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r indicating at the same time someone who was standing under an awning on the other side of the t

re he is!" she wa

of her glance, and immedi

cried, "we want that fe

not recognize who it was. Thrusting a bill into the waiter's hands, a procedure the waiter did not resent, he followed Jim out of the restaurant. As their sudden

n going out," she whispered; "it is th

ance but that happens frequently in life, my daughter, the other man bore no

, as though we had the plague; it was certainly ver

a slight frown on his brow; "you cert

"did he not save me from that terrible Se?or Jenkins and his band? I shal

et sarcasm. The se?orita's face flushed at this thrust and she sat moodily silen

across the street is runni

mes, and his comrade is the

the street," and then they turned a corner but crossing to

I could be informed as to what all this

into two separate groups. As James Darlington followed the glance of the young girl, he had recognized the dwarfish figure of the Mexican who had robbed him of his treasure and who had previously led him a

warned John Berwick, as the t

coat!" shouted Jim; "I'm goi

ed Berwick to the boy in the

re phantom street cars and passersby were moving through t

ltered by the corner of the building from observation. "He do

idedly, "I'm just aching

s same Mexican was a most dangerous animal to handle even

Berwick, "so I will just saunter along this si

may be on the lookout too, so you had better stay here until you see

in the shuffle. Then, too, he had a wholesome regard for the cunning of his enemy, who was not to b

looking fellow he was after. By some obscure instinct the Mexican scented danger and started up the street, and Jim quickened his pace, as Berwick came around the corner where he had been concealed. Instantly the Mexican took the alarm and started o

at was shut off from the street by a wooden gate, which at this moment was left unfastened; this was not

he gate: "Good-by, Se?or Gringo, I cannot wait here all the afternoon. I have some money to spend." Jim with one bound threw his one hundred and e

o find the cause of the outbreak, and the father and daughter who were

led." Then she could not help exclaiming in admiration,

ve and strong, but I trust he will not get himself disliked by killing th

rms the Se?or," said the Se?orita da Cordova with

at in great enterprises we canno

e corner of one of the buildings about a hundred and fifty feet ahead. It did not take Jim many seconds

. In much less time than I write it, James was out through the gate on to the lustrous black sidewalk, polished with the moisture. But once again the man made his escape and it seemed this tim

uth open, but set out undaunted to overtake the fugitive; neither was he distanced, fo

a hundred yards, was no doubt faster than his friend Jim, but he knew that he was not equal t