Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-08-31

country 90 the north and east offered
almost perfect security, and the river,
to the south, gave immunity from pur-
suit or prosecution. The beevcs we're
driven north into the wilderness, but
the horses went 10 Mexico, where the
war had created n market for them.
The federals had plenty OF money to
buy mounts.
Whom did Don Ricardo suspect7
The old man was nOncOmmlttnl.
Suspicion was one thing. proof was
quite another; and conviction was Diff
cult under the best OF circumstances.
Why, even n cows recognition OF her
" calf was not evidence for a court,
and nllbls were easily proved. Unless
the thieves were caught In the very
act there was no case against them,
and-pOr Dlos lone could not be for
ever on guard. Who could tell where
the lnalefactOrs would strike next7
Now, In Mexico one could afford TO
kill IN undesirable neighbor without
so much formally. But. thank God |
Don Ricardo was not n Mexican. No,
he was n good American citizen. II
wns something to make him sleep we'll
In these war times.
"Just the same, I'll bet he'd sleep
better II the Lewis Out1t was cleaned
up," Dave ventured, and Blaze agreed.
Guzman caught his enemy's name,
and nodded.
"Ahl That sin verguenznl Tie sells
arms to the Cnndelerlstas and horses
to the Potoslstns. Perhaps he steals
my calves. Who knows7"
"Senor Lewis doesn't need 10 steal.
He has money" Jones argued.
"Truel But who Is so rich thnt he
would not be rlcher7 Lewis employs
men who are poor, and he himself Is
above nothing. |, too, am Il friend OF
the rebels. Panchlto, the Llberntor,
wns n saint, and ! give money to the
PATRIOTS who fight for his memory.
But DO not aid the tyrant Potosl with
my other hand. Yes, and who Is richer,
for Instance, than Senior Eduardo Aus
tln?"
"You surely don't nccuse him Of
double-denllng with the rebels7" Blaze
Inquired c%urlOusly.
81 don't know. lie is n friend OF
Tnd Lewis, and there are strange sto-
rles nilont.
Just what these stories were, how
ever, Ricardo would not say, feeling,
perhaps that he had already said too
mach. The three men spent that eve
ming together, ana IN the morning
Blaze rode home, leaving the Ranger
behind for the time being ms Guzmnn's
guest.
Dave put In the next two days riding
the pastures, familinrlzins himself
with the country, ana talking with tho
few men he met. About all he dlscov'
cred, however, was the fact that the
Guzmun range not only ndIolned some
of Lewis leased land, but also was
bounded for several miles b. the Las
palmas fence.
Il was pleasant to spend the days
among the shy b~rush-cnttle, with Bes.
sic Belle for company. The mar,
seemed to enjoy the excursions n.
much ms her owner. Her eyes and ears
were ever alert she tossed her heaC
and snorted when n deer broke covei
or a Jackrabbit scutlled out Of hei
path she showed n friendly Interest
In the awkward calves which stood
and eyed her with such nmazemenI
and then galloped stinly or with tall
high arched. Law had many times un
dertakcn TO break Bessie Belle OF tina.
habit of illnglng her head high at sud
den sounds, but she was nervous an,
inqulsltlye, and this was the n thin
upon which she maintained n femlnln,
ubstlnncy.
ON the second evening the Ranger
role home through n drlzzle that hat
materlallzed after a long, threatenln,
afternoon aud now promised to be
come u real rain. Ricardo met hin
at the door to say:
"You bring good fortune with you
Bonor, for the land u thirsty. To.mor
row, N this rain holds, Eve shall rid