The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-09-10

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reward for the service that he was to
perform.
But Bud and Phil were not travelling
for any particular uplift society. and
one hundred pesos was a lot Of money
10 Cruz Mendez More than that. II
they had offered him a 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 40, waiting for the American
gentleman TO arise and tell him his
fate. A hundred dollars would buy
, everything that be could think OF. In
GLIDING q quantity OF msscaL His
throat dried et the thought OF IT,
Then the gentlemen appeared and
asked him many questions-whether
he Was married according to law.
whether his wife would sign the pa
| pers with him, and II he believed in
hereafter for those who played false
| with Americans. Having answered all
these In the Affirmative. he Was taken
/ to the agents mineral, and, after sign
ing hiS name-his one feat In penmAn-
ship--to several imposing documents.
he was given tho precious permit.
Then there was another trip TO the
\ grounds with a surveyor. 10 make re-
J port that the claim was actually va
cant. and Mendez went back To his
normal duties as Q packer
In return for this service ~ q DUN
my locator. and to keep him under
their eye. the Americans engaged I'll
Tuerto. the ons-eyed. To pack out q
few tools and supplies for them: and
then. to keep him busy. they employed
him further To build . stone house
All these activities were. OF eosfse.
not lost on Don Cipriano ArAgon
Tres PaiacicA. since. by q crafty ar
rangement Of fences. he had made Il
impossible for anyone 10 reach the
lower country without passing through
the crooked street OF Old Fortuna
During the first and the second trip
OF the strange Americans he kept
within his dignity. hoping perhaps
that they would stop al his store.
1
versation; but upon their return from
third trip. after Cruz Mendez had
gone through with their supplies. he
cast his proud Spanish reserve to the
winds and waylaid them on the street
"Buenas tardes. senores." he saiut.
ed. as they rode past his store. and
then. seeing that they did not break
their gait. he held up his hand for
them TO stop.
Excuse me. gentlemen he SAID.
speaking genially but with an affected
Spanish lisp. Il have seen you ride
past several times--are you working
for the big company up at New For
tuna7"
"No. ssnor." answered De Lancsy
courteously. I'VE are working for our
selves"
"0oodi" responded Aragon with IA.
therly approval: 1T is better 20, And
are you looking at mineaf''
YES" said De Laneey non-commit.
tally: I'VE are looking at mines"
THAT is good. too" observed Ara.
gon: and l wish you well. but since
you are strangers TO this country and
perhaps do not know the people al
well az some. desire to warn you
against that one-eyed man. Cruz Men
deg. with whom | have seen you rid.
ing. He Is worthless fellow--A very
pela'o Mexican. one who has nothing
and yet he IL always seeking To i'm
d pose upon strangers by selling them
4 old mines which have no value.
Il have no desire to speak Ill OF my
., neighbors, but since he has moved
n into the brush house up the river
y have lost several fine little pigs: and
his eye. as know. was torn from his
% head as he was chasing another mans
II COW. have not suffered him on my
10 ranch for years. for he is such thief
10 and yet he has the efIrontery TO repre-
n. sent himself 10 strangers as a poor bul
honest man. ! hope that he has mo-
d imposed upon you in any way7"
~ mo; not at all. thank YOU" respond
n. ed DE Laneey. as Bud raised hli
bride reins TO go. We hired hin
Ia TO pack out our tools and supplies anC
~ he has done II very reasonably Bu
10 many thanks. sir. for your warning
- Adioa!"
Ia nv tShNHNn hAn nat anu NhNeu III
' hand In parting. and Bud grlnned Al
a. no settled down TO trot
II. You can't help palayering EN-. cal
.. you. Phil7" he said. mo matter whA
II you think about 'em. you got TO b.
IN polite. haven't you' Well. that's tn,
ia way you get drawn in--next time yol
?" go BY now the old man will pump yo'
w. dry-you see. No sir. the only wa!
to get along with these Mexicans 4
"a. not TO have a thing to do with 'em
an No savvy'--that's my mottol"
to