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<2 party would be organized and Ratanio’ S P “Tt had ies become very cloudy Ce fie body would certainly be found. that he could not make out with any ac- ee “Yes, before Parmenter could possibly curacy the position of the sun. a get across the boundary to this country; ‘‘Giving as good a guess as possible he a he would surely be overtaken. started in a southwesterly direction, be- a ‘‘As a matter of fact, Parmenter did lieving that that would bring him to a not seriously think of doing anything of|Guzman or at the worst to the sea coast ae this kind, but the thought occurred tojin time. gs ee GOI during the first few minutes when| ‘'Well, what with being delayed with _. he was recovering from the shock of the|a terrific storm anc getting into gorges poe. event, and thickets, where progress was impos- <a ‘Tt seemed to him that the only safe'sible and having to go back over his and proper act'was to make his way as! course several times, it was ten days and ——-—-— « wellas he could, back to Guzman and lay |more before he finally got well away $e the matter frankly before the authorities | from Colima and came to a little village pier =~ there. whete he was directed to Guzman. as ‘‘He gathered up such of the camp; ‘‘He had not suffered much from hun- = materials. as he could carry conveniently | ger during this experience, for being a Sa and set out. ‘clever shot he killed ei enough to <_ ee ‘“He had not gone far before night / support life. Stee came on and rather than risk going! ‘He was pretty well worn out how- | through the forest in the dark, he bunked |eyer and y ou can imagine his dismay : under a tree and waited for daylight. 'when he crawled into Guzman just as a — * Next morning he found that he had | ‘searching party was freturning from gia slept near a place where the very dim) ‘Colima bringing with them the dead Dae a = trail divided. | body of Antonio. eer Re ‘*He couldn t remember for the life of | “The fact that Antonio was found — me|with a bulletin him was proof enough | that sridientvihes had killed him andthe — Sores him which of these paths he had co up when Antonio was guiding him. **Parmenter had not marked his trail bees: that Parmenter had not turned up in any way because he had depended was taken by the Mexicans as proofthat =! there had been deliberate murder. a a wholly upon his guide. ‘He h: Es has Be whole attention to} ‘Therefore you see it became a pretty — y] a! ‘SO atrat hard matter for Parmenter to convince ‘the people that he had shot Antonio in — self-defense. 3 e As 0 ten ‘ee eeeil in such cases he} ‘‘There was a good deal of wild talk ee Se took —_— ‘about lynching, but clear heads in the ¥ town prevented that and at Parmenter’s ~ own suggestion it was agreed that the matter should be laid before the authori- eas ieee ities at Manzanillo, the chief city in that aa successful in this for | State. oC ae Pa DEC not 20 as far up the mountain! ‘‘]tjsa seaport on the Pacific and not 3 eas ee <— 8 the afternoos as he had gone down it | many miles from Guzman. = ee in the foren Then he sratigS tne 2 mis-; ‘*They went there and partly throug a a: re 2a. ale <e jehe efforts ot the ara phates: Contaygt a = = | I ad oy Somat “phe. 1 auietrete pclae 3 whom he. was 5 tg Re BP snes oe “Bg near! y the shone of | taken expressed himself as ‘convinced — 2 = the next t da noe _ to Dgreees tng a ‘that Parmenter was innocent and that t] ee #3 killing of Antonio was justifiable. os “You are free to go, Mr. Parme iter,” he said in a private conversation after. the = = examination, ‘but if you will takemy Vl lose no me it going.’ ee =— am P ee Dd “a = * Pip