Show lir HART OF THE U li E T by REX BE BEACH ACH author of Us the lion arvn tail the silver horde I 1 etc copyright sta kr by ft a prot brother bers CHAPTER IV continued 4 blaze in truth was embarrassed hy fly the size of 0 his holdings but liu lie shook ills head no im too old togo to go ram after new gods I 1 aint got the i imagination to raise anything g more complicated than a mortgage but if I 1 was younger id organize org anise myself up end and do away avny with that ed austin id sure help him to nn untimely end and then id narry marry lliam pecan and blooded herds and drugstore drug store stoie orchards sho she certainly Is a henrt heart brenkle to vice with her red hair and red lips nn an father I 1 paloma was deeply shocked complete isolation at 0 course alalie alabre had found to be impossible even though her ranch lay for far from tile the trav traveled roads and tier her Blex mexican ican guards were not dk to visitors business list inevitably brought tier her into contact with a considerable number of people and of these the ono one the she saw most frequently was ana judge esworth ellsworth of brownsville Browns ville tier her attorney it was perhaps a week after ed had left for san ban antonio that felt tho the need of Ell counsel and sent for him ellsworth was a kindly man inan of fifty five with a forceful chin and it a drooping heavy lidded eye hint alint could cither blaze or twinkle judge dillsworth lills worth knew more inore than any four nien in ili that part of texas information had a way of seeking him film outs out lie he was wai a good lawyer too and yet ills his knowledge of bunian nature he considered fa far r more important than law ills mind was like ike a full granary and every grain brain lily lay where ike he could put ills hand upon it lie ile motored out from and after ridding himself bf b dust insisted upon spending the interval before dinner in an inspection of Ala malatros latest ganeb improvements not until dinner was over did lie ho inquire tho the reason for lite his summons ies its about la F erla general lon gorlo has confiscated my iny stock 11 alagre told him blin 1 I was norald of tills this very thing and so I 1 was preparing to bring the over still 1 I never thought actually confiscate it E ed d done enough to provoke confiscation asked lite judge 1 I haye have it pretty straight that lies giving money to the rebel junta and lending every asli assistance lie he can to their cause 1 I know hed actually done anything ny thing now ilow mad I 1 yes for a man with interests in federal territory but ed always does tho the wrong thing you know then I 1 presume reume lp tills confiscation Is in the nature of a reprisal hut but the stock Is mine not eds I 1 want your help in taking up ip the matter with washington ellsworth was pessimistic it wont vont do any good my dear lie he said you wont be paid tor for your cattle ahn then I 1 hall chall go ga to la ri berla erla 11 nall no I 1 the judge shook his heed head decidedly ive been there a hundred times the federals have bavo been more moie than courteous longoria Lon gorlo hits has a bad reputation I 1 strongly advise against your going better send sonic man 11 whom con can I 1 send asked alaire you know my situation the judge considered a moment before replying 1 I cant go for im busy in n court you could probably accomplish more than anybody else if longorio Lon gorlo will listen to reason and after all you are a person of such importance that I 1 dare dape say any bo be safe bate but it will be a hard trip and you wont know whether you sou aro in rebel pr or in federal territory well people here tire are asking whether texas Is in ilie united states or alaird said lightly sometimes I 1 hardly know after a moment she continued since mace you ou know c everything and everybody I 1 wonder it you ever met a david law ellsworth Ellswort If nodded nod dd tell mo me something about him 11 oil ne e asked we me the th same saine thing about you well I 1 seen much of daye since lie he grew up hes such a reamer ile he said his bis parents were murdered by the Guada guadalupes lupes giyei yes it happened a good many years ago and certainly they both met it violent end I 1 was instrumental in saving what property pio perty IF rank frank law left but it last dave v ery long lies right careless la in money matters daves afine H alno blow lu in some ways most ways v ays I 1 believe but tho the judge lost him film telf in fro frowning meditation 1 I have never known you to damn ti filena or a with such faint praise said alnore oil oh I 1 dont mean it that way im almost like one of daves kin end and ive boon keenly interested in watching his aralts develop im interested in heredity ive watched it in t ads case for instance ince it if yuu you know the parents its eav any td read their children again ALAIRE AUSTIN MEETS MEET GEN LUIS LONGORIO OF THE MEXICAN FEDERAL ARMY WHEN SHE GOES TO LA FERIA AND captivates HIM completely sirs birs alagre austin a c young nin matron tron mistress of ims almas much gets lost lit in the texas desert klesert and after in all nil 01 day atme rio glo wanders into the little calip of david law a ranger hunting a hh mexican bican murderer circumstances force her to stay 24 hours in caioli I 1 law aw catches ills his man kills another tind and escorts escolta tier lier home young 1111 kil austin drunken wastrel up upbraids braids ills wife and makes ansin nations concerning tile ranger of lIcer austin Is secretly in ili league with 3 q loan reben rc lelH mrs airs austin starts for lit perin tier her ranch id icilio to secure damages for cattle confiscated by mexican blex ican fel federals he lapsed into silence allence nodding to him self yes nature mixes tier her prescriptions like uny any druggist im glad blad you and ednave no babl ca alabre murmured something unintelligible li Il CHAPTER V A journey and a dark man Aln Atal ros preparations for alio llio lie journey to la ferla were mado made with little delay deina owing diving to tho the condition of across alio border E lind had thought it well to provide glicr ter with letters front from the most influential mexicans in ili the neighborhood alint Is more in order to pave tier way toward it settlement of tier her claim lie ho succeeded in ili getting a i telegram through to mex alex too city tell influence was not bounded by ahe ho rio nio grande alaire took dolores with tier her and for fop anille escort she bho selected after some bottle deliberation juo sanchez tier her I 1 hore I 1 orpe breaker benito could not well bo be spared sanchez had sonic fore force and initiative at IALA le and aluaro addre had no reason to doubt ills his loyalty the th party pueblo by motor on tile following day altiere secured tier her pass ports frum from the federal feddern t headquarters across the rio ilia Gra orande ilde while jose attended to the railroad tickets on the second morning after leaving hot ciomo 11 0 tile alia party was borne boine southward into alex mexico tho the ro revolution had ravaged mot of northern mexico long rows rowa of rusting trucks and twisted car skeletons beside the track showed liow bow tile tho rathy railways ays rolling stock had suffered in tills this particular vicinity still and na as the train penetrated farther south temporary trestles tre atles mid the charred ruins of 0 station houses ivole even more eloquently of the struggle gip now and then a steel water tank pierced with loopholes and ripped by cannon camion balls balli showed where some detachment had made it statia stand there was it military guard on oil the th train rahi too a dokei unkempt soldiers loaded down with rilles rifles and bandoliers bandoleers bando liers of cartridges bud several officers neatly dressed in khaki khalil who rode inthe in tho first class coach and occupied themselves es by making eyes at tile women at its frequent stops tile train was liesl besieged eged by the customary crowd of curious pronh the ilia same noisy hucksters dealt out tortillas hortillas tor tillas 91 goat at cheeses and coffee froni from the samo same dirty baskets und palls I 1 even their out stretched trot ched hands seemed to bear the fa grime of antebellum ante bellum days the coaches were crowded women fanned themselves unceasingly their men snored snared openmouthed open mouthed over tho bucks backs ot of the seats and the aisles weri were full ful of squalling equalling squal ling squabbling children As for tile tho country it was wa dying the were stripped ped af 0 stock no carts creaked along t lie e highways anyn ys and the rondi 1110 alko tia the little forms farius were owing rowing r 1 I to weeds I 1 rj t 1 I wonder if you ever met a david law stores were empty the people were idle over all was an all atmosphere i ot of decay end and what far mo more re significant tho the people content all morning the monotonous journey continued it a trial to and dolo dole akl acs but to solo sanchez Sanc lica a red letter experience lie ile covered the train from end to end cud lua making kill 11 himself acquaint cd with everyone and bringing to aladro alabre tile the gossip that ho he picked up it was not until midday that tit the ferst interruption occurred I 1 then the train pulled in n upon a li filing and after an all interminable delay it transpired that hat a northbound troop iraln was expected ejected tose jose brought this soon you will behold ilia flower of at the mexican 11 ho be told matra you will see thousands of 0 veterans vet crana every mia man ot of thein A very deril to io blood they choy aro are returning to nuevo pueblo litter lifter destroying destro yng n bond band of those rebels thoy they had bud a erect vie vic tory nt lit san pedro thirty kilometers from froin ln la ferla not a was era red senora senoria sen orix 11 L Is general longoria Lon gorlo with them alnore inquired quickly that Is what I 1 cume came to tell boti it Is that ito ho Is fur for lie he takes his army with him wherever wh prever ho he goes ile he la Is a great lighter fighter lie ho hns fins a n noso for it that man and lie ito strikes like the lightning Ight ning here there anywhere jose it seemed ned was it Poto sista when tho the train arrives she told her horse breaker 1 I want you to find general longorio Lon I gorlo and ask lilia blin to come nere here but Be senora noral I 1 jose was ilum dum founded shocked ile he Is 13 a 0 great brent general l give hint him tills this note quickly writing it 11 few lines on a page from roin her notebook she gave him tho the scrap of paper chith ho carefully placed in ills his lint then slinking shaking lite his head doubtfully lie ho loft left tho the car flushed with triumph dolores took the he first occasion to enlarge upon tier theale you will see what a monster tills Is she declared it was like him td your beautiful cattle lie would steal it crucifix ive heard that alabre said gravely in tho ilia coursin course of 0 time alino the military train caine creaking along on tho ilia main track and stopped to the ilia great interest of tho ilia southbound south bound tray travelers elers it was avas made up of ninny many stock block cars crowded with cavalry horses and penned lit in with M etli them wore were ilia alio women a and nd the children tho the soldiers themselves were clustered thickly upon tho the car roofs far down nt at the rear of the train was was a rickety passe passenger ngor coach and toward tills this jose sanchez mado ills hta way there began it n noisy interchange of I 1 greetings between tho the occupants of tile the two trains und anti meanwhile tile the lot hot tun bun glared blared hatefully balefully upon the huddled fig hires on tile tho car tops A halt liala hour hou r passed then occurred a commotion at n tho ilia forward enaif end of coach A group of officers climbed aboard and among them thein was one who could bo be nono none other than tails longoria Lon gorlo aa 11 lie came down tile tho passageway identified him without the uld aid of ills insignia for lie he stood lend head and shoulders above lila his companions und and bore himself with ath an air of authority ile he was unusually tall nt lit least six feet three and very slim allm very little lithe it a young ninn inan zito his cheeks wre wore girlishly smooth and of a clear pale olive tint I 1 ills hla oyes were large bold brilliant ills his nostrils thin and sensitive like those of n blooded horse disdain hauteur impatience were stamped upon the iho generals countenance na as he be pushed briskly through the crowd turning ills his hend head from side bide to side in search of the woman who had summoned him not until sho rose lid did lie ho discover alagre then lie he halted ills his yes eyes e fl X e d themselves upon her ter with a start of startled amazement aladro felt herself color faintly for the man seemed to bo be scanning tier from head to toot foot taking in fit every detail of her face and forni form and is as he lid did so his expression remained ined unaltered vor for what seemed it full minute longoria Lon gorlo gorin stood rooted then the stiff cup cap was swept from froin ills lead lie ho bowed the grace ot of it a courtier until alagre saw the part in his its oily black hair ISo denorn Se noral norn A thou thousand apologies for my lily delay lie ho said Caran ibn I 1 I 1 did not dream 1 I did not understand your our message lie ile continued to regard tier her with that maine queer intensity you are leutral leu cral longoria Lon gorlo aladro was mis surprised to note that her voice quavered uncertainty uncertainly and annoyed to feel tier her face still flushing your obedient servant 11 longorio Lon gorlo with ft a brusque command routed out tic he occupants of tile tent fi ahead liend and reversing the ali back took it position facing alagre order rind the wen who had accompanied him withdrew up the nisle aisle there was no mistaking ills admiration ile iio seemed enchanted by beauty Y her rich red atair held win fascinated and with latin bold boldness noss lio lie wade made lit his feelings crassly i manifest you yon probably know why I 1 visited to see aco you alabre begun longoria Lon gorlo shook hook ills head in ili vague denial it Is regarding ding my mr ranchi lit la fort farla noille seeing that tant the name conveyed nothing site blie explained 1 I am ani told that your ou r army confiscated iny cattle tit all yost yes I 1 now I 1 understood understand the tha mexican nodded mechanically but it was waa plot plain that lie ile wan not heeding tier lier words in ilia len least st As if to slut out a vision or to some dazzling sight lie he closed ills eyes alabre wondered if tile fellow had been drinking she turned to dolores to find that good woman Wen 1111 in aa e expression of stupefaction pe faction it was very queer it made alabre extremely III at cast longora Lon Lori gorl gorto opened liln ills cies ani passed A brown liand hand across hla his brow Us as it to brash away perverse fancies that bat interfered with his thoughts alaire no faced that one ofil ill fingers won waff decorated with a magnificent alamond oud aud ruby ring and this interested her queerly no nry ninn man rould could lit at tingly have worn such nil an ornament yet ou on the lie hana of at this splendid bur bar barlan it seemed not at ull all out of keeping ID blosl lost longoria continued your rauch lifts ims beant destroyed your cattle stolen 07 eh wo we will shoot tho the orators ot of this outrage nt at once bueno I 1 no no ito I 1 I 1 dont want to see eco anyone puni punished blied I 1 merecy want v your government to pay me for iny cattle alabre laughed nervously I 1 ali ah I 1 but ri ii lady of should never such it miserable business it lg is a it iatter for men ilien i site endeavored to speak in ili a brisk businesslike tone ln lit ferla belon go to ine I 1 nm a woman of aff A ir n 0 general on longorio Ion gorlo and you |