The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-02

drills at the little forge they had fash.
Toned and loading the holes with dy-
Mantle when It became necessary to
break rock. while Bud bossed the
unwilling Mexicans.
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 up
against 1t for protection. For II there
70 any one thing, next to horses, that
the rebels are wont to steal, 1t is
giant powder to blow up culverts with.
or to lay on the counters Of timorous
country merchants and frighten them
into making contributions.
AS for their horsee. Bud kept them
belled and hobbied. close to the house.
and no one ever saw him without his
gun. In the morning. when he got I'D.
he took It from under his pillow and
hung 1t on his belt. and there il
stayed until bedtime.
He also kept sharp watch un the
trail. above aud below. and what few
men did pass through were CONSCIOUS
Of his eye. Therefore it was all the
more sEEgrisipg when. one day, look.
ing up suddenly from heaving at a
great rock. lie saw the big YaQui col.
dier. Amigo. gazing down at him from
tho cut bank.
Yes. 1. was the same man, but with
difference-his rife and cartridge
belts were absent and his clothes were
torn by the bruah But the same
gocd-natured. competent smile was
there, and after. O few words with Bud
ne !eaped nimbly down the bank and
laid hold upon the rock. They pulled
together. and the boulder that had
baked Bnd's gang OF Mexicanc moved
easily for the two OF them.
fhen Amigo seized a crowbar a.d
shpped 1t Into Granny and showed
them q few things about moving rocks.
FOR naH an hour or more he worked
along. seemingly bent on displaying
mis- skill. then he sat down on the
bank and wstcae9 the Mexicans with
tolerant. halfanused eyes.
II he was hungry he showed It only
oy the cigarettes he smoked. and
Hooker, studying up the chances he
would take by hiring deserter, let
MIN wait until he came to o decision.
"0yez. Amigo" he hailed at last.
and, rubbing hts hand around on his
stomach, he smiled questioningly.
whereat che Yagui nodded his head
ayidly.
"Stawano!" aaid Hooker, ven" And
he left bis Mexicans to dawdIe as they
would while he led the Indian to camp.
There he showed him the coffee not
and the kettle Of beans by the fire. set
out q slab Of Dntch-oven bread and a
sack of 1erked bees. some stewed fruit
and can of siruD. and left him to do
his worst y ai
In the course Of half an hour or m
he came back ahd found the Yaqui
sopping up siruD With the last CT the
bread and humping a little time. So
tAey ept down aRd smoked a cigarette
and came to the business at hand.
where saa s5f" :aQsi.ss; Bad: but
Amigo only shrugged enigmaticaiiy.
You like to work. continued Bud.
and the Indian broke into smile of
assent. '.,
"Muy bien;" said Hooker with final.
ity; Il give Mexicans two dollars q
day. give you four. Is that ercugh?"
81" nodded the Yqqui. and without
more words he followed Bud back to
the cut. There. In half day. he ac-
conplished more .thap all the Mexi-
cans put together, ieaping boldly up
the bank 20 dtslodSe hanging boulders.
boosting them by maip strength up
onto the ramshackls tram they had
constructed, and trundling them out
to the dump with the shove of mighty
hand.
He was willing worker. using his
head every minute; but though he vas