Show I I Horror of 3 Sandals San Francisco Francl Franci o Argonaut Argo aut he ft old ld sluggish of revolution tion long IonS since drugged to sleep sl ep some tb to death yet sometimes stirs JU ltd are its Us snakelike convolutions are ar harm hann harmIt J It t Is 18 merely the habit of the dead pac pa when DIa was not yet Power which causes the bant to heave its lethargic sighs and open up tip from time Ume timeto to tb time a rea red orb devoid deold of oC meaning Up lii over the ld cornea come now low the military ml detachment lately sent into Jo The little tle company C oats dinner by the Cuernavaca en ca Station Ift Five FI Fit lank soldiers rs in dais date sit at a distance on the ground KUd whereas all the others are ray gay these five live sit depressed with gloom re rea L a uig lk a a range Hu ng thing I Ithe The rh heart of ot curr ro state of gold golden en an miraCles miracle is 18 not yet opened to the world Mountains and und mysteries shut I It away a wa from modem modern Ute life Away A way down do n south oUt l 00 miles from trum the is i th the town of oC Three Into it cam ft five years rs ago ag an American Am rIcan named SUrg He lie bought boight a mine and worked it all aU alone and they said he I stacked up gold in an adobe house as high a as the roof root He lIe was tall with silken beard feline grace mild deep unreal un I c eyes etes e Gold turned his head I gold made mads his hie house an un empire Three I Sandals the center of ot the universe He dreamed of severing this southern land from Mexico and insane ideas of ot a monarchy came to him The Phe chief of oC police was vas fat and flab bj by b and often full tull of oC pulque He lived in a t f large arge house on the plaza by the pan His sister was a a beauty aged 18 19 named Otilla I call you a failure com core complained complained the chief drinking three quarts of or pulque in the patio while she shep p lounged Jound Joun ed languid und r those enormous yellow flowers called killed himself for you Elias Silas Eli slew Negrete for you Oh var u 8 rob d the hacienda lo 10 buy QUY you YOtt a s ruby rub and was shot The gov governor governur At t Chilpancingo made mode a fool of ot himself for tor you Bah Dah what good Is b all this if you cannot find out the revolutionary schemes of that cursed I American and save my reputation I I IL want to kill 1111 him and alas with a r L comic shrug spilling pulque there is tu x no way Hang Bang Mm him by his meet reet soft sort beard I Pep Pepe my love said she with a smile But the shadow of an excuse 11 I j I I plOw he lie t plots plot but never neer a finger can I I i Ay on oil him Make him fall taU in love with 1 you ou witch worm worst it out of him Our Oui r I is at stake She d e lying there graceful beautiful ml mischief in her languid eye coe 1 I will wI iha Ht aid and und plucked a cup ot and burled her Hushed face r theists She wae shrewd She was Val not of ot the thi r flashing dashing type She was leisurely re She had watched for fo r months month She knew him slightly she sh I had smiled at him Into Inlo her deep thinking came the knowledge that tha t there ther was something som o oZ the mystic In ii his hiM nature that mystery mY might win him where other meane would fail Every evening at 6 G she wrapped her herself herself self in a black so that eyes eye S glowing and portions of a face arti artl artificially pale were seen beneath lustrous S hair Then solemn sad a moving sta statue statu tue tui tu she walked to and fro to and fro frt I before the ti Americans house When he ii steed strod od in the door stroking his silken a beard and gazed on or her h r she shEl nodded I slowly as though unseeing and sighed i a heavy he y sigh At dusk having walked vaike S to And fro tro for tor an hour she sighed more heavily still stilt and went away After Atter one weak of this mystery the th e form turm of QC Otilia began to haunt him She the e was waH very beautiful said he There Ther e were lurking in her eyes vast dreams C eC restlessness nes towering ambitions ah j I like his own like his own He FIe tossed tease d J In the night somehow drawn to t 0 her After Arter all was it good to I 0 be lonely With such a mate mat e to what grand heights might any an y man not soar So from seeing seem g her by chance he came to watch h for her and when she passed his hand ban U weB was wa frozen on his hla hi beard or burned burne d with fire that ran In all his blood bloo i Meanwhile a plan to overthrow the lb 0 towns authorities to gather men to 0 I march on Chilpancingo took form Two Tw 0 I I officers of nearest the person of the chief I were w ere SUrges Stirges fello plotters On lbs Ih eighth evening of o this may moving movIng r ing in g to and fro ire wrapped in mystery she shet let hit le t her wave a n little wider open I He HH H e was devouring her lur with Ith his eyes e He H e was like a god and full of ot grace g race Her sweet lips were pinkish her h er neck was white She sighed but she s he looked on him with quick llamas bursting b from her eyes The Th street was vas lonely lo onel nely He stepped out and laid his exceedingly e ea long slim fingers lingers on her arm a rm She paused and they gazed at atone atone one o ne another some Borne dread thing thins haunts you y ou Yea Y s senor Her eyes were ware down donn Otilia a great weight Is on you 1 I am a m one used to speaking out When God a od puts fire tire into a mans heart the theman theman man m an should never hide it lest it burn him h im Othlia I seem to see sec myself in I your y our eyes Heart of my heart I love lore i you y ou She exceedingly white raised her herI I yes eyes e just enough to see his chin and I I with w ith a startling mixture of f mischief and a nd emotional she b ered her words Hang him by his hiu I sweet s soft tOft beard Pope He kissed her as the dusk came She went w ent home bewildered to find that hex her I eyes e yes seemed blind bUnd When she put her hex r to them it came away wet She walked w looking at all aU the low barrod harred b windows She entered her hex brothers b patio and eat sat down under the thereat great g reat At J supper upper she could rould c not eat In bed she could not nol sleep leep s In the night her little bare feet feel went w ent softly up and down the roomi In It I the he t morning she was afraid of herself herselt something s within her heart scared her hex so s o oThe The love passage thus began and anc I OA Otilia OUlia O in winning him had lost herself hersel Ah A h his godlike form his foreign for strength s his whiteness She loved loves I t him h im The same sante old difference between I t j so s o many loves characterized these The Thi i mans vast schemes were mightier than that his h Is love The womans love was va I mightier than all else At the edge of the town was a de deserted deserted retIed alameda full of mango trees I Here were aged stone benches seldom seldon used sed u Here the shade was like dusk dual c at a t noon like midnight at dusk Here Her C they hey t met evening after evening she a falling ailing f panting into his arms he gazing Brazing r at a t h r scarcely seen seea face Cace with hungry I eyes e yes You are Incarnate truth he said Blood flaw flew to her face her brain braI xi seemed s drowned Yet YetI I was false What bad Jest Is this She lay trembling Somehow a fear fea r entered him Speak he crIed almost letting her he r from him himI I 11 I plotted against you How HowIt it is a lie Oh my souls soul I set about to t 0 win you Jou instigated by b my brother that tha t I might learn your plan of oC revolution I and conquer you and bring you to t 0 death Crush me if it you must thus 5 have I T lost myself thus hav hard you yo ou u overthrown me He let her fall taU on the old stone bench bane u The shade of the mango trees was wa s deep He stood a little way off tall ta II and still and looked look d at her Just here her e the revulsion came for gold had made mad le him Insane with dreams I His love by e was second to his plot Distrust sank san t deep in him He felt himself betrayed Cold drops were on his forehead He 11 e had walked as in a deep gold mist mis He ra a 4 on jn this girl She was ns n son His liIs love for her ivi was is tt tu d fear Cear Wounded ignoble but grand with wit rage roge he turned and she was wan left le ft alone abone After that at her no r 0 more nor looked booked at ab her He dared not nu t flee that were confession and meant meat it death He dared not prolong delay She had groped her way home from roi in the th mango grove Though she was vr is sweet and leisurely and shrewd she at xe had In her that fuel which touched d with fire burns on to vengeance But Bi st I she was sad and it seemed some sec second second se 5 ond self mercilessly drove her on to I the revenge which her better bett r nature re did not want She wept and grew gre V I thin in three days dars miraculously Some Somi C times she Joked with herself oven cven yet ye I I in manner tn ghastly g Hang him him by his h is 3 I sweet soft t beard murmured u r she ht In Inus n I bad night dreams and she saw sa his Ii us is j I head in visions hung thus horrible I j The first night of their estrange estrangement estrangement e ment the fat chief chi ci if I found letters at the home of one of his subordinates They Incriminated th subordinate who w was as arrested and a put In the adobe jail jaU across the plaza The chief strove In vain to fo find one on word of those epistles which mi ml ht give gho ground for the arrest of e eI I But ihs tho lh Americans American tracks were yet yit t I covered The fhe fh chief shed maudlin tears of exasperation o f Tile The night Otilia came knocking at a t his door at 10 She was ad m the chief sitting in a gown on Onis n his h is beds beda edge edee This subordinate the arrested one said aid s she when Is he to tobe be bp b e shot shott it t sunrise I am writing the order for fo r the soldiers who will arrive arrhe tonight Oh O h you ou failure Come keep these railings S for tor an another another other ther o Give me the order but leave loave l ae the t he name a blank Her manner was cold stern and und she was w as pale and sick Why he growled She put one hand on the footboard and a nd leaned close to him I r may do i d that th at which your Our secret soul longs for whispered w she Do I not know that hat it is his gold that you want Think They T hey say it is ts stacked to the roof But I should be called to account for tor f or a baseless execution you fool I J have a fading ink I write the name ame n and show it to the captain He executes e the order The Ink fades You Y substitute the rightful name and o captain li lies s the blame He le fell back it n bed with a choking nO n oZ I Ins Its ns on the table he said weakly She S he brought him the blank He lie filled it i t out all save the name She left him staring s stupidly at her and presently heard eard h him call for three more quarts of or p I I was not so villainous as he i seemed s She was tottering She had hao heI I scarce carce s an idea tut she should execute I so dreadful a plan It was as the warring I between b those two different selves of 01 i hers he h ex that drove her on to make these i I preparations reparations p In these ugly hours too was the playfulness yet et alive in her She S he thought that to threaten him herI in It I I play lay p with this ghastly thing would be bt I sweet s way to win In him back I If I f he would but smile at her once x more And deep In her the other others a lt ll t taid I said s aid Kill She could not rest She wrapped her herself herI I I self elfin s sI in her black bl ck and went out I She walked by the Jail jan and paused and am i scanned canned st s it The plaza was dark and am 1 the he t palms rustled She went down lL L street treet s and sadly walked to and fro be fore fere f ore the Americans house recalling the th I day he be kissed her as the dusk came times hate raved in her Memory drew her at length to the alameda and am 0 beyond It Under these trees had she C Crested rested in his arms Beyond where the th fields were rocky yonder del in Ia that lone loney ly l y spot beside the th gorge was the tall tal I iron post to which criminals were ver ere 0 chained to be shot Out of the mango grove out of the days of love she sh e might t lead him here to this Iron post and her fingers held the paper of death I The night was very black She Se S e dered Suddenly she heard pa a crying out Women and men m n were shouting back bac k there by b the town She walked In that tha t direction The shouting was increased increases I and there was a scurrying about near zea r two thatched huts The ants The warrior ants was w s La the th shout She came nearer to a hut Men rIen in i n sandals went with torches a There was a strange crackling In the Ui e I thatches Behold the ground was Wa 5 black with marching millions Scot Scorpions Scorpions lizards spiders ran mu terror stricken from that army arm The thatches us were being pierced by thousands of oC un us unseen unseen I seen marauders Human beings seiz seix x ing all things of value fled crying into mt 0 the night These ants march in battal I ions There is no way known to man manto manto ma Ia a to th stop sp them They have their officers officer rn I They Tb select a goal On they come came and anc andall a aall all things flee nee before A house Is over ovex overrun overrun run Every living thing or piece of ot food vanishes All AH other insects are ax n devoured Men must absent themselves S till the ants depart Returning all is bare The army arm has conquered de deva d va passed on Fascinated she stood with some san daled laborers borers In who on the outskirts of this scene of ruin watched It by torchlight Where will they go next cried one Yonder yonder in this tills direction n See The vanguard is already ing thither She beheld the leading battalion forming In fours and heading away across the barren field She looked up A strange chill ran over her That iron p post ost yonder yond by the gorge stood In I th I 1 At midnight t she passed Stirges I louse ouse h and he h was going in His door was ss as as open oP nanU null and a faint light shone on lira him hi m She paused where he saw her She S he looked P lat at t him with her soul in her herres yes eyes e and he spurned her Her bad self lamed amed fl up She ran away wild Ild with late hate h She stood a 1 moment under the alms palms p and there a diabolic purpose Came ame t to her herIt It had fiad ad rung long been beena a custom In this dis district district tr to lead ead the culprit out very cry early earlyn In n the tha morning m Chained In darkness to tl t o the post he was confronted by a priest riest p The black hours dragged on giving iving g pg the criminal the most solemn reason eason r for tor repentance Five soldiers and a nd an officer were svere stationed near When W hen dawn cam came and nil 4 they the could clearly learly clearl c see a they filled fied fl ed At A 11 a detachment men t of soldiers md had h arrived ed AIU t 1 Otilia OtIlla came to the he t door of the decrepit lt barracks The captain c bad had or lc lo to obey the chief of or orp p elice e She came me to him and said My brother brot er Is ill Ul Hl HU servants are sitting s hini so he sent s nt me with this hk t arder r She disappeared iU appeared The captain read t the he command for the immediate execution tion ion t of ot one SUrge e American AmericanA AmericanA A little later the unfortunate Anglo Saxon S axon schemer was yas seized In bed They put p ut on him isbn clothes lothes somewhat similar to t o those worn by br runners in athletic contests c so that he was vas nearly nearl naked In I n the night they led him out and on through t the black mango grove In that hat t stony field by the gorge they chained c him to a post A priest came cames was w as s received with haughty contempt and a nd went away Well YeU for |