Show CARRIED IN GOLD Through Honduras by Mule Train When That Country COUiI COUi- COUi Coun Coun- I I tty try Was Overrun Wih With Marauders i A mile r ride e with lh worth woth of ot bullion bulon In gold bars front from San Juancito Honduras to La Union San Sin Salvador t through a country in a state tate of ot revo revo- l luton lution ution the rc revolutionists ts being com corn composed corne I p lose posed J of ot the the worst Wort class In the country countr with wih only a guard of ot six men to protect protect pro pro- t a n pack train Is Isn an n n adventure that would cause CUSO even the bravest to helt heel hesi heels uso c t tate ate tc Hut such was the experience of ot L. L B B. formerly cashier of the New lew York lork und and Honduras unc Ros Mining c Compan company which Is situated at San J Mr was pa passing through D Denver r n on his wa way to Waco Tex Tex the o other nay cla day and andas to was vaa asked to relate rebate iris f mo most loat t experience In Central Centra iS A Aler America merica c he had spent seventeen y years earl ears of or his life le Let 1 et m me see ee he ne said sad u 1 as he puffed at h his is s cigar 1 It I was wag about n nine ine cars car u ago ugo o In ln February of ot 1893 I 1 was cashier of or th the New Nei New York and Hon Hon- duras luras culas Mining company compan at lon lon- the thc t time ime In the mines which are in fri San J un ii ci to One afternoon about 4 o'clock I was s sitting at nt m my ray desk figuring at the tho books boks when our little colored messenger boy c came ame Into the office und touching his c cap ap said Mama Massa n r yer wanted i in n the managers manager's manater's office sah salt Closing the thc book with lh a snap I walked over o er to the dl directors director's won wondering what In the world they thy could want sant with me As I 1 opened the tho door I was tas surprised to see the assistant man manager out manager ul ger-ul our manager being In New York York York standing standing In the middle of o the tire room oom r talking with wih four Cour other othel s gentlemen gentle gentle- men whom 1 I knew to be large larce stockholders stock stock- holders In the mine When I entered Mr Ir Tyng the actIng actIng act- act Ing l og manager came over o er to me and s stretching out his hla hand said lc Ram Ham s tur aur you OU are same game for forc fora a project that r requires as much strate strategy as bravery braver I 1 answered Yes on general ples pies Very he good returned You know that that good we have o h In bullion h lying ying In our vault which has got to lo be s shipped hipped to New New York and we all al think t the he sooner the thc beter better You know that t the he revolutionists are arc ar b beating back the G Government troops troop on every side and i It t is s only a question of they reach rech and sack Son San Sf J Now as you y ou know If It the r rebel bel forces should get possession t we ivo o could protect our gold with the name of or tho the United States but If It the outlaws break through first the they hey t will get the th bullion My I plan Isto is isto t to o send you OU with the gold over o er the roa road t to o La La Union San Sari Salvador as as our port I Amapala 1 is It closed by blockade You YouCan 1 Can cart only take a n small guard cuard as the road Is pretty clear I think and arid a l larg larger arger r guard suard would excite the suspicions cons of or the people I expect you to be read ready to start at 6 C oco o'clock k tom tomorrow morning wm VIll you ou go I 1 simp simply bowed bowed and said Yes Yes A As AsI I I. I did so o I saw him smile smie and wave his hand at nt one of the other gentlemen I learned arned afterward he had made a bet t that hat I would go co without queston question Next ext morning moring at 6 o'clock I was Inthe In Inthe the saddle addie with my six guards my papers In the solo sold of m my shoe my my passport passport passport pass pass- port In m my pocket and the p pack k train of ot fifty mules mule headed down the mountain mountain moun moun- tain Cor for the coast Nothing happened the first lay day In as the rebels had not Invaded th that t portion porton por per tion ton of or the country The road load lay Iny through a forest one forest one of ot those trop trop- i cal ical forests forest you dont don't see In this country coun coun- try try and and tl and even with the rays of at the hot sun sun heating down donn only a soft shimmering shimmer shimmer- i ing ng light filtered through h the roof of ot l leaves eaves making a- a cool delightful twi- twi I IsM Eary Ear y In the evening of at the first da I arrived In the of or day city Tegucigalpa pa which Is the capital of at Hon Honduras ur s. s The Government troops were pourIng pour- pour I Ing InS ng Into th the city a as the they had sustained L defeat from the rebels In the southern part of at the thc country and were retreating to the el city to prepare for Cor a siege c. c I I showed my passport which had been heen obtained from Crom the tho Government Go of or Hon Han dur duras duris and got sot through the night peacefully Next ext morning at 7 o'clock I 1 left Tegucigalpa Te Te- Te- Te but with man many misgivings In my heart for I hall hal learned learne the night before that the tho rebels were ere fast tast gathering erIn around the cl city cit and J I kneIt knew kne It It w would uld be a tight squeeze to get through the lines lines' But I had to lo get through In order orde to take the boat to New lew York which would sail fall Fal from La Union i In I loss less ss' ss than a n week cek So I told the mul muleteers to keep the animals animals' w well 1 together and cautioned the guards to put their Winchester under the flap nap of ot their their saddles so as not to excite suspicion suspicion cion don cionI I 1 knew that Uia If it 1 we ran against t ta a detachment of oC or COO 0 OO rebels resistance resistance resist resist- ance ance anc would be useless and there was waR Just a bare e b possibility of sliding by If I however wo we had our rules slung slums over our shoulders they would Immediately suspect suspect there wan wa something worth plundering and take all we had Anyhow Anyhow Any Any- how our revolvers would answer all al purposes purposes- If It we were were compelled to fight We Ye got about four miles mies out of or Teg Tegucigalpa Ta- Ta Te Te- g and rid the woods were wore were so quiet and still sUI that the apprehensions 1 I had lulled when suddenly sud sud- had were somewhat h denly n my horse reared and before I could recover my equilibrium I heard the whack of of ofa a carbine and arid a bullet bulet sipped m my sombrero or tearing It off of my ray head Calming 0 my horse hore as best beat I could I saw satt tIre the cause of ot his hla fright was tas a mart man wh stood In the road roa about two yards in tn front of or me He lie had evidently It from behind a tree which was VAR Just lust around a bend In the road As I 1 W S riding an eighth of a mile In advance ad ad- van vance nC of my party 05 a kind of ot prec precaution u- u thin tion against ambush he lie thought I 1 was ws R an and had Intended to kill ki me and h take what personal property I J hail had also alsor my iiri horse This flashed nahed on mo me like a r and do ou know I stroke of lightning you nc never cr had hac anything make malte me roe quite so 50 mad niad I ha hastily drew my Y revolver re oher and blazed d a th at t th the villain hut but Holy 1 Peter I might might just as well wel have tired fired fred at cit a flash fah of or light Whisking behind n. n n tree he lie uttered n ft a peculiar cry and In thirty seconds It It seemed as If that place had been strewn with wih the teeth of or the dra dragon on It Just seemed to grow groW men From behind every even tree and bush bushmen men mert sprang and soon the roadway warmed swarmed with wih a mans mM of ot swarthy swarthy- featured Spaniards faced copper In Indians Indians In- In dIane Mexicans and greasers r acrs j could have licked myself tor for my stupidity Y I had hd run into a detachment of ot the rebel r b l forces Corce these happened to toW tob tobe b W be part hart of ot the troops sent ent Into the country coun coun- try b by the Nicaraguan Government to lo help belp along along the revolution If I. I instead of ot trying to shoot ot the soldiers I 1 had wh wheeled lec about bout and notified mY mv corn como rides rades we might havi ha been safely satel on 01 out our way 0 back to the thc et city but It was too toolate toolate to late lat tor for m my companions hearing the exchange of shots had urged the thc mul mules H Hon on and were Just coming around the bend In the road Having made rOc one clip I was not riot goIng soIng go- go Ing log lo to make mace another nother and nd as these were tro troops ps with wih officers not brigands andl I concluded con con- eluded d that tha discretion was the better beter part Jart of ot valor vator so I called to the soldiers that cr crowded wd d around round us that I surrendered dered tiered and nc asked to fe ree fe their comman comman- der den rI C t I II will wIll wl say sy that the they were decent about my request and md led us lS before the Colonel who was as sitting under a marquee mar mar- quee some ome ore distance from Crom the roadside a cigarette He was yas as an exceedingly h nice t fellow I. I nce lo In i manner lh U h was wag waga a look kok lookIn i In n his eye that did not Inspire me with c confidence He asked m ma me to sit down a and nd I showed him in 1 my passport from the Government Go G of He looked looke it t e ever ver e. c rind and then told me I a 8 a t prisoner of f war ivar 1 I told toli him that I knew that a and nd asked him to tal take c m rn ti before Gen Cen Manual M anual Bonila the commander iTt ti of ot t the rebel forces whom I 1 knew per per- s Evidently something had excited cx- cx c cited the Colonels Colonel's cupidity and suspicion c cion lans He lie was very ery polite pole and nice a asking m mV m tp tc tl have hate e some liquor and a c cigarette fraying It was too hot to move mo j Just now now We e would walt wait wal at at h least till tillI tl I got sot well wel rested he raid ald fald Then he commenced questioning me a and nd everything he asked seemed leadIng lead lead- I Ing InS ng up to the subject I 1 dreaded most i what shat tire the thE pa pocks ks on the backs of ot my ray mules conta contained Inc I The only thing that had kept the C Colonel from Crom prying Into the packs long bong longere c ere cre rc this w was wan l my ray acquaintance with Gen Ceo B and you ou can n Jut Just bet that I I p played that up to the lh limit Gen Bonilla Bonila had hal never ne el attended as asman man many fetes nor taken as as- many drives s a an nr s with his lear dear eltar friend I t told old the Colonel that next to the members mem meat h bers berR ers of o the thc family I thought I was the d dearest earest friend nd possessed ed b by the thc General Generl I B But Dut ut at that I 1 had to be c careful an and cautious cau cau- t ious In my r recitation of ot my escapades I with the General Geneal as this Colonel had hal a all al ll his habits i down pat pt and kept shootIng shooting shoot shoot- l ing ng questions about him at then myself my business s In a la wa way that would have worried a Philadelphia lawer law law- y yer er erAs yerAs As the mules ha had been herded to together to- to g ether gether a short shor dl distance anco from the C Colonels Colonel's marquee e the fear Cear kept hauntIng haunt haunt- i Ing ng me that It If the they should rub their s sides ides together It might In some wa way l loosen the pack and perhaps perhaps- drop one o of oC f the packs to the ground If Ir It did didell didwell did did- w well wel ell I would woul never get away from froni there a live alive e 81 I Sitting as I was facing the mules I a 3 she sheer r fascination came over me to wa watch them At last I singled out two tO I b big ig animals which were browsing and andI I 1 saw to my horror they were tere coming coinS h head hc ear on directly at one another I t tried ried to shift shir m my ray gaze but It was ivas useless useless use use- l less ess to try Nearer an and nearer they d drew rew till ti the they were only anI a a few feet a part and I k knew ew that the Inevitable r result resul would be that In the the next five minutes one of oC the packs would be he lyng ly ly- ly i In ing ng on the ground Jund the yellow elow gold sold bars s scattered around I lr 1 ga e a loud laugh and pointed to toa toa ton a n monkey which was as performing some ome f funny Cunny Antics In one of or th the trees The Colonel looked up a as he Id so 50 sot I took my revolver out of ot Its Is holster i grasping grasping It I t firmly I dropped m my arms listlessly o over ver the hack of ot the chair There was o one ne point on which I was wa firmly re resolved re- re s solved That Infernal Colonel should never ne er get set his share of ot the gold The mules mules' noses w were ere nearly touch- touch I In Ing ng el E Every Instant I expected d to hear their squeals ls as fR one one would turn around t to o kick the other Pulling m my ch cigarette arete f furiously I blew ut out a Q huge cloud of s smoke mole I t couldn b bear beai al to see that t gold sold go aa as I knew that thai was going Suddenly i I heard hear the sound SOUd of ot hoofs hool on the road bed and a sentry's voice volca rung out In faint but hut clear tone General Generl officer Turn url au out t the guard suard I In a moment every ery c one was bustling busting about the mules mule startled b by the sudden sudden sud sud- den action acton moved mO d apart apart and I well I-well I well I thanked God that the thc Generals General's tour of ot Inspection had led bed le him down to the I ambushed regiment at that particular momen moment t. t I Of or course that tha rinds ends all 1 the he small adI ad adventure adventure ad- ad I venture that I for Cor In fifteen Iteen minutes minutes' minutes minutes' min min- utes' utes time Gen the Colonel and myself were seated under the m marquee I drinking drinking whisky ky an and smoking cigar cIgar- ettes etes The General was WIS WISer very er kind and gave lVe me a passport for or myself men and mules with g gold goldt hh to the frontier And Andal Andall Andall all al the while I was In the country held county by the rebels I received very ery courteous tre treatment t ett-De ett Denver er Post Pst |