The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-03-28

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aueaaes would be serioHss coed MORN
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smile. 5Hr eentienanlg aaaaiB went 81"
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by bis mem and the vaole parity saa
snon ont Of sighh.
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and "a leg wind was drfVia9 over ailas
SHOWS of IRE 2rea6 volcano aa0Ve as-
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sit, NJ a sairt. eas condition. Tor WHAT
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covered fsam Bhaf ehillz OF course no
one 5losd 60 move azsr, aar fear Fl
drawing sae ire oft our unseen guards
5ehind the rocks bga 81 Last We zea-
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we gat to- Ag1laa Friass the aFeaieaaat
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surprising Before starting agaJa. e
managed - borrow aame clothes aad
blankets. E8r even down ia she val eT
the aight was chjllY- Fortified with
These and iusDirited with cur nea-
we d=avs - hoping 1e- 20 ar saass 81
I lowed to reach Vera Graz Ia peace Our
hopes soon proved 70 0e. IlI-f8unGed,
for aooB5 two a. M We were halted
by a shot Eefng Aired al the cnaehnaH,
W aich narrowly MISSED his nose These
new bandits had an amatewish cut.
and were very q stf@rens from ouF higr--
toned visitors u the nsorning- They
were ragged aud GSrtF, and they treat
I'd "a with no courtesy 81 all When
leaving AQTas FFlas 3 and MP shirtieea
E compaalon had pjaced ourselves next
10 the windows, thanking that our af-
pearance might prevent our being
stopped again, ~ bearing witness n
( opF poverty EgtI1was in vain that ~
now threw back our blankets ard
showed our uHshrouded forms, Va
we're rutalessly bundled out and
stripped % blankets. boots, and. IT,
deed, almost every hing We had left
"Ngain We pushed On In shiveFina
7 despair. lt was bright night, ~ vga
could make good time, and could travel
safely into che fat country beyond tho
mountains, When--it f. almost fncred
i5.e, but--ws were stopped for the
fourth time. We we're passing through
endless miles Of chapparal. which
might have concealed an army for aughi
we knew, and 70 orr horror. we saw an
other band II armed men gliding out
NJ the bushes upon VS.. Once more W.
/ were searched, and threatened with in.
/ slant death unless we handed over
our valgablfs We looked ike 2 pastg
/ ~ damaged yeHuses By now. and on.
1 condition spoke for itself, but OK.
I planned 70 the principal ruffian Of the
gam shat we had already been stopped
three times that day. and, naturally.
had nothing u value left.
Holy FirQin,' be exclaimed, won
have been attacked three timesi And
{ Why did you not defend yourselves. oh
men without shame?'
WOW, il vas really too much for 4
ladrone engaged in robbing Is hila.
self % begin calling us names because
9s had not defended our property. IN
order that he might take IL. felt that
The limit Of endurance had been
reached, and am afraid that my reply
nas couched IN very strong language
indeed. However. suppose the gang
thought that nothing could b. gained