The Glenwood post., 1914-06-13
A Stirring Story of the
Mexican Revolution
(CeatiAMd)

Cr08 Aoo0o9, occor4kn& - Kruger,
~as AarA-vorkiAG. sober and Anasst-
for Q AsxteaA. He vas also simple-
ninAaA 80 easy to haAAls. - vas
the particular nan Who had sant word
that ~ EAgis Tail had st last been
aAanApasl AID also he vas easy to
ptck ost bstAs . httla. oossysd NAB
aAA Oolng BY tAs name Of -E Tuesto-
Do, in Darsuance of their policy Of
Paying . waiting game. Hooker and
De Lancy hung around the hotel for
several days. listening to the gossip
of Don Juan de Nos and watching tor
oae-syed man with prospects TO sell.
In Sonoss he u . poor and unimaS-
hast one lost mine or "prospecto" to
sell: and prosperous looking strangers.
riding through the country. are often
beckoned aside BY half-naked paisanos
eager to show them the gold mines Of
the Spanish padres for . hundred dol
lars Mex.
1t was only q matter OF time, they
thought, until Crus Mendez would hunt
them up and try to sell them the Eagle
Tail; and 1t was their intention re-
luctantly to close the bargain with
him. for . specified sum. and then
stake him to the denouncenent fees
and gain possession Of the mine.
A this was . commonplace in the
dtstrct-no Mexican having capital
enough to work claim and NO Ameri-
can having the right TO locate one-it
TINS ma
way Of Jumping Senor Arason , Tres
Palacios' abandoned claim. II they
discovered the lead Immediately after
ward 1t would pass for . case OF fools
luck. or at least 20 they hoped. and.
Riding out little each day and sitting
On the hotel porch with Don Juan the
rest Of the time. they waited until pa-
tience seemed no longer . virtue.
Don Juan" said De Lancey, taxing
mp the probe at last. Il had Mexican
working for me when ve were over in
the Siefras- Of your real, old
time workers that had never been
spoiled BY an educatioa-and he was
always talking about La Fortuna l
guess this was the place he meant, but
It doesn't look like it-according TO
him 1t was . Mexican town. Maybe
NenAsa."
Jose Maria Mendes!" inquired Don
Juan, who was . living directory Of
the place. RICARDO? Pancho? Crux"
-Crus!" cried Do LAncsy: that was
it,"
He lives down the river . couple of
miles," said Don Juan: down At Old
Fortuna"
"old Fortunx!" repeated Phil. Il
didn't know there was such a place"
why, my srscious!" exclaimed Don
Juan de Dios. scandalized by such
ignorance. DO you mean to say you
have been here three days and never
heard about Fortuna vieja! Why.
this isn't Fortuna! This is an Ameri-
can mining camp-the old town is
down below.
That's where this man Aragon, the
big Mexican Of the country, has his
ranch and store. Spanish? Him? No.
indeed-mitad! He is half Spanish and
half Yaqui Indian, but his wife is .
pure Spaniard-one Of the few in the
country. Her father was from Madrid
and she il Villanueva-a very beau
tiful woman in her day, with golden
hair and the presence of . queen!
mo. not Irish: My goodness. you
Americans think that everybody with
red hair is Irish! Why. the most beau
tiful women in Madrid have chestnut
hair Is soft as the fur of q dormouse.
1t 10 the old Castilian hair, and they
are proud Of it. The Sonora Aragon
married beneath her station-it was
in the City of Mexico. and she did not
know that he was an lndiah-but she
is q very nice lady for all that and
never omits to bow to me when she
comes up to take the train. remem'
Der one time"
Does Crus Mendez work for him ?
intertectsd Dc Lancey Desperately.
NO, inAsed!" answered Don jean
patisntly; he packs in wood fron thu
Aflls-bat - was sayins-" and
iron that ~ west o. to tell of Tie IN
fAilhg csprtssy d. ths 0saoea Araeos
70 . esatjsoaa whom. vhatsvse III
psuDoaA sGatisa might -. sAs roeeg
nissA - nsobse ee - sf IL ea6sst
faai1lss IN Castile
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ssAFiss nv f1rtAsf. bst - nsEt Dss1
-, inoesaA q si1lAg back iats II
Inn, - 80 D11 taf1s1 tAslf faesa
AsvA - eaAysa = sssk cat ths slusivs
NsoAsa TAsV ~, q soarss, bssa
aesaaC . Dart bee Dea JsaA. sincs Kru
go haA Asscff6od Old TortHns and IN
0sn1 Araeoa VIII great niautensss.
Al n0w, n he suise a inAocsat
st11Osra tAsy ro1s o. down Tie riveri
pa1t the coaosatfator with its multiple
taR11, its gliaiag tramvay and moun'
tains Of taiiiau. through the village Of
Indian houses stuck like dugouta
against tbs barren hill-then along Z
river bod that oosed with slickings un