The Glenwood post., 1914-08-08
The Land of Broken Promises
A Stirring Story of the
Mexic0n Revolution,
(CeatinnoA)

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bsutsb haek. 0FabbiAg sD tAs hesAle
he led tAs horss hack to The hoass and
briAlsA u while be shouted for haste.
Still the voosn tarsisA, aAA tAa
sound OF gall0plng cane from ths
south Then. Is all sss0eA lost, tAe
Aexicans came humping out from ths
stable with the family coach. Aragou
and hh wife leaped in. and Gsacia,
neatly attired in . ridinSskir came
tripping down the stepx
Even In such times q thsas shs
seemed To realize her aEvt duty to
herself. and Hooker had to Eass for .
moment before he helped her up. Che
o6sred her foot and vaultsd hghtly
into the sadAls; the coach went pounA-
ing On ahead; and - ths aarvants
scattered before her shs eallopsA OF
~ ths side OF Bed
. Behind them the runbSe Il a1eeaot
hoofs ross up like the roaring ol ~
tsFs. and the sAFAaks OF AsslAg vo0sa
echoed from the roadsaAs. bat oaeo
safely In the canyon thslr laaA vas
nevse lsssened and, with oooeA AosU0
EalloSing and postilioas Aashins fsua
both sidss, the whole cavaloaAs svopt
into the plaza while the town oe Tos-
tuna woat mad
Already the great whistle was bao~-
ing hoarssly. its dssp rsvsrbssakioas
making the air trsmbls = II with fear.
Americans were running hack 81
forth. distributing arms and rushing
thstr women to cover: Don JuaA, his
chin quivsrinS with excitsoent vas
imploHing all comers % be calm; and
tie Arasons. coming 1ying up to the
door. added the last touch to the panic.
/. They with their eyes haA sssa the
robois; they were riding in from the
south! Other men. equally excited.
sworo they were coming from the
north. and . disorderly body Of 90
nora miners. armed - II by magic
with guns which had long lain hidden.
banked themselves about the store and
Office and clamored for more and more
cartridges. Then . rip Of gun-are
echoed from across the canyon, and
the miners made q rush to The attack.
d. The whistle which had obscursA all
sound a. . cloud obscures the light,
stopped suddenly in its roar. and the
crowd at the hotel became calm. The
superintendent. a wiry, gray-haired
little man, with decision in every
movement. came running from his
fort-like house On the hill and ordered
all the women to take shelter there
and take their children with them.
So. while the rifles ratified and stray
bullets began 10 knock mud from the
walls, they went struggling up the hill,
rich and pocr patrician and peon.
while the air was rent by the walls
of the half-Indian Mexican women,
who held themselves as good as cap
tured by the revoltosos, concerning
whose scruples they entertained no
illusions
The women of the aristocracy bore
themselves with more reserve, as be-
lifting their birth and station, and the
Americans who gathered about them
with their protecting rifles pretended
that all would be well; but in the
minds of every one was that same
terror which found expression in the
peon vail and, while scattered rebels
and newly armed miners exchanged
volleys on both sides Of the town, the
non-combatant Americans sought out
every woman and rushed her up to the
big house There, if worst came to
worst, they could make last stand,
or save them by ransom
So, from the old woman who kept
the candy stand in the plaza to the
wives of the miners and the cherished
womenfolk of the landowners, they
were all crowded inside the broad halls
of the big house; and seventy odd
americans, armed with company rifles
paced nervously along the broad veran-
das or punched loopholes in the adobe
walls that inclosed the summer garden
behind
Along with the rest went Hooker
and Gracia. and, though her mother
beckoned and her father frowned
sternly. the wilful daughter of the Ara
gons did not offer to leave him as they
scampered up the hill In fact, she
rode close beside him, squirting when
he spurred and. finally, when the
shower Of stray bullets had passed,
she led on around the house.
Won't you help me take my horse
inside the walls?" she asked Bud
followed after her. circling the fortress
whose blank adobe walls gave shelter