El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-25

The soul of Robin Hood, the cavilier
robber. has come back from "the I'M
discovered country and lodged in the
breast of a Mexican bandit whose
haunts lie in the mountains south of
Parral, Mexico. For those who believe
in the picturesque theory of the trans
migration of souls there is a new ad-
venture OF Robin Hood, in which are
mixed the clink of silver spurs, the
swish of leather, the cavaliers song,
and finally the pot of gold.
Several days ago on the Hacienda
Talamantes, in the region south of Par
raj. Mexico, when Hacendado Miguel
Soto Chaves and his relative, Miguel
Soto Villegas, were out in the fields
overseeing the work of laboring poems,
shots were fired in the direction of the
hacienda. Those shots announced the
bodily rehabilitation of the soul Of
Robin Hood to the 10th century world.
Out of the romantic age of world his
tory Robin Hood and his band rode
out on the stage of the world. The
bandit band was in possession of the
hacienda of senior Chaves when he and
his relative rode up to the entrance of
the hacienda, where they were met 81
five of the bandits and requested to
show their palms.
Robbers Demand Hidden Gold.
The hacendado and his companion
were marched into the ranch house and
requested to tell of the hidden gold
and other valuables. The women Of
the house, who were rudely disturbed
in the midst of their siestas, were
gathered in a room. huddled together
in fear of the robbers. In the adjoining
room the robbers were holding session
with the two men, who refused to give
up information as to the place of the
hidden money. PersiSting in their re-
fusal the leader-may it not have been
Robin Hood?-had his men tie the
ranchmen and place them with their
backs against the wall.
unless you give the information 1
ask for you shall be shot and your
families shall be put to DEATH said
the leaders in chief. in Spanish. The
threat was made in a highly pitched
voice and from the room where the
frightened women were gathered there
came sounds of sobbing. The chief
then whispered a command to his squad
and the crash Of rifle fire spat a volley
of bullets villegas fell TO the floor.
but the aim of the bandits had been
purpcsely good. The wound merely
cut the flesh in the mans hip. But it
was enough. Chaves gave in under the
third degree and gave out the informa-
gold.
Bandits Indulge I'm Revel.
The two ranchmen were tied and
locked in a room The women were as
safely bound by fear. Safe from inter-
ruption, the robbers, after finding
$500 in money and $500 in valuables,
gave themselves up to the luxurious
pleasures of gentlemen of leisure. The
dining room on the ranchhouse sudden
So
the kitchen came smoking viands, meat
and fish. From the cell were brought
wines of ancient vintsge, perhaps from
the sunny slopes of Tenerriffe. When
the house and cellar were sacked of its
best, the bandits gathered around the
table and made merry with eating and
drinking, drinking perhaps to the woe
of their bound and captive hosts.
After the bandits had gorged their
stcmachs with the best of good foods
and warmed their hearts with wine.
they retihed to the parlor of the ranch
house Ore of the robbers sat at the
piano and his compadres gathered
about him. The tale" does not tell
what songs they sang. but the imagin-
alton supplies the themes of their wild
songs. Perhaps they sang of woman
of the one woman who exists for every
man. Then. perhaps, is was snatch
of old Spanish ballad, such as old Car
bajal sang as he was being led to the
block TO be drawn and quartered:
Back to Their Mountain Caves.
1.-The wind blows the hairs from my
head, mother;
Two by two they are blowing away.
Reckless, careless, loving life so well
that they courted death; breathing
freedom with the air of the mountains,
they are part and parcel with the
knights of pillage who came TO Mexico