The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-02-09
From the knickerUocker Magazine.
Il NIGHT Win THE GUEkLLLAS.
A SCENE IN MEXICO.

"The clouds are d"rkening northern skies,
W hIir these are Mi Serruej
The snow in Hurth, RI valleys lies,
While tropIc shores arc gicen.
During the winter vi 1851, myself and a
friend Were being guided through The dense
MASSES OF a cactu, wood, among the NOUN
TAIN passes to which Alvarez has recently
attracted 20 much attention, and which
surround The city Of Acapulco, ON the
Pacific coast of Mexico. We were well
mouuted anu equipped. but were compelled
10 proceed slowly ON our route, tos The rea-
sum that our native guide was On loot; So
that Dy the TIME night had enshrVuded Us III
the deep gloom 50 peculiar To Iroplc fOr-
est, We were AuxIouslv on the lJOk out Tor
ramche-hght. or listening Tor The barking
the d, Zen ours which invariably SURROUND
Mexican hut. We had proceeded perhaps
mile IN The deepest daIknes%, when u our
suiprlse We came ~ large corral, and
immediately after to The rancne ~ which II
was attached.
We had no time to reconnOter, for We
were Immediately surrounded by score or
uure OF Lie InosC staiwart. ter"cIOua looking
NEIL II had been our fortune, or IIi-IUrIuur,
~ Heel III That country. Tuer attentIUns
were tar more eager than delicate, for We
were halt urged, halt pulled from our
horses-Uur ValIses, pistols aud bowle>
taken from Us, and ourselves pushed along
mo the hut, i'll less Time than II would have
taken Yankee landlord to have passed Tie
CON .,lIments of the season. The Z lance
caught, rs ! entered The hut, vi about
twenty horses III the corral, saddled anu
| bridIed with sort of cavalry look, anu
evIuenIly at home after long days ride.
III NO way served To decrease my apprehen-
sin :; but my Tears were put upon sure
basis when, after entering Lie nut. PASSED
close to the guide, vino looked sign ticantly
at Inc and whispered the one word, Oh eaded
oil all 10y al MexIcans:
- Guerillas y
AS suon a. we were seated in corner OF
The large !oJm, ! vemLuied to inquire cI my
friend, ia a whisper, what he Thought oi
our situation; Lo which he answered, Will
| his accustomed ciearnees, and as / thought
with IL considerable show of probability,
hat we were - in ID of Il scrape T. We
however concluded To TRUST to luck" and
10 acquiesce foI the time III anything that
might be done-a sage conclusion for two
Yankees amid twenty or more athletic rob-
| bers.
The Guerllas had evidently had long
ride, and Judge had met with success, a.
they were guod-natured, and laughed and
talked with each other necessarily while the
''provisloner " was preparing supper.
1 don't beast a great deal ol coolless in
the hour of danger: but | must confess
that the broiled chickens and fried eggs
made such sweet scent in my no-trlls,
that the peculiarly OF our position was
temporarily forgotten by me, while my
friend Charley was absolutely grinning and
rubbing his hands like glutton The i'm
preston produced on Us by a smell of the
eatabIes was evidently amusing to our hosts,
or captors.'' / may call them, the appar-
+nt leader of whom addressed US. as the
viands were being placed upon the table
saying:
''Senors mu>t be hungry. after their ride
| will they eat with Us 90
The manner of the man must have con-
vayed To Charley what he was about to say,
before he actually uttered ihe words for he
was at the table. and had an egg on his
plate, before the conclusion of the sentence
As for me. was more dignifed and as
seated myself at the table. began thanking
him in bad Spanish. while Charley was eat
ing in good Yankee style.
I'VE ask no thanks, Senor," said the
chief. a. You are our prisoners we want
your money and your horses-at daylight
you may go free with what we leave you o.
And. strange as it may seem. his delber-
ate manner of telling US that we were to be
skinned and turned loose in strange forest
seemed 20 please Charley tremendously. For
b. burst out IN a loud sutfaw. and laid bach
IN AIS chair WIKI maRt5 fna erea8h O.
chieksn 20 choke horse; 5at al a sever,