The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-25


advanced II miles to Il place where
they had removed rails and by burn.
ing had twisted them. We laid new
ones on new ties and proceeded. When
we reached Rodriguez. 81 miles from
Laredo, it was seven o'clock. There
we found an engine which had been
derailed and overturned the day be.
fore. 1t had righted itself. and Il
hooked onto our train and took it back
north. our engine and tank car con.
tinu!ny south.
l climbed on the narrow platform in
the r"nr Of the tank car and We went
on.
We reached I.amTMsos ut nine.
was Immediately surrounded by arm
Ell rebels in n hewildering variety vt
rainent and escorted before Gen. Juan
NJ. Garcia. g"vernOr-elect Of NpuvO
Leon and commandment If the army Of
the North.
My letter from RorQuez produced the
proper effect and I was told I might
Z" south on the military train at
dawn.
There were no hotels nor rpstau.
rants. and I was famishetl. The town
IL five miles from the station. I saw
lighted doorway several hundred
yards away. went over. found some
women. and asked for food and shel.
ter.
"It's Ameriean-and Youno."
The women held II lantern up to my
face and. exclniming in Spanish. "lt's
an American. and young they said
they would do their hest.
by the light Of n smoky lantern they
prepared and gave me the starhoar,i
| thigh If Il young goat boiled IN grease,
onions. and chilli hotter than the hinges
If the inferno. gol'hled 1t down with
the appetite Of II starved coyote and
ate several fiat cakes Of corn pone
and drank a glass Of goats milk.
Meanwhile a wrinkle,l withpred old
relic If niue matrimonial enga geme1,ts
and willing to so further-had pre-
pared the war correspondence couch
This consisted Of one blanket spread
on narrow sidewalk outside the
house. l looked II over ana scratched
my head. in which the 'yonng visitors
already had found breeding place.
HE Bed Chamber Furnished.
l asked for a pillow and they give
me- small sack Of corn in pillow
slip.
! asked for sheet and they gave
me II tahleclnth. l gave up-took oil
the Rill Hart puttees and shoes and
lay down.
Just rs I was about to tloze OF I
WAS startled by a Wild fusilla,ie at
the station. The women screamed and
mOaned. rolled into nearby gut
ter. 1t turned out to he only ret,els
at their third hottie Of meztal. I tlOzeti
of. only to he reawakened by a ''cabal-
Tito dc gas'-a little horse Of gasoline
as thu. Mexicans call a railroad re-
locilsetie.
Ill consul Americano:" screamed
several rebels.
! dressed and rushed over to meet
Randolph Robertson. the liveliest wire
In the American consular service in
Mexico. He has taken dozens Of Amer
leans aud British out since the last
trouble began. He has smootheti over
n dozen causes Of war" In the last
two years. His station at Neuv0
Laredo has more friends than any In
Mexico.
He was bringing In two Americans.
They ate fried goat and went on north.
and I returned to he'd and to slee1. ut
twelve. with the stars close down over
my bed.
Breakfast 10 Served.
One Of the native women wakpned
me ut five with cupful of coffee
placed on the sidewalk by my pillow.
I turned I" ge, cigarette and turned
hack I" find the family parrot pcrchetl
"n the rim Of the cup drinking my cof-
fee and swearing nj me fluentiy in
I.ammsns Spanish.
I At noon the military train with Gem
eral Garcia started for Monterey. He
kindly consented 10 let me ride.
crawlatl In the cab00sa. ana went Ia
Villaiala,na. where the first passenger
from the North In te1, days overt.nie
us and We switched. arriving here ut
Ave with Robertson. who H. on his
NTH trip guarding American interests
and who II taking this message North,
On both sides Of the road for hun.
tlre4l miles to here are evidences cf
ten years revolutions distinctions
Houses have been burned fields are In
weeds. there are M cattle. no land Il
cultivated. people nre alatietic, dumb
ilaxed. and hopeless.
Hut all have hope In this new crowd
saying. III they cannot straighten I,
out. VIII" ia left3" The answer IL. no
body Ut Mexican blond.