Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-28

oeen 50 niieu WIN Jury tffat IL y.
considered nothing but an att,ss -
the destroyers Of his house ~. r 9
taking into account their nuu,...
surroundings. A complete chan,s
came over him. Turning a bend !.
road, he saw ahead the pulous =. =
which he had been told conts,n.. =
enemies. a desire seized him - =
the house a fire for roasting than -
TO do this he must corral them 49,
corral them needed GOODNESS n -
their efforts to escape. He rejpss
his horse and gave his orders
The point Of attack was abor.
eighth Of a mile from any Of tia 49,
houses In the hamlet. Rodasn.. !.
rected Penalez to take half ths -
break to the right through cov..-
trees and, approaching the salon,
ploy and surround 1t on the -.
while Rodriguez with the ren.,,s
force executed the same maneuvr, :
the east The house was on tba -.
at the lowest point between two ps.s-
sloping declivities. with scattered -.
200 or 800 yards from tn fss.t 4.
rear.
When the two wings Of Rodnrr.
little army got into their respective !.
sitions. each forming semicircle ~.
the pulque house, the bandits ver, ,,.'
drinking within. The first knovlss,.
they had of their danger was The =
lapse Of one of their number, VIA =,
standing near a window raising en-
Of pulque to his mouth. His fan =,
accompanied almost simultaneous i,
the crack OF rifle. Every man stsrs
to his feet
The shot had been fred BY Red1es
and during the ensuing fight wtepey,,
q bandit exposed himself to one Of "A.
attacking party the latter would n
Rodriguez's attention to the fact a,
Rodriguez would pick him on Pr
Palemo, telling his men to keep I'M
exposing themselves, through a cua
reconnoitered the field and, though
could see no one, surmised that be va
surrounded. But Of the strength
those attacking him he was ignoar
for Rodriguez and his men were q,
cealed behind trees or In bushes.
Rodriguez sent a man to one Of q
houses Of the hamlet for kerosene u
as much cotton bedclothing and ctts
similar -"brics as he could coEr
While / enemies were waiting tx
this mans return Palemo ordered N
men to shoot In different directions /
hoping to draw a fire which would q
able him to locate the positions Of b
enemies and to form some estimate q
their numbers. But Rodrignez pw
orders that not a shot was to b y
turned. Then Palemo sent four ma
out by several different egresses, but
they had scarcely exposed themseTe
when one fell dead and two were
The fourth man succeeded
In regaining cover.
The me ,senger who had been sentf9
inhammables returning, Rodrguz d
vided the stock between his own and
division of his force Gath
ering oranges, which abounded. The
men tied a bundle of cotton fabric CT
urated with kerosene to the fruit b
serted the end of a stick into the Or
ange and, lighting the kerosene. swua
the stick in circle till the orange tss
of and carried the burning nss
against the matched roof Of the pulqu
house. 1t was not long before sun
,ient contact had been effected betTei
the flames and the roof to set it ahfe
The besieged now saw that thsl
must either be burned alive or sal!
forth to meet an unknown force. InsH
was no way OF reaching the roof frOs
within to put out the fire, and % u
tempt to do so from without wolA
expose them to death from Duies
Palemo told his men that they WON
better die from lead than flames. bA
they were not of the kind to mes
1eath heroically and preferred to wa
Tor the flames rather than face ~
bullets. The bandit leader sleppe
'orth alone and walked slowly i@
ward. Rodriguez saw him and, ciira
ng the others not to fire, sent 8 pu'A
into his shoulder. fais-.
but kept on. Rodrasne1 =.
mother bullet into the other snouos.
still the bandit advanced. Then h0'1
yuez pierced his enemy's brain, ~
lie fell dead.
From that moment the hacenua1
to lose desire for further
-enge. Conserving that Penalez sn0-.
pare the Others if he chose. he mOu.,
d his horse and rode to the roi@
lis hacienda. !.
Drawing rein among those VINO -
bout the smoking ruins OF ms NJ
ne of his friends approached nm
aid:
"Ah. Rodriguez. I am sorry foi ~
,ss! But you came near nasps
much greater one. Your wi'e
hildren are at my house. Lucy
n the approach
"My wife and childreni Awe ..
ayes. Come and satisfy them
on are safe. You have been gops
ing that they fear you have 'a"''
be hands OF the rebels"
with muttered thanks 10 ~
.odriguex dashed away, and IN -
minutes he and his family Weis
j in one embrace.