El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-27
MADERO AS A sGEADER.1

Editor FL Paso Herald:
On reading the interview with Ma
dero, the insurrecto president of Mex
leo, in The Herald the following lines
were suggested. Madero's leadership, so
far it appears, leads to the rear and
TO the mountains:
A leader bold I propose to be
A leader of the brave and free.
A dreamer yes, they say l am,
(But like friend Jones, don't give a
DAMP
Perhaps may not lead in fight,
For my real talent lies in flight,
And talking loud and great palaver,
While guarding well my own cadaver.
And to me the feeling is most awful
drear,
for my corpse to fill a PATRIOTS bier.
And so I try to set the pace,
And keep ahead in the swift race
With Navarro's men, who. yet sandal
shod,
Might send me quick before my GodI
And thus I think it better so,
To break the yet "untrodden snow
That lies away upon mountain brow
Much safer than to await the row
With lowly men and wicked guns.
That fill the air with bursting bombs.
You want to know where I had hid
Since when my wordy defy rolled,
In accent loud and promise bold.
1 thought to scare the Diaz boys
With all my loud and boastful noise;
And Mexico would be all aflame
With vivaS and Madero's namei
In Texas twas my breezy boast
That Mexico's ruler 1 would roast,
And safe into his palace ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Thus was armed the frog-on courtship
bent
But bloody war was my intent
And thus I found 1t safer far
To wage this fierce, relentless war
From alien land, where came no harm
Nor aught to cause my soul alarm.
But Uncle Sam got on my game,
And undertook to stop the same
issue warrants, and place in hand
10 jail me, was the dire commands
And you bet, I got up and flew
ana scaped the boys that wear the
blue
That's why I'm now on Aztec soil,
And my blood does fairly boil;
ana when no enemy is in sight,
lou bet I am the brayest wight
But when Navarro's flag I see.
Discretion bids me hike and flee.
And thus you see twas safe thus far.
At good long range TO wage this war,
And in this, I'm in private told
Agrees with me Orozco bold
And when I see those rifles shine
Along NavaTro's battle line,
us me for the mountains"-that's no
slush,
And 1 closely hug the chaparraI bush.
And then our great strategic board"
rhose heads are thick with wisdom
stored,
N VII wisely say. 1T was our plan,
nat 8 why we all got up and ran"
GU see We wisely did let in
TO Juarez all Navarro's men.
or there we thought we had him safe
ma he did fret, and fume and chafe.-
md then stole out-you ne'er saw the
like. INC
md sent US hustling down the pike.
'ut our country must be free
md how to do it, o, hully-gee!
ike Hotspur's fop, vile guns" I hate, !
surely when pointed at you straight. |
ma Mexico may yet be free
ans living. sacrifice of me!
f Diaz gets me in his fist
ly name will head the firing list
Tot the list that leads in the battle call. |
SUI the list that's ranged against the !
rampant wall
t was bold Henry of Navarro
whose white plume led the ranks of |
war,
ND on dark Ivry's bIood-soaked field
lid make the horde of Mayenne yield.
Tut not like bold Navarro am 1;
omehow l am ready not to die.
md when sounds afar wars fierce
alarm,
~ burro's head turn from home;
For he who turns and runs away,
lay live to fight another day"
Q when comes wars most awful din,
Vhen the roll is called I'm not count
ed in.
like the snow-'tis a pretty sight
$ 1t CLEANS and sparkles on mountain
height,
o up to it I quickly go
nd leave the fight to those below.
Ie digs his spurs in the burro's side;
leads for the mountain in furious ride;
ut below from waistband- it
streamer white Ger the burro's tail,
nd If your eyesight does not fail,
looks like the tail of a cotton shirt
Z. P. Rutherford,
1016 E. Boulevard.