The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

sions, and give Mexico at last govern
ment worthy of the name"
"When? When is it to be? for have
those to whose safety | must look. In
my hermit life here have heard nothing
of all this"
"You would have heard scarcely more
if you had been outside, for the secret
has been excellently kept. Nothing IL
yet felt here beyond q vague uneasiness.
The besotted government itself, rushing
from one folly to another, does not APP
preciate the Importance of the crisis
But have means of knowing that the
states Of Durango, Jalisco, and Michoa-
can are already afame, and the signal
may be expected here at almost any mo-
ment."
with such pressing interests await
ing you, can hardly expect your atten-
ton to my affair."
Con the contrary, your affair is likely
to be a godsend to us; you see the obi
cation will not be all on one side. The
appointed date has been postponed on
account of the sickness Of our chief, and
to give time for the ferment at the north.
[ was left at Rio Frio with large force
Of men who had been gathered in ready
for the outbreak, and with nothing for
them to 10. [ sent part Of them in vari-
Gus bands on the pretext of making the
pilgrimage to Ell Jasmin, and with an
other part have affected to take service
under the Jefe Politico and search for
Kaufman. Don Tomas COrcovedo and
are, for the nonce, better friends than
we used to lee" he added, with laugh.
Gle is dangerous man, not so stupid
as he seems, and in dealing with him you
are running a great risk"
'EIe is nervous about the state of the
country just now and seems glad of any
even apparent accession to the armed
force of which he is the head. He will
be more arrogant again when he receives
the reinforcements he expects to keep his
district in order"
81 shall be extremely grateful for any
aid you may give me consistent with
your own project What do you propose?"
while my men are idle they are likely
either to desert or get into some serious
mischief that will betray us. propose
that they give up the farce of playing at
pilgrims, come down here, and transport
your property on their backs We may
bring down few mules, too; our horses
showed that the path was practicable.
My idea is that the gold ought to be out
side the Barranca at some point where it
could be easily accessible, if an oppor-
tunity should offer, for rapid dash to
the coast.
"What point would you suggest"
"You say you have some Of it hidden
on the shore of the lake, and more of it
at Cuernavaca. Why not collect it all
at Rio Frio? That is my headquarters
beyond the jurisdiction of your treacher-
GUS Jefe Politico, the scene selected for
the uprising, and convenient point of
departure for a military movement to
the sea-"
''And after that?".
"The rest will naturally need planning
somewhat as we go on. Ihave friend,
Capt. Carvajal, who has a schooner on
the coast engaged in our business. l
don't mind telling you that he brought
back the iberator from his exile. He
himself must be somewhere near Puebla
now, having come up to visit his family
[ will open communications with him
and try to- see him personally. Carvajal
is a Biscayan by birth, bold fellow,
who has been in all sorts of hazardous
undertakings, and if we can get him he
will be just our man."