The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

many unfrisndly documents In
Kszco.
AeWiiliazns has done pretty much of
everything. Es prospected all over the
desert making and losing several for
tunesi played poker on professional
bAaiA and for a time was locomotive
engineer. he patented something
Gbes-t steam valve that made q half
ntlltoz- Hs invested the money in Cal
norn-a real estate and rode out OF
town On brzkebeam when the boom"
broke 81 1887. Ee was blown up IN q
powder mill. wrecked on raft trying
- nozt down the Colorado river. has
been al active member OF several gun
lights, and on this occasion was most
disrsEDecttui to the Mexican govern
ueut-
Colonel Greene OF Wall streer sent
AlcWllia-ns down into Sonora because
some prospeotor magined he had dis
covered 8 coal mine. It wasn't a coal
Eins, but various things happened 4
EcTIlIlamA
Ths nrst Gay he ran four OF the Mex
scan mining laws When they told him
about the laws. be Just waved them
cut 81 The way with a monkey wrench
and went on investigating the black
lecEe-'which naturally brought on a
nEhA
a little. Etrutty Mexican official got
tnsultsd and stasioned q detachment Of
cavalry On the ledge
MsWflliszaH knew. by this time there
wasn't s1y zeal IN the black ledge;
but he EOt tneulted. too. He collected
e gang ef GAeut 20 cowboys. and what
George Afs calls "unfriendly doings''
beEA1-
About han shs crowd OF cowboys
we're AmSrtcanE and the rest we're
drUnk Ehey seemed to be hunting ex-
cateznant and were shooting as they
oG1as STsr The hilL
The ASazssSE cavalry detachment had
8 ens ere tor the better part Of valor-
and sooetsz- AOwmisms chased with
k1z seW punchSrs Tor 10 miles across
osuutrT and wounded two.
AZ i&Et they came 70 a little stock
aoe 2OTt, which opened wide TO receive
tas saEslrT and shut with q bang IN
the faces Of the cowboys.
~ had been 8 coed deal Of fun while
Il lasted sut they were tired of chAs-
tng Eszicsnss anyhow. They rode back
e AowflitanF adobe and drank the
7ost ef his bottled beer. They were in
hFor - mere szcitemsnt, but McWn-
nzzns SAID nc.
Boys" aald KcwiTlians, 7 an much
sbllgsd foT EhoetinE up the Mexican
army. but WHAT'S needed new Ia
e1plozsAoy.-
EGv1rE dismissed HIS cowboys and
al ths nsnsrs from the ledge Mcwil-
i1snoz sat down On the front porch Of
the hsaienda and waited. He was all
aiens. szOept fer All Sam. the cook.
when 8 eioud OF dust began curling up
against ths GAEzling blue OF the Sonora
hor1zon.
McwiniamE felt immensely nattered
when the SuGt aloud slowly revealed
itsslf a. . IsnG line Of ploddins troops.
he could make cut cavalry and foot
ssidisr& IN the rear was something
black he couldn't make out sor long
tine. Il wa1 drawn BY teams. but he
wa1 sure Il wasn't a wagon
Ncwnna-ns went into the house after
his field glasses. he took one look and
called ezcitedIy for the chinaman.
San" be yelled. sam. come here.
you eiweeh- Take q look through
those glasses. What co you see. eh2"
Sam looked through the field glasses
and handed them back without emotion
'~WhA's a aallag" he asked sociabIy
Natter snorted McWiIIiams, swell
ing out with pride. 'Matteri Matterl
why, man. they are sending a noun
tain howftzer after US"
Sam went back to his biscuits. He
didn't care any more about mountain
artillery than Mcwlliams did about
mining laws
Trying his best 10 conceal his natural
pride. NcWill,sms, with his heels still
on the perch railing. watched the long
column cepioying into line at q safe
distance from the hacienda They were
drawn Up in battle array.
The littie howitzer swept handsomely
int position as the battery mules were
cut Ell and the gun was unlimbersd for
= action The infantry was formed on
the right OF the gun and the cavalry on
the left II wss imposing. but McWil-
Iiarns Vss disposed TO be hypsrcrstical
That's 4 HI OF a place to put a
cannon" be commented TO Sam, who
had come te the doorway. IT'S HI
ef a oa1nen anyhow. I'll bet I could
taks q liner from that cannon and shoot
it ever 30 nrSt IN time to head on the
runner"
San Crtnned. but rather vaguely. Nc
williams dismissed him with disgust.
what's the use OF talking to 4 man
who don't know who Christy Mathew
son ia he groaned-
War Conference
out OF tbs line OF battle emerged two
n r1rfforrn