Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-06-28

MARITIME, Gregorio Garcia, Trinidsd
Flores an me-we mid dose cows 70 TO
look 70 flies in dem. So we r-ride AM
r-ride close TO de r-riyer Were dose cows
wass used to be. We don fin dose cowss
We fin br-road TRACK hddin' to de r-riv-
er. We follow dose TRACK to de r-river
an we fin were dose TRACK go into de
r-riyer an com out de r-river on op site
side-rotro lado. l say-me-to Carlos
MARITIME: Dat dam Vavara he been here
an Carlos say 81 Antonio Yillega am
,Gregorio Garcia an Trinidad Flores dey
all say 81 Den we r-ride lax &c win
10 dis Gus an l here
Exactly said Glynn. You see,
Maude, that Nayara is at his old work.
Not content with smuggling, he wishes TO
be a cattle litter, and not content with
that, he would doubtless add little
brisandage to his score if given opportu-
nifty. How many cows in that bunch,
Juan?"
"NIebbe fifth; mebbe twenty; dSnno."
And when do you think they We're
crossedE'
oh, It's not certin; but wistiddy some
time yistddy mor-rnin. yass.
We'll it's evident that they are far
away by now and looking for them lip
Mexico would be equivalent to lookil.
for a needle in haystack. with the ID
ference that in this ease the necdlg has
a Winchester carhine under It's richt
knee and there are a good many ueeflIes
Where did you say that those cattle
croSsedE"
Bout 70 mile up de bank rom de
qr-roya.'
But there is no ford noar +b,+ no,,+ {"
ass dey ees 10 Y deed not know
Tod; sho"'
\ secret for1' Ell? That explains a
good many tang in the loss Of cattle that
W., we nave neEer been able to understand.
lhat VIII 70, Juan. Go back to your
WORK ana fon't say anything to the 9th
8 iiah,.S' Well have to fix things with
senior 2vara, / guess"
@'E ilPs indolent eyes were blazing. He
eateu ittle about the value of the lost
ca'l'e though it was of considerable
alhoS int, but for the fourth time within a
!eaf the noted Mexican smuggler and
o'|hdit had outwitted him and his asso-
c.IAtes and he was growing FESTIVE under
I. The white men held council of war.
in their talk these facts developed:
II Ramon Navara, supposedly a former
officer of the Mexican army, had appear
ed upon the Rio Grande two years be-
fore, coming from no one could say
whore, further than that it was some
place in the far interior of the strange
republic. He was not more than thirty
years old. handsome, an expert horse
man, seemingly immune to fatigue and
of great daring and industry. He haG
gathered about Il baud of some fifty from
tier MeXicans. men with no consciences,
no fear and intimately acquainted with
every road, path, hill, prairie and cactus
thicket III all that section Of Mexico and
Texas. SO armed, he had begun his
career as smuggler. laughing at the few
customs officers on either side of the river
and, in fact, protected in his wrong-do-
ing by Americans and Mexicans alike.
They got from him cheaper goods and
salved their consciences with the thought
that they were only doing as their bet
tiers do in every part OF the world. Had
Navara stuck to smuggling he would
have met with little opposition. 1t was,
however, too slow a method Of getting
rich and he began cattle lifting. For a
hundred miles up and down the river he
kept the ranchmen in state of dread
He stole always from the American side.
instantly crossing the beeves into Mex
leo. Once there he was safe from pur-
suit, as neither State rangers nor Unit
ed States regulars dared to traverse that
stream into foreign territory for fear of
international complications. Time and
again they had received information of
IN intended raid and rushed to the scene
CT operations, only to find broad trail
leading to the river, ending on this side
and beginning again on the other. Once
two rangers, made reckless by chagrin.
had followed into Mexican territory. They
disappeared into the line of hills and they
did not come back. Members of Navara' s
band were scattered in twos and threes
among the ranches on either side of the
Rio Grande. They hired themselves as
cowhands and it was impossible to iden-
tify them until the harm had been done.
He kept with him always, however. a
force Of twenty to twenty picked
fighters, sufficient to repel any ordinary
attack by customs guards or soldiers.
(To be continuedJ