Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
The Land of Broken Promises:
"A Stirring Story
ofthe Mexican
Revolution
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tcpuixb. 1914. By vrsakA 4. Munsey)


- tcScpyisb. 1914
49, CHAPTER xx,v-continued.
Up along the hillside and after the
fugitives they ran with vengeful eager
ness, racing each other for the higher
ground and the first shot at the reb-
els. First Alvarez on his white horse
would be ahead, and then, as they n
,countered rocks, the Yaquis would
surge to the front. 1t was a 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. lE,
But over the rocks no C~hihuahuan,
no matter how scared, can hope to out
distance q 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 q shot; and as
savage yells and the crash Of q sud-
HE uCA tO440yG u1llk0O uOW ~ ASS~S
heights the men who had been be-
sieged in Fortuna knew that death was
abroad in the hills. "A ~ .
Fainter and fainter came the shots
as the pursuit led on to the north and,
as Hooker strained his eyes to follow
a huge form that intuition told him
wa Amigo. he was wakened suddenly
from his preoccupation by the touch
OF some unseen hand. He was In the
open with people all about him
Spanish refugees, Americans, trium-
plant miners and their wives-but
that touch made him forget the battle
above him and instantly think of
Gracia. i?# !
He turned and hurried back to the
corral where Copper Bottom was kept,
and there he found her waiting, with
her roam all saddled, and she chal-
lenged him with her eyes. The sun
cleaned from a pistol that she held
In her hand, and again from her golden
hair, but he saw only her eyes, 50
brave and daring, and the challenge
to mount and ride. ~
Only for q moment did he stand be
fore her gaze, and then he caught up
his saddle and spoke soothingly to his
horse. They rode out of the corral
together, closing the gates behind
them and passing down a gulch to the
rear. All the town lay silent below
them as they turned toward the west
ern pass. s$AS ~
The time had come. Well he knew
the dangers that lay between them
and the American line. Dangers not
for him but for her. In the hills and
passes and on the cac%tus-covered
plain were thousands Of men with
whom she would not be safe Tor an
instant, and against whom he must
guard her that she might be delivered
safely to Phil. And he loved her then
az he had not believed It possible to
love a woman. He loved this woman
that he was attempting to save fo1
another man. q ""pardner" who had
! at the best been reckless 5of every
trust, who had been unfaithful to ev
cry: promise. And across the borde,
this man was waiting for the, woman
Bud Hooker loved. That he take hel
to him was5a more severe test OF his
manhood than any to which he had
before been subjected. That he be
untrue to the trust she reposed In
MIN navar entered MA mind for . mo.
ment. With : strong mans love for
her he thought only Of how he was to
conduct her safely ont Of the danrers
which surrounded her.
so,diar. miner. ana -rafnraa. mon
.,nr,en .nd ch,ldran avarv IN, !,
For+,,n. "a. IN the hill Il .ea Ias,
- : @h.tt,a ~ had haan . cr,,d.
.r.ir mt hr.valv ended and .ome
thino = tho dramatic ~.uddannaa. =
th,.t vi.t,rv h.dSheId All ~ - -.
cio.a 1R,,S .nd- Gr.cia n..sad o,,t =
in~n ~nnnot,cad .nd a soon :. the,
had rounded the point they,. spurred Of
an Ithava tha mas. r
- Lnav Won vonld 8come," sa,f
crac,. smiling radiantlv \. the1
nanaad It the fork.
.c,,ra, n.n.worad Hookar With III,
.oadhnmorad smt,a "Co-nt nc N =,
vav doaa tbia troll
u. ID vnn nov 4
~ zoo. vest twelve miles towarf
A,rtana " renlied Gracia confidently
.and then & comes into the main road
that leads north to NoRales and Gads
Dan. EH Nv ~ 3
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ran,iad pnd ncadsdan,a tha Mace we
= bood Tor and we want tn pet
thara n,igh+v c,,;cL zoo a +bem reh.
~ III, ~, !, a., .,oss tb.+,. ub a
than,,1 hava - - ubathar Inv mo NJ
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Than .oa ~ +oao+hor ,or oua d,a.
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go uoopor vatch;n1 caref,,1Iv gor av.
an s,en ~ dif1c,,l+v