El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-04
EXPERIENCES Of 4
NEWSPAPER Man,
WAR PRISONER
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recognized them as two of Ponee's
trusty braves whom had known when
I was doing the Juarez run for local
But they cid not recognize me; az
least they never gave any sign of it II
they did. unless old fatty's canine grin
was to be understood as sign OF
recognition
The first lieutenant who conducted
my preliminary examination was aW-
fully rough He has the meanest dis
position I have ever seen outside Of a
railroad presidents private secretary.
He chartered a lot Of Spanish at me-
that I could not understand Then
the buckskin cavalier with the yellow
boots and the important air asked me
IN what he supposed was good Eng
Iish What you doc here" ! lost
no time IN telling him the exact and
correct reason for my being just where
was. when I was and that I wanted
nothing more than to return the way
came.
Don you-o-o know you have no
bushes here2
discriminating Evidence.
I told him I did not know it, but
from the status Of the case at that
bushes there He caught sight of a
Golfers that 7 had been reading going
out on the car. The page was turned
TO Arthur RuhPs story of tbs Mexican
instruction with a liberal supply OF
Dic4ures of the fnsurrecto camp and
commanders in plain view. I had en-
joyed Ruhl's satire on our little war.
bat Just then I was wishing he ana
his story were at the bottom of the
Rio Grande.
AHA" said the Smart AIeck on
horseback when he saw the insurrecto
pictures.
aAh-ha.'' said the lieutenant with
thu mean disposition "a spy for the
frsurrecto cause sent out to locate the
enemy for the insurrectos and if caught
pretends that he is an American news
paper man. I could see the workings
Of those amateur Sherlock Holiness
minds as they Chartered in cultural
Spanish. -
They started to search me and GER
tafnly made a good job of it Right
there was where I was due to get In
bad again I had bought some post
card pictures of Richard Brown the
fnsurrecto hospital steward. and of the
funeral of the Orozco who died at the
frsurrecto hospital in FL Paso- had
no more vicious intent than TO send
these pictures back home TO my dad.
but from the way those federals seized.
did think that they were messages. TO
Orczco. They frisked me like deft
fingered dip" They went through my
bin book. took its contents. consisting
of one poll tax receipt, one dentists
recent. one picture Of myself with a
gun and a sparrow that had killed
in AIundy's canyon on a Sunday hike
with the bunch from the office. two
business cards. slightly soiled, an ac-
cident insurance card. and book OF
tickets 10 the chamber Of commerce
1uncheons.
An Honest Lieutenant.
Right here want to give that
mean minded lieutenant credit for non
esty even IL he was a crouch. l had
$50 in bills II that bill book and he
handed the fco-s and the money back
TO me kee-if everything else, .espec-
tally the mar likeness Of me with that
little p rifle ard that sparrow. He
also took my So cent knife
Just as he had finished "frisking me,
the otuposts on the highest point over
looking the smelter began firing TO the
northwest Probably 30 or 40 shots
were fired in that general direction.
The trumpeter with the yellow cords on
his sleeve blew a call; it was answered
from the opposite hill and the 10 sol
diers of the goth that had fought a;
Pedernales, and at CierrO Prieto moved
into battle formation in two skirmish
lines the 80 that were with me on tie
ridge obeyed the command Of ''fronte'
which my friend the crouch lieutenant
had shouted and they formed in q
ragged curve ever the line of the mesa
facing due north Senior "Teniente-
had just detailed fat corporal with g
front tooth missing to act as guard
over me When the firing started he
ordered me to sit down on the brow OF
the mesa which I did. In fact. I diGn'1
need to be told. I wanted to sit down
or lie down. preferably the latter. He
then issued an order to the corporal
who was my personal bodyguard and
escort; while 1 did not understand ths
words. got the meaning plainly enough
by the actions Of the guard. He loaded
his rifle and drew q bead on me tina
sent little cold footed humming bird.
chasing up and down my spine. The
lieutenant shouted another order to M
friend. the enemy. This one was Il
guard me closely and If I tried to ruI
to shoot me. The guard responded VIII
Isl. senor." that was not bit pleasan
to hear.
Into the eight
In the meantime. the second file ha,
moved UP to within 500 yards of US an'
i thought 4 was gong TO ENJOY th'
privilege Of seeing a little scrap from
the top of that ridge. But 1 soon awak
4ned from that little dream. The lieu
tenant took time from his duties Ions
enough 10 order my guard to bring M
I'D to the firing line, where they sta
toned me alongside Of those ragamuffil
soldiers where the insurrecto enem,
would have a nice fat pot shot at M
with that pearl hat on The trumpe
off to the east blew again and on
company started over the big draw an,
Up fold Of the hillside in the direction
Of Flores ranch, where the insurrecto
were supposed to be encampel n,
guard was very careful not to get NOR
than two feet away from me with tina
drawn rifle and those two mounted po
lice rode along behind me as self ap
pointed guards. Up hills and down can
yons, over sand washes and througi
prickly pear and cactus thiekets the,
shuffled along. Although they lookei
as If they had not had a square NEAR 70
a month, those men kept remarkabl,
good time in their advance, except whe,
they were climbing up the sides Of tn
canyons. Then I could outclimb thos