Iditarod pioneer., 1914-01-03

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 { which the chauffeur produced, but instead drunk, proceeded to go through the mens pockets, taking guns, money and watches;
 i had my pistol in my big coat pocket, and
 seeing what was going on Tn t., tne lroh1 seal, ,ho car and held 1t between my feet. In the
 meantime Win unfastcned his belt, and
 when they made him stanad up ms gun Ieil
 back into the seat, and they got only his
 watch and no money. though he had my
 jewclry and $50 in the inside pocket Of his vest. The other men los, loSt about about $500 rapid fire conversation in spanish with them, telling them that we had nothing to do with the light, that we had been driven from our homes and were just returning with clean clothes but they only prodded him all the more with their rifles and told hn to "come through As one of the what we had there. Will said In English to one of the men in the machine "l can get my man if you can get yours, ana was
 just about to grab him around the neck when said. "Oh, for Gods sake don't. for there are three men in the shadow and sure enough there they were, with their guns raised, and had we made any resist ince, undoubtedly we would all have been Killed They all say at the embassy that il was a lucky thing l was there, or We would have been mixed up in an lnterna- tional affair. My, dears, l have been rather remiSs in my religion duties of late, but believe me, I said my prayers that night
 Seeing another machine in the distance,
 hey allowed us to pass Hn It IS needless were too unnerved. some or the mth wanted 10 go back and look for the thieves. but later decided that war time was no time to inVestg gate such matters. Saturday the situation looked very bad. Madero re- matncd cDduratc and refused to protect anybody, foreigners or natives. Cn!ted Cruz and people who had the wherewith
 ',.,'nr Ter that port. bank was opened at the embassy, and people who
 H,u Fortunate enough to De known c"uld get money. Again We were lucky, for the banker with whom our company does Dusl- ness was at the embassy, anG he fixed us up financially and We left that night for Vera Cruz. while an armiStce of few hours was on. Three auto loads left ltr embassy for the station, going down the firing line with "ralln.hS tn tnt flgnI nl God. none of them vollcycd or thundcrcd. We were stopped en route to nave our pass inspected, and thinking it was an other hold up.' l was scared stun. we ing easy when something went bang! and the back "r our machine twas lirtrd m mid air. Naturally We supposed that our fires had been shot out, but as nothing more happened, we didn't know what had occurred until We got to the station, when we learned that the machine behind had run mo us. we lldu lldGulS ittN lItu ll' HtI- ton when the shooting began again, but We were soon out of sound of the cannOnS. but not at all sure that We were out CT danger for there was the ever present pos sibllity of having our train held up by bandits. I was too nervous tQ sleep that night, but lay in my berth with my eyes glued to the window In the tn,, tnp ,r, hrreh were on pleasure Trip. our engine ran off the track and we were seven hours late getting into Vera Cruz on sunday.
 Didn't that big battleship Georgia look good to us, AS we stepped of the tram two immaculately white clad officers of tn" ship stood on the platform. l walked right mp to them and Sa'd: ~ 9n M VIII nevft leSff have fallen on their neCk> and Wcpt They patted me Cn the back and assured us they were there to protect us, ana II we WhFg WhFg and stay. They were lovely t0 Us during our stay in Vera Cruz. It was heaven t9 be away from that terrible cannonading and those big guns, The hotels in the town were full, and many walked the streets all night or slept on the benches III the plaza, bu. we were lucky again, and found a big room and comfy bed Those who stayed in the city say that Monday was the worst day of all l am thanklul We were saved the nervous strain of that last day. Six days was enough for us. The trip to sea level and Whln CT the sat water did Us both no end Of good we did nothing but sleep for two days, ana came Duck tt tHt CltN lttiiLlls iIl' i'it i'' awful tragedies of the past week and the unsettled condition of the country, 10 say nothing of the wrecked city, have kept us in whirl of excitement, and We all feel and Icok as though We had been through the war l feel as though l would never frivol again. After looking into the mouth of a cannon one is apt to look at life from a different standpoint. and the petty annoy anccS pale into tnslgnilicanCe before war infested country and nation plunged lhlo mourning.
 There are so many things want to tell you about. but l am too tired to write more We are safe and sound, ana l wouldn't take $t0,O00 for my experience, but l wouldn't go through it again Tor an other 0,000. ~
 ", GRACE RI ACkNNELL WAITS.