The Ordway new era., 1914-10-16

- unIiceessfui Attempt to relocate the
vein and then had allowed the iand 20
ssvert for taxes. Hooker and Dc Lanesy
start for the mins.
CHAPTER v.
The Journey to Fortuna II . scant
dfty miles BY measure. but within
these eight kilometers there II . lapse
OF centuries In standards. AZ Bud and
% LAncey rode out Of battle-scarred
Aqua Negra they travelled . good roed,
well worn By the Mexican wood-waS-
4ons that hauled In mesquit from the
hills. Then. ~ they left the town and
xhe wood roads scattered. the highway
changed by degrees TO Q broad tran.
ldug deep by the feet Of pack-animals
ead marked but lightly with wheels. II
followed along the railroad, cuttins
,oyer hills and down through gulches,
and By evening they wsro in the heart
OF Old Nsxico.
Here were men In sandals and WON,
.eu. barefoot: chickens tied mp By the
lsgs outside Of brush jacales: long.
possd hogs, grunting fercsly - thsy
skirmished for food: and half-naksd
children. staring like startled rabbits
at the strangers.
The smell Of garlic and fresh-foast
ing coffee was In the air ~ they drew
tsto town for the night. and their
room was an adobe chamber with tile
0oor and Iron bars across the win
dows. Riding south the next day thsy
met vaqueros. mounted on why mus
eanss, Who saiuted them gravely. tai.
ing no shame for their primitive wood.
a saddle-tress and pommels - broad
~ soupp,ates.
A. they left the broad plain aad
ciambersd up over the hack Of moun-
<ain they Dasssd Indian houses. brush.
bsllt and thatshsd with long. eoasss
sensssa. aaA by ~ hrss he women
aFuanA corn % stoas metatso - thelf
Aacsstess had done bsoore the fall
Voe b Mexiso tAsfe ase two peopaes.
IL opaniar1s ana ~ na4iveD, anA ~
Ialiaas sl1a,rsnsmbss Ne 1ays whsa
GAsg wess ~. &
II was thfossA sush . iasl tha4 rAii
hsl Hooker rode % Their gallant
ooaiss. lsadfns Q pAekaAimal vel
aos1sd VIII supplies frodl The north.
NA1 q ~ peoDis gassd from their
0issrabls hoveIs and saw their outdt
tAsy woadsrsd q thsir wealth.
But u they were moved TO envy. the
talk Of . heavy pistol, showing through
the swell Of each coat, discouraged
'<hem ffom going farther: and the cold.
searching look oe the tall cowboy -
he amblsd past stayed IN their mem
orr long after the pleasant "Adiosl"
of Dc Lancey had besa forgotten.
Americans were scarce in thoee
days, and what few came By vere ~.
Ing 70 the north. How bold. then, mnst
this big man b. who rode In front
end certainly he had some great rs-
ward before him TO risk such . horse
among the revoltososi So reasoned
The simple-minded natives Of the moun.
talns. gaxing In admiration at Copper
Bottom. and for that look In their eyes
Bud returned his forbiddins stare.
There is something about . good
horse that fascinatss the average Msx-
ican-perhaps because they breed the
Anest themselves and are in . position
to 3udge--but Hooker had developed .
romantic attachment for his trim little
chestnut mount and he resented their
wideeyed gapings ~ . lover fesents
Glanoes at his lady. This. and . frontier
education. rendered him shortspoksu
and gruR with the paisanos and Il was
loft TO the cavalier D. LAncsy 70 %
the courtesies Of the road.
As the second day wore On they
dipped down into . rocky canyon. with
huge cliffs OF red and yellow sandstone
glowing In the slanting sun. and soon
they broke out into = narrow valley,
well wooded with sycamores and mes.
quits and giant blackberry trees.
The shrill toots OF . dummy engine
came suddenly from down below and
- mantle Of black smoke rosa mAjes
Ideally against the sky-then. at . turl
OF the trail. they topped the last hill
and Fortuna lay before them.
In that one moment they were sci
back again nifty milss-olear bAsh
across tho llne-fos Fortuna va
American. from the powsr-houss %
tho creek bank to the mammoth con
centrator on the hill.
All the buildings were Of stoas
square and uniform. Tirst . contra
plaza. nankod with ofaces and ware
houses: then behind them barracki
and lodging houses and trim cottages
In orderly rows: and over across ~
canyon loomed the huge bulk Of The mn
aAd the concentrates With II asriA
tramway and endless row oe glidinl
puokets.
Only on the lower hilla, whses ~
rough country rook esoope1 ~ ~
4aAtaro waa at its vofsl ealy tAafe ~
the real Mexico creep iA anA aaesst 4
lee0 In . crude huddls q ha1flAAlal
lAnes: the dwellings Of the eafoefoe -
aavsa
well. hy Jovsi- s1alaansl n LAz
~, e0vsytAs tAe soGne V1eA - q
1ag ~ .sAh Asa1nt Soek ~