New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-17
THE BANDOIER0.
STORY OF THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE
THE MISSION

Pancho Parco leaned Iazily against his sate q.
the outskirts Of the Southern Calr town
and looked down the road. Tt was aUtifL
Sunday morning in May. Panc17 was an old
man, but there was nothing i'm his auFearancs
indicative of his age except his bris-,ing graz
mustache. the deep lines in his brown FACE, ani
the dull bIoodshot black eyes which must one
have been as fierce as those OF an uiian viii
his arms resting on the gate Pancho rolled
himself a huge yellow papered cigarette. whica
he proceeded 10 enjoy. suddenly ne pulled tn
brim Of his big white sonbrero further dow
over his face as he deserted a man walking tow :
ard him OF the path beside the road The new
conner was young man and Panchos opposa
in every particular
Como esta- SenOr2''
| Good morning, Pancho- Has Senorita Helers
/ gone to church,"
NO. senior, Pretty soon she come. You 60
with herr
I 'If she'll allow me"
( "Oh she glad TO take you To church-glad to
take any one She is good. She want to make
/ poor Pancho 60 but he no go any more
| Did you hear OF the hold-up on the Santa
Maria road PanchO?'' asked the American, cas-
uaIIy.
At once it seemed that the somhrrr1 east a
darker shadow over Pancho's face, while rs
/ eyes narrowed into Sits. ~Si I hear Of hin
/ They make big fuss bout little thing. II was
/ deterrent. senior in early days before rs
/ Unborn poIiteness gave him pause
I Before the sringos Gamer supplemented the
other, IaughingIy,
/ Isl. senior, before the SrinSos came born
here, senior. feefty-seexty-sev years ago
My father had un rancho srande near here
/ Every one know 81 Rancho Parco. No banks.
/ those days senior We keep all rhe money in The
. casa de rancho-what YOU call hoUSs PLENTY.
T of bandoIeros then. you bet. You nvr know 3.
bandOIero. You meet him IN the untains
he take all you got; the next day You met hin
in town and shake his hand. but you not .luO'
him"
} Well Pancho its pretty hard to identify HI
/ these days. watching him closely
J oh I don't know, eef YOU smart. What yOr
/ beesiness. seToT?
/ The question was asked With much apparel
/ indifference. but George Howard was not DE-
ceived Suspectns, he saw himself suspected
I Real estate" he replied promptly; Tn dow
here looking up the purchase Of some and"
500 said Pancho. And viii YOU buy nj
or-take him? AmericanOs get all rh- Land a
/ the time. Long time ago YOU conle here, sa,
you would come to me to get the land bS'
all Now ali gone. and Pancho not cot nv
centavos. Pancho has lost his Creep. SCm~
times I geef away the land You SEQ where
: those houses u2 street stande One dly PaHch
see big black hOrSe-the horse do FOR his NJ
saddle and silver spurs. 7 geef thousand aero
for him Those houses on -he ground I 60
away The rest"-with sudden and compr
hensive sweep of his hand ancho r-robbed o,
You hear me. senOr2 l say r-robbed. And nos
they make big fuss bout poor baE5,IeroE'
Father is pitching into the Americans
usual. 1 suppose sad 4 girIish voice 1eha-
them
Both turned TO look upon Helena P1rco, d21
bright eyed. with the rose and the olive bIes@~
in her cheek
ITO hear my father talk" she went ON bIta-
zone would think ne was a foreisne-. vais
/ is American himself"
: Isl" broke in Pancho. "un Am>r.vln0 D
I not
/ "A gringO," interpOlated Howard
well. II is foolish Of you. dear old fItbsf
talk So. In a cosmopolitan country sueh
ours'-anj then as she realized that her -
guage was uninteuiSiblc to one OF her hearel 2
at least-''hut, Mr. Howard. I must go 20 chnI'-
The Mission bells are ringing already md q,
the organist 1 viii be glad IL YOU VIII go VIZ
me. Like the Salvation Army IaSsie, 1 VIZ
every one 20 come 70 our hall"
The two went down the road together. lea'As
Paneho mrditatiyeIy smoking his cizaCeJie- 40
as he smoked h. commuueJ Nith himself a.
wondered about many things
Making himself another cigarette Pah'-