The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

Of . boy lie6teaaAt
he did not stand On the order Of his
going. but a. his Delones pelted past
tie superinteadsnt's house the reor-
ganiIed miners. their belts stuffed with
cartridges fr0n their owa private
stock. came charging up from the town
and rallied them In the rear.
Trained BY American leaders they
were the only real fighting force to be
depended upon unless the Americans
themselves should take Q hand in the
game. and that they could not do
without the possibility of serious in
terDational consequences, . chance
they could not take except a. 4 last
vesort to save the women and children
and themselves.
In solid, shouting mass they swept
up the hill together. dropped down be-
hind the defenses, and checked the as
tounded rebels with a volley. Then
there was another long.range battle,
with every sign Of war but the dead,
until at last. ~ the firing slackened
from the lack of cartridges. . white
nag showed on the ridge above. and
the leaders went out for . parley-
one OF those parleys 20 character
isttc Of Aexican revolutions. and
which in reality mean 20 little. for
both sides know that the words ut
tered are meaningless. and should ons
Of them ever result In . suSrendsr Tie
terms Of that ssrreoder would not -
regarded. once The victims were In the
hands Of the vietors.
Properly speaking. Del Rsy was in
command Of the town. but neither the
fsderals nor the miners would recog-
Mise his authority and the leadesship
went BY Default. While they waited 70
hear The rsbol demands ths Americans
took advantage Of the trucs TO bring
up hot food from the hotel. vAsre Don
Juan dc dos stood heroically at his
post Let bullets come and 60. Don
Juan kept his cooks about him. and
to those who had doubted his valor his
ooRee was answer enough.
wy. ny gracious. Mr.. HOOKER" 10
rallied. ~ Bad refreshed himself ~
tween trips. amt you going 70 take
sAy up to those women! Don't drink
70 much coffee now. but give 1t to ths
DeR Who AGht!"
-UaH1n." gruntsd Bud with . grin;
etAAg eot . sktnfsl Il nsseal alrssAy!
VAa3 thsv DseA = ano<Asr carisa1 Of
amnunitios - hsl1 EN- shoot tAsir
Arsa rebel" u
4 thought yo1 said they wouldn't
nght!" tvttted Doa Juan. This 10 the
battle Of Fortuna that I was telling
you about last week"
Sure" answered Bud, and over
there is the dead!"
He pointed to . riot OF mescal bot
ties that marked the scene Of the
nights potations, and Don Juan gave
him up as hopeless.
"A pile Of bottles usually represent
the casualty list in q Mexican fight"
added Bud as Don Juan moved away.
But, Jest as he would, Bud saw that
the situation was serious, for the fool
hardy Sonorans had already emptied
their cartridge-belts, and their guns
were no better than clubs. Unless the
rebels had been equally reckless with
their ammunition they had the town at
their mercy. and the first thing that
they would demand would be the refu-
gees in the big house.
Before that could be permitted the
Americans would probably take a
hand in the fight, for. while the great
majority of the women in the house
were Mexican. there were a few
Americans, and they would be pro-
tected regardless of international com.
plications. But Gracia Aragon was
not an American, and she could not
claim the protection of these country
men of his.
The possession Of the town; the
arms Of the defenders; food, clothing
and horses to ride-none of these
would satisfy them. They would de-
mand the rich Spanish landowners to
be held for ransom, the women first
of all. And of all those women hud-
died up in the casa grande not one
would bring . bigger ransom than Ora
cia Aragon.
Bud pondered upon the outcome a.
the smissaries wrangied on the hill
side, and then he went back to the
corral to make suro that his hosss was
saes. Copper Bottom. too, might be
hsA for ransom. But, knowing the
ressas - he did. Hooker foresaw
diRsre0t fate, and rather than $50 him
become the mount Of some rebel chief
taiA he had determined. II the town
surrendered, to make . dAshL
Riding BY night and hiding IN the
hills By day he could get to the border
in two days. All he needed was little
jerked beef for the trip and he would
be ready for anything.
So he hurried down to the hotel
again and was just making q sack of
food fast to his saddle when he heard