The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-20
CHAPTER I.

The siowroiiing winters sun rose
sOldly. far TO the south. riding up
from behind the saw-toothed Slerras
~ Mexico 20 throw a siivery hale on
Gadsden, the border city. A hundred
miles OF desert lay In lts path waste
Of broken ridges. dry arroyos. and
sandy plains and then suddenly, rs
q By magic. the city rose cleaning in
the sun.
Il was q big city. for the West, and
warming with traffic and men. Its
broad main street. lined with brick
buildings and thrubblng with automo-
hilsa. ran from the railroad straight 10
the south until. al line, Il stopped
short and was lost 10 the desert
That lima which marked the sudden
end Of growth and progress was the
border OF the United atntes: the desert
vas Mexico. And the difference was
not In the land. bat In the government
An the morning air grew warm and
the hear frost dripped down from tho
roofs the idlers of the town crept
forth. leaving chill lodgings and stale
saloons for the street corners and tbs
sun.
Against the dead wall Of big store
the Mexicans gathered in ehivoring
groups. their blankets wrapped around
their necka and their brown ankles
bare 20 the wind On another corner
q bunch OF cowboys stood eiannIshiy
aioof. eying the passing crowd for 9th
srs OF their kind
In this dun stream which flowed
under the morning sun there we're min
iaS men. wish highlaeed boots and
bullying pockets; Eraybearda. with the
E0eaip az the town Ia their cheeks.
hoboes. stiii wearing their eastern
caps and still rnatlink for a quarter 10
eat On; somber-eyed refugees and sol.
dieFN Of fortune from Mexico but
iaiera all. and each seeking his class
and kind
Y any women pasaed that way they
walked fast. locking neither 10 the
Ftght nor 70 the left. fer they, too. be-.
ing 30 few. missed their elass and
Kind.
GAdhden had become a city az nun.
hnge-ilinbed and ow9rtal aud With a
Questine look ia their eyes. a city OF
adventures gathered from the ends VI
the world. A common calamity had
driven thom from their mines and
ranches aud Eiuitod tho tnwn with
maA. for tho war WINS 90 In Mexico
and from the tarthermoat corners os
Sonora they utill cane. hot from some
ntw scene OF murder and pillage. "a
add 20 tho general discomfort
As the day wore on the crowd ON
the bank corner. where the refugees
shade their Stand, changed lis com
plexton. grew bis. and stretched FAR ul
the street. Men stood in shifting
gruups. talking. arguing. gaalng mood
tiy al thoae Who passed
Here were hAwk-eyed Texas cattle
men. thinking Of their scattered herds
1T Mahahl or "a T1Kre; mining men
with IDLE pru2pecta and deserted mines
an far south Aa the iiio Yaqui. mill
sncn. ranchsrs nnd men Of trades: al
driven Ia from below thu tine and at
chatting At the leash. whlie hundret
petty chiefs stood out against Maders
and lived ~ ransom aud loot. the,
salt fkw The end 10 come
Into ,hls soothing nR~s Of the dis
1,osseeaed. many % whom had heat
fortune By the war. there came t~'
nsore, with their faces stun drawn an,
red rron hard Fidiag through the cold
They ssegsed forth from the marbl'
Satrnnca af the hlg heiel and swunl
OF down the street 70 see the toWn
They walked slowly. FAEtng int III
strange fares IN the vague hope @
k2Eding snfns friend. ard Uadsdcu. nn
% D. oatd0ne. looked them over eur
c1sly AID wondered whence they hal
xome
The huneh a. eoSboys. eth ioi;erin
On the career. glanced seornfuily .
fhs grailsF nan. shn spcrsod . pal
~ pQtta~e Ans then 81 the beg hAB
sess Pa ting tsssn eneASsd 10 pro.
TeetuF's shoes they stArna dumbly .
his End burned face and mut,srs
siRung themselves
&c sas tail and brosd arFass IN
saosldesH. Siih aEseeinE blas eye
snd = sop " hshi hair. sna he Wake
"a hAS tee, siiHiegaea. sssytng fro,
eis hipe iihe a Hza CA hDFsebsrk Th
rumble - comment ross 40 aFaia !
he EAeAed past tna thea q sos -
voice Observed
III bst % he's ross parrh,~
TIE BIS rnan looked tark a the,
rsoekinsiy oct 81 the eorner u hla %
aud seni on without = aoTd
= "a the bsSAsl Of cowboya thai the
can tell Anoth~T penehsf At q Elane
BET thsy arr nst lsne m this-thsl
are other crafts thai leave their MAJ
ane other mea ~ shruSd. A Kroap
tnsaiag men took oRe look Al Il
smaller EAn. noting tbs candle sFeAI
On nas coreusoys and the lntsinEen
~ his eyes: and 70 them the big ml
~@a 40 more than . laborgr-or
shift1oosH a. moss-and the little IA
~as one q their kind. Every line
AS mobile face spoke Of inteliecs a
1eeiaien. and ~ they wAlksd Il xks
who cid fhs taikinx while the big m
Faniy nodeed ar snlied.
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