The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-10

the! Te SpauldrdS. les bu'h-f! Nlt. have 10 be d Mexican. or ,.e~s h,- tween a Mexican and all Indian. aa. all hell hays to do is to change al= name. That's dead easy. Don Juaa Garc.a. or Hlysoose Maria Martinez or any old thins. Easy? Well : should say"
 I'm afraid" sad Kelly. and ta.r, vas in his tone a hint ot anc,rjtu Y. as if. in spite of himself he nae been weighing the matter .a his mind. I'm afraid it's no as JosE- l. couldn't be he Ii wc pay tAis fellow for a Mexican, every MeX.caH n ths part of the country womb make it his business to look u. Buckner and have a that with him and if the coon couldn't roms through with the languaee--
 Old man Bostwick brought his fist down with tremendous thumF
 But he can" h. cried That the best part of it-he can. Fms Buckner talks that Mexican spanish all same a sailors parrot 2uezs l reot to mention te yo4 tha' |. lived down in Presidio County. Tex as. for five years when he vas a kid and -hat's right on the Mexican line Why. he can sling yh3t chile cou-rarue conversation so thjoh and fast il would make your head swim, Talk the language? Why he cal eat il alive"
 "The dickens you say" exclaimed Kelly" Why didn't yoa tell ne tha' before? You always t,n stoet backward. anyway. Now, hoN mu.a more informant Il have you gof rugk- ed away inside tha thick skull oa yours 9"
 Joey Bostwick grinned and 1skia- fattish, pale cigar from h5- vest pocket proceeded 10 poison the al mosphere with it's fumes.
 Of course he said. al las. br. tween puffs you won't wan, htm this season. It's too late. and aa.- way. you haven't gt burglar's chance to finish better than eour,h. Kelly granted
 Yes, yes go on!" h. sad That aint news"
 Now heres my idea coatin- ued the scout; The first thing t= be done is to plant this fellow hida him out some place where We eaa go and discover him. Sayvy? And as he's going to be a Mexican. th# natural place ta plant him uoa be down near the Mexican line wouldn't it? Sure. New Mexico would do in pinch. or even Ar zona: but the best place would he Fl Paso. Juarez is right across the river and MeXicans are thicker in Fl Paso than flies in a soup kitchen. Another thing Down in that coun- try they play ball pretty much all the year round, and Buekncr could horn into one If those scmipro out fits under the name of Miguel Gar cia, or anything else that sounds Mexican. and there he'd be, waiting to be discovered.
 Of course, you'll have to grease his nit with pork-and- moneE over the winter. but that wouldn't amount to much Then. 10 mak She play strong. y-u could send Ole Of the other scouts down there 10 look this fellow over in the regular way. I'd suggest Bill Carter for the jon because Bill has never been sonth of St Louis in his life, and hr wouldn't know a Mexican from any other smoked-up citizen. Bill will re port this fellow to be a bear an then all you'll have to do is to come out in the Sunday papers with the statement that you have grabbed Senor Ramon Oliveras. the greatcs Mexican second baseman in the world. for the usual spring try-out. Why, Dick, it'll work like a charm
 Just a second" said the cautious Kelly. Are there any Mexican baseball players?'
 Huh" said Bostwick You'd think so if you'd ever spent six months in New Mexico or Arizona. Some of 'em aint half bad, either Great fielders, but mighty few of em can hit"
 Last question, said Kelly. "Is this Buckner smooth enough not to tip his mitt? Could he get by the boys on the club? He'd have to be with 'em all the time and-you understand"
 Well, Dick" said Bcstwick, I'll tell you how smooth he is. went down to that private car, and start ed to jump him little, and he smoked me out right away Yes. sir he called the turn on me so pat that it like to've jared me off my feet, He knew what was after, and he opened up It seems he's always wanted to play big-league baseball, and he'd spent some time figuring out how it could be worked To tell you the real truth about il. if wac his idea to cnr.nU li,,calf ,-