United labor bulletin., 1913-10-18

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' passport and letter which Nv
would take the party past NJ
outposts. that another matter.
They were willing TO do It. but always
tomorrow
If We let them guys 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
hstent attendance the junta morning noon
and night until finally. late evening. after the
last promise to have II ready the following morn
ing at tain o'clock had been brushed aside the
passport was prepared with great mystery. duly
sealed. elaborately addressed and tremendously
handed over. Before the following daybreak the
automobile was streakng 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-
fcur. 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 or some OF
the other giants of pioneer days IL he had been
a man nifty years ago Now he is a border chauf-
feur. able to drive any place goat can
climb and willing to 40 anywhere into the seeth
ing interior OF Mexico for his price
This ought be n cinch today, Jim said
We'll get through n humming II we don't run
into n bunch OF Salazar's men from Juarez out
scouting. and they're bad hombreH. or some OF
CastIo's bandits. Split out your passes and
don't shove the wrong ones; let me do the taik-
Ing"
About twenty-five miles east OF Fl Paso the RIO
Grande swings into the side OF the country road
and at the nrst turn two khAh-clad young cav
nlTymen with siNshooierH strapped TO the ugh'
hip stepped forth with uplifted hands. Uncle
Sam IL making earnest effort TO keep down
the smuggling OF contraband across the border
md for that purpose has thrown his soldiers
along the International boundary. InAsmueh as
the soldiers not only have both factions OF Mex
leans against them. but the American business
sentiment a well the thing Is somewhat In the
nature OF a farce.
These vouus cavalrymen. however. doing
their duty as best they could and they wanted to
know who what where. etc. They were told.
duly scrutinized ofrciai pass from the military
authorities and took look through the automo-
nil, Cartridges like blessings. come and 70 un-
awares and they were not taking chance Just
m little later at what once an International
bridge six more soldiers headed by sergeant
tumeled out Of the underbrush and from under
the abutments and cried Halt
Sorry you know" said the sergeant crfsply as
he went through the 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
national line because whenever the Irrigation
will let her have a little water she gets even by
finding new channels. cutting across lots and
slicing up territory to give boundary commits
sion n nice summer 1ob IN tnis pnrucusr an
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
nat land which occasional floods have flled with
willows cottonwoods and dense undergrowth. IL
is n great point for smugglers.
lust Mt the end OF that mile the fairly good
road ended abruptly. Shifting sand oversrown
trails and desolaton succeeded IL was as II
the car had been dropped suddenly into far
distant country. unsettled and practically une1-
pIored.
Just a mile TO the north there has been hard
scientific road passing through farm land brought
IN tho highest point OF development The nelds
were fragrant with growing. towering alfalfa
kanr corn milo maize. fruits and melons. The
houses pretty bungalows or modern con
crete dwellings There were men at work In the
1eid. nna their mules and horses were sleek and
we'll cared for Windms were drawing water
from wells where the gasoline pump was not
used II was all happy. all busy, all prosperous.
Over here the country stricken Land just
as good as any In the world lay fallow. over
grown with brush
I'VE ought to pick up an outpost about now
called back Jim finally. Look out'
An he spoke there came from the mesquite
covered side OF mesa single sharp detonar
ting report and something sang by In the air
above like n large hummng top.
'.Sit stf unless it's one OF the Castillo bunch"
cnme the command; II II Is jump for tho mes
quite"
man with his pony n dead run. Winchester
swung In one hnnd. his Mexican sombrero nut
tering.
Rebel" was the decision. It's all right; get
out the juntn letter"
The outpost had said that the way to Ortega
was straight ahead and turn to the left At big