Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-10-17

would take the party past w
outposts, that was another matter.
They willing to do 1t, but always
tomorrow. se
IF 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 one way to
make them get busy and I'm going to use it,
The only way meant cheerful, patient, per-
sistent attendance the junta morning, noon
and Night until finally, late evening, after the
last promise to have it ready the following morn
ing at "tsin 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 a little town
something like forty miles distant on 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 Fit Carson old man Bridger or some OF
the other giants of pioneer days if he had been
a man fifty years ago. Now he is a border chauf-
feur able to drive a 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.
Wen get through humming IL we don't run
into bunch of Salazar's men from Juarez out
scouting, and they're bad hombres, or some OF
Castillo's 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
Crande swings into the side of the country road
and at the first turn two khakt-clad young cav
eIrymen with six-shooters strapped to the right
hip stepped forth with uplifted hands. Uncle
Sam is making an earnest effort to keep down
the smuggling of contraband across the border
and for that purpose has thrown his soldiers
along the international boundary. nasmuch as
the soldiers not only have both factions OF Mex
leans against them, but the American business
sentiment as well, 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 tolo'
duly scrutnized official pass from the military
authorities and took look through the automo-
bile Cartridges like blessings, come and go I'M
awares and they were not taking chance. Just
g little later at what was once an international
bridge six more soldiers headed by sergeant
tumbled out of the underbrush and from under
the abutments and cried Halt!
SORRY YOU know" said the sergeant crisply as
he went through the car with the deftness 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 little water she gets even by
finding new channels cutting across lots and
slicng up territory to give boundary commits
sion a nice summer job. In this particular In
stance she had sliced into the United States
mile or more which threw the line mile or
two on the south side of the river in low lying
fiat land, which occasional floods have filled with
willows cottonwoods and dense underground IL
is a great point for smuggers.
Il Inst at the end OF that mile the fairly good
trails and desolation succeeded. 1t was as II
the car had been dropped suddenly into a far
distant country, unsettled and practically unex-
plored
Just mile to the north there has been hard
scientific road passing through farm land brought
to the highest point of development The fields
were fragrant with growing, Towering alfalfa,
katir corn, milo maize fruits and melons. The
houses we're pretty bungalows modern con-
crete dwellings. There were men at work in the
fields and their mules and horses were sleek and
well cared for Windmills were drawing water
from wells where the gasoline pump not
used. 1t was all happy all busy, all prosperous
Over here the country stricken Land just
as good as any in the world lay falow
grown with brush
I'VE ought to pick up outpost about now" e
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 kummtng top.
"Sit still unless it's one of the Castillo bunch"
came the command; II it is, jump for the mes
quite"
Around the edge of the came a horse
man with his pony on dead run. Winchester
swung in one hand, his Mexican sombrero fut-
terng
Rebel was the decision. TITS all right; get
out the junta letter."
The outpost had said that the way to Ortega
was straight ahead and turn to the left at a big