The Raymer enterprise., 1913-10-16

"oulu 'dhc tHc parry past NJ
outposts. that another matter.
They were willing to do It, but always
tomorrow.
III we let them guys manana US well never get
there" commented Scotty. They know they
going to give us those papers, but they hate to
get down TO work. There is only way to
make them get busy and I'm going to use it."
THE only way" meant cheerful. patient, per.
sstent attendance on the junta morning. noon
and night until finally, late one evening, after the
last promise TO have 1t ready the following morn
Ing at tain o'clock" had been brushed aside the
passport was prepared with great mystery duly
sealed. eaborately addressed ard 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 Guadaloupe. little town
something like forty miles distant on the Mex
lean side
Locke, the owner OF the car. and jim. the chauf.
feur, we're 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 man fifty years ago. Now he is border chauf
feur, able to drive any place goat can
climb and willing to 90 anywhere into the seeth.
Ing interior of Mexico for his price.
This ought to be cinch today" Jim said.
We'll get through hummng II we don't run
into a bunch of Salazar's men from Juarez out
scouting. and they're bad hombres. 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 El Paso the Rio
Grande swings into the side OF the country road
and at the first turn two khakiclad young cav
alrymen with sixshooters strapped to the right
hin 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. lnasmuch 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 told
duly scrutnized an official pass from the military
authorities and took look through the automo
bile Cartridges, like blessings, come and so un
awares and they were not taking chance. Just
little later at what was once an international
bridge six more soldiers headed by a sergeant
tumbled out OF the underbrush and from under
the abutments and cried Halt"
Sorry you know" said the sergeant crisply rs
he went through the car with the deftness OF a
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.
national line because whenever the irrigation
will let her have n little water she gets even by
finding new channels cutting across lots and
scing up territory to give boundary commits
sion a nice summer Job In this particular In
stance she had sliced into the United States a
mile or more, which threw the line mile or
two on the south side OF the river. In low lying
fat land, which occasional floods have flied with
willows cot,onwoods and dense underground. 1t
is n great point for smugglers
Just at the end OF that mile the fairly good
road ended abruptly Shifting sand. overgrown
trails and desolation succeeded II as II
the chr had been dropped suddenly into far
distant country. unsettled and practically unex.
plorcd
Just a mile TO the north there has been n hard
scientific road passing through farm land brought
TO the highest point Of Development The fields
were fragrant with growing, Towering alfalfa.
kahr 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 Windmills were drawing water
from wells "h'f" ln' Gusollhe pump was not
used It was all happy. all busy. all prosperous
Over here the country was stricken Land Just
ms good as any in the world lay fallow. ever.
grown with brush
I'VE ought TO pick up an outpost about now"
called back Jim finally. Look QUIT"
Az he spoke there came from the mesquite
covered side Of mesa single sharp dotona.
ting report and something sang by In the air
above like a large hummIng 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 mesa came horse.
man with his pony on dead run a Winchester
swung In one hand. his Mexican sombrero hut.
terng.
Rebel" was the decision. ITS all right &c,
out the Junta letter"
The outpost had said that the way % ortcga
was straight ahead and turn to the left at n biz