of fighting ancestors, and, when she felt herself so suddenly sei

e she could repeat it, she heard Tanto utter a fie

nto had grasped her assailant by the throat, and that man and

the man ceased to st

ed by the appearance of two more men. They both started back with surpri

ate form, Tanto drew ba

"Shoot the brute. I've l

he other. "I have no

I'll take care of the girl,"

wild. Before the speaker had taken five steps, the dog was at his throat. The force of the attack carried both dog and man to the ground, where for some seconds they fought desperately. But the unarm

oice saying: "Call off your dog, se?orita,

ised her eye

war on women. Call off your dog, or I shall be obliged to kill hi

to his companion that he was not, Guadalupe perceive

, after a second command, he left his last v

im before. But I have no love for these," and he gave the two bodies a contempt

oices, and other men came crashing t

ago, and he started in

ched level ground than they h

way without being seen," said San

es

o, and tru

in a firm, low voice: "Go home, Ta

earnestly for a moment

e reached out and took Santiago's

the underbrush. As he disappeared, Santiago fired his revolver into the air and advanc

g of this shooting

mound and see for yoursel

ctions. They scrambled up the mound, where they

ader, as he returned to where San

adio, who are on guard at this place. I found them both as you see them. The girl and her dog were running away as fast

im incredulously. Then

a dog kil

at Santiago, bu

ntiago. "Tell Filli

e man seized me and Tanto sprang upon h

girl?" ask

e Hacienda del Rio

is good news. Don Rafael will

rm and started to lead her a

e. I'll take her to Don Rafael, and, if

ered the river. After a walk of some five or ten minutes they approached a clump of bushes in front of which a Mexican was standing guard. He stepped aside, and the men entered the bushes, which Guadalu

stealthily from behind a jutting rock and threw themselv

es were Donal