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B HAD reached the pinnacle of hap-
H
nines In believing that in gin no
.i was In his nrms. He wan blln
Bird deaf with fcsstasy. The awakening
.jj a shock. Hid senses reetea ret- an
H" ...! ikM null, rllntnn 1afll Atlt
niteni " - -
f his thoughts entireiyi
iDunn you!" he cried ngnln. nlvl
ireiv her clone. "Hhe Jmtes me ahe will
always hAle me," ne was mumenng,
Why shcttld i rnrr-T wry sneuia i re-
fun te tAke ."tiler lips were en hli
igaln. warm, firm, voluptuous, trewing
hIp heart' bleed with the resistless
ew'er of ft magnet.
They did net hNir the rapid npprrfnch
tf footsteps heavy, swin nil or one run.
Ing.' A dark, panting figure raced pant
hem, ana men aneiner nut a iew paces
behind.
Prclval a eenrea were released. They
bast off the bewitching bendn. HJs head
went up again, in n nasn ni brain wai
Hear. Mis nrmn wtm mm nuiui ner, itne
Erin still lying close ngalnst him but
Mbii current of pnsBlen that consumed
iW 01 Ulrm iw iiwnvu,
"What waH that'.'" she gasped, ha If
mlnr eLt of a dream.
He releaied her, and sprang out Inte
he path te peer fruitlessly after the
inseen runners. The sound of footstep
u rnptdly diminishing.
They were tuddifnly awftris df wom
an's voice far awny te the tight. They
irerc IndHtlnct hut thire waa a. stnlstur
il(fnflcanec In the t'Vcr-lncrnaatng vel-
'"There's treubl" out there," said Pvr-
Sivl. "Something wrong. ueme
Reme alenr! Veu muat get Indoor at
nee." He gratped her arm ntnl dlurted
:' ui., IT in ih llrifitnn of li'MPnli n.
Hhe itumbled at first, but aulr.tjty feli
nie ainue ". .v.. --.,--
iew added te the clamor, . . . ...
I knew 1 knew." ahv crieii in n
tfSlft wyaal fSVrng'g'ld
",- ,h. cabin
r'?nelt jeu "tloer." was l'crclvnl's com-
Land I "se turned away.
She steed in me oeor ler a memmi,
aeklna-after him. He peased out of the I
rii i. of lluhL The cherttii of voice,
Eew louder down the way -like thel0' voice. The nljent, ghostly figures
ake-belleve mob in the t,hcntrc. j merged Inte a compact, motionless mass
Then sne ciesea me iear iieiviy,
luctantlv. Tha three girls watched her
in silence as she .steed for many second J
with her hand en the knob, her eyes .
tlirhtly shuL
rtni IU leU OIIU ItHU HI 'in. & " "
a wry smile en her llpa an slm ahruggi-d j
her sheulderh nnd unread out her linmls
in a gesture of resignation. . I
res belt the noer. sue said.. A;
Alma hesitated, her eyes grew hard, her
voice Imperative. "De you knew of any
reason wny you aneuia nei ue naDein
Mr. Perelxall and I have, commanded! ',
"Ne no mnanme. criee aui.u. imm-
UA. the heavy wooden Ml i fell into
plce. Olga again Bhrugged her heul-
Sirt and. threw herself Inte a chair ra
front or in nrepiaqe. . I
'U'ut en your ciemcs,- sne eruereii.
mt.., U hnrv.nlnr m.rtum,,? Whnt
li all the nehu about!" questioned one
or the gins
liut there was no answer. Olga wj
staring Inte the Are.
CHAPTKlt XVIII,
Ptrclval's bleed wen still In n tu
mult n hiv i an duwn the line of
cxblni. Frem every doorway men M'ere
new stumbling, half-drBd, half-asleep,
llehlnd them, In many cabins, marmetf,
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there urere lanterns ar.J a chnotle niasal
of moving object. Abeve the Increasing
camer row tne ncrr.uie, uncanny wain
. . ....... n. .i.... i-. t.1,.1 ,X, hia i
brain cleare',. Men sho.lted o.ueiilen an
he passed, and obeyed hU csmn(and te
folic w.
The ugly story Is seen told, Fhlllppa,
the fifteen-year. old, daughter 'of Pedre1,
the head tanner, hud gene out from her
father'i cabin at dusk te fetch water
from the llttle reservoir that had been
constructed nlengtlde i,0Hp Kretf f'yer
a short dlstance abeve the cablns..The
peel wiui a scant 200 yards from her
I1UIUV. 11 Wit a 1KB IlllllUtVO KUtn V4l.i
snd back. Half an hour paused, and she '
haa net n turned. Her metner became
uneasy. Pedre reasirared her. He laughed
at her fear ' .
"She could net have fallen Inte the
peel," ne said. "Yeu forget the fonee we
hate built around It."
"I am net thinking of the peel. Pedre,"
he aricued. "Oe you at once and search
'or her, She 'la no laggard, She u.i net
topped lr. te aee one of the gtrla."
And Pedre went grumpily forth te
earch for hle daughter. An hour later
it. came vtarKtrlng down from the
iroeds abeve the peel te meet the deaen
lr mera friends and nols-hberx who had
let tout some time earlier te leek for thJ
iwe at them, father and daughter.
He bore In his arms the limp, appar
ently lifeless form of Phlllppa. He waa
covered with bleed, he was chattering
llke a madman Out of his Incoherent
babble the horrlfled searchers were able
te put together the cruel story. It seems
he had heard a faint cry far-back In
the denn weed another and yet an
other. Then utter silence. Even the
nlghtblrds were still. Hwlft, paralyzing
fear choked him. He tried te call out aa
he rushed blindly up from the peel Inte
the forest, but only hearse, unnatural
rasps left hla lips. He fell often, he
crashed Inte the trunks of trees, but
alwayn he went onward, gaplng nut his
futile cries. He knew net hew long he
beat threueh lh .ervt-rt. He wu net
(even sure that It was Phlllppa cry he
jmu ntaru, out nis soul wan nuea wun
a great, convincing dread. Ha knew
lhat his beloyed Phlllppa. the Idel of hla
heart, the cunsfilne of hli life, was up
there In the weeds. Frequently ha
stepped te listen. He could hear nothing
save the pounding nf his own heart, and
the wheealng of hla breath, thl;k and
labored.
Then, at last, during one of theso
silences, hi heard something moving in
the darkness nenr nt hand. Something
jeme one was coming toward him
through the underbrush) He called, out
hearsely: "rhlllppar1 The sound ceased
inrtantly, and then he heard a whlH
pered cxecraUen. Wild rage pesaessnd
nlm He plunged ferwnrd Inte the
erush. Bembthlng crashed down upon
his head, and he felt himself falling for
ward. The next he, knew, he was trying
vainly te rise te his feet. Something hoi
was running Inte hts eyes het nnd
tlcky. He lifted hla hand te hi head;
it came away wet He put his fingers Inte
his mouth and taated bleed. It wa.i
enough. Ills strength came back. He
"Pinr te his feet and rushrd onward,
Jheutlng, cursing, calling upon Ged He
had no recollection of finding hla girl.
Apparently everything wan a blank te
nirn until long ufterward he saw light
moving among the trees and voices
were calling his name.
Perclvai and ether cool-headed "men
were hard nut tn hMir m r,ir ne k
mob. Men and women, bent en vengeance,
made the night hideous with their
cerses, howls nnd shriek In their
5E2rPa.i 'U-y they prepared te kill.
They had heard the stories about Man
?. ?ru,.t Rnd hlB dlsclplea. Only the do de
!2,,nefl.,!?nd tJn V the tmall group
JPJ1 "il te 1'orelv.M's support kept
UJ maddened crowd from seeking out
JuJS.' JIT" "nrtlnar them limb from
H Th ttl'?" from the Deralns were
HwiV''S li.aUn t0 lhe P,enM ' the
Hvel-heftded Jut as they had been the
$Lt0 d?Vu"1 ,he VM f Manuel
-TUSt &nit hln etii. TnJl..u...tiu ...:
i - - ...- n.i.n. AiiuiTiuuuiir iivv
MT 'Vugh men and lawless : collectively
SJ2 .WT .th "l.aVM ' dlsolpllne It
iyT It. vne,r vanity mat I'erclvnl and
hn-et n. vPPlod--enly they nailed It
w2,.!2,it!rt vanity. The mnb spirit
JJM quelled for the Mine being, at liaat.
Ne one was se fnoiiei D . tTJii..,J YZl.
and Lul M t"MnB crlme was tf)nA
X ?rm" PUBirtimwi. thVe in-
irur tit ''"' ll(II1WI.
til... Ve ." lh8. n8"nt n,"" "" the
wi ?h0,i"niven'M .'ury' "" w have te
SwrJ gTng." ut et Very ne 0f Mttnu11
feurt Wi?m'n.w.rB ,he """"I- They
SSu5Lllk wl,l'',ts te reach the cabins
I2fm..i . .""i"!"'" reiiqwers of
1 ' vrvei. wim Knives nd .txes
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nnd burning f nfrel n they tried agnln nnd
aftaln te force their way through lhi
(ubbprn wall nf men that had been
rnlsnd against thorn.
Ait for Manuel Crust And hi Itttle.
group of radicals, thny had vanlahed. I
inw nan mingien Mini ti.e moo nt til"?
eutwl. Thre wtre nvitijr hi renhllisl
Sttlna this one, nh.l ,
i hat one. temem'
uactii spaaKlng tr
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Mm. remimliar't
hearing him eure the tuvlsher, Dut aa
ineir own n.nmcd utan te run rrein up
te lip, they sller.lly, mvtttly dlsnttpeared.
Dawn found the cantn nwuitc. hut
grimly ellint. Ne una hail Ri'tic te bed.
With' the Mrst ptrerilc of Ony, the man
hunt begun in yitnoet, All iilnnt long
the camp hnd been patrolled. Kvefy
eabln hnd hren stftrched, even these no
auplcd solely by wninen, This search had
lircu oendllcted n nu enlnrl), busIlP)
llke wny under the mipervlttlen of nun
chosen by 1'crnlvnl. The felly of beating
'he weeds ditrlhg the night was roeog reeog roeeg
nlncd een by the tnest Impatient t thre
wai time tneugh for that when the
blackness nf night had lifted.
Throughout the long night the redtlese
crowd, with but one thought In m'J'd.
hung nbeilt the cabin of Pedre the far
trte. The doctor and several of the
nursts wire there, Down at the meeting
lot'te a bonflre had been Stat ted, and
tiera tvi.ew ifriilme,! Ihn mm lit whnm thit
lenders had Intrusted flreurnm nnd ether '
weniiei'd men of the gun efw. under.
nffliiiM frnin thn nnentne. the ctitiiniltten .
of ten nnj etlurR.
It win neetiitcil eh a fact that twi
mrn wire Involved li' the heinous deed.
I'ervlMtl'B iifreunt of the inystcrleu-i
ruHneni wincd delnltcly In eitnhllsh
thU ile enllul Uien Olcn Ob'iakv te
verify hli ntuttintnt. If sh" vtas Mtir
prlsed by his admltM) n th.it he was In
ner cempniiy whun the nu'n lushed rout
i horn In the daiknuM she did net bonny
the fact
tihe Indulged In a derisive smile when
he went en te c.rulnln that It was se
nark h hed faUd te rcen!e her until
una xuune iu mm. am' iigrcva wiin
him that the two men muat have ccme
,,t0 the open u very nhornilslance abeve
out tictwecn me
brenklne Inte ft.
beuten rbadwny, they
IVrc.v.1 hal ..Bued crd.ra for the
' I'vJr ""'i' i" cimgregiuc en me gnjen
f.Mhe flr nlgn of day. The ce'd gray
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"n .all dlrectlena. Theto was no
i-heutlng. no turmcll, ecarcely the neund
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net necessary for 1'erclval te cnll for
crder when he app nrcd en the steps and
began te ipi-nk. The only sounds were
the rhutllltig of feet, the rustling , nf
(."."Si..', ..; vv, irniivin-u UT31IIIII3I
of the mnis
n0 Hpeke partly In Kng'lsh nnd partly
In Spanish, mul he was brief.
..Veii knew what we an here for and
what 1 ahead of us I don't have te
tell you the story of last nlarht. Teu
itnbw t ns well an I, Yeu will be
gaA te hear the latest word from Dr.
(..,, phlllppa Is conseleus. He thinks
,"fe X0nVi&MBaV "VR? ex
', Jhy ""' , , i k JL The
g'V ,$- 7r de'"l.,,0te cent
noses. We will no about It eji rneldlv
ftH DO,.ihi, After thVi w nTiir ii
5?...?f ,01?!. ,..Aner MIM, We Will get
down te business. Mr. Iandevar and
Mr. Malene will check off the name of
every man, woman nna cjiiia. as your
nrfmr-H are called. oeniH forward, answer
and then meve ever beyond the corner
or me euuainn. we ve get te una out
lust who Is mUsIng If any ene la miss
ing nt all."
He raised his voice. "I want you all
te keen cool. Don't forget' that we are
after the men who committed this crime.
We nave no riant te ka.v thnt Mnnnel
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Jru," or any of his crowd did this thing
U,"'U we have posltlve proof of the fact.
" " " " in
until We have Desitive tirnnf nf the funl.
1Byjn .'. hfxe b"'.n. any of ,Manu
hiib, uuii i Avians iimi. pupie. v :
must make no mistake. I am snvtnr
this te you new because I see Manuel
crust nna some or his rrlemln standing
ever there nt the edge of the clearing.
Step! Don't make a move In their di
rection. We've all had time te think
we've 'all had tlme te get ourselves In
hand. There Is n right nnd a wrong
Way te handle thin thlnir nnd we've
ITet te be sure we're right. The guilty
rnnnA. nKPln0
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ennnee csi-ape. iney navrn i a cnance,
and you knew It. Se, let's be sure
lets ee 'eeaa sure before we accuse
any man, We have no right te charge
iuanueis gang with this crime. The
guilty men mny be here among us
absolutely unsuspected. Chiller! Veu
and Soapy Shay go ever and tell these,
men that we are taking a count of all
the people In this camp. Tell them
te come nnd answer te their names.
They will be safe."
The count was never completed.
Manuel Crust did net wait for his name
te be called. He pushed his wny through
uiu umwu, lenvirw nin followers eenina.
Advancing te the feet of the steps
he cried out hoarsely te Perclval:
"If you want your men, I I, Manuel
Crust, will lead you te one of them.
He Is up there In the weed. Three
men are guarding htm. He Is Sanche
Mendez, the blacksmith.
"Listen, I will tell you. It Is the Ged's
truth I tell. There were seven of us
hiding out there In the weed. We were
scared. We heard our names called out
We had heard the threats te burn ua
olive. We ran away. We were net cow
ards but still w ran away. We would
wait till the crowd cooled off. That was
my advlca. Then ve would return then
we would help te find the man who did
It and then we would help te burn them
allve. An hour age Banohe Mendez
crawled out of the brush up there above
the landing and begged us te protect him.
His leg wasi broken. He had fallen ever
a leg. Yeu all knew Snnche Mendez. He
was a geed boy. He wnn the friend of Hest
Perclval. He wns no friend te me. But
awrnra he will be mv slave fen-ver
If I will sav him. Then lie tells us
eerythlng. When I ask him why the
hell he run nway. he says he lese hit
mind or emethlng. He Just' go craxy,
he says. He say everybody wan chas
ing him he could hear them In the
hunheH. h could henr that girl scream
ing out hU nnme and all that. He was
going te jump tn the water and drown,
hecause he nays people tell him elwavs
It U the easy way te die. Dut he fails
down and breaks his leg here below
the knee. He cannot run no mere. It
la all up. He Id afraid te breathe. Peo Pee
pin are all around him with knives and
axes and clubs. He enn hear them In
the brueh, Then the daylight oem, nd
he seta us down below In the wK&s&uTi
he says he thanks Oed. I will be!.
friend I will save htm because I am an
angel from heaven ! Bah I I spit In his
face. We tie him te a tree with our
holts, and then ! come down te tell
Bees Perclval we have his man his
geed and loyal friend."
"Step!" yelled Peiclval, ns the crowd
began te show nymptetnH of breaking
away. "Listen te me! I gte you fair
warning, I don't want te de It, but.
by Oed, I'll order these men te sheet
the first who tries te start anything.
We're relnir te have law and order here.
This man Sanche la going te have a fair
trial. What's mera, he had a companion.
What does he say of the ether man,
Manuel Crust?"
"Sanche Mepdez says he was alone.
There was no ether man." '
Perclval -looked hard Inte Manuel
Cruat'a bloodshot ryes. An appalling
thought had suflenly flashed Inte his
mind. Many Bocenda passed before he
dared tei open hln lips. As If by divine
revelation the ultuotlen lay -bare before
him the whele Machlnvllaa scheme as
conceived by Mnnuel. sUnahe Mendel
was te be sacrificed t
Even us he steed titers) MMehless, the
plan begunMO work tewarfl It4 well-cal-eulated
end. 'Manuel's frteMs started te
harangue the crowd. Thly srsra growl
ing hearse Invectives, shaking their lists
In the direction of the weed, fanning the
pent-up fun of the mob Inte a whirl
wind that would sweep everything be
fore) It, Onee the tide turned there would
be no stepping It until flanche Mendez
was tern te nieces. He would shriek
his Innocence Inte deaf ears. And that
was Manuel's gams.
Pcrclval's heart leaped with Jey as he
saw the armed force under Lieutenant
Piatt meve' swiftly Inte a position bar
ring the wny te the weeds. He thrilled
with a mighty pride In the shrewd In
telligence and resourcefulness e' this
trained llrlitlnf. mnnAnrem the far-off
'Jiomeiana.
(CONTINUED
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