The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-16

E GH\ II came to delivering q N u
sSS--Ao passport and letter which w
would take the party past IA
outpOsts, that was another matter. "
They were willing to do II. but always
tomorrow.
III 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 10
make them get busy and I'm going to use It.
"The only way" meant cheerful, patient. per.
sistent 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 prepared with great mystery. duly
sealed. elaborately addressed and ceremoniously
handed over Before the following daybreak the
automobile was streakng down some OF the best
country road In the United States bound for
tomewhere around Guadaloupe. 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 Kit Carson old man Brdger or some OF
the other giants Of pioneer days II no had been
. man lfty years ago. Now he Is border chaut'
feur. able to drive a car any place 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.
"We1l get through q humming II we don't run
into bunch OF Salazars men from Juarez out
scouting. and they're bad hombres. or some OF
Castilio'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 FL Paso the Rio
Grande swings into the side OF the country road
and at the first turn two khakiclad young cav
alrymen with six.shooters strapped to the right
hip stepped forth with upfted hands Uncle
Sam IL making an earnest effort to keep down
the smuggling OF c0ntraband 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
icans against them. but the American business
sentiment az we'll the thing is somewhat In the
nature Of q farce.
These young cavalrymen. however. were doing
their duty as best they could and they wanted to
know who. what where etc They were tod'
duly scrutinized an official pass from the military
authorities and took look through the automo'
hile Cartridges, like blessings. come and 60 un.
awares and they we're not taking chance just
q 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 rs
he went through the with the deftness or
customs inspector. but we've got to do It. Have
you an extra. morning paper with you! hey.
Murphy I win that bet! Washington did trim
the Athletics"
The river ceased at this point to DO the Inter
natioual line because whenever the irrigation
viii let her have little water she gets even by
finding new channels cutting across lots and
slicing up territory to give boundary commits
eion . 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 lyins
fat land. which occasional foods have filled with
willows, cottonwoods and dense underground II
n 4 great point for smugglers.
lust at the end OF that mile the fairly GOOD
road ended abruptly. Shifting sand. overgrowr
trails and desolation succeeded. 1t was as u
the car had been dropped suddenly Into RAJ
distant country. unsettled and practically unex
plored.
Inst mile to the north there has been hare
scieptinc road passing through farm land brough
TO the highest point OF development The Held
we're fragrant with growing, Towering alfalfa
ksnr corn. milo maize. fruits and melons Tn
houses we're pretty bungalows or modern cou
crete dwellings There were men at work In tn
0sIds and their mules and horses were sleek ant
we'll cared for Windmills were drawing wate
from wells where the gasoline pump was no
used II was all happy. all busy. all prosperous
Over here the country was stricken. Land Jus
a rood n any In the world lay fallow. ove
crown with brush.
"We ought to pick up outpost about now.
called back Jim finally. look out"
A he spoke there came from the mesqait
covered side Of q mesa y single sharp deton'
ting report and something sang by In the a'
above like a large humming top.
"sit stu unless It's one Of the Castillo bunch.
came the command; II It 10, Jump for the me-
quite"
Around the edge of the mesa came a hors,
man with his pony on q dead rum . Wincheste
swung In one hand. his Mexican sombrero fu
tering
"Rebel." was the decision IT'S all right: &c
out the 1unta letter"
was straight ahead and turn to the left ct bi