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Show • THE MIDVALE JOURNAL •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • • By Peter H. Kyne • • • Copyrlgh t by Peter B. Xyu., CHAPTER XIII-Continued -14Bobart looked back. In the distance he could see .his ftve men following bim. He waved hts hat and one of them waved in return; so without further ado he rode down to join Ro· bert a. The girl held up her hand, enjoining lllence, as Hobart reined in beside her. Friday, January 6, 1933 "Listen!" she commanded. He bent his head. Faintly to him enme the report of rifles, .. There were twenty herders wttb the band an hour ago/' the girl reported. ''Don Jaime counted tbem. There doesn't appear to be that many now." Hobart swept the scene with his binoculars. "Ten I Halt the gang went ahead to preempt the water, and Don Jaime has walked tnto them. He's alive and kicking, though. It he were not, there wouldn't be any shoot· lng. And Julio hasn't got there yet. Well, he'll be careful He'll probably come In from the rear and help the boss out. I wish I kn('W whether Jaime ls ln the old corral or at the Smokeless powder, you water~hole. 11ee. One cannot tell. But the sheep move forward! That indicates confi~ dence. Yes, Dingle has the water!" "Then Don Jaime's fighting ten ot. them." "Looks that way. Ile must be in the old corrnl, because he wouldn't last a minute In the open. The corral Is boarded close and the Ught Is tnHlng. If be keeps moving he will not be too ensy to hit." Julio rode out into the open a quar~ ter or a mile south of them. Instantly Hobart pulled his rifle, sighted carefully and threw up the dirt in front ot the boy to attract his attentlon. W'"hen Julio puJied up and looked around to see where the attack cnme from, Ho~ bart '1\·aved his bat nt him and moved out from the shelterlng fringe of bushes onto the grassy floor of the valley, Roberta by hls side. Instantly Julio recognized them. 1 ' You stay where you are, girl," .Ken Hobart commanded. ''Uy other five men wi11 be riding down the hilJ pretty soon. You tell them my orders are to charge the men with the sheep immediately." "What are you going to do, .Mr. Hobart?" "I'm going to join Julio, and the two of us wiU ad,•ance along the south side of this valley toward the water~ hole. The range will be too long for the herders with Ute sheep to stop us. I think. Jimmy's In a jackpot and needs help mighty bad, so Julio and I wiU furnish what we can. Adios!'' He galloped away diagonally across the valley, motioning for Julio to ;Join him. The boy did not hesitn.te. Ro· berta watched them tn an agony of apprehension. The herders with the sheep were firing at Hobart and Julio, galloping across their front. Ken had stated that the range would be too long for effective fire by men not versed ln the scienc-e of accurate shooting at ex~ treme ranges, but neYe.rtheless the girl saw Julio's pinto go down, saw tbe boy ~hoot out over the animal's neck. Be was up Instnntly and back beside the horse. "Getting his rifle,'' Roberta thought. Ken Hobart had pulled up and was ridlng back to Julio, who, 1n turn, wns running to meet him. There was not an Instant's pause In the stride of_ tbe horse, yet Julio mounted double behtnd llobart, the horse whirled, and the daring palr were on their way agntn. 'l'here, alone nt the foot or tlle hill wntchlng this drama, Roberta prayed for those men as she hnd never prayed before; she cried out In agony when Ken Hobart's horse went to tts knees, rose agnto-nnd stood still. Even one so unversed ln warfare as Roberta could renllze that the poor brute had been hit and crippled. She saw Hobart and Julio dismount and, kneeling !Ome twenty feet apart, open tire on the distant herders as calmly as Lf ISbootlng nt a mark J And then, over the crest behind her, came the five men detailed to follow Ken Hobnrt. They came down the lilope at a fast gnllop, spurred on by the sounds or conflict in tile valley below, but slackened speed as they sighte-d the girl, holding up ber hand In a signal to halt. She tremhled so she could, wltb difficulty, spenk coherently. ''Don Jaimeengaged at the wnter~hole with ten ruen-Ken Hobart and Julio o"Ver sontb -sbootlng at the herders-Ken says-rear attack." The tl1ree American riders gazed at her, not quite comprehending, desirous, perhaps, of receiving more expHc1t i.n~ structions in such an emergency. "What are you standing there for?" Roberta cried hysterically. "Follow me. 1'11 show you." Wttb a sa,.age llttle dig of her dull dress spurs she was orr, the five men stt·eamlng behind her. Across tbe northern flank of the valley they raced, tbe ptl.tter of rifle fire froo -ttle herders probably drown· 1ng the .wund o! tbelr thudding ap· pronch, tor they were wilbin a hundred yards of the nearest men before tbe latter saw them. One of them fired at noherta. . . . She thrilled with a cold fear and a wild exaltation as the bullet whispered past her head • • • afterward she bad a faint recollection or a dark, frightened, but dellant face that loomed for an instant In front of her before she rode the man down. Pistol shots . . . then a bllckward look. Behind her the five rode with upra1sed pistols, flourishing them at her, yelling a fierce approbation of her lenrlership The sheep, in panic, fled wildly, leapIng over each other, bleating, lea vlng a cloud of grayish white dust behind them. Roberta rode Into tbe cloud-rode through the fringe of stragglers. knocking them down, leaping- over and among them. Her horse, plunging and swerving, was striving, with common sense rather uncommon in a horse, to avoid the woolly bodies under hf_s feet, and Roberta was forced to rlde as she bad never ridden before. Pistols popped behind ber. . . . She was clear of t11e sheep. . . . Her dull little rid~ lng academy spurs prodded her mount's flanks i the quirt rose and fell . . . • She caught the gleam of sunshine as the last leYel rays of tbe dying day were reflected on a pooL Among some roclc.s beyond the pool three figures moved, the crackle of flre grew loud~ er; she could discern the sharp, spiteful reverberation ot It now. Where was the corral? Don Jaime was there, wounded. dying perhaps. . . . She saw It-a circle of weather~ beaten boards, nailed so close together that the fence aprlenred like a wall. Straight at lt she drove her mount, realizing vaguely as she did so that It was a hurdle at least a foot higher than she bnd ever faced in spol'l She saw her horse's ears nicker, t'elt his stride slacl{en a little; then bts bead shot forward and his ears came liP straighl Good horse! Be was not going to refuse the jump I She felt him gather blmselt for the leap, and took a firm grip on the reins. "A Dey oop !" she cried. While In midair she saw Don Jalme otr on the rtght ftnnk, standing In the bed of a wagon, firing_ over the fence; then she was over n.nd inside the cor~ ral with hlm. ''Jimmy!" she shouted. He turned, staring at her amazed. Then he jerl~ed the bolt of his Spring~ field and yelled: "Down I Flat I" She rode up to the wagon, slipped ofl', pulled the rifle from the scabbard and untied the cartridge belt from her pommeL Then, with a slap on her horse's rump, she sent biro trotting across the corral. He And then Don Jaime acted. leaped down at her, his powerful arm swept her backward and orr balance: she slid down .his body gently to tbe ground and he tbrew bimseli beside her. "Oh, my G-d, sweetheart, why did yon come?" he almost moaned. "Because I love you, Jaime Miguel Higuenes. You are in danger and I couldn't stay away, rn help you, Jimmy. If you have to die 1-want you to know before that happens-that life without you-Will be desolate-'' Be crooned to her In Spanish, his bot eyes devouring her, his grimy per~ spiring bands caressing her cheek. "'I always knew you were a thorough~ bred," be gulped finally. "Lie here and 1lo not move. '.fhls Is n private fight nnd you haven't been Invited. I've got to keep moving. rve run miles from one slrle of this corral to the other, firing throug-h knotholes and gaps In the boards. It I stay still they'll locate me and T can't n.f'ford that-now!" He rolled away like a tumbleweed. A bullet crashed through the fence and strucl{ where he had been lying a second before. And tllen Roberta proved herself a woman. She fainted. fore dark. I turned up-unexpectedly -rode wide around the herders. ap~ proached the corral from the rear and had opened the gate and entered before either side discovered I was trapped. They couldn't see me clearly, but through the chinks in the corral boarding they could see something moving against the light. At that they cou~dn't be sure that something was me, my horse, or their mules, and they didn't want to hit the mules, so they were careful "It was close work and after I'd moved around a lot and had located all tbe knot~holes and wide chinks ln the boards 1 made them keep their bends down. Then when the fhi,ng started out on the fiat, and they saw Ken's men, led by you, making a pis~ tol charge on the men with tbe sheep, Dingle got cold feet. You rode through quite a barrage, sweetheart. but once you'd topped the corral they figured I had reinforcements, so they ran for their horses and rode south. That is. some of them did. 1 climbed upon the wagon seat and fanned their rear; as they fied down the south stde of tbe valley they bumped into Ken and Julio, who emptied two saddles each. Do you know, darJing, that you have a pistol bullet through the muscles of your back, rather well on the right side7 Notl)ing fatal. but you'll sleep on your left side for n montb !" ..I'm a little fool," Roberta ruur~ mured weakly. "Yes, but a gallant little fooL You bave some ot your late Uncle Tom's ferocity and courage in you, Bobby. Oh yes, old Tom al'wnys preferred odds and good shelter In combnt, but he would stand up to tt when he had to. He couldn't be blutl'ed otr this range and he forced me to mal;;e good.'" "Are yon hurt, Jlmmy1" "Not a scratch." She raised her le!t arm and curled It around hls neck; he lowered hls face until hls cheek touched hers. "You're such a terrible man," she whls~ pered. "Oh, such a terrible man t" ''But you love me, just the same?" "Yes, but I wouldn't have told you -I'd have died first. It's all due to Ken Ilobart. He told me-" "Hush, sweetheart. He's confessed. He told you a few of the most wonderful lles on record, and wben be found you'd been bit he cried like a baby. Swore tbat Jf you died he'd commit suicide-provided I didn"t kill hlm first I" He llfted her to a sitting position. "There's old Cupid Hobart sit~ ting over yonder. Look at him. He's still blubberi,ng." "Ken!" Roberta called weakly. The ex~ranger got up and limped painfully over to her, knelt and took her hand. "You're a grund lfar," she murmured, ''and a grand fighter, and a grand friend-and now I'm going to decorate you, Ken Hobart-on the field of battle." ''Kiss her, fool,'' Don Jaime roared. "ADd you can kiss her again the day we're married. That's the privilege of the best man, but after that, believe you me, partner, she's not going to give away any more samples to bard~ boiler old waddies like you." "On, my God, forgive me," Ken sobbed childishly, nod brushed her pale cheek with hls tobacco~stalned Ups. "On the lips, man," Don Jaime commanded. "You don't know good kissIng when it's ofl'ered to you.'' "I been cbewin' tobncco," the victim protested. ..I don't care," Robertn. assured him. "Jimmy chews 1t, too." So the embarrassed wretch obeyed orders, end Roberta fainted again. CHAPTER XIV She came to lying tn Don Jaime's arms in the dry grass b~slde the wa~ ter~hole. She lon!{ed up at him without understanding, then closed her eyes again. uwell, Jimmy," she murmured presently. "We're back In the sheep business again/' be assured her solemnly, A silence. Then: "Any casualties, Jimmy1" 01 Yes. Three dead horses and two wounded and about a dozen sheep with broken backs and legs. H seems you rode over them. Ken Robart's pinked, but nothjng worse thnn what be's been used to. AUolro de Hnro, one of my riders, is dead, and Lambert, O'Grady, and Martinez Trujillo are badly bit, but I do not think they will die. Julio Ortiz has lost a little finger. Dingle and nine of hts men are dend to date and the final returns from the river should make the affair unanimous. Fraser, Juan ~~~plnosn, and Julio Ortiz are fo11owlog them. The-y took our mounts and now I'll have to get busy, load our wounded on Dingle•s ebnck wagon and go home." uwas that hls chuck wagon ln the corral?" "Well, tt used to be your Uoc.le Tom's, so I presume it's yours now. Dingle got here first, ran his chuck outfit tnto tbe old branding corral to camp tor the night and turned his mules loose there. Theo be occupied the rocks beyond this water~hole and waited to see what mlght turn up be- .,Alley Oop!" She Cried, .. Don Jaime, this time It's your fault," Hobart almost moaned_ "Fan her nnd mop her face w1th thls wet bnndannn," Don Jaime command· He went to the corral and ed. searched in the chuck wngon for the ttn box containing the small field first~ aid kit be suspected might be there_ [t was, so be returned to the glrl, cut her c1othlng away from the wound and nppUed f\rst n.ld In a singularly work. manlike manner. Thereafter be at. tended to bls wounded men and when that task was done he caught the chuck W84"0D mules 1n the corral, har-- nessed and hitched them, spread out on the floor: ot the wagon box the bed~ d1ng rolls he found there nnd loaded his casualties into the wagon. "Home, James," be called cheerlly to an Imaginary chautreur, climbed up onto the seat and gathered the reins. He peered down between hts legs at Roberta's face upturned to him from the wagon bed. "You'd have to live a few lifetimes In Dobbs Ferry, Westchester county, New York, before you'd get your teeth Into lite as deeply as you have In the past hour and a hatr," be assured her cheerfully. "Whose spunky old sweetheart are you?" "Youse," satd Roberta wearily. "Giddap," yelled Don Jaime, and flicked the rumps of the lenders with his long whip. Gently he eased the mules Into their collars and rolled away up the vaJJey Into a long draw that wound between the h!Us and eventually led them out to where the deserted motorcar waited. Here be transferred his wounded- Lambert O'Grady, and Martinez Trujillo on the rear seat, with Ken Hobart on the front seat. 1.-nstly he lifted Roberta up into Hobart's arms, after which he braked the chuck wagon, unhitched the mules and tethered them to the wheels. "Guess they can stand a night of watchful waltlng," be declared, and climbed tn back ot the wheel. ' 1And maybe 1 wasn't a smart boy when I put Mrs. Ganby on the payroll per~ manently. Nothing like having a good trained nurse around In an emergency llke this. Hold on, everybody!" Be switched on the lights and tooled the car carefully down through the sage to th& Los Algodones road, after which they made fast time to the ranch. Here one of the hands took the car and departed for Los Alga~ dones to bring back the only two doctors there; while Don Jaime aided Mrs. Gnnby to make her patients comfort· able. About noon the next day Jaime Miguel Hlguenes came Into Roberta's room and sat down on her bed. 11 Caraveo and his men have just got back safely," he lnformed her. ''Not a man of that bandit gang got back ncroas tbe river, so I venture to say this has been a lesson to them. I im~ agioe the Rancho Valle Verde wi11 he regarded In beyond~the-Border circles ns a good place to keep away from hereafter. How's the future Mrs. Hig~ uenes feeling now. •• ''Not very chipper, Jimmy. How do you feel?"' "Gullty as a sheep~k11Ung dog. Stlll every cloud bas n silver llnfng. Din· gle's dead and- I Imagine he died totestate. At any rate I have a suspicion nobody is going to come around and claim a ten per cent Interest Jn my lambs. And I have a telegram from your Uncle Bill. It seems that when the news t>f the battle got to Los Algodones last nlgbt, via the mnn I sent after the doctors, the editor of the local palladium of liberty, the Los Algodones Iternld, considered it of sur~ ficlent Importance to put on the wire to the El Paso office ot the United Press. So lt was In the El Paso papers this morning, and your Uncle Bill rend It there." "Uncle Bill 1 Wby, what was he doing in El Paso?" ''En route to Valle Verde, my dear. I'd wired tbe old gentleman a hearty invitation to come down and visit ns, and he has accepted and WR$ on his way." Thus Jaime Miguel Higuenes -t11e liar 1 However, he comforted himself wltb the thought that tt was only a white lie and was to be preferred to violating his word ot honor to Crooked B111 not to reveal to his nJeee the news that only two days previous be bad been in Los Algodones, plotting agaJnst their peace and happtnPsS. ..You're such a dear, Jimmy. So thoughtful. Dear Uncle Blll. I know he's missed me. Does he know I'm hurt?"' uyes, the papers carried the story. I've wired hlm on the train to save his tears untll our wedding day." I can't u Are we engaged, Jimmy? remember that you've ever asked me to marry you." "Ob, didn't ~ sweetheart?" "Never." He rubbed his tanned chin and hts lazy eyes roved over her whimsically. "I suppose I was afrn1d I might speak out of my turn, but of course when you came stampeding tnto that corral yesterday and broke the glad news to me, I couldn't, as a man of honor, pre. tend I· didn't understand you. So I rather took it for granted." 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"Some fnr~fetched allusJon to the sl\eep that brought you here. Bobby. Just some of hls gringo humor, I Imagine." "1 see.'' She was silent, turnJng hls brown, strong, useful bands, counting the calluses on them. Hands that bad known toll nod wo'Qld always know 11. the bands that butld empires, bands that. when folded at last in the pence that would mean their parting, would be kissed by lowly peop1e and sprinkled with their tears. "It will be forever and ever, Jimmy/' she whispered, "and I'm so happy -and grateful." "The Higuenes men keep their women," he assured her gravely. She thought of Glenn Hackett. "Poor dear," she murmured absently, .,He never bad n chance," Don Ja!me assured her, with a flash of that prescience, that clairvoyancy. that would always make him, tor Roberta, a new, puzzling, yet wholly under~ standable human being and a Joy for~ ever. 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