The Glenwood post., 1914-08-22
(COntinued)

(COntinued)
Bat N ths confusion another payty
of sesals had rushed down the gulch
suiAG On In ths lower town they found
lodgment In . big adobe house. And
nov for the nrst time there vas nght-
ing in earnest-the houseto-house
Ashttng that IL seen At its worst in
AGico. While women screamed in
ths casa sranAs and the Americans
paced to and fro on the hill, the boom
OF q dynamite bomb marked the begin
Ming of hand-to-hand.
II there was 70 be easualty list In
this long Hooked for battle Of Fortuna.
the time was at hand when they could
begin counting the deaA
With q fearlessness born of long r.
miliarity with explosives the sonoran
miners advanced valiantly with their
hand grenadesIbaking powder cans
allsd with dynamite and studded with
fufninating caps. Diegins nercsly
through wall after wall they ~
preached unperceived b. the enemy
and the nrst bomb. hunS from Q root
filled the adobe with wounded and
dead.
A dense pail Of ysllovish smoks
rose high shove the town aad - boob
after bomb vas sxploAsd and tAs yslls
Of the miners grew loudsI with each
success. the stunned tnvsdeFs broke
from cover and rushed hslterskslteP
up the gulch. TAsn there was . proli
gipas sAssting fFsm The 0oooea1s anA
moro than one triumphant grsnadisr
swung his can Of giant powder By the
sling and let 1t smash against the hill
in terrific detonation.
In the big house ali was coofusiou.
Soon the cheers Of the defendess her.
aided victory and. in spite oe ali efforts
70 restrain thorn. the wiveo Of tAs
miners rushed into the open to gass
upoa the trismph Of theff nenfolk.
On the hilltops the Ineffective rebsl
riAemen rose up from behind their
stons wall to stare. until suddenly
they, too, were seized with . panic and
ran to and fro like ants. Then. around
the curve below the concentrator. .
tall man came dashing up On . pure
white horse. and behind him. charging
-as he charged. came the swarthy Va
.quis Of Alvares. th4r new rifles gleam-
ing In The sun. l.. ..r
Up aIoas the hillside and after the
fugitivss they ran with vengsful eager
ness, racing each other for the higher
ground and the Arst shot 1t the reb-
els. First Alvarez on his white horse
would be ahead. and then. ~ they en-
countered rocks. the Yaquis would
surge to the front. 1t was 4 race and
at the same time 1t was a rout, for.
at the first glimpse of that oncoming
body Of warriors. the cowardly follow
ers Of Bernardo Bravo took to their
heels and fed.
But over the rocks no Chihuahuan,
no matter how scared. can hope to out
distance a Yaqui. and the pop. pop Of
rifles told the fate of the first luckless
,stragglers. For the Yaquis, after a
hundred and sixty years of guerrilla
warfare, never waste a shot; and as
savage yells and the crash Of a sud
den volley drifted down from the rocky
heights the men who had been be.
sieged in Fortuna knew that death was
abroad in the hills.
Fainter and fainter came the shots
as the pursuit led on to the north and
as Hooker strained his eyes to follow
huge form that intuition told him
was Amigo. he was wakened suddenly
from his preoccupation by the touch
Of some unseen hand. He was in ths
open with people all about him
phant miners and their wives-bu
that touch made him forget the battle
above him and Instantly think ol
Gracia
He turned and hurried back to tn,
corral where Copper Bottom was kept
and there he found her waiting, will
her roam all saddled. and she chal
lenged him with her eyes. The sui
cleaned from q pistol that she he'll
in her hand, and again from her goldel
hair. but he saw only her eyes. .
brave and daring. and the challeng
to mount and ride.
Only for q moment did he stand b<
fore her gaze. and then he caught u
his saddle and spoke soothingly to hi
horse. They rode out Of the corrs
together, closing the gates benin
them and passing down . gulch to th
rear. All the town lay silent belo'
them as they turned toward tho ives
sr1 pass.
Ths time had come. Well he kne'
the dangers that lay between thel
and the American line. Dangers N
for him but for her. In the hills an
passes and on the cactus-covere
plain were thousands of men Wit
whom she would not be safe for q
instant. and against whom he mui
guard her that she might be delivers
safely to Phil. And he loved her the