Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-24


would take the party past NJ
outposts. thai another matter
They were wiling TO do It. but always
tomorrow.
~ we let them guys manana us we'll never get
there" commented Scotty. They know they are
going to give us those papers, but they hate to
get down to work There is only way to
maze them get busy and I'm going to use H."
The only way" meant cheerful. patient per
sistent attendance on the junta morning. noon
and night until finally, late evening" after the
last promise TO have Il ready the following morn
ing at tain o'clock had been brushed aside, the
passport was prepared with great mystery. duly
sealed deliberately addressed and tremendously
handed over. Before the following daybreak the
automobile streaking down some of the best
country road in the United States bound for
somewhere around Guadalupe. little town
something like forty miles distant the Mex
lean side.
Locke the owner of the car and Jim. the chauf.
feur were in front. Locke held the wheel on the
country road. but later Jim would take the gaso-
line bridge, Jim would have been the working
mate OF Kit Carson, old man Bridger some OF
the other giants OF pioneer days II he had been
a fifty years ago. Now he is a border chauf
feur, able to drive car any place a goat can
climb and willing to go anywhere into the seeth
ing interior of Mexico for his price
This ought to be a cinch today" Jim said
"WeI get through humming II we don't run
into a bunch of Salazars men from Juarez out
scouting and they're bad hombres or some Of
Castillos bandits. Split out your passes and
don't shove the wrong ones; let me do the talk
Ing"
About twenty-five miles east OF Ell Paso the Rio
Grande swings into the side OF the country road
and at the first turn two khaki-cad young cav
alrymen with six-Hhooters strapped to the right
hip stepped forth with nplifted hands. Uncle
Sam Is making an earnest effort to keep down
the smuggling OF contraband across the border
nd far hnf tnrnWu IH R0idfars
along the international boundary. Inasmuch as
the soldiers not only have both factions OF Mex
leans against them, but the American business
sentiment as wen. the thing is somewhat in the
nature OF farce.
These young cavalrymen, however were Doing
their duty as best they could and they wanted to
know who, what, where, etc. They were told,
duly scrutinized oficial pass from the military
authorities and took a look through the automo-
bile Cartridges like blessings. come and 90
awares and they were not taking chance Just
a little later at what was once international
bridge six more soldiers headed by a sergeant
tumbled out of the underbrush and from under
the abutments and cried Haiti"
Sorry you know said the sergeant crisply as
he went through the car with the dizziness OF
customs inspector, but we've got to do IT, Have
you an extra morning paper with you? Hey
Murphy win that bet! Washington did trim
the Athletics"
The river ceased at this point to be the inter
will let her have a little water she gets even By
finding new channels cutting across lots and
scing up territory to give boundary commits
sion nice summer job In this particular In
stance she had sliced into the United States
mile or more, which threw the line a mile
two on the south side of the river, In low lying
fat land which occasional foods have filled with
willows cottonwoods and dense underground. II
Is a great point for smugglers.
Just at the end OF that mile the fairly good
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trails and desolation succeeded II was as II
the car had been dropped suddenly into far
distant country, unsettled and practically une1.
plored.
Just a mile to the north there has been a hard
scientific road passing through farm land brought
to the highest point of development The fields
were fragrant with growing. Towering alfalfa.
kafr corn milo maize. fruits and melons. The
houses were pretty bungalows or modern con
crete dwellings. There were men at work In the
fields and their mules and horses were sleek and
well cared for. Nindmills were drawing water
from wells where the gasoline pump was not
used It was all happy. all busy, all prosperous
Over here the country stricken Land just
as good as any In the world lay faliow. over
grown with brush
I'VE ought to pick up an outpost about now"
called back Jim finally. Look Quit"
As he spoke there came from the mesquite
covered side of mesa single sharp detOna-
ting report and something sang by In the air
above like large hummng top
"Sit still unless It's one Of the Castillo bunch
came the command; II II Is. jump for the mes
quite"
Around the edge Of the a horye-
man with his pony dead run. Winchester
swung in one hand. his Mexican sombrero Out
tering
Rebel" was the decision ITS an right: get
out the junta letter"
The outpost had said that the way TO ortega
straight ahead and turn TO the left at a big