Gunnison news-champion., 1912-01-12

- oshsr reuaD 80 sAess q Osnss
trt0 y ~n-ossr ssaesul uouosains
ssa ssssaaas. . jsGDsV tuuGety jDus.
s<s. - 80 ss~-oosd. 80 ~ss 60
ery
~ Corsiso Oas . harbor. saa ssssrs
a.Azsasia> 90 os.azsnS requisites
TIE faGttises Mould seser stseua1; -
esoAos there. Al Cibolo or Aianzan
ssey msGAt hope TO board . treao
fresGs;sr or . frsi- steamer b. - -
81 . rosboei or ssoop. as the vssssls
sach0rea haH . ussss frou sAors.
kUf Aackeazie aud zAssiaa ssns
h0rsesaeh messengers uS saa se~s
the coast With warning 10 The bocsl
isaders n the liberal movemeuf tie
benavides at Coralis and to yarras
81 Alszsn-inssTaesisss them - pasre,
the water line. and TO arrest the ~
ssg presiden; at ell hazards n -
Alter these precautions there Uss
hoshssS TO ae bal cover the Ciboas
district vita lookests and await rs-
sslts. The faGltives would beyooA
doubt. move - secretly o. possibss,
and endeavor to board Q vsssel -
stealth and IRON son.s hiding place -
shore
On the eighth day after The receipt
Of knGiehsrdt's message. the kariseAn.
Norwegian steamer. chartered by the
New Orleans frsit trade. anchored -
Ctboio. with three hearse toots Of hsr
strea. hscksnxie stood On the bsanA
With the crowd q idlers. wstcAin0
sverythihG without estestatioa. No
and zsyslia had stationed u0en fsithsvl
- The cause at Intervals along ths
shore for . mile each way from tAs
tewn. on the lookout for Presiaent ~
ranores. Of whom nothing had bsso
seen or heard. Ths customs OAcapu,
In their red trousers snA Psnama Aaaa.
rOwel out to the vsessl end retusnsl.
The ships gig LANDED her purssr vtth
his papers. and tAsa tooh cut -
eHAraRtine doctor with hAs uubFoaA
al cliaical thernOnetes. Nest, Q
swsrn of hah-aa Carihs bagaA -
ICED the piles Of bananas uDsa hUht
About four O'Clock In the afteruoaa
. marine monster. unfamiliar IN thSso
waters. hove In sight graceful
steam yacht, painted white, clean cut
as q steel engraving. see-sawinG ths
waves like a duck In q rain barrel. a
white boat. manned BY q whtte-UAi
formed crew, came ashore, anA Q
stecky built man lsaped upon -
sands. He made his way toward Mae-
uyh< .kuf A.
conspicuously Anglo Saxoa hgure pres
ent. and seemed to turn . disapproving
eye on the rather motley congregation
of native Anchurians. Mackenzie
greeted him as men sprung from the
island greet one another in alien lands.
Conversation developed that the new
ly-landed one was named Smith. and
that he had come in a yacht. A meager
biography. truly. for the yacht was
most apparent, and the Smith not be-
yond reasonable guess before the
revelation. Yet, to the eye of Mac
kenzie. who had seen several thinSs,
there was discrepancy between
Smith and his yacht. A bullet-hesA-
ed man Smith was, with an oblique,
dead eye. and the mustache of a coch-
tail mixer. Unless he had shifted cos
tunes before leaving for shore, he
had sRronted the deck of his correct
vessel In a pearlSray derby, q checked
suit, fancy vest ana vaudeville neck
wear. Men owning pleasure yachts
generally harmonic with them bet
ter
Smith looked business, but he was
no advertiser. He commented upoa
the scenery. remarking upon its hdel-
ity to the pictures in the geography.
and then inquired for the United
States consul. They pointed out 10
him the starred and striped bunttaG
hanging on . pole above the Aose of .
squat adobe house. and Smith plow-
ed his way through the sand tAithef,
his haberdashery creating a aiscerl
against a background of tropical blsss
and greens.
Mackenzie smoked cigars and walk
ed the shingle under the cocoanut
palms. His nets were well spread.
The roads were SO few. the opportuni
ties for embarkation so limited. the
two or three probable points of exit 30
well guarded that 1t would be strange
indeed if there should slip through the
meshes so much of the country's dig
nifty, romance and collateral
Night came. and satisfied with the
precautions taken. the American stroll
ed back through the town. Oil lamps
burned. sickly yellow. al random
corners. All the streets were by
streets. there were no thorouehfares.
Mackenzie turned along one OF them,
and crouched swiftly in the shadow.
for a tail. muffied man passed. carry.
ing a heavy valise. A woman at his
elbow seemed TO hurry him on. They
went rapidly. Mackenzie following. IN I
til they reached and entered posada
known as the Hotel de los Estranie- /
ros." dreary hostelry greatly in dis 4
use by both strangers and friends
At that moment there came along
one Esteban. a barber. an enemy to
existing government. a iovial plotter !
against stagnation in any form. He
greeted Mackenzie with fatulent i'm 4