The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-06-10

| and leaving the new boss IN command,
| he went back and started supper.
That was the beginning OF new
day at the Eagle Tail, and when De
, Lancey came back from town-whith-
er he went whenever he could con1ure
up an errand-he found that, for once,
he had not been missed.
Bud was doing the blacksmithing.
Amigo was directing the gang, and
fresh mess Of beans was on the fire.
the first kettleful having gone to rein
force the YaQui's backbone. But they
were beans we'll spent, and Bud did
not regret the raid on his grubpile. II
he could get half as much work for
what he fed the Mexicans he could
we'll rest content
But how did this Indian happen to
find your" demanded Phil, when his
pardner had explained his acquisition.
Say, he must have deserted from his
company when they brought them
back from Moctezuma!
'More'n likely" assented Bud. "He
amt talking much, but | notice he
keeps his eye out-they'd shoot him
for a deserter If they could ketch him.
I'd hate to see him go that way"
well, If he's as good as this, let's
take care Of him!" cried Phil with
enthusiasm. "Ill tell you, Bud, there's
something big coming off pretty soon
and I'd like to stay around town a
little more if could | want to keep
track Of things"
Err instance?" suggested Hooker
dry!y. 1t had struck him that Phil
was spending a good deal Of time in
town already.
well, there's this revolution. Sure
as shooting they're going to pull one
soon. There's two thousand Mexican
miners working at Fortuna, and they
say every one Of EN- has got rife
buried. Now they're beginning to quit
and drift out into the hills, and we're
likely to hear from them any time. "
"All the more reason for staying in
camp, then" remarked Bud. I'll tell
you, Phil, need you here. That
logged ledge is lost, good and plenty,
and | need you to say where to dig.
We amt doing much better than old
Aragon did-just roofing around in
that rock pile-let's do little timber
ing, and sink"
you can't timber that rock" an
swered De Lancey decidedly. and
besides, it's cheaper to make a cut
twenty feet deep than 1t Is to tunnel
or sink a shaft. Wait till we get to
that porphyry contact = then we'll
know where we're at"
"All right grumbled Bud; but
seems like we're long time getting
there. What's the news downtown"
We'll, the fireworks have begun
again over in Chihuahua-Orozco and
Salazar and that bunch-but 1t seems
there was something to this Mocte-
yuma scare, after all. l was talking to
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the fed
erals marched out to where the rebels
were and then sat down and watched
them cross the river without firing on
them-some kind of an understanding
between Bernardo Bravo and these
blackleg federals.
"The only fighting there was was
when a bunch Of twenty YaQuis got
, away from their officers in the rough
country and went after Bernardo Bra
vo by their lonesome. That threw a
big scare into him, too, but he man.
aged to fight them off-and II was
making guess I'd bet that your Yaqui
, friend was one of that fighting
twenty"
81 reckon" assented Bud; but don't
you say nothing need that hombre
i, in my business. Come on, let's 60 up
! and look at that cut come across
, an old board today, down in the muck.
and bet you it's piece that Kruger
left Funny we don't come across
, some of his tools, though, or the hole
where the powder went Off
i, when we do that" observed Phil.
, we'll be where we're going. Nothing
: to do then but lay off the men and wait
. till get my papers. That's why say
don't hurry so hard-we haven't got
i. our title to this claim, pardner, and
3 we won't get it, either-not for some
time yet Suppose you'd hit this
ledge"
well, If I hit it," remarked Bud
I'll stay with it-you can trust me
for that. Hello, what's the Yaqui
found%
AS they came up the cut Amigo quit
work and, while the Mexicans followed
suit and gathered expectantly behind
him, he picked up three rusty drills
and an iron drill-spoon and presented
them to Bud.
Evidently he had learned the object
of their search from the Mexicans, but
If he looked for any demonstrations OF
delight at sight OF these much-sought
for tools he was doomed to disappoint
ment, for both Bud and Phil had
schooled themselves to keep their
faces straight
"Um-m,' said Bud, "old drills, Ell I
Where you find them?"