The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 130, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 1, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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CHAPTER XVL
ric mans amazement and terror were
pitlJuL
The captain was himself on guard on
the other side of he camp and he quick-
ly caine up to find out what the confu-
sion rheaur
This girl is suffering for food and
rest said Harkins and mnt be at-
tended to first Then you shall have
the story =
He quietly awoko Bess made a brief
explanation and after Lizzie had been
provided with food the two girls flight
the wagon ami Harkins sat down with
the captain and Joe to tell his btory
While certain in his own mind that
Taylor had fired upon him thire was no
proof Neither of his listeners doubted
that assassination had been intended
but unless Taylor broke down and con-
fessed it what could they do Moral
certainty is not proof
And what makes the thing wore
strange t6 me is the fact that lie inn > t
have had a strong motive said the cap-
tain
And we cdnt guess it added Joe
Then Harkins told them of the death-
bed revelatipn of the old hunter and the
motive was plain Taylorovas deter-
mined to possess the secret alone Ho
told them of the renegades and their er-
rand of the girl he had rescued and
what had happeuedlo her and of the
emissary who might be expected to ap-
pear in camp next forenoon It was
dajbreak before they were through talk-
ing and yet only the two men and Bess
knew of the arrivals
The irjjt thing is o dispose of Tay-
lor said the captain in response to an in-
quiry of whH should be done The
mennvill soon be astir and Harkins had
besfhe low for a couple of hours As
soon ilk breakfast is over 1 shall ask
Taylor to head a party to the place he
described Let us see what he will do
Harkins sought one of the wagons
and when the men roused up one after
another not one < had a suspicion that
anything unusual hud occurred during
the night Breakfast was prepared and
eaten and the captain arid Joe who
were watching Ta3lor very closely saw
by has demeanor that he was restless
aud illlit ease He seemed tphave losE
his appetite and he glanced around him
as if expecting some sudden dangers
Bessio came from the wagon equipped
as for an expedition and walking up
to Taylor she said t J
I am ready We are to find and Cs
cover my fathers body today
Yest will send two men with you
added ine captain
1 1 cant go not this morning
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8tammered Taylor Im sick Im
almost too sck to sit up
Doyoustillsay that the Indians shot
xny father doyrnV deinanded Bess
Do I Of course I dot You all seem
to be agjn me J > o you think I killed
him myself
How manv Indians did you count
All of ten t T
How didthey attack you f
Fired a volley at us and then began
to yell
You are sure they yelled j
Sure Theykeptit upbalfan hotfr
v JIt was odd thafc Iheard no other
sountl butjthe single report of your
rifle saidy a toice behmd Taylor and
he wheelldjibo ut to dfindteHarkin8 coa
frontinghim
The manjs maz ement andlerrorwere
pitiful He essayed to speak but the
words would not come He looked help-
lessly > from side to Bide and trembled as
witn a emu
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It is not the deadcome back said
Harkins but the living Your bullet
only grazed my arm I fell into a gulch
just as you fired upon me There were
no Indians there
Taylor looked fromman toman Each
face was hard set and vengeful
You are all jin me he finally
shonted Yon pi got mad at me ard
want to drive v away Why should 1
want to take 3rinslife
v But jou fired upon me and here is
the empty shell to prove it said Har
kinsIf
If 1 did then I was scared of of
the Indians stummered Taylor
You know the law of the plains
said the captain to Taylor in a flinty
voice The man who murders a coni
rade must die himself <
1 1 didnt murder him
Noybn did not but the man who
tteiiutsimurder must be punished
You niist go In one hour jou must be
out ofBamp and should jou return you
will ueTfired upon
To turn a man out in that locality was
giving him up to a hundred perils if not
to certain death but Taylor eagerly
caught at the opportunity
Ill willingly go he replied In-
deed 1 dont want to stay You are all
agin me and I couldnt be easy here 1
can take all my trap41 reckon
Certainly
Taylor had a hor se blankets spare
ammunition spade pnd pick aud cook
in guten sils Thee articler werepacked
up and strapped to his horse and he was
giveirfood enoug h to last him a weeu
His truck had been stored in the rear
end of a wagon owned by another avd
his going simply decreased the strength
of the party one man As he was ready
to ride away the captain kindly said
Its hard lines Taylor but its tKe
law we all live by Harkins had the
right to shoot you the minute he entered
the camp
Yes 1 reckon he had though he
made a big mistake in accusingme
I hope youll keep clear of Indians
aud meet with good luck
And I
And I
And I
Even Harkins echoed the sentiment
and with a wave of his hand Taylor was
off Ho rode straight up the valley a d-
as he went he smiled grimly and
chuckled to himself
It s your turn this morning Tomor-
row it may be mine Yesterday 1
thought 1 had to kill but one Today
Im planning to wipe out the whole
pack Not one of you shall leave this
valley alive
Half a mile to the east a bend in the
valley hid him from view He rode on
for about a mile and then discovering
a small valley leading off at right angies
he entered it followed it up for forty
rods and then dismounted and prepared
to camp
As for Indians he mused as he
looked about him I dont think there
are any left in the hills They have all
gone forward to fight off the rush and
before summer is over the rush will
have carried every redskin out of tne
locality
He threw the spade and pick aside in
disgust as he unpacked and growled
I shant want ye leastwise for dig-
ging out gold Ill get it easier Five
miles the other side of campis the ravinj
and up that ravine is the cave of gold
Ill have my hands on the stuff before
tomorrow night if it is there and thW
let the wagon train look out Its death
to all
leanwhile the camp had a visitor
CHAPTER XVU
From tho Bame direction taken by
Taylor but evidently coming out of a
narrow valley bearing off to the left ap
peared a white man with a gun on his
sTionlder He was in viewwhen half a
mile from camp and long before he
reached it all the men were watching
his approach
He was on > 5 of the four rmlP r r pnT
this was the visit Harkins had heard
them plotting to makev The captain
Harkins and Jos Imiwr hi i hnt iwro nf
the others knew that the girl Lizzie waa
in camp she having kept herself secret-
ed in the wagon
The man continued to advance at a
leisurely pace and hy and by he was
near enongh to thejjroup to call out
Wlio are you
Howdy strangers I reckon I kin
come in being as I ain t a hostile In
dian
Tho captain returned his salutation
windthe renegade came to a halt in the
fcamp looked keenly around him and
continued
Come aftergold I reckon and from
the looks o things youve been fooling
awayyonr time fur a hulj week In
course you was green and didnt know
or you wouldnt hev stopped here Wo
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Whats the matter d this place
oneried the captain
Nuthin so furs grass and water
goes but if you want goldyou must go
whar it is Leastwise the rest of us
hev had to
And where is that
A matter of twelve miles up the val
ley Thars plenty up thar to be had
fur the digging and only a small party
has got onto it yet Never saw such
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load one o them wagons in a month
There were murmurs of admiration
and exclamations of astonishment from
the men
I belong to the party up thar con-
tinued the stranger but J dont go
much on digging put the stuff Eather
be moving around you know I kin
guarantee that the boyswill welcome ye
if ye want to come Thars enough fur
all
It is very generous indeed of you
replied tho captain We came for
gold and of course we must take advan-
tage of you offer
Aye that wo must shouted the
menWhat
What brought me out this morning
at least this way observed the man as
he carefully noted everything in camp
was a calamity One of the boys up
thar brought his gal out with him The
Injuns got > rter us and skeart her clean
crazy Since that time shes bin try in-
to run away imagining that the rts
were arter her scalp She got off last
night and might hev cum this way
Thats awful sighed Harkins Ive
got a gal of my own dojvn in the wagon
there and Id rather see her dead than
crazy
The wolves would be likely to pull
her down last night mused Joe Tro
orthreev big fellows were around camp
just before daylight
So yevegot a gal o your own
queried the man of Harkins in tones
which betrayed doubt
Oh Be called the latter in reply
and the girl put her head out of the
wagon and asked what was wanted
Waal 111 hev to look further said
the renegade as he turned away Pot
gal How I pity her And when will
ye be ready to move up the valley to the
gold fields
Today perhaps answered the caph
tainBetter
Better not loseany time as thar will
be a rush in yere from all directions
So long to ye
When he had cleared the camp Har
kins toldhis and the
story mans objct j
was made plain Harkins did not keep
back the secret of the cave but told it
just as he had received it and sug gestcd
that in case the contents could be found
there should be an equal division
They want us to move up the valley
in order to let them out explained the
captain Therefore our plan will be to
remain where wo are until we know
what there is in the story They hayent
found the rave yet and there is a chance
of bur coming in first We shall cer-
tainly do some lupkinjc for it Well let
tnatrtmap Tet weit one of signz find the
go on a still hunt jJ n t
Two hours fater the daptain Harkins
aniLa man named Andrefirs set out In
company under Ike gnianceofihVseV
ond to seek the canyon and the cave
While the are searching let na see
what befell Taylor wh K had mada
temporary camp in the smallvalleyr
When ho came to thinVit over he
condemned himself for havingxicted so
rashly He was now alone and ouilawf
ed Should hesucceed in finding the
gold howf was he to bring it away He
was and would be in constant flanger
from the Ldians and if given a team
and the old loaded upfor him thpn
was riot < one chance in a hundred of his
driving safely back to civilization
While he coveted all he realized thafie
mnst bo content with nrsharein order to
getanyatalL
If I should go hack and tell em of
the cave it would make em feel if
right he soliloquized ashe looked up
at the rugged iddesof the valley
Fool fool he exclaimed after s
moment hasnt Harkins alreadyv told
them of it sis the reason why I sought
Ms life All know it and all will divide
and leave me out in the cold Faith
biggest fool on earth
I quite agree with yeH said a voice
not fivo feet away and Taylor sprang
up to find the renegadewho had visited
the camp below standing almost over
him
t
Saw yer hosses tracks leadin in yere
ye know said the ajnegade in esphv
nation Bather curus to nd a white
man prowling around alone in this ken
try Yer scalp must be nailed on or ye
wouldnt chance it this way
Who are you asked Taylor as soon
as he had recoveredffoin his surprise
The same question to ye and whnt
is it about a cave of gold and dividing
up Here washelp If the man belonged
to a party the gold might yet be Se-
cured Jle as a hard looking customer
ono who would nOt scrapie at any-
thing
Sit down said Taylor as he made
himself comfortable I came here with
a party camped two or three miles be
ruining
OecuU
To be Continued
Ma Why hiivo you quit
powder Was it injurin
plexion Rlollie No bht it wa pinst
but I came to look for a cave slrea v
filled with ik They sort o suspected
me and because I wouldnt divide they
firoYO me out of camp this morning
Whar did ye hear of that cave
From an old hunter named Saun-
ders Who nsed to chum with a pard named
Bridgers
Exactly
Waal Im yere fur the same pur
pose What I got was secondhand from
old Bridgers but it looks stxaighf nuff
Theres forr of us in tha party and
we ve got ridinhorses and a team
Thats the checker exclaimed Tay-
lor as he brought his fist down on the
grass Iwantto jbinyoti
And yo know just whar that caveis
I believa I can walk to it in tha
night
Suppose we should her a row with
the people campeoVbelow
Ill do my share of shooting Theres
two or three of em who will get a bul-
let the first time I havefa chance toxov
erem 1
Come on I guess the boys will take
ye in under the sarcumitances Haven fi
seen nuthin of a gal wanderin around
yere I suppose
NoWaal
Waal saddle up
An hour later Taylor was in the camu
of the outlaws When the men learned
that he had been driven out of thecamp
below and that he had received minuto
particulars regardingthelocality of tho
cave of gold they extended him a warm
welcome >
Whar do ye make it pufc toj be
asked Bob the leader
Fivo miles the other side of the
wagon train Jt
Nol
Thats what the hunter said fiva
miles to the left of the peak
And this Isnt the canyon
It can t be rlts Below that camp
Til stake my life on it
Then doggone it weve bin wrong
all tho time We located this as tha
place If its below the camp r then 70
dont keer a button whether thejmove
or not though theyTTlikely begoing np
tbVvalley today Wed better bitch up
andbegoingj
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