Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
IN american
and His WDe on
Icy. Mountain
Trails in the Mex
nan Sierrus, WM
Bandits mPmyuit,
Race for the Bor-
der and Freedom.
BY ". H. VI. W.4TSON.

BYW. H. VI. W.4TSON.
-HEN revolution has broken down
q nations protective powers for
II" its own citizens and banditry is
unchecked there is an unwritten
law for a foreigner No matter
if you are right or wrong whether you have
killed or are just accused of killing; no matter
if it is wealthy, educated man an ignorant
peon; another foreigner or well known bandit
with price on his head-leave that country
immediately
This rule applies in almost every case and
is always followed by the wise. Very few of
the unwise ever reach their native country
again.
KNOW many prominent men and women,
and there are thousands that I do not
know that have ridden out of such countries
in hasty flight great number of these
would have liked to face the music" and
prove their innocence, but they were unwilling
to risk the laws delays while they remained
in Jail pending adjustment of national dis
turbances. In such cases your consul is power
less, and as general rule cannot help you
except to give you tobacco or a few magazines
Even though you would only be asked to
gotten until law and order again prevail. All
in all, 1t has been proved by many sad cases
that the only course is to-get QUIT
When my wife and escaped from the adobe
house our sole thought was to reach the United
States as quickly as possible.
We could hardly walk, as we were booted
for riding and not for walking The trail was
narrow, Steep dark and long. 1t was covered
with loose rocks that seemed to make crashing
noises. We were both clothed in white duck
riding breeches, and these seemed to glare like
a beacon. Ezequel pronounced Izzy-kiD led
the way.
After what seemed an eternity of walking
as quickly as possible, afraid to cause a noise
or stumble and every minute expecting shot
from the sides of the trail, we saw the shape
of a man standing few feet away. had the
figure covered and ready to shoot, when Ell
Viejo, our faithful servant, spoke.
"Senor? All, gracias a Dios, you and the
sonora have come. Here are your horses.
I had food for your trip, but it fell from the
trail and down the mountainside. There are
still two cans of sardines in the saddle bags"
Ell Viejo! Never did feel so thrilled. Behind
me my wife was breathing a prayer.
SGCENOR," FL Viejo spoke softly, II will 60
with you If you wish, but am old and
not good for fighting, and that is what you
must do before you arrive in your country.
Neither can walk we'll and the trail is long.
Ezequel is young and can travel fast beside
you. have but one possession that is good
and that I am going TO give to la sonora. 1t
is my gun and was given to me by former
Gerente. Walk with the horses a ways, then
mount and ride, ride as you never did before.
God be with you" He hurried away into the
darkness.
We led the horses until dawn, then mounted
and rode as fast as the trails would permit.
Ezequel ran ahead setting the pace, and being
part Indian, he ran for hours without firing.
Our horses were the best in that section and
we could have easily outdistanced any pur-
suers for a moderate distance, but the nearest
railroad town was days of hard daylight riding.
The trail wound up, down, around and up
and down all over again thousands of times.
The altitude is high and the nights at a
freezing or zero temperature. Many places in
the road extremely dangerous the trail
being not over II to Is inches in width with
sheer drops the side of thousand feet
or more. Naturally, many hardships were
encountered, and these were added to by the
Shortage of food and lack of clothing.
THE first three days were spent in continuous
travel during the dawn, day and dusk
hours. This was soon abandoned for two
rCcsonS: Because We believed we were being
S2llc,gco, and secondly we couldn't build fire
&c keep warm at night on account of the pos
s-bility CT the glow giving location to the
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