| Show FRENCH strategy when tile the feretich were in mexico the stage robbe fles in in the vicinity of or rey became almost as frequent as they ire are lre gett getting ing to tb be between here antl ami kingbury ring king bury burs with the practical common sense for which the french are distinguished when they go about killing lulling people the french general at monterey d devis evis ed a plan that worked like a charm he picked out half a dozen of the smallest and dressed them up as females and put them in the stage each unprotected female had a short breech loading carbine concealed rinder his and they covered their demure faces bevells by veils velis of course courte the robbers surrounded the stage and anil the ladies 1 with an excess of feminine modesty climbed out of the vehicle and fell in line with the rest of the passengers when of a sudden an epidemic broke out among those mexican patriots for each lady on OD on average destroyed about three of them and the rest lost lose all t taste isto for female so society bety lety and went away I 1 disgusted the ladies ladles returned to town in high glee but for a ion lon long iong 9 time the mexican bandits entertained sucha sueha lofty veneration for the gentler sex that an old bonnet and shawl displayed conspicuously in in a stage secured it immunity from interruption an antonio derald herald |
