Show fr r- r aas s g m r i The of Broken Promises I I l I A Stirring Story By DANE 1 R I 7 Th I of t the h e M Mexican Hid FoP Fl n Wai Watne I The Th r Revo l ution ulion Etc Ill by Don I I X X Co hl 1914 b Frank b Frank Fruk A. A Muney I SYNOPSIS I Hooker an and Phil 11 De Do Lancey are rc owing to a 8 revolution In Mexico to give up their mining claim and return lo 10 o ih Lh lM United Stat States In the border town af of f Gadsden adden Dud meets Henry Kruger Kruser a wealthy miner who makes him a to return to Mexico to acquire title to a very rich mine which Kruger Krug-cr had blown 71 U up when he found he had been out of the title titie b by one Aragon The Mexican 1 subsequently spent a largo large sum tum um In an unsuccessful attempt to relo- relo tato aIe to tho the vein and then allowed the land io to 0 revert for taxes Hooker and Do Lancey LanCe Lany Lan- Lan cey Ce- y arrive at Fortuna Fortu a near where whore the mine known as the tho Eagle Engl Tall Tail Is lo lo- lo They engage the services of Cruz Mendez who has hIlS been friendly to Kruger to acquire the tho title for tor them aral all get a permit ermit st t to do o preliminary I I work Aragon rr protests s sn and n a accuses them of j jumping his hie l I claim CHAPTER VII VII Continued Continued For a minute Don Cipriano stood looking at him his black eyes heavy I with rage race then hIs hie anger seemed to fall awa away from him and he wiped th the sweat from his brow Very well bo said at last I perceive per per- telve that you are a gentleman and tare bave lave acted In good faith faith it It Is only that that fellow Mendez has deceived you Lt It pass then then then-I I will not quarrel with you OU my friend friend It It Is la the fortune of or war But stop at my store when you go by and come and see me It Is Indeed lonely here at times and perhaps I can pass a pleasant hour with you My name senor Is Don CIpriano Aragon y Tres and Palacios-and and yours jours 7 He held out his hand with a little feature Philip Do De Lancey replied Phil clasping the proffered hand and with many expressions of good good will will and esteem with a touching of ot hats and a wiggling of fingers from the distance they parted in ia spite of Dud BudS the best 4 of f friends CHAPTER VIII There are some people In tn this world with whom it seems Impossible to quarrel quarrel rel rd notably the parents of attractive daughters Perhaps If It GracIa Aragon had not J teen seen een watching him from the window Philip De Do Lancey would not have been quite so 80 cordial with her father at father at least that was wall what Hooker th thought and nd he was no flO o badly peeved at the way things had gone that he said it too Then of course they quarreled and one ne thing leading to another Phil told Bud he had a very low way of speak speak- log ing Bud Dud replied that whatever his deficiencies of speech might be bo ho he was not fool enough to be drawn in inT T by y a skirt and Phil rebuked him again Then rh n n. n with a scornful grunt Bud Hooker rode rodo on In silence and they said ald no more about it It was waa a ga gay life lite that they led at night for the Fortuna hotel was filled with men of kind since all the staid mar marred l d men had either moved across th tho Tine lIne line with their families or were under orders to come straight borne home In the daytime the hotel was nearly Dearly deserted for every man in tova toi to was working for the company but In the evening when they gathered around the massive stove it was a merry company com corn pany lIany indeed There were college men full of ot good stories and stories not so 80 good world world- wanderers and adventurers with such tales of the East and West as never have bave been written in books But not a college boy could match stories with Phil De Do Lancey and few Cew wanderers there were who could tell him anything anything anything any any- thing new about Mexico Also when It U came to popular songs he knew both the words and the tune tuno So he was much in demand and Don Juan passed many drinks across the bar because because be be- cause ot of him In all such festivities the two pard- pard ners stayed together Bud with a abroad abroad broad Indulgent grin listening to the end ond nd and Phil his eyes alight with liquor and good cheer talking and laughing far into the night Outside the winter winds were still told cold ld and the Mexicans went wrapped to the eyebrows but within the merry company was slow to quit and Phil n making up for the lonely months Wh when n he ho had entirely lacked an audience audi audi- ence nce eat sat long in the tho seat of honor and was always the last to go But on the evening after their spat Bud Dud sat ant off to one side and even Phils Phil's sprightly and conversation conversa conversa- lion tion with the door called ailed forth only a fleeting smile Bud was thinking and when engaged en en- in that arduous occupation even the saucy little girl behind the door could not beguile him But after ho had studied it all out and nd come to a definite conclusion he did not deliver deliver an ultimatum The Tho old natured good red smile simply came back to hi his rugged face faco he rolled a cigarette cigar elgar ette tte and then for the tho reet rest of the evening eve eve- Sling ning he lay back and enjoyed the show Only in the morning when they went out to the corral to get got their horses he carried his war bag with him and after throwing the caddie GaddIe on onto onto onto to Copper Bottom he did the same for their spare mount What are you going to lo pack out BUd Sud inquired Phil and Bud Dud slapped bIll hla covered canvas bed for an nn answer Then with a heave he ho snaked It out of ct the harness har room where It had been tord and slung it deftly deWy across tho the Pack Pock Why what's the matter said De acey when they were on their way dont don't you fOU like the tho hotel Hotels fine fine conceded Bud but I IId Id I'd better camp out at the ain itzi Want to keep my eye on that Mexican of ours Aw SAw he he's hes nil eli right protested Phil Sure Bure ald aid Bud I aint afraid hell b 11 teal something but something but ho he might ako ko 1 notion to quit the country Why WhyS what L for challenged De Do I Lancey Hes ses got his wife and family I here nothing nothing to to a Mexican countered Bud But I aint figuring on the excuse hed he'd give that give that wont won't buy me nothing what nothing what I want to do is to keep him from going Because It If we lose that Mex now we lose our mine And And No and to It said Bud doggedly We Ve aint going to lose him But If It we did persisted De LanCey Lance Lancey Lan Lan- ce cey why hy hy then you think think- Your friend would get it it finished Hooker grimly Ah I see nodded De Lancey noting the accent on friend You dont don't approve of my making friends with Aragon Oh that's all right shrugged the big cowboy It wont won't make no differ differ- fince nce now Go ahead If you want to You mean you can get along without without without with with- out me No answered Bud I dont don't mean nothing nothing except except what I say If It you OU want to palaver around with Aragon go to It Ill I'll round up Mendez and his family and keep em right there at the mine until we wo get them papers signed after after that I dont don't care what happens hap hap- pens Oh all right murmured De Do Lancey Lancey Lan Lan- cey in a subdued tone but if It his conscience conscience con con- science smote him for tor the moment it did not lead to the making of ot any sentimental sentimental sentimental sen sen- New Years Year's resolutions for he ho stopped when he came to the store and exchanged salutations with Ara- Ara I Ara-I P i i ii i I II I 1 i I Ii II i I r d I FH fl I I I It Was a Merry Company Indeed gon who was lounging expectantly before before before be be- fore his door Buenos dias Don CIpriano he hailed How are you this morning Ah good morning Don Felipe responded responded responded re re- re- re Aragon stepping forth from the shadow of or the door I am very well thank you you and and you Z The same answered Phil as It If it were a great piece of news It Is fine weather weather weather-no no Yea but a little dry said Aragon and so tb y tb y passed assed It back and forth In iii the accepted Spanish manner while Bud hooked one leg over the horn of ot othis his saddle and regarded the hacienda with languid eyes But as his gaze swept the length of ot the tho vine-covered vine corredor It halted for fora a moment and a slow smile carne came over his face In tho the green depths of ot a passion-flower passion vine vino he had detected a quick birdlike motion and then suddenly like a transformation scene ho he beheld a merry face framed and Illuminated by soft golden locks peerIng peering peering peer peer- ing out at him from among the bios bios- Except for that brief smile he made no sign that he saw her and when he looked up again the face had disappeared Don CIpriano showed them about his mescal plant where his men kept a continual stream of liquid fire running I from the copper worm and gave each a raw drink but though Do De Lancey I gazed admiringly at the house and praised the orange trees that hung over the garden wall wail Spanish hospitality hospi hospi- could go no farther tarther and the tho visit ended In a series of and muchas much much- as Quick work commented Phil as they rode toward the mine the tho old man has got over his grouch Urn Um mused Bud with a quiet brooding smile and the tho next time herode ho he rode Into luto town ho looked for tho the masked face among the flowers and smiled again That was the way Gra Gracia cia cla Aragon affected them all lie He did not point out the place to toPhil Phil nor betray her by any sign All he did was to glance at her once and then ride on his way but somehow his heart stood still when ho met her eyes ees and his days became filled with witha a pensive brooding melancholy melancholy- What the matter Bud Bud rallied Phil after he had Jollied him for a week youre getting mighty mIght quiet lately Got another hunch hunch like Ilko that ono one you had up at Agua Negra T Nope grinned Bud but Ill I'll tell you one thing thing thing-it If old Aragon dont don't spring something pretty soon Im I'm goIng going go go- ing lug to get uneasy Hes He's too dog doggoned dog good natured good natured about this Maybe be he thinks were we're stuck su sug suggested Do De Lancey Lancey- Well hes he's awful happy about something some something thing said Bud Dud I can see Bee by the tho way ho droops that game gamo eye CO of his his his- and nod smiles that way way that that ho he knows were we're working for tor him It If we wo dont don't get a to this mine every tap of work we do on it is all to tho the good for him that's a cinch So sit down now and think It out out wheres whores whore's tho Joker Well mused Phil sold gold b ia hero here somewhere He knows knos were we're not fooled tooled there And he knows were we're right after it tho the way way were we're driving this cut in Our permit Is good good he he hasn't tried to buffalo Mendez and Mendez-and and Its It's a a. cinch he ho cant can't denounce the claim himself Maybe he ho figures on letting us do doall doall doall all the tho work and pay all tho the denouncement denouncement denounce denounce- ment meat fees and then spring something big on old One Eye propounded Bud Scare Mm im up or buy Im off and have him transfer the title to him That's the way ho he worked Kruger Well say sayS urged Phil lets go ahead with our denouncement before I he starts something Besides the warm weather is coming on now and It If we dont don't get a move on were we're likely to get run curt out by the tho Nope said Bud I dont don't put this into Mendez's hands until I 1 know hes he's our man man and and It If I ever do go ahead Ill I'll keep him under my six-shooter six until the last paper is signed believe belleve me I know were we're In bad somewhere but hurrying up w wont won't nt help none Now I tell you what well we'll do you do-you you go to the tho mining agent and get copies of all our papers and send them up to that Gadsden lawyer lawer Im I'm going to go godown godown godown down and board with Men Mendez ez and see if l I can read his heart So they separated and while Phil stayed In town to look over the records records rec Bud ato his beans and nd tortillas with the Mendez tam family II They were a happy little family comfortably Installed In the tho stone stonehouse stonehouse stonehouse house that Mendez had built a arid and d rapIdly rapidly rap rap- Idl Idly getting fat tat on three full Cull meals a aday day From his tent farther up the canyon Bud could look down and watch the tho children at play and see the comely Indian wife as she cooked by bythe bythe bythe the open fire Certainly no one could be more Innocent Innocent innocent In In- and contented than she wae was and El Tuerto Puerto was all bows and protestations protestations protestations pro pro- of gratitude And yet et you ou never can tell Bud had moved out of the new house to furnish quarters for El Tu Tuerto and had favored him In every way but this same consideration might easily be misinterpreted for tor the Mexicans are slow to understand kindness So while on the tho one hand band he had treated them generously he be had always always always al al- al- al ways kept his hla distance lest they be tempted to presume But now with Phil in town for a few days day he took his meals with Maria Marla who was too awed to sa say a word and made friends with the dogs and the children The way to the dogs dog's heart was easy almost direct and he finally won the attention of ot little Pancho and Josefa with a worn well Sunday supplement This Thle gaudy institution with Its spicy stories and startling Illustrations had penetrated even to the wilds of Sonora and every Sunday as regularly as the paper came Bud sat down and had his laugh over the funny tunny page But to Pancho who was six years old and curious this same highly colored colored colored col col- ored sheet was a mystery of ot mysteries and when he saw the big American laughing he crept up and looked at it wistfully MIra said Bud laying his finger upon the smirking visage of ot one ono of the comic characters look and I will tell you the story And so with laborious care ho translated the colored colored fun while e the little squirmed with excitement excitement excite excite- ment meat and leaped with Joy Even the simple souls of ot El EI Tuerto and Maria Marla moved by the and Mendez Mendez Mendez Men Men- dez became so interested that he learned the words by heart t the e better betterto to explain them to others But as for Mexican tr treachery achery Bud could find none of It It In fact fin finding them so simple-hearted simple and goo good na na natured he became halt half ashamed of his early suspicions and waited for Cor the return of Phil to explain Don Ciprianos Cipriano's Cipri- Cipri anos ano's complacency But the next Sunday as Bud lay reading In his tent the mystery solved Itself Cruz Mendez came up from Crom the house hat In hand and an apologetic smile on oa his face and after aCter the customary cus- cus ternary omary roundabout remarks he lie asked the boss as a favor Cavor if Ir he would lend hIm aim the page of comic pictures Seguro assented Bud roiling rolling over and fumbling for the funny sheet then falling failing to find it instantly he InquIred Inquired inquired In In- What hat do you want it for Cor Ah to show to my boy explained u El EI Tuerto ms one eye up wan wita pride Who Who Pancho ho Pancho 7 Ah no senor answered ten l Mendez simply my boy In La Fortuna the theone theone theone one you have not seen Bud stopped fumbling for Cor the paper and sat up suddenly Here Hero was a new newlight light Ight on their faithful servitor and one that might easily take away from his value as a |