Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-22

OF the men who had agreed 10 stand by
me, sidled up to me, and | whispered 70
MIN just loud enough for the Judge to
near Tell the boys to timber up for busi-
ness. Steve marched out OF the court
room, keeping an eye on the other chaps
lor any Sign Of a gun play | had very
trying experience during the next two min
utes. Down In Sonora guns flash with
very little notice, and / expected TO get q
| IouIlet In me the moment Steve got out OF
sight.
The Judge looked out OF the window.
| lie sized up the crowd which Steve had
mustered hundred yards from the court
mouse, and l saw he was wavering. He
looked over the men he had inside the court
and appeared not to like the contrast
Then he turned to me and said with a
smile come here tomorrow at ten
o'clock. We will talk this matter over
further
i bowed and started out of the door.
lhope never to have another walk like that
l took back to my little band of sup
Iporters. They have a way in Mexico of
Itelhng prisoner to take a walk and then
shooting him In the back declaring after
Ward that he attempted to escape l didn't
wat Ior tomorrow to come, but returned
10 the court at i've o'clock that day. /
found the Judge had been making prepara-
Ions 70 take possession of the mine that
night. lie did not carry out his plan. and
next day Colonel Kosterlltsky arrived with
FOUR hundred Mexican soldiers in answer
20 the message that there had been an up-
rising. "H uP
HIS PLAY" WON.
My boys made a stiff front all through
tAls trying ordeal, and when. three d1vs
Laler' the order came from Diaz for a
Ichange of venue they celebrated as only
men can who have been in momentarv fear
Iot death for several days / maintained
possession OF the property, and when saw
Daz !lter and told him what had been
Through he laughed heartily.
well! well! he exclaimed. Won fellows
are the limit for standing on your rights.
supposed you had abandoned that prop
Iery long ago. But am glad you have
won
president Dlaz afterward removed sew
AFFAIR"
Mr. Mitchell shifted in his chair and
lighted another of his long cigars. He
looked around him at the rich furnishings
lof his home and his gaze rested on hrst
lone and then another of the valuable paint
ngs which bang on the walls. A tall boy
lwhistllng a merry tune entered the room.
lie was introduced as Harry" the min
lers youngest son. The lad bowed to the
Visitor and then said with that frankness
which 1t is said characterlzes his father
In all his dealings with men:-"Mamma
wants to know II you will give her
lquarter." He got It and disappeared
| That's n good boy" said the father
"and you'd ought TO see him ride a horse
have taught all the children to ride. and
lthey are regular bronco busters from
lPhlllipa down to May"
II is so that Mr.. Mitchell has insisted
that each of his children should learn to
ride as soon as he or she Is large enough
TO preserve a balance on a horses back
Love Of the open, which their father
learned during his experiences in the West
and Southwest, Is one OF the joys his chill
dren know Every afternoon the three
boys and two girls mount their ponies and
scamper through the park bride paths
There are a dash and freedom about their
riding that attract attention from other
equestrians, and It is unnecessary to state
that their father is proud of their accom-.
plishment.
While he has Of necessity acquired a GER
tain polish and ease of manner which have
come of association with men of wealth
and position, Mr.. Mitchell still retains
lmany of the personal characteristics
which have made him a leader, and cause
those who see him for the first time to
turn for another look He Is not tall
man, but makes up In breadth of shoulder
n what he may lack In height. The grip OF
. his hand tells of long days when he WELD
e ed the miners pick and striking hammer.
He looks straight at you out OF pair OF
Q dark brown eyes in which there is lurk-
InOEe o
, gocus on you like the eyes OF a man who
has had TO school himself in catching the
= dash OF q gun. His strong brown fingers
have had TO grasp the handle OF Colt six
shooter on many occasions When such ac-
e tIon meant safety and lack OF II meant
j death II is said OF him by those who
? know him best that George Mitchell can
p draw as quickly and shoot as straight as
r any man In Mexico, and this reputation
80 made II unnecessary for him to exer-
. cisa hts skill when another less cunning
T: with that weapon would have had TO fight
0 MT Mitchell has not yet lost the purrins
% accent OF the Welsh tongue. II betrays
IitseF when he talks earnestly OF what in
= terests him, but Is hardly noticeable at
20 other times. In the Waldorf-Astoria plain
, George Mitchell Is considered an oracle
] T'here Is seldom a day when he is not
called upon TO decide some technlesi que. ques
2 tion in dispute. From settling difference
! Of opinion regarding the best way 10 trans
! uorr copper ore through a roadless couh-
J trv 10 a decision as TO which Is the most
J practical Stag steam generator, the "o'o
. oF Mr.. Mitchell Is taken as final
, When the afternoon roundup IS over
] George Mitchell hurries uptown. lie hnds
his children, Phillipa, eighteen, and Macy
. nine; Alvin, who Is Just past Hiteen'
Z George, thirteen, and Harry, eleven walt
ling with their mother for the daily out
door frolic Ponies are mounted ana lot
two hours the whole family rides In the
/, Park.
Mr.. Mitchell Is a member OF the New
r YORK club, the Atlantic Yacht Club and
. t1a New York Athletic Club. He Is also
I. a member OF the National Geographic So
], clstv ana the American Institute OF Mining
Engineers.
his home in Los Angeles Is one OF the
; most beautiful IN that city OF picturesque
|dwelllngs. lie tlkes his family there each
! winter. and It Is then he INDUCES his taste
FOR outdoor life 10 the fullest extent He
bss bean heard 10 declare that n II were
, not for this annual relaxation from the re-
: straints OF city life he would be tempted 70
. cut the whole business and make for the
: open