Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-04-28

tue sporadic sputter or the snotA. Inc
scratch OF match as man 1T ciga.
rette broke tie silence.
kynaston raised his right hand over
his head, the fist clenched. and raised
and lowered It quickly thrice The
little squad automatically formed In
column OF twos and broke into q
steady trot, following closely on the
heels or their officer as no pushed on
up the valley which, they well knew,
opened out beyond the trees
Up, UP. up they pushed till the i've
oaks gave place to pinyon pines. and
the pines to powders There, where
the rocks ran out into scrub and the
red earth showed like q blood stain
against the setting sun, they saw and
heard again tho cause Of the firing
Far away against the southern sky
they saw the tall hats OF the villa
reyolutionists outlined among the
grass stems and the dark shadows OF
the mesquit. Occasional flashes OF
red fire from the summit Of the hl
showed where their line was formed
lnstlctively, Kypaston looked for
the men at whom they were firing. To
his left be saw stlTL-g among tie
Doulders, even as he watched he saw
the defenders move out in an attempt
TO gain the American side OF the line.
There were about twenty OF them
they game down the hillside as a tree
rails, intent only on gaming the sure
refuge or the line OF pollard willows
that marked the limit OF Mexican Ter.
ritory That the Villistas were after
them could not DO doubted. for the
rash OF maddeAed horsem-n sMlrled
down the It'll US chips suck INTO
whirlpool The fleeing CarranAstas
seeing the intent III their enemies
gait, and knowing Right well what
would happen should they come 10
hand grips with their pufsuers poured
across the International line Almost IN
front OF hynaston The leader. /. very
much bedraggied captain OF infantry
came forward somewhat brealhiessly
Senior captain. | kiss your hands
and feet,
hynaston had the grace TO luok al
those selfsame hands and feet and
seeing that they were In condition 10
De embraced AS was suggested. grinned
behind his hand as he made answer
am very glad to meet you You
are familiar presume, with the re
quirements OF international law when
an armed party crosses the Inc OF
neutral state? Surrender must be
made at once, and your party VIII Do
lnterned at some point to be desig
mated later by the proper authorities.
OF a certainty He reached back
and, unhitching his silver mounted
machete, swung 1t forward gracefully
Senior he said behold my little
sword
'Contound your little sword. sir. !
don't see why the deuce you people
cant have your fights so far within
your own borders that we will not
have to mount guard over you. Every
blessed one Of you, when he starts a
fight, gets one foot on the American
line and then thumbs his nose at the
other party II you did Il twenty
miles south OF the line you'd be caught.
Gather up those pack mules. cor.
poral
The three loose pack mules, which
had been logged down the hill by
their owners lest they, too, should fall
into the hands OF the pursuing party.
we're grazing peacefully at the line.
eagerly Snatehing such mesQult beans
IS they could reach.
Corporal Welsh rounded them up
md was driving them well into Amer.
can territory when shout from the
party made him turn. An
)ficer clad in a French military cap,
! Mexican blouse, very dirty white
and straw slippers, rode for.
yard, saluting Kgnaston punctiliously.
! have the honor to request, Sir"
le said courteously, that In accord.
Ince with the terms OF the treaty that
las existed between our two countries
he raiders who have Just crossed into
American territory be turned back to
.nswer to Mexican law"
They've got Job. STR comment.
ID Corporal Welsh. They amt got
10 law except what they make whites
ou wait
Il am sorry, sir, but 1t is impossible
that ls unless they desire TO be re-
urned to Mexican control
kynastons eyes twinkled as he So
erly asked the refugee officer II he
esired TO be 80 returned. In answer,
hat gentleman, standing not upon
CEREMONY, openly bolted fifty yards
arther into American territory. The
american cavalrymen grtnned appre.
iatively
II you cannot deliver the prison.
rs | make formal reQuisition ON you,
enor, for the loads Of those pack
Mules. Those men have come from
General 2apata IN the south and have
Dotted as they came, Houses, men,
E"T""n and children; aye, senior. and
wen the conyents have not been a.
red from thon
Money, jewels, and treasures have
hey taken, and they have left the
and bare behind them 40 the rice
lelds OF the South when the flight of
he langostas has passed.
i ask that this loot be returned TO
ne to be returned to the men who
wned 1t. That mule yonder is loaded
With the treasure that they have sto-
en- for the purnoaa NJ usInu n 10 huv /