The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-02

advanced Is miles to a 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, 55 miles from
Laredo, II was seven O'Clock. There
we found an engine which had been
derailed and overturned the day be-
fore. 1t had righted itself, and it
hooked onto our train and took 1t back
north, our engine and tank car con-
tinuing south.
climbed on the narrow platform In
the rear Of the tank car and we went
on.
We reached Lampasos at nine.
was Immediately surrounded by arm
ed rebels in a bewildering variety Of
raiment and escorted before Gen. Juan
nj. Garcia. governor-elect Of Neuvo
Leon and commandment of the army of
the North.
My letter from Borquez produced the
proper effect and l was told I might
go south on the military train at
dawn
There were no hotels nor restau-
rants, and was famished The town
Is five miles from the station. I saw
lighted doorway several hundred
yards away. / went over, found some
women, and asked for food and shell
ter.
tits American-and Young"
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face and, exclaiming in Spanish, "It's
an American, and young" they said
they would do their best.
BY the light Of smoky lantern they
prepared and gave me the starboard
thigh of young goat boiled in grease,
onions, and chilli hotter than the hinges
of'the inferno. gobbled 1t down with
the appetite of a starved coyote and
ate several fiat cakes Of corn pone
and drank glass of goats milk.
Meanwhile wrinkled, withered old
relic of nine matrimonial engagements
and willing to go further-had pre-
pared the war correspondents couch.
This consisted of one blanket spread
on narrow sidewalk outside the
house. l looked 1t oyer and scratched
my head, in which the "young visitors"
already had found breeding place.
His Bed Chamber Furnished.
I asked for pillow and they gave
me a small sack of corn In pillow
slip.
l asked for sheet and they gave
me tablecloth. l gave up-took of
the Bill Hart puttees and shoes and
lay down.
Just as I was about to doze Off
was startled by wild fusillade at
the station. The women screamed and
moaned. I rolled into a nearby gut
ter. 1t turned out to be only rebels
at their third bottle of mezcal. I dozed
off, only to be @eawakened by "cabal-
Tito de gas"-a little horse of gasoline
AS the Mexicans call a railroad We
locipede.
Gel consul Americanor screamed
several rebels.
dressed and rushed over to meet
Randolph Robertson, the llveliest wire
In the American consular service In
Mexico He has taken dozens Of Amer
leans and British out since the last
trouble began. He has smoothed over
dozen causes Of war" in the last
two years. His station at Neuvo
Laredo has more friends than any in
Mexico.
He was bringing In two Americans.
They ate fried goat and went on north,
and | returned to bed and to sleep at
twelve, with the stars close down over
my bed.
Breakfast is Served.
One of the native women Weakened
me at Ave with cupful of coffee
placed on the sidewalk by my pillow.
turned to get cigarette and turned
back to find the family parrot perched
on the rim Of the cup drinking my cof-
fee and swearing at me fiuently In
Lampasos Spanish.
At noon the military train with Gen.
eral Garcia started for Monterey. He
kindly consented to let me ride. /
crawled In the caboose and went to
Villaldama, where the first passenger
from the North IN ten days overlook
bus and we switched, arriving here at
Ave with Robertson, who Is on his
fifth trip guarding American interests
and who is taking this message North.
On both sides Of the road for hun
dred miles to here are evidences OF
ten years revolutions distractions.
Houses have been burned, fields are In
weeds. there are no cattle; no land is
cultivated, people are apathetlc, dumb,
dazed. and hopeless.
But all have hope In this new crowd.
saying. "If they cannot straighten II
: out. who is leftT The answer Is, no