Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-25
(y William G. Shepard )

 Mrs. Mary Reyes is back again un der the American flag, after having
 given a certain Mexican named Huerta
 the sassing of his life. With her she
 brings four pretty daughters, about whom the young lieutenants of the army and navy are Hooking like birds But to get headlong into the story:
 Mrs. Reyes went to Mexico 25 years ago and is the American widow of a Mexican who was once wealthy. Her four daughters have delightful little lisps, calculated to drive a white-suited young navy man half mad The girls learned stenogra phy, after the famiIJ fortunes waned and in good American style they jumped in after their fla ther's death, and made for themselves and their mother home that was one of the brightest ans most interesting in Mexico City. When President Ma dero was assassinated Mrs Reyes agreed with President Wilson that Huerta, the assassin, ought not to be recognized. It was an easy matter for President Wilson not to recognize Huerta, but for Mrs. Reyes it was an affair of great difficulty, owing to the fact that the Reyes and Huerta fami- lies were in the same social set in the capital. Mrs. Reyes began to speak her mind wherever she went The Car ranzaistas, who were working secretly in the city, at the risk of their lives, sought her out and told her to be care full
 I'm going to talk and think as | please" said Mrs. Reyes, in American style. The Carrangaistas in the capi- tai began to depend more and more on the American woman and he, | daughters for aid in accomplishing se- cret and difficult tasks. For instance, | it's Mrs. Reyes own secret how .le did it, but it is known that fourteen | deputies who had been marked for death by Huerta were spirited away | from her home, at various times, to l safety. And every time deputy went to safety the wardrobe of one of the girls was minus a gown or street dress. Ii you could just get the Reyes family to tell the details of some of these things you'd have play or book that would thrill the world. Maybe they'll tell, sometime, they say but-the Car- ranzaitas aren't in power yet. The crisis for the Reyes family came on Feb.22, not because that is Washing tons birthday, but because it's the anni- versary of the assassination of Fran cisco Madero, who was almost an idol with the Reyes girls and their mother. On that Sunday afternoon Mrs. Reyes, taking her liberty and it might have been her life into her hands, went to the French cemetery, where Madero lies buried and, carrying a great hou-
 
 the lines of Mexican soldiers and rural es to the door of the Madero faml!y tomb and placed the roses there. Car men, her ughter, who was standing beside her, suddenly felt the touch of a hand on her shoulder. The girl turned and found herself facing George Fuer- i ta, the son of Maderos assassin. What are you doing here?" he ask ed insolently. He's a loafing young blood of the capital and perhaps some Of his fathers cognac made him par overbearing in his demeanor. Are you a relative of the Maderos?" ne continued. What are you ewing | around here for?" I was in the ceme- | cry myself that Sunday, and I know $ what sinister crowd of soldiers ant l secret service men it was that sur, V 'ounded Madero's grave. It would | nave taken a brave man to stand at Il hat graveside and speak his mind, md he probably would have paid for i, lis words with his life. Were here o mourn for the good man your father 
 The words came like so many shots: spoken right into the face of the as- assins son; delivered in the presence If grim soldiers; heard by scores of Dystanders who were secretly mourn W ng; thrilling me, as they did every b 'ther bystander, until it hurt us not O o be able to cheer. Mrs. Reyes told fl Heorge Huerta some more things, to; b he told him that he was as bad a g