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CHAPTER XVII: El Caballero
Rojo boldly rides through the fiery
rear door to escape. When Con•
roy tries to shoot him, Michael
draws first and kills the second
man on his list to avenge his par-
ents. He is amazed to find Juanita
weitii g for him,
CHAPTER Xvi..t.t
"But I have decided to go with
you, senor," the girl said simply.
"Wherever yon go, I ant going. Is
not this my fight, too? To what bet-
ter pur; ose could I devote my life?
I have nothing else to live for."
"But you still don't understand,"
Valdez told her a little desperately.
"I am going now to Deep Water
Valley, and there is much trouble
there. There will be bloodshed, and
you will be in danger. You must—"
"Then we are going to Deep
Water \ alley," the girl answered
him, still calmly. and Valdez did not
know how to handle such a situa-
tion as now confronted him.
Not knowing, there appeared only
one thing to do. There seemed noth-
ing for it now but to give in — at
least for the time being.
When .Michael Valdez made no
further protest, the girl fell in be-
side him on Pedro. and they 'rode
on, stirrup to stirrup.
"Tell me about Deep Water Val-
ley," she said presently.
"It is not a pretty situation there."
Valdez said, and his face clouded.
"As I understand it, a man named
Don Attero used to be a priest down
in Sonora, Mejico. Once, when there
cause a change in government down
there, the new authorities didn't like
him and told him that he could not
be a padre any more and told him
he would have to get out.
"He drifted up to Deep Water
\'alley with a good many of his
former parishioners, and they help-
ed hint get started again. Just so
there would not be any wrangling
over property, he kept the title to
all the property in the valley that
they had settled. But he's dead now,
and without him to- rule, it seems
that some other folks have got ideas
in their heads .bout the pt dot t t
plenty
7uanita nodded understandingly.,
"And you always seek out trouble,"
she said. "Is there no longing in
your soul for peace?"
He did not answer. His thoughts
sped to a blind man in a mission far
to the south. How could he know
that at the same moment the
thoughts of the girl who rode be-
side him were also of the same man,
and that her woman's intuition had
told her that the blind man's hope
was that soon, soon, this son of his
would know peace?,
"Those letters I took from Gar-
p
S
NCOL itE
viii, remember?" Valdez said to
Juanita. "They point to the fact that
the big boss of the whole shebang of
crooks who have been stealing one
range after another is some man
somewhere in Deep Water Valley."
I -lis lips tightened in the same grim
mark of determination. "I've got to
find that man.
"There is another reason i want
to go to Deep Water Valley, too,
There is another man there for
whom I have been looking for a long
time, but not until recently did I
have any idea where to find him.
He is an hombre by the name of
Train G.rter. When I get the man
who is the moving spirit back of all
the devilment. and also get this
Train Carter, I reckon my venge-
ance will come to an end — and
maybe there will be a chance for
some of this peace you speak of,
Juanita. It can't be long now. We
should get to the valley by tomor-
row night, and then—"
There was no need for further
words, The two horses jogged
along together.
* *
Juanita, too, was silent a long
time after Michael Valdez had fin-
ished speaking. But what thoughts
were in her mind would have sur-
prised him. This man beside her,
this champion of the oppressed. El
Caballero Rojo, had stubbornly re-
fused to admit it, but in her heart
she knew that he needed her now,
and that front now on he would
always need her. Their trails had
finally converged and merged into
011e.
For she loved him. Subconscious-
ly she had known it before she had
ever ridden to the Mission of Corp-
us Christi, but the blind man who
.would never again look at the light
in a woman's eyes had opened hers
until she had seen clearly into her
heart.
She glanced over at the silent
man, wondering what thoughts
were now beneath his furrowed
brow.
"And so we go, you and 1, side by
side," she said in thesort Veil that
somehow always'"s,ocztlied him, "to
Deep Water Valley."
Michael Valdez nodded, slo�wlz
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ate r conscious t ought, that des-
tiny must have ordained that this
beautiful, half wild young girl
should join forces with him in battle
for the right.
All day and all night El Caballero
Rojo and Juanita de Cuevas rode,
like two crusaders of old — until the
beautiful spot that was Deep Water
Valley was reached. It was another
garden spot such as Paisano V,riley
had appeared to the rider of the
vengeance trail when he had first
set eyes on that green valley.
Lil:e two ghostly figures the rid-
ers moved through the darkened
hours, the low murmur of their
voices blending with the night
sounds. What they said. and what
they planned, as they rode, covered
all that could have been said be-
tween them had they spent weeks in
their planning. El Caballero Rojo
was well used to malting plans
swiftly, and to putting them into
action on the spur of the moment.
Signals to be used between them
when necessity arose were settled
upon. Juanita's eyes, in the clear
moonlight, were bright and shining
with the spirit of adventure. She
would make no mistakes. elle had
promised herself — and him.
They had reached the valley, were
at its very entrance, when they saw
the huge cross on the top of an
eminence that Valdez identified as
Mission Ride, by the cross that had
been erected there in honor of the
deposed priest who had settled with
his faithful followers in this lush,
verdant spot. And it was some-
where in this vicinity, said the letter
now in El Caballero-Rojo's pocket,
that there would be found the two
men for whom he was still looking
— one them still a man of mystery.
* * *
As the cross. known far and wide
as Don Attero's Cross, and a shrine
for many a weary pilgrim, loomed
tip, Michael Valdez leaned over to-
ward Juanita de Cuevas and stutter-
ed a soft command. At once her
slim form astride the sorrel faded
into the brush beside the trail.
It was precisely midnight when
the cry of a mountain lion shattered
the tomblike silence of the valley. It
floated out on the crisp night air .-••
a long -drawn sound, ghastly, and
pregnant with warning. It seemed
to beg for a like response from
some spot in the valley. But there
was no answer at once. Silence,
intense and oppressive, gripped the
moonlit expanse, snaking'black vet-
" vet of what would in the daylight
hours be a carpet of emerald green.
Then came the answer of another
mot*tttain cat.
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Do's And Don'ts
For The Bride
SINCE writing rules for a bride-
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* GOOD MANNERS.
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In the event of any misunderstand-
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Keep hintproud of you—of your
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your sportsmanship, your personal
,integrity.
Don't be jealous. Trust your hus-
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Sunday School Lesso
By Rev. R. Barclay Warren
Loyalty Under Persecution
Revelation 2:8-11; 7:9-17,
Golden Text — Be thou faithful
unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life. — Revelation 2:10.
Of all the books of the Bible the
book of Revelation is the most dif-
ficult to understand. If the seven
churches addressed in chapters 1-8
symbolize successive periods of
church history then Smyrna repre-
sents the time immediately preced-
ing the conversion to Christianity of
Emperor Constantine. Many Christ-
ians were put to death because they
would not renounce their faith. To
the persecuted Jesus sends a mes-
sage of encouragement and hope.
He reminds them that He died but
is alive again. So, if they are faith-
ful, though they die for it, He will
give them a crown of life.' It is not
an easy way. Jews assuming to be-
long to God are among their per-
secutors but, says Jesus, "Fear none
of those things which thou shalt
suffer". "He that overcometh shall
not be hurt of the second death,"
By the "second death" He is refer-
ring to the lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone in which the
cowardly, faithless, polluted, mur-
derers, fornicators, sorcerers, idol-
aters and all liars will have their
eternal abode. (Chap. 21).
* * *
John's vision as set forth in the
second portion of the lesson is most
impresive. Those of the innumerable
multitude gathered from all nations
are clothed in white, waving palms
and giving glory to God and the
Lamb. "These are they which came
out of the great tribulation, and
have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the
Lamb." They are still serving. But
how different is their lot now.
"They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne, shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living foun-
tains of waters: and God shalt wipe
away all tears from their eyes".
* * *
The days of persecution are not
past. Some of us have persecution
in mild forms. But a great tribula-
tion may be coming. We may have
to choose between death and dente
ing Jesus Christ. Let us ever nee
member the words of the text: "
thou faithful unto death, and I win
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