The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-20
Gepyn5at. 1914 by Frank A. Manscy.s
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY
CHAPTER VII.

There are doubtless many philan.
thropists in the Back Bay regions OF
Boston who would consider the whip
saving OF Cruz ,Mendez very repro
henslblc act. And ons hundred dol.
lars Mex was certainly a very small
reward for the service that he was to
perform. IN 4
But Bud aud Phil wore not travelling
for any, particular ,uplift society, and
one hundred pesos waa o lot OF money
to Crus .MSndea. More than that, II
they had offered him q, thousand dol.
lars for the same service he would
have got avaricious and demanded ten
thousand.
He came to the hotel very early the
next morning and fingered around an
hour or 30, waiting for the American
gentleman to arise and tell him his
fate. A hundred, dollars would buy
everything that he could think of, in
cluding quantity OF mescal. His
throat dried at the thought of It,
Then the gentlemen appeared and
asked him many questions-whether
he was married according to lay,
whether his wife would sign the pa.
pers with him, and II he believed in
a hereafter for those who played false
With Americans, Having answered all
these In the affirmative. he wsa taken
To the .agente mineral; and. af,ar sign
Ing, hiB name-hia one feat In ;penman-
shlp-fo several imposing documents,
he.was, given the precious permit.
Then there was aGDthpr, trip to the
grounds with a surveyor, to make re.
port that the claim was actually va
cant. and Mendez went back to his
normal duties as q packer. -. /. Is
IN return for this service as dunn,
my locator, and to keep him under
their sye. thp americans engaged Fl
Tuerto. the one-eyed. to pack cut 8
few tools end supplies Tor them; and
then. to keep him buey. they employed
him further to build q stone house.
All these activities were, of course.
not lost on Don Cipriano Aragon y
Tres Palacios. since. by Q. crafty ar
rangement Of fences, he had made It
impossible for anyone to: reach the
lower country without passing through
the crooked street Of Ola Fortuna.
During the firnt and the second trip
OF, the strange, Americans he kept
within, bis dignity, hoping perhaps
that they woald stop. at, his ,stora.
where they could be engaged In con-
versation; but upon their return from
q third, trip. after Cgus Mendez had
gene through with their supplies, he
cast his proud Spanish, reserve to the
winds and wayiaid them on the street.
fHBuenas tardeS. .aAnpsss,". he saIut.
ed, as they rods dhaht his store. and
then, seeing <ha& they. did not break
their gait, he held up his hand for
tham TO STOP 1, s.ritss .,rritsss s.si,.
Excuse a.. ssSfi isnass ( he said,
speaking genially hs,t with Oh. affected
SPANISH: lisp sh fiI1Ne aSs1, you ride
past several itHsffsranH gou working
i.. for /. the h. big company V uo Al New For.
mo sspor... answered. De Lancey
cVurteously. I've are woSnhs for our
.'Goodi. responded Arsson Win ia.
thefiy, approval; cit is,,batter 90. And
are you looking at minasi'',3 "A; &;
,stsYeu.. said De Lancey.s non-commit-
tally, swe are looking at mines, Is
s1hAt IL sssaa, To-" ahssr7ad 5Afa.
scn; .snd 4 ,Wsah Sons ,Hsii,, bull since
5yor arc strangers to .thiS country and
tsfhaps. d9 mot tnnH the pappie as.
syaAlf az some, Iiaaesire Ito wafA .you
sssanst sass man: Cruz ;, Men.
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