The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-13

ro'i1ds lighter than one sheet Of Chinese
,lt) ra"er: that the Government he WIS
d.a .i1y wayes from was joke that often
aionp; that the s5Ydiers OF the command
no was supposed to be tho paymaster OF
reminded mo Of certain fauna that infest
not well cared for couches; that he HIM
self was funny enough to ma Ike an Angoraa
kick him 80 full Of buttonholos that there
wouldn't DO anything left for theGilt junk
Of his tunic to hang upon.
That's. how I got into The Acapulco
and si'S bum " tortiias for week in the dun
geon charged with attempting to slaugh,,
ter an OH ser OF the Mexican nrmy, and
then Slipped u gilt f'muth 10 one OF the
guards and he got word to the American
When reached the lot where my plant
was found my mule absent. Somebody
in Acapulco was taking care OF him. But
l couldn't find out who that somebody
was. and didn't see the mule any more.
up and went to La Libertad, Salvador, on
the next down steamer.
Il set up the spinner back OF the Ameri-
can steamship Office. got jennet for fifty
American and was ready for civilian bust
though there were plenty Of them there,
Antonio Ezeta being engaged In one Of his
quarterly revolutings at the time.
Il was picking UP just about enough
to pay expenses, when. one forenoon, about
waddled over for ride, The whirler
hadn't more than got under way before
the side that the five fat women were on
suddenly let down, The feet Of one Of
the girls folded under her and her ankle
waa eliohtlv anrpined
"She let out squawk that could have
been heard away up In the foothills, and
then the rest Of EN- began to shrek all
together. Two little tads Of civil police,
door Of the steamship office. and when they
saw the fat girl with the sprained ankle
lying on the ground and hollering with
all her might, 1t was all of with me-
"They got on either side Of me with their
my ribs, and there l was, pinched again.
The fat girls were the daughters Of the
Command ante OF the Governmental forces,
and In the name OF the Holy and Indi-
visible Trinity'..that's the way the acu,
with trying to xiii them ali for the purpose
OF rendering aid and comfort TO the revo-
luters.
They had me in the second floor Of the
warehouse that served as prison for mill
the American Consul squared It some way
or another for me, and l was turned loose
upon the payment OF twenty American
fine and damages. They only gave me
time to take down the whirler and pack
'er up for the waiting steamer, and then
they escorted me down to the dock and
put me on board.
Il didn't want any Of the Isthmus when
/ got there for the yellow jack was around,
and so / went down to Buena Ventura. In
the United States Of Colombia, and set up
thera With n h,,rro from of the nack traila-
got him for fifteen bones, gold-that could
output Clydesdale
Il had to pay license Of forty. Colombian
that was before the Colombian deprecia-
ton. and their junk was as good as Mexican,
nearly-for the privilege Of setting up in
the Plaza, and was getting by pretty we'll,
and put something by for the next jump,
when ran up against the graft thing. A
tall, skinny man in the uniform Of OWL
officer dropped around one evening and
smoked lot Of corn shGck cigarettes,
while he watched me goad the burro and
take in the silver chicken feed.
when was about to CLOSE up for tho night
he strolled over to me, and remarked tnat
Iappeared to be doing right we'll, Ell? Then
he staked me to couple Of sly digs in the
ribs and remarked that Of course I'd be
wanting to go right on doing business in
Buena Ventura, Ell? Did l perceive? Well,
he was Of the municipal department. The
matter might be arranged. But it would
have to be arranged at once. Right then,
in fact. En-?
4'Well,' l said to the skinny man, with
the corn shuck cigarette habit, I amt much