The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

alss Ru~v right we'll that the old
miner would leave no stone unturned
to help him. II he could gain thirty,
six hours at most and then manage 70
escape. he might still win out.
He was by no mean hopeless,
though well.nigh desperate. as he drew
down from the higher ground TO the
camp. well sheltered In the valley. lie
saw that more men were coming in
presumably the talked-ot r~eeuforce.
ments.
They saw him as he came down the
hill and entered the fiat on which the
camp lay. The horsemen. In q madly
yelling crowd swept forward toward
him. lariats circling. horses frantically
~caracoling about him. their riders
striving to see who should be the first
to get a rope about the heck of the
accursed gringo.
Mercifully he forestalled their at.
tempts by backing up against n tall
mesquit bush SO that the loops OF their
lariats could not settle about his neck.
S''Ahh lis luNfuAlbh lute NOlNtu tutlE
disapproval In q renewed outburst
OF yells.
Further designs upon him we're pre-.
vented by the opportune arrival OF an
officer, who dispersed the crowd by
the simple process OF beating them
about the heads with a stick.
Have you come from the house
yonder, %senor?"
Yes. And | claim proper treat.
ment from you. sir. You can hardly
claim to treat people In your power de.
Gently when your troops are as out Of
hand as that"
Il will take you 20 FL General Obs.
pc. senor,' said tho officer courteous.
ly. For your own sake. | warn you,
Go not anger him. His temper is n
trit!e uncertain. owing TO his having
to undergo severe priyations for the
past week.
A sentry slept in the doorway.
From the interior came the smell OF a
meal that had evidently Just been
served.
Following his guide, Kynaston en-
tered. FL General Oblspo. a squat
little man, whose high cheek bones
and full lips ~betokencd his Indian an.
cestry, looked IN from the supper
which he was eating by the simple
process OF stuiing as much carne seed
in his mouth rs that organ would hold,
and then cutting OF the balance with
a mono too clean knife.
FL general growled out a question.
The officer explained who Kynaston
was. In answer the general rose hast.
lily from the table, spat the meat from
mouth, and began ouch q furious
OF scurrilous epithcts as TO be-
come nearly epileptic. kynaston stood
silent
Take him awayi Place him In
the Quartet till a consejo de guerra
(court.martial) a decide what the
fate shall be OF any accursed gringo
who dares kill one CT our gallant
soldiers, Here"
He tossed a paper TO the officer.
Let him see captain. that even In
his own accursed country, where the
pigs walk on their hind legs and talk
and act as II they were indeed men,
they are beginning to see that the
revolutionary forces OF our land are
lot to be withstood-the court. martial
will meet tomorrow afternoon"
He is in a better humor than
thought" said the officer to Kynaston.
FL viejo diablo (the old devil) gave
you the paper, senior, not because he
you to read II. but because he
himself canno read, and wished TO
Impose upon you-here is the Quartet.
Can | send you some blankets? fear
the house will not be 30 comfortable
a. ! might wish-Hola. there. HON.
bres! A guard for the Americana"
And before he even realized that
he was indeed a prisoner, Kynaston
found himself showed inside tho dirty
the door closed and a guard
set outside.
Kynaston, seeing that he might as
we'll take things coolly, seated himself
On a blanket that n peon threw In the
door, took the paper from his pocket
and disposed himself 10 read.
The very first thing hat caught his
eye was q six.column display head;