The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-06-16

me RrtliIery OroVe nem odck'
non. AS for the federals, they occu-
pied the country to the east and at
tempted few sallies, but as they
had nothing but their rifles, the artil-
lery drove them back.
"Then, as the battle ceased, the
rebels began to celebrate their vic
tory. They broke into the closed can
tinas, disobeying their officers and be-
ginning the loot Of the town, and
while half of their number were drunk
the federals, being informed Of their
condition, suddenly advanced upon
them, with the Yaquis far in the lead.
"They did not shoot, those Yaquis;
but, dragging their guns behind them,
they crept up through the bushes and
dug pits quite close to the lines. Then,
when the rebels discovered them and
manned their guns, the Yaquis shot
down the gunners.
Growing holder, they crept farther
to the front-the rebels became disor-
ganized, their men became mutinous-
and at last, when they saw they would
surely be taken, the leaders buried
two tons Of dynamite In the trenches
by the bull-ring and set time-fuse,
to explode when the Yaquis arrived.
"The word spread through the town
like wildfre-all the people, all the
soldiers fed every which way to es-
cape-and then, when the worst was
expected to happen, the dynamite
failed to explode and the YaQuls
rushed the trenches at shutdown"
did those Yaquis know about the
dynamite?" Injured Bud.
Know" repeated Don Juan, waving
the thought away; mot word! Their
commanders kept 1t from them, even
after they discovered the mine. And
now the Indians are making boasts;
they are drunk with the thought Of
their valor and claim that the rebels
fed from them alone.
THE roadmaster came into town
this morning on velocipede and said
that the Yaquis are insufferable, think
ing that 1t was their renown as fight
ers and not the news Of the dynamite
that drove all the soldiers from town.
However, Aqua Negra Is once more
In the hands Of the government; the
track is clear and most Of the bridges
repaired; so why quarrel with the
Yaquis7 While they are, Of course,
nothing but Indians. they serve their
purpose in battle"
We'll, guess yes!" responded Bud
warmly. Serve their purpose, Ell?
Where were these Mexican soldiers
and them Spanish officers when the
YaQuis were taking the town? And
that was just like dog-goned Mexi-
can-setting that time-fuse and then
not having 1t go off, More'n likely the
poor zap that fired 1t was SO scairt he
couldn't hold match-probably
never lit 1t, jest dropped the match
and run They're bum bunch, II
you want to know what l think. I'd
rather have Yaqui than hundred
of 'em!"
"a hundred Of whom" inquired a
cool voice behind him, and looking up
Hooker saw the beautiful Gracia gaz.
ing out at him through the screen
door.
"A hundred Mexicans!" he repeated,
and Gracia murmured obi" and was
gone.
Miss Aragon is very loyal to her
country" observed Don Juan, but
Hooker only grunted.
Somehow, since those four Mexicans
had come to his camp, he had soured
on everything south of the line; and
even the charming Gracia could not
make him take back his words. If she
had intended the remark as a chal-
lenge-a subtle invitation to follow
her and defend his faith-she failed
for once of her purpose, for if there
was any particular man in Mexico that
Bud hated mere than another it was
her false-hearted father.
Hooker had, in fact, thought more
seriously oi ,DaAiAg her half-orphan
than of winning her goodwill, and he
fingered about the hotel, not to make
love to the daughter, but to strike ter
ror to Aragon.
The company being good, and a
train being expected soon, Bud stayed
over another day In the morning,
when he came down for breakfast, he
found that Aragon had fled before him.
With his wife, daughter and retinue.
he had moved suddenly back to his
home. Hooker grinned when Don Juan
told him the news.
We'll, why not?' he asked, chuck.
ling maliciously. Here it's the mid
die of the rainy season and the war
going on all summer and nary a rebel
in sight. Where's that big fight you
was telling about--the battle of For.
tuna? You've made a REGULAR fortune