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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

ropes from cocoanut nbsr, improvising
sails from the lonsboat's canvas
pieced out with blankets and odd bits
Of cloth from the abandoned houses.
Even . strip Of carpet from the church
floor went Into the making Of those
sails.
Al last she was doos, bat Nat was
not satisfied.
II never commanded a ship where
I couldn't hist Yankee coloss," he
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

you suppose hen hold her to hen
prcmise7 But"-she hssitated-"doc
tor. you leave this to me. So far a.
John and Grace are concerned you
needn't worry. I'll take It on myself
to Sc that they have each other. ~
the Almighty meant 'em to. Leave
It to me. Just leave It to me. !
know can do It"
Captain Elkanah Daniels and his
friend wers feeling better and they
wsrs busy. Trumet had . new hero
NOW. On Wednesday the Boston papers
printed excerpts from Captain Ham
mond's story. and these brief pre-.
liminary accounts aroused the admira-
ton Of every citizen. It was proposed
to give him reception. Elkanah was
the moving spirit in the preparations.
Captain Nat. 10 they learned BY tsle-
graphing. would arrive on the noon
train Thursday. His was not to b. .
prosaic progress by stage all the way
from Sandwich. A special carriage.
drawn by the Daniels span and o.
corted BY other vehicles. was to meet
the coach At Bayport and bring him
to Trumst In triumphant procession.
All this was to be = surprise. Of
courss.
wednesday afternoon the Daniels
following was chssred BY the tidings
that Grace Van Horne had left the
beach and was At her old home. the
Hammond tavern. And Mrs.. Pound
berry reported her busy ~ . bss
"gsttin' things ready"
Thursday was perfect day, and
the reception committee was ON hand
and waiting In front Of the Bayport
post once. The special carriage. thu
span brushed and curried until their
coats glistened in the sunshine, was
drawn up beside the platform. The
horses had little hags fastened to
their brides. and there were other
and larger Tags on each side Of the
dashboard. Captain Danisls, imposing
In his Sunday raiment. hlsh-collarsd
cost, stock, silk hat and gold-headed
cane, sat stikly erect on the seat In
the rear. The other carriages were
alongside. among them Captain Zsbs.
dee Mayo's ancient chaise, the white
horse sound asleep between the shafts.
Captain Zeb had not been invited to
Join the escort. but had Joined II
without an invitation. Ryan Pepper
was there also. not yet fully recov.
cred from the surprise which Lavinia's
gracious permission had given him
cro BE CoNTINUBD.)
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26

amateur wishes to grow = great mum.
Der Of plants. forgetting that . few
wellgrown specimens would give
more pleasure than lot of shaggy
failures. It also refers to the lawn
that il often cut up into flower beds
Of divers shapes and sizes that spoil
all the beauty Of the home place. and
this holds true also where flowers arc
crowded In bed and border.
At this season Of the year, whom
the days lenGthen and tho sun grows
warmer. plants in the window begin
to grow and blossom. Now il the time
to make cuttings Of plants wanted for
summer decoration. Procure a wood
en- fiat or an old iron pan. or dish that
will hold water and NIL 1t with sand.
Insert cuttings, or rather strike"
them fairly and squarely into the
sand. Do not move the cuttings side
ways, or In any way have air spaces
about them Do not place in direct
sunlight: thinly curtained south
window 10 the best. Keep them moist.
Include in your list Of new plants .
climbing rose or two. They are love.
" while they bloom Just After the
June rose has faded. Prepare the soil
wen. digging it deeply and enrichinE It
generously. OF course the soil must
be we'll drained. sA
Much of the success of seedlings
depends upon the soil they are start
cd in. We should endeavor to grow
seeds In light. rich soil 10 that the
tiny seeding may acquire = stock Of
vitality which will give 1t . fair start
and fighting chance in life to enable
1t to Withstand the trials Of its later
existence.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-04-26
CHATTER xvil-tcontlnusd.)

CHAPTER xvil-(contlnusd.)
Bone one was talking excitsdly on
the sidewalk beyond the lilac bushes
at the border OF the Daniels property.
Voices answered. DidamA Rogers
dartsd out Of hsr yard and past the
house in the direction Of. the sounds.
saltsfs rose and walked down to the
gate. Emulous Sparrow. the nsh ped
dlsr, was seated In his cart. which was
surrounded by men and women, neigh
bors Of the Danielses. There was .
perfect storm and Questionings and
calculations. Salters opened the gate
and Joined the group. A moment
later no came running back. up the
walk toward the piazza.
"Cap'n," he shouted. "Cap'n Elkan-
gh. here's news! What do you think?
A kilograms Just come from Nat
HAmmdnd. He's safe and sound in
New York, and he'll BE- here day altar
tomorrow"
They could not believe It and rush
Cd out 10 hear more. Emulous.. glow
Ing with Importance. affirmed that Il
was 90. He had seen the telegram 1t
S0o bSoS0. IL WAD AO1 0E1Co van
Horne and they were Just going to
ssod hoy over TO the shanty with
Il.
Captain EIkanah ssised saiters by
the arm and led him out Of the group.
The old mans face was alight with
savage Joy and his voice shook with
sxultation. sg
.T1l tell you one thing 1t means"
h whispered. 1T means the end Of
Ellsry. 70 far ~ his marrying her II
concerned. She gave her word to
Hammond and she'll keep It. She's
no liar. whatever else she 10. He may
b. minister Of the Regular church.
though I'll never set under him. but
he'n never marry her, now"
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w. v..,.h ~.m,, .wnoo.>d widow, II
ar,nr.,aS - ,,sova f.nm Frumst 10 Bos-
ton. 7eiSowins The death Of hsr bFGther.
'sHps. ~, T,sdoCtHr: Snsrs sn @eI Hsn:h Dan
Isl iHansyy ~ ~ R.S,,i"r church. o0sTs
ws.,s ss . ~ a. =. hcus.,e ssnsr Tor the
n. ministss, And shs dscidss 10 remain
4 Trp%:t k:..h tass: chsrs q, e l hsx
KIM aHstss.' ~ 81 H. ta h,a nonduct toward
msmss,ss e ne S sSSIsh. H! .oona-outs.
Ss@s%s.@" H,.sx:s nrns.rcs II Sitteriy NJ
ssntsd IL Ehcp asmmnnd. iss6sr u tie
s,ssa1ns 9seSs apoIoEt;s'ss r., f Se.s Il
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~ sha .. Csps III s ~ hysnxdnS ths
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cs,e i 1sse 80 ssIWS.y ,sh Mt3finS vt
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~ thstA ~ !e y n. As S.a,; sovsss stncs
Spntt s"sy MX nAve ~. =. TWtth Eil1ry
IL atteadin@ ,:.cs o"as.outcr: msstins. II:
caught ~ the uds ano +. Eiisrv
Net: Ihsy bsoozne arsend.s +. esiSS
ffsa l.sras thss :hs v.iIs there s sysss
S nSSy 1stS s g., sssr bsassi. .Ann.esl he
ssS*ssans daansnsss sssFti ,n hsf ~ *.
49, Viz ysxaesou his dsS.fS 1 ". ~
SS oopSay g 9 certain ums M
ssain ' smp psM sas Rss,sh ' e marry him.
81: seys s. Is had : quarrel Win his
xnsn9t. who wente him 70 MARY osS ~.
E.Sssy aak3 QrAcs g meHT ~ Mn ~ .svs
~ fscSs 70 dlsTasasn nsr Saaf r. met
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Roller 10 oreas All.

The use Of the roller In Of varv
great aid In securing catch Of clover
BY increasing the rate at which mo4s-
ture is brought to tho sesd from tha
subsail. 49, : ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Good Rules For Girls in Love
By Beatrice Fal,1aN

Il viii put no faith in a love which
a man desires to beNlept secret. know
ing that if man is ashamed of his love
for me he is also ashamed of me.
Il viii not consent 10 engagement
with a man who is not willing that /
tel my parents. ] win not dismiss
lightly the objections my parents may
have to him
Il viii le, no man monopoli2e all my
tine even though we be engaged I
will have my evenings alone with him
so fal between that 5hey become event,
and never pdstime.
IT he believes me without faults l
will not feel that my family does not
appreciate me because they have never
subscribed to that opinion,
Il viii tax my lover neither for gifts
nor compliments. for a love that is sin
cere asks neither.
Il will temember always that though
may have his love now and it seems
imperishable, ! must become skilled in
dome tie economy and womauly arts to
keep it.
i viii never become panic stricken
because the years pass without bring
ing me a lover remembering always
that there is happiness without mar
rage
II it is destined to me to remain a
spinster | will dnd contentment ia my
lot and much employment in giving
consolation to the friends OF my girl
hood who married and whose disap-
poinment is greater than mine
Il will always love little children, for
the love woman has for little children
keeps her sweet and wholesome and
safe"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

"Orly to Brighten the pumpkins" he
said and to add to the horrors. If it
did close they'd hear us shout, ex-
pect''
The chance of il had impressed the
woman.
They wouldn't" she said, 81 noticed
that. There's mufhed door beyond
AND on the last stroke Of the clock every
attendant viii be rushing out for a last
drink Saturday night, you know | do
not want to be locked in here until Mon
day"
In the dark, too commented the
other. IF it comes of III sit and hold
your hand"
Lambert overhears,
Directly beneath Lambert and in the
same spot formerly occupied by Mrs.
Beamish Mrs. D'Aquila seated herself and
motioned the captain to her side.
Well. sit and talk quickly" she said.
I'm in hurry. I've brought you all 1
could spare. She gave him number Of
bank notes from her purse. Notes, l
thought you'd prefer them-three hundred
toward that interest
"Shan't ever be grateful enough" he
said.
Quite sure you won [, she responded
I'm give you something in return" he
went on, gloomly.
How sweet of you; what Is IT,
BAD news,"
Good gracious
THAT horse Of Berverley- Whip
has been tried--a fyer-the two thou
sands a certainty"
There was one moment while Sartoris
was giving this piece OF stable nforma-
ton when Lambert, The Whips trainer,
had much difficulty in remembering that
he was an image of wax. He moved sud
denly and had great difficulty in not Ieav-
ing his perch and giving Sartoris the
threshing he knew he deserved. But he
believed that, since they We're now on
the subject Of his beloved horse, his pa
thence would be vastly rewarded
About Brancaster's Bet.
Mrs. D'Aquila had not seemed startled
& what Sartoris had said.
THAT doesn't sound bad" She said. If
one had bit on, at say, twenty
mo chance" came from the captain.
"Di must have told Brancaster, for he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Do You Know

As many as 100000 bottles of
champagne are stored in the vaults of
French producers They represent a
cost price of $50 00A, 900
Five attempts were made on the life
Of the late Queen Victoria-on June 10.
1870; Hay 80. 1912; July 8. 1912; May
10, 1S49, and March ,, 1882.
1t is a strange fact that Africans
never sneeze; neither do their descend
ants if they are pure blooded. although
domiciled in other parts of the world
During the past year the port of
Nieuchwang. China, imported 2,91S tons
of old European newspapers, valued at
100000. The returns serve the dou-
BILE use of winter vests for the Chinese
and covering for the walls of their
houses.
A laundry car has recently been in
PRODUCED on the Russian government
railways for the use of the imperial
troops 1t was built at Hanover, has
width Of feet 1912 inches and a
height of IS feet inches, and is built
according to the Russian standard D.
foot gauge. The equipment includes
steam boiler, condensing tank, feed
pump, injector. steam engine. cold and
hot water tanks. soda cleansing medium,
washing machine. draining box. CEN
trifugal dryers, mangle, fans. ventilator
and disinfector. together with ironing
board. having heaters at the finishing
end, the central portion being used for
drying and storing the linen Thus a
complete laundry on wheels is provided
which should do much toward improv-
ing sanitary conditions in the army.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

NR. YAMEI KIN, the pioneer Chi
- nese woman physician, grad
uate from an Eastern medical
college, who has returned to America
for lecture tour interestingly de
scribed conditions in her native land.
Il told you when / was last here. two
years ago, that the Chinese woman was
very important in her own household,
but l think you thought I was romano
ing" Dr. Kin observed in New York.
1T is true, though-the Chinese hus-
band is often badly henpecked. You
see, his wife is often older than he is
mis- parents select an older woman for
his Wife, that he may have one who
viii take proper care of him.
Later on he probably takes a sec
ondary Wife-a pretty, young woman
who isn't exactly wife, but a sort Of
handmade in the house. There are two
women for him to reckon with, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Up-to-Date Jokes

Mary, where is that chicken pie
told You to heat up for me-"
We'll mum, YOU told me to heat it
up. and I've heaten it up!'
Algy-"Was Wnhe's suitcase dam
aged much by water in the accident ~
Rcggie-"Yes; every one Of the labels
has got soaked off"
81 thought YOU never wore a mufler.
mani"
u don't usually; but I've got to keep
this necktie. that Mary gave me for my
birthday, as quiet as ! can"
The Lady-"so you're really one Of
the striking miners?"
The Loafer-"Yus, Idly Tim vot they
call one O. the pioneers o. the move
ment. went on strike % years ago
Idly and 1 amt never give in yet"
Father latter a long search)-''WeH,
here it is. / wonder why one always
finds thing in the last place in which
one hunts?"
Boy 'spect it's cause after folks
find it they stop hunting"
Fine old inn, sir" commented the
host. Everything in this house has
its story"
81 don't doubt" remarked the
grumpy tourist. And is there any leg
end connected with this Old piece of
cheese"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
EXCURSIONS

Midwinter tropical cruise of Florida,
Cuba, Jamaica. Colon and Panama Ca
nal February p 1918. All expenses
paid, personally conducted tour Very
low rates. Last chance to see the great
constructive work of canal before wa
ter is turned in. Travel the Mcfarland
way. Join our party for Presidential
Inauguration trip March 3. Extra low
rates Write for 1913 booklet of tours
to many points. Address J. F. McFar-
land, Agt.. Al IL Peachtree. Atlanta.
Ga. (AdvtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
NOT A MATTER OF EFFORT.

Dean Miss Fairfax:
! am nineteen and have been
keeping company with a young man
one year my senior for about a
year He comes to see me twice
and sometimes three times a week
and takes me out to quite a few
places Of amusement. He has never
J9Id me that he loved-ne nor have
! given him the least idea that |
rare for him: in fact, | do not know
whether | do care for him or not.
am always anxious to see him.
but At the same time when he is
away from me / can not say that
] love him. Do YOU think that in
time ] viii learn to love him and
.0ai Inc loves me? MARY.
You care something for each other
here is no doubt. Don't try to analyze
YOUR feelings until there is occasion
When the man tells YOU of his love, will
DE- time enough. Love is matter OF
growth, not Of effort Perhaps you VIII
make the discovery simultaneously that
Owe has come.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
] have been going with a girl
two months, and other girls tell me
Of her saying that she loves me.
How can | find for myself if she
loves me? VERY ANXIOUS
Ask her. 1t is not difficult thing
to do. And don't cheaper her love
by discussing lit with other girls. That
is not fair to the one you profess to
love.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY Beatrice Fan7aA

know whether he loves me. | am
very anxious to have him take me
out but | don't know how to go
about it. How can | give him a
hint? ANXIOT~S
If YOU hint that you want his atten
lions, and he responds by giving them
to you, he is NOT the sort Of man
you will love long
Let him take the initiative If YOU
usurp any of his privileges, and he is
a real man, he will resent it and avoid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

then his mother. generally, lives with
him, and she has power to make him
obey-no matter how old he is, his
mother can spank him if She likes. And
often he has aunts, who also can tyran-
nize over him
NO man wants fuses in his own
household, and man with three or
four women around him-weH the
women gene ally get their own way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

HOPE all girls, young and old wise
and foolish. blessed with charm or
L without ii. will subscribe to the
following:
-I will not deceive myself that l am
So, love with a man, when it is only thar
ann i'm love with love and have not
learned to make distinction.
ri win try not to love blindly, al
.,4v, needing the advice of my parents,
whose eyesi.ht is not dimmed by ro-
nance.
II will not wear my heart on my
sleeve making of it a jest for all men
and women.
Il will never slight woman friend
because her presence is a bar to com
o.ere enjoyment Of the man ! love,
knowing that every woman who loves a
man will some day have urgent need Of
"a vouans friendship.
81 will keep my love for a man secret
from him until he has made avoWal Of
his. and ] viii never confess TO him all
thai my heart kuoWs-taat life would
be drea.y without him.
II will let no man learn that he can
Slight me and neglect me, and return to
me TO End me always waiting with
aws out-tretched to receive him.
Il will hold myself high, for the man
WHO courts girl who holds herself
cheaply soon tires and courts another.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
LOOK TO YOURSELF FIRST

Dear Miss Fairfax
am dearly in love With a young
boy. He often passes by my house,
and he acts quite gentle. He goes
To Harvard college. How can / win
hls love- HEARTBROKEN.
You have never met him. yet you
sign Yourself ''Heartbroken." My dear,
you are TOO emotional Instead of
Try Ing to win any mans love, put more
lime and effort in improving yourself
Acquire self-conlrol, and don't imagine
You are> hcart-brohen when you are
really not in love.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
YOU DO NOT.
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l have kept company with
young man for about nine months
When ne is around | am just crazv
about him, but when l don't see him
forget all about him. Do you
think | really love this man?
GRACE CAMERON
Love. my dear, feeds on absence. II
you forget this man the moment he is
out of sight, your feeling toward him
hasn't the faintest resemblance to love
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
China the Home Of Henpecked husbands; Wives Rule

Oh, the Chinese man has the legal right
60 rule, if he chooses to assert ii, and
then the Chinese woman is econom-
ically dependent for women are only
Just beginning there TO 20 out to work
we have scarcely any industrial
system as yet; factories are just be
ginning to he established, and woman
labor or child labo. as you know it hese
is almost unknown with US. There ara
few opportunities for a Chinese woman
20 earn money. and SO she must be de-
pendent on the men. And a man can
divorce his wife there while q wife can
only leave her husband. Al the same"
said Dr. Kin. with tVinkling eyes
many Chinese men are sadly hem
pecked in their own households
Women don't really have the vote in
China to any great extent Dr. Kin
said, lin spite of all that was said In
Western newspapers about their politi-
cal emancipation. They vote only in a
few provinces. and in minor assemblies
not in any Of the larger bodies" she
said
But women smoke in public there
and DR., Kin was quite naively sur
prised when some one asked if she
thought women ought to smoke in pub
liz, hare
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
The story of the Play Of the Same Name
Now Running at the Manhattan
Opera House, New York.

Copyright. 1912 by Drury Lane Com
pany of America. by arrangement
with Arthur Collins. managing
director OF the Drury Lane
Iheater of london
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

Live. work and love; as heaven assign
For heaven or man, thy sacred part
Arcestress of a noble line,
n, calm in maidenly decline;
P9t keep till death the woman's heart.
-Dmah Mulock Craik.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Shes RIGHT to Smoke.

why shouldn't they" she demanded
IF they smoke in private? can't see
why women shouldn't be seen smoking
just as well as men-only | think it a
bad habit, unhealthful, l mean for
women and men, too"
Dr. Kin said the woman of her peo-
Pile liked pretty clothes just as much as
any women did, and they were espe-
cially fond of bright silks. DR.. Kin
wore a silk herself but it was sober
gray. 1t was a modified Manchu cos
tume-long, straight rather loose fit
ting, graceful and yet comfortable look
ing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

The Lady-"So you're really one of
the striking miners?"
The Loafer-"Yus, Idly. I'm uot they
call one O the pioneers o. the move
ment. l went on strike % years ago.
Idly, and 1 amt never give in yet"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08

Father latter a long search)-"WeH,
here it is. ! wonder why one always
finds a thing in the last place in which
one hunts?"
Boy 'spect it's cause after folks
find it they stop hunting"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-19
RIFLES ON GUARD
SHERIFF RYAN CALLED OUT CAP
TAIN HEAD AND COMPANY AS
PROBATION DURING NIGHT.

Sheriff c. I. Ryan last night at s
o'clock ordered Captain George J. Head
to call out the Brownsville militia for
guard service during the night. Sheriff
Ryan believed that conditions in Mata-
moros and the fact that hundreds of PEG
pie were leaving that city for protection
in Brownsville would necessitate addi-
tional precautions for the protection of
citizens and property i'll Brownsville.
Captain Head called out the company
and a small squad of men set out to To-
cate the members of the company who
were scattered over the city. A detach-
ment of men was set to guard the armOry
in the government reservation and all
during the night squads ~made-regular
patrols through various portions of the
business district.
Last night Captain Head wired Adju-
tant General Hutchings of the sheriff's
order.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-19
NATIONAL LINES APPEAL
EMPLOYEES TO ASSIST IN RE
STORING PEACE.

The National Lines Of Mexico last
night in Mexico City issued an address
to all employees of the company III the
republic. urging them to assist in re
storing peace thuOghOut the country.
A copy of the telegram was furnished
the Herald by j. NJ. Nixon, agent for
the National in MatamOrOs. A t%ransla-
ton of it follows:
Mexico City, Feb. Is, 6 p. N.
To all employees: All difficulties Oc-
curing in this capital in the last few
days have been arranged in a satisfac-
tory manner. There is nothing to fear
in this city. For the love of your II
try, l wish you to help in the reestab-
lishment of peace in all parts of the re-
public. Maintain a loyal, patient atti-
tude. as has been maintained by all
sensible men. | desire all to unite in
the reestablishment of peace. Peace is
what the country needs to progress as
a civilized nation.
A. CLARK,
Gen. Mgr. National Lines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-19
ARMS TAKEN ACROSS RIVER.

ARMS TAKEN ACROSS RIVER.
Two wagon loads of arms and ammu-
milton escaped the vigilance Of the Gus
toms inspectors Monday night, it is re-
ported, and were taken across the Rio
Grande at Tomato Bend. a short distance
down the river from the ferry landing.
The smugglers were enabled to get across
with their ~cOntraband through cOinci-
dence. A customs inspector had been
to smuggle something across at that time
having been anticipated. However, he
was called away on another duty, and
during his absence the trip across the
river was made.