted to marry tho Senorita j
Avellaneda. As soou as he was free i
Marino swore vengeance, and has been !
trvinjj to get on the track of Kingfisher '■
...a., i.c tunij iron., alley say, nui „,•*
--ever since. He went bach to tho States,
rim. siiyi' beTH come thgtb to tho senorita
MOM diij". v.:id he's alw.iyson tbe watch, i
Maybe he Will," the garrulous eld man
continued, "but if bo does, I reckon
he'll give Santa Fe the go by. He
knov.ed ♦lint Uariaocoioe back np here,
and there's more'ii OtM «vay 'round to j
Mexico, Beside*! Marino is jealous of j
bis s .vertheait, innf"
"Hurry up there, old man; what are j
you shattering aliout? Handle them ;
things lively Dowr iutcri u;ited a coin- !
IPIHHHH Voire.
Nnue hut 1 be traiuuu-.u wlioiu Marino :
bad .[uestion Mil hi I gjvi v iiiucli heed to i
the half breed's talk, Bad nobody else j
noticed when be left off. The tale was :
inti | rly interesting to this one listener. !
but it had not solved tbe riddle of Cap- j
tain King's disaiUMMrance from Went
port Landing, it had onl) whetted this j
man's curiu: i;y. and he waited about im
patient for the time when the old man j
wash) be released from work aad be
OOoM looaeti iiis tongue again with a !
drink of pulque.
He was not bafd to start. But in the i
meantime it bad beoOIBS current rumor ;
that "Captain King" "Kingfisher'
were identiial. aud that Hernando
Marino, his bitter enemy, was on his
track, No man in the train bad known [
Kingfisher in Mexico; that is, no man
that lived to reach Santa Fe, but more i
than one of the natives recalled tho fact
that the trader who was shot by the In- >
diaus at Pawnee Rock knew him welL i
They had heard him speak of the enmity
between Marino and Kingfisher. He had ■
come up on the boat from St. Louis, and ;
John King first learned of hi.* presence j
when ho saw him standing on the bow
waiting for a lan
"I'll tell you jest bow it is," t aid tbe
half breed after be bad drained his glass.
"Kingflsbsr waa than to meet the wom
an be had promised to go back and ,
marry years ago—fact is the States
men near ahoal all come out here leavin
that kind of a promise behind 'cm, or else
they come because they've been jilted—
and when be sun that trader aboard the
Iwat from St. Louis be bad to choose be
tween givin up bis woman for good and
all, or keepin out of sight till ho see !
what she would do. He knowod that
if he was not a dead man afore he '.
reached Santa Fe ho would be Uetrayed
into the hands of Marino as sodn as he
did get here. Womanlike, after the ,
gal had started out to find him she kept
right on. Plucky, wasn't she? But it
was the hardest course for him—he had
to toiler. Well, ths boys say they went
north from Hen B—gnel. That means
he's gone up to the Lost PI. iad mine;
h»-» n nurtwr in it -the States men is'
gittinlThold here, 1 tell you—and Ring
fisher '11 bo a rich man if Marino don't
lay him out."
"One thing is sure," said the train
man, "Captain King, or Kingfisher, ia
not a coward or he would not have un
dertaken the journey overland from
Westport to Santa Fe without the pro
tection of the train, and he would not
havo rejoined the train at Pawnee Rock
when he learned of our perilous situa
tion, believing as ho did that the friend
of Hernando Marino, his deadly enemy,
was alive in tbe corral. Captain King
is a brave man, 1 stake my life on that,
and tho man that meets him wants to
have courage. Let this Marino beware."
As the night wanes, Hernando Marino,
the vengeful, descends a jagged peak
and bears more and more toward the
south, cursing the blind rago that has
made him lose the trail of the man he
seeks.
Toward the north John King and the
brido who waited long for his coming
wend their way in peace. She has never
heard of the Senorita Avellaneda, and
he—if he has not forgotten her —is glad
that Janey is by his side.
The mountain fastnesses are familiar
paths to him, and she cares not whither
they lead since he is her guide.
THE END.
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