Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-05-14
iii.
Jltendra Returna.

1tNSH0rA NGE0NRtSs
-Four hundred and fifty miles on
horseback, through D, country devoid
Of law, bristling with ragged, semi
civilized poems lusting. for l~oot-ignor-
ant, ungovernable, and v~irulently
despising sgrfngoes"-is a Journey
9ome men would hesitate before taking
even to battle for a observation-disclosures
gold mine.
Buck Williams thought it all over
rs he pulled meditatively at an after
supper cigar In the Sheldon, while
Billy Scott hdgeted on the seat beside
him or n~ervously paced the lobby.
But the calm-eyed Hindu, sol atting
tailor-fashion IN the farther end Of,
the same divans was as motiOnless as
an idol In the great temple at Benares.
emily his adoring eyes, like those Of a
Jog whose master refuses him a ca
ress, BETRAYED the ferment beneat tn the
foids Of the soft snowrwhite turban,
which he donned shortly after his ar
rival.
Seotty,e blurted Williams, tossing
away a half-consumed cigar "did
Friday Thornton and the rest of the
boys down In G~uIiacan elect to vhmoose
or stick around q while?p
'erhey stuck-at least most d L them
did the last I heard OF Them" replied
the superintendent. @Hank @ regory.
Tommy Wickwara, and q dozen more
you know are stllI In town. They x
Pect intervention by the United
States"
sThe only intervention so FAR seems
10 be on this side of the line" grimly
retorted the magnate. what I'm
figuring on is this: We can gel across
all right-a hundred thousand soldiers
couldn't guard the boundary between
here and Aqua PrIeta alone--to say
nothing of reaching as far as the Colo
RADIO river. Once IN, we ought to be
able to double back east until we strike
San Pedro, then skirt the west branch
Of the railroad as far as Sanchez, and
from there across country to @ uliacan.
However, even IL we can no that,
what then? If Manuel Pacheco and
his friends are after EI TTgte mine
two Of us can't stop them. Blu it's up
to me to stop them if / expect to hold
what I've sweat blood to get for the
past FIVE years. How do you feel
about trying2"
Il think you're plumb crazy to think
about It," frankly replied Scott. at
was bad enough In Madero's insurrec-
tion. With him gone and Hlerta in
power, what chance has a man got,
Buck2 Orozco, Carranza, and q dozen
ether self-made generals are roaming
around chihuahua, numbering, robbing,
burning railroads and raising b.
generally. Now Moreno's badeviling
Sinaloa. Every one down country is
trying to get out. Believe me, +
wouldn't try to get back the same way
I anne out for a half-interest In Ell
Tigre itself"
"AIl right" tersely retorte "a Will
Hams. 'You take the train back to
Benson. drop down to Nogales and
see Il you can get through to DuIiacan
by way oz Guaymas along The west
coast. Trains are still running through
to Mazatlan on that division. I'll hit
it down the other way. That gives US
two chances. II you reach Culiacan
before / do, get the boys together and
start for 81 Tigre with every gun and
cartridge you can buy. beg on borrow.
II / get there first I'll leave instruc-
tons In case | want you to follow me
to the mine. II you can't get through,
shoot back to Nogales and wait until
You hear from me-"
Deaf to entreaty, e~xpostulation, or
argument. Buck Williams slipped out
Of the hotel before midnight and rode
ID the northwest. His long detour
carried him far beyond the regulars,
and he easily eluded the American
sIlne-riders.'
Before daybreak he was well past
the monuments ia the first fringe OF
hlIls south OF the Arizona boundary
line.
Ii q shallow arroyo be, gathered a
rev ar tuigs and lighted a smokeless
ere TO boil bis coffee. His horse and
one hHkla carrying the mehger sup
pales necessary cor the hazardous jour
BY. we're pickated behind knot Of
zate waile he creptl
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