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Show CARRIED $200j000 IN GOLD Through Honduras by Mule Train When That Country Coun-try Was Overrun With Marauders. A 2V.mlle ride with JHOOOOO worth of I bullion In gold bars from San Juanclto Honduras, to La I nlon San Salvador, through a country In a state of revolution, revo-lution, the revolutionist being composed com-posed of the worst class In the country, with onl a guard ot six men to protect pro-tect a pack train, Is an adventure tint would cause even the bravest to hesitate. hesi-tate. But aiuh was the experience of L B Itamsaur, former!) .ashler of the New Aork nnd Honduras Hosarlo Mining tompaii), which la situated at ban Juanclto, Honduras Mr. Humeaur waa passing through Denvet on his vvn) to Waco Tox . the othci da), and was askel to relite nn most thrilling expeilen e in Central Aineilca, where he had spent seventeen euia ot hla life Let me see he said ns he puffed at hs clgnr leilectlvel) It was nbout nine )ears ago In rebrunr) of 1893 I was cashier uf the New Aork nnd Hon-durns Hon-durns Hosarlo Mining company ut the time In the mines which are In Sun Juanclto One nfternoon nbout 4 o clock I was sitting nt my desk figuring at the books when our little coloied messenger bo) tame Into the ollhe nn 1 touching his tap sild Massa Itamsaur, yer wanted In the nnmgera olllce sail1 Hosing the book with a snap I wnlkid over to the directors olllce, wondering what In the world they tould want with me A I opened the door I was surprised to see the nsslstnnt manager our manager being In New York standing In the middle of the room talking with four other gentle, men whom I knew to be large stock-lioldeis stock-lioldeis In the mine W hen I entered, Mr Tyng, the noting not-ing minager, came ovet to me and stretching out his hand said 'Rain-anur, 'Rain-anur, )ou are game for a projett that require as much strategy as braver) ? ' I answered 'Aes on general principles princi-ples ' Very good ' he returned Toil know that we have f 200 000 In bullion I) Ing In our vault which has got to be ahli ped to New A'ork, and we all think the sooner the better Aou know that tho revolutionists nre beating hick the Government troops on every side, nnd It is only a question of time before the) reach and sack Sin Junncltn Now, ns )ou know, If the rebel forces should get posutsslon we coull protect our gold with the name of the United itntes but If the outlaws bleak through first the) will get the bullion My plan Is to send you with the hold over the road to La Union, San Silvador, as our pirt Ainiipala Is closed b) blockade A'ou tun oul) take a amall guaid, ns the rend Is prett) ileal, I think nnd a larger guaid would exdto the suspicion suspi-cion of the people I expect )ou to he ready to atart ut 0 otlock tomorrow morning. Will you go' I simply bowed and said 'A'cs ' As I did so I saw hlin smile nnd wave his hind at one of the other gentlemen I learned afterward he had made a bet that I would go without question Vv HM.n.n .. C m .11. f n- 1. the saddle with ni) six guards m) pnpers In the solo of m) shoe, m) passport pass-port In m) pocket und the pack trnln of fifty mules headed down the mountain moun-tain for the coast Nothing happened the first da), ns the jehels had not invaded that portion por-tion of the countr) The road liy through 1 forest one of those tropical trop-ical forests )ou don t see In this countr) coun-tr) and oven with the ra)s of the hot sun beating dow n only u soft shimmer-Ing shimmer-Ing light filtered through the roof of leaves, making a cool, delightful tvvl-llsht. tvvl-llsht. Parly In the evening of the first da) I irrlved In the clt) of Tegucigalpa Tegucigal-pa which I the capital of HonCur is 'The Government troops were pour-Ing pour-Ing Into the clt) ns they had sustnlned defeat fiom the rebels In th southern pirt of the countr) nnd were rctreitlng tn the clt) to prepire for a siege 1 allowed m) passport which hid been outlined from the Government of Hon-durns Hon-durns and got through tho night pencefull) Vext morning at 7 o clock 1 left Tegucigalpa, Te-gucigalpa, but with man) misgivings In my heirt for I had learnel the night before thnt the rebels were fast gatherlnfe around the clt). and 1 knew It woull be i tight squeeze to get through the lines Hut I hnd to get through In order to take the boat to New A'ork which would sill from La Union In less thnn a week So I told the muleteers tn keep the animal well together nnd cautioned the guards to put their W Inchester under the llnp of their saddles, so as not to excite suspicion suspi-cion I knew that If we ran agilnst a detachment of 200 or 300 rebels resistance resist-ance woull bo useless and there was Just a bare rosslblllt) of slldlrg h) If however vv had our rifles slung over our shoulders they would Immediate!) suspect there waa something worth Plundering ml take nil we hnd An-bow, An-bow, our revolvers woull inswer all purposes If we were compelled to fight We got ihotit four miles out of Tegucigalpa Te-gucigalpa and tho woods were so quiet and still that tho apprehensions T had had were somewhat lulled when sud-denlv sud-denlv m horse reired nnd lefore I could recover my equilibrium I heard the whack of n carbine and n bullet lipped ni) sombrero, tearing It off m head . . ,. . Cnlmlng m) horse aa best I could I saw the came of hli fright was n mnn who stood In the roid about two juris In front of me He hnd evident!) stepped from behind n tree whlrh was just around a bend In the roid As I was riling an eighth of i mile In ad vanre of mv party ns a mnn oi precaution precau-tion against nmhush h thought I wis alo- and had Intendel to kill me ant ti. what persnml propert) I had also m) horse This flashed on m like n stroke of lightning, nnd do )OU know I never had inv thing make me quite so mad I hasillv drew mv revolver anl blazed na) it the villain hut IIol) Teter' I might Just aa well have tlret at ii flash of light ...... Whisking behind a tree he uttered a peculiar i) and In thlrt) seconds It seemed as If ihit place ha 1 been strewn vylth the teeth of the Culmlon dragon, It Jint seemed to grow men From behind every tree nnd bush men sprung end soon the rnidwn) swnrniel with a nnss of swarthy, feattirel rUuuliils topper-fneed Indians In-dians Alexl. an nnd greasers I could hivo licked m)self for m) stupldll) T hnd run Into a detachment of the rebel forces, these hnppene 1 to he part of the troops sent Into the toun-try toun-try b) the Mcariguan Clovcrnment tn help along the revolution If Insleid of trying to shnot the soldiers I hnd wheeled about and notified mv com-rades com-rades we mtfcht hove been sifel) on our way hark m tho city, but It wns too Ute for m mp.inlons. hearing the exchnnge of shots hid urged the mules on nl were Jut coming uround the bend In the rond ' Having mule one slip I was not go. Ing to make mother, und ns these were troops with otllcera, not hrlginds I con. eluded that liscretlon was the better part of valor so I called to the Koldler that crowded around us that I suiten-dcrcd, suiten-dcrcd, and nslced to see their commnn--Jer t will sa tint they were decent about my request and led us before the Colonel who iv sitting under n nnr-quee nnr-quee some distance from tho roidside smoking u cigarette "IIo was i n exceedingly nice fellow In manner nlthough there wa u look In his eyo thnt did not Inspire mc with eonddencc He nsked mo to sit down und I showed him my passport from the (Jnveniment of Honduras He looked It over and then told mo 1 waa a prisoner cf war. I told him that I knew that, and asked him to take tn before Gen I Manual Bonllla th commander In-chlef of the rebel forces whom I knew per-sonall) per-sonall) Fvldenlly something had excited ex-cited the colonels cuplllty anl suspicions suspi-cions He wns er) polite and nice asking me to have some liquor and a cigarette, saying It was too hot to move Just now We would wait at least till I got well rested he slid Then he commenced questioning me, nnd everything he asked seemed leading lead-ing up to the subject I dreidcd mot what the rucks on the backs of my mules contained The only thing thit had kept the Colonel from pr)lng Into the packs long ere this wis m) acquaintance with flen Honilla nnd you can Just bet that I rlael that up to the limit Gen Honilla had never attended ns man) fetes nor taken J minv drives ns with his deot frlenl Hamsaur I told the Colonel that next to the mem-bcrs mem-bcrs ot the famll), I thought I was tho dearest friend poiesed hv the General Hut at that I hnd to be careful and cau. tlnus In m) recitation of m) escapades with the Genernl is this Colonel had nil his habit down pat and kept shooting shoot-ing questions nbout him nt me and then ni)self anl my business In n wa) that would have worried a Philadelphia law jer ' As the mules ha I been herded to. gether a short dlstinre from the I olonel s marquee the fear kept haunt-Ing haunt-Ing me thnt If they should rub their sides together It might In some way loosen the pack, and perhaps drop one of the packs to the grounl. If It did v ell I would never get aw a) from there alive Sitting ns I was facing the mules a sheer fascination i ime over me to watch them At Inst I singled out two big animals which were browsing nnd 1 'nw to m) horror they were coming held on dlrectl) at one another I tried to shift my gaze, but It waa useless use-less to tr) Nearer and neirer they drew till they were onl) a few feet apart, and I knew that the Inevitable result would be that In the next five minutes one of the picks would be 1). Ing on the ground, the )e!Iow gold bars scattered around I give a loud laugh and pointed to a monke) which was performing some funn) antic In one of the trees The Colonel looked up ns he did so I took m) revolver out of It holster, gnsplng It firml) I dropped my arms llstlessl) over the hack of the chilr There wus one point on vvhlih I was firml) re-solved re-solved Thit Infernal Colonel should nevei get his share of the gold The mules' notes were neirlv touching touch-ing Every Instant I expected to hear their squ-ila as one woull turn around lo kick the other. Pulling my cigarette furlousl) I blew out a huge cloud of smoke I coul ln t bear to see that gold go n I knew that was going Suddenl) I heard the sound of hoofs on the ro U-bed U-bed and a sentr) a voice rung out In fnlnt but tlear tone General ofllcerl Turn out the guard' ' In u moment ever) one was bustling about the mule startled b) the sul-den sul-den action moved apart nnd I well I thanked God that the General s tour of Inspection had led him clown to tho nmbushel regiment at that particular moment ' Of course thit ends nil the smill ad-venture ad-venture that I had for in fifteen mln-utes mln-utes time Gen Ilonllli the Colonel nnd ni) self were seited under the marquee drinking whisky and smoking cigarettes cigar-ettes The General was very kind, and give me i passport for ni)self, men nnd mule with goll to the frontier. And all the while I was In the country hell b) the rebel I received ver) courteous treatment 'Denver Tost |