Part 4 (1/2)
”I knohere it is!” interrupted Blake He and Joe, with a training that had made it necessary for thes, for use in takingof pure water along the road on their first visit to it ”It's right over here; I'll get some,” Blake went on
”If you will be so kind,” spoke the Spaniard, and he extended a collapsible drinking cup
Blake lost little ti Mr
Alcando appeared ive all this trouble,” the Spaniard went on, ”but I have seemed to meet with considerable number of shocks to-day
First there was the runahich I certainly did not expect, and then came the sudden stop--a stop lanced, not without a shudder, in the direction of the gulch where the dead horse lay
”And then you pulled us back from the brink--the brink of death,”
he went on, and his voice had in it a tone of awe, as well as thankfulness ”I can not thank you now--I shall not try,” he went on ”But so!” he broke in upon himself ”I never dreamed of this It is incomprehensible That I should meet you so, you whoic gesture, and yet it did not seem that he was in physical pain The cut on his head had stopped bleeding
”It is too bad! Too bad! And yet fate would have it so!” he murmured after a pause ”But that it should turn in such a queer circle Well, it is fate--I must accept!”
Joe and Blake looked at each other, Blake with slightly raised eyebrohich ht mean an i picture boys looked at Hank, who had driven theht the motor cycle
Hank, who stood a little behind the Spaniard, shrugged his shoulders, and tapped his head significantly
”But Iyour pardon,” said Mr Alcando quickly ”I most certainly a you whom I came to seek Now, if you will pardon me,” and he looked at the letter, addressed to Blake and Joe jointly--which epistle had been handed to hiround
”And were you really looking for us?” asked Joe, entlemen My friend the driver here can testify to that”
”That's right,” said Hank ”This gentleman came in on the New York express, and went to our livery stable He said he wanted to come out to Baker's farm and meet you boys
”I happened to be the only one around at the time,” Hank went on, ”and as I knew the road, and knew you boys, I offered to bring him out But I wish I'd had so away
”And when I found I couldn't stop hie--well, I wanted to juuess you felt the same way,” he said to Mr Alcando
”Somewhat, I must confess,” spoke the Spaniard, who, as I have said, used very good English, though with an odd accent, which I shall not attempt to reproduce
”And then came the smash,” went on Hank, ”and I didn't expect, any more than he did, that you felloould come to our rescue But you did, and now, Mr Alcando, you can deliver your letter”
”And these really are the young gentlemen whom I seek?” asked the Spaniard ”Pardon me, I do not in the least doubt your word,” he added with a for picture boys,” answered Blake with a s more than ever, why a ht by this unusual stranger
”Then this is for you,” went on Mr Alcando ”And to think that they saved my life!” he murmured
”Shall I read it, Joe?” asked Blake, for the Spaniard extended the letter to him
”Sure Go ahead I'll listen”
Blake took the folded sheet fronature