New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-28

each little one different" she Whispered
and blushed like girl.
A UGUSTIN came in shining with excitement
1--WE are going to have the target con.
test. Here is the rife! But where are fba
cartridges?"
Much rumaging through the whole house Of
Villa to find any cartridges. Finally we ara
off. Augustin and I, the contestants; Villa the
sonora Don Eduardo, Margarita and quite
gallery Of Villistas
The "blanco' (target was a white bottle
placed on stump at twenty-i metres
lifted the rifle. But Augustin:
"a moment, senorita. Do you not want to
rest the rife by tree"
But no. The little lad looked very IN.
happy; then after a moment.
But, senorta, it is necessary that rest it
bv tree, because l cannot hold it otherwise
1t weighs too much"
"All right You rest it. Augustn because
you are little, but shall shoot like this be-
cause | am big But he was not to be com.
forted
please, senorita, do me the favor to rest It
on the tree-you, too--so that we shall he
equal in the contest"
Is it disgrace, / wonder, for grown wom
an to be outshot by a child Of nine. when that
child happens to be the first-born son of Fran
cisco Villa?
Then the Jefe challenged Don Eduardo to
pistol contest A bottle, still at twenty-five
metres Don Eduardo shot first Villas MS.
toll Even the Jefe was impressed. He turned
to me, his eyes shining with pleasure at his
friends prowess.
"Cara! Senorita Que buenos tiros estosf"
Gee, what good shotsI
Then the Jefe. Good shooting But no bet
ter than Don Eduardo s-perhaps not quite as
good.
"Estoy uiejo" q am old) he murmured when
we were going back through the dusk He is
forty four.) Again the sadness.
s.WILL you not tell me of some of the
hard tasks you have accomplished in
your ten years of revolution, mi General?"
sAh, senorita, a man does not talk of those
things"
"Well, will you not tell me why you fought
for ten years."
"That is simple, senorita | first went into
revolution because life was insupportable for
the low people during the time of Diaz-and
| was of the low people. I followed the little
Madero. Then he was killed by Huerta. And
! overcame Huerta. Then was Carranza. But
nothing was better for the low people. Moth
ing had yet been won. SO I kept on fighting
until-well-now Carranza is dead and"--
''How do you feel about the death of Car.
ranza?"
His face darkened-"Una mancha barbara
a horrible stain that will defle the history o,
my poor country forever" Again that ponder
ing. Then-
''Well, he is dead. And the patra need
peace. More than anything else the patr;
needs peace. So I have quit fighting. I am
farmer When thought it was best for M
people I would not quit fighting. And whe
/ thought it was best for my people | woul
not go on fighting"
"How many battles have you been in, m
General?"
"Of battles, scnorita-and by that I shall
mean combats where at least one hundre
men We're left on the field-over one thou
sand and three hundred I have had luck
ch?"
Never WOunded?"
"Oh, yes, Of course have bullet here
And here And here And here And in thi
lSS-llOJ SO lucky--LnEeS. ana the laSC lIe
three different places. When we reach th'
house 1 shall show you why shall never wall
well again and why I have pain without end
ing"
That was when the Americans came in?
"Yes"
"Will you tell me about that-about you
lying in a cave so long? / have heard abou
it, butt
There is not much to tell, senorita Afte
the battle Of Herrero, where l was wounde
my leg, as told you, broken in three places
disbanded what was left of my forces, tina
they might escape without the burden OF mt
And with two men only-both my first cousin
i ran for the higher hills to a secret cav
l knew. We reached it just in the nick Q
time to hide, but without moment to Ct
food. We had with US only three kilos
rice and one and one-half kios Of suga
And we lay there tlirty-three days, senorl:
Thirty three days with nothing to eat bt
three kilos of rice and one and one-half Klf
of sugar among three men! Luckily, tnel
was water in the cave and water is the mo-
essential. There were in pursuit Of Us lo,oV
Carranzistas and $4,000 Americans. On SCI
eral different days during the first week "
heard then, hootircr tho hr,,cI II around