The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-22
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IL ~As spring tune In the valley the trogs were croakins, the lambs eapeI,ng. the ground drying, and the long and sunny days had come al last. With them ne~ energies spsang into existence. The Mexieans. with theiI queer ragged teams, were turning the soil and everything bote the impress ei lovel,ness. Whils, all home industries had been revived. there was an outside enterprise working T., way into this beautiful land tiled with orchards and vineyards great railway was soon to push through and revolution TIC the whole country. The advance corps h eng,neers ot '' Atkinson fo ope. ka had already crossed the picturesque range of the Raton mountains. chained the Red riveI valley. .tossed the Sandla range and wound I,s way down the Glo- ne,,a canon ,o the valley of the Rio CrAnde- Among the brave men who composed this corps was young cn- g,neer whose duty II was to atb,,ra,e all land diiiie uitles He had slsited nian, ranc heros and satisfied all with the lb efal compensation offered them by that whole souied corporation the " A, T. X S
 One evening. while the setting sun ~as pceping through the dlstatt clouds and shedding It's melios hght on the pretty viney afds aud isaG hes, ae ;os.e ieisurely along until he came to the gate of an enclosure m which stood faim house or Casa del Rancho. tie called in spanish, pretty senor,ia came to the door. Struck by het beauty and tasei- mated by the ease and elegance oi her manners, he aliRhted. and al her earnest solicitation, entered the house. From that moment he was slave to the dolce lar nien,e. Instead oi settiing ~,,h the old raneheto promptly, as he had hts, attended. his visss were repeated many tunes ostensibl, ioi the sole purpose oi arbitration, but Inc truth beng told. II ~as only pretesi to sec scnoutA. Ia, after day passed an thus, about twelve clock one nigh, he was seated beside his dolce There were only t~o rooms m the house The one occup,ed by inc engineer and senorltA the other b, senon,as father and nch young Mexican risAl of the engineer. Alter a br.et silence scnorita sad Hush My God they are going ,o murder you < crack in the door between the two rooms had been the means of conveying ,his intelligence. Inc young nval and scnofltAs father were indeed plotting agains, the lie oi the young American. lie knew they meant businsss, so after aiies,ionAtely b.ding senor.ta good nigh, he sought hi, horse and galioped ou teeliag. no doubt hke young Los hinvAI, when he said He hath s~tit steed that to!lops." liu, the tao Mes.eans had been lett plotting and planning
 Inc road led down the useIside tLree milca ,o the eng,neera camp. ius two miles through cottonwood grove. then hall mlle over clearing formed by back water from the rIver, then through d co,tonwood yf,se the femaInder of tae distance. The nigh, ~@s noonli, ocau- uiul and bright he eny,neer had gal ioped almost ,o the edge ot Inc cIeafIngl when he heard the ela,ter of hofses hs O i11 approaching hun He kne~ nn enemies were IT. hot pursui,. He had been long enough m the country to know better than usk ms life on An open clear ing when Ncsiesns were tn the bush, so he quickly turned h,s horse into the edge of the tho kef Here he waited until the pursuing horsemer came up. then a Hash from has rifie and hts enemy the young nvsl dropped from hs horse corpse senorItAa f.ther ~A. .gnofza, of 'he psini from ~hlth this bullet came. bu, he dAshet ou only to meet h,s o3n sad fate
 Thee men from the engineef corps. had become aIArmed a' the late houi fheir con. paninn wss oui and had gone n Searth of him They met ihe old Nsnean sa The .eAtinz, and. af slgn4 from ,he young ensineer. a y"t Y ~4s poured into senorlta's ftthef brlless shsi drew from him his !iie h!ood lhBA the isp eHern4es Nefe sla8n
 he young raAa, ai,sf The ei4yse of i-~ weeks Fenexed his attentions and serofsta ioN rest on th~ sffoh. arm of an American eag lneef bls happy snd Seios ed Nlle
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