Arizona republican., 1922-04-01

done by each putting his chin on the
other fellows right shoulder. his
hands on the other fellows back. pat
ting the hands gently and murmuring
Owing to the gamecock his empraZos
were one handed affairs, of course.
He met a plentifully built priest who
talked to him earnestly, either about
the state of his soul or that of the
gamecock. In due time the train
reached Orendain. Here we had a
wait of three hours for the train to
Guadalajara. Every minute offered
fresh treat to the eye.
At Orendain the waiting room is
high rooted shed at one end OF the
station. No need for walls in such
| perfect climate. This Is the winter
season, which differs from the sum
mer season principally in that there
| is no rain and no mosquitoes. The
scores of passengers piled into the
| shed and most of them sat down on
| the dirt floor. There were refresh
ment stands scattered about, where
those who wished could get food.
A Mexican Railway Sandwich
81 shall have a sandwich said my
companion, who bad finally tired of
eating bananas. He has established
the west coast record for freehand
panama GdElIlEs f1G WdfGd HIS h0iahs
at the woman who kept the sandwich
stand. She tore open a large roll of
| bread, pulled out part of the crunb,
waved away some flies, dipped her
hand into a pot of cut UP meat,
spread some Of it in the cavity OF the
roll, dipped into an open can of sal
mon, poured half a dozen brightly
colored condiments out of various
bottles, slapped down the top of the
| roll, and gave ii to him. He stood
looking at it helplessly.
"Whatll I do with it?'' he asked.
The dog told him. There is beg
gar dog at Orendain. He Is large,
grizzled, intelligent dog. who goes
about. picking out people who look
good for free lunch. When he tden-
titles a possible giver he sits down
and pulls at the potential philanthro-
pist's trouser leg with the prehensile
claws of his right paw. He flattered
me extremely by doing this, although
had no sandwich and had just ex-
pressed my determination never to
have any. Between times he shoul-
ders other dogs off the premises. He
never fights. That might make him
| unpopular in his chosen field. He
| just elbows them out of the shed.
giaring at them sidewise and growl-
| ing a deprecatory growl that is al
most noiseless.
station Hen finds Good Picking
Beside the dog there is the station
hen. She is of the justly popular
| Plymouth Rock breed and picks l.sr
way about daintily, picking up the
| crumbs the diners let fall and which
are too small to be worthy the dogs
attention. we made our lunch on
| oranges We had to attract the atten-
| tion OF the old lady who sold them,
| and who, sqlatted on the ground,
seemed more interested in fishing
| expedition she was pursuing into the
| hair of one of her offspring than in
| business. but we did it. Oranges may
| be no safer than sandwiches. but
| they seem safer.
| Between times a brown Cupid was
| given his days exercise by his
| mother. The heat of the day had
| fretted him, so that she took off all
| his clothes except a tiny shirt. that
| floated shamelessly from his little
| shoulders. His fat and dimpled legs
| bent and wabbled beneath his weight
as his pretty Indian mother half led
and half lifted him on his little jour-
neys.
The fat man with the game-cock
appeared, minus his fowl of prey.
| Search discovered that sapient bird
| tethered to one end of a bench. He
stood at the extreme end Of his cord.
| but was quite at ease. head on one
side. peering up with his bright,
round. gold trimmed eve into the
| faces of passersby. Near at hand sat
quite the neatest and cleanest old
| Indian woman / have yet seen. She
| was fairly redolent of soap. BY her
/ side was a little round basket over
which a brightly clean towel had
been tied. AS regarded 1t, the head
Of hen protruded from a hole at
one side.
Laying Hen 10 Rewarded
"Chiquita," said the little old In
/ dian woman, tenderly.
She united the towel and took out
| the hen and went to sandwich
stand, where she bought a centavo's
worth of crumbs for her treasure.
The expenditure was justified. for in
| the vacated basket was a clean
| brown egg. At the end of the shed
stood an Indian, in charge of a great
| bundle of sugar cane heaped against
a tree. The small boys. upon whom
we conferred centavos. at once ran
| to him. At each purchase he drew
an exaggerated Bowie knife from his
| belt. chopped off joint, and. II de-
| sired, trimmed the outer substance
| away from the clean white pith by
unerring ships with the weapon. His
mastery was SO perfect that it cost
us many centavos.
| The place fairly cleaned with
| color. Most of the men wore revolt
| vers. Many of them affected the sill
yer inlaid belts so popular here.
| Others had great silver or bone
| handled knives and inlaid silver
| spurs. The women wore mantillas,
! and many of them-for we are near
ing Guadalajara were notably
| pretty.
Better Than Any Screen Cowboy
! A tall Indian rider wore pair Of
! charro breeches that fitted him so
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