The Glenwood post., 1914-08-08

oooano eAeer roek piles. Why half -
tAs0 Dsasaas Aaat know What . s,a
wa1 0o1o foe, Cd the ruralD-"
Wen 10 FeAsls are he sane," suse
0eoteA tAs sauDrinteaAent pAcihcally.
1Iet tAa0 AGAA II eas-xs sesd every
American Ne eaa 0A, - 1sst forget
ahoue haiag . Assicaa."
IA right" asrssA BsG. - Ae yi~kH-
- Nnactaatly 20 nsaaDo. 1t Amt ~
oAA0 In . Msxicaa eitknm-I mt
VaO to stop dat rush"
H walked hact to the house, Ing
GfaG his useless gan and keeping his
eye On the Atstank ridgea And aheu.
N, . cAorHes Of deAant ye{ls, the .pen
IN, the federal trenches began to sAaoot
In an airline the distance was some
tA1nG over a.mile, but II Tie first SCAT
teging vofiey the rebefs halted and
Hsed voaey in return With q vicious
sHang a few stray bullets smashed
against che reverberaring steel tank.
MT no One was hurt. and the dHfsnf-
efs, drunk with valos, heean 70, shn.k
aAA yeu like mad.
The bullets Of the rebels. fred At
raAdOn. struck up dask-tets in svssy
direction. and from the lower part Of
tAo town came the shaating ofit3ss non
cooAatant Ae1icsns a they ran here
aA1 there Aue sAssesr. Bet By the
tro0ehsa. end IN tAe rsar oti t1so Mack
task, Tie great crowd Of oaioakers
persisted 6ncAtAg - eael, sucaaasive
bDllet ~ tie taAk and shoufAng en-
ooafAGaa1oat - ths 4sfenAsrs aAptied
tAsar ri1ss a.A rsasaAeA :xath. aAD after
eip.
The rf1se veet3ed q. opatinssss vol
lsV: spent bsllsas leapsd uha locustss
a9eone the ut: men m 10 and fro
nox ef0ueAing Aehin& the taak. now.
s1a0oinS hoaAly into ,tAs opaa: and tna
dA1ant sAoots ef the asfenAars almost
dseOasA tAs wails Of The vomen. M
ess4 fer sos thing, n vas . battla-
tAsrs vas nobody haEt.
Foe tAe first hstfh hov the Anssa-
saas skAysd prudsntly under aOvsr.
buayAG tAenselsas Il he sugpsskfon
Of . Nv Americas wo0sa in prsstafng
. ARat-ai1 hospkAf - the alslkered
pafeh. Thea. ~ no wounded saDs to
an It and tho rebels delayed their
charge. oae mAa after another climbed
up to the tre1eAes. estensibsp - bring
down the inbsRsA
Az soldiers and bystandeRa reported,
NO one hit. aaA tAs bullets aew harn-
lessly past their solicitude tssned rsp,
idly to 1isguss and thea to scorn..
Strange - II may seem. they were. Ais-
appointed ut The resultA end theR ~
maria were asrogatosy - they oom-
ments1 O. The bravery Il pelouss, and
NsxsenAs in general. ,s
ltFrcGa dread Of inminent attack, q
charging rebels and retreating defend
era and . fight to the death by the
house, they came suddenly 10 . desire
for blood and battle. for dead men and
the cries Of the wounded; and all fear
Of the insurrectos left them.
"come away. boys" grunte6 the
burly roadmaster. who up to then had
led In the work: I'VE wasted our time
ON that hospftal-thero'il be 10 wound
I'd. Let's take ourselves hack to the
house and have = quiet smoke"
Right you are. Ed" agreed the mas
ter mechanic. ~ he turned upon his
heel h disgust. This amt war
them Mexicans think they're working
for moving picture show!"
Il bet yo1 I can 60 up On that
ridga" announced Hooker, ''and clean
out the whole hsnch With my six
shooter before you could bet your
eye"
But tie superintendent WAS not 70
sure.
Newer ntnd. boys" ha said. Were
worth . lot OF ransom money to those
rebels and they wont give up 20 quick.
And look at this now-my miners COM
ing hack! Those are the boys that will
Aght! Wait till Chico and Ramon
Mendosa get after them!"
He pointed - he spoke to q strax.
cling band Of sonorans. led BY the
much-vauatsa Mendoza brothers, -
they hurried to save the town, and .
cheer wsat up from the trenches -
tho federals beheld reinforcements.
But 4 change had come over the f,rs-
eating miners, and they brought other
rebels In their wake.
A. they trudsed wearily into town
and sought shelter among the houses
. great body Of mea appeared on the
opDosats ridgo. Airing down At them ~
they rstFoatsd. The battle rapidly
tarned into . long distance shooting
eeatsst With tie rsbels On the ridges
~YesI~ commented Bind bruakfv.
with his mind on dear Pills" nnish,
and she tarnsd to peer into his faca.
$50 hat = III" she said. "Yoa Do
not trust N. You think that Am Aoe
your frssoA-that viii sseve yoa -
he was ooevol. 10 that what yoa aro
thinkingr
"SometAing like that" admit&sd
Hooker, lsanins lasily against Tie
mud wan. only reckoa doat think