The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-01

difference between the good and the
bad.
You can buy all the old American
money YOU want at chihuahua.
will give You note To my friend. Fc-
lipe lopda-hc can tell you where you
can get H. Then Wong can change II
for Mexican money al tho rate OF
thirty 10 one or so You see, few
hundred dollars will enable you 10 huy
Il carload OF the old money. aud then
whom IL is changed into Mexican pa
per You will have hundreds Of thou
sands OF pesos-cnnugh 10 pay for the
silver for many months to come.
I'VE have paid less than four for q
good deal OF the ore, and Il brings
twenty or more AZ III Paso. without
any cost 10 amount 10 anything except
what ] have 10 pay my friend the jefC
at Juarcz.
There are n great many Jealous poo
pie around here who will try to make
trouble II they can, SO that do NOT
like TO appear too much on the sur
face OF this business There IL DO
mlngo ArrlCta, for example. He wants
TO be governor OF the state and he
has lot OF friends lie might make
much trouble for me II he knew too
much.
III you have nerve you Will make
10000 month without any trouble
II you have lots OF nerve there II
no reason why you should not make
$4,000 n month. or course you can
not do amy business hero except on
an even basis with mo. am not al
lowing anyone to come In here and
get away with anything. hut I'll split
fairly with you all right. you can rest
assured OF that You SEQ want "a
put all this business in somebody
olse's nnmc-what do you call II In
tho stntcs?-.a silent partner; that's
what want 10 be from now on.
II handle all the hides myself. You
cant get in on that now. have two
partners who do all the business. You
understand. they must give me the
hides at my own price, because have
control OF the railroad and they can't
get them out unless Lei them use
the cars" laviaga continued, smiling
broadly.
Since ! have been here | have got
three ranches. Sec all OF that land
over there" pointing to a great, fer
tile valley boxed by rolling hills, Il
own that now: It's worth 100000 /
have two more ranches down the lne
toward Canadian"
You can only sec little bit Of
the ranch" Wong said. intorrupting
his chief. 1T goes many miles over
the mountains. It's n grand ranch"
= have some cattle up beyond those
hills" Miguel continued. THE Cacarla
ranch--owned by some gringoes-d
by Durango. used to have some pretty
good cattle. They had about 5000
head but when they come back they
won't find any left They are all
over there" pointing at his principal
ranch.
Nothing for Beggars.
An old man. probably eighty. lean
ing on an old woman's arm, looked
in at the car door and said:
For the love Of God give me corn;
starve."
Get away from here you old loaf
or!" laviaga shouted. and made a
threatening move toward the door,
Let your children feed you; don't
want 10 be bothered by you"
The old man and his wife, ragged,
dirty and barely able to walk, moved
silently away from the car. A little
girl, probably six years old. asked
for something 10 eat She wore moth
ing except the remnant OF mans I'M
dershirt, which was az dark as her
skin. II looked as If II would fall to
pieces If washed.
Laviaga told her TO, 20 to her father
and not bother him. Her father was
dead, she said. and her mother was
sick.
Get away from here, II you come
again you will be whipped" he said.
The child went away. and L.aviaga
continued TO recount the story OF the
great wealth that was to be amassed
within his domain.
A group of ranchers came TO the
door and asked for corn.
What have you got to trader La
viaga asked.
Three OF the ranchers had nothing.