Arizona republican., 1901-06-24

! town lntln Nntt we lie lliiiS HUN 1 That was back in "a. think. old Wh, IT. Nnni bilt wHs sa T eased with ' flAmhert x cooking th.e that ne midc Lambeit h!s steward. in that way | HippOlyta raECd togetfer enough mon Icy to op!n up his not.l at Panama in tths pa.ny days ot the canal bui ding. 4 "H,ppclyte had passed through to- n any adventures to b, content to set- ! tie down. even in the Vanlalbit pan 1 try. He was born in Fiance about tu v ars aGo and sam stormy times th r.. Twice h. was con lemned to- dsath.
 once Napoleon III, ord.rsd Lis death
 for mixing cons Dira ies lath, thah pas tries. bui he escaped the guillot.n tby som fortunate chance and became "a saldicr. In the CaN of tha Com ! mune he, NaS scutvEc- Il to stand before ! the Iin.s : of the reds, but the forum \ Of war changed just in tim Filled with db gust Hippolyte came to New | York and got place as assistant chef i in ,his restaurant From De!monicls he wSn, tu w. II. Nanderb' leaving him to 90 to Panama, where h. made a lot of money f1, whi!a out oi a hotel he opened there.
 He lost his pie, however. when the bottom fell out of the cana. and tried to rccoup his foi itun by meddlng in a Guatamalan revolution under Barrios. For this he was condemned to death for the thl.l tim5. but escaped to Ecuador, It was months before 1 got th,ss de- tai.s out of him. He a,ways said h. ,g-ne 1tu ECUaior for his h aIth, wh.cl nay have been party true. as Ecua- dor is about as healthy as Colorado when yJu get among the Andes. ,It was in 1899. when HippolytJ. s;unc broke. met Major John A. Har- mon in Guaya1uil. Major Harmon had | ft the sixth Cavalry tO take charge f the survey by which an American Eng ish syndicate wes finIing path for railroad from Guayaqun Ov,r the
 And onto the ferti'c plateau, where Quito, fat and rich. had been slumber- ing fl. % Oylars in lazy wealth, com munica ing with the outer world only
 by al trails aCrIs5 the mountains.
 In ing into the orient of Ecuador in a couple of weeks you will ride many mics in q par'ur car over these same trails, but when Hippolyte met Major Harmon We engineers were fighting our way a'ong rout that French and Italian engin5 CTS had abandoned in de- spdiy.
 "HippO'.te lemarked that he was q pretty god cook. sl the major gave him job and a mule and sent him up ta my ,amp. If Major Harmon hal suessP. who Hippolyte really was he would nave Yer 'et the little French- nan get away from his own kitchen
 However. it was my good luck to see riding into my camp at Chmbo ons day stiff little Frenthman, with ball head black mustache. waNed to tooth pick joints. and an imperial that looked like still to, He said he was Hippo tc LambaIt and h. had come tO cook.
 Lord. how that chap cJu1 cook. put hiTn out in the desert and he'd scramble tog ,h q feast some how.
 As | lCok back on those strenuous days, tie cooking of that little French man Is soothing IF mOry But If all his trilImphs. the famous breakfast he gave General Alfart I'D in PaHgor Is the most shining.
 Tt Was along m January Of lSp9 that w. were campeI in Pangor. a It. te Niilas of dozen huts. with pre- cious ltte to eat in the Dels,ly hole w had to depend upon the supplies that were packed in tO US on llamas and mules from Graya1uil. and Our menu was nothing fancy. can tel you. You find i, different. now that the Gudyaquil and Quito railroad has mad Is way through the passes. but !oull appreciate what l mean when you hike out from the INa.
 Jus as our larder was getting un- usual! low, a native runner jog-trot- t.d in tu tell Us that Gen. Afaro and BIS san. en route oh mules from Quito down to Guayaquil would honor our camp with visit the next morning. Now fen. Alfaro Is about In whole thing in Ecuador. When ha was re. called from banishment in 1896 he put Ecuador on h r felst. wiped out the national Gebt anl got Archsr Harmon and his syndicate to build a railroad that the country had tried in vain to get for many a yea! He was tfe kind of man whom it dJesn't do to trzat on-handed so sent for Hipo' yte and loid nm what WciShty affairs were brewing
 The Presid mt of this glorious gov
 rnment wi;h tht whole shooting match of his geneia's is fixing to eat a DesnJnico breakfast with ls toror- row morning. Hip, said I. How are you fixed for chuck old man?'
 'Helas' said HippOiyte. and h. shrugged his should rs ruefully. There is some ham du dlable and much pilot bread. AlsJ there is tn, pomne d. telre of the country and some yuccas. Cafe l can pick and roast But the meat. 1t iss not"
 I'll fix about the neat [ said
 Now YOU turn yourself loose
 "l took some of the boys. should red my glin and W mt hunting for neat. I Knew the natives had sheep although