Woman's enterprise., 1922-09-01

,,o Nevertheless | was dreadlu'ls Il
lonesome as with the exception Oh {
Pedro had no one with whom to con- t
worse after work hours as the other i
nr;nters spent all spare time in bar 0
room and gambling shop on the op- /
nos;te side of the plaza. The Ne"
York men who came up the river with (
rs were dreadfully home sick II one
could Judge by their conversation and
70 relieve their feelings indulged ex-
tensively in singing songs OF the day
as sung in the slums. One 1aVof''e
chorus wound up thus:
Ill hold you dollar tits Lowery
I know him by his big Know-Nothlns
hat, q,
He's one Of the boys Of the Bowery'
/ Then,
"oh, man, wish was on the Bow
!; cry tonight
, For about three months after my
, arrival at Granada peace prevalle'
; tbronphout the entire Republic. The
4 American and native troops seemed 10
:, fraternize although quartered apart
), and dicipline was fairly we'll MAIN
h +,;nod after one or two executions OF
fellows who imagined they were as
e FREQ to take human life as formerly
j. while in mining camps. One des-
narado was executed for killing a
a Young native boy just to snow MS
e sk;1] with a rife and this was the hls'
a Of many executions | witnessed. Inc
o wall of the building in which the
g printing office was located was wher'
= the doomed man was placed 10 p'
= shot and | hada full view Of the pro
Il ceedings. 1t was the first victim 0
Il court martial I had seen execute
Il and of course it made deep and last
Il ing impression upon my young mlh'
Il There was little sympathy for tn
II fellow even among his tough con
naions as the murder he commute
II was a most cowardly one. Anothe
Il was hanged for killing man WI
i had charge Of Walkers horses. II
II oallows was erected in the centre
H the square so that all, natives as We
ss Americans, could witness the ex
cution.
Bv this time the toughs conclud
that they we're soldiers and not
the mining districts Of Cal'forn
With the trial by court martial OF
Lieutenant named Jennings and
execution by a firing squad, kill
Of each other by Americans "
brought to an end and discipline f'r
w established. Jennings was gr'
favorite with the California cont
gent and with the few Mississippi;
with whom he was reared. ne
handsome young officer, was Of
fine family, educated and refined
too handy with his six shooter A
weeks previous to his execution
shot another man who recovered II
his wounds and Jennings had just b
acquitted as the victim of his
practice had been more or less
hlame in the affair. Jennings
one of the original ffty-six men
accompanied Walker to Nicaragua
was considered one Of the most da
Of the ~mmortal Fifty-six" as
styled themselves but to US know
Company A, First Rife Battalion
During the first few months mo
Of peace, military service became
tremely irksome particularly to
Ca];fornians who chafed at NIL
discipline and all of US were in
of being discharged within
neriod but General Walker, indu
in dreams of Empire, was not t
ing of relieving the Americans
duty and it was soon noticed u
nored President Rivas and issue
ders and entered into contracts
he were president and Congress
hined. To prove that he was
military genius we have only Il
back to his attack upon Rlvs
strongly fortified town and ga
of one thousand soldiers with
fifty-six Americans after the
allies had deserted him.
Peace was of short duratie
Costa Rica soon declared war a
the Americans in Nicaragua
\ evident satisfaction Of Walker
Hwho cheered long and loud WI