The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, June 24, 1914, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
The Land
of Broken
Promises
A Stirring
Story of the
t?exi? art/
Revolution
- ;
DANE.COO LFDG E
jlmdur (f "Tb- Flllillns Foo!.u "Hid Ja.
Wileri." "The Texkmn." Etc^
IfiuttraticniiyDOK J. LAVIN
tCopy rl3b?, 1914, by Frank A. Munsey.)
CHAPTER X.
_ v
TO an American? accustomed to get
tlngathlngs dono first and talking about
lt'afterward, there ls nothing so subtly
irritating as the old-world formalism,
tho pohte evasiveness of the Mexi
cans- and yet, at times, they caa speak
to tho point with tho-best of na.
For sixty days Don Cipriano Aragon
had silled and smiled and*-then, sud
denly, as the last day of their mining
permit passed by and there waa no
record of a denouncement by. Crus
Mendez, he appeared at the Eagle Tall
mino with a pistol In his belt and a
triumphant sneer on his lips.
B?hl nd htm rode four Mexicans,
fully armed, and they made no reply
to Do Lancey's polite ""Buenos, dian!"
"Take your poor things." burst out
Aragon, pointing contemptuously at
their tent and beds, "and your low,
pelado Mexican-and go! This mine
no longer stands in the name of Cruz
Mendez, and I want lt for myself! Nr
not a word!" he cried, as De Lan coy
opened bis mouth to explain. "Noth
ing! Only go!"
"?o, senor," said Hooker, dropping
hts-band to his six-shooter which hung
lbw "by his leg and stepping forward,
"we will not go!"
"What?" stormed Aragon, "you-"
"Bo careful there!" warned Bud,
suddenly Axing his eyes on one of tho
foui- retainers. "If you touch that gun
PU kilbyou!".
There was a pause, in which th?
Mexicans sat frozen? to their s add lea,
abd then De Lancey broke the silence.
"You mb st not think. Senor Ara*
gan," he began, speaking with: a cer
tain bitterness, "that yon- can carry
your point like this. My friend here Is
ayPt-x?n* and If your, men stir ho. will
kni them. But there in a law in thia j
c-vstitry for every mas-waar lt* lt tttat
yb?* want?"
. "I want this mining claim." shouted
A rn go: v. "that you h a va BO??unjustly' tu
ken from me through that scoundrel!
Mendez! And I want you to step
aside, nc that I caa set up my monu
ments and take possession of lt"
"The Senor Aragon has not been to
tho agente mineral today," suggested
Da Lancey suavely. "If he had taken
the trouble he would not-"
- "Enough!" cried Aragon, still trying
to carry it off cavalierly;-"! sent my '
servant to tho mini hg agent yee te f day
and be reported that the permit had
lapsed." ?
"If he had taken'the pains to in
quire fer new permits, however," re
turned De Lancey, "he would have
found that one has been issued to ino;
I am now a Mexican citizen, like your
self."
"You!" screamed Aragon, bis eyes
bulging with astonishment; and then,
finding himself tricked, ho turned sud
denly ..upon- one of-his retainers' and
strfck>k:bf 'whb hfrf -whtpr
"Son of a goat!" he stormed. "Pig!
Is thhr the way you obey my orders?"
Bvlt'Uibifgft he raved* and scolded; ho
had -Koneft?b- far, and there waa no'
putting tfie b?f?bio ou his servant. : In
his d?sire/to humiliate the h?f^d'arlri
t. ?
--foV somebody elB?. " Wo shall re
main here and hold our property."
"Hal You Americans!" exclaimed
Aragon, as he chewed bitterly on his
defeat. "You will rob us of every
thing-even our government. So you
are a Mexican citizen, ch? You must
value this barron min? very highly, to
glve*up the protection of your govern
ment Sut perhaps you are acquainted
with * a man named Kruger?" he
sneered.
"He would sell his honor any time
to defraud a Mexican of bia rights,
and I doubt not Lt was he who sent
iou here. Yes, I have known it from
the flrst^-but i will foolb?m yeti
"Sci you ore a 'Mexicancitikc-n, Senor
DI/LanefcyT Dieu, then ydn shall pay
the full- price ofr-yourrcitieenship. Be
fore Our law you are'now no more than'
that pdorp?l?do. Mendea. You cannot
appeal now to your consul at Gads
den-you are only a Mexican! Very
well!"
He shrugged his shoulders and
Bmlled significantly;
"No," retorted Uo Luncey angrily;
"you ure right-I cannot appeal to my
government! But let me tell you some,
thing, Senor Moxicnnol An American,
needs no governnn nt to protect bim
be haar-his gun,'-and-that'is enough!"
"Yes,' added-Bud,*-who had'caught
the drift of tho'last, "nod ho has his
friends, too; don't forget that!" Ile
strode over toward Aragon and men
aced him with, a threatening'finger.
"If anything- happens to my friend,"
he hiBsed, "you will have me to whip!
Aud now, senor/' he added, speaking
in tho idiom of tho country, "go with
God-and do nut borne hack!!'
'Tah!" spat', bu ck Aragon,- his hate
for the pushing'forelgnoi- showing in
every glance;-"i W?1 beat I you yet!
And I pray God tho revoltosos come
this way, lt they tak? the full half ot
my cattle-so long al they ' get you
tw?l"
"Very well,"-nodded1 Bud BB dragon
and his men'-turned! away, "but be
careful you do not sendoany!"
"Good!" he continued,-emillng grim
ly at the pallid;Phil; "now we got him
where we want him-^out^in the open.
And I'll just remember them four pai
sanos he bad with him-they're his
handy men, the boys with nerve-and
don't never let one of 'em catch you
out after dark.*'
De-Lancey sat down on a ock and
wiped his face.
"Heavens,* Bud,-* be -groaned, "I
never would have believed it of him
I *!.?>nght- he was cu the^qddrei - But
it just goes to prove:tba old-saying
every "Mexican has got a streak of yel
low in him' somewhere, ?j All you've'
got to de.Unto trust, him-long enough
and you'll find lt out. Well, were hep
to Mr. Ai*gbaran-'r4titffn
"It never seen one. of these polite,
pa!avering| Mexicans" yet," observed
Bud'Bageiy; "that wasn't crooked. And
thia feller Aragpu, is mean, . to boot
two .'.ccir play'nt. T don't knowhow vyou ?<
if eel; Phfl,' but' wo J?c^ii hinder, creeping
and sll?pinv^ot?d ao long=-thnt I'm
all erar aped up in?ddfcv Never suffered
more in my life'than the"last sixty
dayB-being polite to that damn Mexl-.j
can. New lt's our turn. Are you
game?" . . ?
"Count mo in!" cried Do Lan coy,
rising from hi? rock/ "What's the
play?"
"Well; 'wall go'. Wtd' town' pf etty j
Boon," grinned Bud, "and if j run
serosa old Arag?n, or: any, on o : o i thet? "
fa'ur?b*tt M?ilcans; ria jjblngnd ntttkb*;
a show. And ap for tlfe hig"brt^lB.
dog.of his-well, he's aure going.to get
roped and drug if he don't mend
hlB waya. Come on, letfB ketch up our
horses and g? In for a lit tie ti me!"
'I'll go you!" agreed Phil with en
thusiasm, and hair an hour later, each
on his favorite'horse, they were clat
tering down the canyon.. At the turn
of the tran, where lt swung Into the
Aragon lane, Bud took down his rope
and smiled In anticipation.
"You* goon' ahead," he aal d ,?- ahak 1 n g -
o?t'hlil loop, "and I'll try to put the
catgut on Brindle."
"OW ?iSe.- a \ fiflJEF* answered . D?
Lan edy," and, putting the spurs' to hie
fiery? bay?: ho went- dashing down the;
street,- scattering chi ck ena add hogs
In^U^d?r?Bt?ti^^ BSm?Tckttla BudV
rollihg jovJaily-iti his Baddie, and as
the dogs rushed out after his pardner
ho twirled ht? loop once* and laid it
skilfully acrosur tho big brindle's--back..
I Bdt roping'dogs is a difficult task at
best, and Bud waa out of practice: Th?
[ sudden blow struck Brindle to the
' ground ' and ' the loop came away un
lined.- Tba Texan laughed, ehlfting in
[idt'saddlti--,. v - , ? : :
.. ''Coted-:.; hg^
Joshing sidewise aa\be: c^l?d lu^ ropew
and BB the? womenfolk and-Idlers c<imo
rushing to seo what feud bsppeheti ho
?jpntd Copper Bottom, la b!**tracks
nd camd baek llko.a:?resk of light :
! "Look out, you ugly roan'a, dog!" he
storted^wh^ atfhatroA*i
down the lane und through a hole nv
tba' fenoa. Thliilr? wlA'Wtalm done.
lh the I dori of tho store- stood, AXA->
goa. pal? with fury, but Bud appeared
ot to-eoe'him. His eyes - '
toward tho hou?
ot tho. veranda-;
mttttoP.too* s?Brttii^?M
tica. .. .:<* * r v
"Good morning?? -yoni' ?adiaat" h?
?luted; taklhg-off .'his sowbi^ro wit
tlourUibi. "lovely.. wedU^ri alu't it?
->,Wiat;M -
tho muddy crook. "No sehne in lt, but1
lt gets something out of my system
?that has kept me from feeling glad;
Did you see me bowing to the ladies?
Some class to that bow-no? You
waut to look out-1 got my eye on that
gal, and i'm sure a bard one to head.
Only thing IK, I wouldn't like the old
man for a father-in-law the way mat
tera stand between UB now."
He laughed boisterously at this wit
ticism, and tito little | Mexican chil
dren, . playing- among' the willows,-'
crouched and lay quiet like rabbits.
Along the sides of the rocky hills,:
where the peona had their mud-and
rock houses, mothers carno anxiously
to- open doors; * and' na they?: Jogged
along up-the'river the chinese-gar
deners, working in each separate nook
and reddy of ethe storm-washed creek
bod, stopped grubbing-to gaze at them
Inquiringly.
'"Wonder what's the matter with
them chinks?" observed Bud, when his
happiness had ceased to effervesce;
"they Blt . up like a village of prairie
dogs! Whole country seems to bo on
the rubber neck. Must be something
doing."
"That's right,"agreed Phil; "did you
notice how those peons scattered when
I rode down the street? Maybe, there's
been some insurrectos through. But
say-listen!"
Ho stopped his horse, and in the
silence a bugle-call came down the
wind from the direction of Fortuna.
"Soldiers!" fae-said. "Now where
did they come from? I was In Fortuna
day before yesterday, and-well, look
at that!"
From the point of the hill just ahead
of them a lino ot soldiers came into
view, marching' two abreast, with a
morn ted ofhcor In the lead.
"-..La!" exclaimed Bud with convic
tion; "they've started something down
below. This is that bunch of federals
that wo saw drilling up at Agna No
gra."
"Yep," admitted De Lancey regret
fully; "I guess you're right for once-t
the open season for rebels has begun."
They drew out of the road and let
them pass-a long, double line ol
shabby infantrymen, still wearing their
last year's straw hats and summer uni
forms and trudging along In flapping
sandals.
In front were two men bearing lan
tornn, ;toi search out the way by night;
slatternly women, the inevitable camp
followers,* trotted along at the Bidet
with their bundles and babies; and at
tho little.brown men from -Zac ateca a
each burdened with hla heavy gun and
h job lot or belts'and packs, shuffled
bat! cht 1 y past the Arn erica n . they
fl ashed the wertes of their eyes anti
rumbled a chorus'of "Adios!"
"Adios;: Americanos!" they called
gazing enviously at their fine horses
and - Phil in his turn- touched bis bal
and wished- them all Godspeed.
"PooisdQVlls!" ho murmured, as tm;
?ffifeftflftam^ ladet
wltbj their ibardiws^^brougH up thj
rear and a white-skinn?d Spanish'001
cer saluted from bis horse; "what d<
tadio- littl? pelones- know; about llb
erf-f and' Jt?^t?.' or 'tbb-g?mfO'tbat h
belt, -jipl?yed? Wearing the same uni
ft? ins that they bad when they tough'
for Slits, and now they are fighting foi
Madero. Next y??r they may be work
in g tor Orpsco or Huerta or Salazar."
"Sure," muttered Bud; "but th?
ain't tue' question, li they'e rob?is tl
the lillis, where do we get. off?"
CHAPTEft Xl.
, The. plaza' ut Fori una. -ordinarily st
peaceful' ande sleepy, was alive wit!
h iii ? j o- met!-, wb? Bud - and Ph!
reached tovrm Over-at the station i
special engino w?s wheezing and blow
lng af te* its heavy run and, from th
train of commandeered ce jars b<
bind, a swann ot soldiers were leaptn
to the" ground. On the porch of th
hotel Don Juan de Dlo? t?raoharnont
wes making violent signala with hi
h ab de,-end as they, rode up he bu rr ie
out to meet them.
"My gracious, boys," ho crrddr "IV?
??od<thlrig-y?u - carno info town! Btf
pardb Bravo h BS come over-tho ' mehi
t?lnb; and no'a marching to take Mo
tesuma!" ?
I "Why, that doesn't m?k?'any dlffe
euee to asl" answered Phil. "Mocb
zuma is eighty mllen.'from he??' sn
look at alb the soldiers.' How man
pettcl)J^^^p:?Bt?',: -
, "W?u^th?til do not know," respom
ed Don - Juan "adme say m?re' s?
some less, but If you boya hadn't core
ln^I. would have sent: a niant to fete
you. Jusfak soon os a revolution b
gins the back"country becomds nasal
'Tor Americans. Sotno-of these lo
characters aro likely to m?rdeir 'y??
they think ? y ou ns^'any'nion'?p.-'
? "Well, Y/e haven't," pit In Bod; "bi
We've got a mine-?nd we're going i
kfe?b ?t too-." -
?: "Aw, Bernardo Brtlvo nasn-t got at
. ment." Bcoffci Phil ? "I bet thlB ls
i f?t?0 alarm. He got Whipped oat'
bla ber over in Cnlhuah?a~last'fa
? and ho's been up'In.the sierra Maur
bte* sine*. Probdbly comer d?wn7
steal* llt?el beet \
"Why, Don- Juan,- Bud and I liv*
right next to a trait all Jost year as
. if Wd listened-to -one-tdnth ot tl
, revoltoso storier wm beard wo wculdi
I hav* i taken -Out on* otrficoof gold. . I'
i g?ing'?o-^t my. d??iouneei?i?bt pape
I tomorrow, and di), bet 'you -Wo wc.
Sf?" dl??\*tt wol
; -jSnUe^
the heavy metal ore cars, each-a re
.:yA:t;.'-'::- . ; :,r' . - .
active Yaquis'were helping out their!
women and pet dogs, while the rest,
talking and -laughing in high spirits,
were strung out along the track In a
perfunctory -line.*
If the few officers In command had
ever attempted to teach them military
discipline, toe result was not appar
ent In the line they formed; but any
man who looked ut their swarthy
faces, the hawklike profile?, and deep
set, G toady eyes, would know that {hoy
were fighters.
After all, a straight line on parada
has very little to do with actual'war
fare and these men had proved their
worth under fire.
To bo nu ro, it was-the fire of-Moil
can RUPP, ahdvperhaps'tbat was why
the oi??cern were so quiet and unausert?
1 ve for ievof y> onrt or ! those-> big, >ip
stat oit?gvlndlnnB hacheen capto rea In
tU< Ynqrii ward'and deported' to the
henequ?n' -Heida of -Yucatan to die in
tho ;miot?rmx'a?d heat.
'But-.- they had * corrie from a hardy
I bf edd and tho Whirligig of - fortun? war?
flying faftt-^-Mndoyo1 defeated Porfirio
Diaz; fresh resolutions btok? out
against tho victor and, looking about
In dcsperutio?? f?r* soldiers to . lill lila
ranks, Madero -fell; upon the Yntpits.
Trained-wditloro ?or generation?, of
a'rucoieO bierce' that tho ancient Ar.
t rtcu had 'been turned anide by thom In
their ertiplre-foondlng migration*- they
worAr the-Very-moh lo whip' back the?
rdadts, If he'could but win them to his'
side. .....>??
Sd' Madero hud approached Chief
B?loi whom Dins, had-taken under a
flag of truce, and'soon tho agreement
was made. In,return .for- faithful serv
ice, Mexico would give back to the
Indians tho ocio toing; thoy had been
fighting a hunrded -mid sixty years to
attain, their land along the Rio Yaqui;
and there they t'.OUTd be permitted td
live in peace BB their ancestors had
done boforo therm.
And BO, with-a'thousand or more of
his men,-the'crafty old-war chief had*
toten service -.ld the- federal' army;
thfotgh his mind, poisoned perhaps by !
the treachery he hid suffered, was not I
entirely -free from -guile.
"It ?B tho desire of the Yaquis." ha.
had said, when'' rebuked for serving
undor the hated flag'of Mexico, "to kill
Mexicans. And/'- ho added-grimly, "the
federals at 'this'time -scen? best able
to give us guns for that purpose"
Hut it had been a year now since
i Bole had- par.aed bi? word end, though
they had battled valiantly, their ladd
; had riot'beeh given back to them. The
j wild Yaquis, the 'irreconcilables who
never came down from t*ie'hills, had
: gone on thc warpath-again, but Bule
andliiA'nJe-hfatlliibeTVodi'
Only in'- two things 'did - they- dinobey
: th^'?oj?tiers^h?jr^ woaldonot' stack
: th'dr nnri?V-ari? they Would-not retreat
while thWgsle^^
: ?wjfottatoVrt Alite ^mann^?Shm
' spite of tb? hiern ?lanbeaiof'th'o^^a?-.
vert/;tlie#-.bi^^
. knj^.n^?^^
: Mexican officers ooma Blight un?as?
' ' nesd: .- (-.. '..?..-.-. ??
Iii wa*,' W fact; mijo av^?esllonnof
daye, months; or Tea rs^Atti-tli ?'en tire
Yaqui (x?n tin gent-would'drise rt,'taRlng
their anns'and ammunition'VHh'them.
"Gts?i - wMtt* a b-hteht'ofc min I" ex
clairbed Bud, ts he stood off and ed
in lred"the1r stark fonjriB:'
. "Th?re^j^e^g?ou^^
yoruV'- he observe* tq?ttiq? and a 'giant
laQu;, BTjtWaBWg jj mSSS$ "T u-<
r praTs*wlth*.ai-Bttin?r? .
"W*y. nall? there, AtplgoP* ? hailed
Bud, Jerking hiB head'in a friendly sa
inte. "That's a feller I .wak making
sighs to upMn'Agtfd*tf?g?.'' bo exv
plained. "Dogged if I ain't stuck on
these Yaquis-they're all men, believe
mel"
. "Good workers, all right," cdnocded;
DavLadcey, 'amt-Edhht^to have 'eui
get after mo with'tbcrae guns. They
, gay they've killed a.,lot of Americans,
one tlmo'nnd another."
"Well, if ''they'-'dlil:ji,.wA-'ftfr being
caught In bad company,'^'Bald-Hooker.
"I'd?take a ohan?o with 'colony thaw
-b?t if youiv go toft . UpdjM country
j witi^'Moxrct^'vecodrt thoy31 kill you
ott;g*n^al principled : HAy,f< ho cried
imdftaiveiy;'- 'Tmr going over to talk
, wittt--A?yiigdt^ . M -A... ?
"Wiltr abroad grin ph .hte'bttedt foe?
. he ndvanc^a^'tc^S^v.th*'^n!V Yaqui
and sborjfft h ands coremtfn todsly.
; h -"Wswto WOwwim HM*5 ?
. . SpanlBh, at the.samp timo rolling a
( c^? and ??Wi^^lgrf for a
' j ?.H?^?an.iaiy; onswer?^the : malan
grav??y. Then, aa Bud o#ered ht? tba
; i be.-. fa<mtimm;
aq? )- they smoked for a minute in
. alienee,- ! ..-.....?,>??.?
[, ; "You live here?" inquired the Yaqui
\ at last,*-- v. -, ?
?1.1 "Come, herey< corrected . Bud. "I
r lmve mlne-t?o\ BBBe?v ?y?t there?* .
Indian tashien, and Amigo njddedun
l derstandingl r.
H;Ha was a 3veflgn^e of 0, roan,- stand
er lng six feet or belter- \u hts well-cut
t Bandela and handnne^?BVhe^y> Mdii^
j A? ^t'his0^ ^^>^!^?e^'
? j ajnm?
?i i orm of the federals- b&'Was' droSsed
,V ii good American-'chtt??*e*a striped
^ tho beaten, huntod look ?i, those |>oor
conscripts he had the steady gaz?'of
a free man.
T hey stood and smoked for >a-few
moments;'talking briefly, and then; as
the Yaquis closed up their ranks and
marched off to make camp for ? the
night, Hud presented his strange
friend with th? sack of tobacco add
went back to join his pardnrr.
That evening tito plaza was filled
with the wlldcBt rumors, and-another
train arrived during-' the"night, but
through it nil Btid and Phil remained
unimpressed. In the morning the sol
diere went marching off down tho-trail,
leaving a great silence whero ail had
been bugle-calls and excitement, and
then the first fugitive came in from
down below.
He wai an old Mexican, with teem1'
bling beard and staring eyes, and ho
told a talo of outrage that made their
blood run cold. Th? red-naggers had
come to his house at night j they had
killed J his wife and1 son. loft him upon
the ground fag dead, and carried off
his daughter, a 'prisoner.
But later, when tho comisario quen
i tioned him sharply, it developed that
h ho lived not'far away, had no daugh
ter to lose, and was, in fact, only a
: crazed old man who told for truth that
which ho feared'would happen.
.Notwithstanding the denouement,
I hld- Htory ?stirred tho Mexican popula
tion to the depths, and when Bud and
: Phil tried to hire men to push tho
work on the'mine, they realized that
their tronbdes lind begun. Not only
was lt impossible to engage laborers
at any price, but on the following day
Cruz Mendez, with his wife and chil
dren and all his oarthly possessions
ort'his burros,^ came hurrying In from
the camp and told them ho could serve
them no moro.
"It 1B my woman!" be explained;
"my Marla! Ab, if those revoltosos
should soe Maria they would steal ber
before my eyes I''
So> be wan given- his poy and tho
fifty dollars he bad earned and, altar
tho customary "Muchas graci?e," and
with the faithful Maria by his side, bc
went, hurrying-off to tho store.
And now in crowded - vehicles, with
armed men riding in front and behind,
the refugees from Moctezuma and the
hot'country-bogan to pour Into town,
adding by their very baste to the panto
of nil who saw thank ?
TJhey were tho'rich property "owners'
who, having beert'snbjeotdd'to-forcett
contribution'bet?re, were now fleeing
at Ibo first rumor of danger, britt sing j
tWeir families'wit h'thom to escapo'any
peing hind for ransom.
In hair a day the big.hotel presided
over' by^Don Juan do D?o*' Bracna
monto was swarming - with staring
eyed count ry mothers nnd sternly sub
dued 'families of children; and final
ly, to add eclat to- the occasion and
compensate'for tho gonornl confuetpn
Don Cipriano Arag?n y Tres Palacio?
.tmab* Mv?^v&i*erm&*o?r with bis
wifo add t lio Bmlllng Gracia.
. ir shfe-hrVd Peon ln atiy roar or cap
ture by bold- marauflotB, Gracia- Ara
g?n-did'not show lt now, aa she tiprang
lightly from the'carriage and > walted
upb? her lady, mother. Perhaps, ait er
a year or mora of rumora and alarms.
Sba had'come to look-upon impending
re volution ary \ con fl let a ns conVonient
excuses for a-trip to town, a long stop
at tho hotel, and even a dash to say
Gadsden in case the'rebels pressed
closet'-. .
However that- may be, * while Dotv
Juan exerted htri'.self to "pro?urc them'
a 'good - roo rh ? Bh o e ndh red tho gase ? of
Ithe Arrierlcan g?est^'with beooming
placidity and;'as Hutt took-some time;'
tfV? evett ventured to* IcioVtbe^Ahietl
tS?B' over and'in?ke Bbme comments
\o her mother. .
; And thea-or so it seemed to Bud
the mother glanced up quickly and
fixed ber eyes upon him. After that
ho waS in leos of a hurry to return to
?ho mino, .and* Phil eafd they would
tay -dnnldo - for a week; Bot"a?> for*
Dbit Cipriano, wh?ti- ho'^camo ocrosa
tli*m in-tho crowdod-lob?ry-he glared:
'? psst?' t-hemi-wlth malignant insolence
' ind ?b?tpt?y- torr?ed himbneic.
; -AW?i. PoMnna W warf'tko lord an*
?nos ter; wirti po wer tn forbid < tho m the
plaf-e; but ?owonce more 'this fortunes
' Of war- bad turnfcff against bim, and be
was fbreed to t?Wrafe their1 prese?c?: ;
; Tho band -played in the; plaza' that
{vening,--Pbeing Thursday of the
'eek, and ?.?.-tho^cornet 1 od with-"La
Paloma," and- tho bass violand-get tars
beat the me&surcv oil. feet seemed- to
((urn In tha? direct iori, end the fear of
tho ratdcrs was stillt '
Around ?fliT'?roniid the band'stand
And' lo and cut beneath tho trees tho
pleasure * lo vlmj mht de IIB- from down''
below walked' d?corb'?kly wttb' their
mot nero; and the ; little band oTFXrirf
t,una Americans, to whom life for eorrt?
montba had bean a trifle burdensome,
?woko suddenly to tho beauty of tbs'
vening1. .
S Jfr$<m*Q*?to?**it<4 tho inaidens*
but far'mofo ravbshing: and high-bred,
walked Gracia^Aregon,-at-whom Bud
in'ps?rtl<wlar?tolo manyiadcret-Blances'
frotf? b?nToftGi' thO broad briar of his
1 bat? h?d?ftg- tb?e-by somodu?kr the in
?UsT?cteS W?tfld;dome upon ' the town.
and bb ee'uTd f defend her-he' alOnA.
For he felt that he conTd do l^ag?irt?t
any hundred Motica?o that ever
] breatnWL' .
i M- (To be conttnuetr)
?.'?. --~~ir .
Doctors Arc Meeting.
?'.l i - .'' ,'. .- . -
? . ? Atlantic * City, ? N. ; J.; ' June 2V*4n
?lallation of Dr*. -Villa- ('. Vaughn, of
inn Arbor} Mich., as president and
the presentation of a gold modijll-'to
, Surgeon Gonoral William C. Gorgas In
r?cognition of his - services as officer
itycharge .'o,ti sanf tat/oh wbrk i? thipf
?'annnm canal zone featured .thc Inlr
lal session of tliw slxty-fiftli a^pAl
onvcntlon of the American ' Medical
-. Association here, today, ; 9.
MAYGETACAMP
It Is folie ved in Columbia That
The MuiSdic IYIiHy. Rc Slrni?ht
cned Out.
Columbia, s. c.. .lunn -'J. -There ia
a strong probability that tilt? South
arollnrt Nitttoha? Guard will p:irtlfcl
patc In tho .Ninth Division Instruc
tion camp in Augusta^tftor nil.
Saturday a telegram was sent out
by (Jen. H. K. Fivuns. commanding tho j
' ova rt mont of the East, withdrawing
tb? invitation to the South Carolina
troops, on insln-jctloni from the'War
popnrtnicnt, to participate in Ibo en
campment. Investigation developed
thc fact that the cause- or this order
yvu3 deficiency in certain or the com
panies In South Carolina, In the mat
ter of missing equipment and shortage^
of men in tho various grades. Atten
tion, lt ls stated from Washington,
had ca lied tn this- last not meeting
the requirements of the Dick military
law. and correction wiia not made- as
lt should have been.
Thai thc order calling off the South'
Carolina participation In the encamp
ment was a sore disappointment ls
evidenced by the fnct that efforts ?
were Immediately made Sunday, in
military department of the state, to-'
ward having the order reselndod. Ad
jutant (.encrai A. W. Moore left Co
lumbia Sunday evening, nt ti o'clock1,''
for WuBhlngton. and today arangod
for a conference with Secretory of I
War Garrison, lt Is Mr. Moore's pur
pose to pr?sent the case to tho sec rc
tary of wnr tn tho light or net pcn tl
Iring thc entire :?enth Carolina raJH
f Itt for the she rico miniT -if n eornpni
Jtively few r?mpanles. It ls bin op
inion that he will lie it le to Induce
thc war department sr to Issue Its or- I
der that those companies of the state j
which did pass thc Inspection, and
which have been coming up to the
requirements of thc Dick military law
will be pormlttod to attend the en
campment. lt ls very probnhlo that
thia will bc definitely determined and
announcement niano In aocordan'-e
with tho conclusions arrived' nt tho
conference between Gen. Moore nnft
Ibo war department scnVcttmc during
Tuosday.
As tho situation stood with tho pub
lication of tho order of Saturdny,
withdiawing the Invitation to South
Carolina to participate, this stato was
placed in tho position of being thc
only on? in tho entire South which
would have been excluded Ircm thi
maneuvers and instructions provided
for by thc government on aceonht of
deficiency. Therefore, In addition to
trying to rolievo thc disappointment
among thc militia of the state, tho
officers of South Carolina aro partic
ularly anxioUB, doublv so, to have
that1 order rescinded and remove thc
reflection it casts on the National
Guard of South Carolina.
Before Gen. Moore's departure ; for
Washington, telephone conference
was. had between Columbia and Au
gusta, and arrangements were made
fro'.n A it RU sta to get for Gen. Mooro
Sr\ih assistance as he may need from
Senator Hoke Smith, of Gcorcin. snd
lt was confidently believed, alter Gen.
Moore's arrival In Washington, that
ho would bc suc?es:.ful in his efforts.
BOT GOLF scone '
High Ones the Order of Chrftllun ?lp*
cning at Asheville.
Abbeville. N. C.. Juno 23.-Tho |iial
tfyi?g round for thc Carbllna golf an
rrotation was played on the links of
thc Asheville Country Club this
morning. High rcores ruled, 7X being
the low iccoid, F. M. Laxton of Char
lotte, and D. G. McRltchio of Char
lotte, ticing. On thc 'p1ay^'i.ff>ln thc
first flight Laxton won 81 to SI k
Charleston won the team* matc*h frir
the. Capers' Memorial cup. unexpect
edly defeating Charlotte, tho holdor.
T?X? Bonnar. tho Charldftv pmpyn*
Ional, won the individual cham'don
Hfrt. ibo ilnal scorn being'""{Kio*Vt 'by
iKe'' amateur. C. T. Dttiijiam H ?HG' of
j C?atlottc. The low ecorj ol 70 iii tho
; first! flight was mado by F. Hyatt of
I Columbia dc'oatlng J. J. McCluskey,
j bf Asheville, 2 up.
! ;A| lum II nap wal bo held Tuesday,
?club tatlngs to govofn.
Tho eight who are lott to play for
the ns: n iat ion amateur championship'
are'F. M. Laxton. C. T. Dunham, D. G.
litchi ic. V. D'. GnigftV; F. Hyatt'tJ .
I Camp. E. F: Mayberry and George
Shand.
on? wr ? BKt iw
Curollntnn^vfity^
to Way en Sun if? y
Augu; ta O?., Juno ?3,-E? D. and
G:- WV W?fTrtg of-?Wlc3ion*'S: C ."
did nOf dcratilt J. K. Orr. Jr , an'd .E.
W. Carter .Wv. of Atrcida^tion' the?
ref hr cd kto<piay,tne^laBtr set bf thc" doff-'
bios'championship fl h ii lr In 'the Souffl
?.ttantic- tennis to? rn ruhen t on Sun
ny. Thto'waJF ttarr ?tWg nVad? known1
hefe today T# President'W. R. Vienta
of tin? National Lawn Tennis associ
ation. . .
: ThOf?outntAtlantld tdurn?mehveom
mutee today advised tho' players to
agree among tHcm'seiybrv upon'ai date
?nd placo-to play tho- final set;' ' II
they cannot agree,* the set will be
played here July ll:
! When-, the game was odJourned last
Saturday, because bf darkness' .the
score woA two rots/each. Tho War -
lng brother;? refused to playoff the
tie Sunday although their opponents
were willing. ?" .
lt ls; UBiltretood 'that tho float set
will bo played either In Atlanta or in
Greenville. . ' t
il ...?sMsm? :M
, Dundee^ ScoUadd.1 June V% -Horace
Courtenay : i aa?ftnoll-For'beRv l?tri
-Baron' ?nrb?s. ?.-repre^eht?tivi'. peer
yearn abd succeeded to thu
i:X in 1868. tljsT&'elr hythe Hon. At
liotl Monson Forbes, s brother,
WI-LFOR?EIIVIW
" -_:
Frartce-pnd GermhnyS?id'to Be
Restless O vcr Deb?a.ont! Mjur
Invado - Country.
(By Associated Presa.)
Washington, Juno News bra;
reached Washington- from uiiofllclat
soureen that France and (iermany
have wnrndd Haiti that her ousforn'
hcVinVbs wltl be sejted tinle? arrange
ment? ard-blade'to meei ibo outsiand
lug I lait lon financial obligations.
Secretary'Brynn today nald no no
ller that such a atep wa? contemplated
hud-come to tho United ,?talen from
th> B?ropenn' powers, but reports pf
thc serious situation in th J Island're.
public, torn within by rcvolutlr.il and
Iw'reigcd' by?.'creditors from without,
was the subject of a long discussion at
today's cabinet meeting.
' What the attitude of the Uunlted
Rtato might be was not Indicated
(dliclals pointed out. however, that
lhere was no ? roary or nriV.r.goriwnt
under which (he United SI alua tnlght
assume charge'of Ha?tien customs as
it did lu (he cape of Santo IV.unlngo.
There arc four American war ves
sels In Ha?tien waters no.-, protect
ing foreigners in cities around which
?rover mc? und rebel forc?s- have
been fighting.
The Herman cruiser SlraBBburg is
in Dominican waters..
. The Hallion minister hero. Uti ich
Duvlvler. earnestly protected today
iMitt his count rv io not a -Icfaultlng
?a ht or an 1 lint stories af Kufipean
Intervent ion pm, I hoir coumcrpnrt In
reports in r? tViigu newspapers that tho
United Slu'i ? is cont splating th??
cime act.
retornas Kxcmptcd.
Washington, .Kino 23.-Tho senate
today passed Senator Hoke Smith's
bill to allow federal and confederate
veterans'nf the fMvll wnr to take
foin th ?iasa, poHtofflce CM minni ion re.
gardleao of their agna.
Sooth M?y Prof t.
Washington, Juno 23.-Investiga
tion of alleged discrimination?'by. a
coal trust ?nd coal carrying'railroads,
against porta In tho Atlantic seaboard
Kout h of Norfolk, will hn begun hy a
senate sub-committee early In July.
Several Biibphocnas have boon Issued, -
hut not Ecrvcd.
Fifty Children Hurt.
Atlanta, ?a.. June 2?.-Kitty chll-r
dren wcro injured here today when a
pavilion at a local amusement parjc;
collapsed during a p?enlo given fdr.,
tho in m a to:; of thc local Hebrew Or*
phans home. Two hundred children
were In thc pavilion at tho ?m3. Norie
of thc injuries was fatal.
(Joes to Asylum.
. Portsmouth, . N'. JL,. Jmw^.r-Mrs. .
Mdry Folsom, of 8om?rvll)o. 'MaSSi'
Who" shot ?tfd kIl?ed''?*rr'^he?it?ai?4,'::-';'
Hdriry H. Folsom, noar Exeter, last
Saturday, today was comm I tte to thc
State Insano Hospital at Concord tor
observation of hor mental condition.
Teddy Near Nonie.- ? -
Ne\V York, J:ino 23.-^-Tlio uteamBblp
Imperator with Theodore dloosevajt
On' board ta''expected to arrive 1n thb
Wwor B'athor iatb tomorrow. A wlre
ioks toda? said Colonel Roosevelt.vit1- .
tually had recovered from his attack
of fever and that he was preparing a
speech to be delivered In Pittsburgh,
June 20. '
Wilson's Action Surmised.
Washington, June 23.--Presldnrft '
Wildon's decision on the appeal for
pardons for twenty-four labor Icadora;
sentenced to prison in tho dynamite'
con: piracy cases was sent to the d?
paftment;?6f'JustfcW tonight and prob
ably will be mada public tomorrow.
'TI??''exact nature: of the br?silien tia-;
action was carefully guarded but it
generally was understood In official'
clVcloi' that some' of tho minor defen
dants lind been granted oxeciitivb
ct?in'cnc^: ',FbttPraiik M. Ryun, former:
hoad of -the Structural Iron Worknrfr
abu others convicted a3 Chief conspire"-,
ator;;, even the nenatorr and roprosew-.
tail"cs who have InLeroated themselves'
in Ute pardr-n appeals' have hold, oui"
11 ri lo. hopo Of obtaining,"*,clemency.1;
Thursday ls set for the cortvlct?i teeni1
tobegln oorving their sentence*. All
ar?! free o,n ball.
i "i ?iv lytwt? 1 ? ; ' - T
Of Ohfc'Mindi* ~: .
.?ty mp??Htn^y?^?^!?^4^?^
stHip; Bhdwing bbr?n??ph?w the way tov
buy cnrloal^-"Tli??e yoh'ferery'ou/sae. '.'
W,hen you aro 'dealing" with' people
Uko that JuEt hnrguo the/point o bit.
abd down? come* tho : rN 'ce ' t?a 1 shill- ??-'.
ia's." D?kV&'xto ois tthphew)
"Therjs yo?, are, my boyi ^hen you're
d?allngV?<h'afcm'an like 'fm{ and .yo? ??
Sie as 'ow 'e's g?flfV'"ita'Ybarg?e vlhe
pointe bf?,' ali'you'fe get ta de^l?
ti* put tba- pf hie - ?til ten. shlUln's io
Mart with."-8k'et?5h:- ; ; ! :
>.' ! '?' ? I'^i'.':'/ \y ? \.y'-j fc
if; Soldier's Most Trying Position.
Tho averagovs?ttffey'flnds the most
1 terrifying positibnitoi'b'e ihaT..of.stand
ing motlonf?B6''lht'lih,oi,frb'A'? rank, ex
posed to thtf:t^?W^P?^lth6ut ber
lng able to,*: re>?y^n^'8r^r to ad- s_
agony
peril, d intra
reduces the
th^sttrtt?i Tre?Vbf '?Vt.
What ls relieved to. bli the Targe**
rubber tree In: thb'woftd Sf?nda in the
Brazilian territory of Acre, on the
frontier or?bii->a. i&*\$mi<Wi&t
r. 7-10 inches in circumference at ?.ho
?Um*? For'lib*-wMfklfNrilft?. year ' thia*
colossus gives' 22 pounds. of rubber a
day. At pr?sent prtccs-ibrink in
?52,160 a year, or a'lfuir I0t0r?#^ii;
about mmj wit^n^r'i. n family ;
yt' fTO-.^I'^elTCvV^l