Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-26
CHATTER XIII ontlnued.


bandit chief who had turned Ehrst gen.
3eral and then rebel under Maderos
and the fact that he had at last been
driven out Of Chihuahua and therefore;
over into Sonora. made his maleyo
:lence ali the; more imminent. N
nh q ndoubt lily, som where over osthes
east, where the SSierras lowered like IL
blue wall, Bernardo and his OUTLAW
followers were gathering for q raid,
and the raid would bring death to So
nora. a. b. IL.
He was bad man, this Bernardo
Bravo, and II half Of the current stos
ries were true. he killed men when
ever they failed Ito give him money.
and was never too hurried to take Z.
fair daughter OF the country MP behind;
him. provided she took his fancy.
/ ID Yes, surely he was q bad tman--but
that did not clear away the rock \ n d
For the first week Phil took charge:
OF the gang. urging, directing and ca
3toling them. and the work went mer-i
5rily on, though 4 rather slowly The
Mexicans liked to work for Don Felipe,
he was SO polite and spoke such good
Spanish: but at the 4 end lot the week.
Iit5deyeloped that Bud could get more
results out Of TIL :;S;ss8
y Every time Phil started TO explain
anything to- one Mexican all the 9TH,
jers stopped to listen to- him. and that
took time But Bud favorite way Of
directing q man was by grnnts and;
signs and bending his own back to
the task. Also, he refused to under
stand Spanish, and; cut on ali long
5winded explanation and suggestions'
ybyEan impatient motion 70 90 to work
which the u trabajador obeyed with
3shrugs and grins.
I'LL 90 Don Felipe turned 4 powder-manl
and blacksmith. sharpening up the
drills It the little forge they had fash
Toned and loading the holes with dy-.
Mantle when It became necessary to
break 6 rock. while Bud bossed the
unwilling Mexicans. d PIN
IN an old tunnel behind their tent
they set q heavy gate, and behind It
they stored their precious powder:
Then came the portable forge and the
blacksmith shop, Just inside the mouth
OF the cave, and the tent backed mp
against It for protection. For II there
III any one thing, next to horses. that
the rebels are wont to steal, It Is
giant powder To blow up culyerts With,
or to lay on the counters Of etmorous'
country merchants and Brighten them
into liking contributions. ~. 81 ,ss
AZ for their horses. Bud kept them
belled and hobbled. close TO- the house,
and no one ever saw him without his
gun. IN the morning. when he got up.
he took 1t from under his pillow and;
hung It on his belt, n and there It
stay,d until bedtime. +
III He also kept q sharp watch on the
trail. above and below, and what few
men did pass through were conscious
Of his eye. Therefore It was all the
more surprising when, one day, look
Ing up suddenly from heaving at 4
great rock, he saw the big sYaqut sol
dier, Amigo, gazing down at him from
the cut bank. ST
Yes, 1t was the same man. but with
70 dinerence-his rifle and cartridge
belts were absent and bis clothes were
torn BY the brush. But the same
good-nAtured, competent smile was
there, and after "a few words with Bud
= he Sleaped nimbly down the bank and
laid hold upon the rock. They pulled
4 together. and i the boulder that had