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” -. 'GSWW Afoul of | Villa’s Men i I By i Capt. George B. Rodney * (Copyright. 1910. by Frauk A. Munsey.) CHAPTER VIII. The Jewel. There had been little rest for any of the inmates of the Upton house dur ing the night. Though they knew right well that the Vlllistas regarded a night attack with all the dislike of an Apache, so that little was to be feared from that source, no one could sleep. To begin with, old Upton and John Wllkea sat deep In consultation over their rifle-butts In a corner and would not be disturbed. The other men sat silent except for an occasional mut tered remark. Mrs. Fane was openly tearful; Dorothy alone was collected and i osf ted, unbending and unswerv- I Ing in her clean-cut resolution that j something must be done. "That** all right, daughter, to say ‘Something must be done.* The Ques tion is: What? Aye, that’s the ques tion! Isn’t it, Wilkes?” Wilkes nodded solemnly over a quid of plug tobacco that be was just ab sorbing. At eleven o’clock the first note cams When the man came up the slope car- J r ying a lantern on the end of a stick Mr. Upton was about to go forward to talk with him when he was stopperl by the cautious old ex-deputy sheriff. "No, you don’t, sir. They’ll git you out there, an’ when the man carryin’ the lantern has got you in the circle of light somebody back In the shadder 11 shoot you down. Then when a com iplatnt Is made theyll say it was done ♦>y accident, but that won’t help you none. You’ll be a deader. Tell him to com* up to the doorway so he’ll be tn the light an* not you.” Mr. Upton did so. The man came forward unhesitatingly and delivered his message. "Ask him who he Is,” prompted the oM man. Ths soldier came forward, explain ing haltingly in Spanish that he was the bearer of a note. Mr. Wilkes bent forward excitedly. "Give ’em a dose of their own medi cine!" he said bitingly. "Ev’ry min ute that you can delay their proceeding ‘is so much gain. Ask him what he como for. but don’t take his note— seeT" Mr. Upton did not “see,” but he did as ho was bld. Presently the man with some difficulty explained that he had come as bearer of a note to open nego tiations the nature of which he did not understand. He held out the note. Mr. Upton was about to take it when a word dropped by Dorothy made Wilkes jump as If a line of biting white ants had crawled up his leg. "Wouldn’t it be fine,” said the girl, "it we could only make a couple of their officers prisoners and then ex change them for Mr. Kynaston!" Wilkes patted her shoulder ’’And they tell me that woman ain’t fit to vote," he said scathingly. "Don’t take his note, Upton! Not on no con sideration. What excuse— Oh. 1 don’t know. Upton Yes, I do, too. “Toll ’em that you are a caballero st blood and that It stands not with yer honor to receive messages at the hand of a comnn n soldier He must have conic on an Important message. Tell him that you will not receive the note except at the hand of an officer— see?’ "Yes. 1 sec. And then what?" "Why. then he’ll go on down the hill. They’ll let him come because they've just passed him out through their linns. An’ when he goes down I’ll follow him with Manuel here, an’ when wo reach the lino of cottonwoods wo ran hide In ’em till daylight. When they send an officer up to see you at daylight wo can grab ’em as they come back —peg "Os course I hoy’ll holler about bein' l under a white flag, but they won't be no such thing, ’cause they’ll drop their white flag as soon as they are out of range Coinin' back—aes?” Taken aback at the refusal to re ceive thn note, the soldado stumbled off down the hill, his lantern bobbing along among the rneaqnit brush like a lightning bug In summer. No sooner Us sluuiow melted away In the dusk than Mr Wilkes and Manuel, the Mexican ‘'horfle-wrnngler," left the house They followed the soldier stealthily down the slope to thn Uno of enttonwoods, which stood out, a low lying blot, against the dusk of thn val- Isy. "We'll wait hern, Manuel,” said the old ex-deputy sheriff tersely. "We’ll wait here till the next outfit sees fit to ask Upton to pow wow; It ought to hr just almut daylight. Wako me up when the light first shows.” The hours of the night passed with leaden feet. Tim eyes of the watchers were strained with looking for the dawn to break over the eastern ranges. After putting his papers in order all night long. Upton found relief —or at least surcease from worry by work Ing over hla machine. tinkering hem and there till he had built up a species of Iron-cl ail automobile that would have sickened the soul of the maker. He was called from bls work by the Insistent voice of Dorothy calling him tT*brTi^fa*sL*While he was eating, a sandwich in one hand, his rifle in the other, a hail from autslde the house brought him to hls loophole. Throe mon stood within easy rifle range of the house, a dirty white cloth pro claiming them to be messengers from the rebels. Hastily ho laid his rifle against the house, and motioning the Mexicans to lay aside their arms, ho signaled then* to come forward. Then, with a cau tion to Nolan aud Lewis to shoot on the first sign of treachery, he strode forward to meet them. There was no discussion. The senior • officer, Colonel Mayez, simply handed him a bulky envelope, which Upton | thrust Into his shirt, and, saluting stiffly, faced about and walked quick ly down toward the trees lu the hol low Upton stood watching them and the movement among the trees where Wilkes and Manuel lay concealed. A shot from cover—and a very long range shot it was—warned him that all dealings with him were over until he was ready to give his reply to the note. So, sighing, he turned quickly back into the house, opening the note as he did so. The clipping from the news paper took first attention. Again, and yet again he stared at the headlines, as if they were unbelievable. Walking like a man in a trance, he strode across the great main room. He opened the office door and entered—to face Dorothy, seated in a chair, a pile of ore samples in her lap as she held them one by one to her eyes. Galena, copper sulphates, gold and silver—she passed them over with a casual look. A piece of brilliant azurite caught her fancy; she leaned forward to pick it up. Upton grasped her roughly by the shoulder. ‘‘What are you doing in here?” he demanded curtly. It was the first harsh word she had ewer received from her father. “Oh! Let go, father; you are hurt ing me I saw the door was open and I came in—” "The door is still open. You can go out—go!" Tears came to her eyes, for the girl loved her father very deaifty. She gath ered up the samples that she had taken from the safe and replaced them care fully In the lowest compartment As she rose to her feet her ham! knocked from the shelf In the safe aTßtle past* board box that fdll to the floor, and, striking on a corner, rolled out Into the room, opening as it did so. Upton sprang forward to pick it up, dropping the open note from his out stretched hand. He seised the box, which he thrust roughly into the bo som of his shirt, and turned to find II M /RrF / w Uncontclou*ne«a Mercifully Cam*. Dorothy facing him, tho newapapar clipping tn her hand "Oh! Oh!” sho cried and again. "Oh!” Shn gulped. "And they hcciirml him of that! It cannot- tnunt not ho! I will not have it! An American paper accuses him of that! In there no Jiihii<»» in tho world? Is h!1 charity dead? Couldn’t they wait to hear bin side of It’ What Is It. father’ What la it?” There had come it burst of flrinf from outside the house. Upton had riaggneod bark from thn table, n Htri'am of telltalo blood fn»m hla shoul der showing how one at U«aat of th* hoatlle bullets was nctYHinted for. Heeling, he sat down suddenly In a chair, the supine body, tho nick Inrtk upon hla faro, the sudden white about thn notto and the cornnnt of hla month showing that h«< had euccufnhad to thn shock of a high p<»wrr bullet flrnd from long range Dorothy sprang to aM him. laid him down upon the floor with a pile of papers under his head, and tor’ fran tically nt tho collar of the bmwn flan nel shirt thiu seemed to rut off bls breathing HDwhh’as. he resist'd h«r every effort to aorist him It was not till unronsrlousnosa mnrvlfiillv ram* to shut off thn pH In that slw got n slew of thn Wound. It was not ns bad a* she had feamd- simply a shot hole In thn shoulder nt a spiff Whore a Imn dnge could be readily applied Hastily she called to Miranda to get h r, r what little water remaim'd in the bucket. Meanwhile she tom hastily some strips of linen for the bandages Tho pastetmard box Interfering with her work, she laid it Upon the table The old. brown Mexican woman ran quickly back to the mom and snlxcd the roll of linen from the girl’s hands "Hee. now! It is not SO bod Ho! Thorn Is no bone broken, thanks be to the saints! It Is but n clean shot-hole and will heal In a fortnight. The fainting? Saints and angels’ It is but tho shock of a wound on n man whn has no food In his belly.’’ Ho she gabbled otk oblivious to all eave the man who lay upon the floor. DE QUEEN BEE, DE QUEEN, ARK., JULY 14, 1916. Dorothy picked up the note and read It carefully, drawing her breath hard. So that was It! Hia life was to be bartered for a stone —a green stone — a mere emerald! In that moment she knew that his life was more to her than the wealth of all the Indies —and that she had found it out too late! If be were spared—if he could be spared, she would show him, If need be she would tell him frankly. She would ask Marian. She remembered now how Marian had jested in the cavalry camp with her over this very question—and she dropped her head upon her arms. A sharp corner of the pasteboard box struck her forehead. She gave it an impatient push and It dropped to the floor, making a sharp, tinkling noise as it landed. Dorothy glanced down casually at It. only to rise and stand as one petrified, her eyes upon the open box and its contents, now come to view. For there, in the middle of the of fice floor, released from its wrappings— there lay at her feet, staring at her with green, unwinking eyes—the Em erald Bell! CHAPTER IX. Murder. For a moment the girl stood, gazing with horrified eyes at the jewel at her feet. At first she could not believe that she was awake; then, leaning forward, she picked it up and placed it upon the table. The act, simple as it was, roused her thoroughly. With a little shiver, she turned to her father, who had regained consciousness and was watching her through half-closed eyes. "Well!” he said. “Well! Say it! I know perfectly well what you ar* thinking. Give it a name.** “How came you to take the Bell. fr. ther? I saw It In his tent when wo> sought refuge in his camp. You saw ft there, too. Was it then that you got it?” Her father nodded silently but did not take his eyes from her face. Well she knew where the trouble lay. Well she knew why he had taken the stone, for the trouble had lain with them always, and the shadow of it had blighted the latter years of her mother’s life. Sane upon every other subject, the wealthy old miner, who had earned a world-wide reputation as a connoisseur in matters of art, had got along with It an equally well-earned reputation as a kleptomaniac. For years she had known of this failing of her father. On her very deathbed Dorothy’s mother had spoken plainly of it, laying it upon the daugh ter to be careful to prevent any such thing from occurring again. “You saw the stone when we were in his camp," she reiterated. “Was It then that you took It?” Again he nodded silently. The girl, her bright head sunk upon her hands, stood silent with the shame of it. "I needed it —I needed it! And they would not sell such a curio. That old priest would aa soon have sold his soul as this miserable Bell. It's a good thing, my dear, that I did take It, though, for now I have the means with which to buy Kynaston’e freedom. Who is that coming up the hill? Is it Wilkes come back?" It was Wilkes come back, and Manuel along with him. A volley of curses of more than ordinary fluency told that they had companions Motioning the women back. Upton flung open tin* door, admitting the two men with their prisoners "They como all right, but we had to use some eoaxln* —hey, bo?” laughed Wilkes, punching the old colonel of artillery In the ribs with the long bar tpl of his revolver. Colonel Mayez fairly spat at him; then, seeing thn green 801 l upon the table, ho started back In surprise. The next second he wim fairly fawning before the table. “For this jewel," ho cried, "el gen eral will make any concessions do anything' it will bring the lust largo sum of money our forces will require before our arms establish a govern ment of true patriots and we are able to issue loans as a recognized nation ” "Oh. get d<»wn to cases!** snorted old Wilkes "This. then. We have the nmn, but no arms—no money to get arms Men? I‘ah! We are gathering men on ail sides. Our forces are dally In creaatng Only last night we had a party of seventy volunteers sent In hy Captain Colques. He sent them In with a request that we send back the ropes nt once no that bo could forward a frosh detachment—*’ "And you call them volunteers?” Mtkotl lk>rotby. ”81, aonortta! They, too, are vol unteers- nnwllllng volunteers never* thnloss, volunteers ** Wfik<« grunted. ‘ Nfjmmlnd nil that chnftar,’’ he said. "What ynu wnnt Is that Km nr aid Bell, ain’t It?" "81, si! FVw that ws» will let go wr prisoner; we will allow you to de part In peace- anything, everything' I sptak for the general—l—" "Shut up!" Inbarspted Upton. The old minor nirnnd to Wilkes. "I’m going down to their ramp my self." he said shortly. "You hold these hostages for my safe return. I'll dicker with this old highbinder personally; give him the Bell If I have to, but, any way, bring Kynaston back with me." He hesitated. "I really owe it to the boy," he con cluded. “What are you shaking your head at, Wllkesf” "‘Bray a fool In a mortar, yet shall hlr folly depart not from him.’ " quoted Mr WllkoK "1 member bearin' that nt Sunday school if you go down there an' promise him the Bell for Kynaston he|l grab ynu an’ shoot you If you don’t come across with the Bell. "If you take it with you Ue'U take It, shoot you, an' then shoot Kynas ton. "No, slree! Th’ only thing to do la to send this here colonel what has seen tho Bell back to General Obispo an’ tell him that you’ll swap it for Key naston.” Dorothy rose, pale-faced, her eyea alight with blue tire, like two tur quoises flame-backed. "Indeed, I shall take no further risk in this matter. You will go, father; you do owe it to him. I shall go with you, and we shall take the Bell.” Wilkes stared at her, uncertain whether he had heard aright. "You —you —you go? Not by a long shot, Miss Dorothy? Why, It’d be sheer murder—no less! Have you both lost your minds?" The girl’s lips wore well-nigh color less; but Wilkes, who knew men, knew when he saw the tense lines in her face that she had passed the dividing Uno between common sense and im pulse. "But how?” he asked. “How can you take the Bell —” "So that no one can detect it? Have no sea She disappeared with the Bell into her own room. A moment later she returned, her face flushed with excite ment, her eyes luminous, standing, a veritable picture, in the golden square of sunlight that lay upon the floor. "Come!" she said imperiously to her father. "Come! We have no time to lose. You will keep these two men in safety till we return.” Wllkea gave up, muttering hia dis content as he turned away, shaking his gray head. "Ain’t you got no sense, Upton? Don’t you know that what you plan is plumb madness? I’ve got a great mind to pull a gun on you an’ not let you go one step.” For answer Dorothy shook her head. She would not betray her father be fore them all. What she knew must forever remain hid. "No/’ she said again quickly; "h* went for us and we owe it to him. Whatever shall be said of us, no man shall say that we Uptons do not pay our debts. I have the Bell where none can ever And it. Come, father!” Like a man In a dream, Upton fol lowed her out the door. The rest of the party morosely eyed the two as they walked down the hill, the girl golden-haired, trim-habited; the stur dy, square-shouldered figure of the miner plodding heavily at her side. Silently they passed down the slope; still speechless they crossed the ariojo beyond the alamos—the cottonwoods —where Wilkes and Manuel had made their capture that morning. A* they approached the lines of the besiegers they were greeted with a yell from the (ftitpoet. Twenty men surged forward to seize them, but wer* swept back by an officer, who sprang forward, machete In one hand, hi* low-swung sombrero In the other. “Back, perros"’ they heard him cry. "It Is Senor Upton himself who desires speech with el general. Is it not so mi amigo?” Upton nodded carelessly. About the cook-tires one or two women moved lazily. The whole camp was asleep Ln the sunlight as Upton and Dorothy entered the house. For a second the two stood al gaze, the glare of ttio sun still blinding them. But when their eyes had become accustomed to the cool, darkened in terior Dorothy gasped and Upton swore softly There before them, his arms tied at the elbows behind his back, stood Kynaston under charge of a guard of four men. Behind a table sat the blind priest, smiling quietly, and the squat-figured, bull-necked gen eral, who was In u furious rage. "And you dare to tell me that you do not know where It is. when the padre here says that be Is sure you know Its whorealMiutH?” Just then Upton stepped forward. "I have the Bell.” he said quietly. “If you let Kynaston go, as you prom Ise, you get it; otherwise not." “Ilaha!" The general uttered a nasty laugh "I’ll hold you till I get It, anyway.” He waved his band care lessly In tlie direction of the young American. "Take him out and sh<M,t him," ho ordered In an off hand way. i <’em limed Next Week.) POSITIVE PRODI Should Convince the GrenteM Skeptic in De Queen RecniiM* it’s the evidence of it Do Queen citizen. Testimony easily investigated. The strongest endorsement of merit. The best proof. Read it: W, 11. Barber, locomotive en gineer, Fourth St., De Queen, says: “Doan's Kidney Pills have proven that they are worthy of praise. My work is hard on my kidneys and occasionally I have trouble with my back. When Doan’s Kidney Pills were recom mended to me, I got some as lluskins' Drug Store. All I used was >ne box ■ d I hardly ever have any trouble with my back now. It is strong, too. and Doan’s Kidney Pills deserve the credit for helping me.” Price 50c. at all dealers. 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