The Ordway new era., 1914-10-16

FssiIn0 csstieusty q The Wasla (.
bestowed upco Hooker and Ds LAncsy
Tie task Of fading IN honest Hexican.
aad ksspinG him honest until hs made
tAs tfansfer.
While the papers were being made
out thsre Might b . great many
Temptations placed before that Noxi-
can-sithef 70 kssp the propefty for
himself a 70 hold out for . higger ro-
ward thar Had bean specified. AftoS
his sxpseianea. with The .afistocratic
nsa Cipe1aao Aaason y Tres PaIanios.
Kruger was = favor of taxing . chance
On he lower classss. He haA therefofe
reoodlmsndsd 70 them one Csus Men
dss, WOOD vsndsf who0 he had
Known and befy1sndsd, - Tie man 70
play tie part
Crus Man1sS according b Kruger.
vas hard-wesAlns. so1er and hoaeet-
epe q Nox1caAs He vas also simple
nanled ard sasy b haAdls. and vAs
| "a parbcular man vAo hAA sent Word
TIT tho uaale Tan ~ q last beoo
eHanApnSl. And aleo he vas easy %
paok out, bstng . uttls, one eyed mAD
aaA going b ths name Of I'm Tusrtc. :
| 20, b pursuance Of their policy of
playins . waiting game. Hooker and
d LAncy hung aroupd the hotel for
several days, listening to the gossip
| q poa Joan Do pios and watching for
one-eysd men witA prospscts to ssil.
In 0onosa he = POOR and unimAS-
| NATIVE man indood who has not st
least one lost mine or "prospecto" 70
ssll; and prospesuus.looling strangers.
riding through the country. are often
beckonsd aside By half-naked paisancs
eager to show them the gold mines Of
ths gpanish padres for . hundred dol
lsrs Nex. "a
Il was only . matter Of time. they
thought, until Crus Nsndes would hunt
them up. and try to ssll thsm the Eagle
Tail: and Il was THAR intention n
luctantly to close the bargain with
him, for Q spsciAsd sum, and then
stalle him to the denouncement tees
andsssin possession of the mine.
A. this was Q commonplace In the
| dlstTict-no Nexican having capital
enough to work . claim and NO Amefi-
can having the right TO locate ons-it
was . very natural and inconspicuous
way Of jumping Senior Aragon , Tres
Palacios' abandoned claim. II they
discovered the lead Immediately altar.
ward II would pass for . case Of FOOLS
luck, or at least 20 they hoped. and.
riding out little each day and sitting
on the hotel porch with Don Juan the
rest Of the time, they waited until p
tiencs seemed NO longer virtue.
.Don Juan" said Dc LAncey, taking
up the. probe At last. II had Mexican
workiqg for me whom We were over In
the sierras-one Of your real, old.
time workers that had never been
spoiled by an educstiou-and he was
always talking about La Fortuna
guess this was the place he meant. but
Il doesn't look like it-accordine To
him Il was . Nsxican town. Maybs
he's M,ound here now-his name VA
Nsnds9"
-Joss Maria Nendssf" inquired Don
Juan. who was . LIVING directory oi
TIE place. "Rioardoi Panchof CEusf'
-Crus!" cried D. Laneey; -that VA
iti"
| .Hs lives down Tie river . couple oi
miles," said Don Juan: down at Old
Togtuna-"
'-old Tortunal" rspsatsd Phil Fl
didnt know there vas such . place
why. my graciossl" exclaimed Doa
Juan Dc Dios. ecandalissd by sucl
Ignorance. "Do yoa mean TO say yor
have bsen here thfss days and never
heard about yostuna Vsjaf Why
this Isn't FortunAi THIS = An Amssi
eaA mining camp-ths old town. b
Dawn below. N0t
! That's whore this man Aragon. N
big Mexican Of ~ country, has hi
\ ranch and store. GpaAishf HiAf No
indeed mitadl H q half opanisA anl
J. hA1f 'Yaqui Indfa1, bat his wtfs b {
J pure 6paniard-oas q the fsw in ~