Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-11
McFall Kills a Monkey
and Suffers RemOFSe
Of Conscience.
IS 1000 MILES FROM BEEF
Warm Hospitality Of People
In Warm Part Of
the World.

N'HNNN'NiiiN"H NNNNNHfH"i HNiN co." 10
did look for a time .. u there migni
bl d real imitation Of war down here
On Contral America. but nobody seem.
ga 90 have any serious Ftomacn for Al
hEht. No doubt thoggRi the press DIE
patches have told sou an about o.
So Il wouldn't be- worth while for mo
TO repeat .ae more or less ridiculous
story.
You can measure your popularity inI
This country BY the number OF towns.
mon VINO ride out with ycu on your
departure from a place. There is
something embarrassing about this
ceremony n suFFcais me Gus
tom wnich la siill in vogue in some
parts of the west who're certain inui.
giduala. not bad enough FOR hanglng,
but undesirable aa permanent r.tt
zonB are conveyed hy ihc local u-
mltioc tO the outskirts of The sn
and ordered i0 "sKldOo"
But down here it's 1ho popular m
of giving you rodFpood, and d tca les
De heart % was quite an imIong
band which escorted ua On our nrat
ave miles, and the farowclls were so
iull ~ adm1nitioua and advice that We
poor gringos were strangely silent for
some time after our friends had loft
us. slmon.puro explorers, however,
such as We claim TO De have no use
for melancholy In t.ls country, 30
full Of wonders and constant surprises.
A man must indeed ho q confirmed
ogoiist who % not quickly diverted
from thoughts nf self amid such scenes
la we have viewed these last few
days.
Leaving our friends with much way
.uR oi hands Rnd repeated iarewCila,
Wc entered the most wonderful palm
avenue IN the world, and for more
than On hour travelled in fairyland,
under arches oi icqthery lCavea shut
lu from the bright suuligut and aocih
ga by the musical rustic ri the lace
work overhead. It was cool and pleas
ant riding, and we urged the mules
10 q RallOp. We emerged from ths
palms at rno little village OF Chanel
leon, ON the banks of tho river of the
same namo. The river was high and
the fOrdinE looked dangerous but BE-
ulto. quite unconcemcd. slipped on hif
trousers and drove the pack mules
into The rushing stream. rhe,o wac
nothing go do but follow.
Primitive River Crossing.
ny c1mFanlon. a long legged Scotch
man. from Tho District of Columbia
nud 80 mach trouble IN getting "a
mule into the water that / suggested
that he dismouni and carry the liiui
| fellow across. ne refused 90 lister
20 my advice. and finally succeeded d
conAinF the mule 90 start forward
! We pfoalond q most iuaicfuua Hpec
iacle, his song legs at iirst doubled -
a knot under the mules belly, anl
later. wnCn the water came up Oh th'
rrihs ne was forced 60 elevate ni
feet 90 the mules neck, lie ala no
make this move, however, until hl
had been well soaked far above hl
knees. We made the crossing vita
out further mlshap. ana soon afte
entered Manaca Swamp, ionl
stretch Of dense forest. sombcr anl
silent u Is most fortunate thar vi
had q we'll posted guide az this point
Tor there were numerous trails lead
ing or IN every direction, and w
might easily have gone astrny
Murders Hin Cousin.
This IS the home OF the iaguar a.
leopard. the neccary, and The white
faced monkey We got gllmpses o
the little wild pigs, and q would hav
given me pleasure 90 have tried
shot with my Marlin $3.50, bat ln s.ii
leep jungle there was no opportunity
The menkcys, jumping from tree q
b tree. with incri dihie aNiitneas. kep
aace with us for some time, chatierin
lal ihe top 0f their voices. Thor
sonmed to be- hundreds 0f them Th
m0z0 repeatedly asked mo 90 shoe
one ol tnem huI j reiuined Tor som
tlmp Finally. one ui them offered
particularly tempting shot lreI
and he ioii The ground almost at m
feet. he waa shot through me throat
don't know what ever nuafoHe
noe io 40 tha wanton act AZ ! rod
! uu to- tho iittf7 fellow the tear
{ aifeamed from has eyes. and saw hif
gather up pieces 81 moist earth an
, iry and stanch the flow % blood ff0i
. The gaping wound sn hia neck
. turned SICK and felt Ike "a mufdaff
/ heniio came quickly 10 my call an
dispatched tho little follow with ht
! Imachcic his cruel tragedy. iib
nanQu0s ghost. w1uiant down. Ih
. Dlrwlnlan theory took on q new ana
added importance Hnd { Killed on
. Oi my ancestors family Was 1. i
3 truth, q murderer. With ms hands va
with EoIn2 / refused 10 De comiortr,
end 900 day long I cnid not lose sigh
I ~ those streaming eyes nor forge
chat sound 0i childish s0hhlng. Va
, tqae.ieraulY horrihod. later that ever
! Ing. when I ran across hrne0 Hoafo
: before o aaFory stew. to discover TIA
! tho murdered monkey furnished th
chief part ~ q. ] learned then TIA
monkey meat rs considered one az 40
choicest delicacies OF thls country.
Advantages Of Travelling Light
By the advice Of our KIND lrlonf
we are travelling light Our entire bai
case does noe weigh over taYonii
i've pounds our mules are q credit T.
Tour Judgment Tho bWo saddle mula
am easy gaiiel with plenty of anlr|
and good tempered. Nine Is q plum
bay, d lriile larger thau q Newionr.
land DOG. game ns pebble. end
aponsIVe o. Kind treatment our rar
mule De- q sturdy beast. and evident
aoet not propose iO travel alone. d
he never PERMITS ue oni ol BIS ago
% iahee a loi ~ courage % Fcniaf
. ioHn in a strange. new land WIlhu1