The National tribune., 1903-07-09

"Beaux sedncteurs au douX language,
Qui semez For Il vOlante:
| Des jeunes files du village
| Respectez I humble pauvrete!
| Laissez les enfants n leurs meres,
L:tisScz les roses au roster
Laissez. laissez les enfants leurs
meres;
Laissez, laissez les roses All roster.
(Gay seducers with smooth language,
Who throw gold to right and left:
| Respect the humble poverty
OF the innocent country girls.
Leave the daughters to their mothers,
Leave the roses OH the rosebush!
Leave, oh. leave the daughters to their
mOthers:
Leave. oh. leave the roses on the rose
bushD
| Before we retired to rest our heavy
heads for awhile. it was mutually agreed
| in order to give the festivity n worthy
of invitation toward nightfall in order to
, visit the female part of the population and
try to induce as many ladies as possible
| to join us in an informal, impromptu
dance to be held that night at 3 O'Clock
in old Henry's spacious front room, which
the latter promised to hold in readiness
for the purpose, while Mr.. Sabine Otero
took unto himself the task of providing
the necessary dance music, consisting OF 4
harp and fiddle. We succeeded in obtain
ing the gracious attendance of about III
ladies' of different ages and enjoyed cur
selves greatly, dancing into the small
hours of the next day.
Inasmuch rs | shall soon, in the course
of my narrative, reach an episode where
Mexican "baile' of much larger pro-
portions will be described. I shall here
omit all descriptive details of that nights
IterpsichOrean performance.
MY PARTNER SECURES A CONTRACT.
My partner, Wooster. had not been at
| the banquet. owing to his absence in the
Sonoita Valley, where he had succeeded
| in obtaining n sub-cOntract for the deliv-
cry of ash timber and charcoal to Fort
Crittenden. He returned to Tubac on
Dec. q, and we went at once into con
sultatiOn as to ways and means toward
fulfilling said contract. Wood-cuttelS he
had already hired, also an experienced
coal burner, while passing through Gala
basas. but we, We're altogether bare Of
means of transportation. We decided to
close up the store for few days. the
small amount of, local trade having of late
become insignificant. and 10 make Il trip
to Santa Cruz, where we were reasonably
certain of obtaining at least one wagon.
probably more, and the requisite numHer
Of draft animals, either as n loan, or by
way Of hire, frOmrMr. Warner.
This propositions suited me to #, as l
had not seen Miss Eulalia for long time
not since my furlough trip in June
and was more than anxious to look once
more into her beautiful eyes. Wooster,
having taken upon himself a wife, was
now out of the race; but that Mexican
caballerO the aforementioned Lieutenant
fof Cavalry, seemed to make good progress
in his counting of my sweetheart, 10
which, if the reports that reached me from
time to time were true. he had the full
support of Dona Maria, the girls mother.
On the 2Sth, in the morning, as we were
ready to start. there entered into town
cavalcade of United States Cavalry. con-
sisting of one Corporal and six privatcs,
from Fort Crittenden. They rode directly
up to our store, where / was greasing the
axles Of our buggy, and stated that the
object of their visit was to hire a woman
as laundress for the fort from among the
Mexican women of the town. incidentally
we learned from them that on the pre-
vious day Mr.. Warner had been brought
accompanied by his wife and escorted by
several men from Santa Cruz, to Fort
Critterden in a very precariOus condition,
caused by an attack of acute pneumonia,
pital of that place. This information Of
necessity changed our route from direct
one to Santa Cruz, to the roundabout one
by way Of Crittenden. Goldtree and I'd
pic, who had contract to deliver corn at
Crittenden from their farm on SOnoita
Creek, hearing Of our intended trip, also
made ready to join us, in order to visit
their rancho, there to meet their wagon
master in charge of the teams hauling
. to tt,n fnr Inx,
Mexican woman was found, willing to un-
dertake the profitable duties as laundress
at the fort, and the start was set for the
following morning at 8 a. In.
Tubac has an altitude of about 1900
feet above sea level, and the morning was,
for Arizona at least, very cold. Every
body rendeZvOused on time in front of our
store, and we started south along the road
leading up the Santa Cruz Valley, cross
ing the San Cayetano Creek and leaving
the old ruins of the Tumacacori Mission
on our right across the river Three cav
alrymen were in the lead Of the party;
then followed Wooster and myself, with
the women in the buggy; next came Gold
tree and Tapie in their buggy, and the re-
naming cavalrymen formed the rear
guard. In this manner, every one of us
being well armed, we could have Travelled
in perfect safety all over Arizona, but rs
the trite saying is: "There is many slip
between the cup and the lip"
A FHTEFUL PARTING.
AS we were approaching Calabazas we
met party Of about 10 Mexicans. who
were driving before them perhaps 40 don
keys laden with crates full of oranges and
panOchas, bundles of sugarcane and jars
of sugar preserved cactus fruit from that
peculiar large prickly pear plant called
by the Indians and Mexicans "pitahaya."
They were coming from Crittenden, where
they had disposed of part Of their wares,
and were taking the remainder to the
market at Tucsona These men Mr.. Gold |
tree questioned as to the whereabouts of
his teams, as they must have passed his |
grain farm on their way, and was by them |
informed that the wagons of Goldtree and |
Tapie were undergoing repairs at the |
blacksmith shop of the fort and would !
not start to load up at the ranch until /,
the following day or perhaps not till one |
day later. This conversation had stop
ped our progress and Goldtree called out
to Wooster and me from his buggy be- |
hind us: "See here, Tapie and are go. |
ing to stop at Calabazas over night. There |
is no use in our going to the ranch till |
tomorrow or next day. 1t is very lone
some and uncomfortable there. Blanch-
ard here at Calabazas has a good warm |
house and a good cook. We have no busi- |
ness up there till our wagons reach the |
place. You have heard what these Mexi- |
cans said" /
1t was in vain that Wooster and I tried |
to pursuade GOldtree and Tapie to