| Show SYNOPSIS SIS i f Due Hooker r and Phil De Lan Y are re o ln to n a revolution In Mexico to up their mining miniM claim and return to o tho o United ne tate In n the tho o border town Of or Gadsden Dud Bud uj meets Henry Kruler Kruger a af miner who h makes him a r f lr Pty return to Mexico I to acquire q lr tillac till Utie to R a very rich mine which had ac blown UP when he round ho he had been en cheated out It bt th the title b ono one Aragon Tho MexIcan spent a large Bum ium In nn an attempt to relo then allowed the tho land to vert for tor taxes Hooked anti De Lance Lancey at Fortuna l' near n-ar where the mine as al tho Eagle Tail l Is located They engage tho services 1 pi Cruz Mendez who lies liaa l friendly fr to Kruger to acquire tb tho tills for or thorn them and get si permit to do prE work Aragon protests and nd ceus them of ot Jumping nit his claim Bud nud discover that Ina matrimonial entanglements r Mendor Mendez from pet perfecting a 11 valid title I Phil who h been ban paying atten- atten t lion ifon to j l decIdeR do- do cIdeR to turn Mexican and get tho title la lii lila his own name Bud Dud objects to Phil Phils Phil's s e attentions to Gracia Ara Aragon on tails falls In his hk Attempt to drive them oft off the tho claim Heb Rob ei els are lire reported In 10 the vicinity I CHAPTER XI XI Continued II ft I tIts t ie desire or of lh the h s heb he b had bad d said when rebuked for serving u under uDder the hated flag of or Mexico to kill kUl Mexicans l And h ho added grimly the federals at this time s seem em best able to tZ give i gired us guns for that purpose But But it had been a year now since Dub Bulo his word and though t tiey ey had battled valiantly their land bad had not been given back t to them The wild the who never came down from tram the tho hills had gone on th the warpath again but Bute Dule and his still men served Only l i two ho things did they disobey their officers they officers they would not stack their arms and they would not retreat while there ther were still more Mexicans to to J be killed Otherwise they were very good soldiers But now after the tho long campaign i In Chihuahua and a winter of at Idleness at Agua Negra th they y were marching south couth toward their native land and in spIte of ot the stern glances of at their leaders leaders lead lead- ers era they burst forth In in weird Yaqui songs which If It their words had been known might easily have caused their Mexican 1 officers some slight uneasiness miens miens- ness In fact only a question of ot days months month until the entire Yaqui contingent would desert taking arms and amm ammunition with them Gee what a bunch of or men exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- ex- ex cla claimed Ded Bud Dud as ns he ho stood off and admired admired admired ad ad- mired their stark forms Theres some genuine fighters for tor you he lie observed to Phil and a giant standing ne near r returned his praise with a smile I hello I th there re Amigo hailed hane Bud kin hl his head he-ad in ITt Jl a friendly salute sa sa- sa lui lute a feller reller I was was as making t ig g s s' s to d up up In Au Agua Agu N Negra gra he ex eX ex- ex D Dogged If it I aint stuck on th these se Y q theY're ls-theY're they're all men believe me me flood w workers nil all right conceded De Do Lancey but Id hate to have e eget em get n with those guns Theys They s Bay y th they've yv killed a lot of ot Americans o one one I time and nd another Well VeIl if It they did d It was for tor being ca caught l In b bad d company said Hooker Id take a chance with em any time timo but but If it It you go Into their country with a Mexican escort they'll th kill kUl you on g general principles Say he cried impulsively Im going over to talk with Amigo I With a broad grin on his honest face tace be ho advanced toward the giant Yaqui and shook hands ceremoniously Where you go goV he inquired In Spanish at the same time rolling a cigarette and asking by a sign for a match Moctezuma answered the tho Indian gra gravely ely r Then as Bud offer offered d him the makings makIns he he too rolled roiled a a cigarette and anci they smoked for tor a minute in silence You live here hereY Inquired the YaquI at last Come here corrected Bud I have mine ten mine ten miles over mlles over there thero He pointed with the fiat flat of ot his hand radian Indian fashion and AmIgo nodded understandingly un- un He was wa a fine ne fI figure of a ma man standIng standIng stand- stand In Ing six t f feet et or better In hl lila well-cut well sandals 1 ls and handling his heavy Mauser Mauser Mau Mau- ser as a child would swing a stick broad chest ho v hO wore r a t till full ll cn i belt beIt and around around hi his waist he l ad two more more filled AIled to t tie ie last hol hole with hole cartridges and loaded clips At his feet lay his blanket bound into a tight roll roil and a canteen and coffee cUp his out outfit l l h so so far faras as liS impedimenta were concerned was elm simplicity iy Itself But instead of ot the cheap linen uni f the 11 federals he was was dressed In iii good cod American clothes clothes s a striped f hirt o etall and nd a a sombrero 1 banded with a ribbon ribbon and and I in l place of at atthe the beaten hunted look ook of those poor l he had the steady glUe at a II free tree man They stood and smoked t for far r a few tew moments talking briefly and then as the s closed cl sed up p their ranks rinks and marched off oft to make camp for the night Bud presented resented hrs his strange friend with i the he sack of ot tobacco and went hack back to join his pardner 1 That hat evening th the plaza wi was s filled with the wild Wildest cst rumor rumors and another train arrived e l during the night but through ti It all Bud Dud and rid Phil remained unimpressed 1 l 1 In 1 the morning the sol aol diers went e 1 marching off down the trail l leaving a great silence where all had been bugle calls bugle nUs and excitement and then the first fugitive came In from down below low He was a an old Mexican with trembling trem trem- bling beard heard and staring eyes and andi he told a tale talo of ot outrage that made their blood run cold Tho The ted red had come to his hO house S at night they had killed d his vUe and sop son left lert him upon tho thu ground for dead and carried off oft his bis daughter a prisoner But DUll t r when q tb h C 0 questioned questioned ques ques- Honed him sharply It developed that be lived not far tar away had no tar ler to tn lose and md was in fact only a aL L crazed old man who told for tor truth that which ho he feared would happen Notwithstanding the denouement his bis story stirred the Mexican population tion to the depths and when Bud Dud and Phil tried to hire men to push the work on the mine they realized that thai their had bad begun Not only was it impossible to engage laborers at any price but on the following day Cruz Mendez with his wife and children children chil chil- dren and all his earthly possessions on his burros came hurrying in from the camp and told them he could serve them no more It is my woman ho he explained my Maria Ah All If those re should see Maria they would steal her before my eyes I So he lie was given n h his s pay and the fifty dollars he lie had earned and after atter the customary Muchas gracias and with the faithful Maria Marla by his side ho he went hurrying off oft to the store And now In crowded vehicles with armed men riding In front and behind the refugees from Moctezuma and the hot country began to pour Into town adding by their very ery haste baste to the panic of ot all nIl who saw them The They were the rich property owners who having been subjected to forced contribution before were now fleeing at the first rumor of ot danger bringing their families with them to escape any being held for tor ransom In halt half a day the big hotel presided over by Don Juan de DIos Dlos Bracha- Bracha monto was swarming with staring staring- eyed country mothers and sternly subdued subdued sub sub- subdued dued families of ot children and finally finally final final- ly y to add to the o occasion caslon and compensate for the tho general confusion Don CiprIano Aragon y Tres Palacios came driving up to tho the door with his wife wIte and the smiling Gracia If It she had been in any fear tear of ot capture capture capture cap cap- ture by bold marauders Gracia Ara Ara- gon jon did not show It now as she sprang lightly from the carriage and waited upon her lady mother Perhaps after a year or more of ot rumors and alarms she had come to look upon impending revolutionary conflicts as convenient excuses for a trip to town a long stop at the hotel and arid even en a dash to gay Gadsden In case the rebels pressed close However that may be while Don DonJuan DonJuan DonJuan Juan exerted himself to procure them thema a good room she endured the gaze of ot the he American guests with becoming placidity and as that took some time she he even ventured to look the Americans Amen Ameri cans over and make some comments ohe mother othet f fAnd And then then then-or or so it ft seemed to Bud Dud Bud the he mother glanced up quickly and fixed fixed her eyes upon him After that he le was in less of ot a hurry to return to the he mine and Phil said they would stay tay Inside for Cor a week But Dut as forDon forDon for tor Don DOll Cipriano when hen he came across i ithem them hem In the crowded lobby he glared past ast them with malignant insolence and nd abruptly turned his hs back a k At La Fortuna he was the lord and master with power to forbid them the place laco but now once more the fortunes of at f war had turned against him hm and he was forced to tolerate their presence The band played in the plaza that evening e It being Thursday of ot the week and nd as the cornet led with La Paloma aloma and the bass viol and guitars heat beat eat the measure all nIl feet reet seemed to IS e i t l I II I 4 w I You Live Here Inquired the YaquI turn urn In that direction and the fear rear of or orthe the he raiders was stilled Around and around the band stand and nd in and out beneath the trees the pleasure loving maidens from down below elow walked decorously with their mothers and the tho little band of ot Fortuna Fortuna For- For tuna una Americans to whom life lire for some had been a trifle burdensome awoke suddenly to the beauty of ot the evening And among the rest of ot the maidens but far tar more ravishing and high-bred high walked Gracia Aragon Amagon at whom Bud Dud Budin DudIn In n particular stole many secret glances rr from rpm m beneath the broad brim of ot his lia lat hoping hoping- that by some luck the In- In would come corne upon the tho town and he could defend her her he he alone For he felt that he could do It against any hundred Mexicans t that over ever breathed CHAPTER XII In its ill inception the tho Fortuna hotel shad iad not been intended for tor the use uso of Mexicans Mexicans-In Mexicans in fact tact its rates were practically prohibitive for anyone not beIng being beng be- be Ing ng paid in gold gold butt but since most attle of at he tle Americans had left lett and seven dollane dollars dollars dol dol- lars lane aday Mex was as no deterrent to the rich refugee refugeo land owners It became of a a. s sudden international with a 8 fine m mixture ot of purse proud Spaniards and race proud American adventurers I Not a n very pleasing combination for tor the parents or of romantic destined des del tined for tor some prearranged marriage of state but very exciting for tor the damsels damsels dam darn sels eels and most provocative to the Amer Amer- leans After Arter the tho promenade in Ia tho the plaza the mothers by common consent pr preempted pro pre empted the upstairs room reception gathering their precious charges in close while the tho Americans after aCter their custom foregathered in Ia the lobby convenient to the tho bar Hot arguments arguments ments meats about the revolution and predictions pre pro predictions dictions of ot events to come served to pass tho the early carly evening with many scornful glances at the Mexican dandles dan dandies dIes who went so BO insolently up the stairs And then as the refugees retired retired re re- tired to their apartments and the tho spirit of or adventure rose uppermost Phil De DeLancey DeLancey DeLancey Lancey made a dash out into the and came back with a Mexican can string bandA bandA bandA band A serenade boys he announced Into as the musicians filed flIed sheepishly sheepish the hotel Our guests the fair senoritas seno seno- ritas you know Well We'll make those young Mexican dudes look like two- two spots before the war Is over Who's game now flow for a song beneath the windows windows win dows You know the tho old stand stand-by La Paloma and Teresita Mia and Mla and you want to listen to me sing Me Gustan Gustan Gustan Gus Gus- tan to Gracia the fairest of at the fair Come Como on on fellows out In the plaza and then listen to the old folks cuss They adjourned then after a drink for courage to the tho moonlight and the plaza and there beneath the shuttered shut shuttered windows and vacant balconies 1 n r liia UJ VII Ul ui Lon in Paloma while Phil and a few brave spirits sang A silence followed their fIt first attempt attempt at at- tempt as aa well as their second and third and the comisario of or police a mild creature owned and paid by the company came around and made a afew afew few tew Ineffectual protests But Dut inside the company's compans concession concession concession conces conces- sion where by common consent the militant kept their hands off the Americans knew they were safe and they soon Jollied the comisario Into taking a drink and departing Then De Be L Lancey took tolk up the burden and the string band hired by the hour strummed on as If It for eternity One by one the windows opened fretful fathers stepped out on the balcony bal hal cony and bound by the custom and convention of ot the country thanked them and bade them good night But Dut the two windows behind which the Senor Aragon and his family reposed did not open and and though the dwindling dwindling dwin dwin- dung band stood directly under their balcony and all knew that his daughter daugh daugh- daughter ter was was' tho the fairest of ot the fair Don CiprIano did not wish them good night Perhaps he recognized the leading tenor and tenor and the big voice of Bud Hooker trying to still the riot riot but but however It was he would not speak to them and De Do Lancey would not quit Try em on American music he he cried as everyone but Bud Dud went away In n disgust the latest rag from Broad Broad- wa-ay wa New York Hero that guitar hombre and listen to this now He picked out a a- clever er bit of ef syncopation syncopation syncopation syn syn- and pitched his voice to a aheady aheady aheady heady twang Down in the tha garden where the th red roce grow Brow Oh my DIY I long lone to col gol Pluck me like ilkI a flower cuddle me an hour Lovle Lovie let me learn tho the Red Race Roio Ra-ag Ra There was some swing to that and andt It t seemed to make an Impression for forust just as as' he be was well start started d on the chorus the sl slats t of ot one of ot the shutters shut shut- tens parted and a a. a patch of white shone through the tho spaces It was the ladies ladles then hen who were getting rested interested Phil walled wailed on Swee boncy-b boncy honeY e b to mo me mol My heart hurt U III tree free tree but here here's II the tho key And then positively ho he co could ld see that hat patch of ot white beat time He took heart of ot grace at that and sang on to the end and at a suggestion of at clapping in show dumb-show he gave an encore encore encore en en- core and ragged it over again doln doin It it do doin n it ft doln doin it t he began as the shadow dance c ceased ased Honey I declare Its It's a bear its it's a abear 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