Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-08

then. come ciOser-atill clcser-vhere
there won't be any chance OF sharp
Mexican ears getting wise. New.
then. listen 10 me-"
Captain Juan Torrsion's bandits cor
tslniy loved baseball. and evidently
played Il to the best Of their ability
and az often as time and place al
lowed. The clearing In which tho
camp was pitched had rude dia-
mond laid out az It's northern edge.
while the southern borders showed
much evidence OF the trampinE feet
Of the outhsldsrs. Ssntinels guard
ed the boundaries OF tho camp with
hawklike gaze: some twenty OF the
bandits frolicked back and forth upon
the sward. waiting for the practice 20
begin. and the rest OF the operate
looking brigands. with their leader.
I lounged around the catcher's position.
Juan TorreJOn greeted his prisoners
with great courtesy. aud asked n
they had slept and breakfAstsd we'll.
Answered IN the Affirmative as 20
both queries. a look OF genuine pleas
ure seemed 10 cross his swArthy eoun-
tenance. and he expressed bis salts
faction At their vordS
II Il plsases yoe. cAballeros.' be
vent on. will you ingpect the bats
and ballsf Our equipment ~ doubt.
less crude and poor. but In these
troublous times & IL not easy 20 OBJ.
tat nrst-elass material What branch
Of tia profession will you deiSn 70 Ia
struct IA IN as a BEGINNING
II agreeable 60 you. Captain Tor
reiOn.- said Solano. my friend vii
bat up some nies. % see how you
/, helders handle them
"Bueno. muy bueno.- Torrejon ap
proved Il fear you will and then
but feeble in pursuit OF the bani-'
Feeble they we're They tried hard
these bandit Mexicans, but only IN
, easiest kind OF ny balls rested secure
, ~ IN their grip. After about a dOssi
, balls had been dropped. SolanO. wit
, gesture OF impatience. set on AZ
jog trot. crossed the held and took u
position among the tarthest Ne,
leans. not far from the edge % n
a clearing.
: ''Bueno. buenoi" laughed CaptAi
Torrejon. Your friend viii show no
the ny ball should Be caught, alt Il
as watch aim"
Solano took two ny balls. each fai
A ly well out. and backing beyond n
. ring OF MexicAns "a get them. Lo1
!. applause greeted his graceful handiir
:. of the chances. Then Brockstt Ia
- -
IA mendous power. The startled sphs
~ SCARED high. and solAno. starting
the crack OF the bat. raced zadsr q
i. ball far down 10 the busheg eds
:. AMID q voiley OF cheers. he leap
= high. pulled down the ball-'and III
=. kept right on running. Before the {
\, founded MexicAns could realise q
"A trick, be vanished into the chaparr
Eprfnting like q mailman, and ~
: him went the bali that oontaiAS1 {
~ messages 20 Comes Estsrali
Juan Torrsjon was . man 60 Z
- with promptitude. no matter ~
-. ehs sxigency. Horsemen eouia =
A ride through the dense undsrTr0~
into which soiano had vanished.
I twenty bandit we're on his track
/ moment later. The chief hims
! sprang at Broekett With = snart
4 fury, and made lightning search
the prisoner. The search brouI
81 forth the envelopes In vhich ths o.
~ inzl missives had rsposed. and Tor
n son. his nerce face lighting ID q ri
"a carefully slowed tksm IN his swn
81 pArsl
VI He called . young Mexican -
I'll side and ordered him 20 acs a. his
III terpretsT.
~ Tell the young man. said
IA CHIEF. slowly and with an apparent
VI turn Of good humor. that wAa ar
w sure his friend had not cSrrisd
the papers, but that Y &ntod 20 M
sure-ks viii therefore pardon
~ roughness OF the searching proc'
N five minutes before the other yo'