Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-29

-,"m. bathing. and dressing in her r'd- rr "l1IheS.
 While she dressed she saw one ot ,pe cowpuncherS pass beneath her win dow. and called down to him softly, begging him tO saddle horse for her and fetch it tO the entrance to the patio. without 'letting on to any body.
 He promised cheerfully, and went his way, and had the animal waiting for her when at length, fully attired. she descended to the patio and crept furtively toward the arched passage that opened on the out-of-d0Ors.
 But she was not to get away so eas- ily. Parr's voice hailed her in amused expOstulatiOn before she gained the paSsageway.
 Here. nowi What's all this?
 "Oh, dearr' she complained. Its just my luckl"
 "Why, what's the matter"
 'I did so want to go riding all by myself-this oncei And, of course, you llsiu io bc up anu Iooul 1hu 'BOiA everythingw
 "Bless your heart i' he said. "I'm not going to ruin your day the very first thing. Far be it from me to butt in where angels fear-where one angel does not fear to tread he corrected, laughing. Besides. I only got up so early in the hope of being permitted tO smoke at least one pipe in peace. Cut along with yOu--and mind you're not late for breakfastr'
 With this she turned and scurried out of the patio; and Donald filled and lighted his pipe, smiling tenderly to himself as he heard the drumming of her horses hOOfs die out in the dis tance
 Something like quarter of an hour later heavy and confused roll of hoofs reused him from the idlest and pleasantest of daydreams. Knocking put his pipe against the sill of the pa tio well. he sauntered curiOusly through the passageway-and saw that which startled him out of his false feeling of security in the twink ling of an eyelash.
 A small squad of the border patrol was bearing down upon the hacienda 1t a dead run, desperate haste and anxious purpose written plainly on the face of each man.
 Refining in and dismounting in the same breath, the officer commanding the patrol turned and waved half of uis men away.
 "Get On !" he cried. Rouse the boys n the bunkhOuse-get every man on the place under arms, and send him here in hurry!"
 "What's up?" Donald asked quietly.
 Devils lOoSe-Or I'm in wrong" tne officer told him. "We've just sight ed half hundred or more 'Greasers' headed this way. They crossed the border by the bridge over the arroyo. tod knows what they mean, but if it lsn't mischief, 1 don't know the signs. Get your people together and shut the house up tight before"
 He could not finish for the sudden ress of that onslaught which, with no more warning, swept down upon the devoted hacienda with the fury of black squall out of a blue sky.
 In mid-speech the officer broke off and ducked into the passageway as the vanguard of the raiders appeared on the crest of the nearest rise and ncontinently opened fire on the group at the entrance to the patio.
 His men followed him without an tnstant's hesitation, leaving their mounts to run free; and then Donald, obliged to concede the impossibility of facing that charge in the hope of breaking through and satisfying his frantic sOlicitude for Patria, was driven into the patio by veritable nail of bullets.
 Stout wooden doors, strapped heav- ly with iron, closed the inside end of the passage; and these were hastily barred by the troopers, while Donald ran to find himself a weapon and the household wakened to find itself be- sieged.
 Following the disappearance of Don sid there was brief lull, during which no shots were fired by the raid FITS.
 Then, as Donald ran out from his room to the gallery, rifle in hand, trightful detonation rocked the hacien- ia on it's foundations and the dyna mited gates of the patio were blown In, hopelessly shattered and sphntered.
 A cloud of smoke mOmentarily filled the passage; as the draught drew 1t outward, bullets began to rain inward. The defenders were driven to cover behind the well and other coigns of shelter, whence they responded with n intellectual fire; half a dozen Mex cans fell, but the momentum of their caarge carried two score into the