Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-01

con the square, George, don't !
know any mere why I'm here than
than you know"
"Well, that beats mel" calculated
Thorne, sitting back in his chair.
amaze and concern in his expression.
"What the devils wrong? Your old
mans gof too much money for you
ever to be up against it. Dick. you
couldn't have gone to the bad?"
A tide of emotion surged over Gale.
How good it was to meet a friend
someone to whom to talk! He had
never appreciated his loneliness until
that moment.
George how ever drifted down
here l don't know. I didn't exactly
quarrel with the governor. But
d-n 1t, Dad hurt me-shamed me.
and ! dug out for the West. 1t was
this way. After leaving college 1 tried
to please him by tackling one thing
after another that he set me to do.
On the square, T had no head for
business. made a mess of every
thing. The governor got sore. When
| quit-when I told him straight out
that I was going west to fare for my
self, why, it wouldn't have been so
tough if he hadn't laughed at me. He
said l couldn't earn a dollar-that I'd
starve out west, and couldn't get back
home unless / sent to him for money.
He said he didn't believe / could
fight-could really make a fight for
anything under the sun Oh-he-he
shot it into me all right"
Dick dropped his head upon his
hands, somewhat ashamed of the
smarting dimness II his eyes.
"Fight!" cried Thorne, holly.
whats ailing him? Didn't they call
you Biff Gale in college? Dick, you
were one of the best men Stage ever
developed"
''The governor didn't count foot
ball." said Dick. "He didn't mean that
kind of a fight When 1 left home I
don't think l had an idea what was
wrong Of me- But, George, think
/ know now. was rich mans SON
spoiled, dependent, absolutely igno-
rant Of the value of money. I haven't
yet discovered any earning capacity in
me. seem to be unable to do any
thing with my hands. That's the
trouble. But I'm at the end of my
tether now. And I'm going to punch
cattle or be miner, or do some real
stunt-like joining the rebels"
"Aha! l thought you'd spring that
last one on me-" declared Thorne,
wagging his head swell, you just
forget it. Say, old boy, there's some
thing doing in Mexico. The United
States in general doesn't realize it,
But across that line there are crazy
revolutionists, ill-paid soldiers guer-
rilla leaders,, raiders, robbers, outlaws,
bandits galore, starving poems by the
| thousand, girls and women in terror
Mexico Is like some of her volcanoes
ready to erupt fire and hell! Don't
make the awful mistake of joining the
rebel forces. If you didn't starve or
get shot in ambush, or die of thirst
some Greaser would knife you in the
back for your belt buckle or boots
There are a good many Americans
| with the rebels eastward toward Aqua
Prieta and Juarez. Orozco is operat-
| ing in chihuahua, and / guess he has
some idea of warfare. But this is So
nora, mountainous desert, the home
of the slave and the Yaqui. There's
unorganized revolt everywhere. We're
patrolling the boundary line. We're
| making a grand bluff. could tell you
| of a dozen instances where cavalry
should have pursued raiders on the
| other side of the line. But we won't
do it. The officers are a grouchy lot
these days. You see, Of course, what
| significance would attach to United
| States cavalry going into Mexican ter
ritory. There would simply be hell
| My own colonel is the sorest man on
the job. We're all sore. It's like sit
thing on a powder magazine We can't
! keep the rebels and raiders from cross
| ing the line. Yet we don't fight My
commission expires soon. I'll be dis
charged in three months. You can
bet I'm glad for more reasons than
I've mentioned"
Thorne was evidently labor:ng I'M
der strong, suppressed excitement.
| Ills ldCS ShOWCo p1AC uIlQCI Il1S Idll,
and his eyes cleaned with dark fire.
He had seated himself at a table near
one of the doorlike windows leading
into the street, and every little while
he wtS;ld glance sharply out. Also he
kept consulting his watch.
These details gradually grew upon
/ Gale as ThUr3e talked.
George, it strikes me that you're
upset." said Dick, presently. ST seem
to remember you as cool-headed
fellow whom not ng could disturb.
Has the army changed your
Thorne laughed. 1t was a laugh
with a strange, high note It was
reckless-it limited OF Gxaltation. He
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