The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-15

the other bandit chiefs. and they
marched. as he we'll knew, upon For
tuna. They marched quietly, and the
great whistle had, not blown.
Il would make o rich prize. Fortuna,
II they could take 1t by surprise! The
ransom for the Spanish haciendados
alone would amount to thousands OF
dollars. and the mine.owners could
afford to pay anything in order to save
their works. %
a box Of dynamite under the giant
conGentrator and the money would be
produced at once, and yet the scoun.
drcls hnlted at O one-man camp to
steal angle horse.
A flicker Of scorn passed over Hook.
er's face aa the leader came dashing
up. but the Texan greeted hirn with q
slow smile.
"Bucnos diae. general!" he said;
you have many men,"
Enough" observed the general"
hurriedly. "but some In the rear are
On foot Aa suppose you are in sym.
Eound as cloud obscures the light,
stopped suddenly in It's roar, and the
crowd at the hotel became calm. The
superintondent wiry, gray.haired
little mum. with decision In every
movement, came running from his
fort-like house on the hill and ordered
all the women to take shelter there
and take their children with them.
SO. while the rifles ratified and etray
bullets began to knock mud from the
walls. they went struggling up the hill,
rich and poor. patrician and peon.
while the air was rent by the walls
OF the half-Indian Mexican women,
who held themselves as good as cap
tured by the revoltosos. concerning
whose scruples they entertained no
illusions.
The women OF the aristocracy bore
themselves with more reserve. as be.
fitting their birth and station, and the
Americana who gathered ebout them
with their protecting rifles pretended
that sll would be we'll: but in tho
minds OF every one was that Same
terror which found expression in tie
peon wall and, while scattered rebels
and newly armed miners EXCHANGED
volleys on both sides of the town. the
non-combatant Americans sought out
every woman and rushed her ND to the
big house. There. II worst came to
worst. they could make last stand,
or save them by n ransom. : -
So. from the old woman who kent
the candy stand In the plaza to the
wives OF the miners and the cherished
womenfolk of the landowners, they
were all crowded inaide the brcad halls
Of the big house: and seventy ode
Americans. armed with company rifles,
paced neryousiy along the broad yeran-
das or punched loopholes In tho adobe
walls that inolosed the summer garden
behind. ,a..
Along with the rest went Hooker
and qraela. and, though her wother
beckoned and her father froWned
sterni5, tho wiifui daughter Of tho Ara.
gons did not offer to leave him as they
scampered UP the hill, In fact, che
rode close beside him. squirting when
he. spurred and, finally. when the
shower Of etray bullets had passed,
she led on around the house.
Won't you help me take my horse
inside the walls?" abe asked. Bud
followed after her. circling the fortress
whose blank adobe walls gave shelter
10 the screaming women, and she
smiled upon him with the most en-.
gaging confidence. .
II know you will have to 20 soon" {"
she said, "and suppose I've got to be
shut In with those creatures, but we
must be sure to save our horses. Some
bullets might hit them. you know, and
then we could not run s":S.
'You remember your promisei" she
reminded. as Bud gaged at her in as.
constituent. "Ah. yes. knew you did
-otherwise you would not have picked
such q good horse for me. This roam
is my fathers best riding horve. You
must put yours inside the wall with
him. and when the time is right we
will get them and ride for the line."".
'.sWhat3" cried Hooker incredulous.
~. with the country full of rebels? /?
They're liable to take the town In half
an hourl"
'No. indeed they will not!" respond.
ed Gracia with spirit. "You do not
understand, the spirit Of us. sonorapsl
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