Gunnison news-champion., 1912-01-12
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eeos1'stratioa. ~ere never sster~srd
tound
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- ais grave II is back OF the town.
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- swamp A pssis saab Of saAresssa
Pine stands ct its head
some one has burnea upoa the head
essee. With hot iron. this iasoriptisa
RAMON ANGEL De LAS CRUZEs
Y MIRAFTSORrs.
hkEsIDENTE La LA kasPUBLICA
DE ANCHURIA
QUE SEA 81 JUEZ. bios
An old half breed indian tends this
a 0Feve with fidelity. and the aaw ding
osnuteness Of Inherited sloth
To the guests. the people Of Cibolo
VII relate the story of the tragic
ossth Of their old president. how he
strove to ny with the public funds and
D0sa Julia Gordon. the young Amer
soAn opera singer. and how. before ap-
prehended By members Of the revolu-
tioasry party In this coast town, he
eA0t himself through the head rather
tAAa give up the funds. and as fol
hsws. the ssnorita Gordos. They will
relate. further. that Dopa Julia, her ~
venturous bark of fortune shoaled by
shs simultaneous loss of her distin-
Suashea admirer end the souvenir quar-
ter million. dropped anchor on the
stsSnant coast. awaiting q rising tide
The tide wss ready. In the TORN Of
. wealthy American resident-a ba-
Rama king a rubber prince. a sarsapar
rtlla. indigo and mahogany baron. The
senorita married this American one
month after the ill-fated President was
buried with military dishoHors. and
while the "Vivas" of the new adminis-
tration were saluting Liberty and pros
pective spoils.
Ii would seem that the story is end
cd; but to the more curious reader 1t
shall be some slight instruction to
learn why the old Indian, Balvez. 10 Sc
oretly paid to keep green the grave of
President Mirsfiores. Also. why Don
Emilio Villanueya. minister of finance
during the Mirsnores administration,
should. after dining at Mackenzie's
house during q short visit to the coast,
make the following remark to a friend:
"F-ff-f-tl | say it to you. Twenty
times. in the capital. | have taken wine
In the company of bona Julia Gordon
As many times ! have heard her sing
like the ruisenor that she was. Por el
ouerpo de Cristo this Nine Mackenzie
-aunque una Sonora muy agranda BILE
lis no more Dona Julia Gordon than 1.
myself, am. Figuraselo,"
The threads of the events reach far
stretching across the sea. Following
them out. It will also be made clear
Why shorty Flynn OF the Columbia
detective bureau, New York. lost his
job. Also why DIR. Angel, a middle
aged. dark-featured poseur of the bou-
levards of Paris. smokes two-franc
cigars
Cfbolo lay IN its usual stupor. The
Caribbean swished upon the sand
beach. the parrots screamed in the
range and cefba trees, the palms were
vsvine their timber fronds foolishly.
Aonna's cue to enter.
Suddenly the town was full of ex-
cftement A boy dashed down the
Orass s-erown street. shrieking "Busca
el Sonora Mackenzie Tn teleerafo
por ell" The words spread swiftly
The commandante. who vas loyal to
the ins, and suspected Mackenzie's de-
votion to the outs. hissed: Aha" and
wrote In his secret memorandum hook:
JUNO ell 10-Vino un telegrafo por
Senior NJ"
The dispatch was from Bob Engel
hardt, a ''Gringo" in the capital city.
On ice manufacturer. a sworn revolu-
Zionist. and good people" The willy
Bob seemed to have circumvented sue
cessfully the impossibility of sending
. confidential message in either Span
ish or English. The result was the
following literary gem:
His nibs skedaddled yesterday per Jack
rabbit line with all the spondulicks
In the pot, and the bunch of calico he's
spoons on. She's peach. easy. our
crowd In good shape. but the Doodle is
six figures short We must have the
swag the main guy scooped. You collar
II. He's headed for the briny. You know
what 10 do"
This remarkable screed conveyed
tie information TO Mackenzie that the
president had decamped for the coast
with the public money. accompanied
by the opera singer, Julia Gordon. his
fnfatuation for whom was the gossip
Of the republic.
Mackenzie pocketed his message
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