The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09

tAese had been going on for. weeks b.
fore her arrival at the ranch.
Occasionally, their reconnaissance
carried these swift sentries Of the air
lanes south Of the border; but the ~
ports Of their observers were tnvaria-
bly, destitute Of alarming formation.
Apparently !. the Mexican population
was apathetie, resigned to- The pursuits
OF peace. There was NO more gun-run-
ming that could be discovered. There
was no movement Of troops percept.
ible. There were no raids. There was
not even q lonely case Of sniptng to
keep the patrols on the Qm vive.'
For IN THAT, Pshia's preparations
were pushed forward with UNDATED
There came Q 4a5. several weeks
after: zalaya's fntiie. r,id, when this
young, woman rode ont 70 t0yfsw her
modest but wonderfully ed1cieat fsrcse
She returned to tie hacissds In ~
quiet Of evening. weary but exnilsz.
aoea. "a 80 - - .as,r s :ra, :
/. FIN not AFRAID .sAs I'D NQoaA
With. . nod .ot Aee AsaA4 ,indieat1nG The
Ms4aosn noapkaiaa II ~. eoutA-tAeif
ras1sd lampeFtss looming Il 1arpls
shades agaiast the ailyered sates q .
perfect mooal1sht night Let them
comet"
4-H&~ laughed sx1aDatA ekleally., bot
sAesk asespgayj9g A1aA "a. :, j ~.
'Lst u not zall Into IT, pit e syer
cooAdseee." he said r know how yos
fsel. m. wes6sefsl to know that ws
have N tAeae ms fellows 81 rslly =
our defease in cass u need. But after
III. they're GUY haadfui: md what
r.feaf 10 that the, next act sf. sgsree
sion, when II cones. wiz b Invasion
In overwhelming forces. We, have
goce - III. % We can In the matter Of
making these men the Toughest lind
Of hard.hitting fighters; but there
aren't enough Of them to withstand
an arrays advance. From now On We
must devote all our energies to the
planning Of means to equalize supe-
rior numbers with superior intelli-
gence. We must be prepared to de-
liver . staggering blow before the en-
envy can find out how Insignificant our
forces are"
They sat In silence for q little, both
gazing out over the Swallowed dis
tances beyond the border.
1T is too qulet-too quiet alto
gether," Parr unused aloud. II can't
forget that Huroki is somewhere out
there-hiding, planning, restlessly
scheming to serve his country's pur-
poses and at the same time to gain his
revenge for the setbacks he has re-
ceived at our hands,"
"Nor can I forget It," the girl re-
piled. "Of one thing we may feel as
sured: If Huroki has any voice in the
councils that are taking place down
there. the blow, when it comes, will
fall here first of ALL"
The shadow of premonition dark
ened her mood transiently. She shiv-
cred little.
II WONDER" she said, "what iniqui-
ties he is Matching down yonder?"
There is certain psychic sympathy
between the minds of those that hate
well, even as it is with those who love;
there vas less coincidence than might
be thought in the fact that, at approx
imately the same time, Baron Huroki
was uttering substantially similar OBJ
servations concerning Patria, at dis
lance OF something like days ride
from the hacienda.
The scene was the main room of an
adobe dwelling Of somewhat more pre-
tentious proportions and appointments
than Is commonly to be found in the
wilder sections Of inland Mexico.
There were a number Of other adobe
houses near it; but this was the larg-
est Of the lot; and 1t was further dis.
BY q restless going and
coming Of orderlies and officers Of su-
perior rank in the field uniforms Of !
the japanese army-though there was
not lacking a sprinkling Of others at
tired In the livery Of the troops loyal
to the de facto government Of Mexico
The, dwelling was, in. short, the
Of General Nogi, COM
in chief Of the allied Japanese
and Mexican forces which had been
secretly gathered together in this re-
mote retreat and were now marking
time, under arms, against receipt Of
word from Tokyo to proceed with the
invasion of the south
western United States.
From the slight eminence on which /
the headquarters building stood the
valley sloped away in dimly mOonlit
and as far as one could
see it was city Of dust-colored tents
populated by regiment upon regiment
of highly trained and efficient troops.
Within the headquarters building, in
4 large room, brightly lighted and fur
nished with soldierly severity, an in
formal council Of war was in prog
ress, General :Nogi himself presiding.
He was q man Of nearly sixty, yee |
carried his compact and athletic body !
Wlth ths. ease, Of twenty dve.. Hia
heavychd6ed eyes. were -. bright 81
my youths; the network Of wrinkles
hat inclosed them, with the whitenea6 |
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