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ee RS OE this af --mearest to him. and her iter turned about just as. they had come to the top of the plank. ‘“They screamed and would have gor to the assistance of the young man but that steamship officers seized them and dragged them on board aimed at him by the first man in the at- squarely under the jaw with his fist. on the plank than the other, the force of his blow was all the stronger. ‘“The man staggered back against his. both fell. companion and ‘“‘By that time the other two had! climbed upon the plank and were com- ing at Parmenter full force. railway station waiting room. ‘‘He reached for his hip pocket to get. his revolver, but there was no time to draw it, so he struck out with his fists, but not dan-. the} - getting two or three long gerous gashes upon his left arm from knives the fellows carried. “The young man must have been a eood fighter and he might have done them up single handed, but there’s no telling what would have happened ‘“The fact is, that the « officer in charge }a of the gangplank being terribly excited fair, thought that he would do a good thing by having away suddenly. ‘He gave the order and right Parmenter and his enemies height of their struggle the plank, sud- denly dropped. “Tt was at that instant that Parmenter yw upon the man while ‘“This man staggered from the force of the blow and unbalanced nter, quick to see eee eed, ab out and ‘Well, Parmenter warded off the blow ter had plenty to do for the next hour or tacking party and caught the fellow 'in having his slight wounds attended to. ‘As Parmenter stood a little higher without any serious incident. la New York. **He recognized in them the two men whom he had seen passing through the were . much opposed to his pay ing any bought in that country. the plank pulled! Ing were at the) land his father had ‘then he returned to the hotel where he had registered, night there and Jalisco just for a little exploration. by the sudden y when he got back to his hotel and there on his chamber door was the little round | tag of the Nanigos.’’ -_ movement of the plank, toppled over the igs ate rail into the water. ay what was abe ‘eat what was the end of it, Par- iehtes never learned with certainty ‘“The boat cast off at once and the last Parmenter saw there was. an excited crowd upon the dock fishing out the two men who had fallen into the water. ‘‘As you may suppose, young Parmen- two in calming his mother and sister and ‘The rest of the voyage however was ‘“The boat touched at one or two other Mexican ports, but no trouble was experi- enced from Nanigos or arly other enemy. nate a rather long voyage the party anded at San Francisco and came on to y have been living here quietly ever since.’’ ‘“Haven’t they heard anything more from their enemies?’’ asked ‘Trim. ‘“Not here,’? Nick answered, ‘* but about three mionths ago, young Parmen- ter took a quiet trip down to Mexico. ae didn’t let his mother or sister + what he was about for both of them attention to the property his father had ‘*He gave it out that he was going on a shooting trip out in the Rockies, but instead he went straight to the City of fexico. ‘‘He arrived in that city in the morn- and looked after some business with vovernment officials during the day. ‘“He made certain that his title to the bought was straight, intending to put in one go on to the State of ‘“He didn’t go! “It was still broad daylight, mind, THE ENEMY IN W! Well, A said ‘Trim |