The Ordway new era., 1914-12-25

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saaEhssa thfu1Sh fbs bssAes. stfu fss
4 Efng ths heavy FfAs and HlaknS fps
higher ground Bad knew As ha1
some rurpose-ke evea kzd sneak
Ing kea chat n vas to take poe-4hota
nj CAPTAIN Gel Rey-bat s.I norsAs I.
MEXICO had made him careless. and hs
half hoped the Yaqzd rocid ~ta-
The caIe1fn had n coming TO hia
for lis brutality. bat with Ar1soa II
sls dtkeTenf-Afagoa had wife a.d
dz1skfer-An6. With tie neDoU of
Gfacta IN his mind. Bad seat his hnsss
plz.xi.g down the ridge to uarn then
before II vas too hte.
There we're sore brEsh feeees to BE
Jumped. bat Copper Bottom took thsm
fyfng. and a. they cut into the river
sr1A he made The nsd-padd3es splaah-
AcToss the neids TO ths Eo-.h Bud
eoGid see the poems running for eorer
the tnsgrrectos nEHt b In sight b.
yoEd de hflta-
He vns going south. they vers nov-
ing vest. bat II vas Eve miles north
again to the town Speed was vhaf
u0 needed and Copper Bottoa gave
Ais best They dashed into Fortuna
dks Q uhirivtnd, and Hooker Taised
his voice In . high JeA
-Insurreetos.- be shouted -LAdro
mes! Pr-onto \ Fortuna.-
There ras o Ynsh. . moments NJ
lenes. aAd then heads appeared froD
syeU window and women ran scream-
Ing With the neuA ArAsca came rush-
ing from the store and emfroated him
annflys then. reading coavicsion In
his tones. hs called for homes and ran
franfically into the house
4 shIm serseeh eaDs from the hfu-
sida, vheTs q servtng-roEan had
seanpered 70 view the valley. AID, -
she pointed hsr finger and screamed.
and started up the valley on foot
stn the men ran about In the horse
pen and Ayagon aAtsfel his vomen-
folk In the k0ose- Burning With i'm
patieAee. Bud spured his way to The
coSfal where they were fumhiing With
reata and riEging and dropped . roDs
On the hrst horse be sav- Then he
snafehed q stde-saddle from . tTem-
bling peon and slapped 1t On the
brufs's hack Grabbing sp the bride.
he led the horse back to the house and
bs1dIed II while be shouted for haste
stif tbs women tarrted. and the
sound Of saIlopins came from the
south. Then. n al seemed lost. the
NexieSns came bumptng out from The
stable With the family coach. A1asoa
and his wife leaped In. and Graeia.
neatly attfred In riding-sktrt. came
tripping down the stepa-
Even In such times n these she
seemed to realize her nrst dnU to
hsrself, and Hooker had to gaze for q
moment before he helped hes mp She
offered her foot and vanlted lightly
into the saddle: the coach vent pound
ing On ahead; and ~ the servants
scattered before her shs galIoped OF
ss the side of Bud
Behind them the rumble Of distant
hoofs spse uD liks he rnasiag a va
tess, ana ths shE1eks Of Aeeing women
echoed frum the .rusdsi6e. bat once
safsay In The canyon their lead vas
never lessened and. with coach h-hnrses
gaIloping and poatiiions lashing from
both sidea, the whole eavaIcade swept
into the plaza while the town Of For
tuna vent mad
Already the great whistle vas blow
ing hoarseiy. its deep rsverberadons
making the air trembIe n II with fear.
Americans we're running back and
forth. distributing arms and rushing
their women 70 cover: Don Juan. his
chin quivering With excitement. was
impIcring all corners to be calm; and
the ATagous. coming nying up to the
door, added the last touch to the panic.
They with their eyes had seen the
rebels; they were riding In from the
south, Other men. equally excited.
swore they were coming from the
north. and q disorderiy body Of So
nora miners. armed as IL by magic
with guns which had long lain hidden.
banked themselves about the store and
Office and clamored for more and more
echoed from across the canyon. and
the miners made a rush to the attack
The whistle. which had obscured all
sound as . cloud obscures the light,
stopped suddenly in its roar. and the
crowd At the hotel became calm The
\ wiry. gray-haired
little man. 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.
80. while the rides ratified and stray
bullets began 10 knock mud from the
walls. they went struggling up the hill.
rich and poor, patrician and peon.
tkA Alr hv he L.
OF the half-Indian Mexican women.
who held themselves AZ good AZ cap
tured by the revoltosos. concerning
whose scrupies they entertained NO
Illusions
The women Of tbs aristocracy bore
with more reserve. as be-