The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-05-05

their owners lest they, too should fall
into the hands of the pursuing party,
were grazing peacefully at the line,
| eagerly snatching such mesQuit beans
MS they could reach.
Corporal Welsh rounded them up
! and was driving them well into Ame-
ican territory when shout from the
pursuing party made him turn. An
officer clad in French military cap,
a Mexican blouse, very dirty white
trousers, and straw slippers, rode for
ward, saluting Kynaston punctiliously.
Il have the honor to request, sir"
he said courteously, that in accord
ance with the terms of the treaty that
has existed between our two countries
the raiders who have just crossed into
American territory be turned back to
answer to Mexican law"
They've got job. sir" comment
ed Corporal Welsh. They amt got
no law except what they make whiles
you wait"
Il am sorry. sir. but it is impossible
that is, unless they desire to be re-
Kynaston's eyes twinkled as he So
berly asked the refugee officer IL he
desired to be so returned. In answer,
that gentleman, standing not upon
ceremony, openly bolted fifty yards
farther into American territory. Tho
American cavalrymen grinned appre-
ciatively.
If you cannot deliver the prison
ers / make formal requisition on you,
senor, for the loads OF those pack
mules. Those men have come from
General Eapata in the south and have
looted as they came. Houses. men.
women, and children; aye, senor, and
even the converts have not been sa-
cred from them.
Money, Jewels, and treasures have
they taken. and they have left the
land bare behind them as the rice
fields of the South when the flight Of
the langostas has passed
Il ask that this loot be returned to
me to be returned to the men who
owned 1t. That mule yonder is loaded
with the treasure that they have sto-
len for the purpose OF using it to buy
arms and ammunition to help their
tottering cause"
lie pointed to the pack mule as he
spoke. and Kynaston saw that the
aparejo fairly bulged with ill-concealed
packages that showed plainly as the
animal swayed to and fro, rubbing its
sides against a tree.
Sorry. old fellow, but I can't help
you there, either" he said pleasantly.
Il can't rob Peter to pay Paul-more
especially" he added soto voce, ''as
| am morally sure that Paul 10 about
ten degrees worse than Peter
Gather up the outfit, corporal, and
take their arms and ammunition. Take
the bolts out OF their rifles and stow
all the ammunition near my sleeping
place. Wen make camp here tonight
and get back to our camp after moon
RISE"
So they got their supper cooked by
greasewood fires, and, after letting
their horses rest couple of hours,
set out on the back trail The little
party of escaped federals was under
careful guard, for Kynaston we'll knew
that, given the chance, they would
give him the slip and scatter on Amer
lean soil.
They would not dare to escape d.
rect to Mexico again. for there they
would be shot on sight; but in the
United States almost any Mexican in
habitant whose sympathies lay with
Carranza would give them shelter and
food till the chance should come to
smuggle them back to the federal
forces.
kynaston was very glad at heart
when. topping the long ridge, his pris-
oners sauntering behind him, he sight
ed the camp fires OF his permanent
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