The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-08
CHAPTER xili--contlnusd.

CHAPTER Nfii--CoHtinued
II was slow work: slower than they
bad thought. and the gang OF Mexf
cans that they had hired for nuekera
were marvels of ineptitude. Left to
themselves, they accomplished moth /
Ing. since each problem they eneoun'
tered seemed To present 10 them some |
element Of insuperabie dlfiiculty. 10 |
solve which they either went into eau |
Gus or waited for the boss.
To the Mexicans OF Sonora Bernardo
Bravo was the generalization OF all
the malevoient qaalities-he being q
bandit chief who had turned frat gen
eral and then rebel under Madero--
and the fact that he had at last been
driven out Of Chihuahua and therefore
over into Sonora, made his malevo-
ience all the more imminent.
Undoubtedly. somewhere over to the
east. where the Sierras lowered like n
blue wall, Bernardo and his outlaw
followers were gathering for q raid.
and the raid would bring death to So
nora.
He was bad man. this Bernardo
Bravo. and IL half OF the current sto-
ries were true. he killed men when
ever they failed to give him money.
and was never too hurried to take a
fair daughter OF the country up behind
him, provided she took his fancy.
Yes. surely he was bad man-but
that did not clear away the rock.
For the first week Phil took charge
OF the gang, urging, directing and ca
ioling them, and the work went mer
rily on, though rather slowly. The
Mexicans liked to work for Don Felipe
he was SO polite and spoke such goot
Spanish; but at the end Of the weel
1t developed that Bud could get more
results out of them.
Every time Phil started to explain
anything to, one Mexican all the 9th
ers stopped to listen to him, and tina
took time. But Buds favorite way @
directing a man was by grunts an
signs ard bending his own back t
the task. Also. he refused to undei
stand Spanish, and cut of all lonl
winded explanations and suggestion
by an impatient motion to go to worl
which the trabajadores obeyed wit
shrugs and grins.
So Don Felipe turned powder-ma
and blacksmith. sharpening up ii
drills at the little forge they had fas
toned and loading the holes with d
Mantle when it became necessary
break q rock, while Bud bossed Il
unwilling Mexicans.
In an old tunnel behind their te
they set heavy gate, and behind
they stored their precious powds
Then came the portable forge and Il
blacksmith shop. just inside the mou
OF the cave, and the tent backed
against 1t for protection. For IL the
is any one thing. next to horses. th
the rebels are wont to steal. 1t
giant powder to blow up cnlverts wi
or to lay on the counters of timoro
country merchants and brighten tbs
dnto making contributions.
As for their horses. Bud kept tn,
belled and hobbled, close to the hou
and no one ever saw him without
gun. In the morning, when he got
he took 1t from under his pillow q
hung 1t on his belt, and there
stayed until bedtime.
He also kept sharp watch on
trail, above and below. and what
men did pass through we're console
of his eye. Therefore 1t was all
more surprising when. one day, 10
ing up suddenly from heaving n
great rock, he saw the big Yaqui I
der, Amigo. gazing down at him fr
the cut bank.
Yes. 1t was the same man, but "
a difference-his rife and cartric
belts were absent and his clothes W
torn by the brush. But the 50
good-natured, competent smile
there, and after few words with
he leaped nimbly down the bank
laid hold upon the rock. They pu
together, and the boulder that
baked Buds gang Of Mexicans mo
easily for the two of them.
Then Amigo seized a crowbar
slipped It into a Granny and sho
them few things about moving 70
For half an hour or more he woT
along, seemingly bent on displa,
his skill, then he sat down on
bank and watched the Mexicans \
tolerant, half-amused eyes.
II be was hungry he showed It
by the cigarettes he smoked.
Hooker. studying up the chances
would take by hiring deserter,
him wait until be came to a decisiC
-oyez. Amigo" he hailed at
and. rubbing his hand around on
stomach. he smiled questionil
uhereat the Yaqui nodded bis
ayidiy
"Stawanoi" said Hooker. wen"
he left bis Mexicans to da sdle as
: would while he led the Indian to c
There he showed him the COTE
and the kettle Of beans by the frs
out > slab OF Dutch-oven bread a
safk al ierhad beef, some stewsd