The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
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Days of eomplsts psscs followed
that abosuvs raid, leosthsning into
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Sconts sspt out BY Captain Donald
PAR. acting for Patria. reported that
Eelaya and Huroki had apparently
never again .ventured forth from the
mountain Businesses to which they
had been driven BY the Claiming
people, after their rescue Of Patria
and Donald.
Nor was there perceptible any indi.
cation Of concentration Of Mexican
soldiery in the country south Of the
border-whether troops Of the de facto
government or followers of Zelaya's
outlaw fortunes.
In natural consequence that vigil
lance which had been excited among
border landowners by the raid in
sensibly relaxed. The stronger guards
which they had established against
further attempts against their lives
and properties were weakened by
degrees. With a single exception, they
relapsed into that fatally false sense
Of security which had heretofore been
theirs, thanks to long immunity frOa
such outrages as had been visited upon
other sections or the border country.
That solitary exception was a note
worthy one-Patria Charming, who
had suffered too much at the hands
Of Baron Huroki and his associates to
believe that anything short of COM
plete preparation to cope with further
attentions would discourage the en-
envy.
Such measures, then, as Patria and
her counselors reckoned she must take
to provide against possible disaster.
must necessarily be put into effect
with the greatest secrecy. A minimum
Of show must mask maximum of in
diligently directed protective efforts.
Patrie spent days riding over her
lands in company with Donald, Rod
man Pillsbury and q small staff Of
chosen lieutenants. The topography
Of the countryside was examined with
minute attention.
The tremendous acreage Of the
Charming: ranch favored, such secrecy.
It would have been almost possible to
mobilize and maintain a great army
within its boundaries undecided
would have been altogether possible
had the resources Of the land been suf-
ficient to clothe and equip and provi-
sion such q force. IL.
. AS It was, very considerable num-
Der Of men was added to the normal
population Of the ranch without at
tracing any attention whatsoever.
Picked employees rode forth from
the hacienda .well-nigh- daily, for a
time. on long tours into the interior
and east and west, along the border.
And tn. results Of their adventurings
appeared daily, by twos and threes
and singly- seasoned horsemen all,
alert, clear-eyed, determined patriots.
As a rule they timed their arrivals to
occur during the hours Of darkness:
and as soon as they had reported to
Donald Parr, they were assigned to
specific duties at distance from the
main ranch houses, and disappeared
into the night as silentlysas they had
come. The hinterland Of the ranch
swallowed them up; in Its remoter
stretches they lived andswfought setlu-
lousaysat their tasks, al ready for that
summons which might coWie ct
my hour. Meantime they drilled quiet l
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