The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

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verk vas nst ssi4s 1saA UD q -
~ hoasa. vttA ths sesescA1Ag Uo0aa
aPs.aA ~, vas Graeia Asaona, -
- eve1 ~ ss0ethtng ~ ~ RoagA
v0f1A To ~ hse Soe that ~ vsnRA
stey. WAaAsvee shs aska1 ~ -
vosA grant II: ed 4 vosst eans -
worst - vsah take has With hin -
make good hb promise - PAL He
haA sivea ~ vorA - thaE -
enough. Nov ~ AaA ealy . vail
Il would lot - loaG. ~ - DassaV
would sooa - ossr. ~ u u esvast-
ly Furales sHFFsaAore1 tho tsUU -
the baAAits ~ veslA uAke Q bs1ak ~
the line anA civilixatioa With ~ m.
IL vsaA - Q haRd FiAs. aAA alsas -
woalA have 10 fear OF ths Fasalta. ~
~ vouA chance It evea With ths gth
rather tAaa leave Ase.
The boy lissteaAat. tAs hssthasu
Naaaosa, the suporintenAaat and MAJ
uel del Rey. all we're out o. ths hili-
side talking terms with Bss1ar6o
Bravo and his chiefs. With The rebsls
Il was largely . bluH. since Sold
glaases had shown them TO be short Il
cartridges; but they had over . thoa-
sand men massed along the riAeos
and, with courage. could easily take
the town.
Bud knew that oouraSe was the o0s
thing lacking. 1t was the one thing
that was always lacking In these Mex.
ican fights. The Mexican bandit takes
but little chance when hs goes to war.
A. for the Mendo.as and their 60
moran miners. they were properly
chagfined at their waste of amnuni-
ton and svore by Santa Guadaiups to
fight It out with hand grenades. Dvea
~ their leAAers wranSled the AsxteaA
powder men were busily nanufAo1nP.
ing bombs, and all the whils tAs -
pssinteaAsat waS glancinS 70 -
south, for swim couFiess had bsaa sao9
70 AlvarsA. tie doughty eDan4sh ~
ctsaAaAo of the bot cosntry. = -
him to come to their relief.
TvSoo before AIvarss AaA ~ -
rebels The nrst time hs spoke tAs0
veil aA1 tAsy ran Oh all his hsrsA
The ssoooA time he arns1 his Ysssas
and YsQai Mayo rancAoros aeaiaGt
then and drove them fron his ds0Aan.
innictinS . saAguinary DunisAPaok
Since then he had bsen itchiAg -
engage them In . pitched battja. -
vhsa ths word reocAeA hin - voalA
oo0s. Two hunlred a01 forty YAauAa,
all armed With repeating riAes. voah
follow q his back. and svsa With -
boasts1 tAousands Bernardo Bfavo
eosA hardly Withstand their valss. %.
while tie rsbsls parisysA. AsoanAiAg
. fanson ef nillioas and threAtsnAAg
70 DESTROY IL town. ths AsesaAsv
argusA ~ rsasoasd With tAsa.
hoping to XIII the time until Alvasss
shoulA arrive.
In The opsa space In front q tAs
hsass the refugees gathsrsA u a aax-
nO0 ~ noat aA1 - HooAse valhs4
a1oae tA&a ~ vas aware oe tAe ~
lisAant glancss Of Ara0on. Thsrs wsse
other glascss - well. for he had vea
great favor with the ladies BY ditching
the powder train, but none from 0ra-
cia or her mother.
Bud would not have admitted that
he resented this lack Of appreciation
on the part Of Gracia. In fact he hard
ly knew that he did resent it, but he
watched anxiously for any sign Of ap-
proval from this girl who was to be
his pardners bride should he conduct
her safely to the border.
From the beginning the Sonora Ara
gon had treated him as a stranger, &C
cording to the code of her class. and
Hooker had never attempted to in
trude. But II Gracia still remembered
that she was an American girl At heart,
she forgot to show 1t to him. To all
she was now the proud Spanish lady.
thrown with the common people by
the stress Of circumstances, but tar
away from them In her thoughts.
The conference between the leaders
dragged on and messengers came and
went with the news-then, after hours
Of debate, It broke up suddenly in Q
row and the emissaries came back on
the run. Even at that they narrowly
escaped, for the rebels opened fre
upon them from the ridges, and before
they could get back to cover the
dandy, Manuel del Rey, received bull
let hole through the crown of his hat.
A grim smile flickered across Buds
face as he saw the damage it had
wrought. for he knew that Amigo was
in the hills-and a bullet shot down
hill goes high! Some trace Of what
was in his mind must have come to
Del Rey ~ he halted in the shelter Of
tho house. for he regarded the Ameri-
can sternly as Aragon spoke rapidly
in his car. But II they planned w.
geance between them the times were
not right for . rattle Of arms came