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Show - lAmtiTiri tfiitii itortntn THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH do now," said Pioqua!. And tlm! he linirdeied his friend another officer ? 1 A Do pity!" you know that a thousand for him or pesos has been offered even for his body?" A deal of money, senor." You know all this, Pasqual?" The fndian thought a long moment. I do not believe all of It, senor, for he Is not a man who would murder his friend. Madrellas face was grim. "He Is not a man, Pasqual; you say he Is not? Then you have seen him you know CHAPTER X Continued 12 Dolores cried out tn fear for ! must have appeared a terrible being and Pasqual put an arm around her shoulders. There was no fear In the he Whut Is It? Indians face. asked. Ah, Pasqual," said I, with a hopfr leas attempt at smiling, Is this Sun day? Sunday?' His dark eyes bored Into me. Aye that you should take Dolores for a ride? It Is Por Dios," she gasped, Pancho I Senor, said Pasqual, ah senorl With great labor I tore the damn tng placard from the tree and, folding It carefully, proffered It to PasI have played an evil piece qual. at deception upon you, my friend, and you offered your life In my service. I held to the wheel of the cart to keep from falling, for I was very You deserve some re weak Indeed. ward and I deserve some punishment If you deliver me to Colonel Lama drld at the Cuernavaca gurrlson he will see to It thnt you receive a thou sand pesos." And they will bring yon up before the court for murder, senor? They will ; they will hang me, Pas qual, but It makes no difference, my friend, for I am dying anyway." Oh!" cried Dolores. But you have been my friend, senor, and friendship cannot be bought nor sold. Yet a thousand pesos, Pasqual, Is a thousand pesos, and you might do much with IL Besides, I Intended to surrender." It Is nothing, Pancho," said Dm lores softly, "a thousand pesos Is Yet that amount of money nothing. In a laud whpre the wage of a man Is less than half a peso a day. waF a fortune. Do you mean? 1 cried, aghast "If you are sick, senor," said Pas qual. or wounded, we will take you Id and care for you. because we love you; but there Is not silver enough In all these hills to make us give von over to the French." Now my weakness overcame me; their faces disappeared Id a mist of tears, and, reaching out blindly, found their friendly hands and helil to them as darkness descended up 1 od me. One morning, when I came back t last from that dim borderland where dreams are made, I found Dolores standing by my bed. I tried to arise and discovered that the strength that hag ever been my pride was gone. How long has It been. Dolores? Nearly a month." Her face bright ened. But you are better now; soon you will be out again." So I waited, and later Pasqual came. Ills line eyes glowed wheu he saw that I hail awakened. You have made a grievous hlun der, Pasqual, said L for, In aiding me, you have put your life In danger because the French " He laughed. We do not know who you are. senor, we are only Ignorant Indians, trying to coax a meager If v Ing from this farm; and an old broken man comes to us In the night, asking for food and shelter and care Shall we let him die?" Pasqual had rented a little farm ot s com and cane of ninny kinds thnt lay along the river a mile or more to the south of Cuernavaca The Identifying uniform of mine, nnd the printed notice calling atten tlon to my crime, had been hidden with the greatest care. The weeks of my convalescence went slowly enough, yet they went: nnd one day, I found myself, dressed as the Indian farmers along the river are dressed, following a plow and the calico" pony on Pusquals piece of I helped him gather his corn fand. and I learned to swing the cane knife as deftly as he might swing It My hair wns kept purposely lung and rite heavy beard concealed most of my face. The crude garment covered the tines ot my body and I had practiced the bent stooped pos ture and the dragging shambling walk of an aged man until that Impersona tlon hnd become a natural thing The weeks thnt I lived in the home of this good couple, working day py I ate day tc pay for the food that were happy weeks Indeed The sub stnritlnl fate, the simple life, the steady outdoor employment and the long nights of sleep brought hack my strength and added a tithe or two. Ever the lure of Ln Anita held me. never h day passed hut her fair face came to me. She walked with me In spirit, through the forest; In the fields nne talked to me, and In my sleep i sonie"nics heard her calling: Francois Francois I" and I woke up answering her, for she called as though she needed me. Because of my longing to see, and to talk to fellowrnen, I begun to watch the road, and to stop a travel er now and then to chat a while. leurned from a passing soldier In the service of the emperor that the pur suit of Captain de Vigny was still on, and that even boats from the varl ous ports were being watched. One day I saw, through the low cane that I was cutting, a figure on the road that piqued my fancy. He wns bearded, bowed, his walk was the drugging walk of age, and he led an ever laggard hnrro with an over whelming load. I made my way to the fence and watched him, for some thing fnlntly famlllnr about the man kept heating at my brain. I hnd seen him, I knew him. . . . Mod Dleu Mudrella I He turned Into the gateway that led to the home of Iasquul, and, slip ping the short cane knife Into my belt, I made for the shelter of the corn. I remembered that Dolores hnd taken the pony and gone to Cuerna vaca, so Pasqual would be alone at tlm house. Hnd Mudrella come for me, or had he, by chance, merely stopped on his way to the camp of Benito Juarez for a drink of water and a word or A two? strange exhilaration pos gessed me, long dend and forgotten desires awoke within me agnln. I thrilled to the game. The mantle of age fell away from me! I was De Vigny und he was Madrella and the world was far too small for the two of us I I was grateful for the sturdy employment that had engaged me. and for the long nights of sleep and the substantial food that hnd rebuilt me nnd strengthened my muscles again, because I wns going to need them In this, my last fight with my arch en 1 emy. Silently I slipped Into the buck door the house, and listening, knew from the sounds of their voices thnt A drink of they were ln the patio. Is a water" Madrella was speaking little thing, yet the blessings that of go " lie stopied short In that hypocrlt leal sermon that he was about to de liver Hnd turned a calculating eye up on- - Pasqual. Have I not seen you before, senor? Did you nol work for Manuel, of the Hotel Montezuma bringing hay from the hills? Pasqual nodded. That he had not recognized Madrella wns evident, for his posture was not one ot defense nor his words those of evasion. Then yon are Pasqual, said Mn drella. and I could not fall to get the menace In his tone. Yes, senor, I ntn Pasqual. And you climbed lufo a window of Manuel's hotel one early morning finding two men fighting there; Is that not so? Pasqual took a long time to answer Now he knew Madrella. of course Are you dumb? Answer me. dolt! "1 found two men fighting, senor nnd I kept one of them from shoot Had he succeeded he Ing the other mny have had regrets. Madrella laughed harshly A kind ly thought indeed And did you know Pasqual. that the man who wlelde.1 the stool wns Captain Vigny, of hut?' 1 ?" The Indian launched his lithe body as Madrellas right hand bearing a flaming pistol whipped from a vol utnlnous coat Madrella was never a nmn to he caught off guard. Pasquals clutching fingers missed their mark, and he fell headlong to the packed earth that was the floor of the patio. Now anguish tore ot the chords of my heart. Pasqual flue honest Pasqual Imd offered up his life for me! And Dolores . . . Name of G d what could I tell Dolores? Rage possessed me, red rage a blind fury that shook me like a palsy. I treiu hied with the fervor of a sudden lust hatted; the old, for killing overwhelmed me aguin This man had brought about the death of Pasqual, my friend, he had wrecked my career, my life, had made a hunted thing of me a murderer, a deserter had killed the love that the Senorlta Arrellanos had for n me . . . As he stood, pistol ln hand. I stepped Into the patio. He raised his Well, old man. Is this your eyes. master? Then he hadn't souglzt me after all I I have no master," I said. He Humph . . . truculent." laughed a little. Does another mnD live In this bouse? Answer me quick ly before 1 break your back 1" Only Dolores and Pasqual and I have lived In this house and my back Is bard to break, senor. A falling leaf Hattie! said he. should make less noise. Has a French officer been here? Don't He to me lest I lay this gun across that useless skull of thine! When was he here and whither did he go? Speak up! He came close to me and pushed the pistol under my nose. I struck his wrist sharply, dislodging the weapon from his hand, for the blow had surprised him. I kicked the gun across the patio before he had time to recover his wits, then I waited, fully prepared for any attack he might care to make. He swore You are not so old, senor. soft ly. "Not so old," I agreed, thnt I have forgotten any of the things thnt you have done to me." "Mother of G d!" he gasped. There was a touch of awe. the shock of a great surprise nnd consternation In his voice; and, I think, a lit tie four too. His groping Ungers found the ban die of a cane knife, and closed upon It Now the familiar, confident smile came hack to his face; the expectant, professional grimace thnt I had first noticed, when, with a sword In ray hand 1 had faced him In La Anita's library. You have been here, captain, all these weeks? Here In sight of the Cuernavaca garrison, under the very nose Lamudrid and Lopez of Colonel using the arms of the Empire and of the Republic In a desperate effort tc find you! Droll. Francois, you are too clever; a grievous pity the em peror cannot use you." "He may yet." said 1, "some day. Not unless he Is able to call to tils assistance the hosts of the spirit world for when you leave this place you go feet first." Mayhap." said t. He raised the enne knife nnd stud led It with a critical eye. My own knife at my belt was hidden by the wore. rude coat that I You would use that, senor? asked, "on a defenseless man? Why not? Your death Is wlint I want ami the easiest and safest way You have will be the most desired humbled me before the woman I love, senor, und that to a Spaniard Is iinfmgivabie." 1 and-fruit- Excavators Work to Restore Ancient City Excavators have done excellent work restoring the wonders and beauties of ancleut Herculaneum. Thus the uilssing iHirtlons of a frescoed wall are no longer considered as Irrevocably lost. No truce of destruction or ruin is led uftei the discovery of a build Ing. and. as far as possible, no blank spaces are to he found In any mosnl. Wooden doors or fresco uncovered windows, stairs and furniture are re constructed or reproduced from the original surviving fragments, general ly consisting of charred or carbonized pieces ot wood. Trees, plants and flowering shrubs originally adorning gardens are Identl tied from their surviving roots atM replaced by new ones. have been un Several bouses In Crab Findi Rich Oil Field iet cully touiul ou an Isl.uid oil the const ot Honduras was discovered a land crub after man tiy the aid ol Hud searched for rears for tlir p.tro leu m The region Is infested with t lie crabs which burrow tn'o the sell One of them ing into a runrsh beneath cotuge The next day ttie owner ot the house smelled the oln of oil and soon found n high grade flow flc had been searching for till foi years vlth out success Detroit Free PressL OH Use Fork Now Gone Is the genet ous lake of Juice in which vegetables used to lie served tome are the funny little fleets ol side dishes that used ro find harbor near our dinner plates. Gone, there fore, Is the necessity for the question When we eat vegetables, shall wc use a fork or a spoon?" For now udnys vegetables ure usually served with uo juice, und are served on (dale, either in combination (as vegetable luncheon or dinnci that! without you." He took a step toward me, sudden Shall passion flaming In his face. I slush you, Francois, or will a simple tierce suffice? Suit yourself," said L drawing the hidden weapon from my belt. He voiced a gasping curse and threw himself upon me. I met bis dashing attnek with uplifted blade and followed up my parry with a sweeping blow so swift thnt hnd he not dodged his head would have been severed from his body. He came on again, but more carefully, more craftily than before. 1 assumed at first a defensive attitude. ff he chose to fatigue himself In attack then my game of parry and wait would serve me well. And, keeping away from the four walls that hemmed us In, I waited, parrying hopefully, desperately, my eyes ever on that flashing blade of his. Our knives glinted in the sunlight, giving off sparks and sounds of vicious rasping as parry met cut or tierce. As the battle raged back and forth across the narrow court I Imagined that his strokes had less of power behind them, the swift lunges of his gleaming blade became a little slower, his panting breath more labored and unreal ; the fire In his bloodshot eyes began to dim, and a furtive look of fear came In Its place. Now a wild exhilaration touched my brain, tie had lost and knew Itl His strength, his courage, his skill, his will to win had failed him, and, t or with the meal And then, ot course we use t tie fork, or the knife and toik If we have adopted I lie European We should always use way of eating forks, too. foi asparagus not lingers for It really Is too "drippy." Mrs Alexander King Id Delineator. my careful parrying and defense, and, though he strained his muscles to the utmost, the barrel of that pistol cam Los Angeles Boy Needed Help nearer ever nearer to his heart 1 thrust the muzzle of the gun against his chest and, bolding It thus, Leroy Young, 1116 Georgia St, Los Andrew back the hammer with a caregeles, Is a regular ful thumb. Apparently he had given Good-by- , fellow, active In Madrella," I said, my up. sports, nnd at the top' eyes six Inches from his. In his classes at I pulled the trigger. To look at school. At first I failed to realize what had him now, youd think happened, for the hammer fell with he never had a daya a futile click and something crashed against my Jaw with tremendous sickness but his mother says : When force. The guD had failed to fire and Leroy was just a little fellow, wa he hnd hit me. He struck again and found his stomach and bowels wer I closed with him, reaching blindly. weak. He kept suffering from I felt the straining tendons of bis Nothing he ate agreed with throat and put my fingers around It him. He was fretful, feverish and The knife had failed, and the gun had puny. failed. We would see now what the When we started giving him Caliweapons that nature had given m fornia Fig Syrup his condition Imcould do. proved quickly. His constipation and He kicked, he clawed at my wrists biliousness stopped and he has had at my fingers, he writhed, he gasped no more trouble of that kind. I have I unintelligible curses, he choked. since used California Fig Syrup with dnred not look at him. I pressed my him for colds and upset spells. Ha head against his chest and put all likes It because It tastes so good and the power of my muscles In those I like It because It helps him so wonclutching fingers that sank ever derfully ! California Fig Syrup has been th deeper Into his throat. I was mad, 'or no sane man could have dona trusted standby of mothers for over vhat I was doing; mad with a manl CO years. Leading physicians recomicnl bloodlust, raving In a primitive mend it. It is purely vegetable and lrge to kill, living over agulD some works with Nature to regulate, tone nstlnctlve hatred that had com the stomach and and strengthen Moa lovvn to me through the ages. bowels of children so they get full Ieu nourishment from their food and I held on until his tired arms feh waste Is eliminated in a normal way. lseless, until his feet ceased to kick, Four million bottles used a year intll his head lolled aimlessly, and shows how mothers depend on it. Alds limp body crumpled like a rag. ways look for the word California de sank to the hard ground, where on the carton to be sure of getting ie lay still, with never the quiver of the genuine. i muscle; and I stood over him, WIN A UETt vatching waiting. And as I waited A small bottle that jon (an lay down but 1 can without the secret. Price 11. had promised no one else t came to me that Hasting Sales Co.. 2.13 prospect. Bellevue, Ky. :o kill him with my hands, and I got 10 Joy from the thought n. 1 AS FIRST AID CHAPTER XI Use Prugiere Again Now I directed my attention to Bus qual. and discovered to my great Joy that he still lived. The bullet had barely grazed his skull, rendering him unconscious. He opened his eyes and made feeble attempts to get to his feet, which, with my assistance, he finally managed to do. He leaned against the work bench for support, Hanford's Balsam of IVSyrrh All dealers are authorized to refund your money I or the f rst bottle i f not suited Excellent Definition Wlint Is the definition of Teacher flirtation? Intelligent Pupil It Is attention without intention. studying the silent figure of Madrella He shot me, senor? Yes, Pasqual. And you killed him? I nodded. What with, senor; the gun?" I shook my head. ne laughed shortly. The senor has regained his strength. What will we do now? Something will have to he done with him It; the garrison and and the Jefe at Cuernavaca . . Does he look very much like you, senor?" Now I got the picture In the In So much like dlan's crafty brain. me, Pasqual, that I hardly know which of us Is dead." "Others then will be even less cer- CopperRivet at all Strain points Plus Extra Heavy Tested Denim in LEVI STRAUSS tain. There was a chance, I knew. Captain Vigny was a deserter from the French army, and that ln Itself was sufficient to hang him without the charge of murder, which with dead would now be Impossible to disprove. HIs capture by the French would menu his death swift and certain. That I knew, for always ANEW IFTHEY Colonel I.opez would stand between PAIR, RIP me and the emperor; there would be no hope of clemency, no opportunity to reach the ear of his majesty with explanations. Surely then It would be the height of folly to maintain the Identity of Captain Vigny while free he remained a fugitive, and cap tured he faced the noose. Pasqual. said I, determined at Reliable Merchandise since 1853 last to take that fatal step so fraught with potent circumstances, yonder lies the hody of Captain VIgn.v The People will prevaricate pretty exEmpire has offered a thousand pesos tensively to avoid a row. for him alive or dead. Shave him and get him Into thnt uniform of mine, then take the placard which tells the story of my crime to the Cuernavaca garrison and ask there for Lieutenant Bruglere. See none other. Tell him privately that the body of Captain Vigny lies at you home. Come hack with him; Insist thnt no one else nccompnnles you" "It Is easy, senor; It is all too easy." While he was thus engaged I went through the wide hallway to the hack porch which offered a view of the valley, where I sat. Voices nnd the thudding of hnrsps' hoofs awakened me from a strange -- everle. Pasqual nnd Dolores In the cart approached, I nnd behind them roue Bruglere retraced my steps through the hall nnd sat in a shaded corner of the patio, walling. Bruglere entered the opened way Into the court. The had been cleared and the hody of Ma drella covered by a rude cloth- - lav Seldom has any single act b upon It. Dolores came through the of greater benefit to mankind tt doorway nnd, seeing the still figure that of Dr. Caldwell in 1885, wl on the bench, ran to It heedless of lie wrote the prescription wh the rest of us and dropped to her has carried his fame to the f knees beside It. Pancho." she cried corners of the earth. ah Pancho mlo we have loved Over and over. Dr. Caldu thee I" wrote the prescription as he foi was Her unhappiness more than I men, women and children suffer I could hear. got up. walked over from those common symptoms to her. and laid a hand upon her such as coated ton;; constipation, shoulder "Dolores, do not give thy had breath, headaches, gas, naus sel- fbiliousness, no energy, lack Pancho Is It Pancho? I do not and similar things. appetite, Bmelere whirled upon toe "Sucre ' Demand for this prescript he gasped. "Name of a name what grew so fast, because of the pie sort of game Is tills you play?" nr ant, quick way it relieved si took me roughly hy the shoulders symptoms of constipation, that Who are you - ancient 1S8S Dr. Cald well was forced Now smiled Into his flaming face. have it put tip ready for t Who am I? Is this yout gratitude Today, Dr. Caldwells Syrup Fep to me. Bruglere. after I have opened as it is called, is always ready up to yon the wine cellar of the fat any drugstore. Manuel?" a Pick It Up, Madrella; Pick Up Your Knife." as he moved back ever hack before my sudden offensive I thought I saw In his face the terror of approaching death. ! laughed aloud. You will break my hack, senor eh, you will lay that You gun across ray useless skull? would save me for the noose? Ah senor, It Is not poor, defenseless Pasqual you are facing now; nor Le strange, who fought under an ominous cloud of treachery; neither 13 It Cu pldo. who tried so hard and failed ; nor Duroc, brave soldier of France, It Is who met death at your hands. none of those, Madrella, but they will he avenged. Do you (arnica ! he gasped. know everything? I saw you kill I.estrange,' senor." Now he came at me with Insane fury slashing wildly, thrusting swifthut It was the ly, charging fiercely supreme effort before the end. for. In a very few seconds, he was retreat lug again before that deadly wall of sicel Hint I built up In front of him gave myself over to the business of Yet he parried, and stagkilling gered away, and parried again keen clever, scientific to the last. He dodged a sudden thrust lost over the body his balance,-stumbleof Pasqual. and fell, his cane knife hurtling through the air; then I upon him. blade upraised. leaped Even In the act of striking I remem hered thnt he was unarmed, so I held hack thnt coup de grace. "Pick it up, Madrella ; pick up your I cannot strike an unarmed knife. 1 earthed, and most of them have been practically rebuilt. The carbonized remains ot wooden beds and chests found In three cubicles rendered pos slide the reconstruction of the orlg Inal furniture. A swimming pool faced with marble a water tank covered by an Iron grut Ing. a ladder leading to a slave's lied room In an attic, shutters tuennt to keep the glare of the sun from cool innrblp hulls, have all been recon strueted a "And you have made of me a fugitive." I said, a deserter, a murderer; you have killed the regard that a gracious Indy might have had for me. For all of those things, as well ns for that cowardly attack upon me when I had no weapon, I could have pointforgiven you. but for ed to the prostrate form of Pasqual for that there Is no forgiving. He was my friend; he Jeopardized his owd safety to serve me, and, at last, he offered up his life to save me. You are a thing of evil, senor, and this fine world will be a better place man." He moved hack slowly, cautiously; bis body was bent over and he groped behind hint blindly for the weapon, bis eyes on me and my up raised knife. His right hand appeared suddenly, nnd I was amazed to see not the gleaming cane knife hut the gun which he aimed at m.v heart. If he hoped to frighten me with the menace of that (minting pistol he must have received a grievous for. dropping the knife I shock, The fingers ..f my leaped u(m him left hand closed over the weapon and my right hand found his wrist "If you prefer a leal let to the blade, senor the bullet it shall be!" Biing Ing to beat all the strength ut m.v command I forced the barrel ot the weapon upward and then toward my adversary. Much of tiis strength hnd Spent Itsell lu vuiu charges against Waist Overalls Insure long wear AsK for Levis work-benc- h 1 TO BE CONTINUED.) W, N. U, Salt Lake City, Vo. 29- |